JP2001117918A - Document editing processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a frame in a document to which small frames or many frames are set. SOLUTION: A storage means 4 stores a frame data table. A CPU 1 prepares the frame selection list of all frames registered on the frame data table, and the frame selection list and a 'frame determine' button are displayed on a CRT 6 by a display processing means 7. Each time, any frame is selected out of the frame selection list by operating an 'up' or 'down' key on a keyboard 2, while referring to the frame data table, the selected frame is displayed on the CRT 6 by the display processing means 7. Therefore, even when selecting a target frame in a document to which small frames or many frames are set, the frame can be smoothly selected. Since the selected frame is displayed on the CRT 6 together with the document in that case, the size or position of the frame can be visually easily known and the size or position of the frame can be easily changed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document editing processing apparatus having a function of inputting and editing a document including a frame such as an image and a character frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, it has been customary to select a frame surrounding objects such as figures, images, characters, images, sounds, etc. constituting a document and edit this frame and the objects in the frame. In that case, it is common to select the above frame with a mouse or the like. In addition, a user inputs coordinates and the like into a table corresponding to each frame, creates a management table, and edits the frame using this management table (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-123972). Etc. have been proposed.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional method of editing a frame constituting a document has the following problems. (1) When the above frame is selected by a mouse or the like a. When editing a document in which a small frame or a large number of frames are set, a target frame cannot be selected smoothly. b. When selecting an overlapped frame, since the target frame is not visible, move the upper frame once, edit the lower frame, and then return the upper frame to its original position. Must be performed, and it is difficult to select overlapping frames. c. When a frame outside the screen is selected, the target frame cannot be seen, so that it is necessary to scroll the screen to display the frame to be selected on the screen, and the operation is complicated.

(2) When the above frame is selected using the management table d. In the case of a document in which a small frame or a large number of frames are set, selection of the frame is facilitated. However, editing such as changing the size or position of the frame is difficult to perceive intuitively, and is very difficult.

(3) Problems common to frame selection using a mouse or the like and frame selection using a management table e. When editing a document in which a large number of various types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are input, it is necessary to search for and select the type of frame that is not the target of editing. . Therefore, it takes a lot of time to select a target frame. Further, when newly inputting / inserting a frame, it is necessary to search for and insert a frame suitable for the purpose from various applications and various files. For that purpose, the user needs high experience and knowledge. f. When changing the contents of the frame, there is the same problem as in e. In addition, when a table for managing frames is used, only the attributes of the frames are changed, and the contents of the frames are hardly changed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to set a large number of frames of various types, such as a frame in a document in which a small frame or a large number of frames are set, an overlapping frame, a frame outside the screen, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document editing processing apparatus capable of easily selecting a frame in a given document. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document editing processing apparatus capable of easily performing editing such as changing the size and position of a frame. It is another object of the present invention to provide a document editing apparatus capable of performing a new input / insertion of a frame and a change of an object in the frame without requiring advanced experience and knowledge.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores in a storage means document data including various frames such as an image frame and a character frame input from an input means. In the document editing processing device that edits the edited document data by the document editing unit and displays the edited result on the display unit, a frame selection list composed of list items of the frames included in the document data is created, and Frame selection list creation display means to be displayed, a graphic representing a frame selected based on the frame selection list by the input means, selection frame display means to be displayed by the display means in a document based on the document data, When the selected frame is determined as an editing frame by the input means, an editing frame setting means for setting a frame in the document corresponding to the determined frame to an editable state is provided. It is characterized by having.

According to the above configuration, when a frame is selected based on the frame selection list created and displayed by the frame selection list creation display means, the rectangle representing the selection frame is displayed in the display document by the selection frame display means. Are displayed.
Then, when the selected frame is determined as an editing frame, the editing frame setting means sets a frame in the document corresponding to the determined frame in an editable state. Thus, even if a small frame or a large number of frames are set in the document, the frame can be smoothly selected by a simple process of selecting from the frame selection list. At this time, the figure representing the selected frame is displayed together with the document, so that the size and position of the frame can be easily understood visually.

The document editing apparatus according to the present invention may further comprise a layer means for changing the display order of a plurality of overlapping frames in the document, and a plurality of overlapping frames selected by the input means. In the case of any of the above, the layer means is instructed to display the selected frame and the object in the frame above the other overlapping frame and the object in the frame. It is desirable to provide an overlapping frame display setting means.

According to the above configuration, when any one of a plurality of overlapping frames is selected, the overlapping frame display setting means instructs the layer means to select the selected frame and the objects in the frame. Is displayed on the top side. In this manner, the selected frame and the objects in the frame among the plurality of overlapping frames are displayed on the uppermost side, so that it is easy to determine whether or not the frame selection is correct based on the displayed document in the frame.

