JPS63305468A - Document design system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve design input processing capacity by executing the coordinate correcting processing of a superposed part of attributes such as the line width of a design graphic or line placement to fix the line width of a composite graphic and using a composite menu. CONSTITUTION:At the time of combining design graphics based upon graphic inputs to design a composite graphic, the coordinate correcting processing of the superposed part of attributes such as the line width of the inputted design graphic or its line placement is executed to automatically fix the line width of the composite graphic. At the time of forming the composite graphic, the chance of operator's decision can be reduced by inputting a composite menu. Consequently, the capacity of design input processing can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a form design system for designing and outputting forms using a computer system.

(Technical background and problems to be solved) When creating a form by printing, lines are drawn with a pencil, etc. on a spacing chart printed with frame ruled lines of a predetermined size, based on the specifications provided by the customer. do the
The form is designed by human handwriting. Since a form has a unique design for each item, there are many types of designs, and since it is almost always used as an input/output medium for various devices, there are many design restrictions. That is, black printing, a seal-prohibited band, a rectangular handwriting area inside a predetermined width margin from the reference side, and dimensions etc. are specified in detail. Form designs created to satisfy these constraints are created after obtaining the customer's approval.
The material is then moved to the process of creating a block copy, which will become the manuscript for printing plate making. The block version is based on the form design, and nine characters are drawn by hand for the ruled lines and the logotype is pasted on. The artwork created in this way undergoes a final check by the client. There are many changes, corrections, etc. at this stage, which results in rework and is extremely complicated. Once the client has passed the final check and proofreading, the manuscript is transferred to the plate-making process.
A film original plate is created, and then a printing plate for printing is created in a printing plate process and transferred to a printing process. The process of passing through many steps before entering the printing process requires a great deal of effort.

On the other hand, as systems for creating drafts of forms, there are systems that use a digitizer as an input means and systems that input numerical values such as the starting point and end point of ruled lines. Since the input data is often not visually displayed, it is difficult to tell whether the design input was successful or not until the drawing is performed.

(Objective of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, to improve the efficiency of work such as form design and correction, and to use a compound menu when creating compound figures in which figures touch each other. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a form design system that improves design input processing ability and consistently performs from a form design process to a plate making process or a printing plate process.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a display device and each f! In addition to selecting the TI operation/processing menu, an input device for inputting necessary data, a file that can write or read data, an output device for outputting the created form design data, and the above devices are combined. a computer system for processing, displays a spacing chart for form design on the display device, generates nine character strings and symbols for form design on the display screen by the input device, and displays a spacing chart for form design on the display screen; The present invention relates to a form design system in which a form is designed while checking the display design and the overall design, and the designed form data is registered in the file and output from the output device, and the above-mentioned aspects of the present invention The purpose is to perform coordinate correction processing of the input design shapes with respect to overlapping parts of attributes such as line width or line placement of the design shapes when designing a composite shape by combining design shapes by inputting the shapes. This is achieved by automatically processing the line width of the composite figure to be constant.

(Operation of the Invention) In the form design system of the present invention, the line width of the composite figure is made constant by performing coordinate correction processing on the overlapping parts of attributes such as the line width or line placement of the design figure. .

(Embodiments of the Invention) The form design system of the present invention was developed for producing business form designs, block copies, and film master plates in an interactive manner with a graphic display. Currently, business forms go through the process of rough manuscript → block copy, cut master camera work, plate making, printing plate, and then printing. The creation of the block required a lot of skill, as it required a lot of skill to draw lines on a mount based on a rough draft from a client using a crow holder, a Rotring, a pen, etc., and then paste the letters typed out with a typesetting machine onto this. It is created using a manual process. Furthermore, in the case of a form using M4 (screen), tint block, white characters, etc., in addition to the above-mentioned printing plate, a base film such as a screen film or tint block film, and a cut mask with the necessary parts cut out so that they can be exposed. It is necessary to perform plate making using camera work and film work. Similarly, in the case of a form using multiple colors,
Original plates for each color must be created manually using cut masks and camera work. This invention allows anyone to easily perform these complex and highly accurate tasks using a computer.

The system of this invention is composed of an input device, an output device, and a conversion device, and the present invention relates to the input device.

