JP2004310780A - Device for editing document - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a data format correcting work, etc., by outputting a difference in version in the data format of a document or whether a format error exists or not, and reporting the cause of an unintended output result to a user. <P>SOLUTION: A document editing device includes a means for displaying or printing document data wherein attribute information for indicating the structure or output state of the document is internally stored in response to a structured document generating rule other than character or graphic data of an output object. The device also includes: a means for recognizing the version of an attribute information storing rule; a means for recognizing the two-dimensional position of character or graphic data outputted in response to the attribute information; a means for performing an auxiliary output to allow a referring person to recognize the two-dimensional position, together with outputting the document; a means for performing the auxiliary output in a form by which the referring person recognizes a difference in the version of the attribute information storing rule. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus having a function of displaying and editing document data created by a word processor or the like on a display, and in particular, attribute information for designating the structure or output form of character or graphic data to be displayed. The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus that processes document data including the following.

  As typified by HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), characters or graphics to be output are divided into multiple data elements, and structural attributes such as paragraphs and headings, and output forms such as font size or color Document data to which an attribute is added is distributed.

  The attribute information included in such document data has a certain rule in the storage method, and the document output device reads the attribute and outputs the attribute according to the instruction, so that the output result intended by the creator of the document data is obtained. Obtainable.

On the other hand, in order to create or edit such document data, a dedicated document editing system has been developed (often as software) and used. These document editing systems typically display each data element on a display device in accordance with its attribute, specify a character data element or a graphic data element to be edited according to an input from a mouse or a keyboard, and also use the mouse. It has a function to add or modify the data elements themselves and the attributes attached to them, according to the input from the keyboard and the keyboard.
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for displaying the attribute of document data, there is an apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.
JP-A-5-20018

The document data as described above may include the following data elements.
(1) A data element in which no character or graphic to be displayed has been input (2) A data element of only attribute information having no character or graphic to be displayed according to the rule (3) Temporarily non-display is specified These data elements are not displayed in such a way that they can be visually recognized by the process of displaying them on the display device by the document editing system. Even so, I can't tell. Similarly, even if the editor intends to add or modify these data elements and their attached attributes by input from the mouse or keyboard, there is no area for interactively displaying the input data. You can't work with vision. In this case, at the time of the editing operation, there is a method of displaying the data elements that are not displayed in an appropriate area on the screen corresponding to the position in the data, but a difference in the display layout from the non-editing operation occurs, This hinders the layout decision.
In the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, since a structured document is not a target, a data element to which no character or graphic to be displayed is input, and attribute information having no character or graphic to be displayed according to rules. Attributes cannot be represented for only data elements.

  On the other hand, there may be a plurality of versions of the attribute information storage rule, and it is checked whether the input attribute information follows the storage rule of which version or does not comply with any storage rule. I can't.

  Accordingly, as a result of one document data containing different versions of attribute information or including attribute information that does not comply with any storage rules, the document output device may not be able to output as intended.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and in particular, what kind of version difference or format error is included in the data format of each document, in parallel with the output results. An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing apparatus that can output a report to inform a user of a cause of an unintended output result and support a data format correction operation or the like.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores attribute information for designating a document structure or a document output form in accordance with a structured document creation rule in addition to character or graphic data to be output. Means for recognizing a version of a storage rule of the attribute information, and means for recognizing a two-dimensional position of character or graphic data output according to the attribute information, in a document editing apparatus provided with a means for displaying or printing document data. Means for performing, together with document output, an auxiliary output for making the two-dimensional position recognizable to a referrer, and means for outputting the auxiliary output in a format for recognizing the difference in the version of the attribute information storage rule to the referrer And characterized in that:

