JPS63174161A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change only the information of a format specification in the change of the format specification, to change only the information of the contents of a document in the change of the contents of the document and to save a memory without providing many same information by respectively separately storing the contents of the document and the information of the format specification. CONSTITUTION:When it is decided that a control command from the keyboard 1 or the mouse 7 from a user is a document editing instruction command, the format specification information is inputted from a memory 4 and the information of the contents of the document is inputted. Then, from the information of the contents of the document, a title, a sub-title and a text part are discriminated, edited according to the format specification information and a layout thereof is displayed on a CRT 5. When it is decided that the control command is a file editing instruction command, a contents file is opened, a document file is edited by the labor of a human being and outputted to the memory 4. When the control command is decided to be a format specification file editing instruction command, a format specification file is opened, and a format specification file is edited by the labor of the human being and outputted to the memory 4 and stored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a document processing device including a storage means such as a word processor.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, with this type of device, information on document content and information on format specifications are mixed and written in the same file, so if you want to output the document by changing only the format specifications without changing the content, The document file was read once, the format specifications were changed, and the document was output. For example, if you want to change the font, size, centering, or underlining of characters such as titles or subtitles, you can load the document file and change the font of the title or subtitle, etc. I put a space in front of it to center it or draw an underline before outputting it. It's fine if you just want to output it, but since the information about saving the file with changed format specifications is mixed and saved, you have to remember the information about the format specifications after the change and the information about the document contents, The drawback was that it was a waste of resources. Conversely, the same thing can be said when the content of the document changes without changing the format specifications.

〔the purpose〕

By storing document content information and format specification information separately, the present invention saves only the format specification information when the format specification is changed, and only the document content information when the document content is changed. The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the above-mentioned conventional example by changing it so that it does not have a large amount of the same information.

〔Example〕

To explain the present invention, an example will be considered in which the title, subtitle, and main text of a document are subject to editing. FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 are diagrams for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and the explanation will be given below according to the diagrams.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a keyboard for inputting document content information and format information, and 2 is document content information input from the keyboard 1. a floppy disk for externally storing information on the contents and format specifications, and 3 for editing document content information and format specification information input from the keyboard 1 or floppy disk 2, and for editing documents from image information. 4 is a memory for temporarily storing information on the content of the document inputted above, information on format specifications, and the document edited by the CPU 3; 5 is information on the content of the document stored in the memory 4; 6 is a printer for printing the edited document stored in the memory 4;

FIG. 2 is an example of a display on the CRT 5 when editing a content file containing information on the content of a document. Information on the content of the document is stored in the content file so that the title, subtitle, and main text can be clearly distinguished. In the figure, the part surrounded by /*' and ~*/' is the title part,
The part between -/**' and "**/' is the subtitle part, and the rest is the main text. Also, when editing a document, there are important parts such as the end of a paragraph. Since information may be included, for example, a new line (indicated as NL in the figure) may be inserted to detect the end of the bar graph.

FIG. 3 is an example of a display on the CRT 5 when editing a format specification file in which document format specification information is written.

First, a display is displayed for selecting whether to change the format specifications for the entire document, the format specifications for the title section and subtitle section, or the format specifications for the body section (Figure 3 a). Next, each display for changing the selected part is performed. b is a display example when the entire page is changed, C is a display example when the title and subtitle are changed, and d is a display example when the main text is changed. Changes are instructed using the keyboard 1 or the mouse 7.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of this embodiment, and 320 from Sl to each step are shown.

First, we wait for the input of a control command from the user's keyboard 1 or mouse 7 (Sl), and when the control command is input, is it a termination command (S2), a print command (S3), or a document editing command (S1)? S4), it is determined whether the command is a content file editing command (S5) or a format specification file editing command (S6).

If it is determined in S2 that it is a termination instruction command, the process ends directly, and if it is determined in S3 that it is a print instruction command, the printer 6
(S8), and the process ends.

If it is determined in S4 that it is a document editing command, the following operations are performed. First, format specification information is input from the format specification file stored in the memory 4 (S9), and document content information is input from the content file also stored in the memory 4 (S10). Then, the title section, subtitle section, and body section are determined from the document content information (
811), edit according to the format specification information (S12)
. Then output (save) the editing results to memory 4.513
), and display the layout on the CRT5 (S 1
4). After that, the process returns to S1 and waits for input of the next control command.

If it is determined in S5 that it is a content file editing command, the content file is opened (515), the content file is manually edited (S16), and the content file is output to the memory 4 (515).
Save) L (S17), return to Sl. This is an editor function in which the content of the document is displayed on the CRT 5 regardless of its format, and the operator edits it while looking at it. If it is determined in S6 that it is a format specification file editing command, the format specification file is opened (518), the format specification file is manually edited (S19),
Output (save) L to memory 4 (S20) and return to SL. S
If none of the conditions from 2 to 86 are satisfied, it is assumed that the expected control command has not been input, and a message to that effect is displayed on the CRT 5 (S7), and the process returns to Sl.

In the above example, the title, subtitle, and main text are examples of objects for changing the format specifications, but they are not limited to these (depending on the content of the document being written, it may be better to consider other objects as well. For example, the table part, bullet point part, etc. can be described in the document content information, and the table framework and bullet point format specifications can be described in the format specification information. It's okay.

In addition, in the conventional example described above, the title section, subtitle section, and body section of the content file were described as described above, but the method can be used as long as each can be clearly distinguished (for example, in memory or on a floppy disk. In the description inside, you may put a control code that describes that the following data is the title part, how many bytes the title part is, etc. before the character code of the title part. .

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, document content information and format specification information are stored separately, so when saving a file in which only the document content or format specifications have been changed, in addition to the original document, the same file can be saved. There is an advantage that memory can be saved by not having a large number of duplicated information. In addition, changing the format of titles, subtitles, etc. only needs to be done in one place in the format specification file, which also improves work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of display on a CRT when editing a content file, and Figure 3 is for editing a format specification file. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the present invention in detail. 1 is the keyboard, 2 is the floppy disk, 3 is the CPU
, 4 is a memory, 5 is a CRT, 6 is a printer, and 7 is a mouse.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An input means for inputting characters, symbols, etc., a first storage means for storing a document consisting of characters, symbols, etc. input from the input means, and a format of the document to be output. a second storage means for storing the above-mentioned first storage means;
a changing means for changing the document stored in the storage means or the format stored in the second storage means; and a changing means for changing the document or format stored in the storage means; 1. A document processing device comprising: a control means for re-storing data into a storage means. (2) The control means controls the first or second storage means so that only the information changed by the change means is stored in the corresponding first or second storage means. A document processing device according to claim 1.