JPH04147366A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily arrange a framework setting position by providing a document processor with a means that can determine at which horizontal and vertical positions a framework to used as reference should be arranged, a means of specifying a framework whose positional arrangement is desired, and a means of specifying a framework to be used as reference for arranging positions of frameworks. CONSTITUTION:Data in one framework consists of three items of information, that is, a framework header area 17, a character code area 18, and a character attribute area 19. The framework header area 17 stores therein data necessary for editing the framework, such as a framework number, the size of the framework (longitudinal and lateral lengths), and information of attribute of the framework. When the operator sets up from a command menu the horizontal position of a framework at the 'left end' and its vertical position at the 'upper end', an object framework is arranged such that coordinates (A, B) of the upper left end of a positioning object frame 24 coincide with coordinates (a, b) of the upper left end of a reference framework 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and more particularly to a document processing device for creating and editing documents.

[Prior Art] In recent years, desktop publishing (so-called DTP) using computers and the like has been desired.

Normally, in this type of system, if you want to align a created frame with respect to another frame, you have to use a mouse or the like to specify the frame you want to align and move it to an appropriate position.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such cases, it is difficult to move the objects precisely to the desired alignment positions, which places a heavy burden on the operator.

The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and by setting where to align the reference frame and specifying the frame to be aligned and the reference frame, the frame can be easily aligned to the desired position. The present invention aims to provide a document processing device that can be moved.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve this problem, the document processing device of the present invention has the configuration shown below. That is, the document processing device aligns the positions of a plurality of frames, and includes a setting device that can set the positions to be aligned on the left, right, top, and bottom of a reference frame, and a first specifying device that specifies the frames to be aligned. and second specifying means for specifying a frame to be used as a reference when aligning the positions.

[Operation] In such a configuration, by setting the position of the reference frame to which the reference frame is to be aligned, and specifying the frame to be aligned and the reference frame, the operator uses a mouse or the like to move the frame to an appropriate position. You can align it to the set position without performing this operation.

[Example 2] A document processing apparatus according to this example will be described in detail below 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 document processing device, and 2 is a ROM that stores programs executed by the CPU.
It is. A RAM 3 is used to store programs read from a magnetic storage device to be described later and document information being edited, and is used as a work area for the CPUI. 4 is a font memory (stores so-called outline fonts) that stores coordinate format data for generating character patterns; 5 is a VRAM that stores images to be displayed on the display screen; and 6 is a font memory that stores data in the form of coordinates to generate character patterns. This is a CRT display that displays images. Reference numeral 7 denotes a magnetic storage device, typically a floppy disk device or a hard disk device, which stores various programs (loaded into the RAM 3) related to document processing in this device, document information, and the like.

8 is a keyboard for giving predetermined instructions to characters composing a document or to this system; 9 is a CRT display 6;
This is a mouse used to control the movement of a graphic cursor displayed on the display screen. 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 10. It is a printer that Note that the printer in the embodiment will be explained as a laser beam printer.

Normally, CRT display devices only need to be able to confirm the edited content, so their resolution is lower than that of high-quality printers such as laser beam printers. When performing print processing, a character pattern or the like matching the resolution of the printer is generated according to the document information to be printed, according to the data read out from the font memory 4, developed in the image memory 10, and printed.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the layout of a frame serving as a document development area in the embodiment.

In the figure, 12 represents a recording paper, and 13 to 15 are frames for developing each character string (document). The size and settings of the frame are performed by operating the mouse 9.

Specifically, by operating the mouse 9, you can freely scroll the recording paper displayed on the display screen, move the graphic cursor to any two points within it, and press the button provided on the mouse 9. Press (hereinafter referred to as click)
do. These two points are taken as the two end points of the diagonal of the rectangle (-frame).

After this, a document is created by specifying an appropriate frame using the mouse, etc., and expanding the character string input from the keyboard 8 (hereinafter, in the example, a single character is included) into the frame. . Note that even after inputting a document, etc., the layout and size of the frame can be changed freely.

In the above-mentioned configuration, a document is created by setting multiple frames within each page and expanding character strings entered from the keyboard 8 into the frames. data will be constructed.

In the illustration, 16-1.2...n indicates information on each page (hereinafter referred to as page information). As can be seen from the page information 16-1 of the first page, in the example,
Data for one frame is composed of three pieces of information: a frame header area 17, a character code area 18, and a character attribute area 19.

Each area will be explained below.

The frame header area 17 stores data necessary for editing the frame. In the embodiment, this frame header area is composed of an area for storing frame number, frame size (vertical and horizontal length), frame header attribute information, and the like.

The frame number is a number for distinguishing the frame of interest from other frames, and no two frames have the same number. For example, this may be incremented by one each time the operator sets a new frame.

The attribute information of a frame header includes attribute name information that allows the operator to add a simple comment to the frame, document composition information such as whether the document in the frame is written vertically or horizontally, font size information, and characters. It consists of font information, distance information between lines, distance information between characters, information on the presence or absence of prohibition processing, etc. The attributes of this frame header are set to default values unless the operator actively instructs to change each piece of information.

