JPH11296514A - Method and device for composing and storage medium where program for performing process thereof is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make correction regarding a character string after composing easier than conventional technology. SOLUTION: If corrections regarding a character string are made after an article composing process (step S130) is done, a display control part makes the corrections regarding the character string on a screen (step S150). An article layout information generation part changes the contents of article composing information according to the correction result (step S160). An article composing process part predetermines the positions of respective character strings in a value layout frame according to the changed article composing information and updates the contents of position information of the respective character strings (step S170).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a typesetting technique for determining the arrangement of a plurality of character strings within a predetermined frame, and is particularly suitable for use in a flyer typesetting for producing a printed matter such as a flyer. It is about typesetting technology.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, typesetting processing of printed materials such as flyers has been performed using a computer system. In the case of a flyer typesetting, a plurality of typesettings called “value setting” are performed, and at that time, frames (value setting frames) for performing each value setting are set. In each value set frame, a plurality of character strings such as a product name, a description of the product, and a price are arranged.

In the conventional typesetting technology related to such a flyer typesetting, a typesetting data representing a plurality of character strings to be arranged in a value typesetting frame, a layout defining a layout of each character string in the value typesetting frame, and the like. By generating typesetting information that integrates each information from information and style information that defines the style of each character string, and performing typesetting processing based on the generated typesetting information, each character string within the value typesetting frame Had obtained position information indicating the position of.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional typesetting technology, once a value is set by a typesetting process, the character string itself or the layout or style of the character string is corrected. There were the following problems.

[0005] That is, for example, even if a character string after value setting is displayed on the screen, the original character data, layout information, and style information stored in the computer are accessed and each character string is accessed. It was necessary to switch to a screen for correcting information once and then make necessary corrections to each information. Further, it is necessary to regenerate the typesetting information from the corrected information, and to perform the typesetting process based on the regenerated typesetting information. Even a slight correction requires much time and effort. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and provides a technique in which a correction relating to a character string after typesetting can be performed more easily than in the prior art. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems and Action / Effect thereof To achieve at least a part of the above object, a typesetting method according to the present invention employs a typesetting method for determining an arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame. A typesetting method, comprising: (a) lettering data representing a plurality of character strings to be arranged in the frame, layout information defining a layout of each character string in the frame, and a style of each character string. Style information and
Generating typesetting information by integrating each information from
(B) determining the position of each character string in the frame based on the generated typesetting information and obtaining position information representing each position; and (c) determining the position in the frame on the screen. (D) displaying the character string itself, the style of the character string, or the layout of the character string displayed on the screen in accordance with a correction instruction. A process of correcting on the screen,
(E) changing the contents of the typesetting information according to the correction result; and (f) determining again the position of each character string in the frame based on the changed typesetting information, And updating the content of the information.

Further, the typesetting device of the present invention is a typesetting device for determining the arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame, wherein the typesetting data represents a plurality of character strings to be arranged in the frame. , A second storage unit that stores layout information that specifies the layout of each character string in the frame, and a third storage unit that stores style information that specifies the style of each character string. A storage unit; a typesetting information generating unit configured to generate typesetting information by integrating the respective information from the stored typesetting data, the layout information, and the style information; and, based on the generated typesetting information, Typesetting processing means for determining the position of the character string and obtaining position information representing each position; display means for displaying each character string arranged at the determined position in the frame on the screen; The string itself shown above, the layout style or the character string on the character string,
Correction means for correcting on the screen in accordance with a correction instruction from the outside, wherein the typesetting information generating means, when the correction is made by the correction means, according to the correction result, the content of the typesetting information The gist is that the typesetting processing means determines again the position of each character string in the frame based on the changed typesetting information, and updates the content of the position information.

As described above, according to the typesetting method or typesetting apparatus of the present invention, when correcting a character string after formatting, if the character string displayed on the screen is corrected, the correction result is obtained. , The position of each character string within the frame is determined again based on the changed typesetting information, and the content of the position information is updated. In the present invention, the position information may be included in the typesetting information.

Therefore, according to the typesetting method or the typesetting apparatus of the present invention, when making a correction related to a character string after the typesetting, the correction is made by returning to the original lettering data, layout information, and style information. After that, there is no need to regenerate typesetting information, just by correcting the character string displayed on the screen, the position information to be finally obtained is automatically updated. Can be greatly reduced.

Further, in the typesetting method of the present invention, (g)
Based on the changed typesetting information, the typesetting data,
The method may further include a step of reflecting the correction result in layout information or style information.

As described above, when a correction relating to a character string is made on the screen, the correction result is used as the typesetting data,
By reflecting the information on the layout information or the style information, it is possible to maintain the uniformity of the information.

Further, in the typesetting method of the present invention, the step (d) includes: (d-1) selecting a character string to be corrected on the screen; and (d-2) selecting a character string to be corrected on the screen. And displaying at least a part of a region where the selected character string is present in an emphasized manner.

By providing such a step in the step (d), the object to be corrected can be easily visually recognized, and the usability of the user can be improved.

In the typesetting method according to the present invention, the step (d) includes the step (d-1) of moving a character string to be corrected on the screen in order to correct the layout of the character string. (D-2) On the screen,
(D-3) selecting an area closest to the area in which the corrected character string to be moved exists from individual areas in which each character string other than the correction target character string exists; In, among the sides surrounding the selected area,
And highlighting the side closest to the area where the correction target character string exists.

