JP3813305B2 - Document creation apparatus and storage medium storing program for realizing the same - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus that supports creation, editing, storage, and the like of a document by using a computer, and a storage medium that stores a program that implements the document creation apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the remarkable development of information processing technology, tools for creating, printing, distributing, archiving and other various document processing have been developed. Such tools are not only specialized for word processors but also inexpensive. High-performance personal computers and other general-purpose computers are being used.
[0003]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional word processor.
In the figure, a processor 71 is connected to a keyboard interface 73, a CRT interface 74, a printer interface 75, and an FD interface 76 via a bus 72, and to the keyboard interface 73, the CRT interface 74, the printer interface 75, and the FD interface 76. Are connected to a keyboard (KB) 77, a display (CRT) 78, a printer 79, and a floppy disk drive (FDD) (hereinafter simply referred to as "FDD") 80, respectively.
[0004]
In the conventional example having such a configuration, a document to be edited is stored in advance as a file (hereinafter referred to as “document file”) on a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as “FD”) mounted on the FDD 80. Is done.
When the FD is attached to the FDD 80, the FD interface 76 gives a notification to that effect to the processor 71 via the bus 72. When the processor 71 recognizes the notification, the processor 71 controls the FDD 80 via the FD interface 76 to read the list of documents stored in the FD described above, and converts the list of documents into a form 1 in a predetermined format. At the same time, the form 1 is given to the display 78 via the bus 72 and the CRT 74 (FIG. 11 (1)). Therefore, the list of documents described above is displayed on the screen of the display device 78.
[0005]
The operator designates a document to be edited or printed by operating the keyboard 77 among the documents included in the catalog of the documents. The keyboard interface 73 acquires information indicating the designated document (hereinafter referred to as “document identification information”) from the keyboard 77 and provides the document identification information to the processor 71 via the bus 72.
[0006]
The processor 71 controls the FDD 80 via the bus 72 and the FD interface 76 to read the document indicated by such document identification information from the FD described above, and the contents of the document are stored in the main memory (not shown). It is stored in a specific area (hereinafter referred to as “edit buffer”) (FIG. 11 (2)).
Further, the processor 71 is a pointer (hereinafter referred to as “first pointer”) indicating the first digit at which editing is to be started among the digits (characters and symbols) constituting the document stored in the editing buffer. ) Is set to a predetermined initial value (here, it is assumed that the beginning of the document is shown for simplicity) (FIG. 11 (3)).
[0007]
Further, the processor 71 sets the contents of the number of digits that can be displayed on the screen of the display device 78 adjacent to the digit indicated by the value of the head pointer in the document described above in a predetermined format. Convert to form 2.
Further, the processor 71 gives the contents of the form 2 and the pointer value to the CRT interface 74 via the bus 72 (FIG. 11 (4)). The CRT interface 74 converts the contents of these digits into a predetermined typeface and displays them on the screen of the display device 78. Among the digits displayed on the screen, the cursor is placed on the digit indicated by the pointer value described above. Is displayed. Therefore, the operator can confirm the contents of the document to be edited or printed.
[0008]
By the way, in the process of editing such a document, a process adapted to a command (for example, deletion or insertion) given by an operator is first performed in the above-described editing buffer contents at the digit indicated by the cursor. The contents of the editing buffer and the pointer updated as a result of the processing by the processor 71 are converted into the form 2 based on the procedure described above and displayed on the screen of the display 78. .
[0009]
That is, the edited text is appropriately displayed on the screen of the display 78, so that the WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) method editing can be performed on the desired document via the display 78 and the keyboard 77. The processor 71 appropriately performs document processing suitable for editing on the document stored in the editing buffer.
[0010]
For printing the document, the processor 71 converts the document into “form 3 adapted to the printing format” instead of the form 2, and the contents of the form 3 and the value of the pointer are replaced with the printer interface instead of the CRT interface 74. 75, which is similarly achieved, and is not directly related to the present invention, so the description thereof is omitted here.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional example, since the head pointer is automatically set to a value indicating the head of the document by the processor 71, for example, when the creation of the interrupted sentence should be resumed, the operator An operation to move the current cursor position to the cursor position at the time of the interruption must be performed.
