JP2967488B2 - Document editing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus that displays a document including characters and graphics on a window or the like of a display device and creates the document based on the display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, such a device is used for a workstation, a word processor, or the like, and a window displayed on a screen of a display device is paired with one selected document or one document attribute according to a user's instruction. Opened corresponding to one, the user can easily edit the document displayed in the window, select attributes, etc.For example, when checking the attributes of other documents,
A new window was opened for confirmation, selection, etc.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, since the window of the device is opened in a one-to-one correspondence with one document or one document attribute as described above, if the number of windows to be opened is limited, the window is opened when the limit is reached. You must close the current window and reopen the window with the new content you want to display. As a result, the amount of operation is increased to complicate the operation, and the processing time for redisplaying the window is increased. In addition, when a plurality of windows are opened and displayed on a display device in a superimposed manner, the window opened at the beginning becomes difficult to see, so that it is necessary to change the arrangement of the windows, and there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and reduces the complexity of opening and closing operations of windows and the complexity of rearranging operations of each window in accordance with the display of a plurality of windows.
It is an object to provide a document editing device capable of improving operability.

[Means and actions for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention displays a document including a plurality of components including at least one of a character and a graphic in a document window, and selects a document selected from the components of the document displayed in the document window. Displaying attribute information corresponding to the component in a property window, and performing document editing to change the attribute of the component of the document displayed in the document window by changing the attribute information displayed in the property window. In the document editing device that closes the property window after completion of the operation, selecting means for selecting a desired component from the documents displayed in the document window, and selecting a component of the document selected by the selecting means. With the attribute information displayed in the property window, When another component in the book is selected and the display of the attribute information of the other component is instructed, the attribute information of the certain component is determined by a predetermined command selection, and the property window is displayed. A display changing means for displaying, in the property window, attribute information corresponding to the other component in place of the attribute information displayed in the property window without closing the property window.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document editing device according to the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 21 and a mouse 22 connected to the keyboard 21 have input various data and commands, and a control unit (hereinafter referred to as “CPU”) 20 has a program corresponding to the input commands. Thus, predetermined operations and processes are executed in parallel.

External storage device (hereinafter, referred to as “disk device”) 23
Stores various programs including a data (document) to be edited and a program for changing display contents in a window according to the present invention. The character information storage unit 24 is composed of a RAM, and stores data, calculation results, and the like. I remember it temporarily. In addition, data of attributes (hereinafter, referred to as “properties”) such as character size and line thickness according to the present invention are stored in the disk device 23 or the character information storage unit 24.

The font ROM 25 stores a plurality of types of character fonts, and the CPU 20 reads character dots corresponding to input data from the keyboard 21 and the like from the font ROM 25, controls the CRT drive circuit 26, and displays
The character dot corresponding to RT27 is displayed.

In addition, on the screen of the CRT 27, a large number of pictographs called "icons" corresponding to the usage patterns of documents, folders, file drawers, mailboxes, etc. (not shown) are displayed. It is. For example, when the user specifies a desired document icon using the mouse 22 and opens the document icon, the CPU 20 opens a document window and reads the contents of the specified document from the disk device 23 or the character information storage unit 24. Read out and display in the document window. The document is composed of a group of characters such as sentences and a group of figures such as dots and lines. As described above, character dots corresponding to input data from the keyboard 2 and the like are stored in the font ROM 25.
And an editing operation for adding or correcting a document in the document window can be performed.

The above-mentioned elements such as characters and lines have attributes such as character size and line thickness (hereinafter referred to as “properties”), and these are opened by further opening a sub-window called a property window in the document window. Reference and update of element properties can be performed.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a line property window according to the present invention. This window 30 is used to select a desired line graphic element from a group of figures in a document with a mouse 22 and to use a keyboard 21 (not shown). Press the property key to open it,
The properties of the selected line are read from the disk device 23 or the character information storage device 24, and the opened window
Appears in 30. Line properties window 30 above
In the management area 31, a command "Get Prop" is set in addition to commands for executing operations such as "complete" and "cancel" in the management area 31. The command “Get Prop” displays a property of a line different from the line currently displayed in the property window in the property window 30. The user can use the mouse 22 in the same manner as other commands. By clicking and selecting “Get Prop”, the CPU 20 can execute this command.

Next, the graphic element is selected and the properties window
Properties window with 30 open
The processing operation performed by pressing “Get Prop” on 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The flowchart in FIG.
The operation processing after the "p" is pressed is shown.

First, when “Get Prop” is selected by the user, the CPU 20 determines whether or not there is a newly selected graphic element according to an instruction from the keyboard 21 or the mouse 22 (step 101).

Here, when there is no newly selected graphic element (step 101, NO), the processing by the command of “Get Prop” is ended. On the other hand, if a desired graphic element is newly selected from the group of figures in the document in the document window (step 101, YES), the graphic element currently displayed on the property window 10 is selected. The storage contents in the disk device 23 or the character information storage unit 24 corresponding to the property are updated to the property of the displayed graphic element by changing the property to the property of the displayed graphic element (step 102).

Thereafter, the CPU 20 reads the property of the newly selected graphic element from the disk device 23 or the character information device storage unit 24 (step 103), controls the CRT drive circuit 26, and displays the property window on the display screen of the CRT 27. The display content of 30 is displayed again in the property of the newly selected graphic element (step 104), and the series of operations is terminated.

The user can refer to and update the newly displayed property by one action of pressing “Get Prop”, and update the property of the currently selected graphic element. . Here, referencing means that when the content of the property of the selected graphic element is not changed, the content is written to the disk device 23 or the character information storage unit 24, and is not updated as a result, but is simply displayed on the property window 30. It is because it was displayed in. When a graphic element corresponding to the storage content in the disk device 23 or the character information storage unit 24 is displayed on the display screen, the graphic element is displayed using the storage content including the updated property. Is done.

Therefore, in the present invention, the content of the window displayed on the CRT can be changed only by selecting the command for changing the display content set in the management area of the window, so that the operation of opening and closing the window is complicated. It is possible to reduce the complexity of the rearrangement operation of each window due to the display of a plurality of windows, shorten the processing time, reduce the number of window displays on the drawing, and improve the visibility of the screen.

In the embodiment, the change of the display content of the line property window has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a document and other windows (for example, a text frame property window). It goes without saying that various changes can be considered for the command name and display location for changing the display contents set in each window.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the display content currently displayed in the window can be changed to another specified new content and displayed. It is possible to reduce the complexity of the rearrangement operation of each window accompanying the display and improve the operability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document editing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a property window according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a property window shown in FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of changing the display content of FIG. 20: Control unit (CPU), 21: Keyboard, 22: Mouse, 23: External storage device (disk device), 24: Character information storage unit, 25: Font ROM, 26: CRT drive circuit ,
27 CRT, 30 Property window, 31 Management area.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document including a plurality of components including at least one of a character and a graphic is displayed in a document window, and a document corresponding to a component selected from the components of the document displayed in the document window is displayed. Attribute information is displayed in a property window, and document editing is performed to change the attribute of a component of the document displayed in the document window by changing the attribute information displayed in the property window. A document editing apparatus for closing a window, a selection unit for selecting a desired component from the documents displayed in the document window, and the attribute information of a certain component of the document selected by the selection unit being the property In the state displayed in the window, another configuration in the document is selected by the selection unit. When the element is selected and the display of the attribute information of the other component is instructed, the attribute information of the certain component is determined by selecting a predetermined command, and the property window is closed without closing the property window. And a display change unit that displays attribute information corresponding to the other component in the property window in place of the attribute information displayed in the document editing apparatus.