JPH0855109A - Document creating apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the utility and operability of a page/line/column accessing function by extracting document data for the optional number of lines from each block obtained by segmenting prepared document data in each prescribed lines and then displaying the extracted document data. CONSTITUTION:A RAM 2 includes a document memory 3 for storing inputted document data. A page line/column access control part 13 segments document data in each set block consisting of (n) lines, extracts document data for (m) (m<n) lines from each block and displays the document data of each (m) lines on a display device 10. When optional document data are specified out of the document data for (m) lines displayed on the device 10, the control part 13 executes control for reading out document data for one screen including the specified document data of (m) lines as leading (m) lines from the memory 3 and displaying the read data on the device 10. Consequently, document data on a required position can be displayed only by specifying document data for optional (m) lines from the document data being in display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device such as a Japanese word processor and a control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When it is desired to refer to a desired location in document data created using a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor, it becomes very troublesome to find that location when the amount of documents increases. Is coming. Normally, a page or line portion of a document is displayed on the screen by designating an approximate page or line in the document within the memory of the user.

However, when the amount of documents increases, for example, when a long document such as a specification or a novel is created, the memory of the page line digits is also weakened, and when the user tries to call the desired document, it becomes a great deal. You will be forced to load.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional document creating apparatus and its control method, the document data at the desired location cannot be properly called from the created document data.

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and reduces the work load when referring to document data at a desired portion from a large amount of document data such as specifications and novels, An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a control method thereof that can improve operability.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document creating apparatus of the first invention has a storage unit for storing document data and n lines of document data (where n is 2 or more).
An extraction unit that extracts the document data of arbitrary m (m <n) lines from each block and displays the document data of each m lines stored by the extraction unit. No. 1 display means, a designation means for designating an arbitrary number of m lines of document data among the m lines of document data being displayed by the first display means, and the designation means. It is characterized by further comprising a second display means for reading out the document data including the m number of document data as the first m rows from the storage means and displaying the document data. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document creation apparatus of the second invention divides the document data into blocks for every n rows (where n is 2 or more), and a storage unit for storing the document data.
Extraction means for extracting document data of arbitrary m (m <n) lines from each block, and first display means for displaying the document data for each m lines stored by the extraction means, Designating means for designating an arbitrary number of m lines of document data among the m number of lines of document data being displayed by the first display means, and m designated by the designating means.
It is characterized by further comprising a second display means for displaying the document data for the number of lines together with the document data preceding and following this document data.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores the created document data, and the extraction means divides the document data into blocks of n rows each, and the document data of arbitrary m rows is individually divided from each block. To extract. Then, the first display means displays the m-line document data for each m line, and the designating means specifies any m-line document data from the m-line document data being displayed. Further, the second display means displays the document data including the designated m lines of document data as the first line on the display.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, from the document data of any m lines in the document data of each m lines being displayed, the document data of the desired portion included as the first line on the display is displayed. Can be displayed accurately.

In the second invention, the storage means stores the created document data, and the extraction means divides the document data into blocks of n rows each, and the document data of arbitrary m rows is individually divided from each block. To extract. Then, the first display means displays the document data for each m lines, and the designating means selects an arbitrary m from the document data for each m lines in the display.
Specify document data for lines. Further, the second display means displays the designated m lines of document data together with the document data preceding and following this document data.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the invention, from the document data of an arbitrary m line in the document data of each m line being displayed, the document data of the desired portion preceding and following this document data can be obtained. It can be displayed accurately.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CPU (microprocessor) for controlling the entire apparatus. Reference numeral 2 denotes a RAM, which includes a document memory 3 for storing input document data, and holds document format information, various control data information, a program executed by the CPU 1 and the like in an area in the RAM 2 different from the document memory 3. . Reference numeral 4 denotes a pen, which is used for character input for document creation and input operations for various editing processes. A pen interface 5 controls input / output of various information between the CPU 1 and the pen 4. A mouse 6 is used for input operations for various editing processes.
A mouse interface 7 controls input / output of various information between the CPU 1 and the mouse 6. Reference numeral 8 denotes a keyboard, which is used for character input for document creation and input operations for various editing processes. A keyboard interface 9 controls input / output of various information between the CPU 1 and the keyboard 8. A display device 10 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display realizes document display by outputting the display dot pattern generated by the display CNT 11 to the display device 10. A display CNT 11 controls the display device 10 for displaying document data.
(Display control circuit). Reference numeral 12 is a display dot memory that stores dot pattern data of document data to be displayed on the display device 10. Reference numeral 13 denotes a page line digit calling control unit for performing page line digit calling control unique to this information processing apparatus. The page line digit call control unit 13 sets the document data to n lines (where n
Is divided into blocks of 2 or more), m (m <n) lines of document data are extracted from each block, and the extracted m lines of document data are displayed on the display device 10. The page line digit calling control unit 13, when the document data for any m lines is designated from the document data for each m lines being displayed, the page line digit calling control unit 13 sets the designated m lines of document data at the top. The control is performed such that the document data for one screen including m rows is read from the document memory 3 and displayed on the display device 10.

Next, the operation of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment will be described focusing on the page line digit calling control described above.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure of page line digit calling processing.

First, the user creates document data as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and then uses the input means such as the pen 4, the mouse 6 or the keyboard 8 to determine the entire document data that has already been created. Set the page and how many lines to divide into blocks. That is, the value of n that determines the size of the block is set. In this embodiment, a page value and a row value can be set as the value of n. Note that the page value and the row value may be set in at least one of them.

