JPH0460757A - Automatic adjustment document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically alter the formats of a line interval, anupper space and a character interval in accordance with input data and to arrange them in well balance within one page by altering the formats in such a way that the position of the final output line of data becomes lower than the position of said lines. CONSTITUTION:The limit values of the line interval, the upper space, the character interval and a character size by individual formats are previously set in a limit value memory by individual formats 26. An alteration format input device 22 arbitrarily inputs the formats of the line interval, the upper space, the character interval, right and left spaces and the character size as the alteration formats and the alteration formats are set in an alteration format type setting memory 24 through an automatic editing device 21. Format data inputted from the alteration format input device 22 is displayed in a display device 27 and it can be recognized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an automatic adjustment document processing device having a function of automatically performing editing work.

[Summary of the Invention] The automatic adjustment document processing device of the present invention changes the true format in the direction of reducing the margin when there is a large margin at the bottom of the page.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when creating a document, a document processing device performs format settings such as paper size, number of digits per line, number of lines per page, character spacing, line spacing, etc. in advance. , a document is created according to a preset format. Therefore, when creating this document, there are cases where it is desired to arrange the input document in a well-balanced manner within one page. However, if there is only a small amount of content, if you input it normally, the content will only be placed at the top of the page, resulting in poor balance.

In this case, after the user enters text data,
After specifying format changes and increasing line spacing, top margin, character spacing, font size, etc. through trial and error,
I try to place them in a well-balanced manner on the page.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in conventional document processing devices, if the user wants to arrange documents in a well-balanced manner within one page in a set format, the user can adjust the line spacing and top margin. , it was necessary to perform an operation to change the format contents such as character spacing and character size, which was extremely troublesome.

The reason for this is thought to be that all format settings are limited to manual settings.

By automatically changing the line spacing, top margin, character spacing, font size, etc. for a specified page according to the input data, one page of the set format can be written in fewer documents. It is clear that even if there are such numbers, they can be arranged in a well-balanced manner within one page.

An object of the present invention is to automatically change formats such as line spacing, top margin, and character spacing according to the input data, even if the specified page of the document is less than one page in the set format. The goal is to be able to arrange them in a well-balanced manner.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of the present invention are as follows.

When outputting input data for one page based on preset formats such as line spacing, top margin, character spacing, and font size, the line position of the final output line of the output data is determined in advance. A means of checking the balance of data arrangement by checking whether it is below the specified row position.

For example, it is a document formatting/editing device 17 that checks the text data stored in the text data memory 16 according to the format set in the format data memory 15.

Format changing means for changing the format so that when the line position of the final output line is above a predetermined line position on the page, the final output line position of the data is below the line position. .

For example, the automatic editing device 21 operates according to the settings of the change format type setting memory 24, the change type memory 25, and the format side limit value memory 26.

Output means for outputting input data based on the format changed by the format change means.

For example, it is a document formatting and editing device 17 that performs an output operation based on the results edited by the automatic editing device 21.

[Work] The operation of the means of the invention is as follows.

When creating a document, if you want to arrange text data that is less than one page in the set format in a well-balanced manner on the specified page, specify the target page and change the format type such as line spacing, top margin, character spacing, left and right. Select and set margins, font size, etc. as desired. When this change formatting type is set, the formatting values increase, line spacing, top margin,
Format contents such as character spacing, left and right margins, and font size are changed sequentially. When this format change causes the bottom line of the text data to be below a predetermined line position, the editing process ends, and the designated line of document data is output based on this changed format.

Therefore, when there is a large margin at the bottom of a page, by specifying a change format for that page, the format contents of the specified page are automatically changed according to the change format, and text data is arranged in a well-balanced manner.

[Example 1] An example will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a text input device, which is equipped with a character input key, a page break key, a special page break key, and various formatting keys. Top margin, top margin, character spacing, left margin, right margin, font size, etc. are set. The above-mentioned special page break key is a key used when it is desired to automatically change the true format according to the amount of input data.

A display device 12, a formatting device 13, and a text input editor 14 are connected to the text input device 1U. The formatting device 13 performs formatting according to input from the text input device 11 and stores it in the format data memory 15.

The text input editor 14 edits text data input from the text input device 11 and stores it in the text data memory 16.

The format data stored in the format data memory 15 and the text data stored in the text data memory 16 are sent to the document formatting and editing device 17 for editing. The document data edited by this document formatting and editing device 17 is
stored in page memory 18 and layout display device 19
and sent to the printing device 20.

The document formatting and editing device 17 also includes an automatic editing device 2.
1 is connected. Furthermore, a modified format input device 22, a format data memory 23, a modified format type setting memory 24, a modified type memory 25, and a format-specific limit value memory 26 are connected to the automatic editing device 21. In this format-specific limit value memory 26, format-specific limit values such as line spacing, top margin, character spacing, character size, etc. are set in advance.

