JPH08212201A - Document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is possible to easily insert, move, and copy a document that contains multiple ruled lines, tables, etc. without causing ruled line misalignment. [Structure] A hidden ruled line setting unit 25 sets a start point 64 and an end point 66 of a hidden ruled line in the document line direction at a specified position on a created document as a hidden ruled line.
Reference numeral 6 performs editing such as insertion, movement and copying within the set hidden ruled line range.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus used for creating and editing a document including a frame and a table created by setting a ruled line, and more particularly to a document for a document having a frame and a table based on the ruled line. The present invention relates to a document processing device for inserting, moving, and copying documents.
In recent document creation apparatuses, tables and framing are actively incorporated in order to facilitate visual judgment in presentations and the like based on created documents. in this case,
In addition to the function to copy a part of another document to the created document and copy or move it to the specified place in the table or ruled line frame, move or copy the document according to the specified space of the copy destination Is desired.

[0002] In particular, as it is now possible to incorporate graphics, still images, etc. into a document due to multimedia support, it is possible to modify the document without paying attention to deviations of ruled line frames, tables, etc. It is strongly desired to be able to move and copy other documents as desired, in the field of all document production devices such as word processors, personal computers and workstations, where document production is becoming popular.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Editing functions performed in a conventional document processing apparatus such as a word processor are provided with functions of inserting, moving and copying. For example, the copy function is to simply copy a specified area of a copy source document to a specified position of a copy destination document. In this case, the document following the copy position is shifted by the copied document.

Therefore, even if an attempt is made to copy a text by designating a ruled line frame of the created document or a part of the table, the table or the ruled line is displaced due to the added text due to the copy, and the text or the ruled line is moved to a predetermined position after copying. The documents are in order.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional document processing apparatus, when a ruled line frame of a created document has double ruled line frames such as a table, a specific area of the document is designated. If you insert, move, or copy the file, you cannot specify the correct area, and the existing ruled line frame is destroyed, and you need to re-edit the file when you insert, move, or copy it. There was a problem.

FIG. 11 shows a copying process by a conventional document processing apparatus. A processed document 100a being created is a ruled line frame 102.
Inside, there is a ruled line frame 104 such as a table. The text in the copy area 110 of the copy source document 108 on the left side of the processed document 100a is copied to the broken area 105. In this case, the copy start position at the upper left corner of the area 105 is designated as the designated point 106 with a cursor or the like.

In response to such a copy instruction, the document processing apparatus uses the upper left corner of the processed document 100a as the origin 112, calculates the number of characters up to the designated point 106, and copies the document from this calculation point. However, when the ruled line frame 104 exists in the middle of the ruled line frame 104, the ruled line frame 1 is used to protect the text in the ruled line frame 104.
The region of 04 is removed and the character position from the origin 112 to the designated point 106 is calculated. Therefore, the calculation point 114, which is the calculated position indicating the designated point 106, is displaced by the number of characters of the ruled line frame 104.

When the designated point 106 for starting copying and the calculation point 114 are deviated in this way, the document processing apparatus regards this as a processing error and, as shown in the processed document 100b, the copy area 11
A simple copy process is performed as an error handling process without maintaining the document shape of 0. As a result, the ruled line frame 102 collapses like 102a and 102b, and it takes a considerable time to redo the editing for returning the state of the ruled line frame 102 of the processed document 100a.

This point is the same for insertion into the processed document 100a and movement within the processed document 100a. The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and inserts a document including multiple ruled lines and tables,
An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that can easily move and copy without causing a ruled line shift.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. The document processing apparatus of the present invention is a hidden ruled line setting unit 25 that sets a hidden ruled line at a specified position on a created document.
And a hidden ruled line edit processing unit 36 for editing the document within the hidden ruled line area set by the hidden ruled line setting unit 25.

Here, the hidden ruled line setting unit 25 sets the start point 64 and the end point 66 of the hidden ruled line in the line direction of the document, and the hidden ruled line editing processing unit 36 receives the start point 64 and the end point 66. For each line after the setting of, the document is edited within the range of the start point 64 and the end point 66 such as insertion, movement and copying. Further, the hidden ruled line editing processing unit 36 determines the range of the character positions of the hidden ruled line start point 64 and the end point 66 (the hidden ruled line 7
If a ruled line (a visible ruled line) of the ruled line frame exists within the range (0, 72), the document is edited in the range from the start point 64 or the end point 66 to the ruled line.

