JP2846027B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus that displays a print image of a document on a screen and edits characters and graphics on the screen.
In particular, the present invention relates to a document creating apparatus that provides operability suitable for creating a document that composes a complicated layout by overlapping characters and figures.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional apparatus for document creation that displays a print image of a document on a screen and edits an integrated document composed of characters and graphics on the screen, sets a rectangular area on each page of the document, and sets a character in the rectangular area. There is a device that can form a page layout by allocating data such as data and graphics. In this device, a frame is displayed to distinguish a rectangular region from other rectangular regions. .

Also, like the word processing SUPER3000 of Hitachi, Ltd., when editing an integrated document, in order to speed up the process of redisplaying the layout due to scrolling and moving the area and to improve the responsiveness, the page layout display For each type of content of the rectangular area, there is a type in which the user can instruct display and non-display of the content of this area. In this device, for example, it is possible to hide the image area that requires the longest time for the redisplay processing. Further, in this apparatus, editing can be performed on a dedicated screen corresponding to data of a rectangular area such as a character or a figure. Therefore, even when editing of an area where data is not displayed is started, the data is displayed on the dedicated screen, and editing can be started immediately. Further, in this device, the scale such as the line, column, and actual size is also displayed on the dedicated screen according to the data such as characters and figures displayed on the dedicated screen corresponding to each area, and the user uses this scale. However, this apparatus does not consider displaying a scale at the same time as displaying a layout on a screen.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the former known example, the editing operation can be performed while checking the layout of the document, the positioning of a plurality of data can be accurately performed, and the operation of document creation is improved, but the following points are not considered. That is, in the prior art, since the user cannot instruct the display and non-display of the area frame, a plurality of editing areas are overlapped, and even when the frame interferes with the editing work, the frame is temporarily erased. However, it is not possible to make the editing target easier to see. Furthermore, in the known example, since the display of the layout does not consider displaying the actual size and the scale of the line and column according to the type of the editing target,
It is difficult to understand the exact positional relationship between layouts, figures, characters, and the like, which may lead to inaccurate and inefficient editing work.

Also, if the function of editing text, graphics, etc. on the layout is realized in SUPER3000, when switching the editing target to an area where data is not displayed, data must first be displayed in the area on the layout. Instead, two operation procedures of redisplaying data and starting editing are required.

An object of the present invention is to enable a user to select an area frame to be displayed and deleted in editing a document on a layout, and to automatically edit an area where no content is displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creating apparatus in which operability is improved by reducing the number of operation steps by displaying the contents in a specific manner and enabling a scale corresponding to the type of editing target to be displayed at a predetermined position.

[Means for solving the problem]

The above object is achieved by using the following means.

(1) An edit target area number storage table that stores the number of the edit target area.

(2) An edit area management table for managing the position, type, and data of each area displayed on the screen.

(3) Flag 1 for identifying the display and non-display states of the area frame.

(4) Flag 2 for identifying the display and non-display states of the contents of each area.

(5) Display means 1 for displaying and deleting the area frame on the screen.

(6) Display means 2 for displaying and deleting the contents of the area on the screen.

(7) Selection means for selecting display or non-display of the area frame.

(8) A scale data management table for managing scale data corresponding to the type of each area.

(9) Display means 3 for displaying a scale on a screen.

[Action]

When the editing of the data in the rectangular area is started on the layout of the document, a number corresponding to the target area is set in the editing area number storage table. The edit area management table is searched from this number, and the content is displayed by the display means 2 if it is not displayed by referring to the flag 2 corresponding to the edit target area. Further, referring to the type of the edit target area in the edit area management table, the scale data corresponding to this type is searched in the scale data management table, and the display means 3 displays the scale data.

If the selection means instructs the display of the area frame, the flag 1 is referred to. If the frame is not displayed, the display means 1 displays the frame. When the deletion of the area frame is selected by the selection means, the flag 1 is referred to, and when the frame is displayed, the frame is deleted by the display means 1. If the display state of the frame is changed by the above processing, the flag 1 is reset.

