JPH11328169A - Method and device for composition and record medium where program for implementing process thereof is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of composition by automating composition wherein objects other than a character string are laid out in a value composition frame. SOLUTION: Image data of a logo, a design character, etc., are stored in an image file. On a style and arrangement position setting screen, it is decided (S110) whether or not data specified as a 'logo', and image data having the data name matching a specified picked character string are read out of the image file (S120). Then the longitudinal and lateral sizes of the read image data are arranged and the data are arranged (S130 to S170). Therefore, the composition can be carried out while the image data of the logo, etc., can be handled equally to character strings.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for formatting an image including a plurality of character strings, such as a flyer, using a computer system, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the processing. About.

[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 flyer, a plurality of frames for performing typesetting called “value combination” (value combination frames) 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.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-3 is an example of a flyer typesetting technique.
There is a character string typesetting device described in Japanese Patent No. 04148. In this method, after setting a basic area to be a value set frame, a plurality of internal areas are set in the basic area, and a character string (character text) is arranged in each internal area. Note that the process of arranging such a character string on a composition document is generally called “flowing”.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional typesetting technique, a character string is automatically arranged in an internal area set in a value grouping frame, and the arrangement target is limited to a character string. On the other hand, in addition to character strings, flyers and the like include a logo mark of a trademark of a product manufacturer, "special price!", And "first 10 people!"
Design characters that are transformed from such characters, as well as pictures, are also used. When arranging such an object (image data indicating a lump other than the character text such as the logo mark, the design character, the picture, and the like in this specification is referred to as an object), the operator uses a mouse or the like on the screen to arrange the object. There is no other choice but to perform the layout manually, and the workability during typesetting is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and it is possible to automatically perform typesetting in which an object other than a character string is poured into a value type setting frame, thereby improving workability of typesetting. The purpose is to increase.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems and Their Functions and Effects In order to solve at least a part of the problems described above, a typesetting method according to the present invention is a typesetting method for electronically performing typesetting,
(1) a step of designating an area in which a character string is to be arranged as a flow area; (2) a step of setting a plurality of divided areas in the flow area;
(4) a step of preparing in advance an image file in which image data representing images such as line drawings and pictures are collected; and (5) designating the arrangement of the character string obtained in the step (3) in the divided area. (6) setting use information indicating that the image file is to be used in each of the divided areas specified in the step (5);
(7) arranging an image in the divided area using the image file regardless of whether the character string is arranged for each of the divided areas in which the usage information is set. , And the gist.

According to the typesetting method having the above-described configuration, by setting use information in a segmented area, the segmented area in which the setting is made can be used by using an image file regardless of whether a character string is arranged. An image can be arranged in the segmented area.

[0008] For this reason, the typesetting in which objects other than the character strings are poured into the value setting frame can be performed without manual operation by the operator (operation of arrangement by manual operation using a mouse or the like). Therefore, there is an effect that workability in typesetting is improved.

In the above typesetting method, the step (6)
Comprises: (6a) a step of designating, with the use information, an image data name indicating the image data by a character string whose arrangement is designated in the step (3); and the step (7) comprises the step of (7a) The method may further include a step of reading image data according to the image data name from the image file based on the image data name specified in the step (6a).

According to this configuration, the image data can be arranged in the same manner as the character string that has been spelled out. For this reason, workability at the time of typesetting can be further improved.

In the above typesetting method, the steps (5) and (6) may be performed on one editing screen in a computer system.

According to this method, it is possible to specify the position of the image file and perform other setting operations while grasping the assembled image.

Further, in the above typesetting method, the designation of the arrangement in the step (5) includes at least a size of an area for the arrangement set in the divided area. A configuration may be provided that includes a step of expanding and contracting the image to a size that matches the size to obtain image data for arrangement.

According to the typesetting method having this configuration, the image can be expanded or contracted to a desired size only by designating the size of the area.

