JPH01129351A - character processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document processing device that edits a document based on formatted data, and particularly relates to a device that allocates and outputs italic characters in a formatted area. It is.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when creating a document using this type of device, such as a word processor, a character font for display corresponding to a character code input in an area set by a format etc. input by an operator is developed. is configured to be displayed.

For this reason, in order to emphasize and print characters in a created document, only those portions are printed in double width or quadruple width, or are printed with shading, etc., for emphasis.

For this reason, there have been problems in that the number of characters in one line is changed due to restrictions on the emphasized characters, and that the overall print style is significantly degraded due to the influence of the line pitch.

Therefore, a formatting-type electronic editing processing device has been proposed that layouts documents according to a formatting format that is different from document processing based on such formats.

This device has a wide variety of usable font sizes and font types, and is configured so that each font type can be modified and edited.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, since such modified characters are independent of typesetting rules, when assigning modified characters, processing is performed such that all lines in the line are typesetting as modified characters. , it is not possible to perform editing such as transforming and emphasizing only a partial character string in one line, and the electronic editing function using modified characters cannot function effectively, resulting in the problem that only limited document editing is possible.

In addition, when transforming only an arbitrary character string in a character string, the amount of penetration and deviation in the transformation direction at the boundary between the character to be transformed and the character that is not transformed differs depending on the character font, so it is necessary to When a modified character is allocated, a problem arises in that the line width is not constant, unlike the typesetting format of adjacent lines, which impairs printing quality.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the assignment of modified characters to any specified character string in a formatted character string is performed by automatically calculating the address of the specified character string. By expanding 1. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device capable of outputting a document consisting of normal characters and modified characters in the same format with high quality.

[Means for solving problems]

The document processing device according to the present invention includes a deformation information manual means for manually inputting a deformation section for an arbitrary character string expanded and displayed on a display unit and character deformation information for this character string based on predetermined typesetting data inputted. , an address calculation means for calculating a transformation expansion address corresponding to each character specified in the section based on the character transformation information inputted from the transformation information manual means, and a transformation expansion address corresponding to each character specified in the section according to the typesetting data; A modified character layout means is provided for allocating and displaying transformed characters corresponding to each character of a character string in a transformed section of a display section based on character transformation information instructed by a transformed expansion address and transformed information manual means. It is.

[Effect]

In this invention, when the deformation information manual input means inputs the deformation section for an arbitrary character string expanded and displayed on the display section and the character deformation information for this character string, the address calculation means inputs the input character deformation information. Based on the formatting data, a modified expansion address corresponding to each character specified in the section is calculated. Then, in the deformed character layout, the deformed characters corresponding to each character of the character string are displayed in the deformed section of the display section based on the deformed development address calculated by the means and the character deformed information instructed by the deformed information input means. .

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a control section, a microcomputer (MPU) 2. Internal memory (program memory) consisting of RAM and ROM, etc., external storage device (consisting of hard disk, floppy disk, cartridge disk, etc.) 3 to 5
It is equipped with

7 is an image input device that inputs the image placed on the document table to a CCD.
It is converted into an electrical signal (A/D conversion) by an image sensor such as .

An image output section 8 is composed of an interface and a printer 9 such as a laser beam printer, and records an image on a recording material based on information converted into an electrical signal. Reference numeral 10 denotes a CRT device that displays control information and the like in the form of a menu. 11
is a keyboard (KBD), which is operated to issue commands for the operation of the apparatus. 12 is a pointing device which also serves as the deformable information manual means of this invention;
Instructs to process image information on the CRT device 10, and
A cursor displayed on the CRT device 10 is moved arbitrarily in the X and Y directions to select and instruct a command image on the command menu. Further, the pointing device 12 can manually input any point of the figure displayed on the CRT device 10 as coordinate information. 13 is video RAM
(VRAM), the data to be displayed on the CRT device 10 is expanded and stored on a bitmap.