Further, in the document editing apparatus according to the present invention, the scroll means for scrolling the display content displayed by the display means, and the entire frame selected by the input means is not displayed by the display means. In this case, it is preferable to provide a frame scroll instructing unit for instructing the scrolling unit to scroll the displayed content so that the entire selected frame is displayed.

According to the above arrangement, when the whole of the selected frame is not displayed, the whole of the selected frame is displayed on the scroll means by the frame scroll instruction means. Is instructed to scroll the display contents. In this way, since the display screen is automatically scrolled, even if a frame outside the display screen is selected, the displayed document in the frame can be known, and the correctness of the frame selection can be easily determined.

Further, the document editing processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a frame type selection list creation display means for generating a frame type selection list composed of list items of frame types and displaying the list on the display means, The list creation display means creates and displays a frame selection list including a frame list item corresponding to the frame type selected based on the frame type selection list by the input means and a new frame designation item. When the new frame designation item is selected based on the frame selection list by the input means, a new frame of the selected type is set in the currently displayed document,
It is desirable to have a new frame setting display means for displaying on the display means.

[0014] According to the above configuration, the frame type selection list comprising list items of frame types is generated and displayed by the frame type selection list creation display means. When a frame type is selected based on the frame type selection list, the frame selection list creation / display means selects a frame including a list item of the frame corresponding to the selected frame type and a new frame designation item. A list is created and displayed. Then, the selection and display of the frame and the determination of the editing frame are performed using the frame selection list dedicated to the type of the selected frame. In this way, even if there are many frames of various types such as images, character frames, and moving images, a target frame can be easily selected.

Further, when a new frame designation item is selected based on the frame selection list, a new frame of the selected type is set in the displayed document by a new frame setting display means. The display means is instructed to display the new frame. In this way, a new frame can be easily inserted without finding and inserting a frame suitable for the purpose from various applications and various files.

Further, the document editing processing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the in-frame change designating means which is operated by the input means and designates the in-frame change, and when the in-frame change is designated by the in-frame change designating means. Preferably, the apparatus further includes an in-frame change setting unit that sets an object in the selected frame to a changeable state by a change operation according to the type of the selected frame.

According to the above configuration, when the change within the frame is designated by the change within the frame designation means, the object within the selected frame is changed by the change within the frame setting means according to the type of the selected frame. It is set to a changeable state by a change operation.
In this way, even when an object in each frame in a document in which many types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are set is changed, only the type of the frame and the change in the frame are designated by the input means. With the simple operation of, the object in the frame is changed.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing processing apparatus common to the embodiments described below. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU (central processing unit). Hereinafter, under the control of the CPU 1, the input processing means 3 takes in input data from the input means 2 such as a keyboard and a mouse. The storage unit 4 is configured by a memory or the like, and stores a document, an editing program, and the like captured by the input processing unit 3. The document editing means 5 includes the storage means 4
Is edited in accordance with the editing program. The display processing means 7 displays the result of editing by the document editing means 5 on a display means 6 such as a CRT (cathode ray tube).

FIG. 1 shows only the minimum configuration necessary for the description of the present embodiment. In addition to this, the storage means 4 generally has character processing, graphic processing, display control, and the like. It is needless to say that various programs are stored and general hardware such as an external storage device is provided. Further, a tablet or the like may be used as the input means 2, or a display panel or the like may be used as the display means 6.

<First Embodiment> In this embodiment, a frame selection list is created, and editing of movement, enlargement, and reduction is performed on a frame selected based on the frame selection list. .

FIG. 2 shows a frame data table 8 in which the frame number, frame coordinate data, frame priority and the like of each frame in the document are tabulated.
Is stored in the storage unit 4. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a document editing process performed by the input processing unit 3, the storage unit 4, the document editing unit 5, and the display processing unit 7 under the control of the CPU 1. 4 to 7 show the transition of the display example of the CRT 6 in the present embodiment.

In the screen shown in FIG. 4, when the user presses a "frame selection" button 11, a document editing operation starts,
The screen changes to the screen of FIG. 5 through the following operations based on the above flowchart.

In step S1, the number N of frames already created is obtained by referring to the frame data table 8 stored in the storage means 4. Note that the frame data table 8
The frame data structure and the method of managing the frame are general techniques, and are not directly related to the purpose of the present embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

In step S2, list items "frame 1" to "frame N" for the number N of frames obtained above are created. And
The display processing means 7 displays a frame selection list 12 composed of the above list items and a [frame determination] button 13 on the screen of the CRT 6. In step S3, a variable Pos indicating the cursor position on the frame selection list 12 is initialized to "0". In step S4, the display processing means 7 displays a cursor at a list item corresponding to the content of the variable Pos in the frame selection list 12. In step S5, frame coordinate data (X coordinate at the upper left of the frame, Y coordinate at the upper left of the frame, width of the frame, height of the frame) of the Pos-th frame number in the frame data table 8 are obtained. Then, the display processing means 7 displays a rectangle 15 having a dimension based on the acquired frame coordinate data at a position based on the frame coordinate data on the document editing screen 14 on the screen of the CRT 6. Hereinafter, the above-described “displaying a rectangle representing a frame” may be simply referred to as “displaying a frame”. Thus, the screen of the CRT 6 is as shown in FIG. 5, and the currently selected Pos-th frame is displayed, and the selected frame can be easily recognized by the user. Hereinafter, it waits for the next instruction (key input) by the user.