On the input device, as shown in Figure 1, the process is divided into ruled line input, screen input, pasting of one character/logo, fixed part input, and attribute table definition, and the above five tasks are arbitrarily selected from the menu on the screen. perform each task. Select the end menu to end the work.

1. Attribute definition: In this attribute definition mode, select 3f! from the menu shown in Figure 2. ! It is possible to define one type of attribute item. One is the specification of line width, which specifies the line width value required when creating a form.

The other is to specify the screen, and it is possible to specify the number of halftone dots and the angle of 3% required when creating a form. The last attribute item that can be specified is the corner rounding value, which allows you to specify the corner rounding value required when creating a form. If this menu is not selected, attribute values that are frequently used in form creation are set as initial values for each attribute item. The line shape is given as a solid line, a broken line, and a double line as initial values, but these can also be changed, and the initial values of the line positions are also set in advance.

2. Ruler Crab By selecting this ruled line menu and combining the necessary graphical elements, you can design the ruled line part of the form (3rd page).
(see figure).

(1) U-shaped menu (Ml to M4) input device 20
By specifying two diagonal points on the tablet, the school district form of ko is generated. Also, if necessary, by using the various attribute values specified in the attribute definition above, it is possible to shade the ruled lines, change the line width in the vertical and horizontal directions, and change the width of the lines in the vertical and horizontal directions. can perform corner rounding. It is also possible to change the line shape and line position.

(2) L-shaped menu (M5 to M8) An L-shaped figure is generated by specifying two diagonal points on the tablet. Also, if necessary, as with the U-shaped menu, it is possible to specify the line width in the vertical and horizontal directions, shading and rounding of ruled lines, and it is also possible to change the line shape and line position. It is.

, (3) Composite menu (M18) A figure 101 in which rectangles touch each other as shown in FIG.
When displaying on the display screen 100, since various basic figures have attributes such as line width and line placement, processing of the overlapping parts 102 of these figures is performed on the display screen 100 according to the operator's judgment. It is necessary to resolve the issue based on Conventionally, when creating such a figure 101, a phenomenon as shown in FIG. 5 occurs in the overlapping portion 102 of the figure for the reasons described above. In other words, even if the line placement (hatched area) shown in Figure 1 is specified to be attached with line width a, the rectangular contact area 1 between rectangle 110 and rectangle 111 is
Since the line width of 12 becomes 28, the operator moves and deforms the rectangular basic figure of rectangle 111 by the line width a in the rectangular direction of rectangle 110 in order to set the line width of rectangular contact portion 112 to a. It was necessary to set the line width 2a to a.

Therefore, in the present invention, by selecting the compound menu, the shapes 120 to 120 of the eight types of compound menus shown in FIG.
200 is displayed on the display screen 10a, and by selecting a desired figure from among the figures 120 to 200 in this composite menu, the overlapping part (contact part) of the basic figures is processed. Next, the composite menu of the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, select the composite menu (step 5201),
As shown in FIG. 6, an arbitrary figure (here, figure 120) is designated from among the composite double figures 120 to 200 displayed on the display screen 100 (step 5202). Next, three points that match the graphical characteristics, p+ (SBI, Yl), P2
(81, Y2) and P3 (AI, Y3) are input interactively on the tablet (step 5203). Specify the line placement (whether the line width a should be placed inside or outside of the reference line) (step 5204), and determine whether the selected shape requires coordinate value correction for Yi or coordinate value correction for X glaze. Step 52
It is determined whether the line placement is "inside" or "outside" for the shape of the figure 120 specified in step 01, and which attribute value it is, and if the line placement is "inside" (step 5206), Coordinate correction processing is performed as described below (step 5207).

Figures 7 (A) to (D) show the method of coordinate correction processing for In this case, the line width of the contact portion 124 of the figure 122° 123 is 2a.

The coordinate values of this end are P, (SBI, Yl) for the figure 122, based on the three points input in step 5203.

P2 (Bl, Y2), h (SBI
, Yl).

It is P3 (AI, Y3). Next, Figure 7 (A)
Figure 7(B) uses the figure 122 as a reference for line placement and the figure 123 as a basic figure.

