JP4399296B2 - DTP data editing system, DTP data editing method, and DTP data editing program - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a DTP data editing system, a DTP data editing method, and a DTP data editing program. More specifically, text data such as letters and numbers and / or image data such as pictures and photos are laid out at predetermined positions. The present invention relates to a DTP data editing system, a DTP data editing method, and a DTP data editing program capable of extracting only necessary data from DTP data such as pamphlets and catalogs created to create a database.

  Currently, printed materials such as brochures and catalogs are generally created by a computer system equipped with so-called “DTP (Desk Top Publishing) software”. As a specific creation work of printed materials such as brochures and catalogs using them, first, the size of paper to be printed such as A4 plate or B5 plate is designated in advance. Then, a page is created by sequentially laying out characters, symbols, and the like indicating information on the product such as the product image, product name, price, and size on the displayed screen. The data created in this way can be output as a plate-making film as it is. Typical DTP software includes, for example, “QuarkXPress” from Quark, “PageMaker”, “InDesign” from Adobe Systems, and the like.

  The typesetting data created for printing pamphlets, catalogs, etc. is created after the first school, re-school, re-school, and school completion, and is created with enormous labor, labor, and time. The data at the time of initial submission and the data at the end of school / printing are usually changed due to changes in the plan and corrections such as mistakes in the meantime, and the contents usually differ from the original manuscript. . Therefore, since the data at the time of completion / printing is the most reliable data at that time, there is a great demand for reusing this data.

  For example, nowadays, the spread of personal computers to general households has progressed, and the network infrastructure has been further expanded, so that anyone can enjoy the so-called “Internet shopping” of “buying things on the Web”. Yes. Along with this, buying and selling of products using the Web has become one market that generates large profits for each company and each manufacturer. Currently, companies that target individual consumers, such as mail order companies, department stores, travel agencies, etc., provide a large amount of printed materials to purchasers using a huge budget for sales promotion such as introducing their own products, introducing events, etc. If the information can be quickly released on the Web and distributed to consumers, it will be possible to further increase profits in combination with PR on paper media. Therefore, there is a demand for building a Web page in as short a time as possible by reusing highly reliable data at the time of completion / printing created by DTP software.

  In order to respond to this demand, a technique has been introduced in which data at the time of submission is separately tagged and a character string is extracted in an arbitrary form with the tag as a mark at the end of school. However, new work such as tagging and tag management at the time of formatting that has never been done in the field will cause confusion, and incorrect tagging may cause loss of data reliability. There was a problem that means and purpose were reversed, such as taking time. Therefore, although it is extremely primitive, the current situation is that the necessary data can only be cut and pasted from the data at the time of school completion / printing and reused. However, it is difficult to reuse the original cut-and-paste from the viewpoint of cost effectiveness, and it is published on the Web one month after the printed material is distributed in terms of time series effect. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to reflect the data previously disclosed on the Web on the printed matter.

In order to solve such a problem, for example, a technique has been proposed that makes it possible to cut out a part of an image of a certain product laid out within one page and a character layout while maintaining the appearance of the layout. (Patent Document 1).
In addition, a predetermined placement frame is selected from a plurality of placement frames provided in a document that is DTP data, the size of the text box or the image box arranged in the placement frame, the product name, By associating the product number etc. into a key box, searching the text box in each placement frame based on that key box, recognizing what the item is, and reading the text data in the text box by item An editing method for creating a database has been proposed (Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-31212 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-86013

Primitive cut-and-paste that cuts and pastes the necessary data from the data at the time of completion / printing and reuses it, as mentioned above, from the point of cost-effectiveness in catalog magazines with nearly 1,000 pages. Is not practical at all in terms of time-series effects.
In addition, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is to extract from a document while maintaining the appearance of some product images and character layout, and select text data in the document (DTP data). It cannot be extracted.
On the other hand, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 can select and extract text data in a document (DTP data) for each item. For example, it introduces many different types of items over nearly 1,000 pages. A general catalog for mail order has a variety of layouts for each page, and because the item names to be displayed and the size and position of text boxes are diverse, erroneous text data is read out during data extraction. There is a risk that. Accordingly, it is necessary to check whether or not the text data is correctly read out. However, since the check is a repetition of similar data such as the product name, price, size, etc., the checking operation is not easy.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a DTP data editing system, a DTP data editing method, and a DTP data editing program capable of efficiently extracting only necessary data from DTP data such as pamphlets and catalogs. .
It is another object of the present invention to provide a DTP data editing system, a DTP data editing method, and a DTP data editing program capable of easily confirming whether text data is correctly extracted and correcting erroneous data. Objective.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention according to claim 1 is directed to a DTP such as a pamphlet or a catalog created by laying out text data such as letters and numbers and image data such as pictures and photos at predetermined positions. In a DTP data editing system that extracts only necessary data from the data and creates a database, text data and additional data indicating attributes such as position information, font, size, and color attached to the text data are selectively extracted from the DTP data Data selection and extraction means, and data selection and extraction means based on an item database in which text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, and color indicate items such as product names and prices For each item, specify in advance the attribute of the text data. The item symbol assigning means for assigning the assigned item symbol, and grouping the text data based on the item symbol given to the text data, and grouping the text data not included in the predetermined group separately Grouping means, color designation means for designating a display color for each group so as to display text data included in the group in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping means, and text It is characterized by comprising display output means for displaying and printing the text data in the color designated by the color designation means at the position where the text data was laid out based on the position information attached to the data.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the DTP data editing system according to the first aspect, the data selection / extraction means includes the file name of the laid out image data and the laid out image data. Additional information such as position information and size at the position where the given image data is to be arranged is further selected and extracted, and the grouping means is a predetermined item name, position information, etc. included in the text data. characterized by comprising been configured to group including the information and the image data associated by comparing the predetermined information such as the file name and location information of the image data further.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 3 is the DTP data editing system according to claim 2, wherein the display output means includes the file name of the image data extracted by the data selection extraction means, and the layout. Based on the position information and size at the position where the image data given to the image data is to be arranged, the size of the image at the position where the image should be laid out together with the file name of the image data It is further configured to display and print with a frame line.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention according to claim 4 is the DTP data editing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the text data is extracted for each grouped group. It further comprises an extraction means.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 5 further comprises database creation means for creating a database based on the extracted text data in the DTP data editing system according to claim 4. It is characterized by.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention according to claim 6 is a DTP such as a pamphlet or a catalog created by laying out text data such as letters and numbers and image data such as pictures and photos at predetermined positions. In the DTP data editing method for extracting only necessary data from the data and creating a database, the data selection / extraction means adds the text data from the DTP data and the attributes such as font, size, color, etc. attached to the text data and text data A data selection and extraction step for selecting and extracting data, and an item database in which the item symbol assigning means associates in advance with which item the text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, etc. indicates the item name, price, etc. Text from the text data attributes extracted by the data selection extraction step based on And Symbol imparting step of imparting a pre-specified item symbols for each item against over data, grouping means with groups the text data based on the Symbol assigned to the text data, a predetermined group A grouping step for grouping text data that was not incorporated into the group separately, and a color designation means displaying the text data contained in the group in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping step In this way, the color designation step for designating the display color for each group, and the display output means displays the text data in the color designated by the color designation step at the position where the text data was laid out based on the positional information attached to the text data. and, characterized in that it is configured to include a display output step of printing To.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the DTP data editing method according to the sixth aspect, the data selection and extraction step includes the file name of the laid out image data and the laid out image data. The data selection / extraction means is further configured to selectively extract additional information such as position information and size at a position where the given image data is to be arranged, and the grouping step includes a product name included in the text data, by comprising been configured to group including further grouping means associated image data is compared with a predetermined information such as file name and location information of the predetermined information and the image data such as position information Features.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 8 is the DTP data editing method according to claim 7, wherein the display output step includes a file name of image data extracted by the data selection extracting means, a layout, Based on the position information and size at the position where the image data assigned to the image data should be placed, the display output means together with the file name of the image data, the size that the image occupies at the position where the image should be laid out It is further configured to display and print with a frame line.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention according to claim 9 is the DTP data editing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the data extraction means is text data for each grouped group. The method further comprises a data extraction step for extracting .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 10 is the DTP data editing method according to claim 9, further comprising a database creating step in which the database creating means creates the database based on the extracted text data. It is characterized by comprising.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention according to claim 11 is a pamphlet, a catalog or the like created by laying out text data such as letters and numbers and / or image data such as pictures and photos at predetermined positions. In a DTP data editing program that extracts only necessary data from the DTP data and creates a database, the computer indicates text data from the DTP data and attributes such as font, size, color, etc. associated with the text data. Data selection / extraction means for selecting and extracting additional data, and data selection based on an item database in which text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, etc. indicate items such as product name and price From the text data attribute extracted by the extraction means to the text data Then, an item symbol assigning unit that assigns an item symbol designated in advance for each item, and the text data is grouped based on the item symbol assigned to the text data, and the text that has not been incorporated into the predetermined group Specify the display color for each group so that the text data contained in the group is displayed in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping means and the grouping means for grouping the data separately. DTP for displaying the text data in the color designated by the color designating means at the position where the text data was laid out based on the position information attached to the text data, and functioning as a display output means for printing. Provide a data editing program.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 12 is the DTP data editing program according to claim 11, wherein the data selection / extraction means is used for the file name of the layout image data and the layout image data. Additional information such as position information and size at the position where the given image data is to be arranged is further selected and extracted, and the grouping means includes predetermined information such as product names and position information included in the text data. characterized by comprising form configured to group including the information and the image data associated by comparing the predetermined information such as the file name and location information of the image data further.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention described in claim 13 is a DTP data editing program according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the data extraction means extracts text data for each grouped group, and Further, it is further characterized by functioning as a database forming means for creating a database based on the extracted text data.

According to the DTP data editing system, the DTP data editing method, and the DTP data editing program according to the present invention, the predetermined items included in the DTP data are grouped by the additional data such as the attribute of the text data. This has the effect of preventing mistakes.
In addition, when the grouping is wrong, the data is displayed in different colors, so that there is an effect that it is obvious at a glance which data is not properly grouped. Therefore, if this is used for calibration, there is an effect that calibration work can be easily performed in a very short time.
Furthermore, there is an effect that only necessary text data can be collected from the DTP data and can be reliably databased. The text data extracted in this way can be easily converted into a Web data format such as XML or HTML, so that it can be used on the Internet between the completion of DTP data and the completion of catalog printing. It becomes possible to provide.

  First, pamphlets and catalogs are usually created by general DTP software, and the DTP data 3 created by these DTP software is composed of text data 6 such as letters and numbers as shown in FIG. It is created by laying out image data 7 such as a picture and a photograph at predetermined positions. The general DTP software currently used can create data in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format. EPS format data is formed with each character / image part (object) having its own position (coordinate position in the page) as an absolute value and a list of its own roles. Yes. In other words, you are yourself how many millimeters from the top and how many millimeters from the right you have your own size and color information. The EPS format data created by each DTP software is not necessarily the same, but basically has the above-mentioned position information, attribute information such as font and color. The DTP data editing system, the DTP data editing method, and the DTP data editing program according to the present invention use this information.

  The DTP data editing system, DTP data editing method, and DTP data editing program according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a DTP data editing system according to the present invention. The DTP data editing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 roughly includes data selection extraction means for selectively extracting text data 6 from DTP data 3 and additional data indicating attributes such as position information, font, size and color associated with the text data. 10 and an item database 22 (hereinafter referred to as “item DB 22”) in which the text data 6 having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, and the like indicates which item such as product name and price is shown in advance. ) Based on the attribute of the text data 6 extracted by the data selection and extraction means 10, an item symbol assigning means 50 for assigning an item symbol designated in advance for each item to the text data 6, and the text data 6 The text data 6 is grouped based on the assigned item symbols, The grouping means 20 for grouping the text data 6 that has not been included separately separately, and the text data 6 included in the group in different colors for each group grouped by the grouping means 20 are displayed. Thus, the color designation means 60 for designating the display color for each group, and the text data 6 is displayed in the color designated by the color designation means 60 at the position where the text data 6 was laid out based on the position information attached to the text data. Display output means 30 for printing, data extraction means 40 for extracting the text data 6 for each grouped group, and database forming means 70 for creating the database 5 based on the extracted text data 6. Configured.

  The illustrated DTP data editing system 1 is configured by installing a program for realizing each means described later on a so-called general-purpose computer. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a general-purpose computer 100 serving as the basis of the DTP data editing system 1 includes a central processing unit 101 that processes and operates data according to a predetermined program, and an internal storage that stores programs and data. A device 103; an external storage device 105 readable / writable to a recording medium such as FD, MO, and DVD; an input device 107 for a human to input data and work instructions; and a display device such as a monitor for displaying processing results 109. The computer 1 includes a microprocessor as a central processing unit 101, a semiconductor memory and a built-in hard disk as an internal storage device 103, a magnetic disk and an external hard disk as an external storage device 105, a keyboard and a mouse as an input device 107, and a CRT as a display device 109. It has a display. In addition, a printer 110 for printing a predetermined processing result is connected.

  The data selection / extraction means 10 includes text data 6 included in the DTP data 3 read by the input device 107 from the recording medium on which the DTP data 3 is recorded, and attributes such as position information, font, size, and color associated with the text data. Is selected and extracted. Here, FIG. 4 shows a part of the data structure of EPS data for DTP data 3, specifically, one page in a catalog created by “QuarkXPress” of Quark. EPS data created by other DTP software also has additional information having basically the same attributes, and the present invention is not limited to using only EPS data created by Quark's “QuarkXPress”. Needless to say. The illustrated DTP data 3 is a part of source data, and is recorded according to a procedure possessed by EPS (Encapsulated PostScript). Text data 6 such as characters and symbols to be displayed is indicated by ASCII codes, and image data 7 such as pictures and photos describes the file name of the image data 7 to be inserted. On the other hand, the DTP data 3 such as pamphlets and catalogs are created after several proofreadings of the typesetting data, but in principle the corrected data is added to the last line in EPS format data. To be recorded. However, since the position information at the position where the character is placed is added and recorded for each character, symbol, etc., even if it is described at the end of the data, the position where the character etc. should be displayed is specified from the added position information. Therefore, no problem arises. 3 shows an outline of one page of the catalog created by the DTP software, FIG. 4 shows the source code of the DTP data 3 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 shows the text data 6 in the source code of FIG. Indicates the part displayed in characters / symbols etc. that should be represented originally.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the text data 6 in the DTP data 3 is accompanied by position information indicating the position where the data should be displayed and additional data for designating attributes such as font, size, and color. The text data 6 is selected and extracted together with the additional data. The extracted text data 6 is recorded in an internal storage device 103 such as an internal memory. As a result, other unnecessary data such as the file name of the DTP data 3 and the header information 15 are removed.

The item symbol assigning unit 50 uses the data selection / extraction unit 10 based on the item DB 22 in which the text data 6 having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, and the like indicates which item such as product name and price is associated in advance. An item symbol designated in advance for each item is assigned to the text data 6 from the attribute of the extracted text data 6. As shown in FIG. 6, the item DB 22 designates what item it corresponds to the attribute of the text data 6 and is assigned a predetermined symbol corresponding to the item. For example, if the text data 6 has a “¥” symbol and the subsequent character is “number”, the data is determined to be “money”, and the symbol “| d” is preceded by the data. Insert (refer to the fourth line from the top in FIG. 8). Similarly, if the attribute that “●” followed by a character is “Gothic” is recognized, it is determined that the data described there is “content” and the data before The symbol “| g” is given to. Each of the above items is configured so that the item can be determined from two attributes, but of course not limited to this. For example, the text is a combination of “alphabet” and “number”, and the characters Is “gothic” and has a size of “10 to 12 points” and the color has an attribute of “red”, it is determined that it is a “product symbol” and the symbol “| a” is Items can be associated by specifying various attributes such as assigning.
In this way, the item symbol assigning means 50 designates an item for each text data 6 based on the item DB 22, and assigns a predetermined symbol before the data string.

The grouping means 20 groups the text data 6 based on the item symbol newly given in the text data 6 by the item symbol giving means 50, and the text data 6 that has not been incorporated into the predetermined group. Are grouped separately. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of items are introduced on one page of the catalog, and the item name, product symbol, price, size, color, description, etc. are described for each item. Product symbols are patterned. Accordingly, such data repeatedly appears in the text data 6 in the DTP data 3. Therefore, for example, it is assumed that at least the product name, product symbol, price, size, color, description, etc. are described before “| c”, which is the symbol of “product name”, before the next “| c”. Authorize as a group. By repeating this, grouping is performed. It should be noted that the items to be included in the grouping may be determined in advance and grouped accordingly.
Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the text data 8 that has been omitted from the item designation based on the item DB 22 is collected as “Unknown Datas” that is not applicable data. As shown in FIG. 8, grouping is performed by inserting blank rows into the data string.

  The color designation means 60 designates the display color for each group so that the text data included in the group is displayed in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping means 20. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a different color from “blue”, “yellow”, “red”, “peach”,. As a result, the text data included in each group is displayed and printed out in the designated color.

  The display output means 30 displays the display device in the color designated by the color designation means 60 at the position where the text data 6 was originally laid out as shown in FIG. 109, and the data is output to the printer 110 so that printing is possible. That is, since the text data 6 is accompanied by position information where the text data 6 is to be arranged, the text data 6 is displayed and printed in a state where it was originally laid out based on the position information. Here, since the text data 6 is displayed based on the position information, even if the text data 6 is not grouped into a group that should originally be included but is included in another group, the text data 6 Is laid out and displayed in the correct position to be displayed. However, since the data is included in a group different from the group that should be included, the displayed color is displayed differently. This will be described more specifically.

  FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the data arranged at the upper left in the layout diagram shown in FIG. In the text data 31 arranged in the upper left column, as shown in FIG. 8, “red” is designated as the display color by the color designation means 60 in this data. Accordingly, the product symbol, price, product name, size, etc. included in this group (group 31) are displayed or printed in red. However, “0 4200” (group 35) is grouped into “Unknown Datas” without being grouped into this group. As shown in FIG. 7, “Unknown Datas” is instructed to be displayed in “light blue” by the color designation means 60. Therefore, “0 4200” is displayed in light blue. In this way, when grouping, data leaked from the group is collected and displayed in different colors. Here, when grouping is performed such that “0 4200”, which is data unnecessary for database creation, is included in the group 31 that is a necessary data group by the grouping means 20, “0 4200” is “red”. Therefore, by removing it from the group 31, it is possible to include only data necessary for creating a database in the group 31.

  Conversely, if the text data that should originally be included in the group 31 has been included in another group, the data is displayed in a color other than “red”, so that it can be easily transferred to the correct group 31. Can be moved to. For example, if the “price” has been grouped in a group different from the group 31, the character “¥ 5,000” is displayed in a color other than “red” that should be displayed. You will notice it easily. Generally, when correction is performed at the calibration stage of the DTP data 3, the corrected data is added to the back side of the data and recorded, so that the corrected data may be included in different groups. However, according to the present invention, each group can be displayed and printed with a different color, so that the discrimination can be easily performed, the data can be easily corrected, and accurate grouping can be performed. it can.

  Furthermore, this means that it can be used very effectively for the calibration work of the DTP data 3. That is, the corrected DTP data 3 is generally recorded in a form in which the original data portion before correction is deleted and new data is added to the last portion. For example, when the “product name” is corrected, the data related to the original product name is deleted, and new data after correction is added to the last part and recorded in the internal storage device 103 such as a semiconductor memory. Therefore, if data is grouped by the grouping means 20 in this state, there is a high possibility that the data will be included in a different group without being grouped into the original group in a normal case. If the text 6 is layout-displayed / printed if it is included in a different group, the new data after correction will be laid out and displayed / printed at the correct position from the position information, but the group that is included is originally grouped Since it is different from the group to be done, the displayed color will be different. As a result, the corrected part becomes clear, so that the person in charge of calibration can easily confirm it. After confirming that the correction has been performed correctly, the corrected data may be moved to the correct position, and if it is grouped by the grouping means 20 next, it will be included in the same group, so the layout When displayed / printed, it will be displayed in the same color. Thus, if attention is paid to the difference in color, the changed part can be easily understood, so that the calibration work can be performed very easily and in a short time. According to this, what has conventionally taken 3 to 7 days to proofread a catalog magazine of about 1,000 pages can be completed in just one day.

  The data extraction means 40 extracts the text data 6 for each grouped group. That is, based on the screen displayed on the display device 109 by the display output means 30 or the print data output by the printer device 110, it is confirmed that the necessary text data 6 is properly grouped. If there is text data 6 that is not correctly grouped, it is moved to the correct position and the necessary text data 6 is collected. When it is confirmed that the necessary text data 6 is collected, the text data 6 is read in order and extracted.

The database creation means 70 creates the database 5 based on the text data 6 extracted by the data extraction means 40. That is, since the obtained text data 6 is provided with item symbols corresponding to predetermined items such as product symbols, prices, product names, sizes, etc., each text data 6 is organized based on the item symbols. Create a database.
In this way, the text data 6 extracted from the DTP data 3 can be easily converted into a Web data format such as XML or HTML (see FIG. 13). Of course, it is also possible to convert to a format that can be used by other application software, such as a CVS format.

  Next, processing of the image data 7 will be described. In the data selection / extraction means 10 described above, the file name of the laid out image data 7 and the position information and the size at the position where the image data 7 assigned to the laid out image data 7 should be arranged are also included. The additional information is further selectively extracted. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the image data 7 in the DTP data 3, the file name of the image data 7 and the position where the image data 7 attached to the laid out image data 7 is to be arranged. Is accompanied by additional information such as position information and size, and image information 15 such as tag information unique to the DTP software used, from which necessary additional data is selectively extracted. Specifically, for example, unnecessary data such as the file name, tag information, and header information of the DTP data 3 is removed.

The grouping means 20 compares the predetermined information such as the file name and position information of the image data 7 in addition to the predetermined information such as the product name and position information included in the text data 6, and related image data 7. Are further configured to be grouped. For example, paying attention to the group 23 shown in FIG. 8, information related to the image is described in the portion shown in the two rows in the bottom column of the group 23. That is, “034F65A.eps-Photo” and “034F64A.eps-Photo” are the file names of the images to be inserted, and “0144.43725, 0281.7354” and “0262.5808” added before that. , 04511.9805 ”is additional information indicating the X and Y coordinate positions of the two corners at the position where the image“ 034F65A.eps-Photo ”is to be displayed. The file name of the image data 7 includes “034” associated with “F47-034-65” below the item symbol “| a” which is the product symbol of this product shown in the sixth line from the bottom of the group 23. The number “65” is included, so that this image is associated with the group 23. In this case, the last two digits in the product symbol, the middle three digits, and the number in the file name of the image are compared, and if they are the same, the images are grouped together. If the product symbol and the file name of the image are correctly matched, the association can be made more accurately. Of course, the association is not limited to this, and various configurations such as associating the product name and other items with the file name of the image data 7 and the like can be made.
In this way, image data is also grouped at the same time.

  Further, the display output means 30 includes the file name of the image data 7 extracted by the data selection extraction means 10, the position information and the size at the position where the image data 7 given to the laid out image data 7 is to be arranged. Based on the above, the image data 7 is displayed together with the file name and displayed at a position where the image should be laid out with a frame line of the size occupied by the image. That is, when the text data 6 and the image data 7 are grouped by the grouping means 20, a unique display color is designated for each group by the color designation means 60. As shown in FIG. 11, the image data 7 is displayed in a state of a frame line having a size to be displayed at a position to be displayed based on the X and Y coordinate positions as described above. In addition, the frame line is displayed as a frame line of the color designated by the color designation means 60, and the file name of the image data 7 is also displayed in the frame. Note that the image data 7 that has not been grouped into a predetermined group by the grouping means 20 is grouped as “unknown data” as in the case of the text data 6 described above (FIG. 5). 7). The image data 7 classified into the non-applicable group is displayed with a broken line as a broken line. As a result, the image data 7 that is not correctly grouped is displayed with a different frame type and color, so that it can be identified very easily, so that the image data 7 can be easily moved to the correct group. .

  This indicates that it can be used very effectively for proofreading of the DTP data 3 as in the case of the text data 6 described above. That is, the image data 7 that has been modified such as replacement is recorded in a form in which the original data is deleted and the new data replaced is added to the end of the DTP data. For example, when “034F65A.eps-Photo” is corrected to “034F651A.eps-Photo”, the original data is deleted and new image data 7 after correction is added to the end of DTP data 3. To be recorded. Accordingly, if the data is grouped by the grouping means 20 in this state, the new image data 7 is not grouped into a correct group but is included in a different group. Then, when the image is displayed / printed with a frame line, the new image data 7 after correction is displayed / printed at the correct position where it should be originally placed, but the group is different, so the displayed frame line is displayed. The type or color will be different. Therefore, the correction part becomes clear and the person in charge of calibration can easily confirm it. After confirming that the correction has been performed correctly, if the corrected image data is moved to the correct position and then grouped by the grouping means 20, it is added to the same correct group and the same type. Displayed with a color border.

Next, the operation of the above-described DTP data editing system 1 will be described together with the operation in the DTP data editing method according to the present invention. FIG. 12 is a flowchart in one embodiment of the DTP data editing method according to the present invention.
In the DTP data editing method according to the present invention, first, the text data 6 from the DTP data 3 having the layout as shown in FIG. 3 and the attributes such as font information, size, color, etc. associated with the text data 6 are added. The additional data shown is selected and extracted (step S1). That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the text data 6 in the DTP data 3 is accompanied by position data indicating the position where the text data 6 should be displayed and additional data for designating attributes such as font, size, and color. The text data 6 is selected and extracted together with the additional data. Thereby, other unnecessary data such as the file name and header information of the DTP data 3 are removed.

  Next, the text data 6 having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, etc. is extracted by the data selection and extraction step (S1) based on the item DB 22 previously associated with which item such as the product name and price. From the attribute of the text data 6, an item symbol designated in advance for each item is assigned to the text data 6 (step S2). As shown in FIG. 6, the item DB 22 specifies what item it corresponds to the attribute of the text data 6 and is assigned a predetermined symbol. If it has a “¥” symbol and “number” thereafter, it is determined that the data is “amount”, and the symbol “| d” is inserted before the data. Similarly, predetermined item symbols are inserted into each data.

  Next, the text data 6 is grouped based on the item symbols given to the text data 6, and the text data 6 that has not been incorporated into the predetermined group is grouped separately (step S3). . As shown in FIG. 3, since item symbols are inserted based on the item name, product symbol, price, size, color, description, etc. of each item introduced in the catalog, for example, the symbol “product name” is “ The group from | c "to the next" | c "is recognized as one group. On the other hand, the text data 8 that does not correspond to the item designation based on the item DB 22 is grouped as non-relevant data “Unknown Datas” as shown in FIG.

  Next, the display color for each group is designated so that the text data 6 included in the group is displayed in a different color for each group grouped in the grouping step (S3) (step S4). As shown in FIG. 8, for example, a color different from “blue”, “yellow”, “red”, “peach”,... Is designated as the display color for each classified group, and the text data included in each group is designated. Display / print output is possible in the specified color.

  Next, based on the position information attached to the text data 6, the text data 6 is displayed at the position where it was laid out in the color specified in the color specifying step (S4) and printed (step S5). Since the text data 6 is accompanied by position information to place itself, the text data 6 can be displayed and printed in a state where the text data 6 is laid out at a predetermined position based on the position information. When the text data 6 is included in a group different from the group that should originally be included, the displayed color is displayed differently, so that the movement to the correct group is performed as necessary.

  Next, text data is extracted for each grouped group (step S6). Based on the output print data, it is confirmed that the necessary text data 6 is properly grouped. If there is text data 6 that is not correctly grouped, it is moved to the correct position and the necessary text data 6 is neatly collected. When it is confirmed that the necessary text data 6 is collected, the text data 6 is read in order and the necessary text data 6 is extracted.

  Next, the database 5 is created based on the extracted text data 6 (step S7). Since the obtained text data 6 is provided with item symbols corresponding to predetermined items such as product symbol, price, product name, size, etc., each text data 6 is organized based on the item symbol to form a database. To do.

Next, a method for processing the image data 7 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the image data 7 in the DTP data 3 includes a file name of the image data 7, position information at a position where the image data 7 given to the laid out image data 7 should be arranged, and Additional information such as size and image information 15 (see FIG. 5) such as tag information unique to the DTP software used are attached, and necessary additional data is selectively extracted from the image information 15 (S1).

  Then, predetermined information such as the file name and position information of the selected image data 7 is compared and related image data 7 is further grouped (S2), and the group is displayed by the color designation step (S3). A color to be specified is designated (S4). Then, based on the file name of the image data 7 extracted in the data selection extraction step (S1) and the position information and size at the position where the image data 7 assigned to the laid out image data 7 is to be arranged. Along with the file name of the image data 7, it is displayed and printed with a frame line of the size occupied by the image at the position where the image is to be laid out (S5). The image data 7 is grouped in this way. The image data 7 is displayed in a state of a frame line of a size to be displayed at a position to be displayed, and the frame line is displayed with a color frame line designated in the color designation step (S4). The file name of the image data 7 is also displayed in the frame. Note that the image data 7 that has not been grouped into a predetermined group in the grouping step (S3) is grouped as non-relevant data “Unknown Datas” (see FIG. 7). The image data 7 classified into the non-applicable group is displayed with a broken line as a broken line. As a result, the image data 7 that is not correctly grouped is displayed with a different frame type and color, so that it can be identified very easily, so that the image data 7 can be easily moved to the correct group. .

  All or part of the functions of each component of the DTP data editing system 1 according to the present invention may be realized using dedicated hardware, or may be realized in software by a computer program. Therefore, a DTP data editing program for causing a computer to function as the DTP data editing system 1 according to the present invention also belongs to the present invention. The processing procedure in the DTP data editing program is as described above, and its detailed description is omitted. The program can be recorded on a recording medium such as FD, MO, CD-ROM, DVD, or provided through a communication network such as the Internet.

It is a block diagram in one Embodiment of the DTP data editing system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram of the computer which comprises a DTP data editing system. It is a schematic diagram which shows one page with a catalog created by DTP software. It is a figure which shows the source code of the DTP data of FIG. It is the figure which displayed the applicable part among the source codes in FIG. 4 with a character etc. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of item DB. It is a figure which shows "Unknown Datas." It is a figure which shows the DTP data after grouping. It is the layout figure which displayed the text data in the state laid out based on position information. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of data arranged at the upper left in the layout diagram shown in FIG. 9. It is the layout figure which displayed the image data with the frame line of the state laid out based on position information. 5 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a DTP data editing method according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the state which converted the extracted text data into XML format.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 DTP data editing system 3 DTP data 5 Database 6 Text data 7 Image data 8 Text data 10 Data selection extraction means 15 Image information 20 Grouping means 22 Item DB
30 Display output means 40 Data extraction means 50 Item symbol assignment means 60 Color designation means 70 Database creation means

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DTP data editing that extracts only necessary data from DTP data such as pamphlets and catalogs created by laying out text data such as letters and numbers and image data such as pictures and photos at predetermined positions. In the system,
Data selection and extraction means for selectively extracting the text data and additional data indicating attributes such as the position information, font, size and color associated with the text data from the DTP data;
The attribute of the text data extracted by the data selection / extraction means based on an item database in which text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color and the like indicates which item such as product name and price An item symbol assigning means for assigning an item symbol designated in advance for each item to the text data,
Grouping means for grouping the text data based on the item symbol given to the text data, and grouping the text data not incorporated into the predetermined group separately;
Color designation means for designating a display color for each group so as to display text data included in the group in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping means; and
Display output means for displaying and printing the text data in the color designated by the color designation means at the position where the text data was laid out based on the positional information attached to the text data;
A DTP data editing system characterized by comprising: The DTP data editing system according to claim 1,
The data selection / extraction means further selects and extracts additional information such as a file name of the laid out image data and position information and a size at a position where the image data added to the laid out image data is to be arranged. And is configured to
The grouping unit further includes the related image data by comparing predetermined information such as product name and position information included in the text data with predetermined information such as a file name and position information of the image data. DTP data editing system characterized by comprising been configured to group. The DTP data editing system according to claim 2,
The display output means is based on the file name of the image data extracted by the data selection extraction means and the position information and size at the position where the image data given to the laid out image data should be arranged. The DTP data editing system is further configured to display and print the image data file name together with a frame line of a size occupied by the image at a position where the image is to be laid out. In the DTP data editing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A DTP data editing system, further comprising data extraction means for extracting text data for each grouped group. The DTP data editing system according to claim 4,
A DTP data editing system, further comprising database creation means for creating a database based on the extracted text data. DTP data editing that extracts only necessary data from DTP data such as pamphlets and catalogs created by laying out text data such as letters and numbers and image data such as pictures and photos at predetermined positions. In the method
And data selection extracting step data selective extraction unit selects extracts additional data indicating an attribute of the position information and font, size, color, etc. associated with the text data and the text data from the DTP data,
The item symbol assigning means is extracted by the data selection and extraction step based on the item database in which the text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color, etc. indicates which item such as the item name and price is pre-associated An item symbol assigning step for assigning an item symbol specified in advance for each item to the text data from the attribute of the text data;
With grouping the text data based on the item symbol grouping means is assigned to the text data, and grouping step of grouping together Separately text data that has not been incorporated into a given group,
A color designating step the color designating means for designating a display color for each group so as to display the text data contained in the group in different colors for each group grouped by the grouping step, and,
A display output step of displaying the output unit is displayed in the specified color by the color designating step in a position which has been laid the text data on the basis of the position information associated with the text data, printing,
A DTP data editing method characterized by comprising: The DTP data editing method according to claim 6, wherein
In the data selection and extraction step, additional information such as position information and size at a position where the image data assigned to the laid out image data should be arranged is selected as the data selection. The extraction means is further configured to selectively extract; and
The grouping step compares predetermined information such as product name and position information included in the text data with predetermined information such as a file name and position information of the image data, and groups the related image data. DTP data editing method characterized by comprising been configured as but further groups including. The DTP data editing method according to claim 7, wherein
The display output step is based on the file name of the image data extracted by the data selection and extraction means, and the position information and size at the position where the image data assigned to the laid out image data is to be arranged. The display output means is further configured to display and print the image data file name and a frame line occupied by the image at a position where the image is to be laid out, together with the file name of the image data. Data editing method. In the DTP data editing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8,
A DTP data editing method, further comprising a data extraction step in which the data extraction means extracts text data for each grouped group. The DTP data editing method according to claim 9, wherein
A DTP data editing method, further comprising a database creation step in which database creation means creates a database based on the extracted text data. A DTP that extracts text data such as letters and numbers and / or image data such as pictures and photos from the DTP data such as pamphlets and catalogs created by laying out them at predetermined positions to create a database In the data editing program,
Computer
Data selection and extraction means for selectively extracting the text data and additional data indicating attributes such as the position information, font, size and color associated with the text data from the DTP data;
The attribute of the text data extracted by the data selection / extraction means based on an item database in which text data having attributes such as a predetermined font, size, color and the like indicates which item such as product name and price An item symbol assigning means for assigning an item symbol designated in advance for each item to the text data,
Grouping means for grouping the text data based on the item symbol given to the text data, and grouping the text data not incorporated into the predetermined group separately;
Color designation means for designating a display color for each group so as to display text data included in the group in a different color for each group grouped by the grouping means; and
Display output means for displaying and printing the text data in the color designated by the color designation means at the position where the text data was laid out based on the positional information attached to the text data;
DTP data editing program to make it function. In the DTP data editing program according to claim 11,
The data selection / extraction means further selectively extracts additional information such as position information and size at a position where the image data assigned to the laid out image data should be arranged, and a file name of the laid out image data. And configured to
The grouping means further includes the related image data by comparing predetermined information such as product name and position information included in the text data with predetermined information such as a file name and position information of the image data. DTP data editing program which is characterized by comprising form configured to group. In the DTP data editing program according to claim 11 or 12,
Data extraction means for extracting text data for each grouped group, and
A DTP data editing program which further functions as a database creating means for creating a database based on the extracted text data.

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