JPH06266702A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change the layout of a document by the character point of the document data and in accordance with the number of characters of the document. CONSTITUTION:A central processing part 10 edits the character data stored in a document data storage part 7. When the number of characters of the document data is changed, a character point calculation part 9 automatically calculates the character point of the document data in accordance with the number of characters. The calculated character point is sent to a format setting part 11 via the part 10, and the part 11 rewrites the character point of the format data on the document data to be edited and stored in the part 6 into the calculated point. Then the layout of the document is changed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a word processor (W
P), desktop publishing (DTP), and other document processing devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing apparatus such as a word processor or desktop publishing, when creating a document, first, the character point of the document, the character spacing, the line spacing, the paper size, and the left margin, right margin, top margin, or Format data such as a margin size such as a bottom margin is set, and a document is edited with a layout based on the format data. In addition, when it is desired to change the layout while editing a document, the format data already set can be arbitrarily changed.

[0003]

However, the conventional document processing apparatus is very inconvenient because the format data must be changed every time the layout of the document is changed. For example, when a document of one page becomes two pages due to the addition of a new sentence, if the document is to fit within one page, the operator needs to set the character point, the character spacing, the line spacing, the paper size, or the margin size. I had to adjust the layout of the document by changing the format data such as.

Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to adjust the layout of the document, and the document cannot be efficiently created. There is also a problem in that the layout of the document has an unbalanced appearance depending on the contents of changes in the format data. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to enable the layout of a document to be changed according to the character amount of the document.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and character points, character intervals, line intervals, paper size, And a format setting means for setting format data of a document such as a margin size, a document editing means for editing the document data by the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means, and the means In a document processing apparatus including a display unit for displaying document data edited by the document printing unit and a printing unit for printing the document data displayed by the unit, the document processing apparatus according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing unit. A means for automatically determining the character points of the format data is provided.

Further, in the document processing apparatus comprising the character input means, the format setting means, the document editing means, the display means and the printing means, the format data of the format data is edited according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A means for automatically determining the character spacing or a means for automatically determining the line spacing of the format data according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means may be provided.

Further, in the document processing device comprising the character input means, the format setting means, the document editing means, the display means and the printing means, the format data of the format data is edited according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A means for automatically determining the paper size or a means for automatically determining the margin size of the format data according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means may be provided.

[0008]

The document processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following features:
Input character data such as characters and symbols, set the document format data such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size, and margin size, and use the input character data based on the set format data. The document data is edited, the edited document data is displayed, the displayed document data is printed, and the character point of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the edited document. The layout can be adjusted by the character points of the format data according to the character amount of the document.

If the character spacing of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document to be edited,
The layout can be adjusted according to the character spacing of the format data according to the character amount of the document. Alternatively, if the line spacing of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document to be edited, the layout can be adjusted according to the line spacing of the format data according to the character amount of the document.

Furthermore, if the paper size of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document to be edited, the layout can be adjusted according to the paper size of the format data according to the character amount of the document. it can. Alternatively, if the margin size of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document to be edited, the layout can be adjusted according to the margin size of the format data according to the character amount of the document.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is an external view of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This document processing device includes a keyboard 1 having various input keys, a display 2 which is a display device such as a CRT, an LCD, a printer 3 which is a printing device such as a dot printer and a laser printer, a hard disk device and a floppy disk. Device, optical disk device, and other storage device 4, which is a memory, and CPU, ROM, RAM
And a processing device 5 which is a main body of the device having a microcomputer including the above.

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 7 will be described. In the first embodiment, when the character amount of one document changes, the character point of the format data of the document can be automatically determined and set according to the character amount.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the first embodiment. The storage device 4 of this document processing device fulfills each function of the format data storage unit 6 and the document data storage unit 7, and the processing device 5 includes the input control unit 8, the character point calculation unit 9, the central processing unit 10, and the format setting unit 11. , Print control unit 1
2 and each function of the display controller 13.

The format data storage unit 6 stores format data such as character points of a document, character spacing, line spacing, paper size, and margin size (left margin, right margin, upper margin, or lower margin). The document data storage unit 7 stores data such as characters, numbers and symbols indicating the content of the document.

The input control unit 8 controls input of the keyboard 1 and realizes a user interface via the keyboard 1. The character point calculation unit 9 calculates the maximum character point for accommodating the character amount of the document within a predetermined page, with the character spacing, line spacing, paper size, and margin size in the format setting items as fixed values.

The central processing unit 10 controls the entire processing in this apparatus, and also edits a document and changes the character point when the character amount of one document changes. The format setting unit 11 performs processing of setting and changing format data in the format data storage unit 6. The print control unit 12 controls the printing of the document being edited or the existing document. The display control unit 13 controls the display of the contents of the document being edited and various messages.

