JP2000276274A - Compound document processor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound document processor and a storage medium for improving the efficiency of work by improving the operability of compound document preparing/editing processing. SOLUTION: A figure (a) shows the state of displaying plural application icons 4e, 4e... and a compound document icon 4p in a display picture 4a. In such a state, when an object button 4p(1) in the compound document icon 4p is clicked by a mouse pointer 4d corresponding to the operation of a mouse as an input part as shown in a figure (b), an application window 4b for editing an object corresponding to the object button 4p(1) is activated as shown in a figure (c).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the processing of compound documents, and more particularly, to a compound document processing apparatus and a storage medium for improving operability when creating and editing a compound document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, multi-task OSs (Operating Systems) have been generally used in personal computers and the like, which have been rapidly spread and which execute a plurality of task processes by simultaneously activating a plurality of application software. By being able to perform this multitasking, a compound document composed of multiple types of objects by exchanging data between applications, for example, using copy and paste or cut and paste between applications. Can be created.

[0003]

However, conventionally,
Create compound documents on any application
When editing, there are problems such as complicated exchanges between multiple applications to create multiple types of objects, difficulties in using the user interface of the application while creating compound documents, and compound documents. There were various problems to be solved in terms of operability and efficiency of the creation / editing process.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound document processing apparatus and a storage medium which realize high efficiency of work by improving operability of compound document creation / edit processing.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; 4b in FIG. 20) for displaying a window of the application; An editing area setting means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; 4h in FIG. 20) for setting an editing area of another application within the area; and a use memory for storing the frequency of use of each menu item included in the menu of the other application as needed. Frequency storage means (CPU of FIG. 1)
2, storage device 8, storage medium 9; S1004 in FIG. 19)
Menu display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1) for selectively displaying menu items in the vicinity of the editing area of the other application based on the use frequency of each menu item stored in the use frequency storage means. S1 in FIG.
002; 4o) in FIG. 20.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the first aspect, in the compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications,
The window display control means displays the window of the application, the editing area setting means sets an editing area of another application in an arbitrary area in the window of any application, and the use frequency storage means The use frequency of each menu item included in the menu of the other application is stored as needed, and the menu display control means is provided near the editing area of the other application, for each of the menu items stored in the use frequency storage means. Menu items are selectively displayed based on the frequency of use.

Therefore, when the editing area of another application is set in the window of the application during the compound document editing process, a menu frequently used in the other application is located near the editing area of the other application. Since the items can be selectively displayed, the moving distance of the mouse pointer and the like required for menu instructions can be reduced, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed. High efficiency can be achieved. Further, since the frequency of use for each menu item included in the menu of the other application can be stored at any time, a menu item having a high frequency of use can always be selectively displayed, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. Can be improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, window display control means (C in FIG. 1) for displaying a window of the application.
PU2; 4b, 4c in FIG. 8; area designating means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S401 in FIG. 7; 4i in FIG. 8) for designating an arbitrary area in a window of an application.
Changing means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S4 in FIG. 7) for appropriately changing the size of the object to be pasted in the area specified by the area specifying means based on the size of the area.
07, S408, and S409).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications.
The window display control means displays the window of the application, the area designating means designates an arbitrary area in the window of any application, and the changing means pastes in the area designated by the area designating means. The size of the object is appropriately changed based on the size of the area.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of the pasted object protruding from the page or correcting the size of the object after pasting because the size of the object is not appropriate. Since the object can be pasted in an appropriate size, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently. Further, when the object is appropriately enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the designated area, if the enlargement / reduction ratio is changed based on the character size, the character display is not performed because there is no character point. By avoiding the problem of being destroyed, the object can be normally pasted, and the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, an object structure display control means for displaying contents indicating an object structure of the compound document. (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; 4j in FIG. 10) and any object in the compound document are displayed by the object configuration display control means based on editing performed by an application corresponding to the object. Object change display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1;
(S507 in FIG. 9 and FIG. 3 (c)).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications. The content indicating the structure is displayed, and the object change display control means displays the object change display control means for any object in the compound document based on the editing performed by the application corresponding to the object. The content indicating the object configuration to be displayed is appropriately changed and displayed.

Therefore, while creating objects for each of the plurality of applications, the configuration of the entire composite document displayed by the object configuration display control means is appropriately changed and displayed by the object change display control means, and is confirmed. Can improve the operability of the compound document processing device,
The efficiency of compound document editing can be increased. Also, for example, by changing the color of the object being edited by the object change display control means and displaying it, it is easy to visually grasp which object in the compound document is being edited, The usability of the processing device can also be improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, an icon representing the compound document is displayed based on an object arrangement of the compound document. Display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 2)
23, FIG. 23, and FIG. 24, pointer display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; FIG.
Based on 4d) of FIG. 24, determining means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1102 in FIG. 22) for determining the pointing position of the pointing operation on the icon by the pointer, and the pointing position determined by the determining means. Application activating means for activating an application related to a compound document (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S110 in FIG. 22)
3, S1105).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the icon display control means includes an icon representing the compound document. Is displayed in a display mode based on the object arrangement of the compound document, the pointer display control means displays a pointer for performing various instructions for the plurality of applications, and the determination means performs an instruction operation on the icon by the pointer. The application activating means activates an application associated with the compound document based on the instruction position determined by the determining means.

Therefore, when the file of the compound document is opened, the main application that has created the compound document uniformly as in the prior art is not started, and the display is based on the object arrangement of the compound document. An application for editing any or all objects constituting the compound document can be easily activated based on the position indicated by the pointer with respect to the displayed icon, and the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. As a result, the efficiency of the compound document editing operation can be increased.

Further, in the compound document processing apparatus according to claim 4, if the designated position determined by the determining unit is a position corresponding to the object in the icon, the application activating unit determines the object. It is effective to start the related application (S1103 in FIG. 22; FIG. 23).

In this case, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4, when a compound document is opened, an application related to a desired object can be started and the object can be opened in an editable state. Thus, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

Further, in the compound document processing apparatus according to the present invention, if the designated position determined by the determining unit is a position that does not correspond to any object in the icon, It is effective to start all applications related to all objects constituting the compound document (S1105 in FIG. 22; FIG. 24).

In this case, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4, when the compound document is opened, all the objects related to all the objects constituting the compound document are activated and all the objects can be edited. It is possible to open the composite document processing apparatus in an appropriate state, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a selecting means for selecting an arbitrary compound document (FIG. 1)
CPU2; S1201 in FIG. 25; FIG. 26 (b));
Application activating means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1205 in FIG. 25) for activating the application in a state where all the objects related to the application instructed to be activated among the objects constituting the compound document selected by the selecting means can be edited. ~ S121
0; FIG. 26 (c)).

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the selecting means selects an arbitrary compound document, The application activation unit activates the application in a state where all the objects related to the application instructed to be activated among the objects constituting the compound document selected by the selection unit can be edited.

[0023] Therefore, among the objects constituting the selected compound document, a plurality of objects corresponding to the same application can be collectively edited, and the application instructed to be activated can be activated so that the application can be activated. In addition, it is possible to save the trouble of individually opening the same kind of objects constituting a compound document and switching the object to be edited each time, thereby improving the operability of the compound document processing apparatus and improving the efficiency of the compound document editing process. can do.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means (FIG. 1) for displaying an edit window of the compound document. CPU2; 4b) in FIG. 28, and for each object arranged on the edit window displayed by the window display control means,
A related application display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S1304 in FIG. 27; 4r in FIG. 28) for performing a display indicating an application related to each object.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window display control means includes an editing window for the compound document. Is displayed, and the related application display control means causes, for each object arranged on the editing window displayed by the window display control means, a display indicating an application related to each object.

Therefore, since the application corresponding to each object constituting the compound document can be visually and clearly recognized, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. Further, an application icon is displayed as a display indicating an application related to each of the objects,
If the application for editing each object can be immediately activated by clicking this application icon, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus is improved, and the compound document editing work is made more efficient. be able to.

In the compound document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the related application display control means displays a frame surrounding each of the objects (S1303 in FIG. 27; FIG.
Along with 4q), it is effective to display an application related to each object in association with the frame line.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 6, in addition to the fact that the boundaries of the objects constituting the compound document are visually and clearly recognized by the border lines. Therefore, usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means (FIG. 1) for displaying an edit window of the compound document. CPU2; 4j in FIG. 30); editing area setting means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1403 in FIG. 29; 4s in FIG. 30) for setting a plurality of editing areas in the editing window; Object type setting means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S1405 in FIG. 29; 4t in FIG. 30) for setting the type of the object to be edited in each set editing area.
And application setting means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1407 in FIG. 29) for setting an application corresponding to each editing area based on the object type set by the object type setting means. And

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window display control means includes an editing window for the compound document. Is displayed, the editing area setting means sets a plurality of editing areas in the editing window, and the object type setting means
The type of an object to be edited in each editing area set by the editing area setting means is set, and the application setting means sets an application corresponding to each of the editing areas based on the object type set by the object type setting means. Set.

Therefore, when a new compound document is created, a plurality of editing areas are set to determine the outline of the layout, and further, by setting the object type for each editing area, the application setting means Since an optimum application for creating the compound document is set, it is possible to save the user from having to select the optimum application each time to create an object, and to improve the usability of the compound document processing apparatus. In addition, the efficiency of the compound document creation process can be increased.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect, a corresponding application display for displaying an application set by the application setting means for each of the editing areas. It is effective to further include control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S1409 in FIG. 29; 4r in FIG. 30).

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the ninth aspect, in addition to the effect of the eighth aspect, the application set for each editing area can be visually and clearly recognized. Thus, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. Also,
If an application icon is displayed as a display indicating the application set in each of the editing areas, and by clicking this application icon, an application for editing an object in each editing area can be immediately activated. Further, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, an object creating means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 31) S1501)), and an object playback dedicated unit (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1511 in FIG. 31) for playing back a dynamic object.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the tenth aspect, in the compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the object creating means creates a static object, The object reproduction only means reproduces the dynamic object.

Accordingly, a reproduction object creation application which has a function of creating a static object for editing a compound document and has a function of reproducing a dynamic object, and thus generally consumes a large amount of memory for reproducing the reproduction object. And the like, so that the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

In the compound document processing apparatus according to the tenth aspect, window display control means (CP in FIG. 1) for displaying an edit window of the compound document.
U2; 4b in FIG. 32) and a detecting means (4b) for detecting, when a dynamic object is pasted into the edit window, a portion related to the dynamic object from the static objects in the edit window. CPU of FIG.
2: S1504, S1505 in FIG. 31; 4v in FIG. 32)
And a reproduction instruction display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S150 in FIG. 31) for performing a display corresponding to the reproduction instruction of the dynamic object at a position detected by the detection means.
9; 4w) in FIG. 32 is more effective.

In this case, in addition to the effect of the tenth aspect, a portion related to the dynamic object to be pasted is detected from the editing window for editing the static object of the compound document, and the detected location is detected. Where
Since the display corresponding to the playback instruction of the pasted dynamic object can be performed, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus with respect to the creation of the compound document including the dynamic object can be improved, and the compound document editing can be performed. High efficiency can be achieved.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications, a moving image object list display control means for extracting and displaying a list of moving image objects in the compound document. (CPU of FIG. 1
2; S1605 in FIG. 33; 4x in FIG. 34) and reproduction means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 33) for simultaneously reproducing the moving image objects listed and displayed by the list display control means.
S1607; FIG. 34 (a) → (b) → (c)).

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus for processing compound documents created by a plurality of applications, the moving object list display control means includes:
The video objects in the compound document are extracted and displayed in a list, and the reproduction unit reproduces the video objects listed by the list display control unit at the same time.

Accordingly, since the confirmation work of the contents and the reproduction state of the moving image object in the composite document can be easily and simultaneously performed, the confirmation work in editing the composite document can be made more efficient.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means (FIG. 1) for displaying an edit window of the compound document. CPU2; FIG.
4b) and link command input means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S170 in FIG. 35) for inputting a link command defining an association with another object in the editing window displayed by the window display control means.
2 (YES); 4y) in FIG. 36, and link information display control for changing the link command to link information set as information related to the object and displaying the link command when the other object is pasted. Means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1711 in FIG. 35, 4z in FIG. 36).

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window display control means includes an editing window for the compound document. The link command input means inputs a link command defining an association with another object in the editing window displayed by the window display control means, and the link information display control means Is pasted, the link command is changed to link information set as information related to the object and displayed.

Therefore, link information relating to another object to be pasted into a compound document, such as sub-information written in the other object, is input into a text or other object by a link command and displayed. The object can be easily associated with other objects, and accurate display can be achieved by avoiding input errors such as sentences describing the other objects and confusion with other objects. This makes it possible to improve the ease and reliability of the compound document editing operation.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, window display control means (FIG. 1) for displaying an edit window of the compound document. CPU2; FIG.
4b) and detecting means (C in FIG. 1) for detecting that a predetermined type of information has been input in the editing window displayed by the window display controlling means.
PU2; S1802 in FIG. 37; 4α in FIG. 38), and when the detection unit detects that the predetermined type of information has been input, the application related to the detected information performs Object creation means for creating an object based on information (C in FIG. 1)
PU2; S1807, S1810, S181 in FIG.
3; 4β) in FIG. 38.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window display control means includes an editing window for the compound document. Is displayed, and the detecting means detects that predetermined type of information is input in the editing window displayed by the window display controlling means, and the object creating means detects the predetermined information by the detecting means. When it is detected that the type of information has been input, an object based on the information is created by an application related to the detected information.

Therefore, in the text editing process of the compound document, when predetermined type information such as mathematical formula data is input, an object created based on the predetermined type information is For example, in the case of formula data, a graph, a numerical table, and the like can be automatically created, so that the operability of the compound document processing device can be improved and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

In the compound document processing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect, list display control means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1816, S181 in FIG. 37) for displaying a list of objects created by the object creation means.
7; 4β (1), 4β (2) in FIG. 38 and object pasting means (FIG. 1) for pasting an object selected from the objects displayed in a list by the list display control means in the editing window. CPU2; FIG.
It is effective to further include the steps S1818 to S1820 of FIG. 7 and 4k) of FIG.

In this case, in addition to the effect of the thirteenth aspect, after confirming by displaying a list of objects created based on the predetermined type of information,
Since a desired object can be selected and pasted in the editing window, a series of processes for creating and pasting the object can be performed by an easy operation, and the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. As a result, the compound document editing process can be made more efficient.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means (FIG. 1) for displaying a window of an active application. CPU2; FIG.
4b) and menu display control means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S2107 in FIG. 42; S2107 in FIG. 42; 4b in FIG. 43) for displaying a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications in a window displayed by the window display control means.
f (1) to (3)).

