JPS6272074A - Document preparing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize preparation of a document in which data of different kind are mixed by adopting a concept of a frame having position, size and job attribute on a blank form. CONSTITUTION:When editing a frame area, a frame in the printed image area 161 to be edited is designated by depressing a left button of a mouse 14. For instance, in the case of [manual edition] 322, address of text information corresponding to the page designated by a page control information storage section 26 is taken out, and a frame area information address corresponding to the designated address is found out, and frame attribute and data number are taken out. When the frame attribute taken out is indefinite, a message that requests selection of one of tablulation, figure drawing, image is displayed in a message display area to get selection of work, and attribute corresponding to designated work is registered in frame attribute of the page control information storage section 26. Starting job is known from work selection or frame attribute and the job is started.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a document creation method suitable for use in an information IaR device having a document creation method such as a word processor [Prior art and its problems] In processors, there are two methods for handling text, graphics, images, and other data as one document.

That is, (1) Kirihari method 2 A method in which data such as characters, nine figures, images, etc. are created in separate jobs, and then assembled into one document using the Kirihari job.

The above-mentioned Kirihari job may exist in a word processor.

(21 Direct drawing method: Sentence ■1 A method in which each process uses the same paper in common in a word processor that includes graphics, image, etc. processing functions. In this case, the paper is so-called paper (A4゜A3.85 .B4., etc.).
This is the work area on the display screen of the processor.

However, the above-mentioned Kirihari method (1) has the disadvantage that each job is an independent job, and therefore the operation is troublesome. For example, the operations are: ■ Start a word processor and create a text-only document. In this case, the shapes, images, and
Leave space for other data. However, without filling the frame.

There are cases where character data is avoided due to the size of the data, with only ■ described later. However, in general, in order to create a document with the layout in mind, frame filling is often performed.

Here, the above-mentioned frame is a rectangular area taken on a sheet of paper, and a job as shown below is run within this area. That is, ・ Tabulation processing ・ Graphic processing ・ Image processing ・ Word processing ・ Calculation (spread sheet) processing ・ Word processing
(BAS IC, C0BOL, C.

etc.) ・Other ■ Start the figure or image processing and create the figure or image data you want to insert.

■ Start the Kirihari process and insert the figure and image data created in step ■ above into the framed area.

That's how it went.

Furthermore, the sharpening method as described in (1) above also has the disadvantage that it is not possible to correct sharply sharpened figures and images. Therefore, when making corrections, ■ Delete the sharpened data.

■ Start the job for the data you want to modify and modify it.

■ Start Kirihari processing and insert the figure and image data modified in ■ above into the area marked with a frame.

I had to do something like this.

Furthermore, the Kirihari method as described in (1) above also has the disadvantage that the size of the data to be created is not determined at the time of image creation. That is, since each job is independent, it is not possible to know the size of the framed rectangular area.

Therefore, the system sometimes informs the operator of the size of the frame, and the opaque has to be aware of that size when creating tables, solids, images, etc.

Furthermore, the direct drawing method as described in (2) above has a drawback in that the degree of freedom in each process is low.

In other words, since there is no concept of a frame like the Kirihari method in (1) above, the entire paper is shared by each process, but since there is no separation between each data, a process-specific screen can be set for each process. It was difficult to do anything.

Furthermore, the direct drawing method as described in (2) above also has the drawback that processing units cannot be modularized. In a typical document, figures and images are made up of blocks, and in general, the smaller the processing unit, the easier it is to concentrate on the work, but in the direct drawing method, as mentioned above, the frame Since there was no concept, it was not possible to process figures, images, etc. as a single unit.

Furthermore, the direct drawing method as in (2) above also has the disadvantage that it is difficult to issue processing instructions.

That is, it is impossible to distinguish between characters written by word processing, characters written by graphic processing, and characters written by image processing just by looking at the display.
I didn't know which process to specify.

Furthermore, the direct drawing method as mentioned above (2) is
It also had the disadvantage that the storage capacity was the same as that of an art university. That is, in the case of an image, if the entire paper is considered as an image paper, the amount of data becomes enormous. Therefore, there are problems with memory and external storage capacity, and it is almost impossible to process without using the plug-in method.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation method that can easily realize the creation process of a document containing a mixture of different types of data. .

[Key points of the invention] The present invention is aimed at achieving the above objectives.

It is characterized by incorporating the concept of a frame with size and job attributes on the paper.

