JP6772802B2 - Typesetting device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a typesetting device.

Conventionally, in order to efficiently proceed with DTP (Desktop publishing) editing for creating catalogs, leaflets, etc., an automatic typesetting system applying DTP editing software has been developed and put into practical use. Among them, in layouts such as catalogs and leaflets, it is often required to combine a plurality of products on a DB (database) into one small group (frame).
Therefore, in automatic typesetting, a technique is disclosed in which a plurality of products on a DB are collectively assigned to one subgroup at the time of typesetting (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-210128

However, in actual work, in the proofreading work after typesetting, there are often instructions to put together the products on the paper and to re-layout the put together products one by one. In this way, even at the time of proofreading, for the data after typesetting, a plurality of subgroups of products can be grouped into one subgroup again, or a subgroup in which a plurality of products are collectively assigned can be laid out and decomposed into one product subgroup. There is a request to do.
At that time, since the conventional method cannot automatically correct the product, the product on the paper data was manually laid out.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a typesetting device capable of efficiently performing layout modification after typesetting.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by the following solutions.
The first invention is generated by applying object data related to the object to a subgroup template in which a plurality of objects are arranged at each designated position, and selects two or more subgroups from the plurality of subgroups arranged on the mount. Generates the two or more subgroups corresponding to the multiple subgroup reception means that accepts, the template reception means that accepts the selection of one subgroup template that can be used for the collective processing, and the two or more subgroups that are accepted by the multiple subgroup reception means. It is a plate-setting apparatus including a summary subgroup generation means for generating and arranging a new subgroup by applying the object data used at the time to the subgroup template received by the template receiving means.
According to the second invention, in the typesetting apparatus of the first invention, the summary subgroup generation means deletes the plurality of subsets received by the plurality of subgroup reception means from the mount, and produces the new subgroup. , The typesetting device, characterized in that the plurality of small sets are arranged at deleted positions.
In the third invention, in the typesetting device of the first invention or the second invention, the processing content related to the grouping process is set for each frame corresponding to each object included in the sub-set template received by the template receiving means. The summary subgroup generation means including the setting means is a typesetting device characterized in that a new subgroup is generated based on the processing content set by the setting means.
The fourth invention is based on a grouping subgroup receiving means for accepting selection of the new subgroup arranged on the mount and a grouping subgroup generating means in any of the patterning devices from the first invention to the third invention. Generate the new subgroup corresponding to the template extraction means for extracting the subgroup template used before generating the new subgroup from the template storage unit and the new subgroup received by the summary subgroup receiving means. The object data used in the case is applied to the subgroup template extracted by the template extraction means, and a decomposition subgroup generation means for generating and arranging a plurality of subgroups obtained by decomposing the new subgroup is provided. It is a template type apparatus characterized by.
Fifth invention is a grouping template generated by applying object data related to the object to a grouping template used for grouping processing in which two or more objects of the same type can be arranged at one designated position, and arranged on a mount. The summary subgroup reception means that accepts the selection of, the template reception means that accepts the selection of one subgroup template that can be used for the process of canceling the summary subgroup, and the summary subgroup corresponding to the summary subgroup accepted by the summary subgroup reception means. The object data used when generating the subgroup is applied to the subgroup template received by the template receiving means to generate and arrange a plurality of subgroups obtained by decomposing the summary subgroup. It is a template type device provided.
The sixth invention is the plurality of the typesetting apparatus of the fourth invention or the fifth invention, in which the disassembled subcomposition generating means is generated by deleting the subcommittee received by the summary subcommittee receiving means from the mount. The typesetting device is characterized in that the small set of the above is arranged at the position of the deleted small set.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a typesetting device capable of efficiently performing layout modification after typesetting.

It is a figure which shows the functional block of the typesetting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the mount before and after the processing by the typesetting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of each data used for the conventional small group generation. It is a flowchart which shows the summary disassembly process of the typesetting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen output by the typesetting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the rule setting process of the typesetting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the small group template used in the grouping process of the typesetting device which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that this is only an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional block of the typesetting device 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a mount P before and after processing by the typesetting apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

<Typesetting device 1>
The typesetting device 1 shown in FIG. 1 combines a plurality of small sets 40 (40a, 40b in this example) already arranged on the mount P by automatic typesetting into one small set as shown in FIG. 2 (A). Execute the summary process. Then, the typesetting device 1 rearranges the new small set 41 generated by the grouping process on the mount P. FIG. 2B shows the mount P after the rearrangement. Here, the subgroup 41 is a collection of the subgroups 40a and 40b, and the information of the subgroups 40a and 40b is aggregated into one.
Each of the plurality of subgroups 40 is a description for each product, and in this example, it relates to one product of the retort curry. Further, the subgroup 41 is a collection of a plurality of related products, and in this example, a collection of a plurality of types of retort curry products of the same manufacturer.