[0012]
However, in order to move the cursor position in this way, the operator must operate the keyboard 77 while viewing the display on the display 78, and the processor 71 edits the screen of the display 78 to update the screen. Since it takes more time than the internal processing to update the buffer, the work efficiency is lower as the sentence size is larger.
As a technique for solving the above-described problem, control information indicating the position of the cursor is added to the FD when the document is stored in the FD, and the control is performed when a similar document is read out. There is a technique for automatically moving the cursor to a position indicated by information.
[0013]
However, when the document stored in the FD is reviewed at the time of creation, even if the above-described technique is applied, the display device 78 is useless that is not subject to the review. Similarly, since characters and symbols are displayed, the operator has to perform an operation of moving the current cursor position to a desired position.
[0014]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device and a storage medium that can quickly adapt editing of a document while flexibly adapting to the format of the document.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
FIG. First to third related to the present invention It is a principle block diagram of invention.
[0016]
First related to the present invention According to the invention, a document in which a specific code or a specific code string is added to a preset relative position with respect to a place where document processing is to be performed first and a document stored in the storage medium is stored from the storage medium. A reading unit 11 for reading, and when a document is read by the reading unit 11, a specific code or a specific code string added to the document is searched, and preset from the position of the specific code or the specific code string The starting point specifying means 12 for specifying the place where the document processing is to be performed first by tracing back the relative position, and the position specified by the starting point specifying means 12 among the documents read by the reading means 11 A document processing unit 13 is provided that performs document processing based on the WYSIWYG method after a part or all of the information is displayed on a display device.
[0017]
Second related to the present invention The invention of The first invention related to the present invention In a document creation device, for all of a specific code and a specific code string that can be added to a document stored in a storage medium, individually set relative positions are all or part of characters, lines, paragraphs, pages. It has a relative position database 21 registered in advance as an offset value, and the starting point indicating means 12 traces back the relative position registered in the relative position database 21 for the specific code or specific code string searched. .
[0018]
A third invention related to the present invention provides a man-machine interface related to the update of the relative position database 21 in the document creation apparatus related to the second invention related to the present invention. Plan A man-machine interface means 31 is provided.
FIG. 2 is a first principle block diagram of the present invention.
The invention according to claim 1 has a first attribute indicating that a part to be subjected to document processing first should be set in a unit of all or part of a page, paragraph, line, or character. And reading means 41 for reading a document stored in the storage medium from the storage medium, and whether or not the document read by the reading means 41 has the first attribute, and the result of the determination is true Sometimes interactive man-machine interface On the basis of the Of the document read by the reading means 41, and a starting point acquisition means 42 for acquiring a part which is shown in all or a part of pages, paragraphs, lines and characters and which should be subjected to the document processing first. The document processing unit 43 includes a document processing unit 43 that performs document processing based on the WYSIWYG method after displaying a part or all of the location acquired by the starting point acquisition unit 42 on the display.
[0019]
FIG. 3 is a second principle block diagram of the present invention.
The invention according to claim 2 has a second attribute indicating that the place where the document processing is to be performed first should be set at a place where a specific character or symbol row is arranged, and Reading means 51 for reading a document stored in the storage medium from the storage medium, and whether or not the document read by the reading means 51 has the second attribute, and when the result of the determination is true , Interactive man-machine interface On the basis of the A search key acquisition means 52 for acquiring a sequence of specific characters or symbols, a search for a sequence of specific characters or symbols included in the document acquired by the search key acquisition means 52 and read by the reading means 51, Among the documents read by the reading means 51, a starting point specifying means 53 for specifying a relative position preset with respect to the position of the particular character or symbol row as a place to be subjected to document processing first. The document processing unit 54 includes a document processing unit 54 that performs document processing based on the WYSIWYG method after displaying a part or all of the part specified by the starting point specifying unit 53 on the display.
[0020]
Claim 3 The invention described in claim 1 Or Claim 2 A program for causing a computer to function as the document creation apparatus described above is recorded and can be read by the computer.
First related to the present invention In the document creation apparatus according to the invention, the reading unit 11 adds a specific code or a specific code string to a preset relative position with respect to a position where document processing is to be performed first, and a storage medium. Is read from the storage medium. The starting point specifying unit 12 searches the document read in this way for the specific code or the specific code string described above, and sets the above-described preset relative relative to the position of the specific code or the specific code string. By tracing back the position, the location where the document processing should be performed first is specified. The document processing unit 13 displays a part or all of the document read by the reading unit 11 including the portion specified by the starting point specifying unit 12 on the display unit as described above, and then uses the WYSIWYG method for the portion. Document processing based on.
[0021]
In other words, the location where the document processing should be started or resumed is automatically identified, and the document is not displayed on the display unit until the identification is completed, thus improving the accuracy and efficiency of the document processing. It is done.
Second related to the present invention In the document creation apparatus related to the invention of The first invention related to the present invention In the document creation device, the relative position database 21 stores the relative positions set individually for all of the specific code and the specific code string that can be added to the document stored in the storage medium, such as characters, lines, paragraphs, It is registered in advance as offset values for all or part of the page. Furthermore, the starting point instruction means 12 traces back the relative position registered in the relative position database 21 for the searched specific code or specific code string.
[0022]
In other words, the location where editing should be flexibly adapted to the format and contents of the document based on the relative position registered in advance in the relative position database 21 is highly accurate and is automatically set. Document processing can be performed on the document.
In the document creation apparatus according to the third invention related to the present invention, the man-machine interface means 31 has a man-machine interface related to the update of the relative position database 21. Plan .
[0023]
That is, since the relative position change adapted to the format and contents of the document is appropriately performed in the course of document processing, a wider variety of documents are targeted for document processing than the document creation apparatus according to the second invention related to the present invention. .
In the document creation apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the reading unit 41 should set the part where the document processing is to be performed first in units of all or part of a page, paragraph, line, and character. A document having a first attribute indicating the fact and stored in the storage medium is read from the storage medium. The starting point acquisition unit 42 determines whether or not the document read by the reading unit 41 has the first attribute described above, and when the determination result is true, the interactive man-machine interface On the basis of the , A portion shown in a unit of all or a part of a page, a paragraph, a line, and a character, and a portion to be subjected to document processing first is obtained. As described above, the document processing unit 43 displays a part or all of the document read by the reading unit 41 including the portion acquired by the starting point acquisition unit 42 on the display, and then displays the portion in the WYSIWYG format. Document processing based on.
[0024]
That is, starting or resuming editing automatically asks the operator where the document should be edited before the document is unnecessarily displayed on the display, so the operator can be as accurate as intended. And is done efficiently.
In the document creation device according to the invention described in claim 2, the reading means 51 indicates that the place where the document processing should be performed first should be set to the place where the string of specific characters or symbols is arranged. A document having the second attribute shown and stored in the storage medium is read from the storage medium. The search key acquisition means 52 determines whether or not the document read in this way has the above-mentioned second attribute, and when the determination result is true, the interactive man-machine interface On the basis of the , Get a string of specific characters or symbols as described above. Further, the starting point specifying means 53 searches the document read by the reading means 51 for the particular character or symbol string, and sets a relative position preset with respect to the position of the particular character or symbol string. Is specified as the location where the document processing is to be performed first. The document processing unit 54 displays part or all of the document read by the reading unit 51 including the part specified in this way on the display, and then performs editing based on the WYSIWYG method at that part.
[0025]
That is, starting or resuming editing automatically asks the operator where the document should be edited before the document is unnecessarily displayed on the display, so the operator can be as accurate as intended. And is done efficiently.
Claim 3 A storage medium related to the invention described in claim 1 Or Claim 2 A program for causing a computer to function as the document creation device described in 1 is recorded, and can be read by the computer.
[0026]
This program can be distributed by being executed by a general-purpose or dedicated computer as a word processor or editor used for supporting creation, storage, distribution, printing, etc. of a document and recorded in a removable storage medium.