In step S6, it is determined whether the "↑" key or the "↓" key on the keyboard 2 has been pressed. As a result, if pressed, the process proceeds to step S7, and if not, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S7, the content of the variable Pos is decremented if the pressed key is the “↑” key, while the content of the variable Pos is incremented if the pressed key is the “↓” key. After that, the above step S4
Then, the cursor is moved in the frame selection list 12 and the frame selected by the moved cursor is displayed. The display screen of FIG. 6 shows a state where the “↓” key is pressed twice on the display screen of FIG. 5 and the frame 16 of the frame number 2 is selected.

At the step S8, the [frame decision] button 13
It is determined whether or not is pressed. As a result, if the button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S9; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S11.
Proceed to. In step S9, the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number in the frame data table 8 is acquired, and the display processing unit 7 moves / enlarges / reduces the size of the frame based on the frame coordinate data as shown in FIG. The tracker rectangle 17 shown is displayed. In step S10, the document editing means 5
Is instructed to put the Pos-th frame in the frame editing state. By doing so, the frame 1 selected by the user
6 is ready for editing such as movement, enlargement, and reduction. After that, the document editing operation ends. Then, the display screen of the CRT 6 returns to the state of FIG.
Note that the notification of the instruction of the frame editing state to the document editing unit 5 is a general technique, and does not directly relate to the gist of the present embodiment, so that the description is omitted.

In step S11, it is determined whether the "Esc" key on the keyboard 2 has been pressed. As a result, if the button has not been pressed, the process returns to step S6, and “↑”
Wait until the key or “↓” key is pressed. On the other hand, if pressed, the document editing processing operation ends. And CRT
The display screen 6 returns to the state of FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
The storage means 4 stores "frame number", "X" for all frames in the document.
A frame data table 8 in which coordinates, “Y coordinates”, “width”, “height”, and “frame priority” are registered is stored. And CPU1
When the document editing process is executed under the control of, the list items “frame 1” to “frame 1” of all frames registered in the frame data table 8
A frame selection list 12 consisting of "frame N" and a [frame determination] button 13
And are displayed. In this state, press the “↑” key or “↓”
Every time a frame is selected from the frame selection list 12 by operating a key, the frame coordinate data relating to the selected frame is read from the frame data table 8 and the selected frame is displayed.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even when a target frame is selected from a document in which a small frame or a large number of frames are set, the target frame is selected from the frame selection list 12 by key operation. Unlike the case where a target frame is selected from a large number of frames with a mouse, the frame can be selected smoothly. At this time, the selected frame is displayed together with the document on the screen of the CRT 6, so that the size and position of the frame can be easily visually recognized. Therefore, the size and position of the frame can be easily changed.

FIG. 8 shows a case where the document "frame 1" and the document "frame 2" are overlapped and displayed under the management of the layer means in the present embodiment, and the document "frame 1" is surrounded. The change of the display state when the frame 18 and the frame 19 surrounding the document “Frame 2” are selected is shown. In FIG. 8A, the frame 18 is selected and displayed, and the frame 19 is not displayed. Next, when the frame 19 is selected by a key operation, as shown in FIG.
8 is deleted and a frame 19 is displayed.

However, in this case, the fact that the frame 19 surrounding the document "Frame 2" has been selected is transmitted to the layer means which manages the display order of the documents displayed in an overlapped manner. Therefore, the displayed document remains the document “frame 1”. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
When the frame 19 surrounding the document “frame 2” is selected, but the frame 19 looks like the frame surrounding the document “frame 1”, and it is difficult for the user to determine whether the selection is correct or not. Occurs.

FIG. 9 shows a frame 20 surrounding the document “frame 1” and a frame surrounding the document “frame 2” when the document “frame 2” is not entirely generated in the screen of the CRT 6 in this embodiment. 21
13 shows a change in the display state in the case where is selected. In FIG. 9A, the frame 20 is selected and displayed, and the frame 21 is not displayed. Next, when the frame 21 is selected by a key operation, as shown in FIG.
Is displayed.

However, in this case, the displayed frame 2
Most of the document “Frame 2” surrounded by the frame 1 and the frame 21 are CRT6
Is outside the display screen 22 and cannot be seen. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 9B, the user cannot confirm the contents of the selection frame 21, and it may be difficult to determine whether the selection of the frame is correct.

