JP3025325B2 - Document processing apparatus and document processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and a document processing method for providing a user with information such as manual information and help information, which assists the work, according to the status of the document processing work.
It relates to a letter processing method .

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a function called a help function or an online manual is displayed in a form in which all or a part of a screen on which a user is working is hidden. The procedure is to turn off the help screen and return to the original work.

[0003]

Further, since the help screen data is held as a part of the document processing program, only one fixed help screen data is stored in one document processing program.

[0005]

In the above conventional example, when a user needs an online manual, the user is interrupted from the current job, understands (stores) the contents of the online manual, and returns to the original job. It required a procedure to operate according to the contents understood after returning, and it was difficult to view the online manual while comparing it with the contents of the original work, and to perform the original work according to changes in the instructions of the online manual. .

Further, since the contents of the help screen are fixed to the word processing program, there is a drawback that a help screen suitable for the level and purpose of the user cannot be provided.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide
A document processing device and a document processing device configured to facilitate the use of manual information and help information such as online manuals.
And a document processing method .

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a document processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first storage unit for storing a document, and a document stored in the first storage unit. First display means for displaying, document processing means for processing a document displayed on the first display means, and second storage means for storing manual information or help information relating to the processing content of the document processing means And second display means for displaying manual information or help information stored in the second storage means, and when the document displayed on the first display means is processed by the document processing means, The document is displayed on the first display means, and the second
A display unit, to display the manual information or help information relating to the processing contents for the document by the document processing device, and a control means for controlling said first and second display means, said first Displayed on the display means of
Responds to a break in processing of the document by the document processing means.
The manual information displayed on the second display means
Alternatively, the help information is changed . Here, the second storage unit may be a storage medium that is removable from the document processing apparatus. Document processing method according to the present invention
The method comprises the steps of: storing a document;
Display for displaying the document stored in the storing step
And the first display screen using document processing means.
When processing the document displayed in the step, the document processing
Manual information or help on the contents of processing by means
A second storage step of storing information, and the second storage
Manual or help information stored in the step
A second display step of displaying
The document displayed in the list is processed by the document processing means.
The document processing means,
Manual information on the contents of processing of the document by
Or a control step of displaying help information;
The document processing for the document displayed in the display step
The second display means according to the break of the processing by the processing means.
Change manual or help information displayed in columns
And the step of causing

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a CPU for controlling the entire system.
It is. Reference numeral 2 denotes a memory, which includes a program area 2a storing a program related to control processing of the CPU 1 and a work area 2b in various processes. It should be noted that programs relating to various processes are also stored in the program area 2a.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a floppy disk, and 4 denotes a hard disk. The floppy disk 3 is mainly used for backing up personal or common data, and the hard disk device is used for processing common data.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an FD / H for controlling the floppy disk 3 and the hard disk 4 to exchange data.
D controller.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a printer for forming a visible image, and reference numeral 7 denotes a scanner for reading a document image.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a serial / parallel interface through which print data output to the printer 6 and image input from the scanner 7 are performed.

9 is an SCS which is a general-purpose interface
An I interface for exchanging data between the online manual device section 18 and the document processing apparatus main body.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a keyboard for inputting various characters and instruction information, to which a pointing device 11 is connected. Then, the input key information and the movement information from the pointing device 11 are output together as serial data.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a serial interface for inputting the serial data and converting the serial data into corresponding parallel data.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a bit move unit (BMU) for performing bit control such as image data transfer or rotation.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a character font storage unit that stores a pattern corresponding to a character / symbol code, 15 denotes a VRAM that expands a display image as image data, 16 denotes a CRT that visualizes and displays the image data expanded in the VRAM 15, 17
Reference numeral denotes a compander for compressing image data or expanding compressed data.

Reference numeral 18 denotes an online manual device for displaying the contents of the online manual and receiving input.

Next, the outline of the online manual device section 18 will be described.

The outline of the online manual device section 18 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, A1 is a liquid crystal display for displaying a manual, and B1 to B10 are keys each having a different return code.

A2 is a SCSI cable for communication with the main unit.