[Embodiments of the invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows its configuration, and 10 is a central processing unit (
12 is a keyboard, and 14 is a pointing device (so-called mouse). 16 is a display device; 18, when the CPU 10 analyzes data input from the keyboard 12 or the mouse 14 and determines that it is necessary to display the data on the display device 116, the data is displayed. Frame memory to be written to. 2o is a printing device. 22 is a word processor that stores programs that analyze input data input from the keyboard 12 or mouse 14 and perform various operations according to the analysis results.
This is a block O-gram storage section.

24 is a format information storage section in which format information for managing the format of the entire document is stored. 26 is a page management information storage section in which page management information for managing the status of each page of the document is stored. 2B is a document buffer in which document data is stored. 30 is a buffer management information storage section in which buffer management information for managing the state of the document buffer 28 is stored.

The format information storage section 24 stores the following information. That is, - Paper (B5/A4/B4/A4/etc.) - Paper usage (horizontal/111@7-bag binding) - Text direction (vertical/horizontal) - Margins - Font size (lower case/standard text/upper case) )・Mincho/Gothic/etc.）・Number of characters: 7 lines・Lines: 7 pages・Character spacing・Line spacing The page management information storage unit 26 stores information as shown in FIG. That is, - Page management information for the total number of pages, total number of frame areas, and number of pages.The page management information for the above number of pages is further divided into management information 261 for one page in FIG. 2 for each management information. Separated as shown. That is, - Address of character data (address of text information in the document buffer 28) - Number of frame areas in the page - Frame area information for the number of frame areas In addition, frame and area information for the number of frame areas are each frame! ! Each area information is divided as shown in FIG. 2 as frame area information 2611. That is, - position, size, data number, frame attribute (job attribute) The document buffer 28 stores the following information. That is, - Main text information - Data within the frame area The above data within the frame area is further divided into the following for each frame. That is, - Frame format % Format % The buffer management information storage section 30 stores the following information. That is, - The start address of the document buffer 28 - The entire capacity of the document buffer 28 - The address of the unused area in the document buffer 28 - The capacity of the unused area in the document buffer 28 - Block management information for the number of blocks The above number of blocks The block management information for each piece of information is as follows:
It can be divided as follows.

That is, - Status - Data type - Block start address (actual data start address) - Block capacity II (actual data capacity I) Below, the operation in such a configuration will be explained.

The display screen of the display device 16 is as shown in FIG.
Print image display area 161. It has a fixed display area 162 and a message display area 163, and the frame settings are as follows:
This is done in the print image display area 161. That is, when the left button of the mouse 14 is pressed, a pop-up menu (PUM) 32 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed in the print image display area 161. Here, leave space r.
321, a message prompting the user to specify the empty frame position is displayed in the message display area 163.

When the diagonal of the frame is specified with the mouse 14, the frame is set. When a frame is set, the position, size, and position of the set frame are stored in the frame area information 2611 of the page management information storage unit 26.
A frame attribute (undefined in this case) is registered. Further, by setting the frame, the character data displayed in the print image display area 161 is rearranged. That is, the character data is rearranged avoiding the frame area.

FIGS. 5(a) to 5(C) are graphs showing this frame setting operation. That is, the print image display [161
When the left button of the mouse 14 is pressed, the PUM32 as shown in the fourth factor is displayed, and the r frame blank J321 is highlighted (step 5T501). Here, mouse 14
It is determined whether the left button of is pressed (step 5T502). If not pressed, then mouse 1
4 has been moved (step 5T50
3). If it has not been moved, step 5T50 above
Return to 2. If it has been moved, the highlighted menu is returned to its original state (step 5T504), and it is determined whether the moved position is within the range of the PUM 32 (step 5T505). If it is not within the range, the process returns to step 5T502, and if it is within the range, the menu corresponding to that position is highlighted (step 5T506), and the process returns to step 5T502.

In step 5T502, if it is determined that the left button of the mouse 14 has been pressed, the PIJM 32 is erased (step 5T507), and it is determined whether the menu that was highlighted was r frame empty 1321 ( Step 5T508). If it is not "r frame vacated" 321, the process is extracted from this processing flow chart in order to perform processing accordingly. If the r frame is empty J321, a message urging the frame to specify the position is displayed in the message display area 163 (step 5T50).
9).

Then, after the mouse cursor has been moved, the mouse 14
It is determined whether the left button of is pressed (step 5T510). If not pressed, mouse 14
It is determined whether the right button has been pressed (step 5T511). If the right button is pressed, a cancellation process is performed and the process ends at step 5T512). If it has not been pressed, the process returns to step 5T510.

If it is determined in step ST510 that the left button has been pressed, the position of the mouse cursor at that time is stored (step 5T513). After the mouse cursor has been moved, it is again determined whether the left button of the mouse 14 has been pressed (step 5T514).

