JPH086931A - Document processor and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly edit a document while referring to the contents of plural editing screens displaying intra-page data by displaying the intra-page document data of an inputted page number on an editing screen prepared other than a document editing screen. CONSTITUTION:A document stored in a hard disk device 6 or the like is read out to a main memory 5 by the use of a keyboard 8 or a pointing device 9, and at the time of receiving the instruction of the edition of plural pages, a plural-page editing window is displayed. Plural-page editing window preparing processing is started based upon a page number desired to be opened which is inputted through the keyboard 8, a new editing area is prepared on the display screen of a CRT display part 1 in addition to an area being edited at present to display the document data on a instructed page. Then edition processing is executed by the use of these areas. Since plural editing screens for one document can be prepared and intra-page data can be displayed in each editing screen, the document can be smoothly edited while referring to the contents of other editing screens.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus having a multi-window function.
The present invention relates to a document processing device and method having an editing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a document processing apparatus for creating a document is known, and this document processing apparatus has various functions related to input / edit / output. And
The user creates a document using each function.

However, in the conventional document processing apparatus,
In the case of creating a document, the editing process for one document is performed only on one editing screen or on one window.

[0004]

When editing on another page while referring to the contents of a page of the same document, the page moves back and forth between pages, that is, the reference page and the page to be edited are alternately displayed. You must edit while doing. Alternatively, the operability is very poor, for example, the page to be referred to must be printed and edited while viewing the printed matter.

The object of the present invention is to create a plurality of edit screens for one document, display different or the same page data on each edit screen, and edit smoothly with reference to other edit screen contents. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus and method capable of performing the processing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus and method in consideration of the redisplay processing speed.

[0007]

The document processing apparatus of the present invention is created by the edit screen creating means for newly creating an edit screen of the edited document in addition to the edit screen of the document and the edit screen creating means. The page number input means for inputting the page number of the in-page document data displayed on the edit screen and the in-page document data of the page number input by the page number input means are displayed on the edit screen created by the edit screen creating means. It has in-page document data display means for displaying and a plurality of edit screen display means for displaying on a plurality of edit screens when there are a plurality of edit screens.

Further, the document processing apparatus of the present invention has a setting means for setting a plurality of areas on the display screen, a storage means for storing the document information, and each area of the plurality of set areas. Display control means for displaying predetermined partial information of the document information.

According to the document processing method of the present invention, in a document processing method for displaying document information in a predetermined area and performing editing processing, an area different from the area is set, and the document information is set in the set area. The specified information is displayed, and the editing process is performed using both areas.

With the above configuration, a plurality of edit screens for one document can be created, and different or the same in-page data can be displayed on each edit screen, so that editing can be performed smoothly while referring to the contents of other edit screens. Like

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CRT display unit used in a raster scan system, but it may be another device such as an LCD or a plasma display device. A video RAM 2 stores display pattern information for one screen of the CRT display unit 1.
(VRAM) 3 is a control unit that controls writing of pattern information to the VRAM 2, reading to the CRT display unit 1, and the like. A microprocessor (MPU) 4 controls the entire apparatus by executing a control procedure stored in a main memory 5 described later. Reference numeral 5 is a main memory having an area for storing control programs and document data as shown in FIG. 5, which will be described later, and is also used as a work area for the MPU 4. The MPU 4 has a keyboard 8 for instructing execution of inputting and editing of character data and the like, a position on the CRT display unit 1 and the like for inputting and editing graphic data and CRT
A pointing device (PD) 9 for instructing selection of a menu related to editing displayed on the display unit 1 is connected. Reference numeral 6 denotes a hard disk device used as an external storage device, in which document files, character fonts, etc. are stored. Reference numeral 10 is a printer for outputting the created document, and 11 is a floppy disk (FD) device for storing a document file or the like used as an external storage device. These constituent blocks are connected by an I / O bus 7.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 20 is a VRAM 2, a display control unit 3,
This is the main body of the document processing apparatus having the MPU 4, main memory 5, and hard disk device 6 built-in. Reference numeral 21 denotes an FD device, which writes the image data, graphic data, character data, and numerical data stored in the main memory 5 with the FD 22 set therein, and the image data and graphic data recorded in the FD 22. The character data and numerical data are read out for storage in the main memory 5. Further, the present invention is, of course, realized in the document processing apparatus, and the FD 22 in which the program capable of realizing the present invention is recorded is set in the FD drive 21 of another information processing apparatus, and the program is stored in the hard disk. It may also be realized in another information processing device by loading the device 6 or the main memory 5 and executing the loaded program.