In this way, the user can select display and deletion of the frame of the editing area, and can perform the editing work without being disturbed by the frame. Further, since a scale corresponding to the type of the content of the area to be edited can be displayed, accurate document creation can be performed. Furthermore, when the editing of an area where data is not displayed is started in advance, the content can be automatically displayed, so that the number of operation steps can be reduced.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 shows an operation method for displaying and erasing area data and a frame in the document editing apparatus according to the present invention. 101 shows an example of the editing screen. The document layout 110 has a plurality of editing areas including a text area 111a to which character data is allocated, a graphic area 111b to which graphic data is allocated, a table area 111c to which display data is allocated, and an image area 111d read by a scanner or the like. Consists of In FIG. 1A, a region frame indicating the range of the region is displayed, and the graphic region 111b is in a non-display state (data in the region is not displayed). In this state, a layout change operation such as moving, deleting, or copying each area on the layout can be performed.

Reference numeral 114 denotes a menu bar for selecting and instructing each operation in document editing. Figure area 1 on layout 110
When you start editing 11b, first
In step 12, an area 111b to be edited is specified. When a menu 105 for instructing the start and end of editing in the menu bar 114 is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, a pull-down menu 115 is displayed. Instruct at 112. By this operation, the area frame of the area 111b to be edited is displayed as a thick line as shown in (B), and the data that has not been displayed is automatically displayed, thereby enabling the editing.

Next, a description will be given of an area frame of each area during document editing on the layout screen, and an operation procedure for displaying and deleting data. The display and deletion of the data in the area are designated for each area. However, for the edit target area 111b, it is not possible to give an instruction to delete the data. Ten
Reference numeral 6 denotes one of menu bars 114, which is a menu for selecting display and deletion of data of each area on the screen. For example, when erasing the data in the area 111d, when the area 111d is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, and then the menu 106 is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, the pull-down menu 116 is displayed. The mouse cursor 112 points to 1116b. (C) is a layout 11 from which data in the area 111d has been deleted.
It is a display example of 0. When the data of the area 111d is displayed from the state of the layout 110 shown in (C), the area 111d is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, the menu 106 is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, and the pull-down menu 116 is displayed. A “region content display” 116 a of the menu 116 is designated by the mouse cursor 112. By this operation, the data of the area 111d is displayed as shown in FIG.

The display and deletion of the area frame are performed for all the areas on the layout 110. Reference numeral 107 denotes a menu for selecting one of the menu bars 114 for displaying the area frame on the screen and deleting the area frame. When erasing the area frame, when the menu 107 is designated by the mouse cursor 112, a pull-down menu 117 is displayed. Therefore, the “area frame erasure” 117b of the pull-down menu 117 is designated by the mouse cursor 112.
By this operation, as shown in FIG.
The area frame not to be edited above is deleted. To display the area frame from the state of the layout 110 shown in (D), the menu 107 is designated by the mouse cursor 112, and when the pull-down menu 117 is displayed, the "area frame display" 117a of the pull-down menu 117 is moved to the mouse cursor. Instructed by 112. By this operation, as shown in (B), an area frame not to be edited on the layout 110 is displayed.

To end the editing of the area 111b from the state of the layout 110 shown in (B), when a menu 105 for instructing start and end of editing in the menu bar 114 is pointed by the mouse cursor 112, a pull-down menu 115 is displayed. So pull down menu 115, "End editing" 115b
Is designated by the mouse cursor 112. By this operation, the editing of the area 111b ends, and the area frame automatically returns to the state before the start of editing as shown in FIG. The data in the area 111b that was not displayed before the start of editing is deleted at the same time as the end of editing.

Reference numeral 113 denotes a scale display area for displaying a scale such as an actual size and a line / column in accordance with the position of each area 111 according to the data displayed on the screen such as a layout, characters, and figures. is there. For example, in (A), the actual scale required for the alignment of each area on the layout is displayed according to the position of the entire layout on the scale display area 113, and in (B), the actual scale required for the figure creation is displayed. Is displayed according to the figure area position.