According to the compound document processing device of the present invention, in the compound document processing device capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window display control means includes a window of the activated application. Is displayed, and the menu display control means displays a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications in a window displayed by the window display control means.

Therefore, since the menus of a plurality of applications can be displayed in the window of one application, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus in the editing processing of the objects related to the compound document generation can be improved, and the compound document editing work can be performed. Can be made more efficient.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the compound document processing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect, the menu display control means includes a menu item that is established by a combination of a plurality of running applications (see FIG. 43). It is effective to display a menu including 4f (3)).

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention of the present invention, a new menu constituted by a combination of a plurality of applications running simultaneously can be displayed. In addition, it is possible to set editing contents that cannot be performed by a single application alone, further improving the operability of the compound document processing device in the editing processing of objects related to compound document generation, and further improving the efficiency of compound document editing work. Can be

Further, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, pointer display control means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; CPU2 in FIG. 3) for displaying a pointer for performing various instructions for the plurality of applications. 4d) and switching means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S102 to S in FIG. 2) for switching the active application based on the display position of the pointer.
107) is effective.

According to such a first compound document device, in a compound document processing device capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, various instructions are given to the plurality of applications displayed by the pointer display control means. The active application is switched by the switching means on the basis of the display position of the pointer.

Therefore, when switching between a plurality of running applications in order to create a compound document, an operation such as clicking an inactive window with a mouse as in the related art is not required.
Since the application indicated by the pointer can be switched based on the display position of the pointer, for example, the application can be switched actively, the switching operation of the active application can be performed smoothly. Then, when the mouse is clicked on the inactive application, the content of the compound document being created is not damaged by accidentally clicking the edit area or the menu button.
The reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

In a compound document processing apparatus capable of multitask processing by a plurality of applications, window display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; 4 in FIG. 6) for displaying windows of the applications.
b) and an area designating means for designating an arbitrary area in a window of an arbitrary application (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 4)
S202; 4g in FIG. 6) and an edit area setting means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 4) for setting an edit area of another application in the area specified by the area specifying means.
S206; 4h) of FIG. 6 are effective.

According to the second compound document device, in the compound document processing device capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the window of the application is displayed by the window display control means, and the area designating means. Specifies an arbitrary area in the window of an arbitrary application, and sets the editing area of another application in the area specified by the area specifying means by the editing area setting means.

Therefore, an area of an arbitrary position or size can be designated, and the designated area can be used as an editing area of another application. Can be created and placed. Since such processing is possible, multiple applications can be started simultaneously and individual objects can be edited while considering information of the entire compound document such as the number of pages. By improving the operability of the document processing apparatus, the efficiency of the compound document editing process can be increased. In addition, when reopening and editing a compound document created and saved in this way, if all applications corresponding to the objects constituting the compound document are to be started, the editing work is promptly performed. And the efficiency of the compound document editing process can be improved.

Further, in the second compound document apparatus, pointer display control means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; 4d in FIG. 18) for displaying a pointer for performing various instructions for the plurality of applications; Switching means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 1) for switching so as to activate any of the arbitrary application and the other application based on the display position.
7 of S906 to S910) is effective.

According to such a third compound document device, in the case of setting an edit area of another application in the window of an application at the time of compound document editing processing, the inactive application is changed by the mouse as in the conventional case. Since the application corresponding to the position where the pointer is displayed can be activated without requiring a click or other operation,
The switching operation of the active application can be performed smoothly. As a result, when the mouse is clicked on the position corresponding to the inactive application, the content of the compound document being created is not damaged by accidentally clicking the edit area, menu button, or the like. Therefore, the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

Further, in the third compound document apparatus, a menu display control for switching and displaying a menu displayed in the window of the arbitrary application as the active application is switched by the switching means. Means (Fig. 1
CPU2; S911 to S914 in FIG. 17; 4 in FIG.
m, 4n) is effective.

According to the fourth compound document device, the active application is switched and
Since the menu displayed in the application window can be switched to the menu corresponding to the active application, the menu of the application corresponding to the display position of the pointer can always be displayed while the menu is always displayed at the same position. Thus, the operability of the compound document processing device can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

Further, in the fourth compound document device, the menu display control means is configured to switch the menu based on a display form of each menu which is switched and displayed.
The fifth compound document processing apparatus is characterized in that the menu is switched by appropriately changing the display form of the menu displayed in the window of the arbitrary application (S912, S913 in FIG. 17).

According to such a fifth compound document device, the display mode of the menu that is switched and displayed can be appropriately changed and displayed based on the display mode such as the size of the menu. The menu switching process can be performed without feeling uncomfortable, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

Further, in the third compound document apparatus, when the another application is switched to the active state by the switching means, the third application is placed near the editing area of the other application.
The sixth compound document processing apparatus, which further includes a menu display control unit (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S1002 in FIG. 19; 4o in FIG. 20) for displaying a menu corresponding to the other application, is effective. .

According to the sixth compound document apparatus, when the editing area of another application is set in the application window during the compound document editing process, the active application is switched and the active application is switched. Since the menu corresponding to the other application can be displayed in the vicinity of the editing area, the moving distance of the pointer required for instructing the menu of the active application can be shortened. The operability can be improved, and the efficiency of compound document editing can be increased.

In a compound document processing apparatus for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications, the size of the specified object in the compound document is appropriately changed and printed based on an arbitrary object. Print data generation means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S605 in FIG. 11) for generating print data for printing as large as possible in accordance with the size of paper
S608; FIG. 12) is effective for the seventh compound document device.

According to the seventh compound document device, in the compound document processing device for processing compound documents created by a plurality of applications, the print data generating means includes: The print data for printing as large as possible in accordance with the size of the printing paper is generated by appropriately changing the size of the object based on the object.

Therefore, any object in the compound document can be printed as large as possible in accordance with the size of the printing paper. Therefore, the print result of any object constituting the compound document should be checked in detail. And the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

In a compound document processing apparatus for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications, the arrangement of the objects in the compound document is maintained based on an arbitrary specified object in the compound document. Print data generating means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S704 to S704 in FIG. 13) for generating print data for printing at an appropriate size on print paper.
S706; FIG. 14) is effective for the eighth compound document device.

According to such an eighth compound document device, in a compound document processing device for processing compound documents created by a plurality of applications, the print data generating means includes: Maintaining the placement of the objects in the compound document based on the objects of
Generate print data for printing on a print sheet in an appropriate size.

Therefore, without printing other objects in the compound document, only an arbitrary object is printed.
Since it is possible to print while maintaining the arrangement in the compound document, it is possible to check the print result of the required object with the actual arrangement,
The usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

Further, in a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, blank detecting means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S807 in FIG. 15) for detecting a blank portion in the compound document To S810) and a pasting area setting means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; CPU2 in FIG. 15) for selecting an appropriate area from among the blank portions detected by the blank detecting means and setting it as a pasting area when pasting the object. S814: 41) in FIG. 16 is effective.

According to such a ninth compound document device, in a compound document processing device capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the blank detecting means includes a blank portion in the compound document. When the object is pasted, the pasting area setting means selects an appropriate area from the blank portions detected by the blank detecting means and sets the selected area as the pasting area.

Therefore, since the blank area in the compound document can be detected and the pasting area setting means can be automatically set, it is not necessary to specify the pasting area at the time of pasting the object. By improving the operability of the compound document processing device, the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

Further, in the ninth compound document device, window display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 1) for displaying the window of the application.
6-4b), and a pasting area display control means (CPU2 in FIG. 1; S815 in FIG. 15; 41 in FIG. 16) for identifying and displaying the pasting area in a window for processing the compound document. The tenth compound document processing apparatus characterized by the above is effective.

According to the tenth compound document apparatus, an area which is detected as a blank part and which is set as a pasting area can be identified and displayed. It is possible to check in advance, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

Further, in the ninth compound document apparatus, changing means for appropriately changing the size of an object to be pasted in the pasting area set by the pasting area setting means based on the size of the pasting area. (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S811 to S813 in FIG. 15) is effective.

According to such an eleventh compound document apparatus, since an object can be pasted in an appropriately secured pasting area in an appropriate size, the size of the object can be adjusted when pasting the object. Can be saved, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

In a compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a reference instruction for giving an instruction for referring to details of an arbitrary object arranged in the compound document Means (CPU of FIG. 1)
2; S2002 in FIG. 40) and detail display control means (CPU 2 in FIG. 1; S2005, S20 in FIG. 40) for activating an application related to the object designated by the reference designating means and displaying the details of the object.
06; FIG. 41 (b)) is effective.

According to such a twelfth compound document device, in a compound document processing device capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the reference designating means is arranged in the compound document. An instruction for referring to the details of the given object is issued, and the detailed display control means activates an application associated with the object designated by the reference designating means to display the details of the object.

Therefore, when confirming the details of the object designated by reference for each object in the compound document, the application related to the object can be automatically activated to refer to the object. The usability of the document processing device can be improved.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control step of displaying a window of the application; An editing area setting step of setting an editing area of another application within an arbitrary area of the application; a use frequency storage step of storing a use frequency of each menu item included in the menu of the other application as needed; A menu display control step of selectively displaying menu items based on the use frequency of each menu item stored in the use frequency storage step in the vicinity of the editing area of the application. It is characterized by.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the window display control step displays a window of the application. In the editing area setting step, an editing area of another application is set in an arbitrary area in a window of an application, and the use frequency storing step is performed for each menu item included in the menu of the other application. The frequency is stored as needed, and the menu display control step is based on the use frequency of each menu item stored in the use frequency storage step in the vicinity of the editing area of the other application.
Selectively display menu items.

Therefore, when the editing area of another application is set in the window of the application during the compound document editing process, a menu frequently used in the other application is located near the editing area of the other application. Since the items can be selectively displayed, the moving distance of the mouse pointer and the like required for menu instructions can be shortened, and the operability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing can be performed. Work can be made more efficient. Further, since the frequency of use for each menu item included in the menu of the other application can be stored at any time, a menu item having a high frequency of use can be selectively displayed at all times, and a computer for processing a compound document can be displayed. Usability can be improved.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step of displaying a window of the application; And a change step of appropriately changing the size of an object to be pasted in the area specified by the area specifying step, based on the size of the area. Is stored.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the window display control step displays a window of the application. , The area designation step
An arbitrary area in a window of an arbitrary application is specified, and the changing step appropriately changes the size of an object to be pasted in the area specified by the area specifying step based on the size of the area.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of the pasted object protruding from the page or correcting the size of the object after pasting because the size of the object is not appropriate. Since the object can be pasted in an appropriate size, the operability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently. Further, when the object is appropriately enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the designated area, if the enlargement / reduction ratio is changed based on the character size, the character display is not performed because there is no character point. By avoiding the problem of being destroyed, the object can be normally pasted, and the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, the object displaying contents indicating the object configuration of the compound document. A configuration display control step and, for an arbitrary object in the compound document, appropriately indicating contents of the object configuration displayed by the object configuration display control step based on editing performed by an application corresponding to the object. A program including an object change display control step of changing and displaying the object is stored.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a compound document processing apparatus, wherein the storage medium stores a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications. The content indicating the object configuration of the compound document is displayed, and the object change display control step includes displaying the object configuration on any object in the compound document based on an edit performed by an application corresponding to the object. The content indicating the object configuration displayed by the control step is appropriately changed and displayed.

Therefore, while creating each object for each of a plurality of applications, the configuration of the entire compound document displayed by the object configuration display control step is appropriately changed and displayed by the object change display control step, and is confirmed. Therefore, the operability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently. Also, for example, by changing the color of the object being edited in the object change display control step and displaying it, it is easy to visually grasp which object in the compound document is being edited, Can be improved.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein an icon representing the compound document is displayed on an object of the compound document. An icon display control step of displaying in a display form based on the arrangement, a pointer display control step of displaying a pointer for performing various instructions to the plurality of applications, and a determination of determining an instruction position of an instruction operation on the icon by the pointer A program including a step and an application starting step of starting an application related to the compound document based on the designated position determined in the determining step is stored.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the icon display control step comprises: An icon representing the document is displayed in a display form based on the object arrangement of the compound document, the pointer display control step displays a pointer for performing various instructions to the plurality of applications, and the determining step includes: In the application activation step, an application related to the compound document is activated based on the instruction position determined in the determination step.

Therefore, when the file of the compound document is opened, the main application that has created the compound document uniformly as in the prior art is not started, and the display form based on the object arrangement of the compound document is not used. An application for editing any or all objects constituting the compound document can be easily started based on the position indicated by the pointer with respect to the displayed icon, and the operability of the computer processing the compound document can be improved. It is possible to improve the efficiency of the compound document editing operation by improving the efficiency.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a selecting step of selecting an arbitrary compound document; An application launching step of launching the application in a state where all the objects related to the application instructed to launch can be edited among the objects constituting the compound document selected by the step, wherein the program is stored. I have.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the selecting step includes the step of selecting an arbitrary compound document. In the application launching step, the application is launched in a state where all the objects related to the application instructed to be launched among the objects constituting the compound document selected in the selecting step can be edited.

Therefore, among the objects constituting the selected compound document, a plurality of objects corresponding to the same application can be collectively edited, and the application instructed to be activated can be activated in the editable state. In addition, it is possible to save the trouble of individually opening the same kind of objects constituting the compound document and switching the object to be edited each time, thereby improving the operability of the computer which processes the compound document and improving the compound document editing process. It can be streamlined.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document And a related application display control step of, for each object arranged on the editing window displayed by the window display control step, displaying an application related to each object. And

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications. The document editing window is displayed, and in the related application display control step, for each object arranged on the editing window displayed by the window display controlling step, a display indicating an application related to each object is performed.

Therefore, since the application corresponding to each object constituting the composite document can be visually and clearly recognized, the usability of the computer processing the composite document can be improved. Further, if an application icon is displayed as a display indicating an application related to each of the objects, and an application for editing each object can be immediately activated by clicking the application icon, a compound document The operability of a computer that processes a document can be improved, and the efficiency of compound document editing can be increased.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document An editing area setting step of setting a plurality of editing areas in the editing window; an object type setting step of setting the type of an object to be edited in each editing area set by the editing area setting step; A program including an application setting step of setting an application corresponding to each of the editing areas based on the object type set in the type setting step is stored.

[0104] According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the window display control step comprises: A document editing window is displayed, the editing area setting step sets a plurality of editing areas in the editing window, and the object type setting step includes an object to be edited in each of the editing areas set by the editing area setting step. In the application setting step, an application corresponding to each of the editing areas is set based on the object type set in the object type setting step.