The character code area stores individual character codes constituting the document developed within the corresponding frame. Furthermore, the character attribute area stores attribute information such as character size, font, decoration information, character color, and character spacing for each character in the corresponding character code area.

In the system of the embodiment, information in the character attribute area is given priority over attribute information in the frame header area.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an outer frame and an inner frame of a character frame. Types of frames include character frames, table frames, figure frames, etc., each of which also has an outer frame and an inner frame. The outer frame indicates the size of the frame, and generally speaking, the term frame refers to this outer frame. The inner frame indicates the range in which data can be input, and the size of both the outer frame and the inner frame can be changed individually. For example, the frame 21 is the outer frame of the frame 20, and the frame 22 is the inner frame, but the sizes can be changed to 21' and 22', respectively. Note that the side where the outer frame and inner frame overlap is represented by a line indicating the outer frame.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in the embodiment. It is assumed that the program related to this flowchart has been loaded into a predetermined area of the RAM 3.

First, the operator selects “Alignment j” from the command menu.
When selected (step 31), the alignment method is set (step 32).

Next, determine where to align the alignment target frame on the left, right, top, and bottom of a specific frame.From left and right, from ``left edge'', ``right edge'', ``center'', ``unchanged'', from top to bottom, ``top edge'', ``bottom edge''. Select and set from ``Center'' and ``Unchanged.''

After setting the left, right, top, and bottom, it is selected whether to use the outer frame of the reference frame as a reference (step 33) or the inner frame (step S4). After that, specify the alignment target frame (step S
5) Then, if a reference frame is designated (step 86), the process is executed (step S7).

In FIG. 6, an example of the execution result of frame alignment will be shown and explained.

In the illustration, the reference frame is 23, and the frame you want to align is 24.
and set. Furthermore, as shown in the figure, the coordinate positions of the four corners of the frame 23 (outer frame of the frame 23) are respectively (a).

b), (a l b'), (a', b), (a, b
'), the coordinate positions of the four corners of the frame 24 are respectively (A, B),
(A', B'), (A', B), (A, B').

For example, if the left, right, top, and bottom set in step S2 in FIG. The frames are aligned so that the coordinates (A, B) of the upper left end of the frame 24 match. Therefore, if the set left, right, top, and bottom are "right end" and "bottom end", the coordinates of the frame 23 (a'+b
') in frame 24! (A', B') are aligned so that they match.

Also, if the left, right, top, and bottom settings are set to ``unchanged'' for the left and right and "center" for the top and bottom, the left and right positions of the alignment target frame, that is, the X coordinate value, will not change, but the Y The coordinates are aligned so that the center coordinate of the Y coordinate of the alignment target frame coincides with the center position of the coordinates. Therefore, the Y-coordinate center position of the frame 23 coincides with the Y-coordinate center position of the frame 24.

Note that the same can be considered when the reference frame is designated as an inner frame.

FIG. 7 shows an example of alignment. Frame 26.27
．． 25a, 25b, and 25c are the cases where frame alignment is executed on the recording paper 25 where 28 exists. Note that the frame 27' is the inner frame of the frame 27 (=the outer frame of the frame 27),
The outer frame and inner frame of the frames 26 and 28 match.

25a sets the left and right sides to the "left end" and the top and bottom to the "bottom end",
The reference frame is the inner frame 27' of the frame 27, and the alignment target frame is the frame 2.
6 is specified.

25b sets the left and right sides to the "right edge" and the top and bottom to the "bottom edge",
This shows a case where frame 27 is designated as the reference frame and frame 26 is designated as the alignment target frame.

25c shows a case where the left and right sides are set to "unchanged", the top and bottom are set to "center", the reference frame is designated as the frame 27, and the alignment target frame is designated as the frame 26.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when, for example, the operator wants to align the position of one frame to the center of another frame, the operator can specify the frame to be aligned and move it until the frame is aligned at the center position. It is possible to provide a document processing device that can easily align the positions by setting the top, bottom, left, and right and specifying the frame and reference frame to be aligned without having to do so.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block configuration diagram of the document processing system in this embodiment. Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the frame that becomes the document development area in this embodiment. Figure 3 is the underframe and its interior in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the inner and outer frames of a character frame and an example of changing their size. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the setting process of this embodiment. The figure is a diagram showing frames and their coordinates for explaining the execution results of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the execution results of this embodiment. In the figure, 1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RA
M, 4... Font memory, 5... VRAM, 6...
・・CRT display, 7・・Magnetic storage device, 8・
...Keyboard, 9...Mouse, 10...Image memory, 11...Laser beam printer. Patent applicant: Just System Co., Ltd. 20'

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A document processing device for aligning the positions of a plurality of frames, comprising a setting means for setting which positions to align on the left, right, top, and bottom of a reference frame, and a first specifying means for specifying the frames to be aligned. , and second specifying means for specifying a frame to be used as a reference when aligning positions. (2) The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the ability to select whether the reference is an inner frame or an outer frame.