Next, a description will be given of a data structure necessary for realizing the area data, the frame display, and the erasing function in editing on the layout with reference to FIG. Each area 111 on the layout 110 is managed by giving a unique area number. Reference numeral 201 denotes an edit target area number storage area that stores the area number of the edit target area that is currently being edited. Reference numeral 202 denotes an edit area management table for managing each area currently displayed. Editing area management table 202
Are edit area number 203, edit area position 204, edit area type 20
5, File name of the file that stores the data in the editing area
206 and a flag 20 for determining whether the data of each editing area is displayed or hidden.
Consists of seven. The edit area position 204 stores the upper left and lower right coordinates of each edit area. Editing area type 205 includes
Data for determining the type of data in each area such as figures, characters, and tables is stored. File name 206
Is used to search for document data 216 in an area stored in a file device 214 such as a hard disk. Based on the number set in the edit target area number storage area 201, information such as the position 204, type 205, and data file name 206 of the edit target area stored in the edit area management table 202 can be referred to. . An area 208 stores the number of areas currently displayed. Reference numeral 209 denotes a flag for determining whether the current area frame is in a display state or a non-display state. This flag is executed when an instruction to display and delete the area frame is issued. It is referred to when determining whether or not. Reference numeral 210 denotes a mouse cursor 11 when displaying and erasing data in the area.
This area stores the area number specified by 2. Two
Reference numeral 12 denotes a scale data management table used when displaying scale data 213 corresponding to the type of the area in the scale display area 113, and is composed of an area type 212a and a pointer 212b of the scale data 213. Reference numeral 220 denotes an edit target area position storage area that stores the position coordinates of the edit target area. When an instruction is given to the edit area 110 with the mouse cursor 112, it is determined whether the instruction is for the edit target area. Referenced. Reference numeral 212 denotes a loop counter for performing layout display, area frame display, erasing processing, and the like. In this processing, the number 208 of areas currently displayed is copied to a counter 221 and used. The file device 214 stores, in addition to the document data 216 for each area, document configuration data 215 for managing information such as the position, type, and file name of each area. It is used when setting values in the table 202.

Next, a processing procedure of the document editing method for realizing the operation procedure illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a document editing program according to one embodiment of the present invention. First, when the document editing program 301 is started, the document composition data 215 stored in the file device 214 is read (302), and based on the data 215, the setting of the editing area management table 202 and the area number The number storage area 208 is set (303), and the number of areas is set in the counter 221 and initialized (313). continue,
The counter is checked (304), and the value of the counter 221 is 0
If not, the input processing of 308 is performed, and if it is not 0, the processing of 305 to 313 is performed. In 305, the display position of each area is sequentially determined with reference to the area position 204 for the edit area managed in the edit area management table 202, and the area data 216 on the file device 214 is read out by the file name 206 ( 30
6) The data 216 is displayed on the screen (307). Then, the value of the counter 221 is decremented (314), and the process returns to 304. 308
Then, when an input from the user is received and it is determined that the input by the user is an area specification using the mouse cursor 112 (3
09), an area number 203 is searched from the designated area position 204 on the edit area management table 202, the area position 204 is set in the edit target area position storage area 220, and the area number 203 is set as the edit target area number storage area. It is set to 201 (310). For other inputs such as an instruction to change the format of the document in 308, processing corresponding to this input is performed. After setting the area position 204 and area number 203, the document editing program 3
01 receives the instruction input to the designated area of the user (31
1) The instruction input is performed by the menu 105 using the mouse cursor 112.
If it is determined that the instruction is issued (312), the processes 315 to 318 are performed.
Is performed, and for other inputs such as a change in the position of the area, processing corresponding to the input is performed. At 315, a pull-down menu 115 is opened to receive the next user's instruction input (31
6) The instruction input is "Start editing" in the pull-down menu 115.
If it is determined that the instruction designates 115a (317), the pull-down menu 115 is closed (318), and the area type 205 is referred to on the edit area management table 202 based on the edit target area number 201 to change the area type. It is determined (319), and the editing program 320 on the layout corresponding to the type is called.
The processing of the editing program will be described later. 316
When an instruction other than "edit start" 115a is given in step 3, the process returns to step 311 to again receive an instruction input to the designated area by the user.