Therefore, a computer that reads and executes such a program from a storage medium according to the present invention is described in claim 1. Or Claim 2 This is a component of a document processing system to which the document creation device described in 1 is applied.
[0027]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. First and second of the present invention It is a figure which shows embodiment.
In the figure, components having the same functions and configurations as those shown in FIG. 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted here.
[0028]
The difference between the present embodiment and the conventional example shown in FIG. 10 is that a processor 60 is provided instead of the processor 71.
As for the correspondence relationship between this embodiment and the block diagrams shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the processor 60, the bus 72, the FD interface 76, and the FDD 80 correspond to the reading units 11, 41, and 51, and the processor 60 specifies the starting point. The processor 60, the bus 72, the keyboard interface 73, the CRT interface 74, the keyboard 77 and the display 78 correspond to the means 12, 53, the relative position database 21 and the starting point acquisition means 42, and the document processing means 13, 43, 54, man machine This corresponds to the interface unit 31 and the search key acquisition unit 52.
[0029]
FIG. First and second of the present invention It is an operation flowchart (1) of an embodiment.
FIG. First and second of the present invention 6 is an operation flowchart (2) of the embodiment.
Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. The first of the present invention The operation of the embodiment will be described.
[0030]
In the course of document processing that implements editing of a document that has already been read into the editing buffer (hereinafter referred to as “edit target document”), the processor 60 transmits any character or character from the keyboard 77 via the keyboard interface 73 and the bus 72. When a symbol is given, the character or symbol is edited after the document to be edited is read again from the FD (hereinafter referred to as “continue editing”).
(1) “control symbol” to be included in the place where continuation is to be carried out,
(2) An "inquiry symbol" that indicates that the inquiry at that point should be made prior to continued editing,
(3) “Search symbol”, which indicates that the part should be specified by a string search performed prior to continuing editing,
It is determined whether it corresponds to any of the above (FIGS. 5 (1) to (3)).
[0031]
Further, when the character or symbol described above corresponds to the “control symbol” as a result of the determination, the processor 60 indicates with the cursor based on the mode (either insertion mode or overwrite mode) at that time. This character or symbol (corresponding to “control symbol”) is inserted at the location of the document to be edited (FIG. 5 (4)). Therefore, the “control symbol” is included in the document to be edited as shown in FIG. 7 with hunting.
[0032]
However, if the above-described characters or symbols correspond to “inquiry symbols” or “search symbols”, the processor 60 adds “inquiry symbols” and “search symbols” to the control information of the document to be edited at that time. Is added (FIGS. 5 (5) and (6)).
Further, when the document to be edited is once saved in the FD and further read from the FD to the editing buffer, the processor 60 firstly describes the “control symbol” described above for the character and symbol strings stored in the editing buffer. Search processing is performed by using as a search key (FIG. 6 (1)).
[0033]
When the processor 60 recognizes that the “control symbol” is stored in the edit buffer in the course of such search processing, the processor 60 locates the edit buffer in which the “control symbol” is located (FIG. 8 (1)). ) Is set to the value indicating the head pointer (FIG. 6 (2)).
However, if the “control symbol” is not stored in the editing buffer, the processor 60 activates the file system to control the file (stored in the FDD) in which the corresponding editing target document is stored. Information is acquired (FIG. 6 (3)).
[0034]
Further, the processor 60 determines whether or not the above-mentioned “inquiry symbol” or “search symbol” is included in the control information (FIG. 6 (4), (5)). If both the results are false, the value of the head pointer is set as in the conventional example (FIG. 6 (6)).
However, if the “inquiry symbol” is included in the control information, the processor 60 first generates the form 3 indicating the inquiry of the page number and the line number, and displays the display 3 via the bus 72 and the CRT interface 74. The form 3 is given to 78 (FIG. 6 (7)). Therefore, the above-described form 3 is displayed on the screen of the display device 78.
When a page number and a line number are given by the operator operating the keyboard 77 in accordance with the form 3, the processor 60 takes in the page number and the line number via the keyboard interface 73 and the bus 72. . Further, the processor 60 sets the value of the head pointer to the value indicating the position (FIG. 8 (2)) corresponding to the head of the line indicated by the page number and the line number in the editing buffer area (FIG. 8). 6 (8)).
[0035]
When the “search symbol” is included in the control information described above, the processor 60 first generates a form 4 indicating a query for a character string to be a search key, and via the bus 72 and the CRT interface 74. The form 4 is given to the display 78 (FIG. 6 (9)). Accordingly, the above-described form 4 is displayed on the screen of the display device 78.
When a character string is given by the operator operating the keyboard 77 in accordance with the form 4, the processor 60 takes in the character string via the keyboard interface 73 and the bus 72.
[0036]
Further, the processor 60 performs a search process using such a character string as a search key for the edit buffer (FIG. 6 (10)), and the same character string is stored in the edit buffer in the course of the search process. Is recognized, the value of the head pointer is set to a value indicating the position of the editing buffer (FIG. 8 (3)) where the character string is located (FIG. 6 (11)).
However, if the character string is not stored in the edit buffer, the processor 60 sets the value of the head pointer in the same manner as in the conventional example.
[0037]
In addition, when the value of the head pointer is set as described above, the processor 60, in the same way as in the conventional example, displays the display buffer 78 via the bus 72 and the CRT interface 74 in the edit buffer area indicated by the head pointer. A string of adjacent characters and symbols of a predetermined size is given (FIG. 11 (4)).
[0038]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the editing of the editing target document is continued, the value of the head pointer indicates the desired area of the editing buffer before the display unit 78 displays a string of useless characters and symbols. Automatically set to the value.
Therefore, the above-described editing is continued more efficiently and reliably than the conventional example while flexibly adapting to the size and format of the document to be edited.
[0039]
In the present embodiment, it is sequentially determined whether or not the “editing symbol”, “inquiry symbol”, and “search symbol” are included in the editing target document. It may be determined whether or not it is included, and processing adapted to the result of the determination may be appropriately performed.
In this embodiment, the “control symbol” is set to either a visible character or a symbol. However, if the “control symbol” indicates a position in the document, for example, a control key is used. It may be “SOH”, “STX” or other control codes input by simultaneous keying, or a combination of a plurality of character codes or control codes.
[0040]
Furthermore, in this embodiment, the location where editing should be started is instructed by the operator as a combination of page numbers and / or line numbers, but for example, all or one of characters, lines, paragraphs, and pages. May be indicated as a combination of parts
In this embodiment, the search for the “control symbol” is performed starting from the beginning of the sentence. However, the starting point is not limited to the beginning of the sentence, and may be set at the end of the sentence, a predetermined line, paragraph, or any other location. May be.
[0041]
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the “control symbol” and the “search symbol” include only valid characters and symbols indicating the search key, but may include a wild card, for example.
Hereinafter, referring to FIG. Second of the present invention Embodiments will be described.
[0042]
The feature of this embodiment lies in the process in which the processor 60 determines the head pointer, and the hardware configuration is as follows. The first of the present invention Since it is the same as the embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here.
As shown in FIG. 9, the processor 60 should apply the head pointer to the head pointer when the head pointer should be set based on the above-mentioned “control symbol”, “inquiry symbol”, and “search symbol”. An offset table 61 is provided in the main memory in advance to give the contents of the correction calculation as an offset value in character, line, paragraph, and page units.
[0043]
Further, when the head pointer should be obtained based on the “control symbol”, the processor 60 sets “0” in the offset table 61 for the corresponding offset value for all characters, lines, paragraphs and pages. Therefore, the head pointer is applied as it is.
When the head pointer is to be obtained based on “inquiry symbol”, the offset value in the offset table 61 is “2” for characters and “0” for lines, paragraphs, and pages. Since it is set, the processor 60 corrects the value of the head pointer by adding “2” to the head pointer.
[0044]
However, when the head pointer should be obtained based on the “search symbol”, the offset value in the offset table 61 is “0” for characters, lines and pages, and “1” for “paragraphs”. Therefore, the processor 60 corrects the value of the head pointer to a value indicating the head of the paragraph following the paragraph indicated by the head pointer.
[0045]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the head pointer to be actually applied can be freely determined depending on whether the head pointer is obtained based on “control symbol”, “inquiry symbol”, or “search symbol”. Since the correction is made, it is possible to efficiently continue the editing operation while flexibly adapting to the format of the document and the procedure for creating the document.
[0046]
In the present embodiment, the contents of the offset table 61 are set in advance, but the contents of the offset table 61 are linked with, for example, the keyboard interface 73, the CRT interface 74, the keyboard 77, the display 78, and the processor 60. It may be updated as appropriate under the man-machine interface. In each of the above-described embodiments, the above-described document processing is performed by the program executed by the processor 60 in the word processor having the hardware shown in FIG. It may be configured as software executed by another general-purpose computer.
[0047]
【The invention's effect】
As mentioned above Book In the invention, the accuracy and efficiency of document processing can be improved while flexibly adapting to the document format.
Also, Book In the invention, document processing can be performed for various documents.
[0048]
further, Book In the invention , Editing is started or resumed with high accuracy and efficiency as intended by the operator while flexibly adapting to the document format.
Also , Book In the invention, Statement A document processing system to which the document creation apparatus is applied is constituted by a computer.
[0049]
Therefore, in the document processing system to which these inventions are applied, the reliability and working environment related to the suspension and resumption of document processing are improved, and the man-hour required for the document processing is greatly reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
[Figure 1] First to third related to the present invention It is a principle block diagram of invention.
[Figure 2] First of the present invention It is a principle block diagram of.
[Fig. 3] Second of the present invention It is a principle block diagram of.
[Fig. 4] First and second of the present invention It is a figure which shows embodiment.
[Figure 5] First and second of the present invention 5 is an operation flowchart (1) of the embodiment.
[Fig. 6] First and second of the present invention 5 is an operation flowchart (2) of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document including a control symbol.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a document on an editing buffer and a head pointer.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an offset table.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional word processor.
FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of a conventional word processor.
[Explanation of symbols]
11, 41, 51 Reading means
12, 53 Origin specifying means
13, 43, 54 Document processing means
21 Relative position database
31 Man-machine interface means
41 Starting point acquisition means
52 Search key acquisition means
60,71 processor
61 Offset table
72 bus
73 Keyboard interface
74 CRT interface
75 Printer interface
76 FD interface
77 Keyboard (KB)
78 Display (CRT)
79 Printer
80 Floppy disk drive (FDD)

Claims (3)

A document having a first attribute indicating that a part to be subjected to document processing first should be set for all or part of a page, paragraph, line, or character, and stored in a storage medium Reading means for reading from the storage medium;
It is determined whether or not the document read by the reading means has the first attribute, and when the determination result is true, based on the interactive man-machine interface , the page, the paragraph, Starting point acquisition means for acquiring a portion that is shown in the unit of all or part of the line and the character and that should be subjected to document processing first;
Document processing means for displaying a part or all of the document read by the reading means including the part acquired by the starting point acquisition means on a display unit, and then performing document processing based on the WYSIWYG method on the part. A document creation device characterized by comprising. A document having a second attribute indicating that a part to be subjected to document processing first should be set to a part where a specific character or symbol string is arranged, and a document stored in a storage medium is Reading means for reading from the storage medium;
It is determined whether or not the document read by the reading means has the second attribute. When the determination result is true, the specific character or symbol is determined based on an interactive man-machine interface. Search key acquisition means for acquiring a column of
A specific character or symbol string included in the document acquired by the search key acquiring unit and read by the reading unit is searched, and the predetermined position is set with respect to the position of the specific character or symbol column. Starting point specifying means for specifying a relative position as a place where document processing should be performed first;
Document processing means for performing document processing based on the WYSIWYG method on a part or all of the document read by the reading means, including a part specified by the starting point specifying means, on a display. A document creation device characterized by comprising.   A storage medium in which a program that causes a computer to function as the document creation device according to claim 1 is recorded and is readable by the computer.

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