Since the step (d) includes such a step, when the character string to be corrected is moved in order to correct the layout of the character string, the area where the character string to be corrected exists can be in contact with the area. Since the side of the area where another character string exists is highlighted, the user can easily position the layout of the character string, thereby improving the usability of the user.

A recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for determining the arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame is recorded. A function of generating typesetting information by integrating each information from character data representing a character string, layout information defining a layout of each character string in the frame, and style information defining a style of each character string. A function of determining the position of each character string in the frame based on the generated typesetting information and obtaining position information representing each position, and arranging the character string on the screen at the determined position in the frame The function of displaying each of the character strings thus displayed, and the character string itself, the style of the character string, or the layout of the character string displayed on the screen are displayed on the screen in accordance with a correction instruction. A correcting function, a function of changing the content of the formal information according to the correction result, and a position of each character string in the frame is determined again based on the changed formal information; And a computer program for causing a computer to realize the function of updating the contents of the above.

When the computer program recorded on such a recording medium is executed by a computer, the same functions and effects as those of the above-described typesetting method and typesetting apparatus of the present invention are performed, and correction relating to a character string is performed. The time required for correction can be greatly reduced.

[0019]

Other Embodiments of the Invention The present invention can also adopt the following other embodiments. That is, a computer program for causing a computer to realize each of the above functions is:
This is an embodiment as a computer program supply device for supplying the computer via a communication line.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on examples. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

This typesetting device is constituted by a computer system as shown in FIG. That is, this computer system includes a CPU 110 and a bus line 25.
0, and the bus line 250 includes a CPU 1
10, a main memory 120 for storing a computer program or the like, a value set frame data memory 130, a lettering data memory 140, a product style information memory 150, and a product layout information memory 1.
60 and the product typesetting information memory 170 are connected. Note that these memories do not need to be configured as separate memories, and may be configured together in one or more memories.

In addition, a keyboard 190 and a mouse 200 are connected to the bus line 250 as input devices, a color CRT 220 is connected as an output device, and a magnetic disk device 180 is used as an external storage device.
However, a network card 240 connected to the network 245 is connected as a communication device.

The CPU 110 is connected to the main memory 12.
0 by executing the computer program stored in the product type information generation unit 11 as described later.
1, the product typesetting processing unit 112, and the display control unit 113.

In this embodiment, the computer program (that is, the application program) is provided in a form recorded on a CD-ROM 235 as a recording medium, and is read by a CD-ROM drive device 230 connected to a bus line 250. Is taken into the computer system. The fetched computer program is transferred to the magnetic disk device 180 and then transferred to the main memory 120 when the computer system is started.

As described above, in this embodiment, the CD-ROM is used as a "recording medium" for recording a computer program in a computer-readable manner. However, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, an IC Card, ROM cartridge, punch card,
Various computer-readable media such as printed matter on which codes such as barcodes are printed, internal storage devices (memory such as RAM and ROM) and external storage devices of the computer can be used.

In addition to providing the computer program in a form recorded on such a recording medium, the computer program accesses a program server (not shown) for supplying the computer program via the network 245, and The data may be taken into the computer system by the network card 240.

A part of the computer program may be constituted by an operating system program.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the product type information generating unit 111, the product type processing unit 112, and the display control unit 113 are realized by software, but they may be realized by hardware. .

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, a value grouping frame data memory 130 stores value grouping frame data for setting a plurality of value grouping frames. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of the value grouping frame data stored in the value grouping frame data memory 130 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the color CRT 220 of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in FIG.

As shown in FIG.
Is composed of the number of value setting frames to be set and the coordinate data of the lower left point and the upper right point of each value setting frame.

The value set frame data 131 is created when the user draws a value set frame using the mouse 200. That is, as shown in FIG.
In the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen 0,
On one flyer on C performing typesetting, the lower left point P ₁ and the upper right point P ₂ of Nekumi frame W1 by designated using the mouse 200, plotting one value set frame W1. By setting the number of required value setting frames (the number of rows and the number of columns) by using the keyboard 190 or the like, the value setting frames W2, W3,. C
The drawing may be automatically performed on the top. In this way, when each value group frame is drawn, the value group frame data 131 is sequentially created accordingly, and the value group frame data memory 1 is created.
30.

Next, the typographic data memory 140 stores typographic data representing a plurality of character strings to be arranged in each value combination frame. Since the above-mentioned flyer C is a flyer for displaying a product name, a price, and the like, the character string to be arranged in each value set frame includes a product name, a price, a description of the product, and the like.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the typographic data stored in the typographic data memory 140 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the lettering data 141 is composed of text data, and a plurality of character strings are separated by return codes. Each character string group delimited by this return code is a set of character strings to be arranged in each value combination frame, and one character string group (one line character string group in FIG. 4) It corresponds to the value set frame.

A product number is added to the head of each character string group to distinguish the character string group, and a plurality of character strings to be arranged in each value set frame are provided after the product number. Are located. Each character string is separated by a delimiter code. As a delimiter code, a tab code and a space code are usually used, but of course, other codes can be used as long as they can be used to delimit a character string. This delimiter code represents the delimitation of items in the order of the first item, the second item,... From the beginning, and each character string is arranged so as to correspond to any item. I have. In some cases, there is no corresponding character string for some items. In the case of the present embodiment, the items are eight items from a first item to an eighth item as shown in FIG.

For example, in FIG. 4, if the second character string group is taken as an example, the product number is “1002” and the first
The item corresponds to a character string "Australia", and the second item corresponds to a character string "Aussie beef". Note that no corresponding character string is described in the fifth and eighth items.

