JP2576027B2 - Document format setting method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document format setting method and document format setting for setting document format information relating to a document.
Related to the device .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a document processing apparatus such as a Japanese word processor, the format of a document is set by numerical values of format parameters such as margins and character pitches. For example, a left margin and a right margin are set.
You have entered the number of characters in a line. With such an input method, since the format is set only for the numeric value, the format image of the print is difficult to understand at the time of setting, and after the created document is printed once, the format is set again and the desired format is set. Was approaching.

[0003]

That is, conventionally, when a document format is set, only the numerical value of the setting format is displayed, so that the layout based on the setting format cannot be known in advance.

[0004] Although a display of a reduced layout of already input document data is well known, it merely displays the stored document data as a reduced image. It is not a layout display.

That is, in the conventional reduced layout display, if document data has already been input, the layout image can be grasped, but if the document data itself has not yet been input, the document image cannot be grasped at all. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document layout image based on a stored document format or a content of a changed document format even before the document data is created. Is to be displayed.

[0007]

The means of claim 1 of the present invention is as follows. This is a document format setting method for setting document format information, and outputs a document on one page based on the document format information set beforehand when setting the document format before creating the document data. Generates and displays a virtual document layout image showing the output image when the document format information is changed, and specifies the content of the document format information to be changed to any document format information. , It is determined whether the document format information designated for change is invalid, and when it is determined that the document format information is not invalid, the new On the basis of the document format information, a new virtual document layout image is generated and displayed again. The means of claim 2 of the present invention is as follows. A format information storage unit for storing document format information; a format information storage unit configured to output a document on one page based on preset document format information when setting a document format before creating document data; Display control means for generating and controlling the display of a virtual document layout image indicating the output image; change designating means for arbitrarily changing and specifying the content of the document format information to document format information; A determination unit that determines whether the document format information designated by the change is invalid by detecting whether the document format information is within a specifiable allowable range, and determines that the document format information is not invalid. In this case, the storage control means for controlling the setting and storing of the new document format information designated for change in the format information storage means in place of the original document format information, When a new document format information serial override is set and stored, having a re-display control means for re-generating and displaying a new virtual document layout images based on the new document formatting information.

[0008]

The operation of the means of the first aspect of the present invention is as follows. When the document format is set before the creation of the document data, 1 is set based on the document format information set in advance.
A virtual document layout image showing an output image when a document is output on a page is generated and displayed. When the content of the above-mentioned document format information is changed and designated to arbitrary document format information, it is detected whether or not the changed and designated document format information is within a specifiable allowable range. Is determined to be illegal. When it is determined that the document is not illegal, a virtual document layout image is newly generated based on the new document format information designated for change and displayed again. The operation of the means of claim 2 of the present invention is as follows. The document format information is stored in the format information storage means, and when the document format is set before the document data is created, the document is output on one page based on the document format information set in advance. A virtual document layout image indicating the output image at the time of the generation is generated and displayed. If the content of the document format information is arbitrarily changed to the document format information, it is detected whether or not the specified document format information is within a specifiable allowable range. It is determined whether the document format information is invalid. When it is determined that the document format is not invalid, the new document format information designated and changed is set and stored in the format information storage means instead of the original document format information, and the new document format information is set and stored. Then, a new virtual document layout image is generated based on the new document format information and displayed again.

Therefore, when setting the document format information, even before the creation of the document data, that is, regardless of whether or not the character data is stored as the document data, the document format information is set based on the previously stored document format information. Since a virtual document layout image showing an output image when a document is output on one page is automatically generated and displayed, there is no character input before creating the document data. Also, it is possible to immediately know the virtual document layout state when a document is output according to the stored document format information.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Format setting / change data input by pressing a key from the keyboard (KEY) 1 is applied to the format setting / change device 2. The format setting / change data is written into the format parameter table 3 and stored in the format parameter display area of the display RAM 4. The display RAM is a video memory, which is sequentially read out by a device (not shown), converted into a video signal to be displayed on a CRT, and displayed on the CRT.

The above-mentioned format parameter data is stored at an address position corresponding to a lower area on the CRT. FIG. 2 is a display diagram in the embodiment shown in FIG.
The display screen of the CRT is divided into two parts by a dotted line C,
The lower part A of the screen is a setting display section for operating the keyboard 1, for example, displaying the selection of parameters and changing or selecting the parameters for the operator.

On the other hand, a hard disk device (HDD) 6 and a floppy disk device 5 are connected to the format parameter table 3, and these disk devices 5 and 6 have various types of format layout display corresponding to the stored format parameters. Is stored. The data is read out when a format layout display instruction is given or changed from the keyboard 1, stored in the format parameter table 3, and output to the format layout image creation device 1. Although not shown, the hard disk device 6 and the floppy disk device 5 also operate as a document storage device for a document file of a word processor control unit that operates as a word processor. The format layout image creation device 7 stores format parameter data stored in the format parameter table 3 and various data stored in the hard disk device 6 or the floppy disk device 5 (paper symbols, character marks, image data of margins, etc. Outputs the layout in the format specified by the specified format parameter). The upper part divided by the dotted line of the display portion x in FIG. 2 is a format layout displayed by the format parameter data.