A typesetting apparatus according to the present invention is an electronic typesetting apparatus for electronically performing typesetting, wherein a flow area designating means for designating an area in which a character string is to be arranged as a flow area, and a plurality of divided areas in the flow area. Area setting means for setting, character writing means for writing a character string, storage means for storing an image file which collects image data representing images such as line drawings and pictures, and Arrangement specifying means for specifying the arrangement of the character string in the divided area, and use information setting for setting use information indicating that the image file is used in each of the divided areas specified by the arrangement specifying means Means, and for each of the divided areas in which the use information is set, an image is stored in the divided area using the image file, regardless of whether or not the character string is arranged. Are summarized as further comprising a placement execution means for arranging, the.

The typesetting apparatus according to the present invention has the same operation and effect as the typesetting method described above, and performs typesetting by pouring objects other than character strings into a value typesetting frame without manual operation by an operator. Excellent workability at the time.

The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which a computer program for electronically performing typesetting is recorded, and (1) a function of designating an area in which a character string is arranged as a pouring area; ,
(2) a function of setting a plurality of segmented areas in the filling area; (3) a function of character string writing; and (4) an image file in which image data representing images such as a line drawing and a picture is collected. A function to be prepared; (5) a function to designate the arrangement of the character string obtained by the function (3) in the division area; and (6) a division designated by the function (5). (7) a function of setting use information indicating that the image file is used in an area; and (7) regarding each of the divided areas in which the use information is set, regardless of whether the character string is arranged or not. And a computer program for causing a computer to realize the function of arranging an image in the divided area using the computer program.

When the computer program recorded on such a recording medium is executed by a computer system, the computer program has the same operation and effect as the above-described typesetting method or typesetting apparatus, and converts an object other than a character string into a value. By performing the typesetting into the setting frame without manual operation by the operator, the workability during the typesetting is excellent.

[0019]

Other Embodiments of the Invention The present invention includes the following other embodiments. This embodiment is a program supply device that is executed by a microprocessor of a computer system and supplies a software program for realizing each step or each unit of the above-described invention via a communication line.

[0020]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This typesetting device includes a CPU 10 and a bus line 12. The bus line 12 includes a value type frame data memory 14, a typesetting data memory 16, an image file memory 17, a typesetting information memory 18, The appearance / arrangement position setting device 20, the arrangement execution device 22, and the formatted data memory 24 are connected. A keyboard 30, a mouse 32, and a digitizer 34 are connected to the bus line 12 as input devices, and a color CRT 36 is connected as an output device. Further, a magnetic disk 38 is connected as an external storage device. Also, this typesetting device
A general network system connected to a transmission path may be configured.

The inflow basin designating means in the present invention is realized by the digitizer 34, the mouse 32 or the keyboard 30. In addition, the lettering means is realized by the keyboard 30. The sectioned area setting means and the use information setting means are a mouse 32 or a keyboard 3
0, respectively. The layout specification means
The arrangement execution means is realized by the arrangement execution device 22 by the arrangement position setting device 20.

Note that the means and functions of each unit shown in the present invention can be realized not only by hardware circuits but also by software programs (application programs). In addition, these software programs are transferred from a portable storage medium (portable storage medium (recording medium)) such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM to a main memory or an external storage device of a computer system. Alternatively, the program may be supplied from the program supply device to the computer system via a communication line.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the typesetting operation in this embodiment. In step S <b> 1, first, the user creates character string data (lettering data) to be typeset using the keyboard 30, and registers it in the lettering data memory 16. This data is loaded from a data file created in advance and saved on the magnetic disk 38,
It may be replaced with the one stored in the typographic data memory 16.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a character data file, showing a text screen obtained by the keyboard 30. In the character set data, character strings are separated by a predetermined “delimiter code”. A predetermined number indicating different types of information (six in this embodiment)
Are recorded as a set of character strings separated by a “return code”, and the set of character strings is registered as a single record in the transcription data file. In the example of FIG. 3, six records are registered in one character data file.