The above-described typesetting data 141 is typeset by the user using the keyboard 190 to be input, and is stored in the typesetting data memory 140.

Next, the product style information memory 150 stores product style information defining the style of each character string. FIG. 5 is the product style information memory 1 of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of product style information stored in a storage device 50; As shown in FIG. 5, the product style information 151
Is composed of a product style name for specifying the style information, and the font and character size of each character string for each item. Of these items, FIG. 5 illustrates only the third item, but corresponds to FIG. 4, and includes the first to eighth items as described above.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the product style name is "food", and the style of the character string corresponding to the first item is "Gothic" in font and "10Q" in character size.
It is prescribed. Note that “Q” is a unit of 4Q = 1 mm.

The product style information 151 as described above is
When the user makes an input using the keyboard 190 or the mouse 200, it is stored in the product style information memory 150.

The product layout information memory 160 stores product layout information that specifies the layout of each character string in the value set frame. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the product layout information stored in the product layout information memory 160 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the product layout information 161 includes a product layout name for specifying the layout information, a relative position of each character string for each item, and a connection selection. Of these items, only the third item is depicted in FIG. 6, but corresponds to FIG. 4, and as described above, there are the first to eighth items.

Here, the relative position of the character string will be described. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of each character string in the value set frame. The inside of the value grouping frame is shown in FIG.
It is divided as shown in. In the case of horizontal composition, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7A, it is divided into "upper section", "middle section", "price section", and "lower section".
As shown in (b), it is divided into “right section”, “middle section”, “price section”, and “left section”. Usually, it is set to horizontal composition, but it may be set to vertical composition according to the contents of the composition. Since the inside of the value set frame is divided in this way, each character string arranged in the value set frame is arranged so as to belong to any of the above-mentioned sections.

Therefore, the relative position of the character string defined by the product layout information 161 indicates which of the above-mentioned sections belongs.
In the product layout information 161, there is no distinction between a horizontal combination and a vertical combination, and even when the vertical combination is set, “right” is “upper” and “left” is “lower”. "
It is described as

The connection selection of the character string specified by the product layout information 161 is performed when the character string is arranged in the value set frame and the character string is connected after the character string in the previous line. It is stipulated.

In the example of FIG. 6, the product style name is “upper set”, the relative position is “upper”, and the connection selection is “not” as the layout of the character string corresponding to the first item.
It is prescribed.

Product layout information 161 as described above
Is input by the user using the keyboard 190 or the mouse 200, so that the product layout information memory 16
0 is stored.

It should be noted that the value set frame data, the lettering data, the product style information, and the product layout information described above are each loaded in advance and stored in the magnetic disk device 180, and stored in the corresponding memory. It may be stored.

Next, the processing procedure of the typesetting method performed by the typesetting apparatus of FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a typesetting method executed by the typesetting apparatus of FIG.

When the process shown in FIG. 8 is started, first, the product type information generating unit 11 in the CPU 110 shown in FIG.
1 is the above-described character data 141 and product style information 1
Using the information 51 and the product layout information 161, product type information as described below is generated from the information (step S <b> 110).

More specifically, first, on the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220 as shown in FIG. When a predetermined instruction is given after the selection in order, the display control unit 113 of the CPU 110 displays the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B by window display. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B of FIG.

The user operates the keyboard 190 and the mouse 20
0, the file name of the desired character data in the character data column 501 and the desired product style name in the product style column 502 are displayed on the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B shown in FIG. A desired product layout name is entered in the layout column 503. At this time, a text space for defining the space between characters at the time of typesetting is input in the text space column 504, and a desired group direction is input in the group direction column 505.

In the example of FIG. 9, "Super" is input as the file name of the lettering data, "Food" as the product style name, and "Upper set" as the product layout name. Also, "4Q" is entered as the text interval and "Yoko" is entered as the group direction.

Thus, the product type information generating unit 111
Reads the character data (ie, the character data shown in FIG. 4) corresponding to the file name “super” from a plurality of character data stored in the character data memory 140, and reads the product style information memory. The product style information corresponding to the product style name “food” (that is, the product style information shown in FIG. 5) is read out from the plurality of product style information stored in 150 and stored in the product layout information memory 160. The product layout information (product layout information shown in FIG. 6) whose product layout name corresponds to “upper set” is read from the plurality of product layout information items. Then, from these three pieces of information, merchandise typesetting information in which each piece of information is integrated is generated, and the merchandise typesetting information memory 1 is generated.
70.

FIG. 10 shows the product typesetting information memory 170 of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of product typesetting information stored in a.
Each time the product type information 171 corresponds to the value type frame,
As shown in FIG. 0, it is composed of a header at the head and items following the header. Of these items, only the third item is drawn in FIG. 10, but corresponds to FIG.
As described above, there are the first to eighth items.
Therefore, for example, in the typesetting result display screen A of FIG.
Assuming that two value combination frames are selected by the user, the product composition information 171 can include two sets each including a header and eight items.

As shown in FIG. 10, in the header, the typesetting data name, the text interval, and the product number. , Set direction, and lower left point, upper right point, upper row, middle row, price, and lower row alignment are described. It is assumed that the header shown in FIG. 10 corresponds to the first value combination frame (for example, value combination frame W1 in FIG. 3) among the value combination frames selected by the user.

Among them, the character data name, text interval,
In the column of the set direction, a file name (super), a value (4Q), a direction (horizontal), and the like previously input by the user are described.