As shown in (C), the figure 123 is moved by a distance and new coordinate values are set. The coordinate value at this time is P+ (SDI, Yl) in the figure 122 shown in FIG. 7(B).
, P2 (B1.Y2), figure 12 shown in FIG. 7(C)
3, P4 (SBI-a, Yl), Ps (AI, Y3)
become that way. After setting the figures 122 and 123 to the above coordinate values in this way, if the figures 122 and 123 are moved and overlapped, the figures 122 and 123 will appear as shown in FIG. 7(D).
A figure 126 is created in which the line width of the contact portions 125 of 23 is a (step S7).

If the line placement is "outside" (step 5206), coordinate correction processing is performed as described below (step 5208).

FIGS. 8(A) to (0) show the method of coordinate correction processing. When the line placement is "outside", as shown in FIG. 8(^), at the basic figure input stage, the figure 122.
The line width of the contact portion 128 of 123 is 28. The coordinate values at this time are P+ (SBI, Yl), h (A
I, Y3), PH (SBI, Yl) in figure 123,
P3 (B1.Y2). So, '$8
Figure 8(B) uses the figure 122 in Figure (8) as the reference for line placement and the figure 123 as the basic figure.
As shown in (C), the figure 122 is moved to the right by a distance and new coordinate values are set. The coordinate values at this time are h (SDI, Yl) in the figure 123 shown in FIG. 8(B),
P2 (mouth 1.Y2), figure 122 shown in FIG. 8(C)
Then P5 (SB1+a, Yl).

It will look like P3(^1.Y3). In this way, after setting the figures 122 and 123 to the above coordinate values, figure 1
22 and 123, a figure 130 is created in which the line width of the contact portion 129 of the figures 122 and 123 is a, as in FIG. 8 (DJ).

FIGS. 7(E) to (H) show a method of coordinate correction processing for Yftb. In this case, the coordinate values are set as Plo(SBI', Yl') in advance in step 5203.

P2° (81', Y2°), P3'(^1', Y3°)
Assume that it is entered as . When the line placement is "inside", as shown in FIG. 7(E), at the basic figure input stage, the contact parts 12
The line width of 4° is 2a'. The coordinate values at this time are based on the three points input in step 5203 above, and
At 22°, P,'(SBIo, Yl').

P2° (Bl', Y2°), P, '(
SBI'bar°).

P3° (Alo, Y3°). Next, using figure 122° in Fig. 7(E) as a reference for line placement, and setting figure 123° as a basic figure, Fig. 7(F),
(G) Move the figure 123° downward by ao and set new coordinate values.

The coordinate values at this time are P+ (SBI', Yl'), h'(Bl'
, Y2°), P4 at figure 123°, not shown in Figure 7 (6)
(SB1', Yl'-a').

P3(Al', Y3°). After setting the figures 122° and 123' to the above coordinate values in this way,
If you move the figures 122° and 123° and overlap them, the 7th
Figure (as shown in (1), contact part 1 of figure 122°, 123°
A figure 126'' with a line width of 25 degrees is created.

If the line placement is "outside" (step 5209), coordinate correction processing is performed as described below (step 5211).

8(E) to (11) show the method of coordinate correction processing, and when the line placement is "outside", the 8th
As shown in Figure (E), at the basic figure input stage, the figure 122
The line width of the contact portion 128° of 123° and 123° is 2a'. The coordinate values at this time are based on the three points input in step 5203, and for the figure 122°, PI'(SBl',
Y1'), P2° (8l°.

Y3゛), Plo(SBI', Yl at figure 123°)
'), P3'(81'.

Ylo). Therefore, figure 1 in Figure 8 (E)
With 22° as the standard for line placement, figure 123
Figure 8 (F) with ° as the basic figure.

CG), the figure 122' is moved upward by ao' and new coordinate values are set. The coordinate values at this time are P,'(SBI
o, Ylo), P2'(Bl', Y2°), 8th
In the figure 122' shown in Figure (C), Ps'(S[ll'
, Yl+a'), P3° (＾l', Y3°). In this way, after setting the figures 122° and 123° to the above coordinate values, when the figures 122° and 123° are superimposed, the figures 122° and 123° are superimposed as shown in Figure 8 (1;).
Lid figure 13 where the line width at 129° at the contact point of 23° is ao
0° is created.