Next, the overall flow of processing of this embodiment will be described.

By using the keyboard 8 or the PD 9 to read a document (a document to be edited from now) stored in the hard disk device 6 or the like into the main memory 5, editing is instructed.

When an instruction to start editing a document is given, one editing window is opened on the screen of the CRT display unit 1. Then, the first page of the read document is displayed on the opened window. The user performs edit processing by selecting a desired page, for example. Normally, the characters and the like included in the displayed page are displayed on the display screen, but the display is omitted in this embodiment. On the display screen, a command window shown in FIG. 16 is displayed at the bottom of the screen together with a window for displaying a document.

FIG. 16 shows that one page of information is displayed in the current window. To display another page, press the F9 key on the keyboard,
For example, by inputting 3 and pressing the execution key, the third page is displayed.

When the keyboard 8 or PD 9 is used to instruct the editing of a plurality of pages shown in FIG. 16, the display of the command window is changed to that of the command window 3-6 shown in FIG. Then, a multiple page editing window 3-5 is displayed. Then move the cursor 3-0 to the area 3-2 and enter the page number you want to open with the keyboard 8.
When the cursor 3-0 is moved to the area 3-3 and "execute" is instructed, the "plural page edit window creation process" shown in FIG. 5 is started based on the input page number. 3-4
When the "cancel" is instructed, the multi-page edit window is not created and the process ends.

Here, the command window 3-6 is normally displayed at the bottom of the display screen. The command portion of this command window 3-6 is instructed by moving the PD cursor with the PD 9 to instruct or by pressing the corresponding function key with the keyboard 8. For example, when instructing to enlarge a sentence, the F1 key is pressed, and when instructing to end the sentence, the F1 key is pressed after the function key. It should be noted that from now on, it will be expressed as simply instructing. The instructed command is displayed in black and white in reverse, and in the figure, the text and the plural page editing are selected. For example, when a figure is desired to be input and edited, by designating the figure with the PD 9, the sentence is normally displayed, the figure is highlighted, and the command window is changed to that corresponding to the figure input and edit. , And details thereof are omitted here.

In the "multi-page edit window creation process",
First, in step 5-1, re-formatting up to the designated page is performed. As a result, the text data up to the designated page is properly arranged, and the designated page is displayed normally. afterwards,
In step 5-2, the designated page number is compared with the last page number of the prepared document. If the designated page number is large, that is, if the designated page does not exist, step 5-
In step 3, a message indicating that "a page number beyond the last page has been specified, so display the last page" is displayed, and in step 5-4, the specified page number is replaced with the last page number of the document. Next, in step 5-5, the current edit control table of the document data management table that manages the current edit state is set to 1 of the multi-page edit management table.
Save to the 1st (1st window). By this saving and resetting in step 5-10, the current editing state can be restored again. The document data management table and the multiple page editing management table will be described later.

Next, in step 5-6, the position and size of the current edit window are acquired from the window management table 6-2 in FIG. 6, and the position immediately to the right of the current edit window and the size of the current edit window are acquired. . Then, in step 5-7, an edit window is created based on the acquired position and size. The flow of this processing is shown by the transition from 1 to 2 in FIG. That is, it is a diagram in which a new edit window is created immediately to the right of the current edit window. Note that FIG. 4 shows only the windows displayed on the CRT display unit 1.

Each editing window in the state where one document is displayed in two or more editing windows is called a multi-page editing window.

Next, in step 5-8, the document data of the page is displayed in the newly created multiple page edit window, and the current edit control table when newly displayed in step 5-9 is the multiple page edit management table. To the second (2nd window). Then, the current edit control data saved in step 5-5 is returned to the document data management table in step 5-10, and the multi-page edit window creation process ends. For example, in FIG. 4, the text on the fifth page is displayed in the current edit window, and the value input in the area 3-5, that is, the text on the second page is displayed in the edit window.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of the document data management table, which is created in the main memory 5.

The document data management table of FIG. 6 is a document control table that manages document versions, document names, etc., an address control table that manages addresses that hold down the beginning of text data and graphic data, and a current edit control. It consists of a table and a cursor control table that manages the address and position of the character pointed to by the cursor. The current edit control table managing the current edit state among them is the current edit state flag 6-1, the window management table address 6-2, the display magnification 6-3,
It consists of a current page number 6-4, a last page number 6-5, and a current record number 6-6.

The current edit state flag 6-1 is a flag which holds down what is being edited (for example, what is being edited). The window management table address 6-2 is for referencing the window management table by holding down the head address of the table managing the state of the current editing window. As a result, the position, size, etc. of the current edit window can be acquired. Display magnification 6
-3 holds whether the display magnification currently being edited is the same magnification or the double magnification. The current page number 6-4 holds the page number currently being edited, and the last page number 6-5 holds the last page number of the document currently being edited. The current record number 6-6 is an internal management number of the data currently being edited.

The multi-page edit management table is data required for current editing (which can be returned to the same state by returning it to the document management table), and can hold data for three windows.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a multi-page edit management table, which is created in the main memory 5.

Window management table address 7-1
Is a table for storing the window management table address 6-1 of the document data management table of FIG. 6, and similarly, the current edit state flag 7-2 holds the current edit state flag 6-1 and the display magnification 7- 3 is display magnification 6
-3, the current page number 7-4 holds the current page number 6-4, and the current record number 7-5 holds the current record number 6-6.

Next, the flow of processing for moving the current between a plurality of page editing windows will be described.

During editing, when the PD 9 is used to instruct another multi-page editing window, the "current moving process of multi-page editing window" shown in FIG. 8 is started.

"Current movement of multi-page edit window"
First, in step 8-1, it is determined whether redisplay is necessary on the editing window currently being edited. this is,
This is because the layout of characters may change due to the insertion or deletion of characters. If you need to redisplay,
Redisplay is performed in step 8-2.

Next, in step 8-3, it is determined whether the window designated by the PD 9 is a multiple page editing window for the same document. This can be determined by referring to each window management table address 7-1 of the multiple page management table in FIG. If it is not the multi-page edit window of the same document, the "current move process of several page edit window" is ended as it is, the current move process of the other document window is used for judgment, and the current state is entered in the edit window of another document. Make a move. Click (P for the PD cursor
If the window moved by D7 and indicating that the left button of PD9 is pressed) is a multi-page edit window of the same document, in step 8-4, it is determined whether the multi-page edit window is closed. to decide.

The instruction to close the edit window is shown in FIG.
No. 4-1 or 4-2 is designated. In this case, it is determined whether the area 4-2 is designated. This is because it is found that the current moving process of the plural-page editing window is activated, so that it is not the current editing window (the area 4-2 in the current editing window is in the inverted state).

If the instruction is to close the multi-page edit window, in step 8-5 the holding table portion of the multi-page edit management table is cleared to "0". By clearing "0",
It is possible to search the empty part of the "multi-page edit management table", and currently, the multi-page edit window of the document is
You can judge how many are open. Then, in step 8-6, the multiple-page edit window instructed to be closed is closed.

Then, in step 8-7, it is judged whether or not redisplay is necessary on a multiple page editing window other than the current multiple page editing window. If necessary, each redisplay flag is turned ON in step 8-8. This redisplay flag is set in step 8-10.
Will be judged in. Next, in step 8-9, the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table" which manages the current edit state.
Is stored in the same “window management table address” location as the window management table of the current edit window of the “multi-page edit management table”. Then, in step 8-10, the redisplay flag is judged, and if it is ON, redisplay is performed on each of the plural page editing windows in step 8-11. Then, in step 8-12, the management table of the instructed multi-page edit window is acquired from the "multi-page edit management table" and set in the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table". By this processing, the current movement between the plural page editing windows is performed.

Next, the flow of the re-display processing on the multi-page edit window will be described.

In response to the re-display instruction, the "re-display process of the multiple page edit window" in FIG. 9 is started.

First, in step 9-1, redisplay is performed on the current multi-page edit window, and then step 9
-2, the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table" that manages the current edit state is the same "window management table address" as the window management table of the current edit window of the "multi-page edit management table". Save to Then, in step 9-3, the check is started from the beginning of the "multi-page edit management table", and in step 9-4, it is determined whether it is the same as the "window management table address" of the current edit window. In this case, since the re-display has already been performed in step 9-1, the re-display is not performed and the process returns to step 9-3 again. If it is the "window management table address" of another multi-page editing window, in step 9-5,
One window below the "window management table address" is set in the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table", and in step 9-6, it is redisplayed on the multiple page edit window. Then, the process returns to step 9-3 again, and when it is determined that the "multi-page edit management table" has been checked to the end, the "current edit control data" saved in step 9-2 is read in step 9-7. It returns to the "document data management table", and the "redisplay processing of the multiple page edit window" ends.