In step S2, the user operates the digitizer 3
4 or the mouse 32 is used to draw a value frame. FIG.
Is an explanatory diagram for explaining plotting of a value setting frame. A plurality of value setting frames W1 and W are placed on one flyer C for performing typesetting.
2, W3,... Are drawn and displayed on the CRT 36. First, the lower left point P1 and the upper right point P2 of the value setting frame W1 are designated by using the digitizer 34 or the mouse 32 to draw one value setting frame W1. By setting the required number of value setting frames (the number of rows and the number of columns) with the keyboard 30 or the like, the value setting frames W2, W3,. Automatically draw on C. The value frame data thus plotted is stored in the value frame data memory 1 shown in FIG.
4 is registered. The value group data memory 14 stores the number of plotted value group frames and the coordinate data of the lower left point and the upper right point of each value group frame.

In step S3, using the appearance / arrangement position setting device 20, the arrangement position and appearance of the character string in one value set frame are set. Here, “format” refers to character attributes such as the typeface, character size, and character string line spacing of each character string. The appearance / arrangement position setting device 20
According to the above, it is possible to set the arrangement position and appearance for objects such as logo marks and design characters in addition to the character strings. In step S3, the appearance and arrangement position setting device 20 is used to set the object. Has the same settings as the character strings.

The arrangement position setting and the appearance setting are performed by using the appearance / arrangement position setting screen 40 as shown in FIG. Appearance
In the upper part of the arrangement position setting screen 40, a typesetting text field for inputting the name of the typesetting data (“typesetting text:”), and a product number indicating the product number (first item of the record) in the typesetting data . Field (“Product No .:”) and a text space setting field (“Text space:”) for setting the line spacing of the character string
, A setting direction setting field (“setting direction:”) for setting the layout format of the typesetting, and a start button (“start”) for starting the typesetting.

Further, a relative position diagram showing an arrangement image corresponding to the set direction is provided at the lower right of the screen. In the center of the screen, there are provided four appearance setting tables corresponding to respective relative positions (“upper section”, “middle section”, “price section”, “lower section”).

Each appearance setting table is for assigning character strings to be arranged at respective relative positions and setting appearance of each character string. Up scroll button R1 and down scroll button R2 at the right end of the appearance setting table
Is an instruction button for scrolling the display range of the appearance setting table. The display position symbol P1 indicates the currently displayed range of the appearance setting table, and it is also possible to directly move the display range by designating P1.

The setting direction setting column at the top of the screen is used to set the layout format of the typesetting shown in FIG. 7, and the setting direction is, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the “horizontal direction” including “middle section”, “price section”, and “lower section”, and “right section”, “middle section”, “price section”, A “vertical direction” composed of a “left stage” is prepared. Normally, the “horizontal direction” is set, and the “vertical direction” is set according to the contents of the typesetting.
The relative position diagram shown in the lower right of FIG.
This is for displaying either (a) or (b) and visually facilitating the setting in the appearance / arrangement setting.

In the typesetting text field at the top of the appearance / arrangement setting screen shown in FIG. 6, the typesetting data name “Electric product” that has been typed in advance is input. In the column of the predetermined product No. If you enter "1001" here,
The merchandise number in the character data file stored in the character data memory 16 is referred to as the product number. Character string group corresponding to
Records) are all loaded into the typographic field of the "Upper" format setting table.

In the example of FIG. 6, "ABC", "21"
Type TV "and" clear screen "are displayed, but the character strings for" special mark "and" 79,000 yen "are not displayed. "
Just because the display is hidden due to the size limitation of the appearance setting table, all the character strings for one record from "ABC" to "79,000 yen" are actually loaded.
In a line in which a character string is loaded and is displayed in the typesetting column, a typeface column ("font") and a size column (size) are displayed with default values. These display fields will be described later.