Reference numeral A3 denotes a floppy disk insertion slot, into which a floppy disk A4 containing a database including screen contents of a manual, relationships between screens, transmission code information to the main body, and the like is inserted.

A transmission button B11 is used to transmit an instruction to the main body.

Next, processing between the document processing apparatus main body and the online manual will be described.

The processing between the document processing apparatus body and the online manual will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, on the document processing apparatus main body side, H1 is first set.
To display the initial screen.

Then, at H2, the information for searching the manual screen corresponding to the menu currently displayed on the main body is transmitted to the online manual device.

On the other hand, on the online manual device side,
At M1, the initial screen is already displayed on the display.

In M2, it is determined whether or not menu information is transmitted from the document processing apparatus main body. If there is, menu screen to be displayed as a manual is searched in M4 based on the information. It is displayed on the display. In the case of the present embodiment, no information is given to the main body side for the information of the manual change due to the information from the main body, so no instruction to the main body is made in M6.

The currently displayed manual screen is continued to be displayed until the next information from the main body or the key operation on the online manual device is performed in M2 to M3.

If it is determined that the key operation has been performed in M3, the next display screen is searched and displayed in M4 and M5, and it is determined whether or not an instruction to the main body is made in M6. If so, an instruction is transmitted to the main unit.

The contents of the processing performed by the key operation are clearly indicated on the screen as a part of the screen data.

Returning to the main body of the document processing apparatus, it is determined in H3 whether or not there is an instruction from the manual side. If yes, a menu according to the instruction is newly displayed in H1, and a menu suitable for the menu is displayed in H2. The information for searching the manual screen is transmitted to the online manual device side.

At H3 to H4, the menu currently displayed is held until an instruction from the manual side or a direct operation to the menu being displayed on the main body side is performed.

Next, the contents of the screen data will be described.

First, the floppy disk A shown in FIG.
4 will be described.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a record containing data for one screen displayed on the online manual device.

A screen C1 is used to identify a screen, and is transmitted as menu information indicating a manual screen corresponding to the menu displayed from the main body.
D.

The database holds an index in which the screen ID and the storage address of each screen record are sorted in the order of ID, and is used for screen search.

C2 is data for forming a screen display.

C3 to C5 form information indicating a process corresponding to one key operation on the online manual device. A record for one screen has ten set areas corresponding to ten keys. Has been taken.

C3 is a key number on the online manual device, C4 is a screen ID indicating a screen to be displayed next on the online manual device, and C5 is a transmission code transmitted when an instruction is transmitted to the document processing apparatus main body. .

The online manual device holds the transmission code of the most recent key operation until the transmission button on the online manual device is pressed. When the transmission button is pressed, the transmission code is transmitted to the document processing device main body. Send.

On the main body side, a menu for document processing corresponding to the manual screen on the online manual device is displayed based on the transmitted code.

Next, another embodiment will be described.

(1) In the above embodiment, the floppy disk is used to store the online manual screen database. However, if it is used only for the online manual of the document processing apparatus connected to the online manual apparatus, the database is used. It is possible to use a fixed ROM or hard disk for the online manual device.

Further, by using a card-type storage medium instead of a floppy disk, the size and weight of the online manual device can be reduced, and by using a medium capable of storing a large capacity such as a magneto-optical disk. , The contents of the manual can be enhanced.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, in order to transmit an instruction from the manual side to the main body, means for transmitting only what is desired to be transmitted by operating the transmission button on the online manual apparatus side is used. In this method, since the manual side can be moved independently (there is no change in the main body side during this time), it is possible to peep at the online manual apparatus with reference to an operation method different from the original operation, It could be performed without affecting the operation of the main body.

However, the trouble of operating the transmission key is not inevitable.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method of changing the menu on the main body at any time according to a key operation on the manual device.

In FIG. 5, K1 to K4 are processes on the document processing apparatus main body side, and the processing contents are the same as those in the embodiment.

L1 to L6 are processes on the online manual device side.

