JPH0715684B2 - Print processing method in structured document processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [General Description] In performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents, a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism is used and Print processing in a structured document processing system capable of giving a page instruction when printing out a structured document in which the hierarchical structure of the individual document created while using the processing software is held as a structure Regarding the method, the purpose is to enable a desired individual document to be created while using the document processing software, and to individually specify a page for printing when printing the content of the created document file. , The content of the document file created by the individual word processing software corresponds to the hierarchical structure in the above individual document. In addition to having a structured document file that is integrated by the structure document, describe the information about the page to be printed when printing out in the attribute information in the above structure document, and specify the start position for printing. I am able to do it.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a print processing method in a structured document processing system, and particularly to a plurality of document processing software including a Japanese document processing mechanism in performing processing including document creation for one or more types of documents. A structure that allows the user to specify a page when printing out a structured document in which the hierarchical structure of the individual document created while using the document software is retained as a structure. The present invention relates to a print processing method in a computerized document processing system.

Currently, OA systems are being used generally, and OA resources such as software and document files are increasing. Therefore, it is demanded that various documents be easily created and managed as structured documents while utilizing these resources. Then, in printing out the created structured document, it is desired to individually instruct the first page on which a unit such as an individual sentence is printed.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional OA processing system, the software is created for each of the objects to be created (Japanese sentences, line drawings, images, graphs, English sentences, etc.) and processed individually.

However, recently, it has been considered to make a document processing system in such a manner that the above individual processes can be appropriately called and processed as needed. Such a document processing system will be referred to as a structured document processing system in the present specification. However, in the structured document processing system, when the structured document created is printed out, individual texts are written. It is desirable to individually specify the first page for printing units such as.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

As described above, in the conventional case, the accumulated OA resources can be used only by the system corresponding to each purpose, and existing OA resources such as existing software and document files are used.
It was not possible to use resources as needed.

It is an object of the present invention to enable a desired individual document to be created while using a document processing software, and to individually specify a page for printing when printing the content of a created document file. I am trying.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. Reference numeral 1-i in the figure
Is an individual document, 2-1, 2-2, ... is a document file that holds the contents of the individual document, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, 6 is a structural document, and 7 is a document that holds the document contents Holding function part, 5-1 is print processing function, 5-2 is print output, 5-11 is attribute information decoding part, 5-12 is first page designating part, 5-13 is individual document content reading part .

The desired individual documents, such as individual office documents, technical documents, reports, guides, manuals, technical manuals, etc., which are actually to be created, are generally referred to by the document name, cover,
It has a hierarchical structure as in Chapter 1, Section 1.1, Section 1.2, ..., Chapter 2 ,. In the case of the present invention, attention is paid to the hierarchical structure (tree structure) of the individual document, and the structured document 6-i is described in which the logical structure corresponding to the hierarchical structure is described as a structure. Then, according to the structure document 6-i, the document files 2-1 and 2 in which the contents of the individual document are stored
−2,… is instructed.

The document processing function unit 5 uses a group of document processing software such as a Japanese document processing mechanism and a graph processing mechanism to perform processing for creating and modifying the individual document. Print function 5 to print out
It has -1. To print out an individual document, for example, the node (1.1
Section) # 5 and nodes (section 1.2) # 6 and nodes (section 2.1) # 7,
When printing the content such as ..., it is possible to print the beginning from an odd page, the beginning from an even page, or even odd or even pages. It is desirable to give individual instructions regarding the absence. Therefore, in the structure document 6-i, in the attribute information of the illustrated nodes # 5, # 6, node # 7, node # 8, etc., the information about the page to be printed when printing out is described. To be done.

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 in the print processing function 5-1
Decode the above attribute information. The first page designating unit 5-12 takes a blank page and starts printing from an odd page when the content of the previous document ends with an odd page when it should be printed from an odd page, for example. To instruct.
The individual document content reading unit 5-13 reads the document contents from the document holding function unit 7 and obtains a print output 5-2.

[Work]

The structural document 6-i prepared as described above includes, for each node, (i) information indicating in what hierarchical structure the own node occupies, and (ii) own node. Information about which document processing software the node is associated with, (iii) Information about which document file 2-1 and 2-2, ... the node own node is associated with However, the attribute information regarding the own node is also described. In the case of the present invention, as one of the attribute information, information about a page to be printed when printing out is described.

The attribute information decoding unit 5-11 shown in the figure decodes the attribute information,
The head page designating section 5-12 is notified of how the head page is to be processed. The first page designating section 5-12 designates the first page based on the content of the notification and the information regarding on which page the previous print content is completed. That is, it is instructed whether to put a blank page. The print processing function 5-1 outputs the document content read by the individual document content reading unit 5-13 as the print output 5-2. At this time, the instruction from the first page instruction unit 5-12 is used. To be

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Symbols 2A, 2 in the figure
B, ..., 2X are document files that hold the contents of individual documents, 3 is a document processing software group, and 5 is a document processing function unit. Further, 10 is a structured document processing system for controlling the whole, and 11 is a whole structured document file. In the document processing software group 3, 3-1 is a Japanese document processing mechanism, 3-2 is a line drawing processing mechanism, 3-3 is an image processing mechanism, 3-4 is a tabulation calculation processing mechanism, and 3-5 is graph processing. Reference numeral 3-6 indicates a list processing mechanism, and reference numeral 3-7 indicates an English document processing mechanism. The structured documents referred to in the present invention are present in the structured document file 11, respectively.

The document processing software group 3 may be, for example, an existing software group that has existed individually from the past. Then, each existing file (document file shown in the figure) existing corresponding to the existing software group is present.
2A, line drawing file 2B, etc.) are integrated under the structured document file 11. It can be considered that the structural document prepared corresponding to the individual document plays the role of the integration for the integration.

Under the control of the structured document processing system 10, the document processing function unit 5 has a Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 and a line drawing processing mechanism 3-2.
Is called as appropriate to create, modify, or delete a desired document (the desired document is called an individual document). At this time, for example, when the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1 operates to create a Japanese sentence in the contents of the individual document, the created Japanese sentence is created in the illustrated document file 2A, for example. . When creating a line drawing in the contents of the individual document, the line drawing processing mechanism 3
-2 is activated and created in line drawing file 2B.

The individual document is, for example, (i) cover page, (ii) chapter 1,
(Iii) Chapter 2, ..., (iv) Items are roughly divided into items such as references, and further, for example, when the content of Chapter 2 includes a Japanese sentence and a line drawing, the hierarchical structure of the individual document is A “structured document” given as a structure is created and held in the structured document file 11 shown in the figure, and based on the contents of the document, predetermined storage locations such as the document file 2A, line drawing file 2B, ... Are linked. Be attached.

In this way, the documents created by using the existing document processing function are integrated for each individual document based on the contents of the structural document. Further, it becomes possible to appropriately access the individual document files 2A, 2B, ... Based on the contents of the structural document.

FIG. 3 is a partial schematic diagram of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 in the figure
Is a document, 1-i is an individual document, 2-1, 2-2, ... Is a document file that holds the contents of the individual document, 3-1, 3-2 ,. A structural document definition used as a template for creating a structural document corresponding to an individual document, 5 is a document processing function unit that executes individual document processing, 6 is a structural document, and 7 is a document holding function that holds the document contents. Represents a part.

As Document 1, for example, there are papers, reports, letters, technical manuals, etc., but for a certain type of document, for example, a paper, a typical hierarchical structure of the paper was described as a structure. A structural document definition 4 is prepared.

It can be considered that the structural document definition 4 is prepared for each of various documents. For example, the illustrated layer, cover, chapter 1, section 1.1, ...
It has nodes (# 1, # 2, ...) Expanded into a tree structure like this. As will be described later, each node (# 1, # 2, ...) Describes attribute information such as information about a tree structure, software used, and information about a print position at the time of printing.

The document processing software group 3-1, 3-2, ... Holds software used for executing the processing corresponding to each node.

When creating the individual document, the document processing function unit 5 creates the contents corresponding to the individual document 1-i and stores the contents in the document files 2-1, 2-2 ,. At this time, the document content is created in association with the node indicated by the content of the one structural document definition 4-j. At this time, the nodes shown in the structural document definition 4-j may be partially modified, if necessary. And created individual document 1
Create and hold a structural document 6-i for -i. For example, in the terminal node of the tree structure of the structure document 6-i,
The document name of the corresponding document file 2 is described, and the structural document 6-i and the individual document 1-i are linked by this.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of one embodiment of the structural document shown in FIG. Reference numeral 12-1 in the drawing is a self ID, which represents a node ID of each node in the structural document 6-i shown in FIG. 12-2 is a parent ID, which is the ID of the node that is the parent of the node of interest, 12-3 is the head child ID, which is the ID of the node located at the head among the nodes that are children of the node of interest, 12- Four
Is an ID of an upper ID that belongs to the same layer as the node of interest and is located directly above, 12-5 is an ID of a node that also belongs to the same hierarchy and located immediately below
D, 12-6 is content setting information that indicates whether or not the content has already been set for the node of interest, and 12-7 is content type information that indicates the software used for the node of interest. 12-8 is a document file name and indicates a document file that stores the content of a target node when the content is set for the node of interest. 12-9 is attribute information of the node of interest. It represents that the information such as the printing position according to the present invention when printing is performed is given as attribute information.

In addition, in FIG. 4, a portion in parentheses indicates that the structural document 6-i corresponding to the individual document 1-i is created with respect to the definition given in the structural document definition 4-j shown in FIG. It shows the places where additions and modifications were made.

Regarding the own ID # 3 in FIG. 4, the node #
3, (i) the parent node is the node # 1, (ii) the leading child node is the node # 5, (iii) the immediate upper node is the node # 2, and (iv) the immediate subordinate node is the node. # 4
And (v) the content has not been set yet, (vi) the software used is the Japanese document processing mechanism, and (vi)
It has been clarified that i) the document file has not been prepared yet, and (viii) predetermined attribute information is described.

The "file name" 12-8 shown in FIG. 4 links the structural document 6-i and the corresponding individual document 1-i (its contents).

FIG. 5 shows a processing mode of a portion of the document processing function unit that uses the document processing software.

The document processing function unit 5 selects a node targeted for content processing in the structural document 6-i (processing). For example, if the creation of contents is instructed (processing),
The content of "content type" 12-7 for the node is checked (processing). If the software used is, for example, the Japanese document processing mechanism 3-1, the software is used to perform the processing. That is, in this case, the document is created, and the name of the file storing the document contents is described in the "file name" 12-8 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a print processing flow of an embodiment in the print processing function.

(1) In the process, the page number of the first page in the individual document to be printed is set. That is, if the first page is the first page, the page number is "1".

(2) In the process, for example, the start page attribute described in the attribute information of the node (display) # 2 or the node (section 1.1) # 5 shown in FIG. The information about the page) is compared with the page number "1".

(3) It is checked whether it is necessary to put a blank page in the processing.

(4) A blank page is created when it is necessary to place the blank page in the processing.

(5) In the process, for example, the document content related to node # 5 is edited to create print data.

(6) In the processing, the structural document 6-i shown in FIG.
With respect to the individual document specified by, it is confirmed whether or not the contents corresponding to all the nodes (in the illustrated case, the contents corresponding to the node (reference document) # 9) are printed.

(7) In the process, if all the individual documents are not printed, the page number of the page where the printed contents of the document have been printed is updated (use the page number of the page that has been printed). .

(8) Then, the process returns to the above process.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the contents of document files created by a plurality of respective document processing functions are integrated in the form of constituent documents, and existing OA resources can be used as appropriate. Is possible. Then, when printing the document contents corresponding to each node, it is possible to individually instruct which page should be printed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a partial main part of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 shows a mode of use of the portion of the document processing function unit that uses the document processing software, and FIG. Reference characters in the figure are documents, 1-i are individual documents, 2 is a document file, 3
Is a document processing software group, 4 is a structural document definition, 5 is a document processing function unit, 5-1 is a print processing function, 5-11 is an attribute information decoding unit, 5-12 is a first page designating unit, and 5-13 is individual. A document content reading unit, 6 is a structured document, 7 is a document holding function unit, 10 is a structured document processing system, and 11 is a structured document file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing system having a document processing software group (3) for storing the contents of one or a plurality of types of documents in a document file (2) and processing the documents. In the above, as the document processing software group (3), a plurality of document processing software (3-i) including the Japanese document processing mechanism (3-1) is used and created by the document processing software (3-i). Each of the created documents is stored in the document file (2) and used, and at least one of the document processing software group (3) is used.
A document processing function unit (5) for executing an individual document process including a process for creating an individual document (1-i) while using each of them, and corresponding to each of the individual documents, a hierarchy in the individual document. The structured document has a structured document file (11) holding a structured document in which a logical structure corresponding to the structure is described as a structure, and the structured document is linked with a document file (2) holding the individual document (1-i). Link information is described,
The structural document (6-i) and the individual document (1-i) are held in association with each other, and the information about the page to be printed in printing out the individual document contents is described as attribute information. Therefore, the document processing function unit (5) is provided with the individual document (1-i).
Is provided with a print processing function (5-1) for printing, and the print processing function (5-1) decodes the attribute information and instructs a page for printing the individual document contents. A print processing method in a structured document processing system characterized by the above.