The typesetting device 1 is, for example, a terminal such as a personal computer (PC). The typesetting device 1 uses the small set template and the object data to perform typesetting in which the small set is arranged on the mount P in order to create a printed matter such as a leaflet or a catalog. Here, the subgroup template corresponds to a pattern file and is a type for creating a subgroup. In addition, the object data is the original data for creating a subgroup by pouring it into a subgroup template.
The typesetting device 1 handles an image such as a text frame, an image frame, one or more characters arranged in the text frame, and an illustration arranged in the image frame as objects.
The typesetting device 1 uses, for example, InDesign (registered trademark) of Adobe (registered trademark) or DTP (Desktop publishing) software for designing a layout for printing and digital publishing such as Illustrator.

As shown in FIG. 1, the typesetting device 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 30, a display unit 37, an input unit 38, and a communication interface unit 39.
The control unit 10 is a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire typesetting device 1. The control unit 10 appropriately reads and executes the operating system (OS) and the application program stored in the storage unit 30 to cooperate with the above-mentioned hardware and execute various functions.

The control unit 10 includes a summary processing unit 11 and a disassembly processing unit 16.
The summarization processing unit 11 aggregates a plurality of subgroups 40 to generate one subgroup 41. The summary processing unit 11 performs, for example, the process of changing from FIG. 2 (A) to FIG. 2 (B).
The summary processing unit 11 includes a small group template reception unit 12 (template reception means), a rule setting unit 13 (setting means), a plurality of small group reception units 14 (multiple small group reception means), and a summary small group generation unit 15 (summary small group generation). Means) and.
The subgroup template reception unit 12 receives a subgroup template of a summary subgroup selected by the user from a plurality of subgroup templates stored in the template storage unit 32 (described later). Here, the summary subgroup means a group in which a plurality of subgroups are grouped into one subgroup.

The rule setting unit 13 sets the processing content related to the summary processing. The processing content will be described later.
The plurality of subgroup reception units 14 accept the selection by the user of the plurality of subgroups 40 (40a, 40b) arranged on the mount P.
Summary The subgroup generation unit 15 collects a plurality of subgroups 40 received by the plurality of subgroup reception units 14 based on the subgroup template received by the subgroup template reception unit 12 and the processing contents set by the rule setting unit 13. Generate one subset 41. Then, the summary small group generation unit 15 arranges the generated small group 41 on the mount P. At that time, the summary subgroup generation unit 15 deletes the selected subgroups 40 and then arranges the subgroups 41 (see FIG. 2).

The decomposition processing unit 16 decomposes the subgroup 41 generated by the group processing unit 11 to generate a plurality of subgroups 40. The disassembly processing unit 16 executes, for example, when the group processing unit 11 generates a subgroup 41, arranges it, and then returns it to the original layout. The disassembly processing unit 16 performs, for example, the process of changing from FIG. 2 (B) to FIG. 2 (A).
Further, the disassembly processing unit 16 may be a process of disassembling the grouping subset generated at the time of typesetting.
The decomposition processing unit 16 includes a summary small group reception unit 17 (summary small group reception means), a small group template extraction unit 18 (template extraction means), and a decomposition small group generation unit 19 (decomposition small group generation means).
The summary subgroup reception unit 17 accepts the user's selection of one summary subgroup 41 arranged on the mount P.

The small group template extraction unit 18 extracts the small group template of the small group 40 corresponding to one product from the template storage unit 32.
The disassembly subgroup generation unit 19 applies the object data of the subgroup 40 used when generating the subgroup 41 received by the summary subgroup reception unit 17 to the subgroup template extracted by the subgroup template extraction unit 18, and applies a plurality of subgroups 40. To generate. Then, the disassembled small group generation unit 19 arranges the generated small groups 40 on the mount P. At that time, the disassembly subgroup generation unit 19 deletes the selected subgroup 41 and then arranges a plurality of subgroups 40.