Therefore, when a new compound document is created, a plurality of editing areas are set to determine the outline of the layout, and further, an object type is set for each editing area, whereby the application setting step is performed. Since the optimum application for creating the compound document is set, the user does not have to select the optimum application each time to create an object, and the usability of the computer for processing the compound document is improved. As a result, the efficiency of the compound document creation process can be increased.

The invention according to claim 23 is a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein an object creating step for creating a static object, A program including an object reproducing step of reproducing an object is stored.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the object creating step includes the step of: The object reproduction step reproduces a dynamic object.

Therefore, since a reproduction object creation application which has a function of creating a static object for editing a compound document and has a function of playing back a dynamic object, it generally consumes a large amount of memory for playing back the playback object. Etc. can be avoided, and the usability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications, wherein the moving image object in the compound document is extracted and displayed as a list. A program including a list display control step and a reproduction step of simultaneously reproducing the moving image objects displayed in a list by the list display control step is stored.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications. The moving image objects in the list are extracted and displayed in a list, and in the reproducing step, the moving image objects listed in the list display controlling step are reproduced simultaneously.

[0111] Therefore, since the operations of confirming the contents and the reproduction state of the moving image object in the compound document can be simply and simultaneously performed, the checking operation in the compound document editing can be made more efficient.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, and a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document. And a link command input step of inputting a link command defining an association with another object in the editing window displayed by the window display control step; and the link when the other object is pasted. And a link information display control step of changing the command into link information set as information related to the object and displaying the command.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the twenty-fifth aspect, the present invention is a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the window display control step comprises: A document edit window is displayed, and the link command input step inputs a link command defining an association with another object in the edit window displayed by the window display control step, and the link information display control step includes: When the other object is pasted, the link command is changed to link information set as information related to the object and displayed.

Therefore, link information relating to another object to be pasted into a compound document, such as sub-information written in the other object, is input into an object such as a text by a link command and displayed. The object can be easily associated with other objects, and accurate display can be achieved by avoiding input errors such as sentences describing the other objects and confusion with other objects. This makes it possible to improve the ease and reliability of the compound document editing operation.

The invention according to claim 26 is a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step for displaying an editing window of the compound document A detecting step of detecting that a predetermined type of information has been input in the editing window displayed by the window display control step; and inputting the predetermined type of information by the detecting step. When an event is detected, a program including an object creation step of creating an object based on the information by an application related to the detected information is stored.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications. A document editing window is displayed, and the detecting step detects that a predetermined type of information is input in the editing window displayed by the window display controlling step, and the object creating step includes the detecting step. When it is detected that the predetermined type of information has been input, an object based on the detected information is created by an application related to the detected information.

Therefore, in the text editing process of a compound document, when predetermined type information such as mathematical formula data is input, an object created based on the predetermined type information is For example, in the case of formula data, a graph, a numerical table, and the like can be automatically created, so that the operability of a computer that processes a compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

The invention according to claim 27 is a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step for displaying a window of the running application. And a menu display control step of displaying a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications in a window displayed by the window display control step.

According to the compound document processing apparatus of the present invention, a storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein the window display control step is executed during In the menu display control step, a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications is displayed in the window displayed by the window display control step.

Therefore, since menus of a plurality of applications can be displayed in one application window, the operability of a computer for processing a compound document in the editing process of an object relating to compound document generation is improved, and the compound document is improved. Editing work can be made more efficient.

[0121]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a compound document processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

(First Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a compound document processing apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Process
ng Unit) 2, input unit 3, display unit 4, display drive circuit 5,
RAM (Random Access Memory) 6, ROM (Read Onl)
y Memory) 7, a storage device 8, and a storage medium 9.

The CPU 2 reads out a predetermined program from the ROM 7 or the storage device 8 and temporarily stores it in the RAM 6 based on an instruction input through the input section 3, executes various processes based on the program, and executes a compound document. Centralized control of each part of the processing device 1. That is, CPU2
Executes various processes based on the read predetermined program, stores the processing results in a work area in the RAM 6, and causes the display unit 4 to display the processing results via the display drive circuit 5. Further, based on an instruction input through the input unit 3, the processing result is stored in the storage medium 9 via the storage device 8.
To save.

When the mouse pointer 4d is moved in the active window switching process (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, and it is determined that the inactive window is designated, the CPU 2 changes the current state of the active window to the RAM 6. Then, the window having the active attribute is changed to the inactive window indicated by the mouse pointer 4d. Then, the CPU 2
Brings a window set as a window with the attribute of active to the front, and changes this active window to a state where it can be edited and input.

The input unit 3 includes a keyboard including numeric input keys, up / down / left / right keys, various function keys, and the like, and outputs a pressing signal of the pressed key to the CPU 2. Further, the input unit 3 may include a mouse or a tablet as a pointing device, or may be configured to perform an input with a dedicated input pen on a touch panel integrated with the display unit 4. Is also good.

The display unit 4 is constituted by an LCD or the like, and performs various displays based on a drive signal input from the display drive circuit 5. The display drive circuit 5 generates a drive signal based on display data input from the CPU 2 and controls display of the display unit 4.

The RAM 6 has a work area for temporarily storing designated application programs, input instructions, input data, processing results, and the like.

The ROM 7 stores the compound document processing device 1
The basic program corresponding to is stored. That is,
It stores basic programs that do not need to be rewritten, such as an initial display menu program to be executed when the power of the compound document processing apparatus 1 is turned on, various function calculation programs, and a program for an optimum drawing range display process described later.

The storage device 8 has a storage medium 9 for storing programs, data and the like, and this storage medium 9 is constituted by a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 9 is fixedly provided in the storage device 8 or is detachably mounted. The storage medium 9 has various processing programs corresponding to the compound document processing apparatus 1 and the processing programs executed by the processing programs. The stored data and the like are stored.

The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 9 may be configured to be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. The storage medium 9 is stored in another connected device.
May be provided so that programs, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 9 are used via a communication line.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an active window switching process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows the display unit 4 when the active window switching process shown in FIG. 2 is executed. It is a figure showing the example of a display of display screen 4a.

In the active window switching process,
When the mouse pointer 4d displayed on the display screen 4a of the display unit 4 is moved by the user moving the mouse as the input unit 3 (step S101), the CPU 2
Determines whether the mouse pointer 4d is pointing to an inactive window (step S102), and when it is determined that it is not pointing (step S102;
NO), the current state regarding the active / inactive state of the window is held (step S103), and the process returns to step S101.

If it is determined that the mouse pointer 4d points to an inactive window (step S102; YES), the CPU 2 stores the current active window state in the RAM 6 (step S104). Then, the window having the active attribute is changed to the inactive window indicated by the mouse pointer 4d (step S105). And CP
U2 displays the window set as the window having the active attribute on the front (step S10).
6) The active window is changed to a state where editing and input are possible (step S107). Further, the CPU 2
It is determined whether or not an end instruction has been input through the input unit 3 (step S108). If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S108; N).
O), the process returns to step S101, and when it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S108;
YES), a series of active window switching processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen 4a of the display unit 4 when the active window switching process shown in FIG. 2 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3A shows an application window 4b corresponding to the application A in the display screen 4a.
Application window 4c corresponding to application B is displayed, application window 4b indicated by mouse pointer 4d is active, and application window 4c is inactive. In such a state, the input unit 3
Mouse pointer 4d by moving the mouse as
Moves, the CPU 2 makes a determination in step S102 of the active window switching process (FIG. 2).

In the state shown in FIG. 3B, since the mouse pointer 4d points to the application window 4c, the CPU 2 proceeds to steps S104 and S105.
After the processing of (1), as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the application window 4c in the active state is displayed on the foreground and changed to a state in which editing input is possible.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the active window switching process (see FIG. 2),
When it is determined that the mouse pointer 4d moves and indicates an inactive window, the current active window state is stored in the RAM 6, and then the window having the active attribute is changed to the non-active window indicated by the mouse pointer 4d. Change to active window. And
The CPU 2 displays a window set as a window having an active attribute on the front, and changes the active window to a state in which the active window can be edited and input.

Therefore, when switching between a plurality of running applications in order to create a compound document, the user is instructed by the mouse pointer 4d without having to perform an operation such as clicking a non-active window with a mouse as in the related art. Since the application window can be made active, the switching operation of the active window can be performed smoothly. By this, when the mouse is clicked on the inactive window, the contents of the compound document being created are not damaged by accidentally clicking the edit area or the menu button. The reliability of the editing process can be improved.

(Second Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. And the second
The sub application activation process (see FIG. 4) and the compound document file open process (FIG. 5) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the embodiment
Reference) will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a sub-application activation process executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a compound application executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a document file open process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the sub-application activation process illustrated in FIG. 4 is executed.

In the sub-application activation process,
When a document is edited by the already started main application (step S201),
The CPU 2 determines whether or not the editing content is a range designation input (step S202). If not (step S202; NO), the process returns to step S201. If it is determined that the input is the range designation input (step S202; YE
S) Further, it is determined whether or not an activation input of the sub-application has been performed (step S203). If it is determined that the input has not been performed (step S203; NO),
Another process is executed (step S204), and the process returns to step S201.

When it is determined that the sub-application activation input has been made (step S203; YES), the CPU 2 detects the range specified by the range specification input (step S205) and sets the range within the specified range. The sub-application input area 4g is displayed (Step S206), and the menu bar 4f corresponding to the sub-application whose activation has been input is displayed (Step S207) to activate the sub-application.

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the area of the inactive application has been clicked by operating the mouse as the input unit 3 (step S20).
8) If it is determined that the button has not been clicked (step S208; NO), the process returns to step S201. If it is determined that the area of the inactive application has been clicked (step S20).
8; YES), change the active application and the inactive application (step S20)
9). That is, the menu bar 4f corresponding to the currently active application is replaced with the menu bar 4f of the inactive application corresponding to the clicked position.
f, and the inactive application is changed to the active application in a state where editing and input are possible.

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input through the input unit 3 (step S2).
10) If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S210; NO), the process returns to step S210.
If it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S210; YES), the compound document flag indicating that the created document is a compound document is turned ON (step S21).
1) After storing the document (step S21)
2) End a series of sub-application activation processing.

Next, a compound document file opening process performed when opening a compound document file created by the sub-application activation process will be described with reference to FIG.

In the compound document file open processing, when an instruction to open a file is given through the input unit 3 (step S301), the CPU 2 determines whether or not the compound document flag is ON (step S302). , Is not ON (step S302; NO), normal file open processing is performed.

If it is determined that the compound document flag is ON (step S302; YE
S) After activating all the applications corresponding to the objects constituting the compound document (step S303), the file is opened (step S30).
4) The display on the display screen 4a is updated based on the contents of the opened file (step S305), and the series of compound document file open processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the sub-application activation process shown in FIG. 4 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6A shows a state in which an application window 4b having a menu bar 4f corresponding to the main application and a plurality of application icons 4e, 4e,... Are displayed on the display screen 4a. ing. In this state, a range is specified by operating the mouse as the input unit 3 with the mouse pointer 4d, and the sub application input area 4g is drawn as shown in FIG. 6B.
(B) Application icon 4e indicated by hatching
Is started as a sub-application, the sub-application input area 4g is switched to the sub-application window 4h and the menu bar 4f of the application window 4b is set to the sub-application as shown in FIG. Changed to the corresponding one.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the sub application startup process (see FIG. 4),
When the editing content is determined to be a range designation input, and a sub-application activation input is further performed, a sub-application input area 4g is displayed within the designated range, and a menu bar 4f corresponding to the activation-inputted sub-application is displayed. Display and activate the sub-application. Further, in the compound document file open process, when a file open input instruction is given and the compound document flag is determined to be ON, all the applications corresponding to the objects constituting the compound document are activated. The file is opened above, and the display on the display screen 4a is updated based on the content of the opened file.

Therefore, an arbitrary position or size range can be designated, and the designated range can be set as an editing range of another application. Can be created and placed. Since such processing is possible, multiple applications can be started simultaneously and individual objects can be edited while considering information of the entire compound document such as the number of pages. Document processing device 1
Operability can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be made more efficient. Further, when reopening and editing a compound document created and saved in this way, all applications corresponding to the objects constituting the compound document are started, so that the editing operation can be promptly shifted to the editing operation. As a result, the efficiency of the compound document editing process can be improved.

(Third Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. And the third
An object pasting process 1 (see FIG. 7) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the object pasting process 1 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example when the object pasting process 1 shown in FIG.

In the object pasting process 1, C
When a range is specified for the active application (step S401), and then an instruction to paste an object is input (step S402), the PU2 receives an instruction (step S402).
It is determined whether the object has been created by another application (step S403). If the CPU 2 determines that the file is not created by another application (step S40)
3; NO), normal paste processing is performed, and if it is determined that the object is created by another application (step S403; YES), the object (paste object) instructed to paste is The size of the specified range (object pasting area 4i) is confirmed (step S404).

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the size of the pasted object and the size of the object pasting area 4i match (step S405). If it is determined that the sizes match (step S405; YES), the CPU 2 returns to the normal state. Is performed. If the size of the pasted object and the size of the object pasting area 4i do not match, the CPU 2 determines (step S40).
5; NO), and it is further determined whether or not characters are included in the pasted object (step S406).

When it is determined that the pasted object does not include a character (step S406; NO), CPU 2 enlarges or reduces the pasted object at an appropriate ratio (step S407), and again. The process moves to step S405. If it is determined that a character is included in the pasted object (step S406; YES), CPU 2 changes the character size (step S408), and based on the character size enlargement / reduction ratio, changes the character size. The portion is enlarged or reduced (step S409), and the process returns to step S405.

While the size of the pasted object is appropriately enlarged or reduced, if it is determined in step S405 that the sizes match, the normal pasting process of pasting the pasted object to the object pasting area 4i is performed. Will be

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the object pasting process 1 shown in FIG. 7 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8A shows an application window 4b and an application window 4c corresponding to a plurality of applications on a display screen 4a.
In the application window 4b, a state is shown in which an object pasting area 4i has been formed by a range designation operation of the mouse as the input unit 3. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 8B, when an object created by the application corresponding to the application window 4c is copied and paste-instructed on the application window 4b, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the object pasting area 4i
The size of the actually created object is changed so as to match the size of the object, and the object is pasted.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the object pasting process 1 (see FIG. 7), a range is specified for the active application, and then an instruction to execute the pasting of an object is input, and it is determined that the object has been created by another application. Then, the size of the pasted object and the object pasting area 4i are confirmed. Furthermore,
When the CPU 2 determines that the size of the pasted object does not match the size of the object pasting area 4i,
If the paste object contains characters, change the character size and enlarge or reduce non-character parts based on the character size scaling ratio.If no characters are included, paste The attached object is enlarged or reduced at an appropriate ratio and attached to the object attaching area 4i.