(4) Horizontal and vertical equal division menu (M9 to MIO) When this menu is selected, as shown in Figure 1O, the area surrounded by the two points (+, *) specified on the tablet is divided into the specified number of areas. Generate line segments equally divided in the horizontal and vertical directions.

Also, if necessary, there may be a starting first line segment and a final line segment,
You can make it exist or not. By using the various attribute values specified in the attribute definition described above, line width change specification and shading specification can be performed. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(5) Box menu (Mll) A rectangle is generated by specifying two diagonal points on the tablet. By using the various attribute values specified in the attribute definition above, the vertical and horizontal line widths can be changed, borders can be shaded, and corners can be rounded. can be attached. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(6) Straight Line Menu (Mouse 12) By specifying two points on the tablet, a line segment with these two points as end points is generated. Further, by using various attribute values specified in the attribute definition described above, line width can be changed, and ruled lines can be shaded. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(7) Circle menu (M13) By specifying two points on the tablet, a circle with the diameter of these two points is generated. Also, by using various attribute values specified in the attribute definition, it is possible to change the line width and shade the ruled lines.

(8) Pick Menu (M2S) When changing the attributes of an already input figure and deleting the figure 2, deforming or moving the figure, select this pick menu after specifying the target figure. This puts the target figure in an editing state, making it possible to perform the above-mentioned processes. If this pick menu is selected during the ruled line menu, only the ruled line shapes will be valid.

(9) Erase menu (MU) When erasing some or all of the shapes that have already been input, specify the target shape and erase each shape. For example, when erasing a part of a rectangle as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 11, the shape shown in the right diagram is obtained by using a straight line.

3. Screen; By selecting Screen from the main menu,
The screen mode will be as shown in FIG. 12.

(1) Logo area (designation of logo background area) (M22) When creating a form, if you want to specify a background pattern of the logo for a certain area, specify that area in this menu.

By changing the attribute values of the screen as needed, it is possible to shade the logo or shade outside the logo. The operation example of specifying the logo area is shown in the first example.
3. Select the menu in the logo area (
Step 541) Then, in the next step S42, the logo number etc. are input. The logo reduction rate specifies the reduction rate in both the horizontal and vertical directions, and the screen number is "l" ~
If you specify ``4'', the logo will be shaded and background pattern will be created.
If you specify "5" to "8", the logo will be positive and the area will be shaded to form a background pattern, and "9" to °"12"
If you specify , the logo will be negative and the area will be shaded and patterned. Also, designation of the logo tint area (step 54)
Step 3) is performed by specifying two diagonal points as shown in Figure 1O.

(2) Ground squeezing area (designation of built-in ground pattern leaning castle) (M21) When creating a form, internal ground squeezing for a certain area (registered ground squeezing)
If you want to use it, specify the area in the tree menu. By changing the screen attribute values as necessary, you can shade the image area of the built-in diaphragm,
You can shade the outside of the pattern. An example of the operation for specifying the built-in tint block area is as shown in FIG. 14. When menu 221 of the built-in tint block area is selected (step 551), the screen number is input in the next step S52. In this case, if you specify "0", the built-in background pattern will be output as positive, and if you specify "1"
~ If you specify “4”, the built-in background pattern will be screened and “
If you specify 5" to 8", the area will be covered with a screen. Also, the built-in tint block area is specified by specifying two points on the diagonal, as described above.

(3) Grab area (gradation area specification) (M2
O) When creating a form, if you want to use gradation for a certain area, specify that area in this menu. You can create a gradation by specifying the gradation density at the start and end points at the same time as specifying the area. An example of how to specify a gradation area is shown in Figure 15. After displaying the gradation area menu (step 561), use the keyboard to specify whether you want to specify a gradation horizontally or vertically. This is specified by inputting a number (step 562). At the same time, the dot percentages of the start and end points of the gradation are specified, and then two points on the diagonal are specified to specify the gradation area (step 563).

(4) Corner screen (M23) The above figure is generated by selecting this menu and specifying two diagonal points on the tablet. By using this menu, a rounded corner screen can be performed, the corner radius is determined from the two specified points, and various screens can be used by using the attribute values specified in the attribute definition.