Next, an editing program 320 for characters, figures, images, etc.
Will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the editing program 320 differs only in the processes of 331 to 332 in accordance with the type of data, and the other processes are the same. First, the file name 206 of the edit target area 111 is displayed on the edit area management table 202 based on the edit target area number 201.
And reads the area data 216 to be edited on the main memory based on the file name 206 (321). Subsequently, the area number 201 is also set in the designated area number storage area 210 (32
2) The area frame is displayed as a thick line with reference to the edit target area position storage area 220 (324). Subsequently, based on the area type 205 of the edit target area 111, a pointer 212b corresponding to the area type 205 is obtained from the scale data management table 212, the scale data 213 indicated by the pointer 212b is read, and the scale display area 113 is read. The scale data 213 is displayed (325). After the scale is displayed, it is determined whether or not the data of the area is displayed by referring to the flag 207 for determining the display state of the area data of the edit target area 111 (326). 501 is performed, and editing becomes possible. Note that the content display processing 501
Will be described later.

When editing is possible, the user's input is captured (327). If the input by the user with the mouse cursor 112 specifies the position of the editing area, the input is compared with the editing target area position 220, and if it is determined that the input indicates a non-editing area (328), The designated position is compared with the region position 204 of the editing region management table 202, a non-editing region designated by the user is determined, and the region number 203 of the region is stored in the designated region number storage area 210 (341). The user's input is captured (342) and it is determined whether the input points to menu 116 and requires pull-down menu 116 to be opened (343). User input is pull-down menu 1
If it is requested to open 16, a pull-down menu 116 is displayed (344), and the next user's instruction input is accepted (345). If the user's input at 342 does not require opening the pull-down menu 116, the user's instruction input is again accepted (342). If it is determined that the user's instruction input at 345 is an instruction to display or delete the data of the area performed by instructing “display area content” 116a or “delete area content” 116b of the pull-down menu 116 ( 346), closes the pull-down menu 116 (347), and displays and deletes contents 4 corresponding to the instruction.
01 is performed, and the next input of the user is accepted (327). If an instruction other than the pull-down menu 116 is issued at 345, the instruction is ignored and the user's input is accepted again (34
3). The content display and deletion processing 401 will be described later.

If it is determined that the user input in 327 indicates the menu 107 by the mouse cursor 112 (328),
The pull-down menu 117 is opened (351), and the user's instruction input is accepted (352). If it is determined that the user's instruction input at 352 indicates “display area frame” 117a or “delete area frame” 117b of the pull-down menu 117 to display or delete an area frame ( 353), the pull-down menu 117 is closed (354), the area frame display and deletion processing 601 corresponding to the instruction is performed, and the next input of the user is received (327). If an instruction other than the pull-down menu 117 is issued in 353, the instruction is ignored and the user's input is accepted again (352). In addition,
The area frame display and deletion processing 601 will be described later.

If it is determined that the user input in 327 indicates the menu 105, the pull-down menu 115 is opened (3
61), the user's next instruction input is accepted (362), and if it is determined that the instruction input instructs "edit end" 115b of the pull-down menu 115 (363), the pull-down menu 115 is closed (364). , Editing end processing of the editing target area 70
1 to transfer the area data 216 of the area to the hard disk 214
(365), and returns to the document editing program 301 that called the editing program 320. Further, the user's instruction input at 362 is the “edit end” 115b of the pull-down menu 115.
If it is determined that the instruction is other than the instruction (363), the instruction input of the user is accepted again (362). The editing end processing 701 will be described later.