Further, the hidden ruled line setting section 25 is provided with a hidden ruled line insertion key 20, a hidden ruled line moving key 22 and a hidden ruled line copying key 24, which are used to create a document to be created at the time of insertion, movement or copying. Set hidden ruled lines.
In response to this, the hidden ruled line edit processing unit 36 causes the keys 20,
The document is inserted, the document is moved, and the document is copied within the range of the hidden ruled line set by 22 and 24.

[0013]

According to such a document processing apparatus of the present invention, when a text is inserted, moved, or copied from another document in a designated area in a document including a frame by ruled lines, a table, etc.,
By specifying the position of the hidden ruled line and setting the range to insert, move, and copy, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of deviation of the ruled line that has already been set, and to edit the insert, move, copy, etc. at the position intended by the operator. Easy to do.

Therefore, even if complicated ruled lines are used, there is no movement of the ruled lines due to insertion, movement, and copying, and correction work due to deviation of the ruled lines is unnecessary, and editing time can be shortened and work efficiency can be improved. .

[0015]

2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, the document processing apparatus includes an input unit 10, a key determination unit 26, an input processing unit 34, a data processing unit 35, a display processing unit 46, a display unit 48, a print control unit 50, and a printing unit 52.

The input unit 10 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and in addition to the general keys, the conventional insert key 12, move key 14, in order to perform the hidden ruled line editing process of the present invention,
In addition to the copy key 16 and the delete key 18, a hidden ruled line insertion key 20, a hidden ruled line movement key 22 and a hidden ruled line copy key 24 are provided. Of course, instead of the hidden ruled line insertion key 20, the hidden ruled line movement key 22 and the hidden ruled line copy key 24, the function of each key may be designated by menu selection on the screen.

The key determination unit 26 includes a general key analysis unit 2
8. A special key analysis unit 30 and a command analysis unit 32 are provided. The general key analysis unit 28 converts a key code obtained by operating a character key from the input unit 10 into a character code. The special key analysis unit 30 analyzes various function keys provided in the input unit 10 and converts them into control codes based on the analysis result.

The special keys include a hidden ruled line insertion key 20, a hidden ruled line moving key 22 and a hidden ruled line copy key 24 which are newly provided according to the present invention. Command analysis unit 3
2 analyzes the command input by the menu input processing by the cursor using the display screen, and outputs the corresponding control code. The function of the hidden ruled line setting unit 25 in the present invention is realized by the input unit 10 and the key determination unit 26.

The function of the hidden ruled line edit processing unit 36 in the present invention is realized by the input processing unit 34 and the data processing unit 35 provided subsequent to the key determination unit 26. The data processing unit 35 functions as an edit processing unit. In the present invention, the insertion processing unit 38 that performs hidden ruled line insertion processing, the movement processing unit 40 that performs hidden ruled line movement processing, and the hidden ruled line copying processing. A copy processing unit 42 is provided. Further, the data storage unit 44 stores various document data such as a document to be created and a document to be a copy source.

The display processing unit 46 performs conversion into a display screen and a display character according to the control code and the character code output from the key determination unit 26 in accordance with the input operation of the input unit 10, for example, a character code for a character. It is generated from a character font based on, and is displayed on the display unit 48 using a CRT or a liquid crystal display. The print control unit 50 includes the input unit 1
No. 0 receives a control code or control command from the key determination unit 26 by operating various control keys related to print control, and performs various print controls on the print unit 52 such as a laser printer via the print control unit 50. .

FIG. 3 is an overall flow chart of the document editing process in the data processing unit 35 of FIG. In the operation state of the apparatus, first, in step S1, the operation of the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 is checked. When the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 is operated, the process proceeds to step S2 and the hidden ruled line insertion process is executed. To do. In step S3, the operation of the hidden ruled line moving key 22 is checked. When the operation of the hidden ruled line moving key 22 is determined, the process proceeds to step S4 and the hidden ruled line moving process is executed.