Next, a document editing process in this document processing apparatus will be described. First, when there is an instruction input of format data of a document by the keyboard 1, the instruction is sent to the format setting section 11 via the input control section 8 and the central processing section 10, and the format setting section 11 formats the format data according to the instruction. The data is stored in the data storage unit 6.

After that, when the document data is input by the keyboard 1, the document data is sent to the central processing unit 10 via the input control unit 8, and the central processing unit 10 stores the document data in the format data storage unit 6. The document data is stored in the document data storage unit 7 in association with the formatted data.

Then, the central processing unit 10 issues a display instruction to the display control unit 13, and based on the format data stored in the format data storage unit 6 by the display control unit 13, the document data in the document data storage unit 7 The contents are displayed on the display 2. Alternatively, a print instruction is issued to the print control unit 12, and the content of the document data in the document data storage unit 7 is printed by the printer 3 based on the format data stored in the format data storage unit 6 by the print control unit 12. .

Next, an automatic character point setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is corrected will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing. First, when the document to be modified is specified and the character amount is changed by the modification of the specified document, the character points of the format data for containing the character amount within the specified page are calculated, and the calculation is performed. The created character point is changed to the character point corresponding to the corrected document data, registered in the format data, and this process ends.

Next, a specific example of the automatic setting process of the character points will be described with reference to FIG. Each filled rectangle in the figure represents a character. FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the correction target document. This document A has a total character number of "12 characters" and a total page number of "1 page", and its format data is a paper size "A4".
Version ", character point" 12 ", character spacing" 1/2 character point ", line spacing" 1 character point ", margin size left margin" 5 mm ", right margin" 5 mm ", top margin" 10 mm " The bottom margin is "10 mm".

When 6 characters are added to this document A and corrected, and the total number of characters becomes "18 characters" and the total number of pages becomes "2 pages" as shown in FIG. 1
The maximum character point "8" to fit on the page is calculated and determined. At that time, the character spacing, line spacing, paper size, and margin size remain fixed. Then, as shown in (c) of the figure, the format data is changed to the character point "8" to make the document the total number of characters "18 characters" and the total number of pages "1 page".

In this way, when the number of pages of a document increases and the number of pages increases, the number of pages can be accommodated even if the character points of the format data are automatically changed. The total number of pages of the document after adding does not change, and its layout is maintained in a balanced manner. Also, the document data can be displayed and printed in a format after changing the character points.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 7 will be described. In the second embodiment, when the character amount of one document changes, the character interval of the format data of the document can be automatically determined and set according to the character amount.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the second embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. This document processing apparatus is provided with a functional section of a character spacing calculation section 14 in place of the character point calculation section 9 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the processing when the character amount of one document changes is It is slightly different from the first embodiment.

The character-spacing calculation unit 14 sets the character points, line spacing, paper size, and margin size in the format setting items to fixed values, and sets the maximum character spacing for accommodating the character amount of the document within a predetermined page. calculate.

Next, the automatic character spacing setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is modified will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing, and the description of the parts common to FIG. 13 is omitted.
In this process, when the character amount is changed by modifying the specified document, the character interval of the format data to accommodate the character amount within the specified page is calculated, and the character interval is changed to the calculated character interval. Register in the format data.

Next, a specific example of the automatic character spacing setting process will be described with reference to FIG. Each filled rectangle in the figure represents a character. FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the correction target document. This document B has a total number of characters "12 characters" and a total number of pages "1 page", and its format data includes paper size "A4 size", character points "8", character interval "1 character point", line interval " 3/2 character points ”, the left margin of the margin size is“ 5 mm ”, the right margin is“ 5 mm ”, the upper margin is“ 10 mm ”, and the lower margin is“ 10 mm ”.

When 6 characters are added to this document B to modify it and the total number of characters is "18 characters" and the total number of pages is "2 pages" as shown in FIG. 9B, this is corrected. 1
The maximum character spacing "1/4 character point" to fit on the page is calculated and determined. At that time, the character points, line spacing, paper size, and margin size remain fixed. Then, as shown in (c) of the figure, the format data is changed to the character interval "1/4 character point" to make the document the total number of characters "18 characters" and the total number of pages "1 page".

In this way, when the character amount of one document increases and the number of pages increases, it is possible to automatically change the character interval of the format data to accommodate the original number of pages. The total number of pages of the document after adding does not change, and its layout is maintained in a balanced manner. It is also possible to display and print document data in a format after changing the character spacing.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 7 will be described. In the third embodiment, when the character amount of one document changes, the line spacing of the format data of the document can be automatically determined and set according to the character amount.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the third embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. This document processing apparatus is provided with a functional section of a line spacing calculation section 15 in place of the character point calculation section 9 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and performs processing when the character amount of one document changes. 1 and 2 are slightly different from the examples.

The line-spacing calculator 15 determines the maximum line-spacing for accommodating the character amount of a document within a predetermined page, with the character point, the character interval, the paper size, and the margin size in the format setting items as fixed values. calculate.

Next, the line spacing automatic setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is corrected will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the processing, and the description of the portions common to FIGS. 13 and 14 will be omitted. In this process, when the character amount is changed by modifying the specified document, the line spacing of the format data to accommodate the character amount within the specified page is calculated and the line spacing is changed to the calculated line spacing. Register in the format data.

Next, referring to FIG. 10, a specific example of the automatic line spacing setting process will be described. Each filled rectangle in the figure represents a character. FIG. 10A is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the correction target document. In this document B, the total number of characters is "12 characters" and the total number of pages is "1 page".
The format data is paper size "A4 size", character point "8", character interval "1 character point", line interval "3/2 character point", margin size left margin "5 mm", right The margin is "5 mm", the upper margin is "10 mm", and the lower margin is "10 mm".

When 6 characters are added to this document B and corrected, and the total number of characters becomes "18 characters" and the total number of pages becomes "2 pages" as shown in FIG. 1
Calculate and determine the maximum line spacing "1/3 character point" to fit on the page. At that time, the character point, the character interval, the paper size, and the margin size are fixed. Then, as shown in (c) of the figure, the format data is changed to the line interval "1/3 character point" to make a document having the total number of characters "18 characters" and the total number of pages "1 page".

In this way, when the number of pages in one document increases and the number of pages increases, the line spacing of the format data is automatically changed to fit the original number of pages. The total number of pages of the document after adding does not change, and its layout is maintained in a balanced manner. It is also possible to display and print the document data in a format after changing the line spacing.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 7 will be described. In the fourth embodiment, when the character amount of one document changes, the paper size of the document format data can be automatically determined and set according to the character amount.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the fourth embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. This document processing apparatus is provided with a functional section of a paper size calculation section 16 in place of the character point calculation section 9 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is slightly different from the first to third embodiments.

The paper size calculation unit 16 sets the character point, the character spacing, the line spacing, and the margin size in the format setting items to fixed values, and sets the minimum paper size for containing the character amount of the document within a predetermined page. calculate.

Next, the automatic paper size setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is corrected will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing, and the description of the portions common to FIGS. 13 to 15 will be omitted. In this process, when the character amount is changed by modifying the specified document, the paper size of the format data to fit the character amount in the specified page is calculated, and the calculated paper size is changed. Register in the format data.

Next, a specific example of the automatic paper size setting process will be described with reference to FIG. Each filled rectangle in the figure represents a character. FIG. 11A is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the correction target document.

This document A has a total character number of "12 characters" and a total page number of "1 page", and its format data includes a paper size "A4 size", a character point "12", and a character interval "1".
/ 2 character points ", line spacing" 1 character point ", left margin" 5 mm "of the margin size, right margin" 5 mm ", upper margin" 10 mm ", lower margin" 10 mm ".

When 6 characters are added to this document A and corrected, and the total number of characters is "18 characters" and the total number of pages is "2 pages" as shown in FIG. 1
The smallest paper size "A3 size" to fit on the page is calculated and determined.

At this time, the character points, the character spacing, the line spacing, and the margin size remain fixed. Then, as shown in (c) of FIG. 11, the format data is changed to the paper size “A3 size” to make the document the total number of characters “18 characters” and the total number of pages “1 page”.

In this way, when the number of pages of a document increases and the number of pages increases, it is possible to automatically change the paper size of the format data to fit the original number of pages.
The total number of pages of the document does not change after adding the amount of characters, and the layout is well balanced. It is also possible to display and print the document data in a format after changing the paper size.

Next explained is the fifth embodiment of the invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. In the fifth embodiment, when the character amount of one document changes, it is possible to automatically determine and set the margin sizes of the top, bottom, left, and right of the document format data according to the character amount.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the fifth embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 4 are designated by the same reference numerals. This document processing apparatus is provided with a functional section of a margin size calculation section 17 in place of the character point calculation section 9 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and performs processing when the character amount of one document changes. It is slightly different from the first to fourth embodiments.

The margin size calculation unit 17 sets the character point, the character spacing, the line spacing, and the paper size in the format setting item to fixed values, and sets the maximum margin size for accommodating the character amount of the document in a predetermined page. calculate.

Next, the margin size automatic setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is corrected will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the processing, and the description of the portions common to FIGS. 13 to 16 will be omitted. In this process, when the character amount is changed by modifying the specified document, the margin size of the format data to accommodate the character amount within the specified page is calculated and the margin size is changed to the calculated margin size. Register in the format data.

