JPH0215362A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quantitatively grasp a document at the time of displaying structure information of the document by providing the title device with a volume measuring part for measuring the volume of unit information in the prepared document. CONSTITUTION:When a document is prepared by a document preparing part 1, unit information constituting the prepared document is stored in a document unit information storing part 2 and structure information is stored in a document structure information storing part 4. When the volume measuring part 3 is started, the measuring part 3 measures the number of lines of the document unit information stored in the storage part 2 and adds the measured result in the storage part 4. When a document structure information display part 5 is started, the display part 5 displays information indicating the volume of each unit information in addition to the display of the document structure information stored in the storage part 4. Consequently, the whole document can be easily grasped at the time of displaying the structure of the document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device for creating, displaying, and storing documents.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, word processors have been widely used as document creation devices.Recently, in addition to the normal display of documents, there are also devices that display the structure of documents.

This is effective in making it easier to understand the flow of document content.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document creation device that displays document structure information. In Figure 2, 11
is the document creation section, which creates documents. Reference numeral 12 denotes a document unit information storage unit, which stores unit information constituting a created document. Reference numeral 13 denotes a document structure information storage section, which stores structure information of a created document. Reference numeral 14 denotes a document structure information display section, which displays document structure information.

In the conventional document creation device, with the above configuration, first, when a document is created in the document creation section 11, the unit information that constitutes the created document is stored in the document unit information storage section 12, and the structural information is stored in the document unit information storage section 12. It is stored in the document structure information storage section 13. Then, the document structure information display section 14 is activated. The document structure information display section 14 displays the document structure information stored in the document structure information storage section 13, as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

FIG. 4 is a display example diagram showing a display example of a document structure information display section of a conventional document creation device. FIG. 4 shows that next to the document unit 1f1 report called "Preface", there is document unit information called "Background", and after that there is document unit information called "Purpose".

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in conventional document creation devices such as word processors, it is easy to understand the flow of document contents by displaying document structure information, but it is difficult to understand the document quantitatively. There was a point.

In view of this, an object of the present invention is to make it easier to understand the flow of the document contents (and also the quantity of the document) when displaying the structural information of the document.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a document creation unit that creates a document, a document unit information storage unit that stores unit information constituting the created document, and a unit information storage unit that measures the amount of unit information of the created document. a document structure information storage section that stores document structure information together with information indicating the amount of unit information constituting the document; and a document structure that displays the document structure information together with information indicating the amount of each unit information. This is a document creation device equipped with an information display section.

Effects of the present invention With the above-described configuration, the amount of unit information of a document is measured, the structural information of the document is stored together with information indicating the amount of unit information constituting the document, and when displaying the structural information of the document, , information indicating the amount of each unit information is also displayed.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, numeral 1 denotes a document creation section, which creates documents. Reference numeral 2 denotes a document unit information storage unit, which stores unit information constituting a created document. Reference numeral 3 denotes a quantity measuring unit, which measures the quantity of unit information of the created document. Reference numeral 4 denotes a document structure information storage section, which stores document structure information as well as information indicating the amount of unit information constituting the document. Reference numeral 5 denotes a document structure information display section, which displays document structure information together with information indicating the amount of each unit information.The operation of the document creation device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below. Let's explain using an example.

FIG. 5 shows a document structure information storage unit 4 used for explaining this embodiment.
FIG. In Figure 5, (a)
indicates an example of document structure information, and (b> indicates an example of information indicating the amount of document unit information.

First, when a document is created in the document creation section 1, unit information constituting the created document is stored in the document unit information storage section 2, and structural information is stored in the document structure information storage section 4.

For example, as shown in Figure 5 (a), the number of data is 3 (a), the document starts with the document unit information "preface" (b), and then the document unit information "background" ( 〉、
Next, data is stored such that there is document unit information "purpose" (1). Then, the quantity measuring section 3 is activated. The quantity measurement unit 3 measures the number of lines of document unit information stored in the document unit information storage unit 2 and adds the result to the document structure information storage unit 4. For example, as shown in Figure 5(b), the number of lines in the document unit information ``Foreword'' is measured and the number is ``5 lines''.
If the result is obtained, "Foreword" and "5 lines" are stored in correspondence (power). Similarly, "background" and "
"Line 21", "Purpose" and "Line 15" are stored in correspondence (kidori). Then, the document structure information display section 5 is activated. The document structure information display section 5 displays the document structure information stored in the document structure information storage section 4 together with the number of lines of each unit of information, as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

FIG. 3 is a display example diagram showing a display example of the document structure information display section 5 of this embodiment. FIG. 3 shows that next to the document unit information "Preface" there is the document unit information "Background", and after that there is the document unit information "Purpose".

In addition, there are 5 lines of document unit information called "Preface".
There are 21 lines of document unit information called “background” and “purpose”
This unit information indicates that there are 15 lines.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when displaying the document structure, not only the document units "Preface", "Background", and "Purpose" are arranged in this order, but also the amount of each document unit is expressed by the number of lines. This makes it extremely easy to understand documents. Furthermore, it is possible to obtain an indication of where the portion of interest is located during normal display of the document.

In this embodiment, the amount of document unit information is expressed by the number of lines, but this is just an example, and it goes without saying that the amount may be expressed by the number of characters, the number of paragraphs, or the number of pages.

In addition, in this embodiment, the relationship between document unit information and document unit information as document structure information has been explained only in terms of the relationship "next to", but the relationship is not limited to this, for example, the relationship "into" Needless to say, there may be other such cases.

As described in detail, the present invention makes it easier to grasp the entire document when displaying the structure of the document, and makes it easier to find the part of interest when displaying the document normally. The effect is great.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document creation device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a display example diagram showing a display example of the document structure information display section of the device. FIG. 4 is a display example diagram showing a display example of the document structure information display section of a conventional document creation device. FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the present invention. This is a data table showing an example of data in the document structure information storage unit of the document creation device. 1... Document creation section, 2... Document unit information storage section, 3
. . . Quantity measuring section, 4. Document structure information storage section, 5.
...Document structure information display section. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano (1 person) Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] A document creation unit that creates a document, a document unit information storage unit that stores unit information that makes up the created document, a quantity measurement unit that measures the amount of unit information of the created document, and units that make up the document. The present invention is characterized by comprising a document structure information storage section that stores document structure information together with information indicating the amount of information, and a document structure information display section that displays the document structure information together with information indicating the amount of each unit of information. Document production device.