(5) Box screen figure (M24) A box screen figure is generated by selecting this menu and specifying two diagonal points on the tablet. Also, by using the screen attribute value specified in the attribute definition,
Various types of shading can be performed, and by specifying rounded corners, a box screen figure with rounded corners is generated.

(6) Triangular screen figure (M2S) By selecting this menu and specifying three points on the tablet, at least one of which is not on the straight line connecting the other two points, a triangular screen figure is generated. Also, by using the screen attribute value specified in the front attribute definition, each f! ! ! Shading can be done.

4. Paste mode: (1) Paste When this mode is selected, the previously input character string group is displayed on the CIIT display device IO as an element list. The number of character strings displayed on the CF1710 at one time is nine, and the “violet” on the menu as shown in Figure 16
~ corresponds to “9”.

Select the character string to be pasted from the element list and enter the key corresponding to that item number. After specifying the two diagonal points on the tablet and determining the text pasting area,
A second box is generated within this area that displays the actual character string frame. For this second box, the number of points, nine character feel changes, and the reference point for changing the number of points and character spacing are specified. Along with this, the second box is deformed to the specified size, and when the optimal second box is determined, it is set. Furthermore, by using the screen attribute value specified in the attribute definition, various types of shading can be applied to the character string. Furthermore, by changing the font code, which is a character attribute, any font can be set. If you enter "0" from the keyboard for character strings that are not registered in the element list, and enter the character string using the kana-kanji conversion function, etc.,
Character strings can be pasted in the same manner using the above pasting method.

(2) Stamping Specify the character string to be pasted from the element list using the above character string designation method, designate one reference pasting position on the tablet, designate the number of points 9 character intervals, and set. Further, by using the screen attribute value specified in the attribute definition, various types of shading can be applied to the character string.

(3) Continuous (horizontal/vertical continuous pasting, horizontal/vertical item number designated pasting) When this menu is selected, a submenu is displayed on the CRT display device IO.

・Continuous specification (horizontal/vertical) This menu is a method to paste specified character strings (multiple strings) continuously in the specified area horizontally and vertically. After selecting this menu, specify the first item number and number of character strings to be pasted consecutively in the horizontal and vertical directions from the element list. Then, specify two points in the pasting area on the tablet. At this stage, this area is divided equally into the number of character strings, and for the first pasting box, you can change the number of points, specify the interval between characters, and specify the reference point when changing the number of points or the character interval. Then, determine and set the size of the second pasting box displayed within the pasting box. The size of this second box is continued to the next character string pasting box, and the text is pasted continuously. Other changes to attributes are the same as pasting.

- Item number specification (horizontal/vertical) This menu is a method for specifying the element list and character strings starting from number 0 in the specified area one by one, and pasting multiple character strings in the horizontal and vertical directions. After selecting this menu, specify the number of strings you want to paste consecutively.

After that, when you specify an area on the tablet, the area will be divided equally into this number of areas. Decide on the first pasting box in the same way as above, specify the item number for each character string, and paste. and reuse this paste box when pasting a new string. This reduces the number of inputs in the pasting box and improves work efficiency. The size can also be changed by inputting numerical values from the keyboard.

Note that when pasting a character string, when two points on the diagonal are specified on the tablet, a rectangle created by these two points and a second rectangle with a certain margin inside the rectangle are generated. This prevents character strings from overlapping ruled lines.

Also, at this time, the computer system 50 determines the maximum number of points that can be pasted. Next, a reference point for enlarging or reducing the character string is designated, and thereafter, the number of points is changed and the character spacing is increased or decreased around this reference point. Furthermore, when pasting a character string inside a box with rounded corners, by using the R input function, it is possible to paste without worrying that the characters will overlap with the rounded corners.

(5) Group pasting This is a method of pasting character strings (sentences) that have been continuously input at the character recording stage into automatic fishing in multiple stages by specifying the pasting area and number of lines. Specify the number of strings from the element list and the number of lines to paste at the same time. Next, by simply specifying two points on the diagonal of the pasting area on the tablet, the number of points is automatically set at three character intervals per line, and the pasting is done in multiple stages. Alternatively, after specifying the number of points,
Specify the width per line. This determines the number of characters to be pasted per line and at the same time determines the number of lines. Also, a fixed ratio is given as an initial value for the line spacing, so that character strings are pasted in several columns, and if necessary, it is possible to change the number of points and change the distance between nine lines.

