JPH01315865A - Information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the confirmation of the compatibility between document data and logical structure data, and to improve a document editing processing by altering and displaying a character color or a character typeface at every logical structure by means of a logical structure corresponding altering means when the document equipped with the logical structure is displayed on a display means. CONSTITUTION:A logical structure corresponding altering means 20 alters the character color of the character corresponding to the document data in a document file 1 according to the logical structure data in a logical structure file 6. Consequently, the logical structure and the document are displayed on a display means 4 while the character color is being altered at every logical structure. On the contrary, the logical structure level can be discriminated by using the typeface. Thus, the compatibility between the document data and the logical structure data can be easily confirmed, and the sentence editing processing can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information display method for displaying a document having a logical structure indicating relationships within the document.

[Conventional technology]

Documents can be thought of in terms of logical structure and layout structure. Logical structure is a document's chapters and
It shows the relationships within a document such as terms and sections, and the layout structure shows the arrangement structure of the document. A document is created while creating or referring to these two structures.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main part configuration of an information processing apparatus that employs a conventional information display method. In the figure, 1 is a document file that holds document data, 2 is a document file 1
3 is a display control means for controlling the display means; 4 is a screen for displaying the display data created by the document editing means 2; and 3 is a display control means for controlling the display means. The display means 5 retrieves logical structure data from the logical structure file and displays/displays it.
Logical structure means that performs processing for editing; 6 is the above-mentioned logical structure file that holds logical structure data indicating relationships within the document such as chapters, sections, sections, etc.; 7 is logic extracted from the logical structure file 6; A tree structure display means for converting structural data into a form that is visible to the human eye is shown.

FIG. 4 shows an example of display according to this conventional method.

8 indicates a window displayed on the display means 4;
9 indicates a window that is displayed on the display means 4 but is different from the window 8. IO indicates the display state of the document displayed on window 8, and 11 indicates the display state of the logical structure displayed on window 9.

FIG. 5 shows the data retention format of the document data 12. The document data 12 is represented by a one-dimensional character string.

Further, the one-dimensional character string is divided by a delimiter called a carriage return code 15, and each of the delimiters is called a paragraph. Paragraphs are numbered as a first paragraph 13 and a second paragraph 14 in order from the beginning of the character string.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of the logical structure data 16. The logical structure data 16 is a data structure in which paragraph numbers 17 and logical structure levels 18 are associated with each other.

The logical structure level 18 represents the hierarchy of the logical structure such as chapters, sections, sections, etc. In FIG. 6, for example, the first paragraph is shown to be associated with the level of chapter 1.

FIG. 7 shows logical structure drawing data 19. The logical structure drawing data 19 is data intended for displaying a logical structure. The logical structure drawing data 19 is created by the tree structure display means 7 and displayed by the display means 41 (drawn).

Next, the operation of the conventional information display system will be explained based on the display of documents and logical structures shown in FIGS. 4 to 7. When displaying a document, text editing means 2 reads text data 12 from text file l.

Next, the text editing means 2 sends the text data 12 to the display control means 3.
The 0 display control means 3 that requests the display of the text data 12 displays the text data 12 on the window 8 of the display means 4. At the same time, the document editing means 2 requests the logical structure means 5 to create logical structure drawing data 19 of a portion corresponding to the document data 12 to be displayed on the window 8. The logical structure means 5 extracts the logical structure data 16 from the logical structure file 6. The logical structure means 5 transfers the logical structure data 16 of the logical structure file 6 to the tree structure display means 7, and the tree structure display means 7 transfers the logical structure data 16 of the logical structure file 6.
6 into logical structure drawing data 19. The tree structure display means 7 converts the logical structure data 16 into logical structure drawing data 19 and returns it to the logical structure means 5. The document editing means 2 receives the logical structure drawing data 19 from the logical structure means 5.
The display control means 3 receives the logical structure drawing data 19 and causes the display control means 3 to display the logical structure drawing data 19 on the window 9 on the display means 4.

With the above operations, the document is displayed in state 1 as shown in Figure 4.
0 and state 11 of the logical structure representation is created.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, in conventional information display methods, the logical structure is displayed in a window different from the window in which the document is displayed, so it is difficult to maintain consistency between the document data and the logical structure data.
For example, it is difficult to check whether the logical structure level of a certain part of a document matches the logical structure level intended by the author, and this has resulted in the problem that it is not possible to improve the document editing process. .

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide an information display method that can easily check the consistency between document data and logical structure data and improve text editing processing. purpose.

