JPH04127355A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly grasp the style caused by a variation of a position and a size, etc., of a frame by outputting only information for showing the kind of data contained in the frame, in the case an instructing means instructs not to output the data. CONSTITUTION:A frame display flag 3a, a data display flag 3b and a data printing flag 3c are set already from a keyboard 8 or a mouse 9. Whether a frame is displayed or not is checked by the frame display flag 3a, and in the case printing is not excluded by the data printing flag 3c, whether data in the frame is displayed or not is checked by the data display flag 3b. In the case printing is excluded and in the case data is not displayed, the frame kind of each frame is read out, and the display corresponding to the kind is displayed in the frame. In such a way, the style caused by a variation of a position and a size, etc., of the frame is grasped quickly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and particularly to a document processing device that processes a document by combining frames containing sentences, figures, etc.

[Prior art] When creating documents in desktop publishing (DTP), etc., the concept of a frame is used to input various texts, figures, etc. into the frame, and change the position and size of the frame. A document is created by combining frames as desired.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, if text or figures are displayed or printed every time the position or size of a frame is changed when creating the format or typesetting of a document, it will take a lot of effort to develop the text or figures. Since it takes time, it becomes an obstacle to speeding up the processing.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and provides a document processing device that can quickly grasp the appearance due to changes in frame position, size, etc.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve this problem, the document processing device of the present invention has the following features:
A document processing device that processes a document based on a combination of frames, the device comprising a first instruction means for instructing whether or not to output data within the frame, and the first instruction means for instructing not to output the data. output control means for outputting only information representing the type of data within the frame when

Furthermore, a second instruction means for instructing whether or not to output a frame serving as a guideline during editing is provided, and the output control means controls output of the frame in response to an instruction from the second instruction means.

Here, the first or second instruction means instructs output for each frame, and the output control means controls output for each frame in response to the instruction.

[Operation] In this configuration, data output is minimized during the operation, so that changes in appearance due to changes in frame position, size, etc. can be quickly recognized.

[Example] Hereinafter, a document processing device of this example will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire device, and 2 is a CPU that controls the entire device.
A ROM that stores programs executed by the PUI.
It includes an output change program 2a which will be described later. 3 is a RAM used for loading programs read from an external storage device 7, which will be described later, and as a frame work area for the CPU 1.
It has a frame display flag 3a, a data display flag 3b, and a data print flag 3c. Note that the output change program may be stored in the external storage device 7.

4 is a font memory in which pattern data such as dot data or vector data is written in correspondence with character codes in order to generate character patterns; 5 is a VRAM for developing images to be displayed on the display screen; 6 is the VRAM
This is a CRT display that displays the image developed in 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes an external storage device, typically a floppy disk device or a hard disk device, which stores various programs related to document processing in this device.

A keyboard 8 is used to input various characters constituting a document or give predetermined instructions to the apparatus, and a mouse 9 is used to control the movement of a graphic cursor displayed on the display screen of the CRT display 6. Reference numeral 10 denotes an image memory capable of developing an image for one page of recording paper when the stage of actual printing processing is reached; reference numeral 11 forms a visible image on the recording medium based on the image developed in the image memory 1o. It is a printer that Note that the printer 11 in this embodiment is a laser beam printer.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of the structure of frame information 2o that defines a frame.

21 is the frame number, 22 is the frame position expressed by the coordinates of the start position (upper left corner) of the frame, 23 is the frame size expressed by the coordinates of the lower right corner or the width and height, and 24 is whether the data in the frame is text or graphics. Frame type indicating whether it is a table, etc., 25 is a pointer to the next frame,
Reference numeral 26 indicates attributes of the data within the frame, which in this example includes a frame display flag 27, a data display flag 28, and a data print flag 29, for example.

Figure 2B shows frame information 20a when there are multiple frames in the document.
~20C is shown. This example corresponds to the specific examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 below.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of this embodiment. Note that the frame display flag 3a.

It is assumed that the data display flag 3b and the data print flag 3C have already been set from the keyboard 8 or mouse 9.

First, in step S31, it is checked whether the instruction is to print or to display, and if it is a display instruction, it is checked in step S32 whether or not a frame is to be displayed using the frame display flag 3a. Display processing is performed. In step S34, it is checked by the data print flag 3C whether the data is excluded from printing, and if it is not excluded from printing, then in step S35 it is checked by the data display flag 3b whether or not the data within the frame is to be displayed.

In the case of data display, normal data display is performed in step S36. On the other hand, if printing is excluded in step S34 and data is not displayed in step S35, step S3
At step 7, the frame type of each style is read out, and a display corresponding to the type is displayed in the frame, such as "characters", "figures", or "tables" in this example.

If printing is instructed in step S31, it is checked in step S38 whether or not printing is excluded using the data print flag 3C. If printing is not excluded, the data is printed as is, and if printing is excluded, nothing is done.

In this embodiment, frame display and data display are selected for each document, but each frame may have a flag and processing may be performed for each frame, as shown in FIG. 2A. Also, in printing,
It is also possible to select whether or not to print a frame or to print only the type of frame, and this is also within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are diagrams specifically showing the processing state of this embodiment.

Figure 4 is a diagram when the frame and the contents of the frame are displayed together, Figure 5
The figure is a figure when the display of the frame is stopped, and a normal frame without frame decoration is not printed when printing, so by doing this, you can check the balance between the format of the text in the frame and the size of the figure. FIG. 6 is an example in which only information representing the type of data is displayed within the frame. In this way, there is no need to expand the entire text per figure, so the time for redisplaying and printing the text becomes extremely quick, and the operation at the time of creation becomes quick.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a document processing device that can quickly grasp the appearance due to changes in the position, size, etc. of frames.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing device of this embodiment, FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of the structure of frame information, FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of frame information configuring a document, and FIG. is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of this embodiment, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are diagrams showing specific examples of processing according to this embodiment. In the figure, 1... CPU, 2... ROM, 2a... Output change program, 3... RAM, 3a... Frame display flag, 3b... Data display flag, 3c... Data Print flag, 4... Font memory, 5... VR
AM, 6...CRT, 7...External storage device, 8...
・Keyboard, 9... Mouse, 10... Image memory, 11... Laser beam printer. Patent applicant Just System Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Yasunori Otsuka (1 person) Figure 2A Figure

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A document processing device that processes a document based on a combination of frames, comprising a first instruction means for instructing whether or not to output data within the frame; and the first instruction means outputs the data. 1. A document processing device comprising: output control means for outputting only information representing the type of data within the frame when an instruction is given not to do so. (2) Further comprising a second instruction means for instructing whether to output a frame that serves as a guideline during editing, and the output control means outputs the frame in response to the instruction from the second instruction means. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus controls the document processing apparatus. (3) The first or second instruction means instructs the output for each frame, and the output control means controls the output for each frame in response to the instruction. The document processing device according to item 2.