(6) Logo (logo pasting) There are two types of logos (thick ones), and they can be roughly divided into widely used punctuation marks and company names and marks specific to each company.Both are individually distinguishable. However, in the latter case, it is managed with a number that is a combination of the customer code and logo number entered in the item-specific management information, while the former is managed with only the logo number.Select this menu Yes, logo no.
Enter. Specify the reference point on the tablet to specify the pasting position. This logo size can be enlarged or reduced, and you can specify any size.
By using the screen attribute value specified in the attribute definition, it is also possible to shade the logo.

(7) Screen (Screen ON10 FF Menu) When pasting a character string onto a screened figure, it is difficult to identify the existence of the character string. Therefore, by selecting this menu, the screen display is temporarily turned off to improve the work efficiency of character string pasting.

5. Fixed parts mode: When this menu is selected, a list of parts (region marks) is displayed in the element list as shown in FIG. 17. The displayed items include colored clay, center mark, horizontal perforation mark, etc. Enter the item number indicating the above-mentioned parts from the keyboard, and if you want to set the standard position, it will be displayed in a fixed position, and if you want to set it in an arbitrary position, you can specify that position on the tablet. Also, if a corner cut item number is specified, a submenu will be displayed on CRTIO. Also, input and set the necessary information regarding each registration mark from the keyboard.

(1) W Menu (Window Menu) Depending on the type of dragonfly, it may be outside the finished size and cannot be recognized on the screen. Therefore, when you select the W menu, the outside of the finished size is also displayed on the screen to prevent you from forgetting to input registration marks.

(2) Biting position menu Select this menu and enter the point indicating the bite position.

The bite width can also be changed if necessary. Based on this bite specification, the conversion system performs conversion taking the bite position into consideration.

(3) Color plate/screen attribute display menu Common to ruled line, screen, and pasting modes, this is a menu for extracting and displaying specified attributes, and can extract color plate attributes, screen attributes, and font attributes. When a user wishes to extract a color plate attribute, by inputting a certain key on the keyboard, a figure having the same attribute as the designated attribute is displayed in a predetermined color on the graphic display. screen attributes,
The same applies to typeface attributes, and by using this menu, mistakes in attribute specification can be prevented.

(4) The attribute display menu for checking the relationship between line width and line placement has the same attribute value as the line width and line placement specified for checking the relationship between line width and line placement in ruled line mode. This is for displaying ruled lines with a certain color on a graphic display. By using this menu, you can prevent errors in attribute specification.

6. Menu common to all modes; (11 Screen enlargement display menu) If you select this menu and then specify two points in the area you want to enlarge, that part will be enlarged and displayed. This allows you to enlarge the display when making detailed designs. Design can be done in this state, leading to improved work efficiency.

(2) Bulk Menu When you select the Bulk Menu, move to CrtTIO,
Copy, delete, and attribute submenus are displayed. Move groups all the specified shapes and moves them all at once, Copy groups all the specified shapes and copies them all at once, and Erase groups all the specified shapes and erases them all at once. , and the attribute changes all the attributes of the specified shape to any attribute at once. Also, move.

If a target figure is not specified for copying, all figures other than fixed parts become targets and are moved and copied to arbitrary positions.

(3) Pitch switching menu When this menu is selected, a predetermined pitch unit can be arbitrarily selected, and when creating a graphic design, coordinate values are rounded to the specified pitch unit.

(4) OCR character frame menu Select this menu and enter the necessary information (character frame width: 1 character frame height: 1 character frame height: 9 digits: character frame spacing and guide mark type). Furthermore, by specifying a reference point for generating an OCR character frame, an OCR character frame and guide mark are generated in automatic fishing.

(5) Cursor movement There are the following methods for moving the cursor.

1) Cursor jump Specify the moving point using relative coordinates from the reference point.

Step movement in specified units or direct movement by numerical input is possible.

2) Moving the absolute coordinate value Move the cursor by specifying the absolute coordinate from the origin.

3) Move the cursor by specifying the moving point on the moving point designation tablet.

(6) Finished size check function During design, such as inputting figures, moving figures, copying one figure, etc., items exceeding the finished size are checked and are not displayed on the screen.

