JP2002169793A - Document editing device, document editing method and recording medium recording document editing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document editing device which can arrange an object not to be overlapped when the different object exists in a position where the object is to be arranged at the time of arranging the object in a document. SOLUTION: The device is provided with an arrangement object information setting part 9 which previously sets the arranging position and the size of the object, a character string in the object and a relative position from the object which previously exists when the object is overlapped with the different object when it is arranged in the position where the object is to be arranged and an object arranging part 13 arranging the object in the relative position from the arranged object when the object is overlapped with the arranged object in the case of arranging the object.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus, a document editing method, and a recording medium on which a document editing program is recorded, in which a plurality of objects can be arranged in a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a means for creating a document, there is a document editing apparatus such as a word processor or a personal computer which executes word processor software. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a document editing apparatus has a function of arranging an object such as a pillar at a designated position according to the content of a document. By using this function, pillars in a document can be efficiently created.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a conventional example of creating a document including a pillar object.

As shown in FIG. 10, in a conventional document editing apparatus, a pillar object can be arranged by designating the position of the pillar object. Here, the column object 21 is specified at the position (x1, y1), and the column object 22 is specified at the position (x2, y2).

[0005] Whether or not a pillar object whose position is specified is arranged in a page is controlled by embedding a control character in a character string and the content of data when a character string or database data is poured into a page. In the example of FIG. 10, as a result, the column object 21 and the column object 2
2 shall be arranged.

As described above, by specifying the positions of the column objects 21 and 22, the column objects can be arranged in the page.

[0007]

However, it is necessary to specify the position of the pillar object 22 in consideration of the fact that it is the second pillar object. Actually, when the control characters are embedded in the character string of the page, or when the character string or the data of the database is controlled by the content of the data when it is poured into the page, the character string is increased or decreased, May need to be arranged on the next page due to the change of the column object, etc., and in such a case, the pillar object 22 becomes the first pillar and needs to be arranged at the position of the pillar object 21. .

As described above, in the related art, it is necessary to determine the position to which the column object is to be applied in consideration of the size of the column, which is difficult to set.

According to the present invention, there is provided a document editing apparatus and a document editing apparatus capable of disposing an object in a document so that if another object already exists at the position, the object is shifted so as not to overlap. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium recording a method and a document editing program.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To solve this problem, the present invention provides a document editing apparatus capable of arranging objects in a document, comprising: means for designating an object and its position in a document; Means for specifying the position of the object by a relative position from the already placed object when another object has already been placed at the specified position, and placing the specified object at the position specified by the relative position. Arrangement means.

As a result, when an object is to be arranged in a document, if another object already exists at that position, a document editing apparatus can be obtained which can be shifted so as not to overlap.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a document editing apparatus capable of arranging objects in a document, comprising: means for designating an object and its position in a document; Means for specifying the position of an object when another object is already placed, relative to the already placed object, and means for placing the specified object at the position specified by the relative position , It is possible to displace the object when another object exists at the designated position and overlaps.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a document editing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a CPU 1 as a central processing unit for controlling the entire apparatus, and a ROM (Read Only) as a storage device for storing program codes executed by the CPU 1.
Memory) 2, a RAM (Random) as a storage device for storing information on objects existing in the document, etc.
Access Memory 3, a keyboard 4 for inputting characters as an input device, a mouse 5 as a pointing device, a CRT 6 such as a cathode ray tube display as a display device for displaying document data, and information of a created document in a file format An auxiliary storage device 7 is provided as a storage device for storing data in the storage device.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the document editing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and shows a functional configuration of the document editing apparatus shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, an object arrangement information setting section 8 sets information for arranging an object on the page in a character string. The arrangement object information setting unit 9 presets the arrangement position and size of the object, the character string in the object, and the relative position with respect to the already existing object when the object overlaps another object when the object is arranged.

The text storage unit 10 stores character information indicating a character string constituting the text in the document and the object arrangement information set by the object arrangement information setting unit 8 in the RAM 3.
To be stored. The object information storage unit 11 stores information such as the arrangement position and size of the object set by the arrangement object information setting unit 9 and the character string in the object into RA.
Store it in M3.

The character arrangement unit 12 arranges the character strings stored in the RAM 3 by the text storage unit 10. The object information storage unit 1 is used when the character string stored in the RAM 3 by the body storage unit 10 includes control information for arranging an object on the page.
In step 1, the object is arranged on the page according to the object information stored in the RAM 3. The display unit 14 displays a character string and an object arranged by the character arrangement unit 12 and the object arrangement unit 13 on the CRT 6.

The document editing apparatus configured as described above will be described using a specific example.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of document creation according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents stored in a RAM by a text storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating object arrangement information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating contents stored in a RAM by an object information storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the document shown in FIG. 3 is created, the character strings “Aioeo” and “Kakikukeko” input using input means such as the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 are stored in the RAM 3 by the text storage unit 10. .

As shown in FIG. 4, the object arrangement information is stored in the main body storage unit 10 immediately after "Aioe" and immediately after "Kakikukeko", as shown in FIG. Are respectively stored.

The object arrangement information of each object includes a code indicating that each object A and B is arranged on a page, and the object information of each object A and B stored in the RAM 3 by the object information storage unit 11. Or a number that indicates

As shown in FIG. 6, the arrangement object information setting section 9 sets the horizontal width w1 and the vertical width h as the arrangement object information corresponding to the object A in FIG. , And set the string “pillar 1”
Further, when an object is placed at the placement position, the position becomes the placement position when the object already exists at the overlapping position.
Set the relative position from the existing object.

