JPH0440553A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document processing device that inputs and edits document information.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in document processing devices such as word processors,
There are cases where it is desired to create the same document data at the same position on each page over multiple pages. In such a case, create the desired document data at the desired position on the first page, specify the range of the created document pig, for example, and then move the cursor to the desired position on the next page and perform the copy operation. This was achieved by doing.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above conventional example, it is troublesome to align the document data when copying it in the next section. Furthermore, among the document information created in this way, there may be cases where it is desired to change the common parts copied to each page. In such a case, conventionally, you would have to perform the same editing work on each page, or edit the document data on the first page, and copy that document data again from the next page onward using the same operations as described above. However, the operation was troublesome. The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and when document information is input or changed in a desired area of a certain page,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device in which the same document information can be input or edited in the same area of the current page or another page.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the second object, the document processing device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, it is a document processing device that inputs and edits document information, and includes a specifying means for specifying an arbitrary area within each page of document information, an input means capable of inputting document information into the area, and the input means. The apparatus further includes a control means for controlling such that when document information is input and/or edited in the area, similar document information is input and/or edited in another area having the same size.

[Effect]

In the above configuration, when an arbitrary area is specified within each page of document information and document information is input or edited in that area using the input means, a similar area is displayed in other areas having the same size. It operates to input and/or edit document information.

【Example】

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Description of Document Processing Apparatus (FIG. 1)> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a display unit (CRT) that displays documents or various messages, and displays image data developed in a video memory (VRAM) 2 on its display screen. 3 is a microprocessor (MPU) that controls the entire device.
), the entire apparatus is controlled by inputting and outputting various control signals according to the control program shown in the flowchart of FIG. This control program is based on a magnetic disk (H
D) 4, and is read out from this HD 4 to a program memory (RAM) 5 and executed. Note that this HD 5 also stores a plurality of document files. 5a
is an area data table which will be described later with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 6 denotes an image memory (IMEM) in which image data input from the scanner 7 is stored as dot image data, and image data developed into a bitmap for output to the printer 8 is stored. Keyboard (KB)9
and pointing device PD (mouse, etc.) 10 are both used for key input processing for document editing and various menu instructions. <Description of Operation (FIG. 2)> Next, details of the operation of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 1. When information related to editing processing is input through PDIO or KB9 in step S1, it is determined in step S2 whether or not it is an area specification instruction, and if it is an area specification instruction, the instruction is entered in the area data table in step S3. The registered area is registered and the process returns to step S1. This represents, for example, the operation of specifying a desired area within document data or one page using a mouse or the like. If step S2 is not an area specification instruction, step S4
The process proceeds to step S1, where it is determined whether the input instruction is related to document editing. If the input instruction is not document editing, the process proceeds to step S5, where it is determined whether or not it is an end instruction. If there is a termination instruction, the process is terminated, but if there is no termination instruction, the process proceeds to step S6, where the process corresponding to the input such as printing is performed in accordance with the input instruction in step S1, and the process returns to step S1. If it is determined in step S4 that the document editing process is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether the instructed document editing is in the area specified in step S2. In the case of document editing processing within the specified area, step S
The process proceeds to step S8, in which the document data in the designated area is edited, the edited data is developed in the VRAM 2, and the process proceeds to step S10. If it is determined in step S7 that the specified area is not edited, the process proceeds to step S9, where the original paper document data is edited and the edited data is developed in the VRAM2. In step 810, it is determined from the data table of the specified area whether or not the same specified area exists on a page other than the page being edited, and if it does not exist, the process returns to step S1. Whether this specified area exists or not is determined by whether an area with the same area position 32 and area size 33 as the area currently being edited exists on another page. On the other hand, if the specified area exists, the process advances to step Sll, and the document data in the specified area is replaced with the document data currently being edited. Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of an area data table. For each area, existing page number and area position (x, y)
- Area size (△X, △y) and document data are stored. FIG. 3(A) is a diagram showing the structure of the area data table.
31 is the number of pages in which the area exists, 32 is the area position indicating the starting position (x, y) of the area within the page, and 33 is the area size indicating the size of the area (△X, △y). It shows. 34 indicates a document data area included in the designated area. FIG. 3(B) is a diagram showing an example of the area data table for each area, 35 is the data table for area 1, 36 is the area data table for area 2.
shows the data table. According to this, area 1
is (200,15) from address (0,0) of page 1
0), and document data 1 is included therein. Furthermore, area 2 is defined over the range from (200, O) to (200, 150) on the same page,
Document data 2 is included here. Further, numeral 37 indicates designated area 3 of page 2, and this area 3 is defined as the same area as area 1 of page 1 within two pages. Therefore, by executing the flowchart in FIG.
When you edit page document data 1, area 3 of page 2
The document data 3 will be edited in the same way. In addition, in step Sll of FIG. 2, when the currently edited document data is expanded to another area, the area to be expanded may be a corresponding area after the page currently being edited; Of course, the process may be performed for the entire specified area. Note that, as shown in FIG. 3(B), when area 1 and area 2 on the same page have the same area size and these areas are designated as corresponding areas, ,
When document data 1 in area 1 is edited, area 2 in the same page
The document data 2 may also be edited in the same way. As explained above, according to this embodiment, when document information is input or edited in a specified area in document information, similar documents are Since information is input and edited, the same document editing can be performed on the same position in a plurality of consecutive pages with a simple operation.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, when document information is input or changed in a desired area of a certain page, the same document information is input into the same area of the current page or another page, Alternatively, since it is edited, it has the effect of allowing multiple document data to be edited and input at the same time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the document processing device of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing document editing processing of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an area data table in the document processing device of this embodiment. FIG. 3(A) is a diagram showing a data structure of a table, and FIG. 3(B) is a diagram showing a specific example of an area table. In the figure, 1...Display unit (CRT), 2...Video memory (VRAM), 3...MPU, 4...Magnetic disk (HD), 5...Program memory (RAM)
), 6... Image memory (IMEM), 7...
・Scanner, 8...Printer, 9...Keyboard (
KB), 1.0...Pointing device (PD)
It is. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A document processing device for inputting and editing document information, which comprises: a designating means for specifying an arbitrary area within each page of the document information; an input means capable of inputting document information into the area; and the inputting means. control means for controlling such that when document information is input and/or edited in the area by the means, similar document information is input and/or edited in another area having the same size; A document processing device comprising: (2) The control means is configured to perform similar input/editing to an area of another page located at the same position as the area of the page currently being input/edited. Document processing device as described.