When setting the page value and the row value, as shown in steps 201 to 206 of FIG.
A page line setting screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. This screen has a page number display area 42 for displaying page values and row values.
And a line number display area 43 is displayed. Page number display area 4
A numerical value increase / decrease button 41 is displayed next to each of 2 and the line number display area 43. Numerical value increase / decrease button 4
1 can increase or decrease the page value and the line value in the page number display area 42 and the line number display area 43, respectively, by instructing the numerical value increase / decrease button 41 with the pen 4 or the mouse 6. Further, it is also possible to directly input and set the page and line values from the keyboard 8. For example, here, the set value of the row is set to 4.

After the page value and the line value are set in this way, the CPU 1 activates the page line digit call control unit 13.

First, the page line digit call control unit 13 divides the document data as shown in FIG. 3, for example, into blocks at intervals (n lines) of page line values set on the page line setting screen, and each block is divided. From the first m rows (where m <
The document data of n) is extracted (step 207). Here, for example, "1" is set as the value of m, and the first line of document data is extracted from each block. Then, the page line digit calling control unit 13 RAMs the extracted document data of m lines together with the page number and line number corresponding to the document data of m lines as thinned document data.
Store in 2 respectively. After all the thinned-out document data for the entire document data is stored in the RAM 2, the page row digit calling control unit 13 stores the RAM 2 in the RAM 2 as shown in FIG.
To call the thinned-out document data and display it in a list (step 208).

Thereafter, when the user designates the document data extracted from the individual blocks divided into n lines from the entire thinned document data being displayed (step 209), the page line digit The call control unit 13 first determines the designated block (step 210),
Based on the page number and line number associated with this block, the position on the RAM 2 where the document data at the beginning of the block is stored is determined (step 211). Then, the page line digit calling control unit 13 reads out the document data for one screen from the corresponding position on the RAM 2 and controls the display device 10 to display it (step 2).
12). For example, in FIG. 5, if the user designates thinned-out document data of the block "11 is CPU ...", the page line digit call control unit 13 sets the page number value to "2" and the line number value to "2". When "1" is recognized, as shown in FIG. 6, the document data of "reference numeral 11 is CPU ..." On the first line of page 2 is displayed for one screen of the display device 10 as the top line of the screen.

The point designated by the user with the pen 4 or the mouse 6 may be any of page number, line number, and thinned document data.

On the other hand, the page line digit call control unit 13 determines whether or not each value of the page line digit has been input from the keyboard 8 (step 213). If it is determined that the page line digit has been input, the normal operation is performed. The document data of the corresponding page line digit is displayed on the display device 10 in accordance with the document calling method (step 2).
12).

When the page line digit is not input from the keyboard 8, the page line digit call control unit 13 executes a page line digit call cancel process or another process (step 2).
14).

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment, the thinning-out document data is extracted from the entire document data at the set line number interval, and the thinning-out document data is simply designated. Document data for one screen can be displayed with the document data at the top. Therefore,
It is possible to reduce the work load on the user when displaying the document data at a desired position in the entire document data, and improve the operability.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above-described embodiment, the selected thinned-out document data is displayed on the display device 10 as the top of the screen, but the selected thinned-out document data is displayed so as to be arranged in the center line of the screen, for example. Good.

[0026]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus and the control method therefor of the present invention, the created document data is divided into n blocks each having an arbitrary m number.
After extracting document data for a line, display the extracted document data and display the document data at a desired location by simply specifying any m lines of document data from the displayed document data. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the work required to display the document data at a desired position in the entire document data as compared with the related art, and improve the operability and practicality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a document creation apparatus and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of page line digit calling processing in the document creation apparatus and its control method of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when document data is created by the document creating apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a page spacing setting screen of the document creating apparatus and the control method therefor according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displaying a list of thinned document data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of displaying document data at a desired location.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... RAM, 3 ... Document memory, 4 ... Pen,
5 ... Pen interface, 6 ... Mouse, 7 ... Mouse
Interface, 8 ... Keyboard, 9 ... Keyboard interface, 10 ... Display device, 11 ... Display CNT, 1
2 ... Display dot memory, 13 ... Page line digit calling control unit.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing document data, and the document data is divided into blocks of n rows (where n is 2 or more), and each block is arbitrarily m (m <n).
Extraction means for extracting document data for lines, first display means for displaying document data for each m lines stored by the extraction means, and each m line being displayed by the first display means Specifying means for specifying arbitrary m lines of document data out of the document data, and m lines of document data specified by the specifying means,
A second display means for reading the document data included as the first m rows from the storage means and displaying the read data. 2. Document data is stored, the document data is divided into blocks of n rows (where n is 2 or more), and each block is arbitrarily m (m <n).
Extracting document data of lines, displaying the stored document data of m lines, and designating any m line of document data from the document data of m lines being displayed, A method of controlling a document creation apparatus, wherein document data including the designated m lines of document data as the first m lines is read from a storage unit and displayed. 3. Storage means for storing document data, and the document data is divided into blocks of n rows (where n is 2 or more), and each block is arbitrarily m (m <n).
Extraction means for extracting document data for lines, first display means for displaying document data for each m lines stored by the extraction means, and each m line being displayed by the first display means Specifying means for specifying arbitrary m lines of document data out of the document data, and m lines of document data specified by the specifying means,
A second display means for displaying together with the document data following the document data, and a document creating device. 4. Document data is stored, the document data is divided into blocks of n rows (where n is 2 or more), and each block is arbitrarily m (m <n).
Extracting document data of lines, displaying the stored document data of m lines, and designating any m line of document data from the document data of m lines being displayed, A method of controlling a document creation device, characterized in that the specified m lines of document data are displayed together with the document data preceding and following this document data.