Further, in step S4, the operation of the hidden ruled line copy key 24 is checked, and when the hidden ruled line copy key 24 is operated, the process proceeds to step S6 to execute the hidden ruled line copy process. Further, operations of general keys and special keys (not shown) are also discriminated, and publicly known editing processing corresponding to each key operation is performed. Next, the principle of the hidden ruled line setting of the present invention and the editing process based on the set hidden ruled line will be described by taking the hidden ruled line editing process shown in step S2 of FIG. 3 as an example.

The flowchart of FIG. 4 shows details of the hidden ruled line insertion processing shown in step S2 of FIG. First, in step S1, the start position and end position of the hidden ruled line at the position where the text is to be inserted are set to the cursor and the position shown in FIG.
It is set by operating the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 of. For example, assume that the created document 78 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 48. A ruled line frame 60 is provided in the created document 78, and a ruled line frame 62 for making a table is further provided in the ruled line frame 60.

When a new sentence is to be inserted into the created document 78 below the ruled line frame 62, the cursor is moved to, for example, the start point 64, the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 is pressed, and then the The cursor is moved to the end point 66 on the same line and the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 is pressed. By setting the starting point 64 and the ending point 66 of the hidden ruled line frame by operating the cursor and the hidden ruled line insertion key 20 as described above, the setting of the ruled line frame by the hidden ruled lines 68, 70 and 72 which are invisible on the screen and which are shown by broken lines can be performed. Done.

The hidden ruled line frame is in the range of the hidden ruled line 68 from the start point 64 to the end point 66 in the line direction, but is not limited in the page direction like the hidden ruled line ruled lines 70 and 72, and the document is created. It is set to the entire area determined by the memory capacity reserved for. Next, proceeding to step S2 of FIG. 4, the input character is inserted using the general key based on the coordinates determined by the start point 64 and the end point 66 that specify the hidden ruled line frame. When a ruled line that can be seen within the range of the hidden ruled line frame appears during the character insertion process based on the coordinates of the hidden ruled line, the ruled line is preferentially folded back. In this case, the folded portion is the position where the hidden ruled line first appears from the position of the ruled line.

Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, regarding the hidden ruled lines 70 and 72 in the page direction set by designating the start point 64 and the end point 66, a ruled line frame is set on the left hidden ruled line 70 side. When the ruled line 74 is positioned as a result, the insertion of the character has priority over the ruled line 74 rather than from the hidden ruled line 70 at the start point 64, and the character is input from the position next to the ruled line 74 to hide the hidden ruled line 7.
Insert so that it folds back at 2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a start point 64 and an end point 6
For the hidden ruled lines 70 and 72 in the page direction set by the designation of 6, when the ruled line frame is set at the right hidden ruled line 72 and the ruled line 76 exists, the hidden ruled line 70 of the start point 64 The character is input from the position and the insertion is repeated at the position of the ruled line 76. When the character insertion processing for the hidden ruled line area set by specifying the start point 64 and the end point 66 is completed in this manner, the hidden ruled line is canceled in step S3 and the process returns to the main routine of FIG. To do.

FIG. 8 shows details of the hidden ruled line moving process according to the present invention shown in step S4 of FIG. 3, which is executed by the moving processing unit 40 of FIG. In FIG. 8, in the hidden ruled line moving process, first, in step S1, the moving data is taken out. The source document may be a document other than the created document, or may be data in the created document. Specifically, the process of extracting the movement data is performed by moving the cursor to the beginning of the data to be moved, operating the hidden ruled line movement key 22 provided in the input unit 10 of FIG. 2, and subsequently moving the cursor. Then, the hidden ruled line moving key 22 may be operated. When the data to be moved is taken out in this way, the data of the movement source of that portion is deleted.

Next, in step S2, the destination document is opened. For the destination document, in FIG.
As shown in, the start point 64 and the end point 66 of the hidden ruled line at the position to be moved are set to the cursor and the hidden ruled line moving key 22.
Set with the operation. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the hidden ruled lines 68, 70, and 72 that form the hidden ruled line frame are set in the created document 78 that is the movement destination.

Subsequently, in step S4, the character data extracted in step S1 is moved based on the coordinates of the hidden ruled line. At this time, if a ruled line appears in the middle, the ruled line is given priority and the folding process is performed. The details of the loopback process are as shown in FIG. 6 or 7, for example. When the series of movement processes is completed, the hidden ruled line is deselected in step S5, and the process returns to the main routine of FIG.