Since the header corresponds to the first value set frame, the product No. In the column of, the product number (1001) of the leading character string group in the lettering data 141 shown in FIG. 4 is described. In the columns of the lower left point and the upper right point, the first value set frame (that is, the value set frame W1) is displayed.
The coordinates (P ₁ , P ₂ ) of the lower left point and the upper right point are described. These coordinates are stored in the value frame data memory 13.
It is obtained from the value set frame data stored in 0.

The upper, middle, price, and lower alignment columns define the arrangement of each character string in each section when the character string is inserted in each section in the value set frame shown in FIG. Things. Specifically, any one of “upper left” indicating upper left alignment, “equal” indicating equal alignment, “center” indicating center alignment, and “lower left” indicating lower left alignment is described. As these data, character alignment data previously stored in a character alignment data memory (not shown) is used.

Next, each item following the header describes information such as an item counter, a relative position, a connection selection, a character string, a font, a character size, a lower left point, and an upper right point. Of these, the column of the item counter describes the initial number of each item. Naturally, the first item is "1", the second item is "2", and so on.

Next, in the fields of relative position and connection selection, as described in FIG. 6, to which section the character string belongs in the value set frame, the character string is added after the character string in the previous line. Whether or not to connect is described. These pieces of information are obtained from the product layout information 161 shown in FIG. 6 read from the product layout information memory 160. Each item in FIG. 10 includes information described in the corresponding item in FIG. Is described as is.

Subsequently, a character string to be arranged is described in the field of a character string to be laid out. These character strings are obtained from the character data 141 shown in FIG. 4 read from the character data memory 140. In FIG. 10, each character string in the first character string group in FIG. Is described so as to correspond to.

Next, the typeface and character size of the character string to be arranged are described in the column of typeface and character size, as already described with reference to FIG. These pieces of information are obtained from the product style information 151 shown in FIG. 5 read from the product style information memory 150. Each item in FIG. 10 includes information described in the corresponding item in FIG. Is described as is.

Finally, in the columns of the lower left point and the upper right point, the position of the character string in the value set frame is described as the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area where the character string exists. The actual position of each character string within the value set frame is not specified unless the product type setting process (step S120 in FIG. 8) described below is completed. Therefore, at the stage of step S110, the lower left point and the upper right point fields are not displayed. Nothing is described for each item. The coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point may be coordinates based on the value set frame or coordinates based on the flyer C.

Thus, the product typesetting information 17 shown in FIG.
1 is generated, the display control unit 113 of the CPU 110
In the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220, based on the generated product typesetting information 171, as shown in FIG.
The contents of the font, the character size, and the connection selection are displayed in addition to the character string, and the contents of the selection. Further, the display control unit 113 displays a relative position diagram 507 on the right side of the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B based on the information on the group direction input by the user.

The user looks at the contents displayed in this way, and if the character string, style, and layout are as intended, the user can use the mouse 200 or the like to format and
A start button 506 on the arrangement position setting screen B is clicked. Then, the product formatting processing unit 112 in the CPU 110 executes the product formatting process, determines the position of each character string in the previously selected value formatting frame based on the generated product formatting information 171, and Information on the position of each character string in the frame is obtained (step S120).
Specifically, the product formatting processing unit 112 stores the product formatting information 1
According to the contents of 71, each character string is sequentially arranged in the value set frame, the actual position of each character string is determined, and the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area where each character string exists are obtained. The information is described in the columns of the lower left point and the upper right point of each item of the product typesetting information 171.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the product type information after completion of the product type processing. As shown in FIG. 11, by the processing of step S121, the columns of the lower left point and the upper right point of each item in the product typesetting information 171 include
The coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area where each character string exists are described. As described above, the character strings corresponding to the fifth item and the eighth item were not described in the typesetting data shown in FIG. 4, and therefore, as shown in FIG. In the fifth item and the eighth item, no character string is described in the character string column.
Since no character string exists, no coordinates are described in the lower left point and upper right point columns.

When the user looks at the display contents of the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B and finds that the character string, the style, and the layout are not as intended, he or she does not perform the product typesetting processing (ie, the start of the product typesetting processing). Before the button 506 is clicked), the above-mentioned contents can be corrected using the keyboard 190 and the mouse 200 on the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B.

When the product typesetting process is executed,
Next, the display control unit 113 of the CPU 110 determines the color CRT2 based on the product type information 171 in which information of the lower left point and the upper right point of each character string (that is, position information) is described.
On the typesetting result display screen A in 20, the typed character strings are displayed in the selected value typesetting frame (step S <b> 130).

FIG. 12 shows a value setting frame W on the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220 in FIG.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an enlarged view of FIG. By the process of step S130, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, in the value set frame W1, each character string of "American", "Kansas beef", and "Loin" is displayed in the upper part, and "100 g" is displayed in the middle part. The character string of "hit", the character string of "158 yen" in the price part, and the character string of "only the first 100 people"
In accordance with the contents of the product typesetting information 171 shown in FIG. 11, a desired layout and style are displayed. FIG.
, A rectangular area surrounded by a broken line is a rectangular area in which the above-mentioned character string exists, and the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area are the lower left point and the upper right point of each item in the product format information 171. Hit the coordinates. As for the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point, as shown in FIG. 12, the direction horizontal to the screen is the x-axis coordinate, and the direction perpendicular to the screen is the y coordinate.