As described above, when one document can be edited in a plurality of editing windows, for example, as shown in 1 of FIG. 10, while confirming the figure created on the second page,
The text data on the first page can be proofread. Then, since the normal function can be used on each multi-page edit window, the "next page" instruction can be given on the first page to
The page number is displayed, and the same page can be displayed at the same time as shown by 2 in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the same page is displayed, but it is also possible to display 4 times in one editing window and display it in the same size in the other editing window. This makes it possible to check the entire layout while creating detailed figures with high magnification. In order to change the display magnification of an arbitrary window, click the window WPD9 to be changed and instruct the 4 × display or the 2 × display in the command window 3-6.
Then, by clicking on the portion that is the center of the display, the point at which the original display is designated is the center of the window and the display is enlarged by a factor of 4 or 2. When returning to the original magnification, the same magnification is instructed in the same manner.

Further, in addition to directly inputting data while looking at the screen, editing can be performed by using the editing function of the command window shown in FIG. For example, a text at an arbitrary position is cut out from the referenced window by copying and storing, and pasted in the current window by pasting. However, the details thereof are omitted because they can be achieved by the conventional technique.

In the present embodiment, one sentence may be displayed in different areas, but different sentences may be displayed in different areas and the editing process may be performed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, different pages or the same page are displayed in a plurality of areas for one sentence, and the display magnification of each area is made different so that other You can create a sentence by referring to the sentence information displayed in the area. Also, the efficiency of the editing process is improved by changing the magnification and displaying. In addition, processing such as copying of texts on other pages becomes easy.

(Other Embodiments) The above-described plural page editing function may control, for example, whether or not redisplay is performed on the entire plural page editing window. Hereinafter, using the drawings,
Another preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The overall structure of this embodiment is the same as that of the above-described embodiment shown in FIGS.

When an instruction to start editing an existing document is given, one edit window is opened. Next, using the keyboard 8 or the PD 9, the multi-page edit command 11- shown in FIG.
When 1 is specified, the multi-page edit window 11-6 is displayed. Then, in 11-5, when the page number to be opened is designated by the keyboard 8 and "execute" in 11-3 is designated, based on the designated page number, the "plural page edit window" shown in FIG. "Create process" starts. 11
-4, "cancel" is instructed, the multi-page edit window is not created and the process ends.

The "multi-page edit window creation process" is the same as that in the above embodiment.

The "document data management table" shown in FIG.
Same as the above embodiment, but the current edit state flag 1
Reference numeral 2-1 is a flag indicating whether or not a plurality of pages are being redisplayed, in addition to what is currently being edited (for example, whether or not a text is being edited). This "multi-page re-display bit" is a bit that turns ON when the multi-page re-display command 11-2 of FIG. 11 is instructed using the keyboard 8 or the PD 9, and the subsequent re-display instruction relates to the document. Redisplay on all multi-page edit windows.
When the bit is OFF, redisplay is performed only on the current multi-page edit window (details regarding this redisplay will be described later).

Next, the flow of processing for moving the current between the plural page editing windows will be described.

During editing, when the PD 9 is used to instruct another multi-page editing window, the "current moving process of multi-page editing window" shown in FIG. 13 is started.

In the "current movement processing of the plural-page editing window", first, in step 13-1, it is judged whether redisplay is necessary on the editing window currently being edited. If redisplay is necessary, it is redisplayed in step 13-2. Next, in step 13-3, it is determined whether the window designated by the PD 9 is a multiple page edit window for the same document. This can be determined by referring to each "window management table address" in the "plural page management table" of FIG. If it is not the multi-page edit window of the same document, the "current move process of several page edit window" is ended as it is, the current move process of the other document window is used for judgment, and the current state is entered in the edit window of another document. Make a move. The clicked window is
If it is a multi-page edit window of the same document, it is determined in step 13-4 whether the instruction is to close the multi-page edit window.

The instruction to close the edit window is shown in FIG.
No. 4-1 or 4-2 is designated. In this case, it is determined whether the area 4-2 is designated. This is because it is found that the current moving process of the plural-page editing window is activated, so that it is not the current editing window (the area 4-2 in the current editing window is in the inverted state).

When the instruction is to close the multi-page edit window, in step 13-5, the holding table portion of the edit window is cleared to "0" from the "multi-page edit management table". By clearing "0",
It is possible to search the empty part of the "multi-page edit management table", and currently, the multi-page edit window of the document is
You can judge how many are open. Then, in step 13-6, the multiple-page edit window instructed to be closed is closed.