The change format input device 22 can arbitrarily input formats such as line spacing, top margin, character spacing, left and right margins, character size, etc. as a change format, and this change format can be input by the automatic editing device 2.
1 in the changed format type setting memory 24.

The format data inputted from the change format input device 22 is displayed on a display device 27 so that it can be confirmed. The change format type setting memory 24 stores the change format types set by the change format input device 22 in the order in which they are set.

Further, the change form input device 22 can input and specify a change type together with the change form. The change type specified by the change form input device 22 is stored and set in the change type memory 25 via the automatic editing device 21. The change types include a general change type and a sequential change type, and the automatic editing device 21 executes automatic editing control based on this change type. The sequential change type is a type in which the automatic editing device 21 changes the contents based on the change format read from the change format type setting memory 24 until the limit is reached, and only reads the next change format when the limit is reached. It is.

On the other hand, the overall change type is determined based on the change format read from the change format type setting memory 24 by the automatic editing device 21.
This type reads the next change format every time one change is made, and after specifying all change formats, returns to the first change format to change the contents.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When creating a document, various formats such as paper size, number of lines, number of digits, line spacing, top margin, top margin, character spacing, left margin, right margin, font size, etc. are specified using the text input device 11. . This format designation input is stored and set in the format data memory 15 via the format setting device 13.

After performing the above formatting, text data is input from the text input device 11 to the text input editor 14. The text input editor 14 performs processing such as kana-kanji conversion based on the input text data, stores it in the text data memory 16, and outputs it to the document formatting and editing device 17. This document formatting and editing device 17 edits the text data sent from the text data memory 16 based on the format set in the format data memory 15 and outputs it to the page memory 18. The document data written in this page memory 18 is sent to a layout display device 19 and displayed. When normal text input is being performed, the document is formatted or edited based on the format set in the format data memory 15.

Therefore, if you want to specify a page to be automatically edited, that is, if you want to arrange documents that are less than one page in the set format in a well-balanced manner on one page, operate the page break key before inputting the sentence. Operate the special page break key after inputting. By operating this special page break key, automatic editing processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is executed.

When the special page break key is operated, the document formatting and editing device 17 first determines whether the text data of the designated page, that is, the text data between the page break key and the special page break key, exceeds one page. (Step AI), and if it is over, execute a process of compressing and arranging the text (Step A2). That is, the text is compressed by sequentially changing formats such as line spacing, character spacing, top and bottom margins, left and right margins, character size, etc., and the input data is automatically edited so that it fits within one page.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the text data input in step A1 does not exceed one page, the text data is arranged according to the set format (step A3), and the Y coordinate of the last line of data is checked (step A4). ). As a result of this check, it is determined whether the last line of the data is below the center of the page (step A5), and if it is below the center of the page, the automatic editing process is immediately terminated.

However, if the last row of data is above the center of the page,
A startup command is sent from the document formatting and editing device 17 to the automatic editing device 21, and the automatic editing device 21 executes automatic editing processing shown in step A6 and subsequent steps.

The automatic editing device 21 first checks whether there is a line break mark in the text data (step A6). If there is a line break mark 31 as shown in FIG.
Insert a blank line after the line break mark 31 as shown in (
Step A7).

If the process of step A7 is completed, or if it is determined that there is no line break mark in step A6, the process proceeds to step A8, where the presence or absence of a figure is checked, and the process shown in FIG.
) If there is a figure 32 as shown in (b), a blank line is inserted between the figure 32 and the text data (
Step A9).

If the process of this step A9 is finished, or if it is determined that there is no figure in step A8, step A
Proceed to ID and check the Y coordinate of the last line of data again.
Determine whether the last row of data is below the center of the page (
Step A11). At this time, if the last line of data is below the center of the page, the editing process ends. However, even after performing the above processing, if the last line of data is above the center of the page, the format is changed so that the text data is enlarged by the processing from step A12 onwards.

In step A12, guidance for setting the type of change format is displayed on the display device 27. In this state, the user sets the type of change format. That is, line spacing, top margin, character spacing, left and right margins, and character size are set in descending order of priority (step A1
3). In this case, the types of change formats do not have to be all types, but can be arbitrarily selected and set from among them. The types of change formats designated by the change format input device 22 are stored and set in the change format type setting memory 24 in the designated order.

When the setting of the change format type is completed, the state is detected in step A14 and the process proceeds to step A15.

In this step A15, either the global change type or the sequential change type is specified as the change type.

This designated change type is stored and set in the change type memory 25.

Thereafter, all format data set in the format data memory 15 is read out via the document formatting/editing device 17 and set in the format data memory 23 (step Ai8). Next, the format content of the first modified format is read from the modified format type setting memory 24 (step A17), and the set content of the format-specific limit value memory 26 is referred to to determine whether the corresponding format content is the limit. (Step A18). If the applicable format content is not at the limit, change the applicable format content in a direction that increases the format value (Step A19), arrange data for this changed format, and check whether the Y coordinate of the last line is below the center of the page. It is determined whether or not (steps A20 and A21). If the last line of the data is above the center of the page, it is determined whether or not it is a global change type by referring to the setting contents of the change type memory 25 (step A22); if it is not a global change type, that is, a sequential change type If so, the process returns to step A18 and subsequent steps, and the contents of the format are changed in the direction of increasing the format value as described above. Then, the above steps A18 to A
When the last line of data is located below the center of the page by the process in step A22, that state is changed to step A21.
is detected, and the editing process ends.

