JPH0973444A - Document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] It is possible to visually easily determine in which area a ruled line whose line digit overlaps with a line digit in another area, and to change the line digit in the ruled line editing area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device capable of sequentially switching to an area having an overlap. A CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13,
If a ruled line or area can be created with the KB 14 and the display device 16 and the line digit of the ruled line overlaps with the line digit of the other area, the display pattern of the ruled line can be changed for each area. By this, the ruled line to be edited can be easily determined.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus equipped with means for creating ruled lines and areas.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 11 shows a conventional document creating apparatus.
As shown in, when the line digit where the ruled line (1) created in the area 1 exists overlaps the line digit of the area 2, the ruled line (1) is displayed as it is. Further, a ruled line in which the line digit is the underlay of the other area like the ruled line (1) could not be edited.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional document creating apparatus, in the case of FIG. 11, it is difficult to determine on which area the ruled line belongs in the display. Further, in order to edit a ruled line whose line digit is the underlay of another area, the area is moved first.
Therefore, it is necessary to perform an operation such as deleting, and there is a problem that operability is deteriorated.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and it is possible to visually judge in which area a ruled line in which a line digit overlaps a line digit in another area is a ruled line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that can be easily changed and can sequentially switch a ruled line editing area to an area where line digits overlap.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a document creating apparatus capable of creating ruled lines or regions, in which a line digit with a ruled line overlaps with a line digit in another region, The document creating apparatus is characterized in that the ruled line to be edited can be easily determined by providing a unit for changing the display pattern of the ruled line for each area.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a document creating apparatus capable of creating a ruled line or an area. When a line digit of a ruled line overlaps with a line digit of another area, a cursor display pattern is displayed. The document creating apparatus is characterized in that the ruled line to be edited can be easily determined by providing a means for changing each area.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
In a document creation device that can create ruled lines and areas, if a line digit with a ruled line overlaps with a line digit in another area, use an indicator such as an icon that indicates the information to determine the ruled line and the target area.
The document creating apparatus is characterized in that a ruled line to be edited can be easily determined by providing a means for outputting the ruled line at an arbitrary position.

Further, the present invention has the following objects to attain the above objects.
In a document creation device that can create ruled lines and areas, if the line digit of a ruled line overlaps with the line digit of another area, the means to switch the ruled line editing area to the area where the line digits overlap According to the document creating apparatus, the ruled line, in which the line digit is the underlay of the other area, can be edited by the provision.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The outline of the present invention is as follows. (1) When an area is created, the display pattern of the ruled line on the underlying line column is changed to gray display or the like depending on the area.

(2) If the cursor is pointing to the ruled line on the line digit underlying the other area, the display pattern of the cursor is changed to gray display or the like. (3) When the cursor is pointing to a ruled line on a line digit underlying another area, an icon indicating the ruled line discrimination information (for example, an indicator such as a pattern in which a rectangle is displayed in gray is displayed at an arbitrary position) .

(4) The ruled line editing area is sequentially switched to the area where the row digit overlaps with the row digit of another area by the conversion / next candidate key or the like. At this time, the above (1), (2), (3)
If it is executed in combination with the ruled line and area discrimination display method as described above, the operability is further improved.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and 11 is a microprocessor (CPU) that controls the entire apparatus.

A ROM (read-only memory) 12 stores program information, dictionary information, and various other data. A RAM (random access memory) 13 has information such as a document memory for storing an input document and document format information, and various control data.

Reference numeral 14 is a KB (keyboard), which is a CPU
The keyboard interface 15 is used to input characters for creating documents and to start editing processing. 1
A display device 6 displays the document data and the like stored in the RAM 13 using the display dot memory 18 under the control of the display control device 17 and the CPU 11.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a printer, which transfers document data stored in the RAM 13 to the printer interface 20 and C.
Print under the control of PU11. Reference numeral 21 denotes an external storage device such as a floppy disk drive (FDD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), which stores the document data stored in the RAM 13 and the disk interface 22 and CP.
Save and call under the control of U11.

The document creating apparatus having the above configuration is shown in FIGS.
It has the processing functions shown in. That is, in FIG. 2, S
Step 1 is a step of checking whether or not the row digit range of the parent area of the created area overlaps when the area is created.

In step S2, if the line digit ranges of the created area and the parent area overlap, and if there is a ruled line on the overlapped row digits,
This is a step of changing the display pattern of the ruled line. In FIG. 3, S3 is a step of checking whether or not the cursor is pointing at a ruled line whose line digit is the underlay of another region.

S4 is a step of changing the display pattern of the cursor. Step S5 is a step of returning the display pattern of the cursor to the standard one. In FIG. 4, S6
Is a step similar to step S3.

In step S7, an indicator such as an icon representing the ruled line / area discrimination information is displayed at an arbitrary position. S8 is a step of clearing an indicator such as an icon that is displayed at an arbitrary position.