Therefore, it is possible to omit the trouble of the pasted object protruding from the page or to modify the size after pasting because the size of the object is not appropriate, and to instruct the pasting of the object. Object paste area 4
Since an object can be pasted in an appropriate size in the range specified as i, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently. Further, when the object is appropriately enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the object pasting area 4i, the enlargement / reduction ratio is changed based on the character size. By avoiding such a problem, the object can be normally pasted, and the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

(Fourth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. The following is the fourth
A document configuration diagram display process (see FIG. 9) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a document configuration diagram display process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the document configuration diagram display process shown in FIG. It is a figure showing an example of a display.

In the document configuration diagram display processing, C
PU2 turns on the compound document creation function by a plurality of applications (step S501).
Activate a plurality of applications (step S50)
2). Then, the CPU 2 inputs the arrangement of each object on the document composition diagram display window 4j (step S503), activates the application to be edited (step S504), and deletes the object being edited in the document composition diagram display window 4j. The color is changed and displayed (step S505).

Next, when the object is edited (step S506), the CPU 2 updates and displays the contents of the document configuration diagram display window 4j (step S507). Further, the CPU 2 determines whether an application switching instruction has been input (step S5).
08) If it is determined that no input has been made (step S508; NO), the process returns to step S506. If it is determined that an application switching instruction has been input (step S508; YE
S), the active application is changed (step S509), and the information of the object being edited in the document composition diagram display window 4j is updated (step S51).
0).

Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input through the input section 3 (step S51).
1) When it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S511; NO), step S5 is performed again.
The process proceeds to 06, and if it is determined that an end instruction has been input (step S511; YES), a series of document configuration diagram display processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the document configuration diagram display processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10A shows, for example, an OS (Operating System) capable of providing a multi-display, which can include two display units as a configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1.
m) When the document composition diagram display processing is executed above, the application window 4b is displayed on the display screen 4a of the display unit 4, and the document configuration is displayed on the display screen 4a 'of the display unit 4' as the second display unit. This shows a state where the figure display window 4j is displayed. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the object in the application window 4b displayed on the display screen 4a is edited and the content is changed, based on the content of the change, FIG. As shown in c), the display screen 4
Document configuration diagram display window 4 displayed on a '
The content of the corresponding object in j is changed.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the document configuration diagram display process (see FIG. 9), after turning on the compound document creation function by a plurality of applications, a plurality of applications are started,
When the arrangement of each object is input on the document diagram display window 4j and the application to be edited is activated, the color of the object being edited in the document diagram display window 4j is changed and displayed. Then, when the object is edited, the CPU 2 updates and displays the contents of the document composition diagram display window 4j.

Therefore, since the structure of the entire compound document can be confirmed by the document structure display window 4j while creating objects for each of the plurality of application windows, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 is improved. As a result, the compound document editing work can be made more efficient. Also, by changing the color of the object being edited in the document configuration diagram display window 4j and displaying it, it is easy to visually grasp which object in the compound document is being edited, and the compound document processing is performed. The usability of the device 1 can be improved.

(Fifth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fifth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
A compound document printing process 1 (see FIG. 11) executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing compound document printing processing 1 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the composite document print processing 1 illustrated in FIG. 11 is executed.

In the composite document print processing 1, C
In PU2, the file of the compound document is opened (step S601), and the application corresponding to the object 4k to be printed among the objects constituting the compound document is activated (step S60).
2) When an instruction to print the object 4k to fill the printing paper is input via the input unit 3 (step S60).
3) It is determined whether or not the aspect ratio of the object 4k is set to be changeable (step S604).

If the CPU 2 determines that the aspect ratio changeable setting has been made (step S60).
4; YES), the print data is generated by enlarging or reducing the length and width of the object 4k at a ratio that fills the paper (step S605). When it is determined that the aspect ratio changeable setting has not been made (step S604; NO), the CPU 2 multiplies the length and width of the object 4k by n to calculate n that makes the vertical direction fill the paper ( Next, similarly, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the object 4k are multiplied by k to calculate k that fits the paper in the horizontal direction (step S607).

Then, the CPU 2 generates print data by adopting a magnification n or k that enables printing without protruding the sheet in both the vertical and horizontal directions of the object 4k, out of the n and k calculated as described above ( Step S608). Then, the CPU 2 determines in step S605 or step S6
Printing is performed based on the print data generated in step 08 (step S609), and a series of compound document print processing 1 ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the composite document print processing 1 shown in FIG. 11 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 12A shows a state in which an application window 4b is displayed on the display screen 4a and a compound document is opened by the application. FIG. 12B shows that, in the state as shown in FIG. 12A, one object 4k is selected from the objects constituting the compound document, an application corresponding to the object 4k is started, and an application window is displayed. 4c shows the state displayed.

In such a state, if an instruction to print the entire sheet is input and it is determined that the aspect ratio can be changed, printing is performed in the case shown in FIG. 12B. The object 4k has its aspect ratio changed and is greatly enlarged in the horizontal direction, so that the object 4k is printed so as to fill the sheet in both the vertical and horizontal directions as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In compound document print processing 1 (see FIG. 11),
When the application corresponding to the object 4k to be printed among the objects constituting the compound document is activated and an instruction to print the object 4k to the full printing paper is input through the input unit 3, the aspect ratio of the object 4k can be changed. It is determined whether or not the setting has been made. If it is determined that the aspect ratio changeable setting has been made, the CPU 2 sets the object 4k
Enlarges or reduces the height and width of the paper so that it fills the paper. If it is determined that the aspect ratio changeable setting has not been made, the height and width of the object 4k are multiplied by n to calculate n that fits the entire paper in the vertical direction. Is multiplied by k to calculate k that allows the horizontal direction to fill the paper, and the calculated n and k are calculated.
Among them, print data is generated using a magnification n or k at which printing can be performed without protruding in both the vertical and horizontal directions of the object 4k, and printing is executed based on the generated print data.

Therefore, any object 4k in the compound document can be printed as large as possible in accordance with the size of the printing paper, so that the print result of any object 4k constituting the compound document is confirmed in detail. This makes it possible to improve the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1.

(Sixth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the sixth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following, this sixth
The compound document print processing 2 (see FIG. 13) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing compound document printing processing 2 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the composite document print processing 2 illustrated in FIG. 13 is executed.

In the composite document print processing 2, C
The PU2 opens the compound document file (step S701), and activates the application corresponding to the object 4k to be printed among the objects constituting the compound document (step S70).
2) When an instruction to print the object 4k according to the arrangement in the compound document is input through the input unit 3 (step S703), the printing position of the object 4k on the printing paper is recalculated from the arrangement in the compound document. (Step S704).

Further, the CPU 2 recalculates the printing magnification of the object 4k on the printing paper from the arrangement in the compound document (step S705), and generates print data based on the calculated printing position and printing magnification (step S705). In step S706, printing is performed based on the generated print data (step S707), and the series of composite document print processing 2 ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the composite document print processing 2 shown in FIG. 13 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13A shows a state in which an application window 4b is displayed on the display screen 4a and a compound document is opened by the application. FIG. 13B shows that, in the state as shown in FIG. 13A, one object 4k is selected from the objects constituting the compound document, an application corresponding to the object 4k is activated, and an application window is displayed. 4c shows the state displayed.

In this state, when an instruction to print according to the arrangement in the compound document is input, FIG.
As shown in (c), the object 4
k is printed at an appropriate magnification according to the arrangement in the compound document.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In compound document print processing 2 (see FIG. 13),
When the application corresponding to the object 4k to be printed among the objects constituting the compound document is activated, and an instruction to print the object 4k as arranged in the compound document is input via the input unit 3, the object in the compound document is From the arrangement, the printing position of the object 4k on the printing paper and the printing magnification of the object 4k on the printing paper are recalculated, and printing is executed based on the calculated printing position and printing magnification.

Therefore, without printing other objects in the compound document, only the arbitrary object 4k can be printed while maintaining the arrangement in the compound document. The result can be confirmed with the actual arrangement, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved.

(Seventh Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the seventh embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following, this seventh
An object pasting process 2 (see FIG. 15) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the object pasting process 2 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the object pasting process 2 illustrated in FIG. 15 is executed.

In the object pasting process 2, C
When the application for processing the file of the compound document is activated (step S801), the PU 2 displays the document configuration diagram in the document configuration diagram display window 4j (step S802). And CP
In U2, the object 4k is edited by an arbitrary application (step S803), the cut or copy execution input of the object 4k is input (step S804), and the application to which the object 4k is pasted is activated. (Step S805), it is determined whether or not the active application is an application for editing the compound document (Step S806).

If it is determined that the active application is not the application editing the compound document (step S80)
6; NO), perform normal processing, and if it is determined that the application is editing a compound document (step S806; YES), a blank position of the compound document being edited is detected (step S807). . Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not there is a blank position in the compound document based on the result of detecting the blank position (step S808). If it is determined that there is no blank position (step S808; NO), the CPU 2 returns to the normal state. The process is performed, and when it is determined that there is (step S808; YES),
It is determined whether there are a plurality of blank positions in the compound document (step S809).

When it is determined that there are a plurality of blank positions (step S809; YES),
The widest space is detected from a plurality of blank positions and set as the object pasting area 41 (step S81).
0). If it is determined in step S809 that there are no blank positions (step S809; NO), or
After the process in step S810, the CPU 2 determines whether the object 4k is larger than the detected blank (step S811).

Then, when it is determined that the object 4k is not larger than the blank, that is, the object 4k is smaller than the blank (step S8).
11; NO), the object 4k is enlarged at an appropriate magnification (step S812), and when it is determined that the object 4k is larger than the blank (step S81).
1; YES), the object 4k is reduced at an appropriate magnification (step S813).

Next, the CPU 2 determines the position of the object 4k to be pasted on the blank (step S814),
Object 4k in the determined compound document
A frame is displayed with the paste position of the object as the object paste area 41 (step S815). Furthermore, CPU2
Determines whether the pasting of the object 4k has been performed via the input unit 3 (step S816), and when it is determined that the pasting has been performed (step S81).
6; YES), the object 4k is pasted on the object pasting area 41.

When it is determined in step S816 that pasting has not been performed (step S816; N
O) Or, after the processing of step S817, the CPU 2
Determines whether an end instruction has been input through the input unit 3 (step S818). If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S818;
NO), the process proceeds to step S803 again, and when it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S81)
8; YES), ends a series of object pasting processes 2.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the object pasting process 2 shown in FIG. 15 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 16A shows a document composition diagram display window 4j corresponding to an application for editing a compound document on the display screen 4a, and an application window 4b corresponding to an application for editing individual objects constituting the compound document. 4c
Is displayed, and the object 4k being edited is displayed in the application window 4b.

In this state, the object 4
When k is cut or copied and an instruction to paste the document composition diagram display window 4j is given, steps S807 to S815 of FIG.
Is executed, and the object pasting area 4l
Is displayed. Then, in the object pasting area 41, the object 4 changed to an appropriate size is set.
k is pasted.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the object pasting process 2 (see FIG. 15),
A document configuration diagram is displayed in the document configuration diagram display window 4j, and an execution of cut or copy of the object 4k is input, and it is determined that the application to which the object 4k is pasted is an application editing a compound document. When it is determined that there is a blank position in the compound document being edited,
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of blank positions in the compound document. If there are a plurality of blank positions, the widest blank is detected from the plurality of blank positions and the object pasting area 41 is determined. I do. Then, when it is determined that the object 4k is smaller than the blank, the CPU 2 enlarges the object 4k at an appropriate magnification.
If it is determined that the object 4k is larger than the blank, the object 4k is reduced at an appropriate magnification and the object 4k is pasted on the object pasting area 41.

Therefore, the blank position in the compound document is detected, the object pasting area 4l is automatically secured, and the object 4k can be pasted in an appropriate size. It is possible to save the trouble of specifying the attachment area, adjusting the size of the object, and the like, improving the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 and increasing the efficiency of the compound document editing process.

(Eighth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eighth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following, this 8th
A menu bar switching process (see FIG. 17) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a menu bar switching process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example when the menu bar switching process shown in FIG.

In the menu bar switching process, the CPU 2
When a compound document created by a plurality of applications is opened (step S901), a main application for editing the compound document is activated (step S902), and the editing by the active application is enabled. (Step S903). Then, when there is a movement input of the mouse pointer 4d in the editing work (step S9).
04), it is determined whether or not the mouse pointer 4d indicates an inactive application (step S90).
5) If it is determined that no instruction has been given (step S905; NO), the state is maintained (step S9).
06), the process proceeds to step S903 again.

If it is determined that the mouse pointer 4d indicates an inactive application (step S905; YES), the CPU 2 saves the state of the active application in the RAM 6 (step S907). The active application is changed (step S908). That is, CPU2
Activates the inactive application indicated by the mouse pointer 4d and deactivates the active application.

Then, the CPU 2 displays the application activated by the change in step S908 on the front (step S909), and changes the active application to a state where it can be input (step S909).
910). Further, the CPU 2 checks the position of the menu bar of the application that has been deactivated by the change in step S908 (step S911), and determines whether the shape of the menu bar of the active application matches the shape of the menu bar of the inactive application. It is determined whether or not the menu bars do not match (step S912).
912; NO), the menu bar is changed in shape and reconstructed (step S913).

Then, the CPU 2 determines that the shapes of both menu bars match (step S912;
(YES), or after the process of step S913, a new menu bar is displayed again at the position of the menu bar of the inactive application (step S914). Subsequently, the CPU 2 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input through the input unit 3 (step S915). If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S9158; NO). Then, the process returns to step S903, and if it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S915; YES), a series of menu bar switching processes ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the menu bar switching process shown in FIG. 17 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 18A is a diagram showing a state in which an application window 4b for editing a compound document is displayed on the display screen 4a. The application window 4b displays a sub application window 4h for editing an object created by another application, in addition to the editing content corresponding to the application. In the state shown in FIG. 18A, the main application corresponding to the position of the mouse pointer 4d can be edited, and the main application menu bar 4m is displayed.

