JPH0619907A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To edit and update document data in another file to be interleaved in a document formed for interleaving printing. CONSTITUTION:A document for interleaving printing read out from a floppy disk device 11 by an MPU 4 is stored in a memory 5 and displayed on a CRT display part 1 and then an interleaving command mark specified from a keyboard 8 and displayed on a display screen is switched to the display of display data corresponding to the command by the MPU 4. On the other hand, table data are inserted (formed) in the memory 5 and the contents of the document data stored in the memory 5 are changed by the MPU 4 in accordance with an edition command inputted from the keyboard 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document processing device that formats and edits a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document processing device for performing high-level typesetting / editing of a document has a merge print function (a merge command for designating only a position where data is included in a document is described, and a separate file is stored). Create data such as numbers and names in the table data, and when printing, insert the data extracted from the table of another file into the location specified by the command in the document one after another) and display the merged data. Some had a function (displayed on the screen as it is in the layout to be merged and printed).

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
While the document for one mail merge is being edited, only the display mark of the mail merge command is displayed, so the table data in another file cannot be edited / updated. For this reason, there are the following problems.

(1) When an error is found in the table data of another file to be inserted while the document is being edited, the correct document layout cannot be grasped, so the edited document in the working memory is temporarily stored in the floppy disk. Then, after recalling the table data of another file in the floppy disk to the working memory and editing it again, it is stored again in the floppy disk. Next, it is necessary to call the suspended document again from the floppy disk to the working memory and edit the document, resulting in poor operability for the user.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of editing data of another file designated by a command while displaying a document to be printed when performing merge printing. To provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a document processing apparatus capable of executing a merge print of table data of another file by a command described at a merge position in a document. An instruction means for selectively instructing the command in the document being edited, a reading means for reading out table data corresponding to the command from the separate file, and a reading means for reading out the table data being read out. It is characterized by comprising a typesetting means for typesetting in the document.

[0007]

In the present invention, by instructing a command in the document, the table data corresponding to the command is read from another file and the table data is formatted in the edited document. Therefore, the editing process can be performed on the table data of the edited document.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CRT display unit used in a raster scan system, and 2 is a video random access memory (VRAM) for storing display pattern information for one screen. A display control unit 3 controls writing of pattern information to the VRAM 2 and reading of the pattern information to the CRT display unit 1. Reference numeral 5 is a main memory having an area for storing a control program and document data, which will be described later, and 4 is a microprocessor (MPU) for performing main control of the entire document apparatus.

A keyboard 8 for inputting character data and the like and a pointing device (PD) 9 for inputting and editing graphic data by designating a position on the CRT display unit 1 are connected to the MPU 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a hard disk device in which document files and character fonts are stored.

Reference numeral 10 is a printer for outputting the created document, and 11 is a floppy disk device for storing a document file and the like. These constituent blocks are connected by an I / O bus 7.

Next, the overall flow of the document processing of this embodiment will be described.

First, when the document to be worked is opened, FIG.
An edit screen as shown in is displayed on the CRT display unit 1.
Here, when the cursor is moved to the position where the table data of another file is to be inserted using the pointing device 9 or the cursor movement key of the keyboard 8 and the menu 21 of FIG. 2 is selected by the pointing device 9, the insertion as shown in FIG. The number setting window is displayed.

Here, the keyboard 8 is used to input the column numbers and row numbers indicating the data positions of the table data AA as shown in FIG. As a result, the cursor is moved to the position shown in FIG.
A merge command with column / row numbers as shown in is entered.

Next, when the menu 22 of FIG. 2 is selected by the pointing device 9, the insertion file setting window as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Here, when "YES" of the insertion data display is selected by the pointing device 9 and the table data file name to be inserted is input by the keyboard 8 and executed, the insertion control table shown in FIG. The insertion data display flag in parentheses is turned on (ON-display), and the insertion file name input in the insertion file name is registered as it is in the control table.

When the registration in the insertion control table is completed, the document typesetting process is executed. In this typesetting process, when the insertion command as shown in FIG. 7 is found in the document data, the insertion command check processing routine shown in FIG. 10 is called by the MPU 4 and executed.

