JPH1031675A - Method and device for polishing electronic document - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To polish one document to be polished of an electronic document from plural polishing persons through various angles onto the display screen of a computer. SOLUTION: When polishing the document to be polished preserved in a file as the electronic document on the display screen, a document 20 to be polished is converted into a print image 21 by a print image converting means 11. Besides, a layer generating means 12 for polish generates a layer 22 for polish for writing polished contents. A layer overlapping means 14 overlaps the layer 22 for polish on the print image 21 and indicates it on a display. The polishing persons more than one at least write the polished contents through a polished content writing means 13 onto the layer 22 for polish and temporarily preserve them in a filing device 10 as plural polished layers 23. In order to confirms the polished contents of the original document 20 to be polished, for example, the person to be polished selects any desired layer out of the plural polished layers 23 through a polished layer selection switching means 23 and can watch that layer by indicating it 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 method and an apparatus for correcting an electronic document on a computer display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, it has been customary to add a red brush to a created document printed on paper when correcting the created document. According to such a conventional correction method, for example, when a large number of answer sheets or the like are corrected and added, enormous manpower and time are consumed.

In recent years, a system for correcting an electronic document using a word processor, a personal computer, or the like on a computer display screen has been proposed in order to streamline and reduce correction work.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-18556 shown in FIG.
There is a document creation device described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 0-200. In this document creating apparatus, when correcting a created document, a display mode switching command is input, the document editing unit 3 is switched to the “document / correction overlapping” mode, and the contents of the document storage unit 4 and the contents of the correction information storage unit 8 are changed. Are superimposed and displayed on the display 7.
Next, an input mode switching command is input to switch the input mode to the correction mode. Thereafter, all the input characters are written into the correction information storage unit 8, and the editing operation or the like is performed based on the contents. After completion of the correction, the corrected content is stored by writing the content of the correction information storage unit 8 into the correction information file device 9.

Further, it is possible to make corrections to the original document while referring to the contents of correction. When displaying the correction content, the display mode is set to the “document / correction superimposition” mode, and the input mode is switched to the correction mode. When the document is modified while referring to the correction content, the content of the document storage unit 4 is updated. When the editing command is input after the correction, the contents of the document storage unit 4 are stored in the document file device 5.
Is written and saved. In this way, it is possible to correct the document while viewing the correction contents on the same screen.

The document creating apparatus shown in FIG. 4 allows a user to make corrections while looking at an added or corrected document displayed on a computer display screen, so that the user can feel as if he or she corrected a document on paper with a red brush. There are advantages. Further, once the electronic document is printed, there is a problem that it is difficult to determine which part of the original document has been modified and corrected. However, such an apparatus has an advantage that the correction location can be recognized at a glance.

[0007]

However, in the case of the document creating apparatus shown in FIG. 4, a single corrector corrects one document to be corrected. for that reason,
It is difficult to avoid mistakes or prejudice by the individual corrector, and there is a problem that it is not possible to cope with the case where the document to be corrected is fully prepared.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to enable a plurality of correctors to correct one document to be corrected from various angles.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electronic document correcting method and apparatus according to the present invention corrects a document to be corrected stored in a file as an electronic document on a display screen. Is converted to a print image. The correction layer layer in which the correction content can be written is generated by the correction layer layer generating means corresponding to the document to be corrected by the print image. Further, the layer layer superimposing means superimposes the correction layer layer on the print image and displays it on the display. At least one corrector writes the correction content to the correction layer layer by the correction content writing unit, and temporarily stores the corrected content in the file device as a plurality of corrected layers. Also, for example, the person to be corrected can confirm the correction content of the original document to be corrected,
A desired one of a plurality of corrected layers can be selected by the corrected layer selection switching means and displayed on a display for viewing.

Therefore, a plurality of correctors can correct one document to be corrected from various angles, and high-quality correction can be performed.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method and an apparatus for correcting an electronic document according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic document correction device comprises:
It has functions such as a word processor capable of creating an electronic document such as a spreadsheet and an electronic mail, and has a file device 10 for storing one or more target documents 20 to be modified. Also,
A correction layer that has a print image conversion unit 11 that reads out the correction target document 20 and converts it into a print image 21, and generates a correction layer layer 22 in which correction contents can be written and input by superimposing on the correction target document 20. It has a layer generating means 12. The correction layer layer 22 is a transparent electronic layer generated on a computer display screen, and can be written and input using an input key on a keyboard or a mouse.
Further, a correction content writing means 13 for writing correction content to the correction layer layer 22 is provided. Further, the correction layer layer 2 is formed on the print image 21 described above.
It has a layer layer superimposing means 14 for displaying the two in a superimposed state, and can display the superimposed on the display 15.

Here, an important function of the present invention is that the print image 2
A plurality of corrections can be corrected by superimposing the correction layer layer 22 on the file No. 1, and a plurality of files whose corrections have been completed by the respective correctors are No. 1. 1, No. 2 can be saved as the corrected layer 23. Further, one or all of the stored corrected layers 23 can be read from the file device 10 in an arbitrary order. In order to select a desired corrected layer 23 and read it on the computer display screen, a corrected layer selection switching means 16 is provided. The selection operation is usually performed by the person to be modified.