When the typesetting result is displayed on the typesetting result display screen A in this way, the user looks at the displayed content and checks whether the character string, style, and layout are as intended. Then, when the character string itself or the style or layout of the character string is required to be modified as not intended, the user can use the keyboard 190, the mouse 200, or the like to change the typesetting result display screen A, After selecting the brackets that need to be modified,
A necessary correction instruction is issued for the character string in the selected value set frame. The display control unit 113 corrects the character string in the value set frame on the screen according to the correction instruction (steps S140 and S150). More specifically, the display control unit 113 controls the keyboard 190 and the mouse 2
Based on the user's instruction input from 00 or the like,
By changing the display content of the color CRT 220,
In the desired value combination frame on the composition result display screen A, the character string itself, the style and layout of the character string are modified.

As described above, when a necessary correction is made in the desired value type frame on the typesetting result display screen A, the product type information generating unit 111 outputs the product type information memory according to the correction result. The contents of the part corresponding to the value combination frame in the product composition information 171 stored in 170 are changed (step S160).

Next, the product format processing unit 112 determines again the position of each character string in the value setting frame based on the changed product type information 171, and determines the lower left point and the upper right point of each character string. Are updated, and the contents of the columns of the lower left point and the upper right point of the corresponding item in the product typesetting information 171 are updated (step S170).

The processes in steps S160 and S170 are automatically executed when the correction on the screen in step S150 is determined.

Thereafter, the same processing is repeated in other value type frames on the typesetting result display screen A if the character string itself or the layout or style of the character string needs to be corrected. Then, when the necessary correction is completed in all the value setting frames subjected to the typesetting processing, a series of processing ends. Product typesetting information 17 thus obtained
Data such as 1 is used for flyer printing.

Then, in a series of correction processing from step S150 to step S180, when the character string itself is corrected, when the layout is corrected by moving the character string, when the layout is corrected by adding the character string, Will be described more specifically by taking each as an example.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of correcting the character string itself on the screen, and FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the change of the product type information by correcting the character string itself.

For example, when correcting the character string itself in the value set frame W1 on the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220, the user first uses the mouse 200 to change the character to be corrected. Select a column.
Then, as shown in FIG. 13A, the display control unit 113
Displays a cursor 601 for character input at the selected character string (the character string "Kansas beef" in FIG. 13). Next, the user enters the keyboard 190
Use to enter the characters you want to add. Then, FIG.
As shown in (b), the display control unit 113 sets the cursor 6
01, the input character (the character "high" in FIG. 13) is sequentially inserted, and another character string connected after the character string (the character string "loin" in FIG. 13) ) To the right by the inserted characters. When the character string is moved to the right side as described above and the character string overflows from the value set frame W1,
The character string may be transformed into a long body so as to fit in the value set frame W1.

When the correction on the screen is performed in this way, the process of step S160 is executed, and the product type information generating unit 111 sets the contents of the column of the typesetting character string of the corresponding item in the product type information 171. Change according to the correction result. In the case of this example, the character string “Kansas beef” of the second item shown in FIG.
Changed to "Kansas Premium Beef".

As shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b), the character string ("Kansas beef") is modified, so that the character string and the following character string ("Loin") move. Therefore, the positions of the lower left point and the upper right point of those character strings have also changed. Therefore, step S170
When the process of being executed, product composition processing unit 112, the product composition information 171, FIG. 11, as shown in FIG. 14, "Pb ₂ '' to the column of the upper right point of the second item from the" Pb ₂ "
To the lower left column of the third item from “Pc ₁ ” to “Pc ₁
c ₁ ′ ”, and the upper right column from“ Pc ₂ ”to“ Pc ₂ ”
, Respectively.

When the character string itself is corrected, the above-described processing is specifically performed. Next, FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of correcting a layout by moving a character string on the screen.

For example, when the layout is corrected by moving the character string in the value grouping frame W1 on the typesetting result display screen A, first, the user uses the mouse 200 to
As shown in FIG. 15, the character string to be corrected ("loin")
Select Then, the display control unit 113 sequentially compares the coordinates of the mouse cursor 701 with the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of each item in the product typesetting information 171, and among the rectangular areas where the character strings exist, the mouse cursor 701 is displayed. A rectangular area 702 in which 701 is located is specified, and a side 703 surrounding the rectangular area 702 is highlighted and displayed. This makes it easier for the user to visually recognize the selected character string (“loin”).

Subsequently, when the user moves the mouse 200, the display control unit 113 moves (drags) the selected character string ("loin") on the screen. At this time, the display control unit 113
In response to the signal from 0, the amount of movement of the mouse cursor (in other words, the amount of movement of the selected character string) is received and added to the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area 702 described above. Position information (that is, the coordinates of the lower left and upper right points of the area where the moving character string exists)
Get. Then, the display control unit 113 sequentially compares the positional information of the moving character string with the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of each item in the product typesetting information 171 to determine the difference between the x coordinate and the y coordinate. By finding the item with the smallest difference, the rectangular area closest to the rectangular area where the moving character string is located is specified from among the rectangular areas where other character strings exist. For example, in FIG. 15, when the selected character string (“loin”) is moved as indicated by an arrow G, the rectangular area in which the moved character string exists is 704, and the rectangular area closest to the rectangular area 704 is , Character string "per 100g"
Is a rectangular area 705 where.