According to the present invention, it is possible to clearly indicate to a referrer which part in one document data contains attribute information having different versions or attribute information which does not comply with any storage rules, It is possible to inform the user of the cause of such an unintended output result, and to support a data format correction operation or the like.
In addition, it is possible to prompt the user to correct the attribute information that causes the unintended output result, and it is possible to make the viewer learn what attribute information causes the unintended output result.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a display device having means for displaying characters or figures; 102, a display screen generating unit for generating screen data of a screen to be displayed on the display device 101; A document data analyzer 104 for analyzing each data element and its attribute value reads out specific document data from the auxiliary storage device 107, and transfers the document data to the document data analyzer 103. A document data update unit 106 updates the contents of the document data held by the analysis unit 103 and instructs the document data analysis unit 103 to re-analyze the updated document data. Recognizes various editing operation instructions input by the user and sends the updated contents of the document data to the document data Editing operation recognition unit for Shimesuru, 107 auxiliary storage device for storing document data, 108 denotes a keyboard unit for indicating various editing operations. Instead of the keyboard device 108, another input device such as a mouse device or a pen input device may be used. Each of the above units is realized by a computer program.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the document data 200 to be processed in the present embodiment. In the figure, the part between "<" and ">" is the attribute value, and the other part is the character data.
Reference numeral 201 denotes a data element for which non-display is temporarily specified, and is sandwiched between “<! −−” and “−−>”.
Reference numeral 202 denotes a data element having no character data to be displayed. Character data sandwiched between an attribute “<A>” and an attribute “</A>” and having a name “unknown” It does not have any character data to be added.
Reference numeral 203 denotes a data element that is stored in the document data as a special data element that does not have character data to be displayed according to rules and has only attribute values. By describing the value “hidden” as the “TYPE” attribute, it is designated as a special data element.

FIG. 3 shows a screen configuration when the document data 200 of FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 101.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes an area for displaying an ID character string of the displayed document data. Reference numeral 302 denotes an area in which the document data body is analyzed by the document data analysis unit 103 and a screen generated by the display screen generation unit 102 is displayed.
Reference numeral 303 denotes a mark for indicating a location where the data element 201 designated to be temporarily hidden is stored.
Reference numeral 304 denotes a mark for indicating a location where the data element 202 having no character data to be displayed is stored.
A mark 305 indicates a location where the data element 203 having no character data to be displayed is stored according to the rules.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a mark for indicating a location where each data element shown in FIG. 3 is stored is selected.
In FIG. 4, reference numeral 401 denotes a mark for indicating a location where the data element 202 having no character data to be displayed is stored, and is in a selected state according to an instruction input from the keyboard device 108. The selected state is indicated by small rectangles displayed at the four corners of the mark.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state of a screen for changing the attribute value of the data element corresponding to the mark selected in FIG.
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 501 denotes a small window for inputting an attribute value which is displayed independently (for example, in a multi-window format) from an area for displaying document data. Reference numeral 502 denotes a character input area for inputting or editing an attribute value in accordance with an input from the keyboard device 108.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of a screen for inputting character data of a data element corresponding to the mark selected in FIG.
6, reference numeral 601 denotes a character input area for inputting or editing character data in accordance with an input from the keyboard device 108.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state of a screen when an operation of temporarily displaying character data in a data element for which non-display is temporarily specified is performed as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 701 denotes a portion displaying the character data included in the data element 201.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state of a screen when an operation for instructing to display character data in a data element for which non-display is temporarily specified as shown in FIG. 2 is performed.
8, reference numeral 801 denotes a portion displaying character data included in the data element 201.