For the other input of the user in 327, the editing process 331 corresponding to the input is performed, the result is displayed on the screen (320), and the input of the next user is received (327).

Next, processing 401 for displaying and erasing the data in the area will be described with reference to FIG. First, the instruction received in 343 is determined (402), and when data display is instructed, it is determined whether or not the determined area is currently displayed by referring to the flag 207 of the area in the editing area management table 202. (403),
If it is displayed, nothing is performed. If it is not displayed, the content display processing 501 is performed, and the flag 2 corresponding to the designated area is set.
07 is set (404). When data deletion is instructed, it is determined whether or not the designated area is currently displayed by referring to the area flag 207 (405), and all the contents of the rectangular area indicated by the area position 204 of the area are determined. Erase (406),
The flag 207 corresponding to the area is set (407), and if there is an overlapping area in which the data has been erased because the data in the area has been erased, the data is displayed again (510). The overlapping area redisplay processing 510 will be described later.

FIG. 6 shows a processing procedure of the content display processing 501.
Since the designated area number storage area 210 stores the number of the area to be displayed when the content display processing 501 is called,
First, the area number 203 of the editing area management table 202 is searched based on the number, the position 204 of the area is determined (502), and the file name 206 of the area data 216 is obtained.
The area data 216 is read from the 214 (503) and displayed at the position 204 on the screen.

FIG. 7 shows a processing procedure of the overlap area redisplay 510. First, the area number 208 is copied to the loop counter 221 to initialize the counter 221 (511), and the editing area management table
If the value of the counter 221 is 0, it is determined whether the overlap check with the edit target area has been performed for all the areas stored in 202.
(512). That is, if the value of the counter 221 is 0, the processing is terminated, and if not, 513 to 519 are performed. In 513, whether the area to be checked is the edit target area is determined by comparing the edit target area number 201 with the area number 203. If the edit target area, the counter 221 is decremented (519) and the next area is checked (512). . If not, reference is made to the region position 204 of the region to be checked (514), the position of the region is compared with the position of the region to be edited (515), and the presence or absence of overlap is determined (516). If there is an overlap, the data 216 of the overlapped area is read from the file device 214 (51
7) It is displayed on the screen (518), the loop counter 221 is decremented (519), and the next area is checked (512).

Next, the display and deletion processing 601 of the area frame will be described with reference to FIG. First, it is determined whether the input received in 327 is to indicate the display or erasure of the area frame (602). If the input is to instruct the display, the flag is used to determine the area frame display state. With reference to 209 (603), if the area frame is currently displayed, the process 601 is ended. If not, the area frame not to be edited is displayed in the following procedure. First, the number of areas 208 is copied to the loop counter 211 to initialize the counter 221 (604), and it is determined whether or not a non-target area frame is displayed based on the value of the counter 221 (605). That is, if the value of the counter 221 is 0, the flag
209 is set (606) and the processing is terminated. In 607, it is determined whether the area to be checked is the edit target area by comparing the edit target area number 201 and the area number 203, and if it is the edit target area, the counter 211 is decreased (610), and the next area is checked ( 605). If the area is not to be edited, the position for displaying the frame is determined by referring to the area position 204 (608), the area frame is displayed on the screen (609), the counter 221 is decremented (610), and the next area Is checked (605). If the input received in 327 is an instruction to delete the area frame, the flag 209 is used to determine the area frame display state.
(620), if the current area frame is not displayed, the process 201 ends. If it is displayed, the area frame not to be edited is deleted in the following procedure. First, the counter 221 is initialized by copying the area number 208 to the loop counter 211 (621), and the counter 2 determines whether or not an area frame that is not targeted has been deleted.
The determination is made based on the value of 21 (622). That is, if the value of the counter 221 is 0, the flag 209 is set and the processing is terminated (623), and if it is not 0, the processing of 624 to 627 is performed. At 624, it is determined whether the area to be checked is the edit target area by comparing the edit target area number 201 and the area number 203, and if it is the edit target area, the counter 211 is reduced (627) and the next area is checked. (622). If the area is not to be edited, the position of the frame to be deleted is determined with reference to the area position 204 (625), the area frame is deleted (626), the counter 221 is reduced (627), and the next area is checked. (622).

