JPS63301360A - Production/display system for character-pattern mixed document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To mix the documents and patterns with each other for display while avoiding the overlap between the documents and patterns, by displaying the pattern of the document designated via a keyboard and writing the documents into the blank areas of a relevant page. CONSTITUTION:A processor PC51 produces the pattern files 3 in parallel with each other based on the input given from a keyboard 53 as well as the inputs given from a document file 2, a document control file 1 and an image scanner 54 and registers these files 3 into a memory 52. A document identifier, a letter identifier, the document constitution information, the pattern arrangement information, etc., are registered into the file 1. Then the PC51 reads the file 1 designated with display by the keyboard 53 to display patterns on a CRT 55 after reading the page constitution information on the first page and the corresponding patterns out of the files 3. Then the documents of the first page are held, written and displayed on an idle area of the CRT 55.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Use The present invention relates to a method for creating and displaying a mixed document and graphics document used in the field of information processing.

In the field of conventional technical information processing, document input devices such as keyboards,
Data processing devices equipped with graphic input devices such as image scanners and display devices such as CRTs are commonly used.

Conventionally, this type of data processing device can either display only one of the documents and figures input from each human-powered device on one screen, or even if both can be displayed together on one screen, the It does not have a function to avoid overlapping.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The above-mentioned conventional data processing devices do not have a function to avoid mutual overlap when displaying a document and a figure in a mixed manner on one screen, so it is difficult to move or enlarge the figure part. This causes problems such as the document part being hidden, and conversely, if a line break is forgotten while inputting a document, the document is written in the graphic part.

Means for Solving the Problems The method of creating and displaying a mixed document/figure document according to the present invention is to create a document file for the documents that constitute the document, create a figure file for each figure, and create a figure file for each figure. A document creation means for creating a document management file that manages figure placement information for each page, including identifiers, in-page positions, and sizes of figures to be placed on each page of a document, and figure placement on each page of a specified document. Document display means for reading and displaying the graphics included in this page from the corresponding graphics file based on the information, and then displaying the document read from the document file while folding it in a blank area in this page where no graphics are placed. In this way, it is configured to effectively prevent documents and graphics from overlapping each other while creating and displaying a mixture of documents and graphics.

Hereinafter, the details of the present invention will be explained with reference to examples.

Embodiment A data processing apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a processor 51, a memory 52, a keyboard 53, an image scanner 54, a CRT 55, and a printer 56, as shown in FIG.

A document is input from the keyboard 53 by key operations, a document file is created in character code in the processor 51, and is stored in the memory 52. In parallel with the creation of this document file, graphics are manually input from the image scanner 54, and the processor 51 creates a graphics file with dot patterns, which is stored in the memory 52.

Some of the created document files and graphic files are CR
Displayed on T55.

In parallel with the creation of the document file and figure file, various information regarding the composition method of the document/figure mixed document composed of this document and figures is displayed on the keyboard 53.
A document management file is created with input from
It is registered in the memory 52.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the structure of a document management file, a document file, and a graphic file registered in the memory 52 of FIG. 5. As shown in FIG.

At the beginning of the document management file 1, there are a document identifier 11 for identifying various documents created and managed within this data processing device, and a document identifier 12 for identifying the document files 2 constituting this document. Document configuration information 13 containing various information regarding the configuration of this document such as the page size and total number of pages of this document is also registered.

Furthermore, the document management file l contains page configuration information 14゜15.16.
... is registered. Each page configuration information includes page numbers 14a and 15a of that page.

16a... and figure arrangement information 14b regarding the arrangement of individual figures to be displayed mixed with the document within the page.
, 14C115b... are registered.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, this graphic arrangement information includes the graphic file identifier 21. In-page position 22 and size 23
It consists of

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure for creating a document/graphics mixed document performed by the processor 51 of FIG.

First, in the first step 30, the processor 51 secures a storage area for the document management file l in the memory 52 according to the input from the keyboard 52, and then sets the document+-it identifier 11, the document file identifier 1
2. Register the document configuration information 13. In the next step 31, a storage area for the page configuration information of the first page is secured in the memory 52, and the page number 14a is set to 1.
After "1" indicating that it is the page number is written, a state is entered in step 32 to wait for the next input.

If the next input is a document, a corresponding document file 2 is created in step 34 and stored in the memory 52.

When the storage in the memory 52 is completed, the document in the document file 2 is displayed on the CRT 55 in step 35. This display on the CRT 55 is performed by detecting an empty area within one page in the work area for creating and displaying documents secured in the memory 52 or in the video RAM in the processor 51, and writing the document in this empty area. It is done by being inserted.

When the display in step 35 is finished, it is determined in step 39 whether the creation of the document accompanied by this display has moved to the second page. If it is still on the first page, the process returns to step 32 and waits for the next input. , the processing up to step 35 described above is repeated in response to the next input of a document or figure.