Based on the above, the entire form design of this invention can be summarized as follows.
This will be explained using flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4(A) to 4(C).

When the form design work is started by operating the keyboard provided on the input device 20, a start screen as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed (step 5100).
After that, the input screen for item-specific management information shown in FIG. 19 appears (step 5101), and the item-specific management information is input using a tablet or the like (step 5IQ2). When the input of item-specific management information is completed, the basic menu screen as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed, so when element list input is selected, a part list as shown in FIG. 21 is displayed (steps 5103 to 5106). Resize (Step 5)
112), copy (step 5113) and delete (
When design input is selected from the part list after step 5114) is processed, a mode selection menu screen as shown in FIG. 22 appears (step 5109). Here, if form layout is selected, the layout mode shown in FIG. 24(C) is selected (step 5lit), and if form makeup is selected, the makeup mode shown in FIG. 24(B) is selected (step 5115). That is, in steps 5140 to 5148 in the layout mode, the operations in steps 510 to 518 explained in FIG. 23 are performed, and in steps 5120 to 513 in the makeup mode,
In step 2, the operations of steps 331 to S35 described in FIG. 1 are performed. You can also click “Exit” on the main menu screen.
When the design is selected, the design W 9% is stored in the file 30 (step 5122).

(Effects of the Invention) In this invention, after inputting character strings and item-specific management information, an element list is input.

Form layout work and form makeup work are performed, and information conversion for image output is performed after all work is completed, so form design can be done easily and quickly. When creating a form, inputting a composite menu reduces operator decision-making opportunities, improves design input processing ability, and allows the designed form to be immediately sent to the printing process for printing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a flowchart of form makeup work showing an example of the operation of this invention; Figures 2, 3, 12, and 16 are diagrams showing examples of each menu; and Figure 4 is a composite menu. A diagram showing how the figures are displayed on the display screen, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing details of the overlapping part, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing how the figures of the composite menu are displayed on the display screen, Figure 7 (^) ~ (H), Figure 8 (^) ~ (
(1) is a diagram for explaining the method of coordinate correction processing;
The figure is a flowchart of the composite menu method, Figure 10 is a diagram showing how line segments are designed, Figure 11 is a diagram to explain erasing of figures, and Figure 13 is an example of operation for specifying a logo area. Flowchart, Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of specifying the built-in area, Fig. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of specifying the gradation area, Fig. 17 is a list showing an example of parts, and Fig. 18 is the main title. 19 is a diagram showing an example of an item-specific management information input screen, FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a basic menu screen, FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a parts list, and FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a display example.
This figure shows the main menu, FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the form layout software, and FIGS. 24(^) to (C) are flowcharts showing the overall flow of form design. IO...CRT display device, 20...Input device, 30
River file, 40... Output device, 50... Computer system, 51... Basic chart display routine, 52... Input controller, 53... Instruction analyzer, 54... Menu routine, 55 ...
CRT figure generation routine, 56... table controller, 57... file controller, 58... input information table. Applicant's agent Yasu Kata 3rd eye Figure 5 Hyogo 6 Kang 10th ward sheep/1 Figure 12 Gu 13th Figure sheep 14 Figure vine! 5 Fig. 16 Fig. Tea f7 Fig. Tea 18 Fig. Broom 19 Wards 20 items Procedure supplementary IF (method) Indication of September 2, 1986 incident Showa @ 2nd year patent application No. 141!39 2, Title of invention Form design system 3, relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Patent applicant (211ri) Brief explanation of 1 drawing of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. specification Column 7 of page 37 of the description of the amendment 1111F, bottom line "The 17th J"
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[Claims] A display device, an input device for selecting various operation/processing menus and inputting necessary data, a file in which data can be written or read, an output device for outputting created form design data, and each of the above devices. displaying a spacing chart for form design on the display device, generating figures, character strings, and symbols for form design on the display screen using the input device; In a form design system in which a form is designed while checking the display design and the overall design on the display screen, and the designed form data is registered in the file, design figures are combined by the shape input to create a composite figure. When designing, the line width of the composite figure is automatically made constant by performing coordinate correction of the input design figure with respect to the overlapping parts of attributes such as the line width or line placement of the design figure. A form design system characterized by processing.