As described above, the display control unit 113
After specifying the rectangular area closest to the rectangular area where the character string being moved exists, based on the minimum difference in x-coordinate or y-coordinate described above, of the sides surrounding the specified rectangular area, The side closest to the rectangular area where the character string exists is specified, and the specified side is highlighted and displayed. For example, in FIG. 15, y at the upper right point Pc ₂ ″ of the rectangular area 704 in which the moved character string “Loose” exists
Coordinates and rectangular area 7 with character string "per 100g"
Since the difference between the y-coordinate of the lower left point Pd _{1 and} the y-coordinate of the character string “per 100 g” is 705,
Is highlighted and displayed.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the side of a rectangular area in which an adjacent character string exists is highlighted when the character string is moved. As shown in FIGS. 16A to 16D, when a character string (“loin”) is moved, a rectangular area 710 in which the character string (“loin”) exists is replaced with another character string (“loin”). Rectangular area 705 with “per 100 g”)
, The side closest to the rectangular area 710 among the sides surrounding the rectangular area 705 is highlighted. For example, in the case of FIG.
Since it is the side closest to 10, the upper side 707 is highlighted. 16B, the right side 708 is highlighted, the lower side 706 is highlighted in FIG. 16C, and the left side 709 is highlighted in FIG. 16D.

In this manner, the side of the rectangular area 705 where another character string (“per 100 g”) can be in contact with the rectangular area 710 where the moving character string (“loin”) exists Is highlighted, so that the user can easily position the layout of the character string being moved, thereby improving the usability of the user.

When the character string selected using the mouse 200 is moved to a desired position, the user
By releasing the 0 button, the display control unit 113
Deselect the character string and determine the final position of the selected and moved character string.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the changed contents of the product type information due to the layout modification due to the movement of the character string. When the final position of the moved character string is determined as described above, the process of step S160 is performed,
The product type information generation unit 111 changes the content of the relative position column and the content of the connection selection column of the corresponding item in the product type information 171 according to the correction result. Then, in the product type information 171, the position of the corresponding item in the product type information 171 is changed according to the correction result.

In the case of the above example, the relative position “upper” of the third item shown in FIG. 11 is changed to “middle”, and the connection selection “Yes” is changed to “No”. Then, FIG.
The third item and the fourth item shown in are replaced as shown in FIG. 17, the third item becomes a new fourth item, and the fourth item becomes a new third item.

The product typesetting information 171 of the corresponding item
The change of the position in the inside and the change of the content of the connection selection are performed in the following manner. That is, when the final position of the moved character string is determined, as shown in FIG. 15, the rectangular area 704 in which the character string (“loin”) exists is the same as that of another character string (“per 100 g”). It will be in contact with the existing rectangular area 705. At this time, of the sides of the rectangular area 705,
The side 706 in contact with the rectangular area 704 matches the highlighted side immediately before the final position is determined. Therefore, based on the highlighted side, the position of the corresponding item is changed and the content of the connection selection is changed.

More specifically, immediately before the final position is determined, as shown in FIG.
07 is highlighted, the product type information 17
1, the item corresponding to the moved character string "loin" is positioned immediately before the item corresponding to the highlighted character string "per 100g", and the connection selection of the item corresponding to the character string "loin" is selected. Set the field to "No".

When the right side 708 of the rectangular area 705 is highlighted as shown in FIG. 16B, the moved character string “loin” is displayed in the product typesetting information 171.
Is set immediately after the item corresponding to the highlighted character string “per 100 g”, and the connection selection column of the item corresponding to the character string “per 100 g” is set to “Yes”.

When the lower side 706 of the rectangular area 705 is highlighted as shown in FIG. 16C, the moved character string "loin" is displayed in the product typesetting information 171.
Is set immediately after the item corresponding to the highlighted character string “per 100 g”, and the connection selection column of the item corresponding to the character string “per 100 g” is set to “not”.

Further, when the left side 709 of the rectangular area 705 is highlighted as shown in FIG.
In the product type information 171, the item corresponding to the moved character string “Loose” is changed to the highlighted character string “100”.
It is positioned immediately before the item corresponding to "g hit" and the connection selection column of the item corresponding to the character string "loin" is set to "Yes".

Subsequently, when the processing of step S170 is executed, the position of the lower left point or the upper right point of the character string changes as shown in FIG. 15 due to the movement of the character string ("loin"). , The product formatting processing unit 112 stores the product formatting information 1
At 71, as shown in FIG.
"P to the column of the lower left point of the fourth item corresponding to the" Pc ₁ "
c ₁ ″ ”and the upper right column from“ Pc ₂ ”to“ P
c ₂ ″ ”.

As described above, the layout is modified due to the movement of the character string.

Next, FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of modifying the layout by adding a character string on the screen, and FIG. 19 shows merchandise type information obtained by modifying the layout resulting from the addition of the character string. It is explanatory drawing which shows the changed content.

For example, when a character string is added to modify the layout in the value combination frame W1 on the typesetting result display screen A, the following is performed. First, the user moves the mouse cursor to a position where a new character string is to be added in the value set frame W1 using the mouse 200, and at that position, for example, by clicking the right button of the mouse 200, "Open Menu" Give instructions. In response to this instruction, the display control unit 113 displays a pop-up menu at that position. Therefore, when the user selects an instruction of “add character string” from the pop-up menu, the display control unit 113 causes the position for the mouse cursor to enter a character as shown in FIG. The cursor 601 is displayed. The user enters the keyboard 19
When a character string to be added is input using “0”, the display control unit 113 changes the cursor 601 as shown in FIG.
The input character string (the character string "sale price" in FIG. 18B) is inserted at the position of. In this way, a character string can be added at a desired position on the screen.

When the character string is added on the screen in this way, the process of step S160 is executed, and the product type information generation unit 111 selects a character string field from the items in the product type information 171. Search for items that do not contain any character strings. For example, in the example of the product formatting information 171 shown in FIG. 11, the fifth item and the eighth item correspond to the items, and therefore, the fifth item and the eighth item, which are the earliest items,
The item is selected. Then, the product typesetting information generation unit 111
Describes the added character string in the character string field of the selected fifth item. In the case of this example, as shown in FIG. 19, “sale price” is described in the field of the character string of the fifth item.