<Second Embodiment> As described above, in the first embodiment, when two frames surrounding each of two documents displayed in an overlapped manner are overlapped, the user is required to: It is difficult to determine which document frame is selected. Therefore, in the present embodiment, this problem is dealt with as follows.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the document editing processing operation in this embodiment. However, the same steps as those in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. 3 are omitted. FIG. 11 shows a case where the document “frame 1” and the document “frame 2” are displayed overlapping each other, and a frame 25 surrounding the document “frame 1” and a frame 26 surrounding the document “frame 2” are selected. This shows a change in the display state when the display is performed. Hereinafter, the document editing processing operation according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. However, also in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the storage means 4 stores the frame data table 8 shown in FIG.

Steps S1 to S5 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
The number N of frames is obtained, a frame selection list 12 and a [frame determination] button 13 are displayed, the variable Pos is initialized to “0”, and P
A cursor is displayed on the os-th list item, and a Pos-th frame is displayed. Thus, when the first frame is displayed,
The process proceeds to step S21 in the flowchart of the document editing process operation shown in FIG.

In step S21, the document editing means 5 refers to the frame data table 8 to obtain the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number. In step S22, frame coordinate data is obtained for all frames other than the obtained frame. Then, the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number is compared with other frame coordinate data, and the existence of a frame overlapping the Pos-th frame is checked. In step S23, as a result of the comparison, it is determined whether or not there is a frame overlapping the Pos-th frame. As a result, if there is an overlapping frame, the process proceeds to step S24; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S27.

In step S24, the frame data table 8
Is referred to, and the overlapping frame is
In addition, a frame having a higher frame priority than the Pos-th frame is searched. In step S25, as a result of the search, it is determined whether or not there is a frame having a higher frame priority than the Pos-th frame. As a result, if there is, the process proceeds to step S26;
Proceed to 27. In step S26, the frames displayed above the Pos-th frame because the frame priority is higher than the Pos-th frame and the display order of the documents in the frame are changed to the Pos-th frame and the documents in the frame. An instruction to lower the order is notified to the layer means. As a result, the Pos-th frame and the document in that frame can be displayed at the uppermost position. Step S27
Then, the display processing means 7 causes the rectangle having the dimension based on the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number acquired in step S21 to be positioned at the position based on the frame coordinate data from the other frames and the documents in the frame. Is also displayed above. After that, the process proceeds to step S6 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.

The change of the display order of the frame and the document by the layer means is a general technique, and is not directly connected to the gist of the present embodiment, so that the description is omitted.

As a result of the above-described processing, it is assumed that a frame 25 surrounding the document "frame 1" is first selected and displayed in FIG. In that case, the frame 25 is a frame 26 surrounding the document “frame 2”.
It is assumed that the frame priority is higher than the frame priority. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the document “frame 1” and the frame 25 are displayed at the uppermost position.

In this state, if the user operates the "↓" key to select the frame 26 surrounding the document "Frame 2", the frame 26 has a lower frame priority, and the layer means is notified of the change in the display order. Is done. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11B, the document “frame 2” and the frame 26 are displayed above the document “frame 1” and the frame 25. Therefore, even when a frame overlapping and displayed on the lower side is selected, the content of the selected frame can be confirmed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a frame is selected from the frame selection list 12, there is an overlapping frame overlapping the selected frame with reference to the frame data table 8. When the frame priority is lower than the overlapping frame, the layer means provided in the document editing means 5
A command to display the selected frame and the document in the selected frame at the top is issued.

Therefore, the user can know which of the overlapping frames is selected from the display contents in the frames, and can easily determine whether or not the frame selection is correct.

In the above-described embodiment, the Pos-th frame is displayed once in step S5 of the document editing process shown in FIG. 3, and then the process proceeds to the document editing process shown in FIG. Are changed and the Pos-th frame is displayed again. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By shifting from step S4 of the document editing process shown in FIG. 3 to the document editing process shown in FIG. 10, Pos whose display order is changed from the beginning is changed. There is no problem if the third frame is displayed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the object in the frame is a "character string" is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the "character string". "Illustrations" and "videos" can be used.

<Third Embodiment> As described above, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, most of the selected frame 21 and the document "frame 2" surrounded by the frame 21 Is outside the display screen 22 and cannot be seen, it is difficult for the user to determine whether the frame has been correctly selected. Therefore, in the present embodiment, this problem is dealt with as follows.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the document editing processing operation in this embodiment. However, the same steps as those in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. 3 are omitted. FIG. 13 shows a change in the display state when the frame 28 surrounding the document “frame 2” that is partially outside the display screen 29 is selected. Hereinafter, the document editing processing operation according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. However, also in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the storage means 4 stores the frame data table 8 shown in FIG.