A program memory (PMEM) 6 selects and executes a program for editing processing from the external storage device 3 constituted by a hard disk. In addition,? The data subjected to the N processing is developed on the image memory 14, and an image is output from the image output unit 12 in response to a print command issued from the pointing device 12 or the like. 15 is a pit manipulation unit (BMU) which also serves as an address calculation means and a modification allocation means of the present invention;
AM13. PMEM6. Data can be transferred between the IMEMs 14 by DMA without intervening the microcomputer 2, and during the transfer, it is possible to perform logical operations in bit units, rotation and scaling of expanded figures, etc.

Note that the above-mentioned components 6 to 15 are connected to the microcomputer 2 via the system bus.

Further, when the pointing device 12 inputs a modification section for an arbitrary character string expanded and displayed on the CRT device 10 serving as a display section and character modification information for this character string, the BMU 15 displays each character specified in the section. The deformation expansion address corresponding to is calculated as described later, and the deformation character corresponding to each character of the text/character string is converted to C based on the calculated deformation expansion address and the specified character transformation information.
For example, the layout is displayed evenly in the deformation section of the RT device 30.

Next, the modified character expanded address calculation process according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the normal character expansion address according to the present invention, in which 21 is typesetting (horizontal format) data, and shows a state in which, for example, a character exhibition area 22 is designated. Reference numeral 23 indicates a development start address, and a predetermined character pattern is developed from this development start address 23 in the character development area.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the modified expansion address calculation process according to the present invention, where 31 indicates a modified bamboo expansion area;
Address 8 based on starting address BO (0, O)
1 to B3. 32a to 32c indicate deformation areas, which are defined by addresses B01 to B31. 33
a to 33c indicate deformation development areas, and deformation area 32
This corresponds to the state in which a to 32C are shifted to address PBO, respectively. Note that the deformed expansion areas 33a to 33C are shown when the deformed bamboo expansion areas 33a to 33C are deformed so that the ratio of the amount of penetration to the amount of dislocation is 1:1 with respect to the standard deformed bamboo expansion area 31.

First, the pointing device 12 is used to instruct the display of the deformation definition screen, and the size parameter pt, which will be the output size point, and the diagonal parameters (sx, sy), which will be the diagonal angle, are set in the deformation parameter storage area in the program memory 6.

Next, when a character code is entered manually from the keyboard 11, the character pattern is displayed on the CRT device 10 using the entered formatting function.

At this time, the modified bamboo expansion area 31, which becomes the standard frame, is set at addresses 81 to B, with the start address BO (0, O) as a reference.
3 and the input italic parameter (s
Deformation areas 32a to 32c are defined based on x, sy). However, the size of the deformation areas 32a to 32c (
size) is obtained from the following equation (1).

s i z e = p t xo, 3514xmm vehicle position resolution (1) Next, the output position PBO of the deformed character, that is, the deformed areas 32a to 32c, is converted to the deformed development areas 33a to 33.
The offset amount Δ(ΔX, Δy) to be shifted to c is calculated based on the following equation (2).

・・・・・・(2) However, since BOI (X)=BO1(3')=O,
The content of the above equation (2) is Δx=-Bit(X)/2.
Δy=−B31 (y)/2.

As a result, the deformation areas 32a to 32c shown in FIG.
will be offset to the modified development areas 33a to 33c.

In addition, if there are multiple characters specified in the section, please use the following (3)
) can be obtained sequentially according to the formula.

PBN (N=O~)=PN+offset amount Δ...
(3) Next, editing processing for modified character layout according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a modified expansion address according to the present invention, in which (a) shows a normal character expansion area, and the lower left corner is the expansion start address.

(b) shows the first modified character expansion area, which corresponds to the case where a modified expansion address operation is executed for the specific character strings in the first and third lines from the top, and is the area surrounded by a solid thick line. corresponds to the first changed character expansion area. Note that the first modified character development area corresponds to a modification corresponding to the modification development area 33a shown in FIG.

(C) shows the second modified character expansion area, which corresponds to the case where a modified expansion address operation is executed for a specific character string in the first and third lines from the top, and is surrounded by a solid thick line. corresponds to the second changed character expansion area. Note that the first modified character development area corresponds to a modification corresponding to the modification development area 33b shown in FIG.