Next, a correction method and an operation flow by the above-described electronic document correction apparatus will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

As a normal example, the correction work includes a “correction preparation work” performed by a person to be corrected who has the electronic document prepared by the user, a “correction work” performed by a person to be corrected, and a post-correction operation. Is based on the content of the correction, and is roughly divided into "confirmation and correction work" in which the corrector again corrects the original corrected document.

First, in the correction preparation work performed by the person to be corrected, the person to be corrected firstly copies the document to be corrected 20 from the file device 10 as in step S1 (hereinafter simply referred to as S1). read out. The read document to be modified 20 is converted into a print image 21 by the print image conversion means 11, and is converted into a print image (S2). This means that the original document 20 is converted into a print image 21 having the same data format regardless of the model or tool created by any model.

In the next step S3, a correction layer layer 22 is generated by the correction layer layer generating means 11 by the operation of the person to be corrected, corresponding to the document to be corrected 20 which has been converted into a print image. After the print image 21 and the correction layer layer 22 are generated, they are stored in the file device 10 by the storage unit, and wait for the next correction work by the corrector (S4).

Next, in the correction work performed by the corrector, first, as in S5, the print image 21 and the correction layer layer 22 stored in the file device 10 are read. The read print image 21 and the correction layer layer 22 are superimposed by the layer superimposing means 14 and displayed on a screen of a display 15 such as an LCD (S6).

One or a plurality of correctors can be used, and each person can work alternately using one display 15 or use one display 15 to edit one document to be corrected. 20 can be individually corrected. Each corrector writes correction contents such as correction contents while checking the display screen of the display 15.
Input using various input keys and a mouse. That is, as shown in each step of S7 to S9, the input signal is transmitted to the correction layer layer 22 by the correction content writing means 13.
Is written to. During the correction, each corrector can feel as if he / she is directly writing on the lower print image 21 through the transparent correction layer layer 22. When the correction is completed, each corrector is assigned a No. 1, No. The corrected layer 23 distinguished by a file number such as 2... Is registered and stored in the file device 10 again by the corrected layer storage unit.

Next, for the document to be corrected 20 whose correction has been completed, a check and correction operation is again performed by the person to be corrected. In some cases, the corrector wants to confirm the correction result of the original corrected document 20 by a plurality of correctors. In such a case, for example, a plurality of Nos. Stored in the file device 10 on one display 15 are displayed. 1, N
o. .. Can be read out. That is, the plurality of saved corrected layers 23
One or all of them are selected in an arbitrary order, and the file device 10
(S10, S11).

The person to be corrected reads the corrected layer 2
Based on the correction content of No. 3, a correction is made to the original document to be corrected 20 which has been converted into a print image (S12). After the correction, it is stored as a corrected document (S13).

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and a second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is also possible. In the first embodiment, there are a plurality of correctors. In the second embodiment, one corrector performs correction on one document to be corrected 20. Since the structure and the operation flow are in accordance with the first embodiment, a duplicate description will be omitted.

That is, the electronic document correction apparatus of each embodiment superimposes a correction layer layer 22, which is a transparent electronic layer, on one correction target document 20 created and stored as an electronic document. Together, you can make corrections while looking at the display screen. In other words, the redacting work can be performed as if a red brush is added on the paper on the original document to be corrected. Since the document to be corrected 20 is converted into a print image, even if the document is created by an unspecified model,
It is versatile because it can be targeted for correction. Further, the corrector who performs the correction only needs to acquire only the operation of each unit of the apparatus as described above. That is, the document to be modified 20 of the original document
You do not need to be familiar with the operation of the model that created the
There is simplicity that the correction work can be easily performed.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, the electronic document correction method and apparatus according to the present invention is a system in which a plurality of correctors can correct a single document from various angles. As a result, there is an advantage that correction mistakes or prejudice of the correction person by a single person as in the related art can be avoided, and high-quality correction can be performed on the document to be corrected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic document correction device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the electronic document correction device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic document correction device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 File device 11 Print image conversion means 12 Correction layer layer generation means 13 Correction content writing means 14 Layer superposition means 16 Corrected layer selection switching means 20 Corrected document 21 Print image 22 Correction layer layer 23 Corrected layer

Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic document correction method for correcting a document to be corrected stored in a file as an electronic document on a display screen, wherein a correction content can be written from the corrected document converted into a print image. Overlapping layer layers, a plurality of persons write correction contents in the correction layer layer, save them as a plurality of corrected layers, respectively, select and read one or all of the corrected layers in order, and display and correct. An electronic document correction method, comprising modifying the original document to be corrected based on the content. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the document to be corrected is an electronic document created by an unspecified creating device, and can be handled as a correction target by converting a print image. Electronic document correction method described. 3. An electronic document correction device for correcting a document to be modified stored in a file as an electronic document on a display screen, a print image converting means for reading the document to be modified from a file device and converting it into a print image. A correction layer layer generating means for generating a writable correction layer layer of the correction content corresponding to the corrected document whose print image has been converted; and superimposing the correction layer layer on the print image and displaying the correction image on a display. Layer layer superimposing means for performing correction, correction content writing means for writing correction content in the correction layer layer, and a plurality of correction contents written and stored in the correction layer layer by at least one or more correctors. And a corrected layer selection switching means for selecting a corrected layer and displaying the same on a display. Electronic document correction device according to claim.