JP4026862B2 - Headline text size setting device for newspaper production system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention is a headline set character size setting of a newspaper production system realized as a function of an editing workstation for a journalist who contributes to promotion of OA in a sorting department that has not been computerized so far in the newspaper production process. Relates to the device.
The editing workstation, known as a typesetting terminal device, facilitates operation by automating processing functions, and enables creation of large and small groups by a single organizer who is the user, but further simplification of workability And efficiency are required.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The operation of a conventional typesetting terminal device requires specialized technology by selecting a wide variety of function commands. For this reason, a dedicated operator and an organized reporter who considers a large group / small group become one-on-one, and a large group / small group is created.
A headline group, which is one of such large / small group work, is a process of creating a headline for a newspaper. Similarly, a dedicated operator and an organized reporter who considers a headline group work on a one-on-one basis. Yes.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In such a headline group creation work, the organizing reporter determines the character size from the group size with his own know-how, but the input / change requires specialized knowledge and requires the help of a dedicated operator. Can not. In particular, newspaper headlines have a promise regarding newspaper-specific character multiples. Normally, according to each promise, character multiples must be set based on the heading size (number of columns) and heading type (head, main, side). .
[0004]
Furthermore, in the case such as emergency article was jumped is, it may be necessary to change the output Shi size seen in the wake not already created to the plane of change. In such a case, there has been a complication that the setting of the character multiple of the headline group must be changed by the operator. Furthermore, the work to be done by the organizer is wide-ranging, and there is a limit to the time that can be allocated to headlines.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and provides a headline text size setting device for a newspaper production system that facilitates the operation of setting and changing the character multiple of a headline text to improve work efficiency. The purpose is to provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. Here, “mechanism” represents one functional unit.
The headline set character size setting device of the newspaper production system according to the present invention has a reference table 28 in which character multiples for reference characters are registered in advance according to the heading size and heading type. When a heading size (number of steps) and a heading type (main, side, head, buttocks, etc.) are input by the input mechanism 20, the character multiple setting mechanism 24 refers to the reference table 28 and sets the character multiple as an initial value in the character multiple table 30. sign up.
[0007]
Furthermore, after registration for the character magnification table 30, when you change the Heading size, character multiples changing mechanism 32 changes the character multiples registered in the character magnification table 30 in accordance with the change ratio of the heading size.
[0008]
[Action]
According to such a headline character size changing apparatus of the present invention, the following operation is obtained.
First, in each newspaper company, the character multiple for each standard heading type is determined from the vertical composition size and the heading type such as main, cooperative, and head. Therefore, information regarding the character multiple is registered in advance as a reference table in the memory of the typesetting terminal device, and the character multiple for each heading type is set as an initial value by specifying the vertical composition size and the heading type.
[0009]
For this reason, since the initial value is not changed with a standard number of characters, the creator can quickly and easily create a headline set without being aware of the character multiple. In addition, the text size is automatically changed in proportion to the enlargement / reduction (every multiple of the table) in accordance with the change in the size of the header set during or after the creation of the header set.
[0010]
As a result, in changing the group size during headline creation, it is possible to create a headline group that has been created up to that point. In addition, during large set created, by the convenience of the layout, etc., the case is steep Heading size required changes is often, but it is possible to quickly and easily respond to such a case.
[0011]
【Example】
FIG. 2 is an outline of a newspaper production system to which the present invention is applied. In the newspaper production system, one or a plurality of typesetting terminal devices 10 are connected to a host system 12. As the typesetting terminal device 10, a workstation is usually used. The host system 12 is provided with a typesetting processing unit 14. A typesetting file 16 and a heading pattern file 18 are provided for the typesetting processing unit 14.
[0012]
Creation of a headline group for creating a newspaper headline is performed using the typesetting terminal device 10. In order to create this header set, a plurality of header patterns having a standard header set format are registered in the header pattern file 18 of the host system 12 in advance.
When creating a heading group using the typesetting terminal device 10, a heading group can be automatically created by designating an appropriate pattern from the heading pattern file 18 and inputting a heading character. The created headline set is stored in the typesetting file 16.
[0013]
In the present invention, the setting of the character size of the heading group in the typesetting terminal device 10 in the creation of the heading group is automatically performed for each heading type only by the operator entering two heading sizes and heading types. Character multiple can be set. Furthermore, the already registered character multiple can be automatically changed in response to a change in the header size during or after the creation of the header set.
[0014]
FIG. 3 shows a standard vertical heading that is the target of the headline grouping operation. The vertical size of the standard vertical heading is indicated by the number of columns. The horizontal size is indicated by the number of strokes. Within the standard vertical heading, there are five types of headings: column heading, shoulder heading, main heading, middle heading, and side heading from the right side. There is a heading heading on the upper side and a heading heading on the lower side. The character magnification for the basic characters for the heading size and the heading type is determined in advance for each newspaper company.
[0015]
FIG. 4 is a standard side heading. In the standard horizontal heading, one or more main headings are arranged one above the other as necessary. Also, the left side is a heading heading, and the right side is a heading heading. In the case of an article, the horizontal heading usually has a single vertical size. Therefore, the character size is uniquely determined by the heading type.
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the heading character size setting device of the present invention realized as a function of the typesetting terminal device 10 of FIG.
[0016]
The heading set character size setting device of the present invention comprises an input mechanism 20, a heading set analysis mechanism 22, a character multiple setting mechanism 24, a reference table 28 and a character multiple table 30 expanded in a memory 26, and a character multiple change mechanism 32. Is done.
The input mechanism 20 uses the work screen of the terminal device to input the vertical composition size (number of columns) and the heading type when the operator initially sets the character multiple. For example, taking the vertical heading of FIG. 3 as an example, the number of columns indicating the vertical size is input as the vertical composition size, and the heading type (heading heading) used for the vertical heading and the main heading are used as the heading type. Enter various types of headlines along with headline sentences.
[0017]
The headline analysis unit 22 analyzes the headline sentence input from the input mechanism 20 together with the vertical composition size and the heading type, obtains the number of characters for each heading type, and outputs it to the character multiple setting mechanism 24 together with the vertical composition size and the heading type. To do. The character multiple setting mechanism 24 refers to the reference table 28 in the memory 26, determines the character multiple for each heading type, and registers it in the character multiple table 30. An example of the reference table of FIG. 6 is shown.
[0018]
For example, when the vertical composition size is 5 rows and the heading type is a heading, main heading, and side heading, referring to the reference table of FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. A character multiple is set to 30 for each heading type.
When a header group size change input is input from the input mechanism 20 during creation of a header group or after completion of the creation of the header group, the character multiple change mechanism 32 refers to the target header group in the character multiple table 30 and automatically Change the character multiple to. When the character multiple is changed by the character multiple changing mechanism 32, the character multiple is changed in accordance with the reduction in the number of columns of the vertical composition size instructed as the size change or the ratio of the magnification.
[0019]
For example, in the case of registration of 5 vertical columns shown in FIG. 7A, when a change to 4 vertical columns is instructed by a size change instruction, the change ratio of the vertical column is 0.8. Therefore, the heading 2.5 times in FIG. 7A is doubled, the main heading 8 times is 6.4 times, and the side heading 5 times is 4 times. Here, 2 times after the change of the heading and 4 times after the change of the side heading conform to the character multiple of each heading in the case where the number of vertical columns in the reference table of FIG. Changes are made as shown in FIG.
[0020]
On the other hand, the main heading is 6.4 times after the change, but this is not in the fourth row of the character multiple criterion table 28 of FIG. In this case, the character multiple 6.5 times of the reference table 28 is registered as shown in FIG. That is, as the character multiple after the change based on the change ratio of the vertical composition size, the closest character in the reference table 28 is used.
[0021]
The flowchart of FIG. 8 is a character size setting process of the present invention. First, in step S1, in response to an input related to the headline set by the operator, it is checked whether or not the character size initial setting processing is performed. If it is the initial setting process, the process proceeds to step S2, the vertical composition size and the heading type are read, the reference table 28 is referred to, and the initial value of the character multiple for each heading type is set in the character multiple table 30 in step S4. .
[0022]
On the other hand, if it is not the initial setting process in step S1, the process proceeds to step S5 because it is a header group size change process, and the vertical group size as the changed group size is read. In step S6, the scale of the size change is set. The character multiple of the reference table 28 is changed accordingly.
Note that the content of the reference table 28 in FIG. 6 shows an example, and a standard multiple setting of an appropriate character multiple can be used as necessary.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically set the character multiple for each heading type by simply entering the vertical size of the heading group and the heading type such as main, side, head, etc. Since the initial value of the automatically registered character multiple is not normally changed with the number of characters in a headline set, the creator can quickly and easily create a headline set without being aware of the character multiple.
[0024]
In addition, if it is necessary to change the vertical size of the heading set during or after the creation of the heading set, the character multiple of the already created heading set is automatically changed according to the change in the vertical setting size. While a large set is being created, there are many sudden headline size changes due to layout and other reasons, and this can be handled quickly and easily. As a result, the number of terminal operations of the organizing reporter regarding the creation of the headline group is reduced, and there is enough time, so that sufficient time can be taken for other necessary work such as the creation of the headline sentence.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a newspaper production system. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a standard vertical heading. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a standard horizontal heading. Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a reference table according to the present invention. Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram of changing a character multiple according to the present invention. Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a character size setting process according to the present invention. ]
10: Typesetting terminal device (workstation)
12: host system 14: typesetting processing unit 16: typesetting file 18: heading pattern file 20: input mechanism 22: heading group analysis mechanism 24: character multiple setting mechanism 26: memory 28: reference table 30: character multiple table 32: character multiple Change mechanism

Claims (2)

A reference table in which character multiples for reference characters are registered in advance according to the heading size and the heading type;
A character multiple setting means for registering a character multiple for each heading type determined by referring to the reference table based on the input heading size and heading type in the character multiple table;
A headline set character size setting device for a newspaper production system, characterized by comprising: The headline set character size setting device of the newspaper production system according to claim 1, further comprising:
If you change the registered seen out Shi size in the character multiple tables, in that a character multiple mechanism that changes the character multiples that are registered in the character multiple tables in accordance with the change ratio of該見out size Character set system for headline text in newspaper production system.

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