Steps S1 to S5 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
The number N of frames is obtained, a frame selection list 12 and a [frame determination] button 13 are displayed, the variable Pos is initialized to “0”, and P
A cursor is displayed on the os-th list item, and a Pos-th frame is displayed. Thus, when the first frame is displayed,
Step S31 in the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
Proceed to.

In step S31, the document editing means 5 refers to the frame data table 8 to obtain the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number. In step S32, P
The frame coordinate data of the os-th frame number is compared with the coordinates on the display screen of the CRT 6 to check whether all the Pos-th frames are displayed. In step S33, as a result of the comparison, P
It is determined whether or not all the os-th frames are displayed.
As a result, if all are displayed, the process proceeds to step S35, and if not, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, an instruction to scroll the display contents to display the Pos-th frame and all the documents in the frame on the display screen is notified to the scroll means of the document editing means 5. As a result, the Pos-th frame and all the documents in the frame can be displayed. In step S35, the display processing means 7 displays a rectangle having a size based on the frame coordinate data of the Pos-th frame number acquired in step S31 at a position based on the frame coordinate data. In this case, as a result of scrolling by the scroll means, P
The os-th frame and all documents in that frame are displayed. After that, the process proceeds to step S6 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.

The scrolling by the scrolling means is a general technique, and is not directly connected to the purpose of the present embodiment, so that the description is omitted.

As a result of the above processing, in FIG.
First, it is assumed that the frame 27 surrounding the document “Frame 1” is selected and displayed. In that case, most of the document “Frame 2” is outside the display screen 29 and is not displayed.

In this state, when the "28" key is operated and the frame 28 surrounding the document "frame 2" is selected, most of the frame 28 is outside the display screen 29, so that the scroll means All indications are notified. As a result, the display content is automatically scrolled, and as shown in FIG. 13B, all of the document “Frame 2” and the frame 28 are displayed on the display screen. Therefore, even when a frame outside the display screen 29 is selected, the contents of the selected frame can be confirmed.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a frame is selected from the frame selection list 12, the entire selected frame is displayed on the display screen 29 with reference to the frame coordinate data of the frame data table 8. Find out if you are in. When a part of the selection frame is outside the display screen 29, the scroll screen provided in the document editing means 5 is displayed on the display screen 29 so that the entire selection frame is displayed on the display screen 29. The command to scroll is issued.

Therefore, the user can display the display screen 29
Even if you select a frame outside of, you can know the contents of the frame,
It is possible to easily determine whether or not the frame is selected.

In the above embodiment, the Pos-th frame is displayed once in step S5 of the document editing process shown in FIG. 3, and then the process shifts to the document editing process shown in FIG. 12 to scroll the display screen. Then, the Pos-th frame is displayed again. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By shifting from step S4 of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. 3 to the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
There is no problem if the os-th frame is displayed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the object in the frame is a "character string" is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the "character string". "Illustrations" and "videos" can be used.

<Fourth Embodiment> This embodiment relates to the selection and new insertion of a frame in a document in which various types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are set.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a frame data table 31 in which the frame number, frame coordinate data, frame priority, frame type and the like of each frame in the document are tabulated and stored in the storage means 4. FIG. 15 shows input processing means 3, storage means 4, document editing means 5, and display processing means 7 under the control of CPU 1.
6 is a flowchart of a document editing process operation executed by the program. 16 to 19 show the transition of the display example by the CRT 6 in the present embodiment.

On the screen shown in FIG. 16, the user presses a button 33 of the type of frame to be operated (“illustration” if the user wants to operate a picture, or “movie” if the user wants to operate a moving picture). Then the document editing process starts,
The screen changes to the screen of FIG. 17 through the following operations based on the above flowchart. Here, the user sets the [character frame] button 33
An example in which a is pressed will be described.

In step S41, the document editing means 5 causes the frame data table 3 stored in the storage means 4 to be stored.
1 is referred to, all the frame data items to which the data value “2” representing the frame type “character frame” is assigned are extracted, and a temporary character frame data table 32 for the character frame as shown in FIG. It is created and stored in the storage means 4. In this case, the character frame data table 32 is provided with a character frame number that sets the first character frame data item to “0”. The relationship between the type of the frame and the data value is set as shown in FIG.