In such a state, the mouse pointer 4d moves in response to the operation of moving the mouse as the input unit 3, and as shown in FIG. 18B, the position at which the mouse pointer 4d points to the sub application window 4h. When this happens, the sub application window 4h becomes active, and as shown in FIG. 18C, the sub application menu bar 4h corresponding to the application of the sub application window 4h is used instead of the main application menu bar 4m.
n is displayed.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the menu bar switching process (see FIG. 17), the main application for editing the compound document is activated, and the mouse pointer 4 is edited in the editing operation.
If it is determined that d indicates an inactive application, the state of the active application is stored in the RAM 6, and then the inactive application indicated by the mouse pointer 4d is activated and the active application is activated. Make the application inactive. Then, the CPU 2 checks the position of the menu bar of the application inactivated by the change, and when it is determined that the shape of the menu bar of the active application does not match the shape of the menu bar of the inactive application, Change the shape of the menu bar and rebuild it.If it is determined that the shape of both menu bars match, a new menu is placed at the position of the menu bar of the inactive application without changing the shape of the menu bar. Refresh the bar.

Therefore, when the editing area of another application is set in the application window during the compound document editing process, the operation such as clicking the inactive window with the mouse as in the related art is not required. Since the application corresponding to the position indicated by the pointer 4d can be activated, the switching operation of the active application can be performed smoothly.
As a result, when the mouse is clicked on the position corresponding to the inactive application, the content of the compound document being created is not damaged by accidentally clicking the edit area, menu button, or the like. Therefore, the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

Further, since the menu of the application window can be switched to the menu corresponding to the active application together with the switching of the active application, the menu of the application corresponding to the position of the mouse pointer 4d can be displayed while always displaying the menu at the same position. Can always be displayed,
The operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

(Ninth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the ninth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. The following ninth
The menu box display process (see FIG. 19) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment will be described. This menu box display processing is performed in step S911 of the menu bar switching processing (see FIG. 17) in the eighth embodiment.
Since it is positioned as an alternative to the subsequent processing,
Steps S901 to S910 shown in FIG. 17 are omitted.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing menu box display processing executed by compound document processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. FIG. 20 is a display example when menu box display processing shown in FIG. 19 is executed. FIG.

In the menu box display processing, the CP
U2 corresponds to steps S901 to S9 shown in FIG.
It is determined whether there is a command counter corresponding to the application that has been activated by the same processing as in step 10 (step S1001), and if it is determined that there is, a value obtained by counting the number of uses for each command is determined. Based on a certain command count value, a sub-application menu box 4o in which only frequently-used commands are picked up is displayed (step S1002).

If it is determined that there is no command counter (step S1001; N
O) Or, when the active application is edited after the processing in step S1002 (step S1)
003), the command count value of the menu command used for the editing performed is counted up (step S1004). Further, the CPU 2 determines whether the active application has been changed due to the movement of the mouse pointer 4d or the like (step S1005),
If it is determined that it has been changed (step S100
5; YES), a new command memory is secured (step S1006), and the process returns to step S1001.

When it is determined that the active application has not been changed (step S1005; NO), CPU 2 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input through input unit 3 (step S100).
7) If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S1007; NO), step S1007 is performed again.
The flow shifts to 1003, and if it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S1007; YES), a series of menu box display processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the menu box display processing shown in FIG. 19 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 20A shows a state where an application window 4b for editing a compound document is displayed on the display screen 4a. The application window 4b displays a sub application window 4h for editing an object created by another application, in addition to the editing content corresponding to the application. In the state shown in FIG. 20A, the main application corresponding to the position of the mouse pointer 4d can be edited, and the main application menu bar 4m is displayed.

In such a state, the mouse pointer 4d moves in response to the operation of moving the mouse as the input unit 3, and as shown in FIG. 20B, the position at which the mouse pointer 4d points to the sub application window 4h. At this point, the sub application window 4h is activated, and a sub application menu box 4o corresponding to the application in the sub application window 4h is displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the menu box display process (see FIG. 19), if there is a command counter corresponding to the application in the active state, the command counter having a high frequency is used based on the command count value which is a value obtained by counting the number of times of use of each command. A sub application menu box 4o in which only commands are picked up is displayed. Then, when the editing of the active application is performed, the CPU 2 counts up the command count value of the menu command used for the performed editing.

Therefore, when the editing area of another application is set in the application window during the compound document editing process, the active application is switched and the active application is used near the editing area of the activated application. Since the sub-application menu box 4o composed of frequent menu commands can be displayed, the moving distance of the mouse pointer 4d required for menu designation of the active application can be shortened, and the compound document processing device can be displayed. By improving the operability of (1), the efficiency of compound document editing can be increased. In addition, when the editing by the active application is performed, the command count value of the menu command used for the editing performed can be counted up and updated at any time, so that the frequently used menu command is always displayed in the menu box. And the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved.

(Tenth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the tenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
The compound document icon activation process (see FIG. 22) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment 0 will be described.

FIG. 21 shows the correspondence between (a) the contents of the object displayed in the document diagram display window 4j and (b) the display example of the compound document icon 4p corresponding to the document diagram display window 4j. FIG.

FIG. 21A shows the configuration objects 4j (1) to 4j in the document configuration diagram display window 4j.
The state where j (5) is arranged is shown. In the present embodiment, a compound document icon 4p as shown in FIG. 21B is displayed as an icon display corresponding to the display state of the document configuration diagram display window 4j as shown in FIG. 21A. I decided to. The compound document icon 4p shown in FIG.
Is composed of object buttons 4p (1) to 4p (5) corresponding to the constituent objects 4j (1) to 4j (5).

When one of the object buttons is clicked, an application for editing the constituent object corresponding to the clicked object button is started by a compound document icon starting process (see FIG. 22) described later. When the user clicks on a position in the compound document icon 4p that does not correspond to any object button, an application corresponding to all objects constituting the compound document is activated.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing compound document icon activation processing executed by compound document processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a display example when the object button 4p (1) in the compound document icon 4p is clicked, and FIG. 24 does not correspond to any object button in the compound document icon 4p. It is a figure showing the example of a display when a part is clicked.

In the compound document icon activation processing, when the CPU 2 clicks the compound document icon 4p displayed on the display screen 4a by operating the mouse as the input unit 3 (step S1101), the clicked position becomes Then, it is determined whether or not the position is the position of the object button arranged in the compound document icon 4p (step S1102).

When it is determined that the click position is the position of the object button (step S1102; YES), the CPU 2 activates the application corresponding to the clicked object button (step S1103), and clicks. The file containing the configuration object corresponding to the object button is opened (step S1104).

If it is determined that the click position is not the position of the object button (step S1102; NO), the CPU 2 deletes all the applications corresponding to the objects constituting the compound document corresponding to the compound document icon 4p. Is started (step S1105). Further, the CPU 2 opens all the files constituting the compound document (step S2).
1106), the active file at the time of saving is displayed on the front (step S1107).

Then, the CPU 2 determines in step S1104
Alternatively, when the processing in step S1107 ends, the display on the display screen 4a is updated based on the respective processing contents (step S1108), and a series of compound document icon activation processing ends.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 23 and 24, FIG.
A display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the compound document icon activation process shown in FIG. 2 is executed will be described.

FIG. 23A shows a state in which a plurality of application icons 4e, 4e,... And a composite document icon 4p are displayed on the display screen 4a. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 23B, the object button 4p in the compound document icon 4p is operated in accordance with the operation of the mouse as the input unit 3.
When (1) is clicked by the mouse pointer 4d, as shown in FIG.
An application window 4b for editing the object corresponding to p (1) is activated.

Also, FIG. 24 (a) shows a state in which a plurality of application icons 4e, 4e,... And a compound document icon 4p are displayed on the display screen 4a, similarly to FIG. 23 (a). Is shown. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 24B, in response to the operation of the mouse as the input unit 3, the compound document icon 4p
When a position that does not correspond to any of the object buttons 4p (1) to 4p (5) is clicked with the mouse pointer 4d, editing corresponding to all objects is performed as shown in FIG. To do so, a document configuration diagram display window 4j is activated. Further, the application window 4b corresponding to the file that was active when the compound document corresponding to the compound document icon 4p is stored is displayed on the front as an active file.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the compound document icon activation process (see FIG. 22), the compound document icon 4p is clicked by operating the mouse as the input unit 3, and the clicked position is the position of the object button arranged in the compound document icon 4p. In such a case, an application corresponding to the clicked object button is started, and a file including a configuration object corresponding to the clicked object button is opened. Also, CPU2
If the click position is not the position of the object button, all the applications corresponding to the objects forming the compound document corresponding to the compound document icon 4p are started, and further, all the files forming the compound document are deleted. Open and display the active file at the time of saving.

Therefore, when the file of the compound document is opened, the main application that uniformly creates the compound document as in the prior art is not activated, and any or all objects constituting the compound document are not activated. Can be easily started by a mouse click on the compound document icon 4p, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

(Eleventh Embodiment) FIGS. 25 and 26
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eleventh embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
A description will be given of a compound document-compatible application activation process (see FIG. 25) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a compound document corresponding application starting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 26 executes the compound document corresponding application starting process shown in FIG. It is a figure showing the example of a display at the time.

[0252] In the compound document corresponding application start-up processing, the CPU 2 keeps the compound document icon 4p activated (step S120).
1) When an arbitrary application is started (step S1202), it is determined whether or not the started application is an application related to the compound document corresponding to the activated compound document icon 4p (step S1202). S1203).

If it is determined that the application is not an application related to the compound document (step S
1203; NO), after activating the application (step S1204), normal processing is performed. If it is determined that the application is related to the compound document (step S1203; YES), the application is started (step S1205), and the object corresponding to the started application is selected from the objects constituting the compound document. The object is searched (step S1206).

Next, the CPU 2 opens a new file (step S1207), and reads one object extracted by the search in step S1206 into the new file (step S1208). Further, C
PU2 determines whether there is any other object corresponding to the activated application (step S1).
209), if it is determined that there is (step S12)
09; YES), the position for reading the next object is determined at the end of the already read object (step S).
1210), and the process returns to step S1208.

If it is determined that there is no other object corresponding to the started application (step S1209; NO), the CPU 2 edits the read object (step S121).
1) It is determined whether or not a save execution instruction has been input (step S1212). When it is determined that the storage execution instruction has been input (step S12).
12; YES), the objects in the new file are decomposed again (step S1213), and after updating the file of each object (step S1214), the new file is deleted (step S1215).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to end the editing has been input through the input unit 3 (step S1216). If it is determined that the instruction to end the editing has not been input (step S1216). (S1216; NO), the process returns to step S1211, and when it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S1216; YE).
S), a series of compound document corresponding application activation processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the compound document corresponding application start processing shown in FIG. 25 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 26 (a) shows a state where a plurality of application icons 4e, 4e,... And a compound document icon 4p are displayed on the display screen 4a. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), after the compound document icon 4p is selected and highlighted in response to the operation of the mouse as the input unit 3, a plurality of application icons 4e,
Application icons 4e (a) among 4e,.
When the application A corresponding to is started, FIG.
As shown in (c), an application window 4b for editing the object corresponding to the application A among the objects in the compound document corresponding to the compound document icon 4p is activated.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
Application start processing for compound document (Fig. 2
5), an arbitrary application is activated in a state where the compound document icon 4p is activated, and the activated application is an application related to the compound document corresponding to the activated compound document icon 4p. In such a case, after the application is started, the object corresponding to the started application is searched from the objects constituting the compound document, and the corresponding objects are sequentially read into a new file.

Therefore, since a plurality of objects corresponding to the same application can be read at once, it is troublesome to open the same kind of objects constituting the compound document individually and to switch the object to be edited each time as in the related art. Can be omitted, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

(Twelfth Embodiment) FIGS. 27 and 28
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the twelfth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
The object corresponding application identification display processing (see FIG. 27) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the second embodiment will be described.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the object corresponding application identification display processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 28 executes the object corresponding application identification display processing shown in FIG. It is a figure showing the example of a display at the time.

In the object corresponding application identification display processing, when the file of the compound document is opened (step S1301), CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to insert an application delimiter for identifying an application corresponding to each object has been input. If it is determined (step S1302) that it has not been input (step S1302; NO), other processing such as editing is performed.

If it is determined that an instruction to insert an application delimiter has been input (step S1302; YES), CPU 2 displays application delimiter frame 4q for each object (step S130).
3) Display an application icon 4r corresponding to the application that created each object on the application division frame 4q (step S130).
4).

Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the application icon 4r on the application dividing frame 4q has been clicked (step S1305). If it is determined that the application icon 4r has been clicked (S1305; YE)
S), the application corresponding to the application icon 4r is started (step S1306). Then, the CPU 2 opens the file of the object corresponding to the position of the clicked application icon 4r (step S1307), updates the display on the display screen 4a (step S1308), and ends a series of object corresponding application identification display processing. I do.

If the CPU 2 determines that the application icon 4r on the application dividing frame 4q has not been clicked (step S130).
5; NO), it is determined whether or not an instruction for terminating the application break has been input through the input unit 3 (step S).
1309) If it is determined that an instruction to end the application delimiter has not been input (step S13)
09; NO), the series of object corresponding application identification display processing ends. If it is determined that an instruction to end the application division has been input (step S1309; YES), the application division frame 4q and the application icon 4r are deleted (step S1310), and a series of object corresponding application identification display processing is performed. finish.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the object corresponding application identification display processing shown in FIG. 27 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 28A shows an example in which an application for editing a compound document is activated and the display screen 4a is displayed.
Shows a state in which the application window 4b is displayed. When the object corresponding application identification display process is executed in such a state, an application division frame 4q and an application icon 4r are displayed for each object as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
Object corresponding application identification display processing (FIG. 2)
7), when an instruction to insert an application segment is input, an application segment frame 4q is displayed for each object, and an application icon 4r corresponding to the application that created each object is displayed on the application segment frame 4q. I do. Further, the CPU 2 sets the application delimiter frame 4q
When the upper application icon 4r is clicked, the application corresponding to the application icon 4r is started, and the file of the object corresponding to the position of the clicked application icon 4r is opened.

Therefore, since it is possible to visually and clearly recognize the division of each object constituting the compound document and the application corresponding to each object, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved. Also, the application icon 4 displayed on each application division frame 4q
By clicking r, an application for editing each object can be started immediately, so that the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently. .

In the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the application icon 4r is displayed on the application dividing frame 4q. However, the name, symbol mark, etc., corresponding to the application that created each object, etc. Other display modes may be adopted.

(Thirteenth Embodiment) FIGS. 29 and 30
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the thirteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
The optimum application display processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment (FIG. 2)
9) will be described.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the optimum application display processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.
FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a display example when the optimum application display process shown in FIG. 29 is executed.

