JPH07129353A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display various contents so that they are allowed to surface display screen, to apply impact to a user and to improve operability by successively displaying frames from the smallest frame up to the largest frame at the time of executng pop-up display. CONSTITUTION:When a pop-up key on a keyboard 3 is depressed, a pop-up display program 16B stored in a ROM 16 is executed and picture data are stored in a text memory 17A built in a RAM 17. Action frequency is determined on the position of a cursor on a display and the action frequency of a maximum size frame is set up in a max. counter 18A. The frame size of each action is calculated and stored in a current memory 17B and '1' is set up in an action counter 18B. When the count value of the counter 18B is less than that of the counter 18A, frame data corresponding to the action are read out from the memory 17B and inversely displayed on the display.

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 capable of pop-up displaying various contents (for example, a selection screen for character size, print format, etc.). Here, the "pop-up" display means a function of displaying various contents on a display while sequentially enclosing various contents with a plurality of frames from a small frame to a large frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional document processing apparatus, when displaying various contents in a frame while displaying them on a display, displays frame data on a frame stored in a frame information storage means on the basis of a command from a pop-up display command means. With reading
Various contents were displayed in the frame. Less than,
A display method for displaying various contents in the conventional document processing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings. First, as shown in FIG. 11, the document data currently being processed is displayed on the display 51. Therefore, when executing another menu such as selection of the print size and setting of the print format, the data of various contents is expanded on the document data currently expanded on the display 51. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the display 51 when displaying various contents.
On the display 51, in addition to the document data, the layout 52 of the frame data is displayed at the center, and then the state in which the inside of the frame is cleared is shown. This display is
When a command from the display commanding means is given, frame data of a predetermined size (m × n) is read, only the layout 52 of the frame is displayed, and various contents are displayed in the frame (FIG. 13). reference).

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional display method, one frame data is immediately displayed by the command from the display commanding means, but the frame data is displayed on the plane of the user of the document processing apparatus. It will give a sense of emotion. Also, various contents will be displayed within the clear-processed frame, but the impact that the screen gives to the user will be poor and the display of various contents will be monotonous. It had a considerable influence on the operability.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when executing pop-up display of various contents, various contents can be displayed as if they are floating from the screen of the display by sequentially displaying from small frame to large frame. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device having good operability.

[0005]

A document processing apparatus according to the present invention is a document processing apparatus for creating a document while displaying characters or the like input from input means on a display, wherein the display stores frame information storage. In a document processing device for displaying various contents in a frame according to the frame information stored in the means, a pop-up command means provided in the input means and for instructing to sequentially display from the small frame to the large frame on the display. And a calculation unit that responds to a command from the popup command unit and sequentially calculates the number of frames to be displayed on the display from a small frame to a large frame based on the frame information stored in the frame information storage unit. Based on the frame information stored in the frame information storage unit and the number of frames calculated by the calculation unit, frame data corresponding to each frame is calculated. And a display control unit for controlling the display based on the frame data of each frame calculated by the calculation unit and sequentially displaying from the small frame to the large frame on the display. It

[0006]

In the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, first, when a command to sequentially display from the small frame to the large frame on the display is issued via the pop-up command means, the calculation means responds to the command, and the calculation means stores the frame information. The number of frames to be displayed on the display is calculated based on the frame information stored in the means. After that, the calculation means calculates the frame data corresponding to each frame based on the frame information stored in the frame information storage means and the number of frames calculated by the calculation means. Then, under the control of the display control means, display control of the display is performed based on the frame data of each frame calculated through the calculation means, whereby various contents on the display are changed from small frames to large frames. It is displayed while being sequentially surrounded by a plurality of frames.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a document processing apparatus embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
In the document processing device, the main body 1 and the display device 2 are
It is composed of and. A keyboard 3 is arranged in front of the frame of the main body 1.
Printing mechanism PM that prints characters on the printing paper behind
Is provided. A floppy disk drive FDD for operating a floppy disk for recording a document file is provided on the right side surface of the main body 1. Here, on the keyboard 3, a character key 5 for inputting various characters, a return key 6 for instructing execution of line feed and various processes, a cursor key 7 for moving the cursor up and down, left and right, and for executing a pop-up display The pop-up key 8 and other various function keys necessary for operating the document processing apparatus are provided.