The storage unit 30 is a storage area for a hard disk, a semiconductor memory element, or the like for storing programs, data, and the like necessary for the control unit 10 to execute various processes.
Here, the computer means an information processing device including a control unit, a storage device, and the like, and the typesetting device 1 is an information processing device including a control unit 10, a storage unit 30, and the like, and is included in the concept of a computer. ..
The storage unit 30 includes a program storage unit 31, a template storage unit 32, a setting content storage unit 33, and an object data storage unit 34.
The program storage unit 31 is a storage area for storing various programs. The program storage unit 31 stores the above-mentioned DTP software (not shown) and the typesetting program 31a.
The typesetting program 31a is a program for performing various functions executed by the control unit 10 of the typesetting device 1.

The template storage unit 32 is a storage area for storing a small set template. The template storage unit 32 stores a small group template for one product and a small group template for collecting a plurality of products. It should be noted that there may be a plurality of types of subgroup templates for one product and subgroup templates for grouping a plurality of products having different arrangements.
The setting content storage unit 33 is a storage area for storing the content set by the rule setting unit 13. The setting content storage unit 33 stores the setting content in association with one subgroup template selected by the user.
The object data storage unit 34 is a storage area for storing object data. Object data can be created, for example, by downloading data including objects such as characters and images from a product DB (database) (not shown) and using the data.

The display unit 37 is, for example, a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).
The input unit 38 is, for example, an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.
The communication interface unit 39 is an interface unit for performing communication with, for example, a product DB or the like as described above via a communication network.

Next, the subgroup used as the processing target of this processing will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of each data used for conventional subgroup generation.
FIG. 3A shows an example of the subgroup template 50a.
FIG. 3B shows an example of the object data 60.
The subgroup template 50a shown in FIG. 3A is composed of text frames 51a, 52a, 53a and an image frame 54a. Then, in the subgroup template 50a, the overall size of the subgroup template 50a and the position (designated position) and size of each frame are set in advance.
The text frames 51a, 52a, and 53a may also include information such as a character font and a character size applied to the object data to be flowed. Further, a dummy character string may be input in the text frame and applied to the object data into which information such as the character size of the dummy character string is flowed. A "product name" is input as a dummy character string in the text frame 51a, and the flowed object data inherits the attribute of the character set in this character string. As the dummy character string, it is preferable to input a character string in which the item of the object data to be flowed into the text frame 51a is visually easy to understand by the user. Similarly, in the text frames 52a and 53a, the "maker name" and "price" are input as dummy character strings, respectively, and it is visually understood that the "maker name" and "price" of the object data are poured. ..

The object data 60 shown in FIG. 3B is text data that can be represented in a tabular format. The object data 60 is data for each field item of the key code, the product name, the manufacturer name, the price, and the product image.
The field item "key code" identifies one record of the object data 60, and uses a field item such as a product number that can uniquely determine a product. The field items "product name", "maker name", and "price" are text data (objects) to be displayed as the product name, maker name, and price, respectively, and the field item "product image" is converted to image data (object). Link information.
In the example shown in FIG. 3B, the object data 60 has two records 60a and 60b.

Then, each record constituting the object data 60 is poured into the subgroup template 50a to generate the subgroup shown in FIG. 2A. Here, the subgroup template 50a corresponding to the read record may be copied to the mount P and poured into the subgroup template 50a copied to the mount P, or a duplicate of the subgroup template 50a may be created and the duplicated subgroup may be created. It may be copied to the mount P after pouring into the template 50a.

At that time, the field item "product name" is set in the text frame 51a, and the text data described in the field item "product name" of the object data 60 is arranged in the text frame 51a. As a specific method of setting the field item "product name" in the text frame 51a, the field item "product name" may be embedded in the text frame 51a as invisible information (tag information), or identification that identifies the text frame 51a. Data that associates the information with the field item "product name" may be generated. Further, the field item "product name" may be embedded as invisible information in the dummy character string "product name".
Similarly, the field item "maker name" is set in the text frame 52a, and the field item "price" is set in the text frame 53a.
Further, the field item "product image" is set in the image frame 54a. Similar to the text frames 51a to 53a, the field item "product image" is embedded in the image frame 54a as invisible information, or the identification information that identifies the image frame 54a is associated with the field item "product image". May be generated.

Next, the processing of the typesetting device 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a summary disassembly process of the typesetting device 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen output by the typesetting device 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a rule setting process of the typesetting device 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a small set template 50b used in the grouping process of the typesetting device 1 according to the present embodiment.

First, the user who performs the grouping process on the typesetting device 1 displays the mount P (see FIG. 2 (A)) for the grouping process and the mount P (see FIG. 2 (B)) for the disassembly process. , The typesetting program 31a is executed.
Then, in step S (hereinafter, simply referred to as “S”) 10 of FIG. 4, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 37 to output the GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen 70, which is a user interface screen for editing.

FIG. 5A shows an example of the GUI screen 70. The GUI screen 70 includes a list unit 70a and button units 70b to 70e.
The list unit 70a is a list box that outputs as a list the subgroup templates 50 that can be used in the collective processing among the subgroup templates 50 (50a, 50b, ...) Stored in the template storage unit 32.
The button unit 70b is a button for displaying the subgroup template 50 shown in the list unit 70a on the display unit 37.
The button unit 70c is a button for setting the processing content for the subgroup template 50 shown in the list unit 70a.
The button unit 70d is a button for executing the collective process using the subgroup template 50 shown in the list unit 70a.
The button portion 70e is a button for executing the disassembly process.

Returning to FIG. 4, in S11, the control unit 10 (small group template reception unit 12) is connected to the list unit 70a by the user operating the list unit 70a of the GUI screen 70 via the input unit 38. Is displayed or not. When the subgroup template 50 is displayed (S11: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S12. On the other hand, when the subgroup template 50 is not displayed (S11: NO), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S20.
In S12, whether or not the control unit 10 selects the button unit 70c of the "summary setting" of the GUI screen 70 shown in FIG. 5A and sets the subgroup template 50 displayed in the list unit 70a. To judge. When making a setting (S12: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S13. On the other hand, when no setting is made (S12: NO), the control unit 10 shifts the processing to S14.
In S13, the control unit 10 (rule setting unit 13) performs the rule setting process.

Here, the rule setting process will be described with reference to FIG.
In S30 of FIG. 6, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 37 to output the setting screen 71.
First, the subgroup template 50 that performs the rule setting process will be described. In the example of FIG. 5A, the subgroup template 50 that performs the rule setting process is the subgroup template 50b displayed in the list unit 70a.
FIG. 7 shows an example of the subgroup template 50b displayed on the list unit 70a.
The subgroup template 50b is composed of text frames 51b, 52b, 53b and an image frame 54b.
Further, the text frames 51b to 53b and the image frame 54b of the subgroup template 50b are already associated with each field item of the object data 60.

Next, the setting screen 71 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 (B).
The setting screen 71 is a screen for making settings for grouping each frame of the subgroup template 50b. The setting screen 71 has a text setting tab 71a and an image setting tab 71b.
The text setting tab 71a is a screen for setting the text frames 51b to 53b.
The image setting tab 71b is a screen for setting the image frame 54b.
The setting screen 71 selects one frame and sets the processing content for that frame.
The user selects a text frame or an image frame on the text setting tab 71a or the image setting tab 71b, and sets the processing content related to the frame.

Here, the setting on the text setting tab 71a will be described as an example.
What is set in the text setting tab 71a is related to the text to be output to the subgroup when a plurality of records are put together. For example, among a plurality of records of the object data 60, it is possible to set to flow the text data of the first record or the text data of the last record for each frame. In addition, it may be set to combine the text data of a plurality of records and flow, and the combined character string may be specified. Further, it may be set to flow the text data of a plurality of records so as to be displayed side by side, the position information of each text data may be set, or the text data may be integrated.

As with the text setting tab 71a, the settings on the image setting tab 71b can also be set for the image to be output to the subgroup. The image frame 54b may be set to be divided by the number of records to display the image data, or a plurality of image data may be displayed side by side.

Returning to FIG. 6, in S31, the control unit 10 determines whether or not to register the set contents. For example, when the "setting" button of the text setting tab 71a and the image setting tab 71b is selected, the control unit 10 determines that the setting content is registered. When registering the setting contents (S31: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S32. On the other hand, when the setting content is not registered (S31: NO), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S33.

In S32, the control unit 10 associates the setting contents with the subgroup template 50 and stores the setting contents in the setting contents storage unit 33.
In S33, the control unit 10 determines whether or not to end the setting process. For example, when the "end" button provided on the text setting tab 71a and the image setting tab 71b is selected, the control unit 10 determines that the setting process is finished. When ending the setting process (S33: YES), the control unit 10 ends the display of the setting screen 71 displayed on the display unit 37, and shifts the process to FIG. On the other hand, when the setting process is not completed (S33: NO), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S31 and performs the setting process for the frame that has not been set.

Returning to FIG. 4, in S14, the control unit 10 (multiple subgroup reception unit 14) accepts the selection by the users of two or more subgroups to be summarized among the subgroups arranged on the displayed mount P.
In S15, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the summary process has been selected by selecting the button unit 70d of the “summary execution” of the GUI screen 70 shown in FIG. 5 (A). When the summary process is selected (S15: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S16. On the other hand, when the summary process is not selected (S15: NO), the control unit 10 ends this process.

In S16, the control unit 10 (summary subgroup generation unit 15) performs a summary subgroup generation process.
In the summary subgroup generation process, the control unit 10 copies the subgroup template 50b shown in the list unit 70a of the GUI screen 70 to the mount P and copies it to the mount P when the summary process is selected in S15. Pour into the small set template 50b. The control unit 10 may make a copy of the small set template 50b, pour it into the duplicated small set template 50b, and then copy it to the mount P.
More specifically, the control unit 10 reads the records 60a and 60b of the object data 60 corresponding to the two or more subgroups selected in S14 and applies them to the subgroup template 50b. At that time, the control unit 10 reflects the setting rule associated with the subgroup template 50b stored in the setting content storage unit 33. The control unit 10 reads out the field items set in each frame of the subgroup template 50b copied to the mount P from the records 60a and 60b of the object data 60 and applies them.

For example, when the field item "product name" is set in the text frame 51b and the text frame is copied and the matching character strings are integrated, the control unit 10 sets the text frame. The number of records is copied, and the text data described in the field item "product name" is arranged in the text frame 51b by integrating the matching character strings.
Further, when the field item "maker name" is set in the text frame 52b and the first record is set to be flowed, the control unit 10 is the first described in the field item "maker name". The text data of the record 60a, which is a record, is arranged in the text frame 52b.
Further, when the field item "product image" is set in the image frame 54b and the image frame is set to be copied and the position is shifted, the control unit 10 sets the image frame as the number of records (that is, that is). , The number of subgroups selected in S14) is copied, and the image data of the image file name described in the field item “product image” is arranged in the image frame 54b.

Then, the control unit 10 deletes the two or more small sets selected in S14 from the mount P.
The control unit 10 may store the file names and the like of the small group template 50a related to the plurality of small groups deleted from the mount P in association with the small group template 50b. By doing so, it is possible to perform an efficient process when performing the decomposition process described later.
After that, the control unit 10 ends this process.

On the other hand, in S20, the control unit 10 (summary subgroup reception unit 17) accepts the selection by the user of the summary subgroup arranged on the displayed mount P.
In S21, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the disassembly process has been selected by selecting the button unit 70e of the “summary disassembly” of the GUI screen 70 shown in FIG. 5 (A). When the decomposition process is selected (S21: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to S22. On the other hand, when the decomposition process is not selected (S21: NO), the control unit 10 ends this process.

In S22, the control unit 10 (small group template extraction unit 18, decomposition small group generation unit 19) performs decomposition small group generation processing.
In the decomposition subgroup generation process, the control unit 10 (subgroup template extraction unit 18) extracts the subgroup template 50a created before the grouping process from the template storage unit 32. Then, the control unit 10 (disassembled small group generation unit 19) copies the extracted small group template 50a to the mount P, and pour it into the small group template 50a copied to the mount P. The control unit 10 (disassembled subgroup generation unit 19) may make a copy of the extracted subgroup template 50a, pour it into the duplicated subgroup template 50a, and then copy it to the mount P.

More specifically, the control unit 10 is stored in the object data storage unit 34 corresponding to the group subgroup in the subgroup template 50a of the subgroup used before performing the grouping process, which is stored in the storage unit 30. The object data 60 is read and applied.
Further, when a summary subgroup is generated at the time of typesetting, an appropriate subgroup template 50 may be applied, or a screen (not shown) for selecting the subgroup template is output to the user for disassembly processing. The subgroup template 50 used in may be selected.

Since the control unit 10 copies or duplicates the subgroup template 50a for the number of records used by the object data 60, the user is placed on the mount P before selecting the button unit 70e of the "collective decomposition" button. It is desirable to move the subgroups and leave a space in advance next to the position where the subgroups are placed.
After that, the control unit 10 ends this process.

As described above, the typesetting device 1 of the present embodiment has the following effects.
(1) Two or more subgroups 40 are selected from the mount P on which a plurality of subgroups 40 are arranged, and the contents of the selected two or more subgroups 40 are combined into one subgroup 41 based on preset processing contents. It can be rearranged on the mount P. Therefore, even after typesetting, a new subgroup 41 that combines them can be easily generated from the plurality of subgroups 40. As a result, a plurality of subgroups 40 can be grouped into one subgroup 41, and layout modification after typesetting can be efficiently performed.
(2) Since the plurality of small sets 40 before being combined are deleted from the mount P and the newly generated small set 41 is rearranged on the mount P, it is possible to prevent duplicate small sets showing the same contents from being placed on the mount P. be able to.

(3) Since the processing content of how to put together is set for each frame of the subgroup template 50, various ways of putting together can be made according to the user's needs. In addition, since the grouping process is performed based on the set processing content, it is possible to prevent problems such as grouping wrong items and missing characters.
(4) Summary Since the subgroup 41 can be selected and decomposed into a plurality of subgroups 40, a plurality of subgroups 40 are once combined to generate the subgroup 41, but when it is desired to restore the subgroup 41, a simple summary can be made. It can be resolved. Therefore, one subgroup 41 can be decomposed into a plurality of subgroups 40, and layout modification after typesetting can be efficiently performed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Moreover, the effects described in the embodiments are merely a list of the most preferable effects arising from the present invention, and the effects according to the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments. The above-described embodiment and the modified form described later can be used in combination as appropriate, but detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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(1) In the present embodiment, an example of combining two subgroups into one subgroup has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Three or more subgroups may be combined into one subgroup.
(2) In the present embodiment, the object data has been described as text data represented in a tabular format, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the data may be in XML format. The XML format data can be efficiently generated, for example, when another layout data is created by using the layout data that has already been created. Specifically, object data can be easily generated by acquiring XML data from the layout data and modifying a part of the XML data for creating new layout data.

1 Typesetting device 10 Control unit 11 Summary processing unit 12 Small group template reception unit 13 Rule setting unit 14 Multiple small group reception unit 15 Summary small group generation unit 16 Disassembly unit 17 Summary small group reception unit 18 Small group template extraction unit 19 Disassembly small group generation unit 30 Storage unit 31a Typesetting program 32 Template storage 33 Setting contents storage 34 Object data storage 37 Display 40, 40a, 40b, 41 Subgroup 50, 50a, 50b Subgroup template 51a, 51b, 52a, 52b, 53a, 53b Text frame 54a, 54b Image frame 60 Object data P Mount

Claims (6)

A plurality of subgroup reception means that accepts selection of two or more subgroups among a plurality of subgroups that are generated by applying object data related to the object to a subgroup template that arranges a plurality of objects at each designated position. ,
A template reception means that accepts the selection of one subgroup template that can be used for summary processing,
The object data used when generating the two or more subgroups corresponding to the two or more subgroups received by the plurality of subgroup receiving means is applied to the subgroup template received by the template receiving means to newly apply. Summary subgroup generation means to generate and arrange various subgroups,
A typesetting device equipped with. In the typesetting apparatus according to claim 1,
The summary subgroup generation means deletes the plurality of subgroups received by the plurality of subgroup reception means from the mount, and arranges the generated new subgroup at a position where the plurality of subgroups have been deleted.
A typesetting device characterized by. In the typesetting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.
A setting means for setting the processing content related to the summary processing is provided for each frame corresponding to each object included in the subgroup template received by the template receiving means.
The summary subgroup generation means generates the new subgroup based on the processing content set by the setting means.
A typesetting device characterized by. In the typesetting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
A summary subgroup receiving means for accepting the selection of the new subgroup arranged on the mount, and
A template extraction means for extracting a small group template used before generating a new small group by the summary small group generation means from the template storage unit, and
The object data used in generating the new subgroup corresponding to the new subgroup received by the summary subgroup receiving means is applied to the subgroup template extracted by the template extraction means, and the new subgroup is applied. Decomposition subgroup generation means for generating and arranging a plurality of subgroups that are decomposed from each other
To prepare
A typesetting device characterized by. A group that accepts the selection of a group that is generated by applying object data related to the object to a group template that can place two or more objects of the same type at one specified position and is used for grouping. Reception means and
Summary A template reception means that accepts the selection of one subgroup template that can be used for the process of canceling a subgroup,
The object data used when generating the summary subgroup corresponding to the summary subgroup received by the summary subgroup reception means is applied to the subgroup template received by the template reception means to decompose the summary subgroup. Decomposition subgroup generation means for generating and arranging multiple subgroups
A typesetting device equipped with. In the typesetting apparatus according to claim 4 or 5.
The disassembled small set generation means deletes the small set received by the summary small set receiving means from the mount, and arranges the generated plurality of small sets at the positions of the deleted small sets.
A typesetting device characterized by.

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