JPS62127966A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain high speed display, input edit and print-out of an optional page by providing a file means having a document file, an address table file and a format information file respectively and independently. CONSTITUTION:A document data from a data supply source 10 accesses a disc 6 via a control means 11 and transferred to a file generating means 12 generating three files, an address table file, a format information file and a sentence data file or an output means 14 using a print means 15 via a character generator 3 so as to print out the data as a printed matter or displaying the data on a CRT through a makeup means 13. In this case, start format information and a document data are provided at each prescribed area independently, a page address table managing each address is provided so as to change over the format information at each prescribed area freely and to execute input/edit of the document data in a conversational way and the confirmation of layout at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a document processing device that automatically formats a document according to a format, and more particularly to a document processing device that has starting format information for each predetermined area.

[Prior art]

In conventional document processing devices, such as Japanese word processors, input data information is basically stored in units of characters and lines, and the size and font of input data characters are determined by each character, and the line pitch, etc. is determined by each line. It is being For this reason, the degree of freedom was very low, and the quality was very low compared to printed matter that underwent typesetting processing. Also, unlike printed matter, it was almost impossible to freely change the format information of a page midway through.

On the other hand, devices such as conventional computer phototypesetting machines that can freely change format information midway through a document can perform typesetting processing, but it is a batch-like process, such as inputting document data interactively and creating layouts. It was almost impossible to check things.

〔the purpose〕

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and by having start format information and document data independently for each predetermined area, and having a page address table for managing these addresses, format information for each predetermined area can be stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that can freely switch document data, input/edit document data interactively, and check the layout at the same time.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a CRT display unit using the rask scan display method, 2 is a video RAM (VRAM) that stores one screen of pattern development information, and 3 is a control for pattern development to VRAM 2 and pattern readout control to CRT display unit l. 4 is a microprocessor (MPU) that performs main control of the device of this embodiment; 5 is a control program (described later)
6 is an external magnetic disk device that stores document files, etc., 7 is a pointing device (FD) for inputting the position of the display screen, and 8 is a keyboard. , 15 is a printer, and 9 is an I10 bus that connects each of these blocks to the MPU 4.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 1 divided into functions. In FIG. 2, document data from a data source 10 is accessed to a disk 6 via a control means 11,
The file creation means 12 creates three files: an address table file, a format information file, and a text data file through the typesetting means 13, or the printing means 15 uses the character generator 31 to print out a printed matter or display it on a CRT. Moving on to the output means 14.

When displaying the document data transferred to the output means 14 on a CRT, a character generator (CG) is used for the display.
At step 31, the pattern is converted and expanded to the VRAM2.

Further, the document data from the data supply source 10 is transmitted to the control means 1.
Editing is performed by editing means 16 via 1.

The format information file will be explained.

As the format information, for example, character size, font, line pitch, character pitch, non-pull (page number), etc. can be considered. These may have been changed in previous texts, so if you are typesetting a given page without reference to previous pages, you will need them along with the starting position of the text on that page. Other If the text on any page continues from the previous page, there is no need to indent the paragraph, but if the previous page has just ended a paragraph, it is necessary to indent one paragraph. Therefore, this information is also required as format information, and as the automatic typesetting function becomes more advanced, the amount of format information will increase.

Figure 3 shows the document file, address table file, format information file, etc. in the disk device of S2 Figure 6.
FIG. 4 is a diagram explaining the text data file in detail, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure. One document consists of an address table file, an address table file,
There are three files: a format information file and a text data file, and the process of creating these files is shown in Figure 3.
This will be explained using both of FIG.

First, step S1 is performed on the text data that has been input.
The format information for the first page of 91-1 is created from the format definition of 90.

In step S2, page number "1" is set, and in step S3, the format information of the first page of 91-1 is set to 92.
-Write to the format information file of 1. Step S
4, the address of the format information of the first page of 94-1 is written to the address table file of 93-1.

In step S5, the address of the first page text data of 95-1 is written into the address table file of 93-2. Through the above steps, three files for the first page are created. The first page of step S6 is typewritten and the text data is cut to the length of one page, and the format information of the second page of 92-2 is determined from the information held by the typesetting means at the end of the first page. Created step S7
The format information is written to the format information of the second page of 92-2. In step S8, the address of the format information of the second page of 94-2 is written into the address table of 93-3. In step S9, the address of the document data of the second page of 95-2 is written into the address table of 93-4. Three files for the second page are created if the address is 0 or more.

Next, count the page number in step SIO.
2'' and set this page number.