Next, document editing end processing 701 on the layout 110
Will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 701a denotes a processing procedure for erasing the thick frame of the editing target area 111b at the end of editing. First, when an editing end instruction is received from the user at 317 in FIG. The frame is deleted (702), and referring to the flag 209 for determining the region frame display state (703). If the frame is displayed, the frame of the edit target area 111b is displayed (704), and the frame is not displayed. Then do nothing.

According to this embodiment, when the document is edited on the layout, the frame of the region to be edited is displayed with a bold line, and the user can select to display or delete the frame of the region not to be edited. There is an effect that the editing operation can be performed on a screen that is easy to see without being disturbed by the frame of the non-target area. In addition, when editing of an area where data is not displayed is started, data can be automatically displayed, which has the effect of reducing the number of operations at the start of editing. Further, since a scale corresponding to the type of data in the edit target area can be automatically displayed at a predetermined position on the screen, there is also an effect that the user can create an accurate document.

Also, to reduce the number of operation steps at the end of editing,
With reference to FIG. 10, a description will be given of an embodiment in which when the editing of the non-displayed area is completed before the editing is started, the data of the area can be automatically deleted. Reference numeral 701b denotes an end processing procedure for realizing this embodiment. First,
Upon receiving an editing end instruction from the user in 327, the editing unit refers to the flag 207 for content display state determination on the editing area management table 202 based on the editing target area number 201 (710),
If it is in the display state, nothing is done; if it is in the non-display state, the data is erased (711), and the erased part in the overlapping area is displayed again (501). Hereinafter, this is the same as that shown in the processing procedure 701a for displaying and deleting the area frame.

According to this embodiment, in addition to the above-described embodiment, the data in the non-display area before the start of the editing can be automatically erased at the same time as the end of the editing. There is an effect that operation steps at the time can be reduced.

Also, in order to accurately display the print image of the document,
Another embodiment in which the frame of the entire area on the document layout can be deleted will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG.
In this embodiment, the status menu bar shown in FIG.
A menu “display / delete area frame” 107 is displayed at 114.

FIG. 11 shows the document editing program 301 shown in FIG.
In the process 308 of receiving a user's instruction to start processing such as changing the format of a document, a process 308 of the embodiment that allows the user to instruct the display and erasing of all the frames on the layout. It is a figure showing a flow. If it is determined that the user input in 308 indicates the menu 107 with the mouse cursor 112 (309), a pull-down menu 117 is displayed (801), and the display of the entire area frame or
An erasing instruction is received (802). If the user's instruction input in 802 indicates the pull-down menu 117 by the mouse cursor 112, the pull-down menu 117
Is deleted (804), the entire area frame display and deletion processing 800 is performed, and when the processing 800 is completed, the input of the user is received again (308). It should be noted that the entire area frame display and erasing processing 800
Will be described later. If the user's instruction input in 802 indicates an instruction other than the pull-down menu 117 by the mouse cursor 112, the user's input is accepted again in 802.

Next, the entire region frame display and deletion process 800
This will be described with reference to the drawings. First, it is determined whether the input received in 308 indicates display or deletion of an area frame (810). If “area frame display” 117a is instructed in 802, the area frame display state determination is performed. For this purpose, reference is made to the flag 209 (811), and if the current area frame is displayed, the process 800 is ended. If not, the entire area frame on the layout is displayed in the following procedure.

