JPS6261152A - Format control system for plural media - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute format control such as centering considering frames or right justification by moving a character string concerned to a specified position in case of receiving an instruction. CONSTITUTION:When a frame contacting with the head of a line exists, a frame contacting with the end of the line also exists and a character string exists between the frames, the number of digits in the border between each frame and the character string is calculated respectively and the centers of respective sections are found out. When the frame contacting with the head of the line exists and the character string is arranged after the frame, the number of digits from the border between the frame and the character string to the end of the line is calculated and the center of the section is found out. When the frame contacting with the end of the line exists and the character string is arranged before the frame, the number of digits from the border between the frame and the character string to the head of the line is calculated and the center of the section is found out. Centering is executed by shifting the character string so that the found centers coincide with the center of the character string. If a frame other than the ones contacting with the head and end of the line exists or a frame exists on the intermediate position of the line, centering is not executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A free space is set at an arbitrary position in a character string such as Japanese displayed on the screen of a display device, and the free space VC is inserted into the screen separately from the screen. Conventionally, in a device configured to combine and print figures, etc. created in a desired manner, it has been difficult to control the positioning between each media because it is not possible to perform right-justification, centering, etc. when it comes to rows with empty areas. The problem was that it was difficult to create a well-balanced, high-quality document. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a technology that makes it possible to control the formatting of character strings, such as right-justification and centering, at least within an interval that includes the boundary as one end, by being aware of the boundary between the character string and the empty area. is disclosed.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to control of Japanese document processing in a Japanese word processor or workstation, and particularly to format control when a separately created figure or the like is combined into a Japanese character string and printed.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, Japanese word processors or work stages,
Japanese document processing on online computers has become commonplace, and in order to make the document visually easier to understand and to realize more diverse expressions, it is now possible to print by inserting separately created figures into the document. There is an increasing need to do so.

Hereinafter, such a document will be referred to as a multimedia document, and the processing in step 7 will be referred to as multimedia document processing.

Media handled in multimedia document processing include:
Includes Japanese character text, business graphs, line drawings, images, tables, and EBCI) IC1 ASCII code data.

Each media in the multimedia sentence 1iVc is incorporated into a rectangular area called a "frame." There are different methods for managing this frame, such as a first VC media frame independent type, a second media line dependent type, and a mixed media frame and text type.

The outline and characteristics of each of these frame management methods are as follows.

1) Media frame independent type Media frame independent type has a frame for each media handled, and seven frames are set within a page, and six frames are independent. Although this method makes it easy to manage frames, the allocation of each frame is fixed. Therefore, even if a certain media frame is deleted or inserted, other media frames will not overlap. Also, in some cases, it may not be possible to insert a frame.

2) Media frame placement dependent type Media frame placement dependent type is a method in which frame position information in frame management information is expressed in rows and columns. Unlike the independent type, the media frame moves as the text moves. Further, deletion of a media frame and insertion of VC cause a clutter of text. However, frame management is difficult because frame management information must be updated for each editing VC.

3) Media frame/text mixed type The media frame/text mixed type is a method that includes frame information in the text.

This method treats frame information in the same way as character text. Deleting and inserting media frames can be handled in the same way as editing text. Therefore, frame management is also easy.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the multimedia document processing described above, it is often necessary to adjust the positional relationship between a character string and a figure inserted into a document.

Conventionally, for lines containing only regular character strings without frames etc., formatting controls such as 1-centering', which places the character string in the center of the core line, and ``right alignment'', which aligns the end of the character string with the end of the line, can be easily performed. Although a function was available to enable this, there was a problem in that it was not possible to control the formatting when character strings and frames coexisted.

In view of these conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a means that enables format control even for lines in which characters and frames are mixed, especially in the case of highly necessary conditions. It is an object.