Depending on the position where the character string is added, not only the added character string is described in the typesetting character string column, but also the relative position and the contents of the connection selection column are changed. There is.

Subsequently, when the process of step S170 is executed, the product typesetting processing unit 112, based on the position of the added character string shown in FIG. In the typesetting information 171, “Pe ₁ ” is newly described in the lower left column of the fifth item, and “Pe ₂ ” is newly described in the upper right column.

As described above, step S15
In a series of correction processing from 0 to step S180, correction of the character string itself, correction of the layout due to movement of the character string, and correction of the layout due to addition of the character string can be performed.

In addition, the modification of the character string style can be performed, for example, as follows. That is, in the value grouping frame on the typesetting result display screen A, the user selects a character string whose style is to be corrected using the mouse 200 or the like, and then instructs “open menu” by clicking the right button of the mouse 200 or the like. And give
The display control unit 113 displays a pop-up menu including options such as “correct typeface” and “correct character size” for correcting the style of the character string. Therefore, when the user selects, for example, “typeface correction” from the pop-up menu, the display control unit 113 further
Display multiple typefaces. When the user specifies a desired typeface, the display control unit 113 changes the typeface of the previously selected character string to the specified typeface. After that, the product type information generation unit 111 responds to the correction result by using the typeface column of the corresponding item in the product type information 171 (or the character size column if the character size is corrected).
Change the content of Further, the product typesetting processing unit 112 determines again the position of each character string in the value set frame based on the changed product typesetting information 171 and corrects the position of the character string (that is, the character When the position of the lower left point or the upper right point of the rectangular area in which the column exists changes, the contents of the lower left point or the upper right point column of the corresponding item in the product typesetting information 171 are updated accordingly.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a character string that has been subjected to typesetting (value setting) is to be corrected, the layout of the character string or the style is to be corrected. If a correction relating to a character string is made on the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220, the content of the product typesetting information 171 is changed according to the correction result and finally obtained. The information on the position of each character string (that is, the contents of the lower left point and upper right point columns of each item in the product typesetting information 171) is also automatically updated, so that the original lettering data, product layout information, product style, etc. After returning to the information and correcting it,
There is no need to regenerate typesetting information, and the time and effort for correction can be greatly reduced.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment described above, when a correction relating to a character string is made on the screen, the product typesetting information 171 is displayed.
Of the original lettering data 141, the product style information 151, and the product layout information 161 were not changed. However, when the typesetting data etc. is used for another purpose, if the content of the original typesetting data etc. is not changed even though the content of the product formatting information is changed, the integrity of the information May not be maintained, which may cause inconvenience.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the contents of the product typesetting information 171 are changed, the contents of the original lettering data and the like are also changed so that the correction result is reflected.

The configuration of the typesetting apparatus of this embodiment is the same as that of FIG.
Since the configuration is almost the same as that shown in FIG. However,
The CPU 110 also functions as a correction result reflection unit to perform the above processing.

Next, a processing procedure of a typesetting method performed by the typesetting apparatus of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the typesetting method executed in the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 20, the processing from steps S210 to S270 is the same as that in FIG.
Since the processing is the same as that of steps S110 to S170 shown in FIG.

At step S280, the correction result reflecting unit of CPU 110 corrects at step S250 the typesetting data 141 stored in typesetting data memory 140 based on product type information 171 changed at step S260. The result is reflected (step S280).

More specifically, the correction result reflecting unit extracts the contents of the character string column from each item in the product typesetting information 171 in the order of the numerical values of the item counter column, Overwrites the typesetting data 141 stored in.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a state in which the correction result is reflected in the typesetting data. In FIG. 21, (a) shows the contents of the original typesetting data similar to that shown in FIG. 4, and (b) shows the correction result when the character string itself described in FIGS. 13 and 14 is corrected. FIG. 18C shows the contents of the reflected typesetting data, and FIG. 19C shows the contents of the typesetting data reflecting the correction result when the character strings described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19 are added.

When the character string itself is corrected, the character string of the second item in the product typesetting information 171 shown in FIG. 14 is changed to “Kansas luxury beef”, As shown in FIG. 21 (b), the content of the data 141 also has the character string corresponding to the second item changed to "Kansas high-grade beef", and reflects the correction result.

When a character string is added,
As the “sale price” is newly inserted in the column of the character string of the fifth item in the product type information 171 shown in FIG. 19, the contents of the character data 141 are also changed to those shown in FIG. As shown, a character string of “sale price” is newly inserted in the fifth item, and the correction result is reflected in this case as well.

When the layout is corrected by moving the character string, even if the content of the product typesetting information 171 is changed, the content of the typesetting data is not substantially changed. That is, when the layout is corrected by moving the character string, the contents of the product formatting information 171 are changed as shown in FIG.
Even if the position of the item in 1 changes, the contents of the column of the item counter are not changed. For example, in FIG.
The position of the item was changed to the fourth item, and the position of the fourth item was changed to the third item, but the contents of the column of the item counter were not changed. Therefore, as described above, when the correction result reflecting unit takes out the contents of the character string column in the order of the numerical values of the item counter column and overwrites the character data 141, the position of the item in the product typesetting information 171 is changed. Is changed, the order of the extracted character strings remains the same as the order of the character strings in the original text data, so that the contents of the text data are not substantially changed by overwriting. As described above, when the layout is corrected by moving the character string, the content of the text data is not changed (specifically, the order of the character strings is changed). This is because when character data is used for another purpose, it may cause inconvenience.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described examples and embodiments, but can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention.