If not, it is determined whether the right button of the mouse 14 has been pressed (step 5T515). If the right button is pressed, cancellation processing is performed (step 5T516) and the process ends. If it has not been pressed, the process returns to step 5T514.

If it is determined in step 5T514 that the left button has been pressed, the position of the mouse cursor at that time is stored (step 5T517).

Then, from the page management information storage unit 26, the address (
Step 5T518) to extract the page top address)
, a block management information storage area is created in the buffer 1I layer information storage section 30 (step 5T519). Next, the frame position is set as frame area information in the page management information of the obtained page in the page management information storage section 26 (step 5T520). However, in this case, the frame position to be set is the upper left end position in the case of horizontal writing, and the upper right end position in the case of vertical writing. Similarly, the frame size is set to step 5T521), and the frame attribute is set to undefined (step 5T522). Then, the character data is rearranged as shown in FIG. 6 by inserting into the frame (step 5T52
3). In this case, Fig. 6 (a) and (b) show the case of horizontal writing, Fig. 6 (C) and (d) show the case of vertical writing, and Fig. 6 (a) and (C) show the case of horizontal writing. The inside is the front, same figure (b)
The frames in and (d) indicate the rear, respectively.

When creating/editing a document (text information), unless a frame is specified, the document creation/editing state (i.e., a work area (empty area) is placed below the main text area in the document buffer 28, Since the block of the frame area is arranged from the bottom to the end of the document buffer 28), the cursor is moved to the desired position for creation/editing.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the editing function (delete).

When the correction 1 etc.) and character input are executed, step 5T takes out the address (page top address) of the text information corresponding to the specified page from the page management information storage unit 26.
701), cursor position II (row.

By adding the columns), the position of the text (character) information on the specified page can be found (step 5T702), and editing can be performed (step 5T703).

When editing a frame area, first, the frame within the print image area 161 to be edited is specified by pressing the left button of the mouse 14. Then, the PUM 32 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and by specifying "manual editing" 322, the frame can be edited.

That is, as shown in the flow charts of FIGS. 8(a) and (b), first, it is determined whether the left button of the mouse 14 is pressed (step 5T801), and if it is pressed, the current mouse button is It is determined whether the cursor position is within the frame area (step 5T802). If it is not within the frame area, it is extracted from the processing flow chart in order to perform other processing. If it is within the frame area, PLJM32 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed (step 5T80).
3). Here, it is determined whether the left button of the mouse 14 has been pressed (step 5T804), and if it has not been pressed, it is then determined whether the mouse 14 has been moved (step 5T805). If it has not been moved, the process returns to step 5T804. If it has been moved, step 5T to restore the highlighted menu
806), it is determined whether the moved position is within the range of PtJM32 (step 5T807).

If it is not within the range, return to step 5T804 above,
If it is within the range, highlight the menu corresponding to that position (step 5T808), step 5T804 above.
Return to

If it is determined in step 5T804 that the left button of the mouse 14 has been pressed, erase PtJM32 (step 5T809),! : At the same time, it is determined whether the highlighted menu is "Manual Edit" 322 (Step 5T810). If it is not "Manual Edit" 322, the process is extracted from the processing flow chart in order to perform the corresponding process.

"If it is manual editing j322, extract the address of the text information corresponding to the specified page from the page management information storage unit 26 step 5T811), find the frame area information address corresponding to the specified address, and select the frame attribute and data. The number is extracted (step 5T812).Then, it is determined whether the extracted frame attribute is undefined (step 5
T813). If it is undetermined, a message prompting the user to select the task of drawing or imagining the table 9 is displayed in the message display area 163, and the task selection is accepted (step 5).
T814). Then, the attribute corresponding to the specified work is registered in the frame attribute of the page management information storage section 26 (step 5T815).

Next, the buffer management information storage unit 3o is searched for an empty block, and the block start address of the last block + block capacity address is registered as the block start address (step 5T816), and then step 5T, which will be described later
Jump to 819. That is, as shown in FIG. 9(a), when frame area data blocks 1 to 3 are stored in the document buffer 728, the capacity of that block is set to the start address of frame area data block 3. Added address,
After securing a work area by registering the start address of an empty block in the buffer management information storage unit 30, step 5T
Jump to 819.

