JPH0338769A - Document preparing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a document preparing machine by providing a magnification/reduction means which performs the magnification/ reduction of tables in proportion to the change of the page effect. CONSTITUTION:A control means 10 edits the document data covering the head of a page inputted by an input means 20 through the front of a table with use of an editing process means 50 and displays the document data on a screen via a display means 30. Then the table is magnified/reduced by a table magnification/reduction means 70 in proportion to the change of the page effect and displayed on the screen via the means 30. The document data covering the one set after the table through the final one of the relevant page are edited by the means 50 and displayed on the screen via the means 30. As a result, the form of the table is easily corrected in accordance with the change of the form of the text. Then the operability of a document preparing machine is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document creation machine, and in particular, to a document creation machine that is suitable for creating documents including tables, and is capable of easily modifying the format of tables in accordance with changes in the format of the main text. The present invention relates to a document creation machine suitable for creating documents including tables.

[Conventional technology]

With the advancement of OA, document creation machines such as word processors have become widely used because they allow easy input, fast speed, free editing, easy proofreading such as corrections, additions, and deletions, and produce beautiful, easy-to-read documents. Increasingly, the documents handled are not just a mixture of characters and symbols, but also include figures and tables. Here, we will pay particular attention to the handling of documents with tables (including those with visible and invisible ruled lines).

2. Description of the Related Art An example of proofreading work performed in a conventional document creation machine will be described with reference to drawings.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a conventional method for document preparation, and FIG. 3 is an example when the format of the text has been changed.

In FIG. 2, 10 is a control means, 20 is an input means, 3
0 is a display means, 40 is an external storage means, 50 is an m-collection processing means, and 60 is a printing means.

First, when proofreading a certain document, the control means 1o uses the external storage means 40 to read out the page to be proofread from the document data, and displays it on the screen using the display means 3o. Display document data. At the same time, the control means 10 uses the input means 20 to wait for input from the keyboard. Therefore, when the format of the page is changed, the control means 10 edits the text data using the editing processing means 50, displays the document data on the screen using the display means 3°, and at the same time controls the The means 10 uses the input means 20 to wait for an input from the keyboard.

Figure 3 is an example of the above processing.
As shown in the figure, when the note length became large, the next row of table ruled lines would hang from the previous row, causing the table to look unsightly.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional document creation machines, when the format of a page is changed, the format of the table is distorted and the format of the table must be adjusted again, which creates a complicated task for the operator and makes it difficult to operate. The problem was that it was bad.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a document creation machine in which the appearance of tables does not deteriorate even if the appearance of the main text is changed.

[Means to solve the problem]

The document creation machine of the present invention includes an external storage means for reading document data from a floppy disk or the like and storing the document data in the floppy disk, an input means for inputting characters, and an editing processing means for editing the document. a display means for displaying the document data on a CRT screen; a printing means for printing the document data; and a temporary storage means for storing the document data for inputting, displaying, editing, and printing;
In a document creation machine that has a control means for instructing the operation of each of the means and passing data between the means, the format of the table is changed in accordance with the change in the format of the page currently being proofread. The table is configured to include an enlargement/reduction means for enlarging/reducing the table in proportion to the table.

〔Example〕

The details of the present invention will be explained below using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of changing the format of the text.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a control means, 20 is an input means for inputting characters, 30 is a display means for displaying document data on a CRT, and 40 is a display means for reading document data from a floppy disk, etc. external storage means for storing data; 50 an editing processing means for editing a document; 60 a printing means for printing the created document; 70
is a table enlargement/reduction method that enlarges/reduces a table.

When proofreading a certain document, the processing up to 5 steps before proofreading is the same as before, but as shown in Figure 3, by using the format change method and table enlargement/reduction means 70, it is possible to change the page format. You can adjust the appearance of the page by enlarging or reducing the table proportionately.

First, the control means 10 uses the editing processing means 50 to edit the document data from the beginning of the page inputted by the input means 20 to the front of the table, and displays the document data on the screen using the display means 30. Display data. Next, the table is enlarged or reduced using the table enlargement/reduction means 70, and the table is displayed on the screen using the display means 30. Next, the editing processing means 50 is used to edit the document data from the next document data in the table to the end of the page, and the display means 30 is used to display the document data on the screen. When the edited document data is to be retained, it is stored in the external storage means 40, and when it is to be printed, it is printed out by the printing means 60.

In this way, by using the table expansion/reduction method,
The format of the table can be easily modified to match the format of the text, improving operability.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, by using the table enlargement/reduction means, the table format can be easily modified in accordance with changes in the body text format, and operability can be improved. effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a functional block diagram of the conventional method, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the format of the text has been changed. 10... Control means, 20... Input means, 30...
Display means, 40... External storage means, 50... Editing means, 60... Printing means, 70... Table enlargement/reduction means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] an external storage means for reading out document data from a floppy disk or the like, an input means for inputting characters, an editing means for editing a document, and a CRT screen for displaying the document data on a CRT screen. a display means for displaying the document data; a printing means for printing the document data; a temporary storage means for storing the document data for inputting, displaying, editing, and printing; In a document creation machine that has a control means for exchanging data, the table format can be enlarged or reduced in proportion to the change in the page format that is currently being proofread, in accordance with the change in the page format. A document creation machine characterized by comprising a reduction means.