JPH0628342A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When importing the document data of one sentence into another sentence, the position information of the document data is added to the document data so that it is incorporated into another sentence. Then, when the captured document data is changed, one of the sentences is automatically changed. A storage unit capable of storing data in a tabular form and / or a graph form, and a change history storage unit for storing position information in the storage unit of the data when the data is changed, By referring to the history, it is possible to automatically correct the data of the sentence in which the above data is taken and the sentence of the example in which it is taken.

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 plurality of types of storage means such as text storage, table storage, graph storage, and the like, and a document processing device having a document creating and editing function based on these storage means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the form of a document handled by a document processing device such as a word processor, a text memory mainly for inputting a sentence consisting of a series of languages, and a plurality of items per item of information are items. The main storage means is the storage of a database, which is a collection of separated items, the storage of a spreadsheet for the purpose of analyzing data by inputting numerical values or calculation formulas in a tabular document. To be These various types of document storage are properly used depending on the purpose of use, and the document processing has been improved by performing an operation adapted to each purpose.

In recent years, in particular, with the demand for document diversification, it has been desired to input another sentence during one document processing, refer to a database, or simultaneously analyze data. According to such a theme, the current document processing apparatus uses the following two methods.

(1) A plurality of types of document processing can be handled by artificially handling the unspecified range of another type of document storage image during storage of one document.

(2) A plurality of types of document storage are simultaneously developed on a memory, and a part of the data stored in each document storage is mutually fetched to generate one document storage utilizing the characteristics of the plurality of types of document storage. To do.

[0006]

However, each of the conventional methods as described above has the following drawbacks.

In the case of (1), it is necessary to uniquely change a part of the data in a limited range, so that the image of the data is hard to catch and the function is easily restricted.

In the case of (2), since the respective document memories are independent of each other, once the other document memories are temporarily taken in as a part of a certain document memory, there is no relation between the respective document memories. I will end up. For this reason, if you make a correction to a part of the imported document, you often want to make corrections to the document that you imported that part.
In such a case, it is very troublesome to first find and delete the fetched portion and then specify the newly fetched portion for correction and execute the fetching. On the other hand, although there is a means for inserting a command to refer to a part of another document into a document, the command is difficult to grasp the image of the entire document.

An object of the present invention is to make up for some of the document data (A) stored in one document and to replace the document (B) stored in another document in order to compensate for the drawbacks of the processing apparatus according to the method (2). When the document data to be captured is to be stored in the document (A), the position of the captured document data in the sentence (A) is stored, and the position information is added to the captured document data and then captured in the sentence (B). By storing the changed portion when the sentence (A) is edited, the above changed portion and the position of the captured document are stored when the sentence (B) is switched to the edit screen after the editing is completed. In comparison, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus capable of automatically updating the content of a document captured in a sentence (B) when the content of the captured document has been changed.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting document information as data, and a first storage capable of storing data input by the input means. Means, text editing means capable of editing a continuous text based on the data input by the input means, second storage means capable of storing the text edited by the text editing means, and the second storage means Display means capable of displaying the text stored in the storage means and the data stored in the first storage means, and the input means has a tabular form and / or
Or you can enter data in graph form,
Third storage means capable of storing the data in the tabular form and / or the graph form, and the contents of the data stored in the third storage means are changed while being edited by the text editing means. Table and / or graph change history storage means for storing the position information in the third storage means in the form of a table and / or a graph are provided.

[0011]

According to the present invention, when the data in the tabular form and / or the graph form is changed while the text is being edited by the text editing means, the position information of the changed part is stored in the change history each time. The information stored in the text editing means can be read out after the editing is completed, and the information to be changed taken in by the text editing means can be automatically changed.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail and specifically below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a document processing apparatus for carrying out the present invention. Where 1
Is an input unit composed of a keyboard or the like, in which character keys and command keys (not shown) are arranged at predetermined positions, and key code data is input by pressing these various keys. A floppy disk drive (FD) unit 2 stores text documents, table data, etc. created in the past as files. A printer 3 has a print head, an ink ribbon, an ink cassette, or the like mounted on a carrier, and outputs a created document stored in the RAM 7. Reference numeral 4 denotes a display device for displaying the created document or the like stored in the RAM 7. Reference numeral 5 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) that processes document data according to key code data input from the keyboard 1, and 6 denotes a read-only memory (ROM) having various programs 6A for controlling by the CPU 5. The operation of each unit is controlled according to the control program 6A existing in the ROM 6.