(d) indicates the third modified character expansion area, which corresponds to the case where a modified expansion address operation is executed for the specific character strings in the first and third lines from the top, and is surrounded by a solid thick line. The area corresponds to the third changed character development area. In addition,
The first modified character development area corresponds to a modification corresponding to the modification development area 33c shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the output state of the layout corresponding to the modified character development area shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a modified character definition screen displayed on the CRT device 10 shown in FIG. 1, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, numeral 41 indicates an emphasized Japanese text font, such as Mincho or Gothic. Reference numeral 42 is a deformation information instruction menu, in which instructions such as the angle of obliqueness are input.

43 indicates a selected modified character. Reference numeral 44 indicates a modified character font sample, which is configured so that the user can freely select a desired font type from the modified character font sample 44.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of editing processing procedure for the modified character layout according to the present invention.

Note that (1) to (6) indicate each step.

For example, the character type to be used on the modified character definition screen shown in FIG. 6 is specified by the pointing device 12, the typesetting format is further specified, and character string input is started (1).
. At this time, for example, if a character string is entered manually with the normal character expansion area shown in Figure 4 (a) defined, all the character strings will appear as shown in Figure 5 (a). are displayed in the same character type (2).

Next, wait until the pointing device 12 inputs the character transformation information, such as the transformation section and transformation information (italics, font, etc.)3), and when the character transformation information is input, transform it based on the above formulas. The calculation of the expansion address is started (4), and based on the calculated transformation expansion address, for example, the layout of the transformed character string input in step (1) in the first transformation character expansion area shown in FIG. Display (5).

Next, the deformation layout must be determined to determine whether the state is OK6)
, if No, the process returns to step (3), and if YES, the process ends.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the amount of penetration and the amount of deviation of adjacent deformed characters are expanded is explained as being equal, but by varying the division value in the above equation (2), the amount of penetration and the amount of deviation can be changed. Needless to say, it can be set arbitrarily.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention provides deformation by manually inputting a deformation section for an arbitrary character string expanded on the display unit based on input predetermined typesetting data and character deformation information for this character string. an information manual means; an address calculation means for calculating a transformation expansion address corresponding to each character specified in a section based on the character transformation information inputted from the transformation information input means; and the address calculation means A modified character allocation means is provided for allocating and displaying transformed characters corresponding to each character of a character string in a transformed section of a display based on the transformed expansion address calculated by and character transformation information instructed by the transformed information manual means. Therefore, modified characters and normal characters can be displayed and output at the same time within the interval designated by the formatting data, and an excellent effect is achieved in which a highlighted document using modified characters can be outputted easily and with high quality.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of a document processing device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a normal character expansion address according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a modification according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the expanded address calculation process, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the modified expanded address according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows the output state of the layout corresponding to the modified character expanded area shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a modified character definition screen displayed on the CRT device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of editing processing procedure for the modified character layout according to the present invention. It is a flowchart. In the figure, 1 is a control unit, 2 is a microcomputer, and 3 to 5
is an external storage device, 6 is an internal memory, 7 is an image input device,
8 is an image output unit, 9 is a printer, 10 is a CRT device, 1
1 is a CRT device, 12 is a pointing device, 13
is VRAM. 14 is an image memory, and 15 is a BMtJ. Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5. Set the original. Next, place the original by hand (8), aligning it with the insertion guide (b). Next, use the hand (.) according to the insertion guide. (d) The procedure according to the insertion guide.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document processing device that has a display section for allocating and editing various types of characters in a bitmap based on development addresses specified by formatting data, characters are displayed expanded on the display section based on inputted predetermined formatting data. A transformation information input means for inputting a transformation interval for an arbitrary character string and character transformation information for this character string, and a transformation corresponding to each character specified in the interval based on the character transformation information input from the transformation information input means. an address calculation means for calculating an expansion address in dependence on the typesetting data, and each character of the character string based on the transformed expansion address calculated by the address calculation means and the character transformation information instructed by the transformation information input means. 1. A document processing apparatus, comprising: a modified character allocation means for allocating and displaying modified characters corresponding to the modified characters in the modified section of the display section.