In this routine, first, step 62
The data is checked again in step S11, and if it is the insert command, the insert data GET processing routine shown in FIG. 11 is called.

In this insertion data GET processing routine, in step 66, the insertion data display flag in the insertion control table shown in FIG. 5 secured in the memory 5 is checked, and if it is ON (ON-display), Go to step 67. In step 67, the insertion file name in the control table is checked to see if a file with the same name exists in the hard disk device 6 or the floppy disk device 11.

When the insertion file name exists, the insertion data file is loaded (stored) in the memory 5.
Then, the process proceeds to step 68. Here, the column number and row number (see FIG. 7) set in the insert command are further checked to see if data exists in that column / row in the table data.

If data is present, go to step 69. Here, the data in the specified column / row of the loaded merge file is stored in the merge command as shown in FIG. 12 (in FIG. 12, the merge data “Taro Yamada” is stored in the merge command), and the merge command The process of storing the data to be inserted into is completed.

The details after storage are shown in FIGS. Also,
In step 66, if the insertion data display flag (see FIG. 5) is off (OFF), and in step 67, the specified insertion data file does not exist, and in step 68, the specified column /
If the insertion data does not exist in the line number, no data is stored in the insertion data command and the command shown in FIG.

When the insertion data is stored in the insertion command on the memory 5, the typesetting process is performed based on the length in the insertion command (see FIG. 8) and the insertion data character string.
The MPU 4 displays the document in which the display mark of the insertion command as shown in FIG. 6 is replaced with the table data on the CRT display unit 1 by treating and typography the insertion character string in the same manner as a normal character string. Further, for the command (see FIG. 7) in which the merge data is not stored in the merge command, only the display mark of the merge command (the mark displayed in FIG. 6 indicating the place to insert the merge data) is displayed.

The above processing contents are summarized as follows.

The user operates the keyboard 8 in the conventional manner to store the document created for the merge printing on the floppy disk device 11 in the video RAM 2 and display it on the CRT display unit 1. At this time, the document corresponding to the display screen is stored in the memory 5 in the form of character code.

Next, the user designates a command corresponding to the insertion data to be edited by an instruction from the keyboard 8. At this time, the keyboard 8 operates as an instruction means of the present invention.

In response to this instruction, the MPU 4 creates table data corresponding to the specified command in the floppy disk device 1
It is read from 1 and inserted into the insert command on the memory 5. At this time, the MPU 4 operates as the reading means and typesetting of the present invention.

On the other hand, the MPU 4 erases the display mark corresponding to the command in which the document data is inserted from the stored document contents on the video RAM 2, reads this document data from the memory 5 and writes it on the video RAM 2. As a result, the display on the CRT display unit 1 is switched from the edited document having the insertion command mark to the document having the table data as shown in FIG.

After that, when the user looks at the display screen and performs the keyboard 8 editing operation similar to the conventional one, the MPU 4 is placed on the video RAM and the video RAM according to the instructed editing contents.
2. Correct the document contents above.

The insertion data display function described in the present embodiment can be similarly applied to table group data and graphic data in addition to inserting the insertion command in the text data. Is possible.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Document data such as table data in another file specified while editing a document can be edited in the same way as ordinary character strings. It is not necessary to perform the switching operation alternately, and the operability for the user is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a document editing screen on a CRT display unit 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for setting columns / rows of table data to be inserted.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for setting whether or not to display the inserted table data on the screen and for setting the file name of the inserted table data file.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram showing contents of a control table secured on a memory for displaying table data to be inserted on a screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of table data to be inserted.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a merge command before a typesetting process is executed.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a merge command after a typesetting process has been executed.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between table data to be inserted and an insert command.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of storing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of storing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram comparing the contents before storing the table data in the insertion command with the contents after storing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display unit 2 Video RAM (VRAM) 3 CRT display control unit 4 Microprocessor (MPU) 5 Memory 6 Hard disk device 7 I / O bus 8 Keyboard 9 Pointing device 10 Printer 11 Floppy disk

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus capable of executing a merge print of table data of another file by a command described at a merge position in a document, and an instruction means for selectively instructing the command in the document being edited. And reading means for reading out the table data corresponding to the issued command from the separate file, and typesetting means for typesetting the read table data in the document being edited. Document processing device.