A random access memory (RAM)
Reference numeral 7 denotes a data pointer area 7A for storing a storage location of an input document, a text memory area 7B for storing a document in a text format, a spreadsheet memory area 7C for storing a document in a tabular format, and a graph memory area 7 for storing a graph document.
D, a work memory 7E for storing temporary variables processed by the CPU 5 when the control program 6A is executed, and the like.

In the following, as an embodiment of the present invention, a process of merging (capturing) table data created by using the input function of the spreadsheet storage during the storage of the text document, and further after that, in the text document The processing for updating the edited portion of the merged table data when editing the merged portion of the table, ending the editing of the spreadsheet storage, and switching to editing the text document will be described.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a text file memory as an example of distribution of the storage areas set in the RAM 7 described above. A text document, a spreadsheet document, and a graph document are simultaneously and independently stored in one memory RAM 7. Where 7.1
The data pointer area holds the start address of the text document data area included in the text file as an offset value from the beginning of the file. A spreadsheet data pointer area 7.2 holds the start address of the spreadsheet data area included in the text file as an offset value from the beginning of the file. 7.
A graph data pointer area 3 holds the start address of the graph data area included in the text file as an offset value from the beginning of the file. Also, 7.
A text document data area 4 stores text data input from an input device such as the keyboard 1, and
Table data 7.41 imported from part of other types of document storage
And graph data 7.42 are stored.

Reference numeral 7.5 denotes a spreadsheet data area, which is a document data area 7.53 for storing item data of a table input from an input device such as the keyboard 1 and information of data written in text document data. A merge table area 7.54 to be stored, a document data pointer area 7.51 that holds the start addresses of those data areas 7.53 and 7.54 as offset values from the beginning of the spreadsheet data area 7.5, and a merge A table data pointer area 7.52 and the like are provided.

Reference numeral 7.6 is a graph data area. In this area 7.6, a graph data area 7.6 for storing item data of a graph input from an input device such as the keyboard 1 is stored.
3. The merge table 7.64 that stores the information of the graph data written in the text document data, and the start addresses of those data areas 7.63 and 7.64 are offset from the beginning of the graph data area 7.6. A graph data pointer area 7.61, a merge table data pointer area 7.62, and the like, which are held as values, are provided.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the configuration of the merge table 7.54 in the memory shown in FIG. 2, in which the merge table 7.54 is one merge counter 8 and a plurality of merge document position information. It is composed of 9.1, 9.2 ... The merge counter 8 indicates the number n of merged document position information. In the document data area 7.53 of the spreadsheet, the document memory is divided into small blocks called cells, and the cells are combined in a grid pattern. In this way, a tabular document is constructed. Also,
The merged document position information shown in 9.1 and 9.2 consists of two types of information, that is, the position of the cell at the upper left corner and the position of the cell at the lower right corner of the document data blocks combined in the grid pattern, and the merged document The position of the tabular data 9.4 in the data 7.53 in the spreadsheet data area 7.5 is shown. On the other hand, when the table data 9.4 merged in the document data area 7.4 is converted into the table data 9.5, the tag 9.
3 is added. The tag 9.3 stores the rank of the merged table in the merge table 7.54, and the position of the table data 9.4 in the spreadsheet data area 7.5 can be referred to. In addition, the cell change flag table 1 is stored in the memory outside the text file for editing in the other spreadsheet document data area 7.53.
0 is provided and a flag corresponding to each merged document position information in the merge table 7.54 is set.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a control procedure when data is merged by the document processing apparatus of the present invention. Now, when attempting to merge the tables stored in the spreadsheet while the text of the text document is being input from the input device such as the keyboard 1, the operator inputs a command for executing the merge of the spreadsheet document using the input device. By doing so, the operation is started according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, in step S1, all the document data behind the empty area secured in the area 7.4 for the text document data currently being edited is moved to the front of the empty area, and the empty area is closed. Set at the end of the whole. Then, in step S2, referring to the spreadsheet data pointer 7.2, the data is moved and opened so as to secure an empty area in the document data area 7.53 of the spreadsheet data area 7.5. Prepare for subsequent operations. Then, in step S3, a partial range of data to be merged is designated in the document data area 7.53 opened by the operator. There are various methods to specify, for example, specify the position of the cell at the upper left corner and the position of the cell at the lower right corner of the data part to be merged with the cursor movement keys and press the Enter key to determine the position. However, there is a method of setting a rectangular area surrounded by both cells as a specified range. Next, in step S4,
In order to store the newly merged document data in the merge table area 7.54, the value (n) at the merge counter position 8 in the table area 7.54 is incremented by 1, as shown in FIG. Then, in step S5, the position L1 of the cell at the upper left end and the position R of the cell at the lower right end of the range of data to be merged set by the operator in step S3.
1 is added and written to the merge table area 7.54 as positions 9.1 and 9.2. Next, in step S6, to close the spreadsheet document, all the document data behind the empty area 7.53 reserved for the document data in the spreadsheet data area 7.5 is set to the empty area. Move forward and close, setting free space to end of entire memory. Then, step S7
Then, the data is moved so as to secure an empty area in the text document data area 7.4, the data is not opened, and the edit state of the text document is restored. Then, a merge start command is entered in the text document data area 7.4 in step S8, and a merge table area 7.54 is entered in step S5.
A tag 9.3 indicating the order of the merged document position information additionally written in is added. Then, in step S9, the data in the range to be merged designated in step S3 is converted into a text document, and the tag 9.
It is expanded after the code of No. 3, and in step S10, a merge end command is added after the data of the text document area 7.4 expanded in step S9, the variable for text editing is updated, and the operation ends.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the control means at the time of editing the document data of the spreadsheet document by the document processing apparatus of the present invention and at the end thereof.