[Means to solve the problem]

The information display method according to the present invention includes a logical structure corresponding changing means ( A logical structure color changing means 20) is provided, and when a document having a logical structure is displayed on the display means 4, the font color or font is changed and displayed for each logical structure by the logical structure corresponding changing means. and a document.

[Effect]

The logical structure correspondence changing means (logical structure color changing means 20) is
The character color of the characters corresponding to the document data in the document file 1 is changed in accordance with the logical structure data in the logical structure file 6. Therefore, the display means 4 displays the logical structure and the document with the font color changed for each logical structure.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main part configuration of an information processing apparatus that employs an information display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, components corresponding to those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals, and their explanations will be omitted. Reference numeral 20 in FIG. 1 is a logical structure color changing means as a logical structure correspondence changing means for changing the character color of characters corresponding to document data in the document file 1 in accordance with the logical structure data held in the logical structure file 6. It is. Document file 1 holds document data 12 shown in FIG. The logical structure data 16 shown in FIG. 6 is held in the logical structure file.

FIG. 2 shows a logical structural color conversion table 21 held in the logical structural color changing means 20. This table 21 is initialized at startup. Further, this table 21 holds, for example, blue data 22 corresponding to logical structure level 18 (chapter in the figure).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 to 6. The document editing means 2 reads document data 12 (FIG. 5) from the text file 1.

The text editing means 2 obtains a paragraph number (for example, 13.14 in FIG. 5) from the read document data 12, and transfers the paragraph number 13 to the logical structure means 5. The logical structure means 5 obtains a logical structure data structure level 18 from the logical structure file 6 and transfers the logical structure level 18 to the logical structure color changing means 20. The logical structure color changing means 20 obtains color data 22 from the logical structure level 18 and the logical structure color conversion table 21, and returns the information to the logical structure means 5. The logical structure means 5 sends color data 22 to the text editing means 2.
return it. Text editing means 2 includes color data 22 and text data 1
2 and is transferred to the display control means 3. The display control means 3 uses the color data 22 and the document data 12 to display the document data and logical structure data on, for example, a window 9 (FIG. 4) on the display means 4. The logical structure in this case is represented by the color of the characters. According to the above embodiment, by determining a color for each logical structure and changing the font color each time the level of the logical structure changes when representing document data in a document, logical structure data and document data can be displayed simultaneously in the same window. It becomes possible to express it as Also, by changing the color depending on the level of the logical structure (for example, chapters in blue, sections in red, and sections in green), the level of the document can be understood without referring to other windows.

Note that the document editing means 2, display control means 3, logical structure means 5, and logical structure color changing means 20 in the above embodiment may be expressed by a program.

Further, in the above embodiment, the logical structure levels are distinguished using colors, but it is possible to distinguish the logical structure levels using fonts. For example, by using the logical structure color changing means 20 of the present device as a logical structure font changing means, the logical structure level is distinguished by the font when displaying a document, so that the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when displaying a document having a logical structure on a display means, the font color or font is changed for each logical structure by the logical structure corresponding changing means, and the logical structure and the document are displayed. Since this is expressed, the consistency between the document data and the logical structure data can be easily confirmed, the document editing process is improved, and the information processing efficiency is also increased accordingly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main part configuration of an information processing device adopting an information display method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a logical structure color conversion table in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 4 is a block diagram showing a main part configuration of an information processing device adopting a conventional information display method, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of display in this conventional example, FIG. 5 is an example of document data, and FIG. 6 is a logic diagram. FIG. 7 is an example diagram of logical structure drawing data. l...Document file, 2...Document editing means, 4...
- Display means, 6... Logical structure file, 20... Logical structure color changing means (logical structure correspondence changing means). Agent Masuo Oiwa (and 2 others) Figure 1 XNN1U, 1. Yu11. 〆

Claims (1)

[Claims] A document file that holds document data and document chapters, sections,
A logical structure file that holds logical structure data indicating the relationship between document contents such as sections, and a document editing means that edits the document data in the document file and the logical structure data in the logical structure file to create display data. and a display means for displaying the display data created by the document editing means on a screen, the information processing apparatus is configured to apply a character color or a character font corresponding to the document data in the document file to the logical structure file. A logical structure correspondence changing means is provided for changing the logical structure data corresponding to the logical structure data to be held, and when a document having a logical structure is displayed on the display means, the logical structure correspondence changing means changes the character color or character font for each logical structure. An information display method characterized in that the information is changed and displayed to represent a logical structure and a document.