In step S42, the number N of character frames already created is obtained by referring to the created character frame data table 32. In step S43, the storage unit 4
In the character string table for the frame selection list, the character string "new frame" and the character strings "character frame 1" to "character frame N" for the list items of the number N of frames following the character string are created. And
By the display processing means 7, a frame selection list 34 including a character string "new frame" and the above list items, and a [frame determination] button 35
Are displayed on the screen of the CRT 6. In step S44, the variable Pos indicating the cursor position on the frame selection list 34 is "1".
Is initialized to

In step S45, the display processing means 7 displays a cursor at a list item corresponding to the contents of the variable Pos in the frame selection list 34. In step S46, the frame coordinate data (X coordinate at the upper left of the frame, Y coordinate at the upper left of the frame, width of the frame, height of the frame) of the Pos-th character frame number in the character frame data table 32 is obtained. Then, the display processing means 7 displays a rectangle 37 having a size based on the acquired frame coordinate data at a position based on the frame coordinate data on the document editing screen 36 on the screen of the CRT 6. In the following, the above-described “displaying a rectangle representing a frame” may be simply referred to as “displaying a frame”. Thus, the screen of the CRT 6 is shown in FIG. 17, and the Pos-th frame currently selected is displayed, and the selected frame can be easily recognized by the user. Less than,
Wait for the next instruction (key input) by the user.

In step S47, it is determined whether the "↑" key or the "↓" key on the keyboard 2 has been pressed. As a result, if pressed, the process proceeds to step S48, and if not, the process proceeds to step S49. In step S48, the content of the variable Pos is decremented if the pressed key is the “↑” key, while the content of the variable Pos is incremented if the pressed key is the “↓” key. After that, step S
Returning to 45, the movement of the cursor in the frame selection list 34 and the display of the frame selected by the moved cursor are performed. The display screen of FIG. 18 is different from the display screen of FIG.
Twice, and the frame 38 of the character frame number 1 is selected.

In step S49, the "frame determination" button 35
It is determined whether or not is pressed. As a result, if the button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S50; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S54.
Proceed to. In step S50, it is determined whether Pos = 0, that is, whether the user has instructed the setting of a "new frame".
As a result, if Pos = 0, the process proceeds to step S51; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S52. In step S51, the document editing means 5 causes the frame data table 3 shown in FIG.
1, the frame number, frame coordinate data, frame priority, frame type, etc. of the new character frame are added, and the width 50 is added to the center position of the document edit screen 36.
Is used to set a character frame having a height of 50. In this case, “2” indicating a character frame is registered as the “frame type”. Also, a number giving the highest order is registered as the frame priority. Then, the display processing means 7 displays a new frame of the size at the position based on the added frame coordinate data. After that, the document editing operation ends. Then, the display screen of the CRT 6 returns to the state of FIG.

In step S52, the frame coordinate data of the (Pos-1) th character frame number in the character frame data table 32 is obtained. In step S53, as shown in FIG. 19, the tracker rectangle 39 indicating the movement / enlargement / reduction of the frame of the size based on the frame coordinate data is displayed by the display processing means 7 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed. After that, the document editing means 5 is instructed to put the (Pos-1) th frame in the frame editing state. By doing so, the frame 3 selected by the user
8 is ready for editing such as movement, enlargement, and reduction. After that, the document editing operation ends. Then, the display screen of the CRT 6 returns to the state of FIG. Note that the notification of the instruction of the frame editing state to the document editing unit 5 is a general technique, and does not directly relate to the gist of the present embodiment, so that the description is omitted.

In step S54, it is determined whether the "Esc" key on the keyboard 2 has been pressed. As a result, if the button is not pressed, the process returns to step S47, and “↑”
Wait until the key or “↓” key is pressed. On the other hand, if pressed, the document editing processing operation ends. And CRT
The display screen 6 returns to the state of FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
The storage means 4 stores "frame number", "X" for all frames in the document.
A frame data table 31 in which coordinates, “Y coordinates”, “width”, “height”, “frame priority”, and “frame type” are registered is stored. When the document editing process is executed under the control of the CPU 1, when the button 33 of the frame type displayed on the display screen is pressed, for example, when "character frame" is designated, a frame data table relating to the character frame is displayed. 31 is read out, and a character frame data table 32 is created. Then, a frame selection list 34 including list items “character frame 1” to “character frame N” and a character string “new frame” of all frames registered in the character frame data table 32 and a [frame determination] button 35 are set. indicate. Less than,
By the same processing as in the first embodiment, the selection and display of a frame and the instruction of the frame editing state are performed using the character frame data table 32.

At this time, when "new frame" is selected from the frame selection list 34, the frame data table 31 displays the frame number, frame coordinate data, frame priority, frame type (data value) of the new character frame. By adding “2”) and the like, a new character frame having a width of 50 and a height of 50 is set and displayed at the center position of the document editing screen.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even when a frame in a document in which various types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are set is selected, a frame data table dedicated to the specified frame type is selected. 32 and frame selection list 34
Is created based on the frame data table 31, and the target frame is selected by key operation based on these. Therefore, the target frame can be searched for from the types of frames to be edited, and various types of Editing of a frame in a document in which many frames are set is facilitated.

When a new frame is to be inserted, it is only necessary to first specify the type of frame by key operation, and then to specify “new frame” by key operation from the displayed dedicated frame selection list 34. There is no need to find and insert a frame that fits your needs from various applications and various files.
Therefore, a new frame can be easily inserted without a high level of experience and knowledge.