Next, of the loaded character strings, character strings to be arranged in the "middle section", "price section" and "lower section" are respectively selected and moved from the upper section to respective arrangement positions. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating selection and movement of a character string. First, since the character strings to be typeset have been all loaded in the typesetting column of the appearance setting table of the “upper part”, the character strings to be moved by indicating the scroll buttons R1 and R2 are displayed, and FIG. As shown in
For example, the character string “special price mark” is selected and moved from “upper section” to “middle section”. The method of selecting and moving may be any method. For example, a method such as “drag and drop” is conceivable. A blank will occur in the `` upper part '' after moving, but the character string of the line below the blank should be shifted upward, or if the typesetting field is blank, ignore the line Good to do.

FIG. 9 shows the appearance / arrangement position setting screen 40 after the character string to be moved is moved from the typesetting column of the format setting table of the “upper part” to the typesetting column of another format setting table. FIG. As shown in the figure, the character string of “special price mark” is displayed as “79,000” in the typesetting column of the appearance setting table of “middle section”.
The character string of "yen" has been moved to the lettering field of the "price" format setting table.

Next, the appearance of each character string is set in each appearance setting table shown in FIG. The font type column ("font type") and size column (size) of each character string remain set to the default values "Gothic" and "10Q" as shown in FIG. ing. Then, the font and size of each character string are selected in the “font” field and the “size” field of each appearance setting table, and the keyboard 3
0 or directly set with the mouse 32. In FIG. 9, after the character string of one record is loaded, the “size” column of the character string “21-inch TV”, the “size” column of the character string “special price mark”, and the “size” of the character string “79,000 yen” "And" typeface "fields are set to desired character strings. In the drawing, the columns of the size and the text space are indicated by using a symbol “Q” with Q = 0.25 mm.

In step S3, the "logo" column of each character string is set in each appearance setting table shown in FIG. The “logo” column is a column for setting whether or not to display an object instead of the character string of the line at the time of typesetting.
Mouse 3 in the "Logo" field to display the object
When designated by 2 or the like, as shown in the figure, a substantially v-shaped check mark is displayed, and the “typeface” column on the same line is displayed as “−”.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of image data serving as an object. As shown in FIG. 10, the image file memory 17 stores a plurality of image data M1, M2, M3 each representing an object. For example, the image data M1 is a logo of a trademark of “ABC”, the image data M2 is a logo of a trademark of “Iroha”, and the image data M3 is a logo of “special price”.
It is a design character of the character. Each image data M1,
M2 and M3 are specified by data names such as “ABC”, “Iroha”, and “special price mark”. Based on these data names, desired image data M1, M2, and M3 are read from the image file memory 17. In the appearance setting table of the appearance / arrangement position setting screen 40 shown in FIG. 9, the character strings of the line in which the “logo” column is specified, that is, the character strings “ABC” and the character strings “special price mark” are image The image data M1 and the image data M3 read from the file memory 17 are respectively converted into a typesetting image.

The "connection" column of the appearance setting table is a column for setting whether or not to connect the character string of the line after the character string of the previous line. By designating the “connection” column, the character string of the specified line can be arranged after the character string of the previous line.

In the following step S4, a value combination frame to be "value-set" is selected from the value combination frames created in step S2 and registered in the value combination data memory 14, and the process is started. The selection of the value grouping frame data is performed by selecting a value grouping frame for which processing is to be executed from the value grouping frames on the flyer C1 shown in FIG. For example, mouse 3
According to 2, a method of designating a value combination frame to be selected, a method of inputting a name of a value combination frame to be selected by the keyboard 30, and the like can be considered. The start of the process is executed by instructing the “start button” on the arrangement setting screen shown in FIG.

In step S5, various contents set on the layout setting screen in step S3 are registered in the typesetting information memory 18 as typesetting information. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the typesetting text memory, the text interval, the product number, And the set direction are provided, and each item corresponding to each character string includes a relative position,
Each data of connection selection, character string, typeface, size, logo check is provided. The data of this logo check is data indicating whether or not there is a designation in the “logo” column by “with” or “without”.