Then, in step 13-7, as shown in FIG.
It is judged whether the "multi-page redisplay bit" in the current edit state flag 12-1 of 2 is ON, and if it is OFF, in step 13-8, in a multi-page edit window other than the current multi-page edit window. Determine if redisplay is needed. If necessary, each redisplay flag is turned ON in step 13-9. This redisplay flag will be determined in step 13-11. (When "Multi-page redisplay bit" is ON,
Since the re-display has already been performed on all the multi-page edit windows related to the edited document, steps 13-8 and 13 are performed.
-9 is unnecessary)

Next, in step 13-10, a "document data management table" for managing the current editing state.
The "current edit control table" of is stored in the same "window management table address" location as the window management table of the current edit window of the "multi-page edit management table". Then, in step 13-11, the redisplay flag is determined, and if it is ON, redisplay is performed in each of the plural page editing windows in step 13-12. And step 13
In -13, the management table of the instructed multi-page edit window is acquired from the "multi-page edit management table",
Set it in the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table". By this processing, the current movement between the plural page editing windows is performed.

Next, the flow of the re-display processing on the multi-page edit window will be described.

In response to the re-display instruction, the "re-display process of the plural-page edit window" shown in FIG. 14 is started.

First, in step 14-1, as shown in FIG.
It is judged whether the "multi-page redisplay bit" in the "current edit state flag" of is ON, and if it is OFF, step 14
At -2, redisplay is performed only on the current multi-page edit window, and the process ends. If it is ON, in step 14-3, it is redisplayed on the current multi-page edit window, and in step 14-4, the "document data management table" of the "document data management table" that manages the current edit state is displayed. The "current edit control table" is saved in the same "window management table address" location as the window management table of the current edit window of the "multi-page edit management table". And step 1
In 4-5, the check is started from the beginning of the "multi-page edit management table", and in step 14-6, it is judged whether it is the same as the "window management table address" of the current edit window. Has already been redisplayed in step 14-3, the flow returns to step 14-5 without redisplay.

If it is the "window management table address" of another multi-page editing window, step 1
In 4-7, "window management table address"
Below, one window is set in the "current edit control table" of the "document data management table", and in step 14-8, it is redisplayed on the multiple page edit window. Then, the process returns to step 14-5 again, and when it is determined that the "multi-page edit management table" has been checked to the end, the "current edit control data" saved in step 14-4 is changed to step 1
Return to "Document data management table" in 4-9,
The "redisplay processing of the multi-page edit window" ends.

As described above, if one document can be edited in a plurality of editing windows and re-display control in each window becomes possible, for example, the entire layout can be confirmed while inputting one figure data. In such a case, turn on the "multi-page redisplay flag", put emphasis on speed, input first, and when the input is completed, redisplay on all multi-page edit windows, etc. Can be edited.

Further, by redisplaying only the current window, when the same page is displayed in a plurality of areas, it is possible to compare the sentences before and after editing.

[0064]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
Since a plurality of edit screens for one document can be created, and different or the same page data can be displayed on each edit screen, it becomes possible to smoothly edit while referring to the contents of other edit screens.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a document processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a window for designating creation of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing creation of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing creation of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a document data management table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a multi-page edit management table.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the current movement of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing redisplay of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing page turning in a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a window for designating creation of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a document data management table.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the current movement of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing redisplay of a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display magnification in a multi-page edit window.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a command window.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display unit 2 Video RAM 3 Display control unit 4 Microprocessor 5 Main memory 6 Hard disk device 7 I / O bus 8 Keyboard 9 Pointing device 10 Printer 11 Floppy disk device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An edit screen creating means for newly creating an edit screen of an edited document in addition to the edit screen of the document, and a page number of the in-page document data displayed on the edit screen created by the edit screen creating means. A page number input means for inputting, an in-page document data display means for displaying the in-page document data of the page number input by the page number input means on the edit screen created by the edit screen creating means, and a plurality of edit screens And a plurality of edit screen display means for displaying on a plurality of edit screens when there is a document processing apparatus. 2. Setting means for setting a plurality of areas on a display screen, storage means for storing document information, and predetermined partial information of the document information for each area of the set plurality of areas. And a display control means for displaying. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising page designating means, wherein information corresponding to a page designated by the page designating means is displayed in the area. 4. A document processing method for displaying document information in a predetermined area and performing an editing process, wherein an area different from the area is set, and the specified information of the document information is set in the set area. A document processing method comprising displaying and performing an editing process using both of the areas.