On the other hand, the input in step 33 is performed on the keyboard 52.
If the figure arrangement information is from
The first figure arrangement information 14a is registered in the page configuration information 14 of the page number. Subsequently, in step 37, graphic input from the image scanner 54 is awaited,
The input figure is registered in the figure file 3a in step 38. When the registration of this figure is completed, step 35
, the graphics are displayed mixed with the created document. When creating and displaying this mixed document, first, written documents are excluded from the document creation/display work area assigned to the layout based on the position and size within the page included in the graphic layout information 14a. A figure is written instead. Next, the entire document including the removed portions is rewritten by folding in the free area after the graphics have been written.

Step 39 indicates that the document creation has moved to the second page.
If it is determined, the process returns to step 31, a storage area for the page configuration information 15 of the second page is secured in the document management file, and the number "2" of the second page is written as the page number 15a. Subsequently, a document similar to that for the first page is created for the second page.

The same applies to the second page, fourth page, and so on.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for displaying a created mixed document/graphics document on the CRT 55 by the processor 51 of FIG.

First, in step 40, the management file of the document specified to be displayed from the keyboard 53 is read from the memory 52, and in the next step 41, the undisplayed first page (in this case, the first page) included in the read document file is read. page configuration information is read.

In the next step 42, the presence or absence of undisplayed figures is determined by searching the page configuration information that has already been read. If such an undisplayed figure exists, the first undisplayed figure is read from the corresponding figure file (figure file 3a in the example of Fig. 1) in step 43, and written to the work area according to the figure arrangement information. and displayed on the CRT 55. Subsequently, steps 42 and 43 are repeated for all undisplayed figures within one page. In the document illustrated in FIG. 1, the figures stored in the figure files 3a and 3b are sequentially displayed on the lth page.

When the display of all the figures included in the first page is completed, the process proceeds from step 42 to step 44, and after the empty area in the page excluding the figure display area is detected, the process proceeds to step 45.
In this empty area, the first part of the undisplayed document (in this example, the first page of the document excluding graphics) is written in the work area while being folded and displayed. After the undisplayed start position in the document is updated in the next step 46,
In step 47, a page change command from the keyboard 53 is awaited, and the process returns to step 41, where the above-described display process is repeated for the second page.

As a result, a document containing a mixture of text and graphics is displayed on the CRT 55, as illustrated in the sixth graphic.

If you want to print out a document containing documents and figures that have already been created on the printer 56 instead of displaying it on the CRT 55, step 40 to step 4 in the flowchart of FIG.
By executing steps up to 6, one page of a document containing documents and figures is assembled in the work or buffer area, and after outputting this to the printer, a page break is automatically performed and steps 40 to 46 are executed. Repeat until the last page.

Above, an example of a configuration in which a document file, a graphic file, and a management file are created in parallel when a document is created has been exemplified.

On the other hand, you can create a document management file after creating a document file or graphic file, or create and register part of the document file or graphic file, and then save the rest. It is also possible to create a document management file by adding or changing parts.

Effects of the Invention As explained in detail above, the method for creating and displaying a mixed document/figure document according to the present invention is to create a document file and a figure file for documents and figures individually, and also to create a document file and a figure file for each document and figures, and to After creating a document management file that manages figure arrangement information for each page and reading out and displaying the figures included in this page from the corresponding figure file based on the figure arrangement information of each page, the figures on this page are not placed. Since the structure is such that the document read from the document file is displayed in a blank area while being folded, it is possible to flexibly change the structure of the document due to enlargement, reduction, or movement of figures by changing the figure arrangement information and rearranging the document by folding the document. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent documents and figures from overlapping each other.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of a document file, a graphic file, and a document management file in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an example of the configuration of graphic arrangement information managed for each page within the document management file. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure for creating a document containing text and graphics; FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure for displaying a document containing text and graphics; FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure for displaying a document containing text and graphics; and FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the data processing device, and is an external view illustrating a document/graphics mixed document created and displayed according to the above embodiment. l...Document management file, 2...Document file, 3a, 3b, 3c...Graphic file, 11...
・Document identifier, 14, 15.16...Page configuration information managed for each page, 14b, 14c, 1
5b...Figure arrangement information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A document file is created for the documents that make up the document, and a graphic file is created for each graphic, as well as the identifier, position within the page, and size of the graphic to be placed on each page of this document. A document creation means that creates a document management file that manages figure arrangement information for each page of a specified document, and reads and displays the figures included in this page from the corresponding figure file based on the figure arrangement information of each page of a specified document. The method for creating and displaying a document mixed with documents and figures is characterized in that the method includes a document display means for folding and displaying a document read from a document file in a blank area on the page where no figure is placed.