JPH10105549A - Document editing processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten working time and to improve efficiency 111 work by previously selecting only a working object page in a document. SOLUTION: A central processing unit(CPU) 110 reads out the prepared document, which is stored in an external storage device 150, to a memory 140 and first of all, by activating a page list display program 142, the document read out in this memory 140 is displayed on a display device 120 for the unit of plural prescribed pages. When a user selects any page to be a working object out of these plural displayed pages, next, a page re-editing program 144 is activated, and a document picture for working only this selected page is prepared and displayed on the display device 120.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for editing a document in a document creation apparatus, and when reading and storing a document once created and stored, only a page arbitrarily selected in advance is processed. By not searching for pages other than the target page in the work process, the complexity of the work can be reduced, and erroneous deletion, erroneous printing, etc. other than the target page can be prevented. The present invention relates to a document editing processing method effective for improving efficiency.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a document once created and stored in an external storage device or the like is read again using a personal computer or the like to perform work, all data of the document is read into a memory to form a page. Then, the documents are displayed on the display device in order from the first page. The user processes the document data while searching for the work target page from the read document data sequentially or by specifying a page.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in this type of conventional document editing processing method. When the user selects a document to be worked using the input device,
The document is read from the external storage device onto the memory (step 400), and the first page is displayed on the display device (step 410). Thereafter, the search of the corresponding page and the document processing are repeated until a storage instruction is given (steps 420 to 440).
When a storage instruction is issued from the user (step 440), the document on the memory is stored in the external storage device (step 45).
0).

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional document editing processing method, when a once created document is composed of a large number of pages and frequently modified, the document is externally processed. After reading from storage to memory,
The user must search a plurality of pages to be worked on sequentially for each page, and perform processing such as correction and editing, printing, and the like. Page is also a search target, there is a problem that pages other than the work target may be erroneously deleted or erroneously printed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. A search target page for document processing, printing, or the like for a document once created is designated as:
It is an object of the present invention to reduce the work time, increase the work efficiency, prevent erroneous operations, and the like by limiting only to the work target page in advance.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a document once created and stored in an external storage device is read out to a memory again, and when operations such as correction, editing, and printing are performed, the document read out to the memory is read out. A list is displayed on the display device in units of a plurality of pages from the top page, etc., and a page to be operated is selected from the displayed plurality of pages by a user's instruction, and only the selected page is displayed on the display device. It is characterized in that displayable pages are reconstructed.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a document creation apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 110 is a central processing unit that performs overall control and processing, 120 is a display device that displays the contents of document data, etc., 130 is an input device (mouse or keyboard) that allows the user to input various instructions and data. , 140 is a memory (ROM or RAM) for storing a program or document data to be worked, and 150 is an external storage device (floppy, hard disk, etc.) for storing the document data after work is completed. Here, in the memory 140, as a program related to the present invention,
A page list display program 142 for displaying a list of necessary pages from the document data so that the user can easily select the page and a page reorganization program 144 for reorganizing only the pages selected by the user from the document data are stored. .

FIG. 2 shows a display example of a page selection list screen used when the user reads document data from the external storage device 150 onto the memory 140 and selects a work target page in the present invention. This display example shows a state in which one screen of the display device 120 is divided into eight parts, and eight pages from the first page of the document are displayed in a list from the upper left display part to the lower right in order. The user selects one or more arbitrary pages necessary for the operation from the eight pages displayed in the list. The document data is reorganized only on the selected page and displayed on the display device 120. Thus, the user can concentrate on processing and the like on the displayed document data. Needless to say, the list display is not limited to eight pages.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a processing procedure in the document editing management method of the present invention. First, when the user selects a document to be worked from the input device 130, the central processing unit 110 reads the document from the external storage device 150 onto the memory 140 (step 300). Next, the page list display program 142 displays a list of the documents stored in the memory 140 from the first page to a plurality of pages, for example, the eighth page, on the display device 120 in order (step 310). The user arbitrarily selects a page from the displayed plurality of pages (step 320), and generates a work document screen using only the selected page by the page reediting program 144 (step 330). The information is displayed on the display device 120 (step 340). Thereafter, until a storage instruction is given, a desired operation such as processing is performed on the work document screen (steps 350 and 360). When the document processing work by the user is completed and storage is instructed (step 360), the central processing unit 110 stores the memory 14
0 is stored in the external storage device 150 (step 370).

In the above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described. In the case of displaying a list of a plurality of pages, instead of displaying the document sequentially from the first page, if a user designates an arbitrary page, a plurality of pages are displayed from the page. May be displayed in a list. Also, a list of a plurality of predetermined pages from the first page of the document is displayed, and if an arbitrary page is selected from the list, the next plurality of pages are displayed in a list, and an arbitrary page is selected in the same manner. If all the pages necessary for the work are repeatedly selected from the document, the pages may be re-edited for the entire selected page. In this case, if the document data after the re-editing of the page cannot be displayed at one time, the operation may be performed by displaying the document data several times at a predetermined page.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the document data displayed on the display device in the work process is composed of only the pages to be worked by the user. In addition, printing of a plurality of pages can be performed by a single operation, and the work load on the user can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a document creation apparatus targeted by the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a page list display according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart of page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional page editing processing procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 110 Central Processing Unit 120 Display Device 130 Input Device 140 Memory 142 Page List Display Program 154 Page Reorganization Program 150 External Storage Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document editing method for reading a created document including a plurality of pages from an external storage device to a memory and performing a desired operation in the document creating device, wherein the document editing device reads the created document including the plurality of pages from the memory. A document is displayed in a list on a display device in units of a plurality of pages, and when a user selects a page to be operated from among the displayed plurality of pages, a document screen for work of only the selected page is created and displayed. A document editing processing method characterized by displaying on a device.