JPH03217965A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the outer appearance of displayed characters by putting the character strings and tables into the pages where they are laid out after changing the line pitches of these character strings and tables when the character strings and tables where the non-divisibleness is designated are divided to plural pages. CONSTITUTION:When a 2nd object B whose attribute of the non-divisibleness is designated by a non-divisibleness designating means 2a is divided, the lower idle area of a 1st page 10a is calculated by a line pitch changing means 3a and then divided by the number of lines of the object B. Thus the line pitch of the object B is reduced so that the object B is exactly put into the page 10a. Then the calculated line pitch is compared with the least line pitch designated previously by an operator. When the former pitch is larger than or equal to the latter pitch, the object B having its changed line pitch is put into the page 10a where the line pitch of the object B is presently laid out as a calculated line pitch.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document creation device, and particularly to a document creation device that allocates documents.

[Prior Art] A conventional document creation device creates a document by inputting character strings and tables, and displays and prints this document.

When displaying or printing objects consisting of input character strings, tables, etc., the input contents are allocated to each page according to the set format and layout instruction attributes that control layout, and then displayed and printed. . At this time, in order to prevent an object such as a table from being divided and becoming unsightly and difficult to see, the above-mentioned allocation instruction attributes include a non-dividable attribute. This non-divisible attribute controls the allocation so that the specified object is not divided into multiple pages, that is, it is always allocated on the same page. If the object cannot be allocated to the page currently being allocated, the entire specified object is moved to the next page.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventional document creation devices are configured as described above, and in order to prevent an object for which an attribute of non-divisibility is specified from being divided into multiple pages, the entire object is transferred to the next page. If you move it, a large blank space will be created on the currently allocated page, resulting in an unattractive document. Also, in order to improve the appearance, some processes move the object following the object with the non-divisible attribute to the page to which it is currently allocated and fill in the blank space, but the above process There were problems such as objects being out of order, making it impossible for the operator to allocate them as intended.

Additionally, if you really want to display or print an object with the non-divisible attribute specified on the page to which it is currently allocated, the operator must intervene and perform complicated tasks such as manually changing the line pitch. There were problems such as the necessity of

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when an object for which the non-divisible attribute is specified cannot be allocated to the currently allocated page without operator intervention, An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can change the line pitch of the object and insert it into the currently allocated page.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A document creation device according to the present invention creates a document by inputting character strings and tables, displays and prints the document, and has an allocation means for allocating the document to each page. , a means for specifying non-division for the above character string or table that does not cause a page break in the middle; It is equipped with a line pitch variable means for changing the line pitch of character strings and tables.

[Function] In the document creation device of the present invention, when a character string or a table for which non-division property is specified by the non-division specifying means without a page break in the middle is divided into multiple pages, the document creation device according to the present invention uses the line pitch variable means to The line pitch of the character string or table is changed and the character string or table is inserted into the page to be allocated.

[Embodiment] A document creation device which is an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

In Figure 1, 1 is an input device such as a keyboard that manually inputs characters, ruled lines, etc., 2 is an editing device that converts the above characters into kanji etc., sets the format, and creates text errors, and 3 indicates the above format, etc. 4 is a display device such as a CRT or liquid crystal display for displaying the document; and 5 is a magnetic disk device for storing the document. The storage device 6 is a printing device such as a printer that prints the document. The editing device 2 includes a non-dividing specifying means 2a for specifying a non-dividable attribute for the object that does not cause a page break in the middle, and a non-dividing specifying means 2a for specifying the non-dividable attribute for the object, and for dividing the object to which the non-dividable attribute is specified into a plurality of pages. In this case, a row pitch varying means 2b is provided for changing the row pitch of the object.

Next, the operation will be explained. Objects A to C are manually created in sequence as shown in Fig. 2.
C is allocated to each page by the 1,000-column allocation 3a. Furthermore, the second object B has an attribute of non-divisibility designated by the non-division designating means 2a. However, the second
If object B cannot be inserted into the currently allocated page and is divided, and the entire second object B is moved to the next page, second page 10b, as in a conventional document creation device, As shown in Figure 3. A large blank space is created on the first page 10a that is currently being allocated, resulting in an unattractive document. Furthermore, in order to improve the appearance, if the third object C, which is the next object after the second object B, is moved to the first page 10a that is currently being allocated to fill in the blank space, as shown in FIG. As shown in
The order of the objects is out of order, making it impossible for the operator to allocate them as intended. Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, when the second object B is divided, the line pitch variable means 3a calculates the empty area under the first page 10a, The line pitch of the second object B is reduced so that the second object B can be inserted exactly into the first page 10a by dividing by the number of lines (three in this embodiment) of the second object B. At this time, the calculated line pitch is compared with the minimum line pitch specified in advance by the operator, and if the calculated line pitch is thick or equal, the line pitch of the second object B is set as the calculated line pitch. A second object B whose line pitch has been changed is inserted into the first page 10a that is currently being allocated. In addition, if the calculated line pitch is small, the second page 10b is
The entire second object B is moved.

With the above configuration, when the second object B for which the non-dividable attribute is specified is divided, it can be inserted into the currently allocated first page 10a with a different line pitch, so that it is easy to see and has a good appearance. It can be a document intended by the operator. Furthermore, since the row pitch is changed by the row pitch varying means 2b, there is no need for complicated operations such as insertion by an operator.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a document creation device can be used to perform a Since the line pitch of the string or table is changed using a pitch variable means and the string or table is inserted into the page to be allocated, operator intervention is not required, and the non-divisible attribute is specified. In addition to eliminating blank spaces caused by page breaks in text strings and tables,
Since the order of character strings and tables does not go out of order, the operator can create a document as intended, resulting in a document that looks good and is easy to read.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation device that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the input state of an object, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an object with an attribute of indivisibility specified on the next page. Figure 4 is a diagram showing an assigned document. Figure 4 is a diagram showing a document to which object 1-, which is the next object after an object specified with the indivisible attribute, is assigned. Figure 5 is an illustration of a document assigned using the document creation device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a document. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Editing device, 2a... Non-division specifying means, 2b... Line pitch variable means, 3... Allocation device, 3a... Allocation means, 4... Display device, 5...Storage device, 6...Printing device, A...First
Object, B...second object, C...third object.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation device that creates a document by inputting character strings and tables, and displays and prints the document, there is an allocation means for allocating the document to each page, and a non-divisible property that does not cause a page break in the middle. Non-dividing designating means for specifying columns and tables, and row pitch varying means for changing the row pitch of the character strings and tables when the character strings and tables for which the non-divisible property is specified are divided into multiple pages. A document creation device comprising: