JPH0793319A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the document processor on which the attribute of a print character can easily be set by providing character frame data with character attribute information which prescribes the font, dot meshing, etc., of the print character when document data are printed based on the character frame data regarding a format. CONSTITUTION:A user can set document character attribute data 23 in the document data 21 through a character modification control part 44 and can also set character frame modification data 28 in the character frame data 25 by a character frame modification control part 46. When character frame printing is instructed and one or both (together with priority) of the character frame modification data 28 and document character attribute data 23 are selected, a printing condition setting control part 50 sets the data 23 and 28 in print character attribute data 32 in printing condition data 31. A printing execution control part 51 prints a character frame based on the print character attribute data 32 and adds the character attribute to the print result. When test printing is instructed and the character frame modification data 28 are selected, the printing condition setting control part 50 sets the data 28 in the print character attribute data 32 in the printing condition data 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention comprises document data (character information to be printed) and character frame data (mainly data for designating a print position on a fixed form paper). The present invention relates to a document creation device that performs character frame printing that prints in correspondence with each other.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Fixed Format (Standard Form)
If you want to print multiple different contents, prepare character frame data for determining the printing position of characters on the format, and prepare multiple document data that are the contents you want to print. By performing character frame printing in which data and character frame data are associated with each other, it is possible to efficiently print a fixed form. Also, 1
Even when printing one content in many different formats, one document data and a plurality of different character frame data are prepared, and character frame printing is performed by associating the document data with each character frame data. Thus, it is possible to efficiently print the fixed form.

Regarding an editing printing apparatus having a fixed form printing function, character string data (document data), form data (character frame data), and fixed form are disclosed, for example, as in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-61756. In some cases, a fixed form format and a character string are superimposed and printed according to the format data to improve operability.

Further, as in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-39077, the area data (coordinates) of a slip and the attribute data of the area (for example, a department corresponding to a numeral input in the area). There is also a method in which characters are printed in a desired area on the slip based on the input data and the attribute (for example, the attribute for displaying / printing the name in the area).

Further, there is a form data output control system capable of creating a desired tabulation form by setting an address memory including ruled line attribute information and position information, as in the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-299729.

Further, as in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-233462, by storing the fixed format part and the input data independently, the format data and the format data can be printed in various printing modes according to the print designation. Some document processing devices can print document data.

By the way, there are cases where it is desired to emphasize a character by printing it by adding a character attribute (double-width, typeface, halftone, erased line, underline, italic, etc.) to the character to be printed.

Conventionally, in a document creating apparatus such as a word processor, in order to add a character attribute to a character to be subjected to character frame printing and print the data, the document data must also hold data relating to the character attribute. Printing was done based on the data.

In addition, before printing the document data together with the character frame data, it is necessary to confirm during the creation (editing) of the character frame data whether or not the position of the character designated by the character frame data is appropriate. In the test display and test print to be performed (this display / print is convenient because it is possible to confirm the position of the character by the character frame data even if the document data is not created), the document data is not taken into consideration. ,display·
It was not possible to give a character attribute to a character to be printed (this is called a test character; for example, it is displayed / printed as "1xxxxxx").

[0010]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technique, when it is desired to print a plurality of different contents in a fixed format (standard form), a plurality of document data have the same character attribute. Even in such a case, it is necessary to set data relating to the character attribute in each of the document data.

Further, when one content is printed in many different formats, the character attributes desired to be added to each format are not always the same.
For example, when printing in two formats with different character attributes to be added, it is necessary to prepare document data with different character attributes for the two formats.

Further, when performing test printing or test display, it is not possible to add a character attribute to the test character for printing / displaying, so that the print image after printing the character frame cannot be confirmed. This is a particular problem when the character press to be added is related to the character size (enlargement, etc.).

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the first object of the present invention is to set information (character modification data) on the attribute of a character in character frame data which is information on the format. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device capable of printing a character frame by using the character modification data of the character frame data.

A second object of the present invention is to enable printing / displaying by adding a character attribute at the time of test printing or test display by using the character decoration information of the character box data. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation apparatus capable of confirming a print image closer to a print image after printing a character frame.

A third object of the present invention is to provide the character decoration information of the character frame data and data relating to the character attribute of the document data (document character attribute data), wherein the character decoration information and the document character attribute data are included. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation apparatus which is provided with a means for inputting an instruction regarding which one of them is to be selectively used and which adds a character attribute based on the instruction.

[0016]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, at least storage means for storing data relating to characters or figures, and an output surface for outputting the characters or figures stored in the storage means. And output control means for outputting the character or graphic on the output surface based on the document data and the character frame data, and the data relating to the character or graphic is the character or graphic. In a document creation device having character frame data that defines a position to be output on the output surface and document data that includes data related to the character or graphic together with character attribute data that indicates the attribute, a character frame defined by the character frame data The character box decoration data relating to the attributes of the characters or figures stored in is stored in the storage means as a part of the character box data. That the character frame modification control means, a character or graphics is stored in the character frame may comprise a means for output to the output control means to impart attributes of the character frame modified data.

Further, it is possible to further include an instruction means for instructing whether at least one of the character attribute data and the character frame modification data is valid.

Further, when the attribute of the character frame modification data and the attribute of the character attribute data of the character stored in the character frame are inconsistent with respect to a certain character frame, the instructing means may:
It is also possible to provide means for instructing in advance which one is valid.

Further, based on only the character frame data, a test for outputting a predetermined character or symbol at a position on the output surface designated by the character frame data with an attribute based on the character frame modification data. Output means may be provided.

[0020]

The user creates document data that holds a character or a figure together with character attribute data indicating the typeface of the character or the figure and the attribute such as presence or absence of highlighting. It also creates character box data that holds the position at which a character or figure is displayed or printed, together with the typeface of the character or figure to be displayed or printed at that position, and character box modification data that indicates attributes such as the presence or absence of highlighting. I'll do it. When the user gives an instruction to print a character frame, a screen for selecting whether to print with a character attribute is displayed. When it is selected to print with a character attribute, the character attribute is added based on the character attribute data, the character frame decoration data, the character attribute data and the character frame decoration. A screen is displayed for selecting whether or not to give the data based on the data (the priority is also set in consideration of different settings for the same attribute item). Printing can be performed based on the attribute selected by the user on this screen.

Thus, when one document data is printed in character frames in a plurality of different formats (character frame data), when it is desired to change the attribute of the character to be printed for each format, each character frame data is changed. It is only necessary to have different character decoration data.

Character attribute data is different,
When multiple document data are printed using the same format (character frame data) as the character frame, if the character modification data of the character frame data is used for printing, the character attributes are unified in the same format. Printed.

On the other hand, when performing test printing, which is printing using only character frame data in the state where document data is not prepared, it is selected whether or not to add character frame modification data for printing. Is displayed, and printing is performed based on this selection.

Further, in the test display, the character frame decoration data is added and displayed.

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 1 is an input unit such as a keyboard for inputting characters and commands.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage unit such as a semiconductor memory or a magnetic storage device, which has document data 21 containing information of the document being edited, and character data 22 of the document, among them.
There are document character attribute data 23 which is information on the character attribute of each character, and document name data 24 which is given to each document when the document data 21 being edited is registered.

Further, the storage unit 2 has character frame data 25 which is information of a character frame, which is information of a position when performing character frame printing, in which the data to be printed in the character frame is stored. The character frame content data 26 that is information, the character frame position data 27 that is the position and size of the character frame, and the character frame that is the character attribute information that is added to the character when printing the character in the character frame. There are modification data 28 and character box name data 29 added to each piece of character box information when registering the character box data 25 being edited.

In addition to the above, the storage unit 2 further includes a registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 for storing the document data 21 and the character frame data 25 at the time of registration, and print condition data 31 for storing the conditions for printing. The print condition data 31 includes print character attribute data 32 that stores the character attribute to be added to each character when printing.

Next, 4 is a control unit such as a microprocessor for controlling the above-mentioned respective units. There is an edit control unit 41 for controlling creation and editing of various documents and character frame data. 41 includes a character control unit 42 that controls input and editing of characters, and a character frame control unit 43 that controls input and editing of character box information. In the character control unit 42, a character decoration control unit 44 that adds a character attribute to each character data 22 and sets it as the document character attribute data 23.
And the character box control unit 43 stores each character box data 2
5, there is a character frame position control unit 45 that sets the character frame position data 27, and a character frame modification control unit 46 that sets the character frame modification data 28 for each character frame data 25.

The edit control unit 41 also includes a display control unit 47 that controls the display unit 6 and a print control unit 48 that controls the printing unit 7. The print control unit 48 causes the user to specify the document data 21 and the character frame data 25 to be printed from the list and acquires them from the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30.
Then, a print condition setting screen is displayed to allow the user to set the print condition, and the print condition setting control unit 50 for setting the print condition in the print condition data 31, and the printing for printing based on the print condition data 31. There is an execution control unit 51.

Reference numeral 6 is a CRT for displaying characters, figures, etc.
A display unit such as a display. Reference numeral 7 denotes a printing unit such as a printer.

Next, the input method using the keyboard which is the input unit in the Japanese word processor of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The keyboard has a character key 81, a scroll key 82, a cursor key 83, an execute key 84, a cancel key 85, a character modifier key 86 for adding a character attribute to a character being edited, and a character frame being edited. There are a selection item matrix key 87 for selecting each item, a previous item key 88 for switching items, a next item key 89, a print key 90 for printing, and a registration key 91 for registration. Further, there is a display key 92 for performing a test display for confirming the print image while editing the character frame.

Next, the process of activating a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied to create, edit, and print a document or character frame will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the Japanese word processor is activated, first, the editing control unit 41 (see FIG. 1) is activated to perform the word processor basic editing process shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this process, the storage unit 2 other than the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 is initialized (step 10
1) Display the initial menu screen (Fig. 4) (Step 1
02), and waits for an editing instruction from the input unit 1 (step 10
3). When an editing instruction is input from the user, the type of this instruction is determined (step 104). If it is determined in step 104 that the new document creation is instructed, the initial processing of the new document is performed (step 105), and the document editing processing is performed (step 106). If it is determined in step 104 that the document update is instructed, the document name of the document in the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 is displayed (step 107), and when the user selects the document, the document is displayed. Is retrieved from the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30, the document data 21 is called (step 108), and document editing processing is performed (step 106). If it is determined in step 104 that the creation of a new character box has been instructed, the initial processing for creating a new character box is performed (step 10
9) The character box editing process is performed (step 110). If it is determined in step 103 that the character frame update is instructed, the character frame name in the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 is displayed (step 111), and when the user selects the character frame, that character frame is displayed. Registered document / character frame storage buffer 30
Is searched, the character box data 25 is called (step 112), and character box editing processing is performed (step 11).
0).

If it is determined in step 104 that printing is instructed, the registered document is printed or the character frame is printed (step 113). Also, the document editing process 1
When the character frame editing process 110 and the printing process 113 are completed, the initial menu screen (FIG. 4) is displayed (step 10).
Return to 2).

Next, the document editing process for the newly created document and the registered document will be described with reference to FIGS. The document editing process is performed by the character control unit 42 in FIG.

First, a document edit screen is displayed (step 1
21), and waits for an editing instruction from the input unit 1 (step 12
2). When there is an input instruction from the user, the type of the input instruction is determined (step 123), and when it is determined that the character key 81 has been input, the character input processing (step 12).
4) Input characters and display them (step 12)
After 1), the next input is awaited (step 122).

In step 123, the character modification key 86
If it is determined that the input has been input, character modification processing is performed (step 125), and if it is determined that the print key 90 has been input, print processing is performed (step 12).
6). When the processing of steps 125 and 126 is completed, the document edit screen is displayed again (step 121) and the next input is awaited (step 122). If it is determined in step 123 that the registration key 91 has been input, the document data 21 being edited is stored in the registered document / character frame storage buffer 3
A document registration process for storing in 0 is performed (step 127),
Finish document editing.

Next, the document modification process of FIG. 5 (step 12)
5) will be described using the flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. 6 and the explanatory view of FIG. 7. The document decoration processing is performed by the character decoration control unit 44 of FIG. First, the character to be modified is designated (step 131), and when this designation is completed, the character modification setting screen (FIG. 7) is displayed (step 13).
2) The input is awaited (step 133). On the character decoration setting screen (FIG. 7), it is possible to set character attributes such as typeface, character angle, halftone, underline, and double angle that can be added to the character data 22 (see FIG. 1). Therefore, when the user sets the character attribute to be added to the character specified in step 131 and inputs the execution key 84 (see FIG. 2) (step 134), the character input in step 133 is added to the specified character data 22. The attribute is added to the document character attribute data 23 (step 135), and the character decoration processing is ended. When the cancel key 85 is input on the character decoration screen (step 134), the character decoration process is terminated without doing anything.

Next, a character box editing process for editing the character box data 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. The character frame editing process is performed by the character frame control unit 43 in FIG.

First, the character box item setting screen (see FIG. 10)
Is displayed (step 141), and an editing instruction from the input unit 1 is waited for (step 142). Here, the type of input instruction from the user is determined by the cursor position at the time of input (step 143), and based on this determination, the character box content item setting process for changing the character box content data 26 (step 1
44), the character box position item setting process for changing the character box position data 27 (step 145), or the character box modifier item setting process for changing the character box modifier data 28 (step 1).
46) is performed. When the setting of each item is completed, the screen in which the contents are rewritten based on the setting is displayed again (step 141) and the next input is awaited (step 1).
42). The position of the cursor with respect to the item to be input can be changed by instructing the cursor key 83 and the scroll key 82 (see FIG. 2) in step 142 and performing the screen control process (step 147). Also,
If it is determined in step 143 that the print key 90 has been input, print processing is performed (step 148) and the display key 9
If it is determined that 2 has been input, a test display process for displaying a print image of a character frame is performed (step 149).
When these processes are completed, the character box item setting screen (Fig. 1
0 (see 0) is displayed again (step 141) and the next input is awaited (step 142). Registration key 91 (see Figure 2)
If it is determined that the character box has been input, character box registration processing for storing the character box being edited in the registered document / character box storage buffer 30 is performed (step 150), and the character box editing ends.

Up to now, the character frame editing process (see FIG. 8)
As shown in FIG. 9, only the character angle items can be set in each character frame as the character frame modification data 28. Therefore, the present invention displays an item setting screen for editing a character frame as shown in FIG.
In addition to the same screen as in FIG. 9 (FIG. 10A), the character attributes that can be set to the characters of the document as the document character attribute data 23 (see FIG. 1) at the time of document editing are displayed in the character frame. A screen (FIG. 10B) in which items are collected is prepared so that the modification data 28 can be set in units of character frames. By switching to this screen and setting items, it is possible to modify the characters displayed in the character frame in character frame units. When displaying and printing this character frame, the modification items set here It becomes possible to reflect the information of. In addition,
In FIG. 10, type, number, attribute, number of characters, character angle,
The character size is stored as the character box content data 26 of FIG. 1, and the position information and item length are the character box position data 2 of FIG.
It is stored as 7.

The screens shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B are switched by the previous item key 88 and the next item key 89 (see FIG. 2).
Since the selection contents are different for each item, the items that can be selected with the cursor are displayed in the selection item matrix and selected with the selection item matrix key 87. To do so.

The selection matrix will be described.
The selection matrix is such that the contents (selection branches) of settable items are displayed on the display unit 6 (see FIG. 1) in a matrix form, and when the selection matrix key corresponding to the matrix is designated, the selection matrix corresponds to the designated key. A selection branch is selected. For example, when the cursor is double-width on the character frame editing screen of FIG. 10, the selection matrix is displayed as shown in FIG. 22 (a). That is, it is a selection branch that can be set in the item of double angle, equal size, vertical size, horizontal size,
The horizontal and vertical folds are displayed as a selection matrix. The selection matrix key corresponding to this matrix is shown in FIG.
As in (b), it has nine selection keys and a switching key for switching the selection matrix to the next page when there are nine or more selection matrices. In FIG. 22B, each selection key number corresponds to each selection branch of the selection matrix, and when the selection key number is selected, each corresponding selection branch is set. When there are nine or more item selection branches, the selection matrix can be switched to the next page by the switch key to select the selection branch. For example,
When “7” is selected in FIG. 22B, the same size is selected in the item of double angle.

Next, the document data 21 and the character frame data 25
A character frame printing process for performing printing in combination with and will be described with reference to FIG.

The character box printing process is to print the character data 22 in the document data 21 with the content of the character box content data 26 in the character box data 25 at the position indicated by the character box position data 27. (See FIG. 11). By using this printing process, one document data 21
It can be printed in any format (character frame). On the contrary, in a certain format (character frame),
Several character data 22 can be continuously printed.

Conventionally, in the character frame printing process, the attribute of the character to be printed (print character attribute) is printed based on the document character attribute data 23 in the document data 21. For this reason,
When it is desired to change the character attribute for each format, the document character attribute data 23, which is the character decoration of the document data 21, must be corrected.

In the present invention, the character frame modification data 28 is prepared in the character frame data 25, and the character attribute can be set for the format itself. Thus, by correcting the character frame decoration data 28, which is the character attribute of the format for printing, the character attribute at the time of printing can be added or changed. In addition, whether the character attributes at the time of printing including the character frame printing are based on the information specified by the character frame modification data 28 or the document character attribute data 23 is determined for each item (or It is also possible to specify).

Next, the printing process will be described with reference to FIGS. The print processing is performed by the print control unit 48 shown in FIG. If the print key 90 is entered during the initial menu screen (see FIG. 4), document editing, or character frame editing,
The printing process starts. The procedure of this printing process is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the print process, first, a print initial process is performed (step 161), and a print selection screen for selecting a print type (from the initial menu screen or when the print process is activated during document editing, FIG. When the printing process is activated, the screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed (step 16).
2) Waiting for input (step 163). When a selection instruction from the user is input, the type of this selection is determined (step 164). When it is determined that the normal printing is selected, the normal printing process is performed (step 165).

If it is determined in step 164 that the character frame printing is selected, the document in the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 is selected in order to allow the user to select the document and the character frame to be printed. A document / character frame name list (FIG. 15) for displaying the character frame is displayed (step 16).
6) and wait for input (step 167). When started from the basic menu, the user selects a document and character frame to be printed in the document / character frame name list (FIG. 15A). If the document is being edited and the document being edited is targeted for printing, only a character frame can be selected. A document / character frame name list (see FIG. 15).
(B)) is displayed. Similarly, when a character frame is being edited, a document / character frame name list (FIG. 15C) in which only the document can be selected is displayed.

When the print target is selected as described above and the execute key 84 (see FIG. 2) is pressed, the selected document or character frame number. Is determined (step 168), the document or character frame determined to be selected is updated from the registered document / character frame storage buffer 30 (step 169), and the character frame print condition setting screen (FIG. 16) is displayed (step 170),
It waits for input (step 171).

Conventionally, the character frame printing condition setting screen (see FIG.
In 6), only the number of copies and the print page range were set, but in the present invention, an item called character attribute selection is added to the character box print condition setting screen (FIG. 16), and "Yes" or "No" is selected here. To do. When "No" is selected and the execution key 84 is pressed (instructed) (step 172), the set contents are set in the print condition data 31 (see FIG. 1) (step 173), and the document character attribute of each character is set. The attribute of the character to be printed is determined by referring to the data 23 (see FIG. 1) and printing is performed (step 174). When "Yes" is selected in step 171 and the execution key 84 is designated, this is determined (step 172), and the character attribute selection screen (FIG. 17) is displayed (step 175). Here, when the user selects which of the document character attribute data 23 and the character frame modification data 28 of each character is to be referred to and instructs the execution key 84 (step 176), the selected data to be referred to is selected. When the judgment is made (step 177) and the printing condition data 31 (see FIG. 1) is set, the document attribute data 23 is set in accordance with the above judgment.
The print character attribute data 32 is created from the character frame decoration data 28 (step 173), and the character attribute is added to each character based on the data 32 to print (step 17).
4). When "No" is selected in the character attribute selection on the character frame print condition setting screen (FIG. 16), the document character attribute data 23 is added to each character and printed as in the conventional case.

In addition, in the character attribute selection screen (FIG. 17), when different kinds of character attributes are added to the same character attribute item, a selection item called priority for selecting which is adopted is prepared. This makes it easy to change the character attribute depending on the purpose of printing. That is,
Character frame You may want to change the attributes of the characters to be printed, depending on the type of document you want to print and the purpose of printing. At that time, by using the character attribute selection screen at the time of printing (FIG. 17) and changing the designated item, the character attribute can be easily changed and printed.

For example, by using the character attribute data 23 of the document and the character frame modification data 28 of the character frame, FIG.
When the attribute is set as shown in FIG. 23, the character attribute as shown in FIG. 23B can be added by changing the designation on the character attribute selection screen (see FIG. 17) at the time of printing. That is, a maximum of four types of character attributes can be added (five types including the case where no attributes are added).

Further, the print key 90 (see FIG.
14), the print selection screen becomes as shown in FIG. 14, and test printing for confirming the position of the character to be printed can be performed. In this test printing, by printing a test character (for example, a number in a character box item and x) at a position specified by the character box position data 27 (see FIG. 1), the print position at the time of character box printing is checked in advance. (FIG. 18). When it is determined that the test print is selected in step 164 of FIG. 12, the test print condition setting screen (FIG. 19) is first displayed (step 178) and the user's input is performed. It waits (step 179).

Conventionally, the test print condition setting screen (see FIG.
9), only the number of copies is specified, and then the execution key 84 (see FIG. 2).
When "reference" is designated, the test character is printed at the position of the character frame position data 27 (step 181).

In the present invention, the test print condition setting screen (see FIG.
In 9), an item of character box decoration is added, and when "Yes" is selected and the execution key 84 is instructed, this selection is judged (step 180), and the character box decoration data 28 of each character frame is obtained. A print character attribute is added to the test character (step 182), and the test character is printed (step 181). When "No" is selected in the character frame decoration on the test print condition setting screen (FIG. 19), only the test character is printed without adding the character attribute as in the conventional case (step 181).

The test printing is performed during the editing of the character frame, and depends only on the information of the character frame data 25. Therefore, the document data 2 to be finally printed in the character frame
1 is completely unrelated. For this reason, the document character attribute data 23 is not reflected in the test print (also in the test display). As a result, the character attribute (character frame modification data 28
Since the attribute set to (1) is added when the test printing is performed, the print image when the attribute is added can be known in advance by the character frame modification data 28 without performing the character frame printing. Especially when you want to print with the double-width attribute added,
It is considered that the test printing in which the attribute is added using the present invention is considerably effective, because the case where the printed image is the same size test character and the case where the double-sized attribute is added to the test character are considerably different.

Next, the test display, which is a display for confirming the position of the character to be printed and the image of the printing result during the editing of the character frame, will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the test display process, and FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the test display screen. The test display process is performed by the display control unit 47 of FIG.
Performed by.

Display key 92 (see FIG. 2) during editing of the character frame
Is specified, the position of the character frame is acquired from the character frame position data 27 (see FIG. 1) (step 191), and the attribute of the character added to the character frame is acquired from the character frame modification data 28 (step 192). ), And a test display (see FIG. 21) is performed based on the information (step 19).
3). In the present invention, by adding the processing of step 192, which was not available in the conventional technique, and adding the character attribute acquired in step 192 to the test character at the time of test display, an image closer to the actual print image can be obtained. It is possible to display, and the same effect as in test printing can be obtained.

[0064]

As described above, the document creating apparatus of the present invention has the following effects.

By using the character attribute setting selection screen at the time of printing the character frame, not only the document character attribute data but also the character frame modification data can be added as the character attribute of the character to be printed. It becomes possible for the user to freely select which of these data is added. As a result, when one document data is printed with a character frame in a plurality of different formats (character frame data) and the attribute of the character to be printed is changed for each format, the document data It is not necessary to change the document character attribute data for each format, and it is necessary to change the document data itself (the document character attribute data of the document data) by setting the character frame modification data in the character frame data for each format. There is an effect that there is no.

Further, by using the document data to which the character attributes are attached by the document character attribute data, in a plurality of formats (formats determined by the character frame data),
Even when it is desired to change the attribute of the character to be printed for each format and perform character frame printing, the character attribute is added to each format by the character frame modification data without being aware of the character attribute of the document data. Since it is possible to print by using this, it is effective in that it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of document data having different character attributes as in the conventional case.