9 to 12 are flowcharts showing details of the processing content of the present embodiment.
Hereinafter, the details of the present embodiment will be described with reference to these flowcharts.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of changing the attribute value of a data element that is not displayed.
In this process, first, in step 901, the ID character string of the document data is input from the keyboard device 108, and the document data is read from the auxiliary storage device 107 by the document data reading unit 104. Next, in step 902, the read document data is analyzed by the document data analysis unit 103, and character data to be displayed and attribute information are extracted. Next, in step 903, the display size and display position of the character data to be displayed are determined according to the attribute information extracted in step 902.
Next, in step 904, the document data is displayed in the area 302.
Next, in step 905, the data elements that are not displayed as indicated by 201 to 203 are extracted, and marks 303 to 305 are displayed near the positions where they are stored. Further, arrows are connected between the marks 303 to 305 and the storage locations. Next, in step 906, one of the plurality of marks 303 to 305 is instructed from the keyboard device 108 to be in a selected state. At this time, as shown at 401 in FIG. 4, a rectangle indicating that it is selected is displayed.
Next, in step 907, an instruction is issued from the keyboard device 108 to correct the attribute information. As a result, input areas 501 and 502 as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed.
Next, in step 908, attribute information is input from the keyboard device 108 to the input area 502. After the input, the input areas 501 and 502 are deleted from the screen.
Next, in step 909, the input attribute value is stored in the portion of the document data where the attribute information before update is stored. Next, returning to step 903, the display size and display position of the character data to be displayed are determined according to the updated attribute information, and steps 903 to 909 are repeated thereafter.

FIG. 10 shows a process of inputting character data of a data element corresponding to the mark 401 selected in FIG.
Steps 1001 to 1006 perform the same processing as in FIG.
Next, in step 1007, an instruction to start inputting character data to the data element corresponding to the selected mark 401 is issued. As a result, the character data input area is displayed at a location on the screen corresponding to the location where the selected data element is stored.
Next, in step 1008, character data is input from the keyboard device.
Next, in step 1009, the character data of the selected data element in the document data is updated. At this time, the input character data is displayed on the display screen, and the mark 401 indicating the data element has been deleted.
Next, returning to step 1003, the display size and the display position of the character data to be displayed are determined according to the updated attribute information, and thereafter, steps 1003 to 1009 are repeated.

FIG. 11 shows a process of temporarily displaying character data in a data element designated to be temporarily hidden.
Steps 1101 to 1106 perform the same processing as in FIG.
Next, in step 1107, an instruction is given by an input from the keyboard device 108 to temporarily display the data element corresponding to the selected mark.
Next, returning to step 1103, assuming that the designated data element is displayed, the display size and display position of the character data to be displayed are determined, and thereafter steps 1103 to 1107 are repeated.