FIG. 9 shows details of the hidden ruled line copy processing in step S6 of FIG. 3, which is executed by the copy processing unit 42 provided in the data processing unit 35 of FIG. First, in step S1, data to be copied is extracted from the document to be copied.
To take out the copy data, the cursor may be set at the copy start position for the copy document and the copy key 16 may be pressed, then the cursor may be moved to the copy end position and the copy key 16 may be pressed. Next, in step S2, the copy destination document is expanded. For the expanded copy destination document, in step S3, the start point 64 and the end point 66 of the hidden ruled line indicating the position to be copied are set by operating the cursor and the hidden ruled line copy key 24 in the same manner as the created document 78 in FIG. .

Based on the designation of this hidden ruled line, step S
At 4, the data extracted in step S1 is copied to a position below the horizontal ruled line 68 set for the start point 64 and the end point 66 and between the left and right hidden ruled lines 70 and 72. When a ruled line appears in the middle of this copying, the ruled line is preferentially folded back as shown in FIG. 6 or 7, for example. When the copying of all the data is completed, the hidden ruled line is undesignated in step S5, and the process returns to the main routine in step S3.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a copy source document and a created document in the hidden ruled line copying process of FIG. In the created document 78, a ruled line frame 62 forming a table is provided in the ruled line frame 60. By copying the text of the copy area 82 of the copy source document 80 to the created document 78 according to the copy processing shown in FIG. 9, the text of the copy area 82 is not shifted without causing the original ruled line frame 60 to be displaced. Can be duplicated as shown in area 84.

Note that the document processing apparatus of the present invention is not limited to a dedicated document processing apparatus such as a word processor, and can be directly applied to the function of a document creating apparatus that a personal computer or workstation has as an application. it can.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if a complicated document including a frame and a table by ruled lines is specified, a hidden ruled line can be specified at an arbitrary position in the document.
Inserting, moving or copying can be done surely at the intended place without causing ruled line shifts, and correction work for ruled line shifts by editing work is not required, so insert, move, copy etc. at the time of document creation Can be freely and easily edited at the position intended by the operator, and the work efficiency of document creation and editing can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the overall processing of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of insertion processing using hidden ruled lines according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a hidden ruled line setting state according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram when a ruled line exists on the left side of the hidden ruled line range.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram when a ruled line exists on the right side of the hidden ruled line range.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a moving process using hidden ruled lines according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a copying process using hidden ruled lines according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a result of hidden ruled line abnormality processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional copying process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10: Input part 12: Insert key 14: Move key 16: Copy key 18: Delete key 20: Hidden ruled line insertion key 22: Hidden ruled line movement key 24: Hidden ruled line copy key 25: Hidden ruled line setting part 26: Key determination part 28 : General key analysis unit 30: Special key analysis unit 32: Command analysis unit 34: Input processing unit 35: Data processing unit (editing processing unit) 36: Hidden ruled line editing processing unit 38: Insertion processing unit 40: Movement processing unit 42: Copy processing unit 44: Data storage unit 46: Display processing unit 48: Display unit 50: Print control unit 52: Printing unit 60, 62: Ruled line frame 64: Start point 66: End point 68, 70, 72: Hidden ruled line 78: Processed document 80: Copy source document

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A hidden ruled line setting unit that sets a hidden ruled line at a specified position on a created document, and a hidden ruled line editing processing unit that edits a document within the hidden ruled line region set by the hidden ruled line setting unit. A document processing apparatus comprising: 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hidden ruled line setting unit sets a start point and an end point of a hidden ruled line in a document line direction, and the hidden ruled line edit processing unit starts A document processing apparatus, which edits a document within a range of the start point and the end point for each line after setting the point and the end point. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the hidden ruled line editing processing unit determines that the ruled line of the ruled line frame exists within the character positions of the start point and the end point of the hidden ruled line. A document processing apparatus for editing a document within a range from the start point or the end point to the ruled line. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hidden ruled line setting unit includes a hidden ruled line insertion key, a hidden ruled line moving key, and a hidden ruled line copying key, and the keys are inserted and moved. Alternatively, a hidden ruled line is set in the created document at the time of copying, and the hidden ruled line editing processing unit inserts a document, moves a document, or copies a document within the range of the hidden ruled line set by each of the keys. Document processing device.