Further, the printing mechanism PM is a so-called ink jet printer having a structure for performing desired printing on a printing paper by jetting ink in a predetermined shape according to document data, and the structure of the printing mechanism PM is known. The description is omitted here. Next, the display device 2 will be described. The display device 2 includes a display 4 for displaying characters input from various keys arranged on the keyboard 3, and is connected to the main body 1 by a connection cable (not shown). The display 4 has a plurality of lines (about 20 to 25 lines) of input characters.
It is possible to display over.

Next, the control system of the document processing apparatus will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the control system of the document processing apparatus. The control system of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment includes a control unit C, a keyboard 3, a printing mechanism PM, and a display unit D.
The M and the floppy disk drive FDD are connected to the control unit C via the input / output interface 12, respectively. The control unit C will be described. The control unit C includes a CPU 15 connected to the input / output interface 12 via the bus 14 as a core.
ROM 15 and RAM 17 are further connected to the bus 15 via the bus 14.
And a counter 18 are connected.

The CPU 15 controls the document processing apparatus and performs various arithmetic processes required for the control according to various programs stored in a ROM 16 described later. The ROM 16 of the control unit C stores various programs and the like, and the program memory 16A of the ROM 16 stores a pop-up display program 16B related to action display processing at the time of pop-up display.

On the other hand, the RAM 17 of the control unit C is the CPU 15
It temporarily stores various calculation results calculated by the above, and has various memories. That is, in the RAM 17, the document data created by inputting the characters from the respective keys on the keyboard 3 or the floppy disk drive F
Text memory 17 for temporarily storing the data of the document file opened from the floppy disk via DD
A, various memories and registers are provided in addition to the current memory 17B that stores frame data at the time of pop-up display. Further, the counter 18 counts the number of frames that are sequentially enlarged and displayed in a pop-up described later, that is, the number of actions, and stores a maximum counter 18 that stores the number of actions up to a maximum size frame.
A and an action counter 18B that counts the number of actions.

The display section DM in the control system of FIG. 2 comprises a display controller 11 connected to the input / output interface 12 and the display device 2 described above.
On the display 4 of the display device 2, the document data and the like input by the keyboard 3 and the like are displayed via the display controller 11 which is drive-controlled by the control unit C. In addition, the printing mechanism PM in the control system of FIG.
Is for printing the document data sent from the control unit C via the input / output interface 12 by an inkjet printer. Further, the keyboard 3 in the control system of FIG. 2 issues various commands to the control unit C via the input / output interface 12.

Next, control of pop-up display performed by the control device C of the document processing device will be described with reference to a flowchart. At this point, the keyboard 3
The data of the document data created by is displayed on the display 4, and a pop-up display is performed by superimposing it on the document data displayed on the display 4. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an action display routine for displaying a popup. Keyboard 3
The routine is entered by pressing the pop-up key 8 of. This routine is executed by the pop-up display program 16B of the ROM 16. When entering this routine, first step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1
Then, when a pop-up request is made by pressing the pop-up key 8, document data and the like displayed on the display 4 are saved. That is, the screen data is temporarily stored in the text memory 17A of the RAM 17.

FIG. 4 is a diagram comparing the frames displayed on the display 4 for different pop-up display positions. Frames 21, 22, and 23 are pop-up display positions,
That is, it is determined by the positions of the cursors C1, C2 and C3. Therefore, the position of the popup display is determined by the position of the cursor C set on the display 4 prior to the popup request. Therefore, in S2, the number of actions is determined in consideration of the upper and lower ends and the left and right ends of the display 4 at the pop-up display position. Then, the number of actions of the maximum size frame is set in the max counter 18A.

Next, when the number of actions is determined, S3
Then, the predetermined frame size (vertical H, horizontal L) for each action is calculated based on the number of actions determined in S2. Specifically, in the case of the frame 22 shown in FIG. 3, the dimensions of the frame up to the frame 22 as shown in FIGS. 5 to 10 (however, the clearing process is performed as described later in FIG. 10). In order to give the user a smooth impression, the frame size for each of the actions 1 to 6 is calculated. Then, the value is stored in the current memory 17B. Further, in S4, the action counter 18B is set to 1 to be initialized to be in a countable state.