In FIG. 5, S9 is a step of checking whether or not there is a region switching request from the input means.
S10 is a step of checking whether the area is only the area where the cursor is currently located.

Step S11 is a step of checking whether or not there is a line digit that overlaps with the line digit where the cursor is currently located in the next area. S12: If there is a line column that has an overlap,
This is the step of moving the cursor into the area.

If there is no overlap, S13 is a step of checking whether the next area is the area where the cursor is currently located. The operation of the above configuration will be described in detail below.

1. When the area is created, it is checked in step S1 whether or not the row digit range in the created area overlaps with the row digit range in the parent area. If there is no overlap, do nothing and end. If there is an overlap, step S2
Change the display pattern of the ruled line on the line digit.
For example, in FIG. 6, it is assumed that ruled line (1) is a ruled line in area 1 and area 2 is created at the position shown in the figure. At this time, since there is a ruled line in the overlapping range of the row digits of the area 1 and the area 2, the display pattern of the ruled line is changed to ruled line (2) in FIG.

2. In step S3, it is checked whether or not the current cursor is pointing to the ruled line whose line digit is the underlay of another area. If not pointing, the display pattern of the cursor is returned to the standard one in step S5. If pointing, step S4
Use to change the cursor display pattern. For example, in FIG. 7, if the ruled line cursor (here, an arrow cursor) (3) points to the ruled line (1) in the area 1, the display pattern of the ruled line cursor is changed as shown in FIG.

3. In step S6, it is checked whether or not the current cursor is pointing to a ruled line whose line digit is the underlay of another area. If it is not pointing, the icon representing the ruled line / area discrimination information is erased in step S8. If pointing, an icon representing the ruled line and area discrimination information is displayed at an arbitrary position in step S7. For example, in FIG. 7, the ruled line cursor (here, the arrow cursor) (3) is the area 1
Assuming that the ruled line (1) is pointed at, the icon (here, the rectangle is grayed out) indicating the ruled line and area discrimination information is set at an arbitrary position (here, in the upper right corner of the screen) as shown in FIG. I'll send it to you.

4. It is checked in step S9 whether the operator has requested the area switching. When there is no request, nothing is done and the process ends. If there is a request, in step S10, there is no area next to the area where the cursor is currently located. That is, check if the region is only the region where the cursor is currently. If only the area where the cursor is currently located, the processing ends. If there is another area, it is checked in step S11 whether or not there is a line column where the cursor is currently located in the next area. If it exists, the cursor is moved to the area in step S12. If it does not exist, the next area is checked to see if it is currently the cursor.
If the cursor is not in the current area, the process of step S11 is further performed for the next area. If the cursor is in the area where the cursor is currently located, it means that there is no overlapped row position for all other areas in the area where the cursor is currently located, and the processing is terminated. That is, the area is not switched.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It becomes easier to visually judge in which area the ruled line where the line digit overlaps with the line digit of the other area, and the editing of the ruled line where the line digit is the underlay of the other area is
Since it can be performed directly, it has excellent effects such as improved operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment, which is in a state different from that of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a state different from that of FIG. 3 for explaining the operation of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment in a state different from that of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a screen display diagram for explaining the operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a screen display diagram in a state different from that of FIG. 6 for explaining the operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a screen display diagram in a state different from that of FIG. 7 for explaining the operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a screen display diagram in a state different from that of FIG. 8 for explaining the operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a screen display diagram in a state different from that of FIG. 9 for explaining the operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of ruled lines and areas in a conventional document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Microprocessor (CPU), 12 ... ROM,
13 ... RAM, 14 ... KB (keyboard), 15 ... Keyboard interface, 16 ... Display device, 17 ... Display control device, 18 ... Display dot memory, 19 ... Printer,
20 ... Printer interface, 21 ... External storage device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus capable of creating a ruled line or a region, comprising means for changing a display pattern of the ruled line for each area when a line digit of the ruled line overlaps with a line digit of another area. A document creation apparatus characterized in that a ruled line to be edited can be easily determined. 2. A document creation device capable of creating ruled lines and areas, comprising means for changing the display pattern of the cursor for each area when a line digit of the ruled line overlaps with a line digit of another area. Then, the document creating apparatus is characterized in that the ruled line to be edited can be easily determined. 3. An indicator, such as an icon, which indicates information for discriminating between a ruled line and a target area when a line digit of the ruled line overlaps with a line digit of another area in a document creation device capable of creating a ruled line or an area. The document creating apparatus is characterized in that the ruled line to be edited can be easily determined by providing a means for outputting to any position. 4. In a document creation device capable of creating ruled lines and areas, when a line digit of a ruled line overlaps with a line digit of another area, the ruled line editing area is changed to an area where the line digits overlap. A document creating apparatus, characterized in that it is provided with a means for sequentially switching to enable editing of a ruled line whose line digit is an underlay of another area.