When attempting to edit a table created using the input function of the spreadsheet storage, the operator inputs a command for executing the edit of the spreadsheet document from the input device, and the flowchart of FIG. The operation is started according to. That is, step S11
Then, by referring to the spreadsheet data pointer area 7.2, the data is moved so as to secure a free area in the document data area 7.53 of the spreadsheet data area 7.5, and the subsequent operation is prepared. Next, in step S12, the change flag table 10 is secured in the memory outside the text file as shown in FIG. 4, and each merged document position information 9.1, 9.2 in the merge table area 7.54 is secured.
All flags corresponding to one-to-one with ... are initialized to off.
Then, in step S13, various editing functions of the spreadsheet document are executed. In step S14, it is determined whether or not the editing function of the spreadsheet document executed in step S13 is completed. If it is determined that the editing function is completed, the process proceeds to step S21.
Proceed to 15.

In step S15, one merged document position information is read from the merge table area 7.54, and in the next step S16, it is judged whether or not the merged document position information was read in step S15. If not, go to step S17.
Return to 13 to continue the various editing functions of the spreadsheet document. If the process proceeds to step S17, then step S
It is determined whether or not the position of the cell whose content has been changed by the function executed in step 13 is included in the range specified by the merged document position information read in step S15. If so, the process proceeds to step S18, and if not, the process proceeds to step S19. If the process proceeds to step S18, it is determined in step S17 of the cell change flag table 10 that the content of the cell included in the document captured in another document is changed in step S17.
The update flag corresponding to the merged document position information read in 15 is turned on. In step S19, the cell whose position in the document is changed by the editing function executed in step S13 is included in the range specified by the merged document position information read in step S15. If it is included, the process proceeds to step S20. If not included, the process returns to step S15 to read the next merged document position information.

Then, in step S20, step S1
On the basis of the judgment that the position of the cell included in the document captured in another document in 9 has been changed, the position 9.1 of the cell at the upper left end is set as the merged document position information in the merge table area 7.54. The contents of the two types of information at the cell position 9.2 at the lower right corner are updated according to the changed degree, and the process returns to step S15 to read the next merged document position information again.

In step S21, if it is determined in step S14 that the editing is completed, the spreadsheet document is closed. Therefore, in the document data area 7.53 of the spreadsheet area 7.5, move all the document data behind the empty area reserved for the document data to the front of the empty area, and move the empty area to the entire memory. Set at the end of. Then, in step S22, the data is moved so as to secure an empty area in the text document data area 7.4, and the state of editing the text document is restored. Then, in step S23, one update flag is read from the cell change flag table 10, and the next step S24.
Then, in step S23, the cell change flag table 1
It is determined from 0 whether or not the update flag can be read. If the update flag can be read, the process proceeds to step S25. If not, the editing function is performed on various types of ordinary text documents.