<Fifth Embodiment> This embodiment relates to changing objects in a frame in a document in which many types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are set.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the document editing processing operation in the present embodiment. However, the same steps as those in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. 15 are omitted. The storage means 4 stores a frame type operation table 41 including items of “frame type”, “frame type data value”, “change the above operation”, and “operation No.” as shown in FIG. It shall be stored.

Steps S41 to S43 in the flow chart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. 15 are executed to obtain the number N of frames of the specified type, and as shown in FIG. 42 and a [frame decision] button 43 are displayed. Then, step S in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
Go to 61. Then, in step S61, as shown in FIG. 24, the display processing means 7 displays [Change in frame] on the display screen.
Button 44 is displayed.

Thereafter, steps S44 to S47 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG.
Is executed, the variable Pos is initialized to “1”, the cursor is displayed on the Pos-th list item of the frame selection list 42, the Pos-th frame is displayed, and the “↑” key or the “↓” key is displayed. If not, the process proceeds to step S71 in the flowchart of the document editing process operation shown in FIG.

At step S71, it is determined whether or not the [change within frame] button 44 has been pressed. As a result, if the button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S72. If the button is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S49 in the flowchart of the document editing processing operation shown in FIG. In step S72, the frame type operation table 41 is referred to, and the “operation at the time of change” corresponding to the type of the target frame (character frame, illustration, etc.) is acquired. Here, when the frame type “character frame” is designated as shown in FIG. 24, “operation when changing” in the frame type operation table 41 is “set the edit mode to the character input / edit state”.
That is, the operation No “2” is obtained.

In step S 73, the document editing means 5 is notified of the instruction to execute the acquired “change operation”. Then, the "document editing means 5" executes "change operation" for changing the object in the currently selected frame. Here, in the case of this example, the frame type “character frame”
Is designated, the character input / change state is as shown in FIG. 25, and the state within the character frame can be immediately changed. The types of frames other than the “character frame” are shown in FIG. 26 for “decorative frame / background” and “illustration”, FIG. 27 for “deformed character”, and “moving image”, “animation” and “audio”. In the case of "", as shown in FIG. 28, a screen for easily changing the object in each frame is activated, and the object in each frame can be changed. After that, the document editing processing operation ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
“Frame type”, “Frame type data value”, “Change above operation”, “Operation N
o. "is stored in the storage means 4, and in addition to the frame selection list 42 and the [frame determination] button 43, a [change within frame] button 44 is displayed on the screen of the CRT 6. I do. Then, when the “change within frame” button 44 is pressed, the “operation at the time of change” corresponding to the type of the specified frame is acquired with reference to the frame type operation table 41, and the acquired The execution of the “change operation” is instructed to the document editing means 5.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even when an object in a frame in which a large number of various types of frames such as images, character frames, and moving images are set is changed, the type of the frame is changed by a key operation. The change operation within the frame can be performed by a simple operation of designating the change operation, and does not require advanced experience and knowledge.

[0080]

As is apparent from the above, the document editing apparatus of the present invention uses the frame selection list creating and displaying means.
A frame selection list composed of list items of frames in the document is created and displayed on the display means, and a graphic representing the frame selected based on the frame selection list is displayed in the document by the selection frame display means. When the selected frame is determined to be an editing frame, the editing frame setting means sets the frame in the document corresponding to the determined frame to an editable state, so that a document having a small frame or a large number of frames is set. Even when editing the middle frame, the target frame can be smoothly selected by a simple process of simply selecting from the frame selection list. At this time, the selected frame is displayed together with the document, so that even when the target frame is selected from the frame selection list, the size and position of the frame can be visually determined.

Further, when any one of a plurality of overlapping frames is selected, the document editing processing apparatus of the present invention causes the overlapping frame display setting means to send the selected frame and the frame to the layer means. If the user instructs to display the object inside the other frame and the object above the frame, even if the frame overlaps the frame, it is easy to determine whether the frame selection is correct or not from the displayed document in the frame. it can.

Further, in the document editing processing apparatus according to the present invention, when the whole of the selected frame is not displayed, the whole of the selected frame is displayed on the scroll means by the frame scroll instruction means. By instructing the scrolling of the display content as described above, even when a frame outside the display screen is selected, the displayed document in the frame can be known, and the correctness of the frame selection can be easily determined.

In the document editing apparatus according to the present invention, the frame type selection list creation / display means creates a frame type selection list composed of list items of frame types and causes the display means to display the frame type selection list. If the frame selection list created and displayed by the creation display means is composed of a frame list item corresponding to the frame type selected from the frame type selection list and a new frame designation item, an image, a character frame, Even if many frames of various types such as moving images are set, a target frame can be easily selected using a frame type selection list dedicated to the type of the selected frame.