Thereafter, in step Sll, it is determined whether or not the document data is at its end, and if it is not at the end, the above operations are repeated until the end of the document data. When the end of the document data is reached, three files are created for this document data: an address table file 93, a format information file 921, and a document data file 96.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for updating text data on a certain page. In step R1, an input indicating the end of page designation is received, and in step R2, it is determined whether or not the page designation is ended. When the end is input, the address table and format information of all pages are set correctly in step R3, and the process ends. If No in step R2, the address table and format information up to the input page are determined in step R4. As explained above, the address table and format information are set correctly in the document file immediately after the address table file and format information file are created, but if the text data is updated as described below. It may not be correct. If not, the address table and format information up to that page are set correctly in step R5. This can be done in a similar way to creating the file described above. Thereafter, the page is formatted in step R6, the formatting state of the page is displayed in step R7, and the text data is updated in step R8.

When the text data has been updated, in step R9, the address table and format information for the next page are set based on the information at the end of the formatting of that page. At this time, the information for the next and subsequent pages is not reset, but is only determined to be "inaccurate" in step RIO. This is because re-formatting until the end of the document every time the text data is changed takes time, and it becomes impossible to enter/edit conversational text data or check the layout.

Figure 6 shows the address table file 93 explained above.
, a format information file 92, and a text data file 96 have been created, this is a flowchart showing a procedure for printing documents from the normal reverse order from the three files.

First, some printing of the former will be explained.

In step T1, it is determined whether or not to print everything. Since this is a partial print, the process moves to step T2 and waits for an instruction as to how many pages to print.
The control means 1 reads data indicating the page number from
1, typesetting means 13, and output means 14, the disk 6
Move to. Address table file 93 in step T3
The format information address and text data address of the corresponding page are obtained, typesetting is performed in step T4, and this data is transferred to the printing means 15 in steps T5 and T6 to be output, and the process ends.

Next, printing all of the latter in the normal order will be described. In step T1, it is determined whether or not to print everything. Since the entire page is to be printed here, the process moves to step T7, and the process moves to step T8 to determine the printing order, and the page number is set to 1''.
Set to . The data is transferred to the disk 6 via the control means 11, typesetting means 13, and output means 14. In step T9, the format information address and text data address of the first page of the address table file 93 are obtained, and in step TI
Typesetting is performed in O, and this data is transferred to the printing means 15 in step Tll and step T12 to be outputted.Next, in step T13, the page number is counted up, and in step T
At step 14, it is determined whether the page number is larger than the maximum page, and if it is not, the process returns to step T9 and the above operations are repeated. If the page number is greater than the maximum page, the process ends.

Next, printing everything in reverse order will be explained.

In step T1, it is determined whether or not to print everything. At this point, since all the prints are to be printed, the process moves to step T7 and the printing order is determined. Now to print in reverse order,
Proceeding to step T15, the page number is set to the maximum n.

The data is transferred to the disk 6 via the control means 11, typesetting means 13, and output means 14. In step T16, the format information address and text data address of the nth page of the address table file 93 are obtained, typesetting is performed in step T17, and this data is taken to step T18 and step T19.
Step T20
Count down the page number with Step T
In step 21, it is determined whether the above page number is smaller than 1,
If the page number is not smaller than 1, the process returns to step T16 and the above operations are repeated. If the page number is smaller than 1, the process ends.

Incidentally, in steps R3 and R5 of FIG. 5, if there is any necessary format information.

Since it is possible to distinguish between cases in which re-formatting a certain page does not affect subsequent pages, it is possible to reduce the number of pages to be re-formatted, and further improve responsiveness when updating text data. can. Alternatively, it may be done as appropriate using free time.

Moreover, the document information referred to in this application includes a graphic image, a graph, etc., and is not limited to a document consisting only of character information.

Furthermore, although the present invention relates to a document processing device, it may also be a document processing system (disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-243916) including a workstation, digital copy, etc., or a part thereof. Needless to say.

〔effect〕

As explained above, by using the present invention, any page can be displayed, inputted, edited, and printed at high speed, and it is also possible to easily print in reverse order. In addition, format information can be freely changed in the middle of a sentence, and document data can be input/collected and the layout can be checked interactively.

As is clear from the above, it has become possible to provide a document processing device with a high degree of freedom.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 1 divided into functions. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing how the format information file 92 and address table file are created. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing how text data on a certain page is updated. Flowchart FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of this embodiment. Here, 1-----CRT display section, 2-----Video RAM (VRAM), 3-111 display control section, 4----Microprocessor (MPU), 5-111 main memory . 6-----External magnetic disk device, 7-----Heinstein computer (FD), 8--Keyboard, 9---I10 bus, 1o--Printer.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a document processing device that formats document information according to a format, there is a document file that stores document information corresponding to a predetermined area, an address table file that stores an address table corresponding to the document information, and a document file that stores the document information corresponding to the document information. What is claimed is: 1. A document processing device comprising a file means having format information files each independently storing format information stored therein. (2) The document processing device according to item 1, wherein the predetermined area is a page unit of the document information to be formatted.