It is also possible to mix and use the character attribute of the document data (by the document character attribute data) and the character attribute unique to the format (by the character frame modification data of the character frame data) to display the character attribute setting selection screen. It is effective in that it can be used.

Further, since the character frame data itself has character frame decoration data, it is possible to add a character attribute by the character frame decoration data at the time of test printing or test display for confirming the print image. It is effective in that the image closer to the print image can be seen in the test print / test display before printing the document, and the print image can be confirmed.

Further, when printing a plurality of document data in one format (character frame data), when character frame printing is performed for each document data that has not been made uniform in character attribute, it is printed. Although the resulting character attributes are not unified and difficult to see, the present invention ignores the character attributes of the document character attribute data of the document data and sets the character frame set for that format. The modified data is effective in that uniform character attributes can be added in the same format.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an input unit of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of basic editing processing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an initial menu screen of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of document creation / editing processing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of character modification processing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a character decoration setting screen of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of character box item setting processing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional character box item setting screen of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a character box item setting screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a difference in data for determining a character attribute at the time of character box printing between a conventional word processor and the present invention in a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a print processing procedure including normal printing, character frame printing, and test printing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an initial menu of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied, a print selection screen at the time of starting from during character editing.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a print selection screen when the Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied is started up while the character frame is being edited.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a document / character frame name list screen when printing a character frame of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a print condition setting screen when printing a character frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a character attribute selection screen when a character attribute is selected at the time of printing a character frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a relationship between information set in a character box item and a print result in test printing of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a print condition setting screen during test printing according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a test display process of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a relationship between information set in a character box item and a print result in a test display of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of a selection matrix.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of setting a character attribute by selection on the character attribute selection screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input part, 2 ... Storage part, 4 ... Control part, 6 ... Display part, 7
... print section, 21 ... document data, 22 ... character data, 23
... document character attribute data, 24 ... document name data, 25 ... character frame data, 26 ... character frame content data, 27 ... character frame position data, 28 ... character frame modification data, 29 ... character frame name data, 30 ... registered document・ Character frame storage buffer, 31 ...
Print condition data, 32 ... Print character attribute data, 41 ... Edit control unit, 42 ... Character control unit, 43 ... Character frame control unit, 4
4 ... Character decoration control unit, 45 ... Character frame position control unit, 46 ...
Character frame decoration control unit, 47 ... Display control unit, 48 ... Print control unit, 49 ... Print target acquisition control unit, 50 ... Print condition setting control unit, 51 ... Print execution control unit, 81 ... Character keys, 82 ...
Scroll key, 83 ... Cursor key, 84 ... Execution key, 85 ... Cancel key, 86 ... Character modifier key, 87 ... Selection item matrix key, 88 ... Previous item key, 89 ... Next item key, 90 ... Print key, 91 ... Registration key, 92 ... Display key.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. At least storage means for storing data relating to characters or graphics, output means for outputting the characters or graphics stored in the storage means to an output surface, and based on the document data and the character frame data. Output control means for outputting the character or graphic on the output surface, the data relating to the character or graphic, character frame data for determining the position to output the character or graphic on the output surface,
In a document creation device having document data including data relating to the character or the graphic together with character attribute data indicating the attribute, character frame modification data relating to the attribute of the character or the graphic stored in the character frame defined by the character frame data is provided. A character frame decoration control unit that is stored in the storage unit as a part of the character frame data; and an attribute of the character frame decoration data is added to the characters or graphics stored in the character frame to the output control unit. A document creation device comprising: a means for outputting. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction unit for instructing whether at least one of the character attribute data and the character frame modification data is valid. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the attribute of the character frame modification data and the attribute of the character attribute data of the character stored in the character frame are inconsistent with respect to a certain character frame, the instruction means determines which one. A document creating apparatus, characterized in that it comprises means for instructing in advance whether to make it valid. 4. The character frame according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined character or symbol is provided at a position on the output surface indicated by the character frame data based on only the character frame data. A document creating apparatus comprising: a test output unit that outputs an attribute based on modified data.