When the setting of the typesetting information in the typesetting information memory 18 is completed in step S5, the operation proceeds to step S6. In steps S6 to S9, the placement execution device 2
2, the character strings and the objects are actually arranged in each value type frame based on the typesetting information data in the typesetting information memory 18. Hereinafter, a case where a character string and an object are arranged in one value combination frame under the setting conditions shown in FIG. 9 will be described as an example.

First, the case where the character string to be arranged in the “upper part” is executed in step S6 will be described. Here, the arrangement is performed in order from the character string on the first line of the appearance setting table of the “upper part” shown in FIG. However, the character string on the first line of the appearance setting table of the “upper part” has a check mark in the “logo” column, so the character string “ABC” is not arranged as it is. As described above, the character arrangement character string “ABC” is converted into a desired object and is arranged. Hereinafter, such object conversion and arrangement processing will be described in detail.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an object conversion / placement routine executed by the placement execution device 22. As shown in FIG. 12, when the processing is started, the placement execution device 22 first determines whether the data of “logo check” in the item data is “Yes” or “No”.
Is determined (step S110). here,
If determined to be "none", the data is not specified in the "logo" column, so the process exits from the object conversion / placement routine and proceeds to the conventional character string placement routine RT0 for laying out character strings. Proceed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S110 that the data of “logo check” is “present”, it is determined that the “logo” column is the designated data, and the process proceeds to step S120. In step S120, the image data corresponding to the contents of the “character string” is read from the image file memory 17 using the “character string” in the item data as a search key. Here, in the example of the first line of the appearance setting table of “upper part” shown in FIG.
BC ", the image data M1 shown in FIG. 10 is read.

Thereafter, the placement execution device 22 obtains a circumscribed rectangle of the image data, and obtains the horizontal size D of the image data.
x and the vertical size Dy are obtained (step S130). That is, as shown in FIG. 13A, the horizontal size Dx and the vertical size Dy of the image data are obtained. Thereafter, the data in the “composition direction” of the header of the composition information memory 18 is changed to
Is determined (step S14).
0) Here, if it is determined that the set direction is “horizontal”, a scaling process is performed to match the vertical size Dy obtained in step S130 with the data value of the “size” of the item data being processed. . Specifically, the image data is converted into a new size by calculation according to the following two equations (step S150).

Lx = (M / Dy) · Dx Ly = M

Here, Lx is the vertical size of the converted image data, and Ly is the horizontal size of the converted image data. M is the value of the “size” data of the item data.

As a result of the calculation in step S150, as shown in FIG.
x and the vertical size ly are obtained.

On the other hand, if the set direction is determined to be "vertical" in step S140, the image data is converted into a new size corresponding to the vertical set by calculation according to the following two equations (step S160). .

Lx = M Ly = (M / Dx) · Dy

Thereafter, the image data read in step S120 is expanded and contracted to Lx in the vertical direction and to Ly in the horizontal direction,
A process of arranging the object at a predetermined position as an object is executed (step S170). Thereafter, the execution of this routine ends.

The position of the arrangement in step S170 is as follows. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the “value set” when the set direction is set to the “horizontal direction”. As shown in the figure, first, the upper left point of the value set frame is set as a point Pa (Pax, Pay) at which the arrangement of the character string (or object) on the first line is started, and the first line of the appearance setting table of the “upper part” is set. The object OB1 determined from the character string “ABC” of the eye as described above is arranged. The vertical size of the object OB1 is subjected to the scaling processing in step S150 as specified in FIG.
This is the character size (10Q) of the first item data.

Character string "21 type television" of the second item data
Since the "logo" field is not specified, the character string arrangement routine RT
At 0, the character string "21 type television" is arranged as it is.
The arrangement is “the size of the character string of the first item data (10
Q) and the point Pb moved downward from the point Pa by the length (14Q) obtained by adding the text interval (4Q) set in FIG.
(Pbx, Pby) is arranged as a starting point. The x coordinate Pbx and the y coordinate Pby are represented by the following equations.

Pbx = Pax Pby = Pay-size of first item data (10Q) -text interval (4Q)

Character string "clear screen" of the third item data
Is lower than the point Pb by the length (16Q) obtained by adding the size (12Q) of the character string of the second item data and the text interval (4Q) set in FIG. 9 in the same manner as the second item data. Are arranged with the point Pc (Pcx, Pcy) moved to the start point. The x coordinate Pcx and the y coordinate Pcy are represented by the following equations.

Pcx = Pax Pcy = Pby−size of second item data (12Q) −text interval (4Q) = Pay−size of first item data (10Q) −size of second item data (12Q) −2 × Text spacing (4Q)

In step S7, a character string to be arranged in the "middle row" is arranged. The position of the first character string to be placed in the “middle row” may be a predetermined point, or may not be a predetermined point, and may be the bottom row of the “top row” May be obtained from the character string start position arranged in the. Note that the character string "special price mark" of the fourth item data to be arranged in the "middle row" is a character string in which the "logo" column is specified. The image data (M3 in FIG. 10) corresponding to the character string “special price mark” is read out from the, the scaling is calculated, and the image data is arranged as the object OB2. When the arrangement position is obtained as a relative position from the character string start position of the bottom line of the arrangement character strings of the “top”, since the bottom line character string of the “top” is the third item data, the third item data A point Pd (Pdx, Pd) moved downward from the start point Pc of the third item data by the length (10Q) obtained by adding the data size (8Q) and the text interval (4Q).
It is arranged starting from y). Note that the x coordinate Pgx, y
The coordinates Pgy are represented by the following equation.

Pdx = Pax Pdy = Pcy-size of third item data (10Q) -text interval (4Q)

In step S8, a character string to be arranged in the "price section" is arranged. The arrangement position of the character string to be arranged in the “price section” may be a predetermined configuration, or is not predetermined, and the character string start position of the first item data in the “middle section” May be obtained. The character string “79,000 yen” of the “price section” shown in FIG. 6 is placed at the point Pe (Pex, Pey) so as to be placed in contact with the right end of the value set frame.
Are arranged as starting points. The x-coordinate Pex and the y-coordinate Pey are represented by the following equations.

Pex = P2x-L1 Pey = Pdy

Here, the x-coordinate Pex is a coordinate moved leftward by the character string length L1 from the x-coordinate P2x at the right end of the frame so that the character string of the "price section" is in contact with the right end of the value set frame. . The y coordinate Pey is the same coordinate as the above “middle section”.

In step S10, the character string to be arranged in the lower row is arranged. Under the setting conditions shown in FIG. 9, there is no character string to be arranged in “lower”.

As described above, the arrangement of the character strings in one value combination frame is executed. Here, if there is a problem in the execution result and it needs to be corrected (step S10), for example, if the character string does not fit within the value set frame, it is determined that correction is necessary and the process returns to step S3. Correction is made on the appearance / arrangement setting screen shown in FIG. 9, and steps S4 to S10 are executed again.

In step S11, when a plurality of value composition frames are designated in step S4, it is determined whether or not all the formatting processes have been completed.
Returning to step 5, the process for the other value set frames is repeated. The “value set” data executed as described above is registered in the typeset data memory 24.

According to the present embodiment, as described above,
By designating the “logo” field on the arrangement position setting screen 40, the image data of the data name corresponding to the typesetting data in the checked line is read from the image file memory 17. This image data is set in each arrangement position in the same manner as the above-described character data. Therefore, typesetting of objects other than character strings can be performed without manual operation by an operator. Therefore, workability during typesetting is high.

Also, in this embodiment, the appearance and
On the arrangement position setting screen 40, just like setting the character string, the image data is simply set in the size column.
Typesetting can be easily performed by expanding and contracting the image to a desired size.

In this embodiment, a line drawing such as a logo mark or a design character is used as the image data stored in the image file memory 17. However, a configuration in which a picture image such as a photograph is stored as image data is adopted. Is also good.