[Means for solving problems]

According to the present invention, this purpose is achieved by setting an empty area at an arbitrary position in a character string displayed on the screen of a display device, and then displaying the screen and the screen. Separately, in an apparatus configured to combine and print solid objects etc. created to be inserted into the empty area, means for recognizing the boundary between a character string and the empty area, and when the beginning of a line is a character string. The interval from the beginning of the core line to the boundary between the first empty area existing in the core line and the end of the character string, or if there is an empty area touching the beginning of the line, the character string following the empty area and the corresponding character string. The interval from the boundary with an empty area to the end of the line, or when there are multiple empty areas on a line, from the boundary between the empty area touching the beginning of the product line and the following character string in the line. means for moving the position of the character string existing within the interval in the direction of all lines within the range of the distance between the empty area existing in the area and the end of the character string, and receiving an instruction. This is achieved by a multi-media format control method characterized by moving the corresponding character string to a specified position when

〔Example〕

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system implementing the present invention.
2 is a TSS terminal, 2 is a work stage, 3 is a host computer, 4 is a file, 5 is a workstation body, and 6 is a print output. Also, reference marks A-C
;f: indicates that these are different media and are printed and output as A' to C'.

When editing for printing such multiple media, when formatting control such as centering or right alignment of text strings is instructed, the border between the text string and the frame is detected,
Format control such as centering and right alignment is performed within the interval by using the boundary and the beginning or end of the line, or between the respective boundaries of the two frames as an interval.

Examples of these controls are shown in flowcharts in FIGS. 1 and 2.

That is, FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing centering control according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the same figure, when there are frames within a line, there is a frame touching the beginning of the line, and a frame touching the end of the line, and if there is a character string between them, each of the six frames and the character string Calculate the total number of digits between the boundaries of , and find the center of that interval. Also, if there is a frame that touches the beginning of the line, and what follows is a string, calculate the digits from the boundary between the frame and the string to the end of the line. Calculate the number and find the center of the interval. On the other hand, if there is a border at the end of the line and the text before it is a string, calculate the total number of digits from the border between the frame and the string to the beginning of the line. Centering is performed by finding the centers of the seven sections and shifting the string so that these centers match the center of the string.

If there is a frame outside the line that touches the beginning or end of the line,
Centering is not performed if there is a frame in the middle of a row.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing right-justification control in one embodiment of the present invention. In this case, as well as the centering control described above, the position of the frame within the line is identified, and if there is a frame at the end of the line, the string is shifted so that the end of the string reaches the boundary between the frame and the string. On the other hand, if there is no frame at the end of the line, right-justification control is performed by shifting the character string until the end of the character string reaches the end of the line.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a printed matter output after being edited by the above-described control. That is, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of print output, and 71 to 7J are frames, 8 is a centered dead character string, and 9 is a right-justified character string. In the same figure, the character string ``Notice'' is at the beginning of the line and in frame 7.
The character string that is centered in the interval between 1 and ``normal'' is in frame 7! It is centered in the section between and frame 73. On the other hand, the character string ``Inspection Division'' is edited to the right and touches the frame 71, and the character string ``Table'' is similarly edited to the right and touches the frame 73.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the method of the present invention, in multimedia document processing, when a figure or the like is inserted in a text surface, a character string in a specified line can be centered or right-justified while taking into account the frame. This is very effective as it allows for easy customer-style control.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of centering control according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart of right-justification control according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of print output, Fig. 4 FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration 911 of a system implementing the present invention. 1... TSS terminal, 2... Workstation, 3... Honuto computer, 4... File, 5... Workstation body, 6... Print output, 71-73... Frame , 8... Centered character, 9... Right-justified character 1 --- , Agent Patent attorney Sada Igeta (', 2- □, I \ni 1--/' Print Figure 3 showing excerpt 1 of the output

Claims (1)

[Claims] A blank area is set at an arbitrary position in a character string displayed on the screen of a display device, and the screen and a figure, etc., created to be inserted into the blank area separately from the screen are combined and printed. means for recognizing a boundary between a character string and the empty area, and a means for recognizing a boundary between a character string and the empty area, and a means for recognizing a boundary between a character string and the end of the character string from the beginning of the line. If there is an empty area touching the beginning of the line or the section up to the boundary, there are multiple empty areas in the section or line between the character string following the empty area and the boundary with the empty area and the end of the line. In the case where and a means for moving the position of a character string existing within the interval in the row direction using a distance as a range, and when an instruction is received, the corresponding character string is moved to a specified position. Format control method.