For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the information on the position of each character string in the value assembling frame (that is, the coordinates of the lower left point and the upper right point of the rectangular area where the character string exists) is the product type information 171. However, the position information and the product type information may be handled separately.

In the second embodiment described above,
Although the correction result was reflected only in the typesetting data 141,
The product style information 151 and the product layout information 161 may be reflected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of value grouping frame data stored in a value grouping frame data memory 130 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the color CRT 220 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of typographic data stored in a typographic data memory 140 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of product style information stored in a product style information memory 150 of FIG. 1;

6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of product layout information stored in a product layout information memory 160 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement division of each character string in a value set frame.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a typesetting method executed by the typesetting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the appearance / arrangement position setting screen B of FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of product typesetting information stored in a product typesetting information memory 170 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of product typesetting information after product typesetting processing is completed.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an enlarged value combination frame W1 on the typesetting result display screen A displayed on the screen of the color CRT 220 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of correcting a character string itself on a screen.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the changed contents of the product typesetting information by correcting the character string itself.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for describing a method of correcting a layout by moving a character string on a screen.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which a side of a rectangular area in which a nearby character string exists is highlighted when the character string is moved.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of change in product type information due to layout modification caused by movement of a character string.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of correcting a layout by adding a character string on a screen.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of change in product type information due to layout modification caused by addition of a character string.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a typesetting method executed in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a state in which the correction result is reflected in the typesetting data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 110 ... CPU 111 ... Product typesetting information generation unit 112 ... Product typesetting processing unit 113 ... Display control unit 120 ... Main memory 130 ... Value type frame data memory 131 ... Value type frame data 140 ... Type data memory 141 ... Type data 150 ... Product style information memory 151 ... Product style information 160 ... Product layout information memory 161 ... Product layout information 170 ... Product formatting information memory 171 ... Product formatting information 180 ... Magnetic disk unit 190 ... Keyboard 200 ... Mouse 220 ... Color CRT 230 ... CD -ROM drive device 235 ... CD-ROM 240 ... network card 245 ... network 250 ... bus line

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A typesetting method for determining an arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame, comprising: (a) lettering data representing a plurality of character strings to be arranged in the frame; (B) generating typesetting information that integrates each information from layout information that specifies the layout of each character string and style information that specifies the style of each character string in (b). Determining the position of each character string in the frame based on the information, and obtaining position information representing each position; and (c) displaying each character string arranged on the screen at the determined position in the frame. And (d) correcting the character string itself, the style of the character string, or the layout of the character string displayed on the screen on the screen in accordance with a correction instruction. e) the amendment Changing the content of the typesetting information according to the result; and (f) determining again the position of each character string in the frame based on the changed typesetting information, and updating the content of the position information. And a typesetting method further comprising: 2. The typesetting method according to claim 1, further comprising: (g) reflecting the correction result in the typesetting data, layout information, or style information based on the changed typesetting information. Typesetting method to prepare. 3. The typesetting method according to claim 1, wherein the step (d) comprises: (d-1) selecting a character string to be corrected on the screen; d-2) a step of emphasizing and displaying at least a part of the region where the selected character string exists on the screen. 4. The typesetting method according to claim 1, wherein the step (d) includes: (d-1) correcting a layout of a character string on the screen, (D-2) on the screen, the correction target character string to be moved exists from the individual areas where the respective character strings other than the correction target character string exist. Selecting a region closest to the region; and (d-3) highlighting and displaying, on the screen, the side closest to the region where the correction target character string exists, of the sides surrounding the selected region. Performing a typesetting method. 5. A typesetting device for determining the arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame, wherein the first storage stores lettering data representing the plurality of character strings to be arranged in the frame. Means, second storage means for storing layout information for defining the layout of each character string in the frame, third storage means for storing style information for defining the style of each character string, A typesetting information generating means for generating typesetting information by integrating the information from the typesetting data, the layout information and the style information; and determining a position of each character string in the frame based on the generated typesetting information. Typesetting processing means for obtaining position information representing each position; display means for displaying, on a screen, each character string arranged at a determined position in the frame; and displaying the character strings displayed on the screen. Correction means for correcting the character string itself, the style of the character string, or the layout of the character string on a screen in accordance with a correction instruction from the outside; and the typesetting information generation means performs correction by the correction means. In this case, the contents of the typesetting information are changed in accordance with the correction result, and the typesetting processing means determines again the position of each character string in the frame based on the changed typesetting information. A typesetting device for updating the contents of the position information. 6. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for determining the arrangement of a plurality of character strings in a predetermined frame is recorded, wherein the recording medium represents a plurality of character strings to be arranged in the frame. A function of generating typesetting information by integrating each information from the character data, layout information that specifies the layout of each character string in the frame, and style information that specifies the style of each character string; A function of determining the position of each character string in the frame based on the typesetting information and obtaining position information indicating each position; and a function of displaying each character string on the screen at the determined position in the frame. And a function of correcting the character string itself, the style of the character string, or the layout of the character string displayed on the screen on the screen according to a correction instruction. A function of changing the content of the typesetting information in accordance with the correction result; and determining the position of each character string in the frame again based on the changed typesetting information, and updating the content of the position information. A recording medium that stores functions and a computer program for causing a computer to realize the functions.