After the initial screen is displayed in L1, it is determined in L2 whether or not there is information transmission from the main body.
To search for a screen to be displayed as a manual, and display it with L6.

If no information is transmitted from the main unit in L2, it is determined in L3 whether or not a key operation has been performed on the online manual device. If there is a key operation, a transmission code corresponding to the key operation is entered in L4. , And the screen is unconditionally transmitted, and then the screen is searched and displayed in L5 and L6.

In this method, the menu of the main body of the document processing apparatus changes whenever the key operation on the online manual apparatus side is performed.

(3) In the above embodiment, the manual is changed in response to a change in the menu of the document processing apparatus main body. However, there is a method of changing the manual at other fine processing breaks. For example, an operation of drawing a straight line will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a straight line is designated on the menu of the document processing apparatus. At this point, a message such as P1 is displayed on the online manual device side. In accordance with this message, when the user designates the start point on the main body as shown by P2, the manual operation prompts the next operation instruction message such as P3 by the mouse input of the designation of the start point, as shown in P4. A straight line can be completed.

In this processing, the online manual device is used only for displaying messages, and the record of one screen in the screen database is only the screen ID and the screen data. Do not send instructions to the main unit. Or, even if it is transmitted, it is ignored by the main unit.

[0065]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(A) By displaying the document and displaying the manual information or the help information relating to the processing content of the document, the operator can view the document processing screen and the manual screen while viewing both the document processing screen and the manual screen. Document processing can be performed in an efficient manner. (B) Since the displayed manual information or help information is stored in a removable storage medium, there is an effect that the consumption of storage means in the document processing apparatus main body can be reduced.
If a plurality of storage media having different contents of manual information or help information are prepared, an appropriate storage medium can be selected according to the skill level and purpose of the user. (C) When there are a plurality of processing contents, if the processing contents for the document displayed on the first display means change, manual information or help information displayed on the second display means in response to the change. Was changed,
The operator can always check the most appropriate manual information or help information while proceeding with the document processing. (D) Document processing for the document displayed on the first display means
To the second display means according to the break of the processing by the processing means
Change the displayed manual information or help information.
Can be Specifically, as shown in FIG.
According to the boundaries of the logic (ie the starting point when drawing a straight line)
Instructions and end point instructions), displayed manual information
Can be changed.

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an online manual device unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data record for one screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Memory 3 Floppy Disk 4 Hard Disk 5 FD / HD Controller 6 Printer 7 Scanner 8 Serial / Parallel Interface 9 SCSI Interface 10 Keyboard 11 Mouse 12 Serial Interface 13 Bit Move Unit 14 Character Font Storage 15 VRAM 16 CRT 17 Compressor 18 Online Manual Equipment

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A first storage unit for storing a document; a first display unit for displaying the document stored in the first storage unit; and a processing unit for processing the document displayed on the first display unit. Document processing means, a second storage means for storing manual information or help information relating to processing contents of the document processing means, and a second display means for displaying manual information or help information stored in the second storage means. Display means, and when the document displayed on the first display means is processed by the document processing means, displays the document on the first display means, and displays the document on the second display means. , so as to display the manual information or help information relating to the processing contents for the document by the document processing device, and a control means for controlling said first and second display means, the first display of The document for the document displayed on the stage
The second display is performed according to a break in processing by the processing means.
Change the manual or help information displayed on the
Document processing apparatus, characterized in that to reduction. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second storage unit is a storage medium that is removable from the document processing apparatus. A first storing step of storing wherein the document, first displays a document stored in the first storage step
Display step 1 and display in the first display step using document processing means.
When processing the processed document, the processing by the document processing means is performed.
Store manual information or help information related to
A second storage step, and the manual information stored in the second storage step.
Or a second display step for displaying help information or help information, and the document displayed in the first display step is processed by the document processing.
Display the document as it is processed by
The contents of the processing performed on the document by the document processing means.
To display manual information or help information related to
Controlling the document and displaying the document displayed in the first displaying step.
Depending on the treatment delimited by the document processing unit, the second
Manual or help information displayed on the display
Changing the value of the document
Processing method.