Further, when the new frame designation item is selected from the frame selection list, a new frame of the selected type is set and displayed in the currently displayed document by the new frame setting display means. By doing so, there is no need to find and insert a frame suitable for the purpose from various applications and various files, and a new frame can be easily inserted without using advanced experience and knowledge.

Further, in the document editing apparatus according to the present invention, an in-frame change is designated by the in-frame change designation means, and the object in the selected frame is changed by the in-frame change setting means to the type of the selected frame. If a change operation is made in a changeable state by a change operation corresponding to the frame, a change in an object in the frame in a document in which many frames of various types such as images, character frames, and moving images are set can be changed by the input means. It can be performed by a simple operation of simply specifying the type and the change in the frame. Therefore, according to the present invention, the object in the frame can be changed by a simple operation without using advanced experience and knowledge.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a frame data table stored in a storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a document editing process operation executed under the control of a CPU in FIG. 1;

4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the CRT in FIG. 1 at the time of the document editing processing operation in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a CRT subsequent to FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a CRT subsequent to FIG. 5;

7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a CRT subsequent to FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a CRT when selecting overlapping frames.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example when a frame is outside the screen of the CRT.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a document editing processing operation different from FIG. 3;

11 is a diagram showing a display example of a CRT in a case where overlapping frames are selected by the document editing processing operation of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a document editing processing operation different from FIGS. 3 and 10;

FIG. 13 shows a CRT by the document editing processing operation of FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example when a frame outside the screen of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a frame data table different from that of FIG. 2;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a document editing process operation different from FIGS. 3, 10 and 12;

16 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the CRT in FIG. 1 at the time of the document editing processing operation in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a CRT subsequent to FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the CRT subsequent to FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the CRT subsequent to FIG. 18;

20 is a diagram showing an example of a character frame data table stored in a storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a frame type and a data value.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a frame type operation table stored in the storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a document editing processing operation different from FIGS. 3, 10, 12, and 15;

24 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of the document editing processing operation of FIG.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an editing screen when inputting / changing within a character frame is performed by the document editing processing operation of FIG. 23;

[Fig. 26] Input in decorative frame / background frame and illustration frame
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an editing screen when a change is made.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an edit screen when inputting / changing within a modified character frame.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an editing screen when inputting / changing a moving image frame, an animation frame, and an audio frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU, 2 ... Input means, 3 ... Input processing means, 4 ... Storage means, 5 ... Document editing means, 6 ... Display means, 7 ... Display processing means, 8, 31 ... Frame data table,
11 ... "frame selection" button, 12, 34, 42
... frame selection list, 13,35,43 ... [frame decision] button,
14, 36: Document edit screen, 15, 16, 18-21, 2
5 to 28, 37, 38: frame (rectangle), 17, 39: tracker rectangle, 32: character frame data table, 33
... frame type buttons 41 ... frame type operation table 44 ... [change in frame] button.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage device stores document data including various frames such as an image frame and a character frame input from an input device, and edits the stored document data by a document editing device. In the document editing processing device displayed by the display means, a frame selection list creation display means for generating a frame selection list including list items of frames included in the document data and displaying the frame selection list on the display means; Selection frame display means for displaying, by the display means, a graphic representing the frame selected based on the frame selection list in the document based on the document data; and selecting the selected frame as an edit frame by the input means. A document editing processing device, comprising: an editing frame setting unit that, when determined, sets a frame in the document corresponding to the determined frame in an editable state. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layer means for changing a display order of a plurality of overlapping frames in the document and the frame selected by the input means overlap. In the case of any one of the plurality of frames, the layer means displays the selected frame and the object in the frame above the other overlapping frame and the object in the frame. Edit processing device, which comprises an overlapping frame display setting means for instructing the above. 3. The document editing processing device according to claim 1, wherein a scroll means for scrolling the display content displayed by said display means, and the entire frame selected by said input means is displayed by said display means. A document edit processing device comprising: a frame scroll instructing unit that instructs the scrolling unit to scroll the displayed content so that the whole of the selected frame is displayed. . 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a frame type selection list creation display unit that generates a frame type selection list including list items of frame types and displays the list on the display unit. The frame selection list creation display means creates and displays a frame selection list including a list item of a frame corresponding to the type of frame selected based on the frame type selection list by the input means and a new frame designation item. When the new frame designation item is selected based on the frame selection list by the input means, a new frame of the selected type is set in the currently displayed document, A document editing processing device comprising a new frame setting display means for displaying on the display means. 5. The document editing processing device according to claim 4, wherein the in-frame change designating means is operated by the input means to designate an in-frame change; A document editing processing apparatus comprising: an in-frame change setting unit that, when specified, sets an object in the selected frame to a changeable state by a change operation according to the type of the selected frame.