Frame data is actually displayed on the display 4 based on the above data settings. In S5, it is determined whether the action counter 18B is less than or equal to the max counter 18A. That is, it is determined whether or not the pop-up screen displayed on the display 4 is not the final frame. Here, if the count number of the action counter 18B is less than or equal to the max counter 18A, the following S6 is executed. In S6, the frame data corresponding to the action is read from the current memory 17B, and the frame is displayed in reverse on the display 4 based on the read data (however, the drawing is not inverted for representation). After the frame data is displayed on the display 4, it is determined whether or not the count number of the action counter 18B for the frame data displayed in S7 is 2 or more. If the count number of the action counter 18B is 2 or more, the frame data of the count number minus 1 from the count number is read from the current memory 17B in S8, and the display corresponding to the frame data is erased from the display 4. . After that, the count number is incremented by 1 and the process returns to S5 again.

That is, the pop-up display is the above S5 to S.
8 will be performed. In this embodiment, FIG.
Thus, as shown in FIG. 10, a pop-up display is performed on the display 4 by a six-step frame display. Here, the pop-up display will be described more specifically. First, the frame display of the action 1 (the action corresponding to the count number 1 of the action counter 18B, the same applies hereinafter) is executed, and S6
Then, the frame data corresponding to the count number 1 in the current memory 17B is read out and displayed on the display 4.
Then, in S7, the count number is 1 and is 2 or less, so
The process jumps to S8, increments the count number by 1 in S9, and returns to S5 again. Therefore, the frame display of action 2 is executed next. In the case of the count number 2 as well, after the determination in S5, the frame data of the count number 2 is read from the current memory 17B and displayed on the display 4 in S6. At this time, on the display 4, the frame data of the previous action 1 is displayed in addition to the frame data of the count number 2 displayed this time.

Therefore, it is determined in the next S7 whether or not the count number is 2 or more. And since it is 2 or more, S8
In, the frame data of the count number (2-1), that is, the frame data of the action 1 is read, and the frame data displayed in an overlapping manner is erased from the display 4. Therefore, only the frame data of the action 2 is displayed on the display 4. Then, in S9, the frame data of action 3 is similarly incremented by 1 again. This is repeated until the count number is 6. In the state where the display of the count number 6 is executed and the count number is incremented by 1 in S9 to become 7, the value of the max counter is 6 in S5, and therefore S6 to S9 are skipped and S10 is executed.

At S10, the inside of the frame data of the max counter 18A displayed on the display 4 is shown in FIG.
Clear processing is performed as indicated by 0. Then, the frame display that was reversed in S11 is reversed, and the final frame is processed. This completes the action pop-up display, and the data of the specified content is displayed in the clear-processed frame, as shown in FIG.

As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the number of actions is calculated when executing the pop-up, and the frame size for each action is calculated and displayed sequentially from the small frame to the large frame. The three-dimensional display of the display makes it possible to show the data within the frame visually to the user's eyes, and the distinction from other document data and the like displayed in a superimposed manner is ensured. As a result, the operability of the document processing device is improved for editing and creating documents. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example,
In the embodiment, the counter 18 is provided separately from the RAM 17, but it can be integrated with the RAM 17.

[0021]

As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, when executing the pop-up display of various contents, various contents can be displayed so as to float from the screen of the display by sequentially displaying from the small frame to the large frame. As a result, it is possible to provide a document processing apparatus that has an impact on the user and has good operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a document processing device.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the document processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an action popup display program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram comparing the frames displayed for different popup display positions.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing frame data display in action 1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing frame data display in action 2.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing frame data display in action 3;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing frame data display in action 4;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing frame data display in action 5.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing clearing of a screen area used in a pop-up.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional pop-up display.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a conventional pop-up display.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing various contents displayed on a pop-up screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main body 2 display device 3 keyboard 4 display 5 character key 6 return key 7 cursor key 8 pop-up key 12 input / output interface 15 CPU 16 ROM 16A program memory 16B pop-up display memory 17 RAM 17A text memory 17B current memory 18 counter 18A max counter 18B Action counter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for creating a document while displaying characters or the like input from an input unit on a display, wherein the display displays various contents according to the frame information stored in the frame information storage unit. In a document processing device for displaying while surrounded by a frame, in response to a command from the popup command unit, which is provided in the input unit and commands the display to sequentially display from a small frame to a large frame. Calculating means for sequentially calculating the number of frames to be displayed on the display from a small frame to a large frame based on the frame information stored in the frame information storage means, and frame information stored in the frame information storage means Calculating means for calculating frame data corresponding to each frame based on the number of frames calculated by the calculating means; Based on the frame data of the computed each frame was controlling the display, the document processing apparatus characterized by comprising a display control means for sequentially displaying to large frame from a small frame on the display.