In the embodiment, one character is represented by one "□". FIG. 2 shows a format layout of one sheet, and indicates that the number of characters is seven in five lines in one line. This format depends on the format parameters described above. For example, the number of characters in one line, the number of lines, the number of left and right margins, and the size of characters change.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the embodiment. When a format layout display command is input from the keyboard 1, the operation shown in FIG. 3 is started (START). First, the format parameters of the document file created in advance in the floppy disk device 5 or the hard disk device 6 are read out and set in the format parameter table 3 in S1. When the format is not set, the initial format parameter data is stored in the format parameter table 3 until format parameter setting data is added after the parameter selection process S5 described later. Next, the format layout image generating device 7 reads out the format parameter data from the format parameter table 3, performs a format layout image generating process S2 corresponding to the data, and displays the data, ie, the layout S3. Since the layout display is an initial layout display or a layout display previously set by an operator in advance, it is often necessary to change the layout display. After the layout display S3, FIG.
The parameter selection screen and the setting display S4 are performed at the lower part of the display screen shown in FIG. The display S4 is made by the format setting / change device 2. By this processing, the layout of the format and the parameters corresponding to the layout, that is, the set parameters are displayed. Next, the parameter selection processing S5 for selecting the target layout is performed. This process S5 is a process of detecting a key pressed by an operator operating the keyboard 1. Next, it is determined at step S6 whether or not the data input by the parameter selection processing S5 is completed. In the case of Y, the format parameter data at the time of initialization or the format parameter data set in advance, and further, the operator has instructed that the desired format layout has been achieved by the change and setting described later. In this case, the floppy disk device 5 The format parameters of the parameter table 3 are stored in the document file of the hard disk device S7, and the processing is ended (END). If the result is N, it means that the desired format layout has not been achieved, and a change screen display S8 of the parameter designated by the parameter selection in the above-described process S5 is performed. This is performed by the format setting / change device 2. The above-described parameter selection processing S5
Is a process for specifying items such as the number of characters in one line, the number of lines in one page, the specification of left and right margin characters, and the size of paper, and the like. Input. For example, parameter selection processing S5
When the user designates or specifies the number of characters in one line, the designated parameter change screen display S8 displays a request to specify the number of characters in one line. After the display process S8, a parameter change process S9 is performed. The parameter change process S9 is a process of detecting data input by the operator, and for example, data of the number of characters in one line is input in this process S9. Next, a determination S10 is made to determine whether the input data is an error. For example, even when the number of characters in one line is input, it is determined whether the operator has erroneously specified the number of characters that can be printed in one line or the like. Perform change processing. If no error has occurred, a parameter table maintenance process S11 is performed. By this processing, the changed part of the format parameter table is changed as the target parameter data. Since the format parameter table becomes new data by this process, the format layout image creation process S
2 is performed, and thereafter, it is repeated until the target parameter is obtained.

By the above operation, format parameters are selected, and finally the format parameters are stored in the document file. Since a document created and stored in advance by a word processor control unit (not shown) is stored in the document file, a format to be printed is specified by the operation flow of FIG. 3 described above. Although not shown, the format parameters are read by the print control unit. Then, for example, a character file document is printed by a printer or the like in accordance with the parameters. In the above-described operation flow, the format layout image creation processing S2 and the layout display are performed by the format layout image creation device 7, and the processing S1 of storing the format parameters in the document file in the parameter table, and conversely, the format of the parameter table in the document file The processing S7 for storing the parameters is performed by the format parameter table 3, and the others are performed by the format setting / change device. The parameter selection and the parameter change include, of course, the keyboard operation of the operator.

As described above, the format layout display obviously changes with the setting and change from the operation flow, and the format layout of the finally specified format parameter is always displayed. Therefore, the operator always displays
The format parameters can be set while looking at the format layout, and printing or the like is not required for setting, and a desired format layout can be easily specified.

In the above description, although not shown, the CRT
Is a display device, but is not limited to this.
(A liquid crystal display device) and the like.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when setting the document format information, the document format information is stored in advance even before the creation of the document data, that is, regardless of whether or not the character data is stored as the document data. Based on the document format information, a virtual document layout image showing an output image when a document is output on one page is automatically generated and displayed. Therefore, before the document data is created, characters are completely input. Even if it is not in the state, it is possible to immediately know the virtual document layout state when the document is output according to the stored document format information. In addition, when confirming the display of the virtual document layout image and changing and specifying the content of the document format information set in advance, the specification of the change must be an illegal specification that exceeds a specifiable allowable range. If
With the document format information designated for the change as new document format information, a virtual document layout image based on the new document format information is newly generated and automatically redisplayed. When the change is designated, it is possible to immediately confirm how the virtual document layout image changes by the change designation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a display diagram in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyboard 2 Format setting / change device 3 Format parameter table 4 Display RAM 7 Format layout image creation device

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document format setting method for setting document format information, comprising: setting a document format prior to creation of document data , based on document format information set in advance;
Virtual document showing the output image when the document is output on the page
Generates and displays a layout image, the contents of the document formatting information overrides any document format information, document formatting information that is the change specified, specifiable tolerance range
By detecting whether or not it is within the enclosure, the change designation
By document form information is determined whether or not fraud, when it is determined not illegal, the changes specified new
Based on the Do not document format information, the new virtual document layout
A document format setting method characterized in that a default image is generated and displayed again . 2. A format information storage means for storing document format information, and when setting a document format before creating document data, one page based on document format information set in advance.
Virtual document showing the output image when the document is output on the page
Display control means for generating and controlling the display of a layout image; change designating means for arbitrarily changing and specifying the content of the document format information to document format information ;
By detecting whether or not it is within the enclosure, the change designation
Means for determining whether or not the received document format information is invalid, and when it is determined that the document format information is not invalid , the change designation is made.
New document format information replaces the original document format information.
The format information storage control means for controlling so as to set and stored in the memory means, the format information the changed specified new document in the storage means Te
When the format information is set and stored, the new document format information
Of New Virtual Document Layout Image Based on Information
And a re-display control means for re-displaying the document.