In the optimum application display processing,
The CPU 2 receives an optimum application display instruction for displaying an optimum application for each object constituting the compound document (step S1).
401), a new document is displayed in the document configuration diagram display window 4j (step S1402). When the layout assignment is input to the new document by the object dividing frame 4s (step S1403), the CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to confirm the assignment content has been input (step S14).
04) If it is determined that no input has been made (step S1404; NO), the process returns to step S1403.

If it is determined that the instruction for deciding the content of the allocation has been input (step S14).
04; YES), when the object type 4t indicating the contents (text, graph, table, etc.) of the object is input for each allocation (step S1405), it is determined whether or not the input of the contents of all objects has been completed. Then, if it is determined that the processing has not been completed (step S1406; NO), step S140 is performed again.
Move to 5.

When it is determined that the input of the contents of all objects has been completed (step S1406; YES), the CPU 2 searches for and determines an application corresponding to the input object contents. (Step S1407). Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the application corresponding to all the objects has been determined (step S1408). If it is determined that the application has not been determined (step S1408; NO), the process returns to step S1407 again. If it is determined that the object is determined (step S1408; YES), the application icon 4r, the application name, and the like are displayed for each object (step S1409).

Then, CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to determine an application for each object has been input (step S1410). If it is determined that an instruction has been input (step S1410; YES), the document configuration diagram When the document completed view displayed in the display window 4j is determined (step S1411), and an application activation input is performed by an operation such as double-clicking on any one of the application icons 4r (step S1412), the object corresponds to the object. The application is started (Step S1413), a new file is opened (Step S1414), and the process proceeds to each application.

If it is determined that the instruction to determine the application for each object has not been input (step S1410; NO), the CPU 2 displays the application icon 4r displayed for each object.
Then, it is determined whether or not an instruction for considering another application other than the application indicated by the application has been input (step S1415), and when it is determined that the instruction has been input (step S1415; YES), it becomes another candidate. Display the application (step S141)
6) The process moves to step S1415 again. Also, CP
If U2 determines that the instruction to consider another application has not been input (step S14)
15; NO), a series of optimal application display processing ends.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 30, display unit 4 when the optimum application display process shown in FIG. 29 has been executed will be described.
A display example of the display screen will be described.

FIG. 30A shows a state in which a plurality of application icons 4e, 4e,... And a document configuration diagram display window 4j are displayed on the display screen 4a. In such a state, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 30B, the layout allocation is input to the new document by the object dividing frame 4s. Further, as shown in FIG. Object type 4 indicating the contents (text, graph, table, etc.)
When t is input, as shown in FIG. 30D, an application associated with the content of the input object is determined, and an application icon 4r is displayed for each object.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the optimum application display process (see FIG. 29), when an optimum application display instruction is input, a new document is displayed in the document configuration diagram display window 4j, and layout allocation is input to the new document by the object dividing frame 4s. ,
When an object type 4t indicating the content (text, graph, table, etc.) of the object is input for each allocation, an application associated with the input object content is searched and determined, and the application is determined for each object. The icon 4r and the application name are displayed.

Therefore, when a new compound document is created, by allocating the layout and inputting the object type 4t for each assignment to determine the outline, the most suitable application for creating the compound document is determined. Since the application icon 4r or the like can be displayed, it is possible to save the user from having to select an optimum application each time to create an object.
, The efficiency of compound document creation processing can be increased. Further, by clicking an application icon 4r or the like displayed corresponding to each allocation, an application for creating an object can be immediately activated, thereby improving the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1. Can be.

In the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the application icon 4r is displayed corresponding to each allocation. However, the name corresponding to the application that created each object,
Other display forms such as a symbol mark may be adopted. Also, the object type 4 input for each allocation
As for t, other display forms such as a symbol representing the type of the object may be adopted other than the characters as shown in FIG.

(Fourteenth Embodiment) FIGS. 31 and 32
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
The reproduction object pasting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment (FIG. 3)
1) will be described.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a reproduction object pasting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a display example when the reproduction object paste process shown in FIG. 31 is executed.

In the reproduction object paste processing,
In the process during the creation of the document (step S1501), the CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to capture a playable reproduction object such as a moving image or a sound has been issued (step S1502). (Step S1502; NO), the process proceeds to another process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the capture of the reproduction object has been instructed (step S150).
2; YES), it is determined whether or not there is sub-information about the playback object in the playback object instructed to be captured (step S1503). If it is determined that there is no sub-information, the process proceeds to step S1508 described later.

When it is determined that there is sub-information (step S1503; YES), CPU 2 searches for a sentence in the document (step S1504), and the sub-information matches the keyword in the document. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S1505). And CPU
When it is determined that the sub-information matches the keyword (step S1505; YES), the keyword candidate frame 4v is displayed at the corresponding position of the sentence (step S150).
6).

Further, when it is determined that the sub-information does not match the keyword (step S1505; N).
O) Or, after the end of step S1506, it is determined whether or not the end of the text search in the document has been instructed (step S1507). If it is determined that the end has not been instructed (step S1507; NO), The process moves to step S1504 again. If it is determined that the end of the search is instructed (step S1507; YE
S), the display position of the play button 4w corresponding to the play object is determined (step S1508), and the play button 4w is displayed near the keyword displaying the keyword candidate frame 4v (step S1509).

As a series of processing for pasting the reproduced object, or during other processing,
The PU 2 determines whether or not the reproduction button 4w has been clicked (step S1510). If it is determined that the reproduction button 4w has not been operated (step S1510; NO), the PU2 ends a series of reproduction object paste processing. Also,
If it is determined that the play button 4w has been operated (step S1510; YES), the play object 4u corresponding to the play button 4w is played (step S151).
1).

Further, CPU 2 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input through input unit 3 (step S15).
12) If it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S1512; NO), the process proceeds to another process, and if it is determined that the end instruction has been input (step S1512; YES). Then, a series of reproduction object pasting processing ends.

Referring to FIG. 32, display unit 4 when the reproduction object pasting process shown in FIG. 31 is executed will now be described.
A display example of the display screen will be described.

FIG. 32A shows a state in which a document is created by the application window 4b displayed on the display screen 4a, and the reproduction object 4u is taken into the document being created. As shown in FIG. 32 (a), when the reproduction object 4u is captured in the document, the text in the document is searched and, as shown in FIG. 32 (b), matches the sub-information in the reproduction object 4u. A keyword candidate frame 4v is displayed for the keyword to be executed. Then, when an instruction to end the sentence search is input in a state where the keyword candidate frame 4v is displayed as shown in FIG. 32 (b), FIG. 32 is displayed near the keyword corresponding to the keyword candidate frame 4v.
The play button 4w is displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the playback object pasting process (see FIG. 31), in the process during creation of a document, an instruction to capture a playable object, such as a moving image or a sound, is given. If there is information, the text in the document is searched to determine whether or not the sub-information matches the keyword in the document. And
When the sub-information matches the keyword, the CPU 2
A keyword candidate frame 4v is displayed at a corresponding position in the text, and a play button 4w is displayed near the keyword on which the keyword candidate frame 4v is displayed. In addition, as a series of processing of this reproduction object pasting processing or during other processing, when the reproduction button 4w is clicked, the reproduction object 4u corresponding to the reproduction button 4w is reproduced. .

[0297] Therefore, the play button 4w can be displayed near the keyword in the text related to the reproduction object to be taken into the compound document, so that the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 for creating the compound document including the reproduction object is improved. It is possible to improve the efficiency of compound document editing. Further, since the application for editing the compound document itself has a reproduction object reproduction function and can reproduce the reproduction object in accordance with the instruction of the reproduction button 4w, a large amount of memory is generally consumed for reproducing the reproduction object. It is not necessary to start the reproduction object creation application or the like, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved.

(Fifteenth Embodiment) FIGS. 33 and 34
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fifteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
5 is a moving image object simultaneous reproduction process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fifth embodiment (FIG.
3) will be described.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing the moving image object simultaneous reproduction processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a display example when the moving image object simultaneous reproduction process shown in FIG. 33 is executed.

In the moving image object simultaneous reproduction processing,
When the compound document file is opened (step S1601) and an instruction to pick up a moving image object is input (step S1602), the CPU 2 counts the number of moving image objects in the compound document (step S1603). Is divided by the counted number of moving image objects (step S160).
4).

Next, the CPU 2 displays a list of the moving image objects of the compound document in each of the divided moving image object display areas 4x (step S1605), and determines whether an instruction to reproduce all the moving image objects simultaneously has been input. Is determined (step S1).
606). Then, when it is determined that the instruction for simultaneous reproduction has not been input (step S1).
606; NO), proceeding to other processing, and if it is determined that an instruction to reproduce at the same time has been input (step S1606; YES), the moving image displayed in each of the moving image object display areas 4x The objects are reproduced at the same time (step S1607), and when the reproduction processing is completed, the processing shifts to other processing.

Referring to FIG. 34, display unit 4 when the moving image object simultaneous reproduction process shown in FIG. 33 is executed will now be described.
A display example of the display screen will be described.

FIG. 34 (a) shows a state where moving image objects are displayed in a plurality of moving image object display areas 4x set by dividing the application window 4b for editing a compound document according to the number of moving image objects. Is shown. In addition, FIG.
FIG. 34C shows a state in which moving images are sequentially reproduced.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the moving image object simultaneous reproduction process (see FIG. 33), when an instruction to pick up a moving image object is input, the number of moving image objects in the compound document is counted, and the application window 4b for editing the compound document is counted. A list of video objects of the compound document is displayed in each video object display area 4x divided by the number of video objects, and when an instruction to reproduce all the video objects simultaneously is input, a plurality of video objects are displayed. The moving image objects displayed in the moving image object display area 4x are simultaneously reproduced.

[0306] Therefore, it is possible to easily and simultaneously check the contents and playback state of the moving image object in the compound document, so that the checking operation in editing the compound document can be performed more efficiently.

(Sixteenth Embodiment) FIGS. 35 and 36
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the sixteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the sixteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
A link object pasting process (see FIG. 35) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the sixth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a link object pasting process executed by compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a display example when the link object pasting process shown in FIG. 35 is executed.

In the link object pasting process, when the text of the compound document is edited (step S1701), the CPU 2 determines whether or not the link command 4y is input in the text editing process (step S1702). If it is determined that the process has not been performed (step S1702; NO), the process returns to step S170.
The process moves to 1701. On the other hand, when it is determined that the link command 4y has been input (step S5).
1702; YES), an object pasting area 4i is secured as a region where the referenced object is pasted (step S1704).

Next, the CPU 2 starts an application for creating an object to be referred to (step S1704), and an object is created (step S1704).
1705) When the sub information is written to the object (step S1706), and the process of pasting the object to the document is executed (step S170)
7), link sub-information 4
It is determined whether or not z exists (step S1708).

Then, the CPU 2 sets the link sub information 4z
If it is determined that there is no data (step S1708; N
O), perform normal object paste processing,
If it is determined that there is the link sub-information 4z (step S1708; YES), data conversion for pasting the object into the document is performed (step S1).
1709). That is, in this data conversion process,
The CPU 2 separates the object data including the sub-information into the data of the pure object part and the data of the sub-information part and stores them in the RAM 6 respectively.

Next, the CPU 2 displays the object in the object pasting area 4i (step S1710), and after changing the link command 4y in the text of the document to the link sub-information 4z and displays it (step S1711). Then, the application for object creation ends (step S1712). The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to end the editing has been input through the input unit 3 (step S1713).
If it is determined that the editing end instruction has not been input (step S1713; NO), step S1 is performed again.
The flow shifts to 701, and if it is determined that the instruction input for ending the editing has been made (step S1713; YES), a series of link object pasting processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the link object pasting process shown in FIG. 35 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 36A, an application window 4b for editing a compound document is displayed on the display screen 4a, a link command 4y is input into the text of the compound document being edited, and the link command 4y is input. 2 shows a state in which an object pasting area 4i for an object corresponding to. In such a state, an application for creating an object is further activated, an object 4k is created as shown in FIG. 36B, and link sub-information 4z is written to this object 4k.
When the object 4k is pasted on the object pasting area 4i, as shown in FIG.
The link command 4y is changed to the link sub-information 4z and displayed.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the link object pasting process (see FIG. 35), when the link command 4y is input during the text editing process, the object pasting area 4i is secured as an area where the object to be referenced is pasted, and the object to be referenced is created. Is started, an object is created, sub-information is written to the object, and the process of pasting the object to the document is executed. If the object to be pasted has link sub-information 4z, Is determined. If it is determined that the link sub-information 4z is present, the CPU 2 separates the object data including the sub-information into pure object part data and sub-information part data and separates the object into a document. Data conversion for pasting inside is performed, the object is displayed in the object pasting area 4i, and the link command 4y in the text of the document is changed to the sub information 4 for link.
Change to z and display.

[0317] Therefore, information related to the object to be pasted into the compound document, such as sub-information written in the object, can be input and displayed in the text by the link command 4y, so that the text and the object can be displayed. In addition to being able to easily perform the association, accurate display can be performed by avoiding erroneous input of text describing the object and confusion with other objects.
Reliability can be improved.

In FIG. 36, a link command “link other application data (FIG. 1)” is shown as an example. However, this link command requires an argument for specifying a target object. Any form may be used as long as it satisfies the condition, for example, a notation such as "LINK (1)" can be considered.

(Seventeenth Embodiment) FIGS. 37 and 38
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the seventeenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
A link application object creation process (see FIG. 37) executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the seventh embodiment will be described.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a link application object creation process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 38 shows a flowchart when the link application object creation process shown in FIG. 37 is executed. It is a figure showing an example of a display.

In the link application object creation processing, when the text of the compound document is edited (step S1801), the CPU 2 determines whether or not mathematical formula data 4α has been input in the text editing processing (step S1802). If it is determined that it has not been performed (step S1802; NO), the process returns to step S1801. When it is determined that the mathematical expression data 4α has been input (step S1802; YES), the CPU 2 further determines whether there is a link setting between the mathematical expression and the application (step S18).
03).

If it is determined that there is no link setting between the formula and the application (step S1803; NO), the CPU 2 shifts to step S1801 again, and if it is determined that there is a link setting. (Step S1803; YES), the mathematical formula data 4α is transferred to the application for which the link is set (Step S1804), and the link application 4β linked to the mathematical formula data 4α is activated (Step S1).
805).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the activated link application 4β can perform the graph drawing process (step S1806). If it is determined that the graph rendering process is not possible (step S1806; NO), the CPU 2 will be described later. Then, if it is determined that it is possible (step S1806; YES), a graph drawing process is executed by the link application 4β (step S1807), and the drawn graph is stored in the RAM6.
(Step S1808).

Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the activated link application 4β can perform the tabulation process (step S1809). If it is determined that the tabulation process is not possible (step S1809; NO), the CPU 2 will be described later. If it is determined that it is possible (step S1809; YES), a tabulation process is executed by the link application 4β (step S18).
10), secure the created table in the RAM 6 (step S1811).

Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not other processes other than the graph drawing process or the tabulation process can be performed by the activated link application 4β (step S1812). (Step S1812; NO), Step S1 described later
The process proceeds to 815, and if it is determined that the process is possible (step S1812; YES), another process is executed by the link application 4β (step S181).
3), secure the processing result in the RAM 6 (step S18)
14).

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not all of the processes executable by the link application 4β have been executed (step S1815). If it is determined that the processes have not been executed (step S1815; NO), the CPU 2 repeats step S1815. S
The process proceeds to 1812, and if it is determined that all of the data has been executed (step S1815; YES), all data secured in the RAM 6 in step S1808, step S1811, or step S1814 is read as an object ( Step S181
6) The display content of the window of the link application 4β is updated based on the read object (step S1817).

Further, the CPU 2 determines whether or not any one of a plurality of paste candidate objects displayed in the window of the application window 4b has been selected (step S1818), and determines that any one has been selected. (Step S1818; Y
ES), and further determines whether or not an instruction to execute the paste of the selected object has been input (step S).
1819). If it is determined that the instruction to execute the pasting is input (step S181).
9; YES), the formula data 4α of the document being edited
The display is updated by pasting the selected object in the vicinity of (step S1820).

When it is determined that none of the objects as a plurality of pasting candidates has been selected (step S1818; NO), an instruction to execute the pasting of the selected object has not been input (step S1818). (Step S1819; NO) or after the process of step S1820 is completed, the CPU 2 proceeds to step S18.
It is determined whether an instruction to delete the object displayed by the user has been input (step S1821), and when it is determined that the instruction has been input (step S1821;
YES), all objects as paste candidates are deleted, and the display is updated (step S1822).

If it is determined in step S1817 that the instruction to delete the displayed object has not been input (step S1821; NO), or after the processing in step S1822, CPU 2 terminates via input unit 3. It is determined whether or not an instruction has been input (step S1823), and if it is determined that the end instruction has not been input (step S1823; NO), the process returns to step S1801 and an end instruction is input. (Step S1823; YE
S), a series of link application object creation processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the link application object creation processing shown in FIG. 37 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 38 (a) shows a state in which an application window 4b for editing a compound document is displayed on the display screen 4a, and the formula data 4α has been input in the text of the compound document. In this state, when it is determined that there is a link setting between the mathematical expression and the application, “Y = 3X” input as the mathematical expression data 4α is transferred to the link application 4β.

For example, when the link application 4β is an application capable of drawing and creating a graph, as shown in FIG. 38B, a tabulation application window 4β (1) and a graph drawing application window 4β According to (2), a table and a graph object based on “Y = 3X” input as the mathematical formula data 4α are displayed.

In this state, when the graph object displayed by the graph drawing application window 4β (2) is further selected and an instruction to execute pasting is input, as shown in FIG. 38 (c). The graph object is pasted in the vicinity of the formula data 4α “Y = 3X” of the document being edited, and the display is updated.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
Link application object creation processing (FIG. 37)
), The formula data 4α is input during the text editing process, and when there is a link setting between the formula and the application, the formula data 4α is transferred to the linked application and linked to the formula data 4α. Activate the set link application 4β. Then, the CPU 2 executes the link application 4β
Executes all the processes that can be executed by
6 is read as an object, and the display contents of the window of the link application 4β are updated based on the read object. Further, the CPU 2 selects one of the plurality of objects as the paste candidates displayed in the window of the application window 4b and further inputs an instruction to execute the paste of the selected object. Then, the selected object is pasted near the formula data 4α of the document being edited, and the display is updated.

Therefore, when the mathematical expression data 4α is input in the text editing process of the compound document, for example, a graph or a numerical table is automatically created as an object created based on the mathematical expression data 4α. Therefore, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently.

In the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, an object based on the mathematical expression data 4α is created in response to the input of the mathematical expression data 4α. If an object is created based on the data in accordance with the determined type of data, a more general form can be adopted. An example in which an illustration object is created or selected and displayed is considered.

(Eighteenth Embodiment) A compound document processing apparatus 1 according to an eighteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eighteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
Reference mark setting processing (see FIG. 39) and reference data calling processing (see FIG. 40) executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the eighth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a reference mark setting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 40 is a reference mark executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 41 is a flowchart illustrating a data calling process. FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the reference mark setting process illustrated in FIG. 39 is performed.

In the reference mark setting process, the CPU 2
When the text editing of the compound document is performed (step S1901), it is determined whether or not a reference command for referring to another document file or another page is input in the text editing process (step S190).
2) If it is determined that no input has been made (step S1902; NO), the process returns to step S1901, and if it is determined that an input has been made (step S19).
02; YES), the display position of the reference mark 4γ is determined according to the input via the input unit 3 (step S190).
3).

Next, the CPU 2 determines a reference destination based on the input reference command (step S190).
4) Further, it is determined whether or not an edit end instruction has been input through the input unit 3 (step S1905). If it is determined that the edit end instruction has not been input (step S1905; NO) ), Step S190 again
Then, if it is determined that an edit end instruction has been input (step S1905; YES), the data of the compound document being edited is stored (step S190).
6), a series of reference mark setting processing ends.

In the compound document for which the reference mark has been set by the reference mark setting process, by clicking on the set reference mark, it is possible to easily refer to the reference destination page, document or object. Next, reference data calling processing performed at that time will be described.

In the reference data calling process, the CPU
2. When the compound document is opened (step S20)
01), it is determined whether or not the reference mark 4γ set in the compound document has been clicked (step S2).
002), if it is determined that no click has been made (step S2002; NO), the process proceeds to another process, and if it is determined that a click has been made (step S200).
2; YES), the reference destination is confirmed based on the reference command corresponding to the reference mark 4γ (step S200)
3).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the confirmed reference destination is a document or an object created by another application (step S).
(2004), if it is determined that this is the case (step S2004; YES), the application that created the referenced document or object is activated (step S2005). If it is determined that the reference destination is not a document or an object created by another application (step S200)
4) Or, after the end of step S2005, the CPU 2
Calls the data of the referenced document or object (step S2006), displays the called data, and updates the display on the display screen 4a (step S2007).

Further, CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction to execute a command to return to before reference has been input on new display screen 4a whose display has been updated (step S2008). (Step S20
08; NO), ends the series of reference data calling processing. On the other hand, when it is determined that the instruction to execute the command to return to before the reference is input (step S200).
8; YES), confirm the reference source (step S200)
9) The display content of the display screen 4a is updated to the display before the reference (step S2010), and the series of reference data calling processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the reference data calling process shown in FIG. 40 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 41A shows an application window 4b for displaying a compound document on the display screen 4a.
This shows a state in which a reference mark 4γ for referring to the detailed contents of the object 4k is set. In such a state, when the reference mark 4γ is clicked,
The reference destination is confirmed based on the reference command corresponding to the reference mark 4γ, and as shown in FIG. 41B, the object 4k is enlarged and displayed by the application window 4c of the application corresponding to the reference destination. By clicking the reference mark 4γ shown in FIG. 41 (b), it is possible to return to the display state as shown in FIG. 41 (a) which is the reference source.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the reference mark setting process (see FIG. 39), when a reference command for referring to another document file or another page is input during the text editing process, the display position of the reference mark 4γ is determined, Determine the reference destination based on the input reference command. Further, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the reference data calling process (see FIG. 40),
If it is determined that the reference mark 4γ set in the compound document has been clicked, the reference mark 4γ
Confirms the reference destination based on the reference command corresponding to, and if the confirmed reference destination is a document or object created by another application, starts the application that created the reference destination document or object etc. Then, the data of the referenced document or object is called, the called data is displayed, and the display on the display screen 4a is updated.

Therefore, when the details of the object corresponding to the reference mark 4γ are checked for each object in the compound document, if the object is an object created by another application, the object is automatically checked. Since another application can be activated to refer to the object, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 can be improved.

(Nineteenth Embodiment) FIGS. 42 and 43
The compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the nineteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the configuration of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the nineteenth embodiment is the same as that of the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, illustration and detailed description of the configuration are omitted. In the following,
Compound menu display processing executed by compound document processing apparatus 1 in the ninth embodiment (see FIG. 42)
Will be described.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing compound menu display processing executed by compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example when the composite menu display process shown in FIG.

In the composite menu display processing, the CPU 2
Is started when the application A is started (step S2).
101), the menu bar 4f indicating the menu of the application A is displayed (step S2102), and similarly, when the application B is started (step S2).
103), a menu bar 4f indicating the menu of the application B is displayed (step S2104).

Then, the CPU 2 executes the application A
It is determined whether or not there is a composite menu that is newly established by the combination of and application B (step S2).
105), if it is determined that there is none (step S21)
05; NO), normal processing is performed, and when it is determined that there is a composite menu (step S2105; YE)
S) After confirming which application is currently active (step S21)
06), Menu bar 4 of the active application
f, all menus executable by the applications A and B are displayed (step S2107). That is, in addition to the menu of the active application, the menu of the inactive application and the composite menu formed by both applications are added to the menu bar. 4f, and a series of composite menu display processing ends.

Hereinafter, a display example of the display screen of the display unit 4 when the composite menu display processing shown in FIG. 42 is executed will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 43A shows a state in which a menu bar 4f indicating the function of the graph drawing application is displayed in the application window 4b of the graph drawing application. Similarly, FIG. 43B shows a state in which a menu bar 4f indicating the function of the tabulation application is displayed in the application window 4c of the tabulation application.

FIG. 43 (c) shows a display example of the menu bar 4f when the graph drawing application and the tabulation application are activated in the composite menu display processing and the application window 4c of the tabulation application is active. FIG. As shown in FIG. 43C, when the application window 4c of the tabulation application is active, table and graph objects are displayed in the application window 4c, and the tabulation menu bar 4f ( 1), graph drawing menu bar 4f
(2) and the composite menu bar 4f (3) are displayed.

In the example shown in FIG. 43 (c), the composite menu bar 4f (3) has a primary conversion function [CONV] as a function that can be newly executed by a combination of the tabulation application and the graph drawing application.
It has become.

As described above, according to the compound document processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2
In the composite menu display process (see FIG. 42), if there is a composite menu that is newly established by the combination of the application A and the application B, the application that is currently active is checked, and then the menu of the active application is checked. All menus executable by the applications A and B are displayed on the bar 4f, that is, in addition to the menu of the active application, the menu of the inactive application and the composite menu formed by both applications are added and displayed as the menu bar 4f. I do.

[0361] Therefore, a menu of a plurality of applications can be displayed in one application window, and a new menu formed by a combination of a plurality of running applications can be displayed at the same time. The operability of the compound document processing apparatus 1 in the editing processing of the related object can be further improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

[0362]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when an editing area of another application is set in a window of an application at the time of compound document editing processing, the editing area of the other application is set near the editing area. Since the menu items frequently used in the other application can be selectively displayed, the moving distance of the mouse pointer and the like required for menu instructions can be reduced, and the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be reduced. And the efficiency of the compound document editing operation can be improved. Further, since the frequency of use for each menu item included in the menu of the other application can be stored at any time, a menu item having a high frequency of use can always be selectively displayed, and the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. Can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to save the trouble of pasting the object out of the page or correcting the size of the object after pasting because the size of the object is not appropriate. Since the object can be pasted on the area specified by the area specifying means with an appropriate size, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently. Further, when the object is appropriately enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the designated area, if the enlargement / reduction ratio is changed based on the character size, the character display is not performed because there is no character point. By avoiding the problem of being destroyed, the object can be normally pasted, and the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the configuration of the entire composite document displayed by the object configuration display control unit is appropriately changed by the object change display control unit while creating each object for each of a plurality of applications. Since it can be changed and displayed for confirmation, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently. Also, for example, by changing the color of the object being edited by the object change display control means and displaying it, it is easy to visually grasp which object in the compound document is being edited, The usability of the processing device can also be improved.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a file of a compound document is opened, the main application that uniformly creates the compound document as in the related art is not started, and the compound document is not opened. An application for editing any or all objects constituting the compound document can be easily started based on the position indicated by the pointer with respect to the icon displayed in the display mode based on the object arrangement of the compound document. The operability of the processing device can be improved, and the efficiency of the compound document editing operation can be increased.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, among the objects constituting the selected compound document, the application instructed to be activated is activated in a state where a plurality of objects corresponding to the same application can be edited collectively. Therefore, it is possible to save the trouble of opening the same kind of object constituting the compound document individually and switching the object to be edited each time as in the related art, and improve the operability of the compound document processing apparatus. The compound document editing process can be made more efficient.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, since the application corresponding to each object constituting the compound document can be visually and clearly recognized, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved. Further, if an application icon is displayed as a display indicating an application related to each of the objects, and an application for editing each object can be immediately activated by clicking the application icon, a compound document The operability of the processing device can be improved, and the efficiency of the compound document editing operation can be increased.

According to the invention of claim 7, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 6, since the boundaries between the objects constituting the compound document can be visually and clearly recognized by the border lines. Thus, the usability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 8, when a new compound document is created, a plurality of editing areas are set to determine the outline of the layout, and further, an object type is set for each editing area. Thus, the application setting means sets an optimum application for creating the compound document. Therefore, it is possible to save a user from having to select an optimum application each time for creating an object, and to save the compound document. By improving the usability of the processing device, the efficiency of the compound document creation process can be increased.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the eighth aspect, the application set for each of the editing areas can be visually and clearly recognized. Usability of the processing device can be improved. Further, an application icon is displayed as a display indicating the application set in each of the editing areas, and by clicking this application icon, an application for editing an object in each of the editing areas can be immediately activated. Then, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, a function for creating a static object for editing a compound document is provided, and a function for reproducing a dynamic object is provided. This eliminates the need to start a reproduction object creation application that consumes memory, thereby improving the usability of the compound document processing apparatus.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily and simultaneously check the contents of the moving image object in the compound document and the reproduction state thereof, so that the checking operation in the compound document editing is made more efficient. be able to.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, link information related to another object to be pasted into a compound document, such as sub-information written in the other object, is converted into an object such as a sentence by a link command. Since the object can be input and displayed inside, it is possible to easily associate the object with another object, and to confuse the other object with an input error such as a text describing the other object. , It is possible to perform accurate display, and it is possible to improve the ease and reliability of the compound document editing work.