The set object information thus set is stored in the RAM 3 by the object information storage unit 11. As shown in FIG. 6, the relative position from the already existing object is “left end /
The setting of which position of “right end / lower end / upper end” is used as the movement reference and the movement amount d from that reference are stored in the RAM 3.

As for the layout object information corresponding to the object B, the same information is stored in the RAM 3 except that the character string is "pillar 2".

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 8 and FIG.
Processing from the arrangement of character strings to the arrangement and display of objects A and B will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart from arrangement of character strings and objects A and B to display according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an object arrangement unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Is a character string and an object A according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrangement of B. FIG.

First, as shown in FIG.
At 0, the character arrangement unit 12 acquires a code indicating the character information and the object arrangement information in FIG. In step S120, the character arrangement unit 12 determines whether the acquired code is character information or object arrangement information. If the acquired code is character information, step S130
In, the character arrangement unit 12 arranges characters indicating the acquired character information. FIG. 9A shows a state in which “aiueo” is arranged.

On the other hand, if the acquired code is object placement information in step S120, the character placement unit 12 determines in step S140 that the object placement unit 1
Call 3 to place the object. That is, after arranging "Aioe", the object A is arranged as shown in FIG. 9B.

In step S150, it is determined whether or not the next code is stored in the RAM 3. If the next code is stored, the code is obtained by the character arrangement unit 12 and the process returns to step S120.

The above steps S110 to S150 are repeated, and "OK" and the object B are arranged as shown in FIGS. 9 (c) and 9 (d). Step S150
When the last code is confirmed, the display unit 14 performs a process of displaying the arranged character strings "aiueo" and "kakikukeko" and the objects A and B on the CRT 6.

Here, the processing of the object arrangement unit 13 will be described. The object placement unit 13 called in step S140, as shown in FIG.
At 210, the object information shown in FIG. 6 is obtained. Further, the object placement unit 13 determines in step S22
At 0, if an object is to be arranged at the arrangement position of the object whose information has been acquired in step S210, it is determined whether or not the object already exists at the overlapping position. If there is no object, the object placement unit 13 places the object at the placement position of the object information shown in FIG. 6 in step S230. Thus, the object A is arranged as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S220 that there is an already arranged object, the object arrangement unit 13 arranges the object at a position relative to the already arranged object stored in the object information of FIG. . Here, when the object arranging unit 13 arranges the object B in FIG. 9D, the object B is arranged according to the object information shown in FIG. 6 such that the upper left coordinate (x, y) is the upper left coordinate. Then, the object A already exists at the overlapping position.
Is arranged. Therefore, the object B is arranged at the position corresponding to the movement amount d from the right end of the object A according to the relative position from the already arranged object stored in the object information of FIG.

It should be noted that it is naturally possible to move to the relative position again when the object is arranged at the relative position and there is an object which has already been arranged.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an object such as a pillar is to be placed on a page depending on conditions, if it is placed at a placement position, and if it is placed at a placement position, it is already placed. By specifying the placement position when overlapping with the object by the relative position from the placed object, it is possible to displace the object specified at the same position if it overlaps, and to place multiple objects such as pillars on the page When the objects are arranged, the intervals between the objects can be arranged at a constant value without being aware of the number of objects arranged in the page, the size of the objects, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the form in which the CPU 1 executes the program code stored in the ROM 2 has been described. However, the program code is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer stores the program code in the recording medium. The object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code thus set. By adopting such a mode, the present invention can be realized by a general-purpose computer.

As a recording medium for supplying such a program code, for example, a flexible disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk), hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It is needless to say that the system may perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the recording medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is read based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a processor or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a document editing apparatus capable of arranging an object in a document, wherein a means for designating an object and its position in a document is provided separately from a designated position. Means for specifying the position of the object when the object is located, relative to the already placed object; means for arranging the specified object at the position specified by the relative position; In the case where another object exists at the designated position and overlaps with the designated position, it is possible to displace the object, and the operability of the operator and the document editing efficiency are remarkably improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the document editing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a document creation example according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents stored in a RAM by a text storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing object arrangement information according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing contents stored in a RAM by an object information storage unit according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart from arrangement of character strings and objects A and B to display according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an object arrangement unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a layout example of a character string and objects A and B according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example of creating a document in which pillar objects are arranged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Keyboard 5 Mouse 6 CRT 7 Auxiliary storage device 8 Object arrangement information setting part 9 Arranged object information setting part 10 Body storage part 11 Object information storage part 12 Character arrangement part 13 Object arrangement part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus capable of arranging an object in a document, comprising: means for designating an object and its position in a document; and an object when another object is already arranged at the designated position. A document editing apparatus, comprising: means for designating the position of the object as a relative position from the already arranged object; and means for arranging the designated object at the position designated by the relative position. . 2. A document editing method capable of arranging an object in a document, wherein when an object and its position are specified in a document, if another object is already arranged at the specified position, the object A document editing method comprising: specifying a position of an object as a relative position from an already arranged object; and controlling the specified object to be arranged at a position designated by the relative position. 3. A recording medium on which a document editing program capable of arranging an object in a document is recorded, wherein when an object and its position are designated in a document, another object is already arranged at the designated position. Document editing, wherein the position of the object is specified by a relative position from the already arranged object, and control is performed so that the specified object is arranged at the position specified by the relative position. A recording medium on which a program is recorded.