That is, first, the counter 221 is initialized by copying the area number 208 to the loop counter 211 (812), and it is determined whether or not all the area frames have been displayed based on the value of the counter 221 (813). That is, if the value of the counter 221 is 0, the flag 209 is set (814), and the processing is terminated.
Step 17 is performed. In 815, the position for displaying the frame is determined with reference to the region position 204, and the region frame is displayed on the screen (81
6) The counter 221 is decremented (817), and it is determined by the counter 221 whether or not the display of the entire area frame has been completed (813). 8
When the "area frame deletion" 117b is instructed in 02, the flag 209 is referred to determine the area frame display state (802), and if the current area frame is not displayed, the process 800 is terminated and displayed. If so, all area frames on the layout are erased in the following procedure.

First, the counter 221 is initialized by copying the area number 208 into the loop counter 211 (821), and it is determined whether or not the entire area frame has been displayed based on the value of the counter 221 (822). That is, if the value of the counter 221 is 0, the flag 209 is set (823) and the processing is terminated, and if it is not 0, the processing of 824 to 826 is performed. In 842, the position to delete the frame is determined with reference to the region position 204, the region frame is deleted from the screen (825),
The counter 221 is decremented (826), and it is determined whether or not the entire area frame has been erased by the counter 221 (822).

According to this embodiment, when displaying the layout of the document on the screen, it is possible to delete the frame of the entire area, and there is an effect that an accurate print image of the document can be confirmed on the screen.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, when editing each area such as a figure and a character on the layout of a document, the user can select display or non-display of a frame of an area not to be edited. When the frame interferes with the editing, the area frame is deleted, and there is an effect that the document editing operation can be performed on an easy-to-view screen.

Further, when editing of an area in which data is not displayed is started, data to be edited is automatically displayed, and the number of operation steps at the start of editing can be reduced.

Further, by automatically displaying a scale corresponding to the type of data in the edit target area at a predetermined position on the screen, the user can perform an accurate and efficient document creation operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of screens and operations in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of data in the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a document editing program of one embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an example layout editing program, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a content display and deletion program of one embodiment, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a content display processing program of one embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a display program, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an area frame display and erasing program of one embodiment,
9 is a flowchart of a termination processing program of one embodiment, FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a termination processing program of another embodiment, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a document editing program of another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an entire area display and erasing program according to the embodiment. 101: Document edit screen, 201: Edit target area number storage area, 202: Edit area management table, 207: Area data display state judgment flag, 209: Frame display state judgment flag, 212: Scale data management table, 320: Edit processing Example of 401
... area display and deletion processing, 501 ... content display processing, 511
… Overlap area redisplay processing, 601… frame display and deletion processing, 7
01: Editing end processing, 800: All area display and deletion processing.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Sada Kuwahara 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Microelectronics Device Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. 292 Hitachi, Ltd.Microelectronics Device Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Keiichi Nakane 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd.Microelectronics Device Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Naomichi Nonaka Kanagawa 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi Inside Microelectronics Device Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Kazunari Suzuki 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Within Hitachi Micro Software Systems, Inc. (56) References JP-A-1-130274 (JP, A) "FUJI XEROX 8080-J Star II Reference Guide", April 1986, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., p. 447, 448, 466, 484-487 (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 17/21

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(57) [Claims] 1. A document creation apparatus having a function of forming a page layout by a plurality of rectangular areas such as characters and figures, displaying the page layout on a screen, and editing each area. Identification means for indicating whether the area frame is in a display or non-display state, means for allowing the user to select display and non-display of the area frame not to be edited, and selection by the selection means Means for displaying or hiding the area frame not to be edited according to the result; and, if the identification means indicates that the area frame of the area to be edited is in a non-display state before starting the editing, Means for automatically displaying an area frame of the area to be edited at the start, and automatically deleting the area frame at the end of editing. 2. A document creation apparatus having a function of constructing a page layout from a plurality of rectangular areas such as characters and figures, displaying the page layout on a screen, and editing each area. A document creation apparatus comprising: means for designating display and erasure of contents; and means for automatically displaying the contents when editing of an area where contents are not displayed is started. 3. The document creating apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for automatically deleting the contents when the editing of the area where the contents were not displayed before the start of the editing is completed. Document creation device.