According to the thirteenth aspect, in the text editing process of a compound document, when predetermined type of information such as mathematical formula data is inputted, the predetermined type of information is added to the information. For example, in the case of mathematical data, a graph or a number table can be automatically created as an object created based on the compound data. Therefore, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus is improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed efficiently. Can be

According to the fourteenth aspect, a menu of a plurality of applications can be displayed in a window of one application, so that the operability of the compound document processing apparatus in the editing processing of an object related to compound document generation is improved. It is possible to improve the efficiency of the compound document editing operation by improving the efficiency.

According to the fifteenth aspect, in the first aspect,
In addition to the effects of the invention described in Item 4, since a new menu that is formed by a combination of a plurality of applications running simultaneously can also be displayed, it is possible to set editing contents that cannot be performed only by a single application. Further, the operability of the compound document processing apparatus in the editing processing of the object related to the compound document generation can be further improved, and the compound document editing operation can be further efficiently performed.

[0377] According to the sixteenth aspect, when an editing area of another application is set in a window of an application during a compound document editing process, the other application is placed near the editing area of the other application. Menu items that are frequently used in the application can be selectively displayed, so that the moving distance of a mouse pointer and the like required for menu instructions can be reduced, and the operability of a computer that processes a compound document can be reduced. And the efficiency of the compound document editing operation can be improved. Further, since the frequency of use for each menu item included in the menu of the other application can be stored at any time, a menu item having a high frequency of use can be selectively displayed at all times, and a computer for processing a compound document can be displayed. Usability can be improved.

According to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to omit the trouble of pasting the object out of the page or correcting the size of the object after pasting because the size of the object is not appropriate. Since the object can be pasted on the area specified by the area specifying means with an appropriate size, the operability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing process can be performed more efficiently. Also,
If the object is appropriately enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the designated area, if the enlargement / reduction ratio is changed based on the character size, the character display is destroyed because there is no character point. By avoiding such a problem, the object can be normally pasted, and the reliability of the compound document editing process can be improved.

According to the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, the configuration of the entire composite document displayed by the object configuration display control unit is appropriately changed by the object change display control unit while creating objects for each of the plurality of applications. Since it can be changed and displayed for confirmation, the operability of the computer that processes the compound document can be improved, and the compound document editing operation can be performed more efficiently. Also, for example, by changing the color of the object being edited by the object change display control means and displaying it, it is easy to visually grasp which object in the compound document is being edited, Can be improved.

According to the nineteenth aspect of the present invention, when a file of a compound document is opened, the main application that uniformly creates the compound document as in the related art is not activated, and the compound document is not opened. An application for editing any or all objects constituting the compound document can be easily started based on the position indicated by the pointer with respect to the icon displayed in the display mode based on the object arrangement of the compound document. The operability of a computer that processes a document can be improved, and the efficiency of compound document editing can be increased.

According to the twentieth aspect of the present invention, among the objects constituting the selected compound document, a plurality of objects corresponding to the same application are collectively edited and the application instructed to be activated is activated. This eliminates the need to open the same type of object that composes the compound document individually and switch the object to be edited each time as before, thereby improving the operability of the computer that processes the compound document. As a result, the compound document editing process can be made more efficient.

According to the twenty-first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to visually and clearly recognize an application corresponding to each object constituting a compound document, thereby improving the usability of a computer that processes the compound document. it can. Further, if an application icon is displayed as a display indicating an application related to each of the objects, and an application for editing each object can be immediately activated by clicking the application icon, a compound document The operability of a computer that processes a document can be improved, and the efficiency of compound document editing can be increased.

According to the twenty-second aspect, when a new compound document is created, a plurality of editing areas are set to determine the outline of the layout, and further, an object type is set for each editing area. Thereby, the application setting unit sets an optimal application for creating the compound document.
This eliminates the need for the user to select an optimum application each time the object is created, improves the usability of the computer that processes the compound document, and increases the efficiency of the compound document creation process.

According to the twenty-third aspect of the present invention, since a function of creating a static object for editing a compound document is provided and a function of reproducing a dynamic object is provided, generally a large amount of the reproduced object is reproduced. This eliminates the need to start a reproduction object creation application that consumes memory, thereby improving the usability of a computer that processes a compound document.

According to the twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to simply and simultaneously check the contents of the moving image object in the compound document and the reproduction state thereof, so that the checking operation in the compound document editing is made more efficient. be able to.

[0386] According to the twenty-fifth aspect, link information relating to another object to be pasted into a compound document, such as sub-information written in the other object, is converted into an object such as a sentence by a link command. Since the object can be input and displayed inside, it is possible to easily associate the object with another object, and to confuse the other object with an input error such as a text describing the other object. , It is possible to perform accurate display, and it is possible to improve the ease and reliability of the compound document editing work.

According to the twenty-sixth aspect, in the text editing process of a compound document, when predetermined type information such as mathematical formula data is input, the predetermined type information is added to the input. As an object created based on, for example, in the case of formula data, a graph or a number table can be automatically created, so that the operability of a computer that processes a compound document is improved,
The compound document editing process can be made more efficient.

[0388] According to the twenty-seventh aspect, since a menu of a plurality of applications can be displayed in a window of one application, the operation of a computer that processes a compound document in the editing process of an object related to compound document generation. And the efficiency of compound document editing can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a compound document processing apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an active window switching process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing a display example of a display screen 4a of a display unit 4 when the active window switching process shown in FIG. 2 is executed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a sub-application activation process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a compound document file opening process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example when the sub-application activation process shown in FIG. 4 is executed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an object pasting process 1 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing a display example when the object pasting process 1 shown in FIG. 7 is executed.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a document configuration diagram display process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram showing a display example when the document configuration diagram display processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a compound document printing process 1 executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the compound document print processing 1 illustrated in FIG. 11 is executed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a compound document printing process 2 executed by the compound document processing device 1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the compound document print processing 2 illustrated in FIG. 13 is executed.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an object pasting process 2 executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a diagram showing a display example when the object pasting process 2 shown in FIG. 15 is executed.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a menu bar switching process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

18 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the menu bar switching process illustrated in FIG. 17 is executed.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a menu box display process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the menu box display process illustrated in FIG. 19 is executed.

FIG. 21 (a) Document configuration diagram display window 4
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a correspondence between the configuration contents of an object displayed in j and (b) a display example of a compound document icon 4p corresponding to a document configuration diagram display window 4j.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating compound document icon activation processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the object button 4p (1) in the compound document icon 4p is clicked.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a display example when a portion that does not correspond to any object button in the compound document icon 4p is clicked.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating compound document-compatible application activation processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

26 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the compound document compatible application start-up process illustrated in FIG. 25 is executed.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing an object corresponding application identification display process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

28 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the object corresponding application identification display processing illustrated in FIG. 27 is executed.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an optimum application display process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

30 is a diagram showing a display example when the optimum application display processing shown in FIG. 29 is executed.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a playback object pasting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

32 is a diagram showing a display example when the reproduction object pasting process shown in FIG. 31 is executed.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a moving image object simultaneous reproduction process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention.

34 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the moving image object simultaneous reproduction process illustrated in FIG. 33 is executed.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a link object pasting process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the sixteenth embodiment of the present invention.

36 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the link object pasting process illustrated in FIG. 35 is executed.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart illustrating a link application object creation process executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention.

38 is a diagram showing a display example when the link application object creation processing shown in FIG. 37 is executed.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing reference mark setting processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eighteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing reference data calling processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the eighteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a display example when the reference mark setting process shown in FIG. 39 is executed.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing compound menu display processing executed by the compound document processing apparatus 1 according to the nineteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a display example when the composite menu display process shown in FIG. 42 is executed.

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 1 Graph display control device 2 CPU 3 Input unit 4 Display unit 4a Display screen 4b Application window 4c Application window 4d Mouse pointer 4e Application icon 4f Menu bar 4g Sub application input area 4h Sub application window 4i Object pasting area 4j Document composition diagram display Window 4k object 4l object pasting area 4m main application menu bar 4n sub application menu bar 4o sub application menu box 4p compound document icon 4p (1) to 4p (5) object button 4q application dividing frame 4r application icon 4s object dividing frame 4t Object Class 4u Playback object 4v Keyword candidate frame 4w Play button 4x Video object display area 4y Link command 4z Link sub information 4α Mathematical data 4β Link application 4γ Reference mark 5 Display drive 6 RAM 7 ROM 8 Storage device 9 Storage medium

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[Claims] 1. A compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control means for displaying a window of the application; Editing area setting means for setting an editing area of the application; use frequency storage means for storing the use frequency of each menu item included in the menu of the other application as needed; and near the editing area of the other application, A menu display control means for selectively displaying menu items based on the use frequency of each menu item stored in the use frequency storage means. 2. A compound document processing apparatus capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means for displaying a window of the application, and an area specification for specifying an arbitrary area in a window of an arbitrary application. Means for changing the size of an object to be pasted in the area specified by the area specifying means, based on the size of the area. 3. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: an object structure display control means for displaying contents indicating an object structure of the compound document; Object change display control means for appropriately changing and displaying the content indicating the object configuration displayed by the object configuration display control means on the basis of the editing performed by the application corresponding to the object, for any given object A compound document processing device comprising: 4. A compound document processing device capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein an icon representing the compound document is displayed in a display form based on the object arrangement of the compound document. Control means; pointer display control means for displaying a pointer for performing various instructions to the plurality of applications; determining means for determining an instruction position of an instruction operation on the icon by the pointer; Based on the indicated position,
A compound document processing apparatus, comprising: application start means for starting an application related to the compound document. 5. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, comprising: selecting means for selecting an arbitrary compound document; and forming the compound document selected by the selecting means. A compound document processing apparatus, comprising: application starting means for activating the application in a state where all the objects related to the application instructed to be activated among the objects can be edited. 6. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control means for displaying an edit window of the compound document; and a window display control means for displaying the edit window of the compound document. And a related application display control means for displaying, for each object arranged on the editing window, an application related to each object. 7. The related application display control means displays a frame surrounding each of the objects and displays an application related to each object in association with the frame. Item 7. The compound document processing device according to Item 6. 8. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control means for displaying an edit window of the compound document; An editing area setting means for setting an editing area; an object type setting means for setting the type of an object to be edited in each editing area set by the editing area setting means; and an object type set by the object type setting means. Application setting means for setting an application corresponding to each of the editing areas based on the information. 9. The compound document processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a corresponding application display control means for performing a display indicating the application set by said application setting means for each of said editing areas. 10. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, an object creating means for creating a static object, an object playback-only means for playing a dynamic object, A compound document processing device comprising: 11. A compound document processing apparatus for processing compound documents created by a plurality of applications, wherein: a moving image object list display control means for extracting moving image objects in the compound document and displaying the list as a list; And a reproducing means for simultaneously reproducing the moving image objects listed by the means. 12. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, a window display control means for displaying an edit window of the compound document, and a window displayed by the window display control means. Link command input means for inputting a link command defining an association with another object in an editing window, and setting the link command as information relating to the object when the other object is pasted. And a link information display control unit for changing the displayed link information and displaying the changed link information. 13. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control means for displaying an edit window of the compound document; and a window display control means for displaying the edit window of the compound document. Detecting means for detecting that a predetermined type of information has been input in the editing window, and detecting the input of the predetermined type of information by the detecting means. A compound document processing apparatus, comprising: an object creating unit that creates an object based on the detected information by an application related to the detected information. 14. A compound document processing apparatus capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control means for displaying a window of a running application; And a menu display control means for displaying a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications in a window. 15. The compound document processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said menu display control means displays a menu including menu items established by a combination of a plurality of running applications. 16. A storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control step of displaying a window of the application; An editing area setting step of setting an editing area of another application; a use frequency storing step of storing a use frequency for each menu item included in a menu of the other application as needed; and And a menu display control step of selectively displaying a menu item based on the use frequency of each menu item stored in the use frequency storage step. . 17. A storage medium storing a program capable of performing multitask processing by a plurality of applications, comprising: a window display control step of displaying a window of the application; and an area in a window of an arbitrary application. Storing a program including: an area specifying step to be specified; and a changing step of appropriately changing the size of an object to be pasted in the area specified by the area specifying step based on the size of the area. Storage medium. 18. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, an object structure display control step of displaying contents indicating an object structure of the compound document; An object for appropriately changing and displaying the content indicating the object configuration displayed by the object configuration display control step based on the editing performed by the application corresponding to the object with respect to an arbitrary object in the compound document A storage medium storing a program including: a change display control step; 19. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein an icon representing the compound document is displayed in a display form based on an object arrangement of the compound document. An icon display control step to be displayed; a pointer display control step to display a pointer for performing various instructions to the plurality of applications; a determination step to determine an instruction position of an instruction operation by the pointer with respect to the icon; An application launching step of launching an application related to the compound document based on the designated position determined by the step (b). 20. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a selecting step of selecting an arbitrary compound document; and a compound selected by the selecting step. A storage medium storing a program comprising: an application starting step of starting an application in a state where all the objects related to an application instructed to be started can be edited among objects constituting a document. 21. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document; And a related application display control step of, for each object arranged on the edit window displayed by the step, displaying an application related to each object, and a program stored therein. 22. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein: a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document; An editing area setting step of setting a plurality of editing areas; an object type setting step of setting the type of an object to be edited in each of the editing areas set by the editing area setting step; An application setting step of setting an application corresponding to each of the editing areas based on the object type. 23. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, comprising: an object creation step for creating a static object; and an object playback for playing a dynamic object. A storage medium storing a program comprising: a step; 24. A storage medium storing a program for processing a compound document created by a plurality of applications, wherein a moving image object list display control step of extracting and displaying a list of moving image objects in the compound document; A playback step of simultaneously playing back the moving image objects listed by the list display control step; and a storage medium storing a program. 25. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, comprising: a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document; A link command input step of inputting a link command defining an association with another object in an edit window displayed by the step; and linking the link command to the object when the other object is pasted. A link information display control step of changing and displaying link information set as information to be displayed, and a program storing the link information. 26. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step of displaying an edit window of the compound document; In the editing window displayed by the step, a detecting step of detecting that predetermined type of information has been input, and detecting that the predetermined type of information has been input is detected by the detecting step. A program for creating an object based on the detected information by an application related to the detected information. 27. A storage medium storing a program capable of processing a compound document by multitask processing by a plurality of applications, wherein a window display control step of displaying a window of a running application; A menu display control step of displaying a menu corresponding to a plurality of running applications in a window displayed by the step; and a program stored therein.