If it is determined in step A22 that the change type is the entire change type, the process proceeds to step A23 and checks whether or not the specification of all change formats has been completed.If not, the change format type setting is performed in step A24. The format contents of the next changed format are read from the memory 24 and the process returns to step A18. Thereafter, the same process is repeated, and when all change formats have been specified, that state is detected in step A23 and the process returns to step A17, where the first change format is read out again and the value of the format is increased in the direction Change the contents of the corresponding format.

However, even after the processing in steps A17 to A24 described above, when a certain format content reaches its limit with the last line of text data still above the center of the page, step A1
The program proceeds to step A25 from g, and refers to the modified format type setting memory 24 to check whether there is another format that is not limited. Change format type setting memory 2 if there is another format
(Step A2B) Then, the process returns to step A1g and the above-described process is repeated to change the content of the format in such a way that the value of the format increases.

If the last line of text data is above the center of the page even if the content is changed in the direction of increasing the format value for all of the above changed formats, step A25 to step A
The process proceeds to step 27, where the text data is arranged based on the original setting format, and the process ends.

The automatic editing process will be explained in detail below with reference to FIG.

Assume that the bottom line of the text data specified by the special page break key is above the center of the page as shown in FIG. 5(a), and there are no line break marks or figures in the text.
Step AI in FIG.

The process proceeds to step A12 via A3 to A6, A8, AIO, and All. From this step A12 to step A
Assuming that the change format type is set in the order of ■Character size, ■Line spacing, and ■Top margin in the process of step 15, and the change type is specified as sequential change type, first,
In step A17, the first
"Character size" is read out as the second change format, and in step A19, the character size in the specified page is enlarged by one level. At this time, since the change types are specified sequentially, the processes of steps A18 to A22 are repeated, and as shown in FIG. 5(b).
As shown in FIG. 3, the character size is enlarged to the limit value set in the format-specific limit value memory 26.

Assuming that the last line of the text data is above the center of the page even after the above font size enlargement process, step A1
8, proceeds to step A2B via step A25, reads out the next change format "line spacing" from the change format type setting memory 24, and proceeds to step A19 via step A18.
Return to and change the format contents. As a result, Fig. 5(c)
The line spacing is increased to the set limit as shown in .

If the last line of the text data is still above the center of the page even after the above line spacing enlargement process, step A2B
At step A1g, the next change format "top margin" is read out from the change format type setting memory 24, and the process returns to step A19 to change the format contents. As a result, the upper margin is expanded to the set limit value as shown in FIG. 5(d).

As a result of the above editing process, if the last line of the specified text data is below the center of the page as shown in FIG. 5(d), this state is detected in step A21 and the editing process is terminated.

After finishing the above automatic editing, the document formatting and editing device 17
Return to normal editing processing.

In the above embodiment, the order in which the good formats are changed can be set arbitrarily, but the order may be set to a fixed value in advance.

Further, in the above embodiment, automatic adjustment is not performed for general pages, but is performed for specific pages, or automatic adjustment may be performed for each person without distinction.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, automatic editing is performed when the last line of text data is above the center of the page, but the criteria for whether or not to perform automatic editing may be set at a location other than the center of the page. Of course.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when there is a large margin at the bottom of the page, the good format is changed in the direction of reducing the margin, so that the specified page of the document is less than one page of the set format. Even if the input data is different, it is possible to automatically change the line spacing, top margin, character spacing, and other formats according to the input data, and arrange them in a well-balanced manner on one page.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an automatic adjustment document processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing automatic editing processing operations, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are specific examples of automatic editing. It is a figure which shows an example. 11... Text input device, 12... Display device, 13.
...Formatting device, 14...Text input editor, 15
... Format data memory, 16... Text data memory, 17... Document formatting and editing device, 18... Page memory, 19... Layout display device, 20... Printing device, 21... Automatic editing device, 22... Change format input device, 23... Format data memory, 24... Change format type setting memory, 25... Change type memory, 26
. . . Format side limit value memory, 27 . . . Display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] When outputting input data input for one page based on a preset format such as line spacing, top margin, character spacing, character size, etc., the final output line of the output data means to check the balance of data arrangement by checking whether the line position of is below a predetermined line position, and when the line position of the final output line is above the predetermined line position on the page. The method further includes a format changing means for changing the format so that the final output line position of the data is lower than the line position, and an output means for outputting the input data based on the format changed by the format changing means. An automatic adjustment document processing device characterized by: