JPH0760302B2 - Document editing device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus capable of editing a document input in advance by a simple operation.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a plurality of characters, figures, image data, etc. (each of these data is referred to as a data block here) are edited and arranged on one page, and each data block is managed in a rectangular area. Then, there is known a document editing apparatus capable of re-editing a desired rectangular area by enlarging, reducing, moving or the like.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-mentioned conventional device is, for example,
When one data block is expanded, the rectangular area of the expanded data block simply becomes large, and the positional relationship with other data blocks is displaced, and even if the editing target is one data block, Eventually, all the data blocks had to be re-edited to correct their positions and the page layout had to be adjusted, which made the operability during editing poor.
There was a problem that the editing speed decreased.

In view of such a point, the present invention can edit one page of a document without editing the position of another data block after editing one data block, and the operability and speed at the time of editing can be improved. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document editing device that improves the performance.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a data block management unit that manages a position on a page and a distance between the data blocks as a rectangular area. ,
When editing is performed on one of the data blocks, the position on the page of the data block managed by the data block management means is recalculated according to the method of recalculating the distance between the data blocks, and the calculation is performed. Data block arranging means for correcting the position of the data block of the data block managing means based on the result is provided.

(Working) When editing one page of a document, after editing one data block, you can edit without consciously rearranging the positions of other data blocks. Will be possible.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a data block editing operation instruction, a menu selection, and a cursor transfer instruction. Input parts such as a keyboard and mouse for
The input signal from the input unit 1 is analyzed, and the characters,
Creation of multiple data blocks such as figures and image data, enlargement, reduction, movement and rotation of created data blocks, management of recalculation method of distance between data blocks after editing, screen update, cursor movement The control unit 3 for
A display control unit 4 that changes the display screen and moves the cursor based on a signal from the control unit 2 includes a data block management unit that manages the position of the data block to be edited on the page and the distance between the data blocks. 5 indicates that when one of the data blocks is edited by the control unit 2,
The position on the page of the data block managed by the data block management unit 4 is recalculated according to the method of recalculating the distance between the data blocks managed by the control unit 2, and the data block is calculated based on the calculation result. A data block arranging unit for correcting the position of the data block of the management unit 4, 6
Is a display unit for receiving and displaying an image signal and a cursor signal from the display control unit 3, and 7 is a storage unit for storing document data.

2 (a) is a display screen before editing, FIG. 2 (b) is a display screen immediately after enlarging the data block A, and FIG. 2 (c).
Other data block B, as data block A is expanded,
C shows the display screen after being rearranged in response to the method "equal" for recalculating the distance between the data blocks.
In FIG. 2, 8 is a display screen, 9 is a page display window, and 10
Is a data block A, B, C displayed in the page display window 9 and managed in a rectangular area, 11 is a data block edit menu, and 12 is a data block when the data block edit menu 11 is used for editing. An action menu that acts on the distance between, 13 is a cursor.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(B) The control unit 2 takes in page data to be edited from the storage unit 7, registers it in the data block management unit 4, and also, through the display control unit 3, the page display window 9 of the display unit 6.
A data block, a data block edit menu, and an action menu are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 2 (a).

(B) It has an instruction of the data block to be edited from the input unit 1.

(C) Now, when the cursor 13 is moved onto the data block A and selection input is performed, the control unit 2 receives the input signal from the input unit 1 and analyzes the input signal.

(D) When determining that the input signal is the selection signal of the data block A, the control unit 2 stores that the selected data block is A in the storage unit 7 as data block selection information. For other input signals, the process returns to (B) again.

(E) Wait for selection input of the edit menu from the input section 1.

(F) Now, move the cursor 13 to “Enlarge” in the edit menu 11.
When the user moves up and makes a selection input, the control unit 2 causes the input unit 1 to
The input signal is received and the input signal is analyzed.

(G) The control unit 2 determines that the input signal is the "enlargement" selection signal of the edit menu 11, and stores that the selected edit menu is "enlargement" in the storage unit 7 as edit menu selection information. To do. For other input signals, it returns to (e) again.

(H) Wait for the selection input of the action menu from the input section 1.

(L) Now move the cursor 13 to "Equal" in the action menu 12.
When the user moves up and makes a selection input, the control unit 2 causes the input unit 1 to
The input signal is received and the input signal is analyzed.

The control unit 2 determines that the input signal is the “equal” selection signal of the action menu 12, and outputs the “equal” placement request signal to the data block placement unit 5.

(L) The data block arranging unit 5 extracts the data block selection information stored in the storage unit 7 in the process (d) and the edit menu selection information stored in the storage unit 7 in the process (g), and outputs the data block A 2 is enlargedly displayed on the display unit 6 via the control unit 2 and the display control unit 3 as shown in FIG. 2B, the document data stored in the storage unit 7 is changed, and the data block management unit 4 is displayed. The position information of the data block A registered in is changed.

(Wo) The data block arranging unit 5 takes out the action menu selection information stored in the storage unit 7 in the processing (re), and extracts the data blocks A and B from the data block position information registered in the data block management unit 4. The distance from C is changed so as to be “equal” to the current one, and the data blocks B and C are controlled by the control unit 2 and the display control unit based on the changed data block position information as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 6.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when editing one page of a document, after editing one data block, it is possible to edit without rearranging the positions of other data blocks, and the operability is good, and It allows quick editing.

In the embodiment, the order of the input from the input unit 1 is the order of the data block to be edited, the selection of the edit menu, and the selection of the action menu, but this input order may be in any order. The "equal" effect on the distance between the data blocks is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained by the operation of any magnification.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to edit one page without consciously rearranging the positions of other data blocks when editing one data block. It is possible to improve operability and speed during editing, and its practical effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen of a display unit for explaining the operation, and FIG. 2 (a) is a display screen before editing. , FIG. 2 (b) shows the display screen immediately after the data block A is enlarged, and FIG. 2 (c) shows that the other data blocks B and C receive the action “equal” as the data block A is enlarged and are re-displayed. The display screen after being arranged, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the embodiment. 1 ... input section, 2 ... control section, 3 ... display control section, 4 ...
... Data block management unit, 5 ... Data block arrangement unit, 6 ... Display unit, 7 ... Storage unit, 8 ... Display screen, 9
…… Page display window, 10 …… Data block, 11 …… Data block edit menu, 12 …… Action menu, 13 ……
cursor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means such as a keyboard and mouse, display means such as a display, and a plurality of data blocks such as characters, figures, and image data are created and created on a page by input from the input means. A control means for managing enlargement, reduction, movement, rotation of the data block, management of a recalculation method of the distance between the edited data blocks, and storage means for storing the document data created by the control means, The data block is a rectangular area, and is managed by a data block management unit that manages the position on the page and the distance between the data blocks together, the document data stored in the storage unit, and the data block management unit. Display control means for displaying the data block on the display means based on the position of the data block on the page; When one of the blocks is edited, the position on the page of the data block managed by the data block management means is determined according to the recalculation method of the distance between the data blocks managed by the control means. And a data block arranging unit that corrects the position of the data block of the data block management unit based on the calculation result.