FIG. 12 shows a process of instructing to display character data in a data element that is temporarily hidden.
Steps 1201 to 1206 perform the same processing as in FIG.
Next, in step 1207, an instruction is given by an input from the keyboard device 108 to temporarily display the data element corresponding to the selected mark. At this time, the attribute information (character strings such as “<! −−” and “−−>” in 201) assigned to the data element and indicating non-display is deleted, and the document data is updated.
Next, returning to step 1203, the display size and the display position of the character data to be displayed are determined on the assumption that the designated data element is displayed, and thereafter steps 1203 to 1207 are repeated.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even a data element that is not displayed is marked so that the data element is present therein, and one of the data elements is clicked with the mouse. , Characters can be input, and attributes can be changed.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 13 is a system configuration diagram showing the second embodiment.
In FIG. 13, reference numeral 1301 denotes a display device for displaying characters and figures; 1302, a display screen generating unit for generating screen data to be displayed on the display device 101; 1303, which analyzes document data including attribute information according to a processable rule A document data analysis unit 1304 reads document data from an auxiliary storage device and has a function of transmitting the document data to the document data analysis unit. Reference numeral 1305 denotes an auxiliary storage device for storing document data. The display screen generation unit 1302, the document data analysis unit 1303, and the document data reading unit 1304 are realized by a computer program.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data to be processed.
In FIG. 14, characters sandwiched between “<” and “>” represent attribute information, and the others represent character data to be displayed. 1401, 1403, and 1405 are portions described in accordance with “version 1” of the attribute information storage rule.
A portion 1402 is a portion described according to “version 2” of the attribute information storage rule.
A portion 1404 is a portion described by a method that does not follow either “version 1” or “version 2” of the attribute information storage rule.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when the document data of FIG. 14 is displayed on the display device 101.
In FIG. 15, reference numeral 1501 denotes an area for displaying the document data body; 1502 to 1506, auxiliary output areas in which different versions of the attribute information storage rules and portions which do not follow any version are filled with different patterns or colors, respectively; An area having the same position and length in the vertical direction as each part (1401 to 1405) of the displayed document data is painted out.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a typical process according to the present embodiment.
Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
First, in step 1601, the document data (FIG. 14) stored in the auxiliary storage device 107 is read and transferred to the document data analysis unit 103. Next, in step 1602, the document data is analyzed, and a plurality of display target character data and attribute information associated therewith are extracted.
Next, in step 1603, it is determined on the basis of the accompanying attribute information which position and size of each display target character data is to be displayed on the display device 101.
At this time, it checks whether each attribute information is in accordance with which version of the attribute information storage rule, and holds that version ID or that it does not comply with any version.
In the example of the document data (FIG. 14), 1401, 1403, and 1405 are analyzed as complying with the “version 1” of the storage rule. 2, it is analyzed as conforming to “version 2”, and further, the same attribute information “DD” is described in 204 immediately after the attribute information “DD”. And "version 2" are not specified.
Next, in step 1604, according to the version ID of the attribute information storage rule obtained in step 1603, it is determined which area of the auxiliary output area shown in 1502 to 1506 in FIG. 15 is to be filled with which pattern or color. At this time, the vertical display position and length of each display target character data determined in step 1603 are determined to be the same as the vertical position and length of the auxiliary output area.
Next, in step 1605, the character data is displayed in the area 1501 of the display device 101 at the position determined in step 1603. Next, in step 1606, the auxiliary output is displayed at the position determined in step 1604 in the areas 1502 to 1506 of the display device 101.
The execution of the auxiliary output can be switched from an input device (not shown) such as a keyboard device so that the auxiliary output is executed or not.

  Therefore, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to determine what version difference or format error is included in the data format of each document by outputting the output results in parallel. The user can be informed of the cause of the output result that is not required, and can assist in the data format correction work and the like.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data to be processed. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen at the time of data element selection. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen at the time of attribute change. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen at the time of character data input. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen when a temporary display is designated. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen when display is specified. It is a flowchart of the process which changes the attribute information of the data element which is not displayed. It is a flowchart of the process of inputting the character data of the data element corresponding to the selected mark. It is a flowchart of the process which displays temporarily the character data in the data element by which non-display was designated temporarily. 9 is a flowchart of a process of instructing to temporarily display character data in a data element that is temporarily hidden. It is a system configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data to be processed in the second embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen in a 2nd embodiment. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of reference numerals

  101: display device, 102, 1302: display screen generation unit, 103, 1303: character data analysis unit, 104, 1304: document data reading unit, 105: document data update unit, 106: editing operation confirmation unit, 107, 1305 ... Auxiliary storage device, 108: Keyboard device, 303 to 305: Mark, 1502 to 1506: Auxiliary output area.

Claims (3)

A document having a means for displaying or printing document data in which attribute information for designating a document structure or a document output form is stored in accordance with a structured document creation rule in addition to character or graphic data to be output. In the editing device,
Means for recognizing the version of the storage rule of the attribute information, means for recognizing the two-dimensional position of the character or graphic data output in accordance with the attribute information, and auxiliary output for enabling the reference person to recognize the two-dimensional position. A document editing apparatus, comprising: means for performing output together with document output; and means for outputting the auxiliary output in a format in which a difference in the version of the attribute information storage rule can be recognized by a reference person.   When the attribute information is information that does not comply with the storage rule of the specific attribute information, the character or graphic data to which the attribute information is attached is output in an auxiliary output in a format that can be recognized by a referrer as not conforming to the storage rule. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means.   3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction unit configured to switch whether to execute the auxiliary output.

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