In this embodiment, a "logo" field for confirming the use of the image file is prepared on the appearance / arrangement position setting screen 40, and the image of the image file is read out by a character string. Alternatively, the "logo" field may be deleted, and the image of the image file may be read out using only the character strings.
According to this configuration, before determining the character string in the “lettering” column as a character string, by searching for an image file with the character string, the image data of the data name corresponding to the character string is read out, On the other hand, if there is no corresponding character string, the character string is treated as a character string for the first time because it does not indicate image data. With this configuration, it is not necessary to specify the “logo” column, and the workability can be further improved.

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

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a typesetting operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of lettering data.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining drawing of a value set frame;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing contents registered in a value set frame data memory 14;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a style / arrangement position setting screen 40.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a layout format of a typesetting.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating selection and movement of a character string.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example after a relative position has been set on the appearance / arrangement position setting screen 40;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of image data serving as an object.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing contents registered in a typesetting information memory 18;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an object conversion / placement routine executed by the placement execution device 22.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing image data and image data after size adjustment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a typesetting example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... CPU 12 ... Bus line 14 ... Value grouping frame data memory 16 ... Character data memory 17 ... Image file memory 18 ... Typesetting information memory 20 ... Formatting / arrangement position setting device 22 ... Arrangement execution device 24 ... Typesetting data memory 30 ... keyboard 32 ... mouse 34 ... digitizer 36 ... color CRT 38 ... magnetic disk 40 ... style / arrangement position setting screen

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[Claims] 1. A typesetting method for electronically performing typesetting, comprising: (1) a step of designating a region in which a character string is to be arranged as a pouring region; and (2) setting a plurality of divided regions in the pouring region. (3) a step of writing a character string; (4) a step of preparing in advance an image file in which image data representing images such as line drawings and pictures are collected; and (5) a step of preparing the image file by the step (3). And (6) setting use information indicating that the image file is used in each of the divided areas specified in the step (5). The process of
(7) a step of arranging an image in the divided area using the image file regardless of whether or not the character string is arranged for each of the divided areas in which the use information is set. . 2. The typesetting method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (6), (6a) an image data name indicating the image data is arranged along with the use information by the step (3). A step of specifying by a specified character string; the step (7) includes: (7a) reading image data according to the image data name from the image file based on the image data name specified in the step (6a) A typesetting method comprising: 3. The typesetting method according to claim 2, wherein the steps (5) and (6) are performed on one editing screen in a computer system. 4. The typesetting method according to claim 1, wherein the designation of the arrangement in the step (5) includes setting a size of an area for the arrangement to be set in the divided area. A typesetting method, comprising: at least including: a step of expanding and contracting the image to a size corresponding to the size to obtain image data for arrangement. 5. An electronic typesetting apparatus for electronically performing typesetting, comprising: a flow area designating means for designating an area in which a character string is to be arranged as a flow area; and a division area for setting a plurality of division areas in the flow area. Setting means, a lettering means for writing a character string, a storage means for storing an image file in which image data representing images such as a line drawing and a picture are collected, and Placement designation means for designating placement in a divided area; use information setting means for setting use information indicating that the image file is used in each of the divided areas designated by the placement designation means; For each segmented area for which information is set,
A typesetting device comprising: an arrangement execution unit that arranges an image in the divided area using the image file regardless of whether or not the character string is arranged. 6. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for electronically performing typesetting is recorded, wherein: (1) a function of designating an area in which a character string is arranged as a pouring area; A function of setting a plurality of segmented areas in the pouring area; (3) a function of character string extraction; and (4) a function of preparing in advance an image file in which image data representing images such as line drawings and pictures is prepared. ,
(5) a function of designating the arrangement of the character string obtained by the function (3) in the divided area; and (6) the image file in each divided area designated by the function (5). And (7) for each of the divided areas in which the use information is set, using the image file, regardless of the arrangement of the character string. A computer-readable recording medium that records a function of arranging an image in an area and a computer program for causing a computer to implement the function.