In step S25, it is determined whether or not the update flag read in step S23 is present. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S26, and if not, step S23.
Return to and read the next update flag. Then, in step S26, the tag 9.3 corresponding to the rank in the cell change flag table 10 of the previously read update flag is searched from the text document data area 7.4, and step S27
In step S26, all the merged table data from the merge start command to the merge end command existing before the tag 9.3 found in step S26 are deleted.
In step S28, the merged document position information of the position in the merge table area 7.54 corresponding to the rank in the cell change flag table 10 of the update flag currently being examined is read out, and the data area 7 of the spreadsheet document indicated by the data is read. Convert the table data 9.4 in 0.53 for text documents. Then, the code is expanded to the position of the code deleted in step S27, and the variable for editing the text is updated. After that, the process returns to step S23 and steps S23 to S28 are repeated for all update flags.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the configuration related to the area of the data storage means related to the data merging. In this example,
The document data pointer 7.51, the merge table pointer 7.52, and the merge table 7.54 shown in FIG.
This is an example in which there is no merge-related storage area, and the table data 5.3 merged into the text document in the document data area 7.4 has the cell position 9.1 at the upper left corner in the example of FIG. Two types of information are added: an upper left cell position 5.1 and a lower right cell position 5.2, which respectively correspond to the lower right cell position 9.2. These two pieces of position information are the merged table data 5.3 described above.
3 shows the relative position in the document data area 7.53 in the spreadsheet of the table data 5.4 corresponding to FIG.
Compared to the example of 1, the position of the table data 5.4 in the spreadsheet data area 7.5 can be directly referenced. Other, spreadsheet document data area 7.5
When editing with 3, the cell change flag table 5.5 provided outside the text file can set a flag that corresponds to the corner merge document position information in the text document all together. The same processing as the cell change flag table 10 can be performed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A document in which part of the document data of a certain sentence (A) is taken into another sentence (B), the position in the document of the data is stored in the change history storage means, and the information of the position is taken in. It is added to the data and then taken into the sentence (B), and when the sentence (A) is edited, the changed portion is stored in the storage means, and the changed portion is changed every time the editing screen of the sentence (B) is changed after the editing. When a part of the captured document data is changed by comparing the position of the captured document data with that of the captured document data, the content of the captured data in the sentence (B) is automatically updated. As a result, the trouble of changing the document data once captured in the sentence (B) only by correcting the document data of the sentence (A) is saved.

In the above-described embodiment, the table data created by using the input means of the spreadsheet is merged in the text document, and the merged portion of the table data is edited and then the text document is restored. In this case, an example of correcting a part merged with a text document has been given. However, by using the data storage means shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained by applying it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific configuration of a storage unit according to the present invention.

3 is an explanatory diagram showing a more detailed configuration of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control procedure at the time of executing data merge according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a control procedure from the execution of editing of document data of a spreadsheet document to the end thereof according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a detailed configuration of a storage unit according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard 4 Display 5 CPU 6 ROM 6A Control Program 7 RAM 7A Data Pointer Area 7B Text Area 7C Spreadsheet Area 7D Graph Area 7E Work Memory 7.4 Document Data Area 7.5 Spreadsheet Data Area 7.54 Merge Table 7. 6 Graph Data Area 8 Merge Counter 9.1, 9.2 Cell Position 10 Flag Table

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting document information as data, and a first unit capable of storing data input by the input unit.
Storage means, text editing means capable of editing a continuous text based on the data input by the input means, second storage means capable of storing the text edited by the text editing means, 2 a display means capable of displaying the text stored in the storage means and the data stored in the first storage means, wherein the input means is capable of inputting data in a tabular form and / or a graph form And a third storage unit capable of storing the tabular and / or graph data, and the contents of the data stored in the third storage unit being changed during editing by the text editing unit, A document processing apparatus, comprising: a table and / or a graph change history storage unit for storing the position information in the third storage unit in a changed table form and / or graph form. 2. A function for fetching a part of the tabular data and / or the graph data stored in the third storage means by the input means while the text is stored in the second storage means, Data having a concatenated document information storage unit that stores the captured data each time the function is executed, and data in a form and / or graph form in which the position indicating information indicating the position of the previously captured data in the concatenated document information storage unit is previously captured By adding to the third storage means, after editing the data stored in the third storage means, when switching to the editing by the text editing means,
With reference to the linked document information storage means and the table and / or graph change history storage means, a part of the table-type and / or graph-type data having a history captured by the text editing means is changed. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content of the data taken in by the text editing means is automatically updated when the text editing means.