If it is determined in step ST813 that the attribute exists, extract the block start address (start address of actual data) from the block management information of the buffer management information section 30 corresponding to the retrieved data number (step 5T817).
). Further, in order to secure a work area for the activated job, subsequent blocks are placed at the end of the document buffer 28 (step 5T818). That is, as shown in FIG. 9(b), when data blocks 1 to 3 within the frame area are stored in the document buffer 28, the data block 2 within the frame area is stored as indicated by the arrow "→" in the figure. When the first address of data block 3 in the frame area is retrieved, the next data block 3 in the frame area is placed at the end, as shown in FIG. This area will be reserved as a work area for

Then, the job to be started is known from the work selection or the frame attribute, and the job is started (step 5T819). At that time, the starting job includes the block start address, block capacity (actual data content file (however, rOJ when creating a new job))
), the end address of available memory (block start address + block capacity + memory capacity obtained by rearranging block data), frame size, and resources such as display device and external storage device are given (step 5T820). .

The activated job performs work in the given environment, and when the work is completed, the block capacity changed by the work is updated and the job ends (step 5T821).

When the startup job is completed, the block placed at the end of the document buffer is returned to the address position obtained by adding the block capacity 1 to the above block start address (step 5T8).
22).

That is, as shown in FIG. 9(d), the frame area data block 3 is returned next to the updated frame area data block 2', and the empty block 34 is returned to the end of the document buffer 3o. Through these steps, the specified frame information (Table 1 figure) of the specified page.

image data) can be edited.

In addition, FIG. 10 shows 1 of the specifications to the image display area 161.
This is a flow chart for displaying one page of a document (character data) and a frame area (Table 1, image data). That is, the address of the text information corresponding to the specified page from the page management information storage unit 26 (the top address of the page)
The text (character) information of the specified page is displayed based on the format information and frame area information (step 5T1002).

Then, in order to display the data within the frame, it is determined whether it is the final frame information (step 5T1003), and if it is not the final frame information, the frame position and frame size are extracted from the page management information storage unit 26 (step ST1004), The block start address and block capacity are obtained from the buffer management information storage unit 30 (step 5T1005). next,
A display job corresponding to the frame attribute is activated, and data within the frame (figures in Table 1, image data) is displayed in the image display area 161 based on the above parameters (step STI 006). Then, set the next pupil area information position (step 5T1007), step 5T described above.
Return to step 1003 and repeat until the final frame information is displayed.

In this way, by having the function of a frame with position, size, and job attributes, frame setting (frame blanking, frame change) and layout setting can be performed at the same time. This is because frame settings become layout settings.

Further, a specified work (job) can be selected simply by specifying a frame, eliminating the need to specify a job.

In general, handling of image data becomes easier. In other words, it is possible to have an image with a data size that fits within the frame.

Furthermore, since only the position and size of the frame on the paper is stored, each job can be worked freely. That is, it is possible to pass not only the size of the frame on the screen but also the entire screen to the activated job, in other words, it is possible to configure a work screen unique to each process. Only the position and size of the frame on the paper are managed, and since the frame and the data within the frame are highly independent, it is also possible to handle data that exceeds the frame when working within the frame.

C Effects of the Invention C As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a document creation method that can easily realize the process of creating a document containing a mixture of different types of data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data management structure of a page management information storage unit, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen of a display device, and FIG. Figure 4 is a diagram showing a pop-up menu, Figures 5 (a) to (C) are a series of flowcharts for frame setting processing, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing a pop-up menu.
Figures (a) to (d) are diagrams for explaining the rearrangement of character data on the display screen by frame blanking, Figure 7 is a flow chart of the text area creation/editing process, and Figure 8 (a). ) and (b) are a series of flowcharts of frame area creation/editing processing, and FIGS. 9(a) to (d) are document buffer data at each processing step in the flowchart of FIG. 8, respectively. FIG. 10, a diagram showing the management structure, is a flow chart of display processing. 10... CPLll 12... Keyboard, 1
4...Mouse, 16...Display device, 161...
・Print image display area, 162...Fixed display area,
163...Message display area, 18...Frame memory, 20...Printing device, 22...Word...
Buo processor/buogram storage unit, 24... Format information storage unit, 26... Page management information storage unit, 261.
... Management information for one page, 2611 ... Frame area information, 28 ... Document buffer, 30 ... Buffer management information, 32 ... Pop-up menu (PIJ
M), 34...Empty block. Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. No. 2! ! I Figure 4 Figure 3 Figure 5 (a) Figure 51b) Figure 5 (C) (a) (b) (C)
(d) Figure 6 Figure 7 (a) (b) (c)
(d) Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means for setting a frame in a work area on a display screen of a word processor, a means for managing the set frame, a means for specifying the set frame, and a job attribute for setting a job attribute in the specified frame. If the job properties are set, the job is automatically read and started, and if the job properties are not set, there is a means to specify the start job, and after the job is finished, the job is started. and a means for restoring the display screen destroyed by the work of the job to its original state and displaying the inside of the frame. document creation method.