Next, a specific example of the automatic margin size setting process will be described with reference to FIG. Each filled rectangle in the figure represents a character. FIG. 12A is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the correction target document.

This document A has a total number of characters “12 characters” and a total number of pages “1 page”, and its format data includes paper size “A4 size”, character points “12”, and character spacing “1”.
/ 2 character points ", line spacing" 1 character point ", left margin" 5 mm "of the margin size, right margin" 5 mm ", upper margin" 10 mm ", lower margin" 10 mm ".

When 6 characters are added to this document A and corrected, and the total number of characters is "18 characters" and the total number of pages is "2 pages" as shown in FIG. 1
Calculate and determine the maximum top and bottom margin size "1 mm" to fit on the page.

At this time, the character points, the character spacing, the line spacing, and the paper size are kept fixed. Then, as shown in FIG. 12C, the format data is changed to the upper and lower margin sizes "1 mm" to make the document a total number of characters "18 characters" and a total number of pages "1 page". The left and right margin sizes may be changed, or all the top, bottom, left, and right margin sizes may be changed.

In this way, when the number of pages of a document increases and the number of pages increases, it is possible to automatically change the margin size of the format data to fit the original number of pages.
The total number of pages of the document does not change after adding the amount of characters, and the layout is well balanced. It is also possible to display and print the document data in a format after changing the margin size.

Next explained is the sixth embodiment of the invention using the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. First mentioned above
In the fifth to fifth embodiments, the case where the format data of any one of the character point, the character interval, the line interval, the paper size, and the margin size is changed when the document amount of one document is changed has been described. In the document processing device, the optimum plural items are automatically selected from the plural items of the format data and the data of each item is changed.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the sixth embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 5 are designated by the same reference numerals. This document processing apparatus is provided with a functional section of a format data calculation section 18 in place of the character point calculation section 9 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and performs processing when the character amount of one document changes. It is slightly different from the first to fifth embodiments.

The format data calculation unit 18 calculates the changed value of any one of the items of character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size for accommodating the character amount of the document within a predetermined page. In addition, a change value obtained by combining a plurality of the items is calculated.

Next, the automatic setting process of the format data when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 is corrected will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing, and the description of the portions common to FIGS. 13 to 17 will be omitted. In this process, when the character amount is changed by modifying the specified document, the change value of the format data to accommodate the character amount in the specified page is calculated and changed to the calculated change value. Register in the format data.

For example, when the character amount of one document is increased, the character number, the character interval, the line interval, and / or the margin size are changed so that the original page number can be accommodated. The total number of pages in the document does not change after adding the amount, and the layout is kept in a balanced manner.

It is also possible to display and print a document based on the changed document data. Further, by changing a plurality of items of the format data, fine layout adjustment can be performed, and the document can look more beautiful.

Further, since the format data is automatically set when the character amount of the document changes, the layout of the document can be displayed according to the format data, and the final layout of the document can be displayed at the time of printing. Can be confirmed.

It is also possible to change a predesignated item among the items of the format data, or to automatically select and change only one optimum item. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a specific example in which the character amount of one document is increased has been described. However, even when the character amount is decreased, if the format data is changed, the document when the character amount of the document is decreased The layout of can be arranged automatically.

Next, the effects of the document processing apparatus in each of the above-mentioned embodiments will be listed. (1) Since the character point of the format data is automatically determined when the character amount of one document increases, edit a well-balanced document without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format. You can

(2) Since the character interval of the format data is automatically determined when the character amount of one document increases, a well-balanced document can be obtained without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format. Can be edited. (3) Since the line spacing of the format data is automatically determined when the character amount of one document increases, edit a well-balanced document without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format. You can

(4) Since the paper size of the format data is automatically determined when the character amount of one document increases, a well-balanced document can be created without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format. Can be edited. (5) Since the margin size of the format data is automatically determined when the character amount of one document increases, edit a well-balanced document without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format. You can

(6) Since a plurality of items are automatically determined from the character points, character intervals, line intervals, paper size, and margin size items of format data when the character amount of one document increases, A well-balanced document can be edited without increasing the number of pages even if the operator does not change the format.

[0068]

As described above, according to the document processing apparatus of the present invention, the character point of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document, so that the character point of the document can be changed. You can automatically adjust the layout of the document by the character points. If the character spacing of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document, the layout of the document can be automatically adjusted according to the character spacing of the document.

Alternatively, if the line spacing of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document, the layout of the document can be adjusted by the line spacing according to the change of the character amount of the document. Further, if the paper size of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document, the layout of the document can be adjusted according to the change of the character amount of the document.

Alternatively, if the margin size of the format data is automatically determined according to the character amount of the document,
The layout of the document can be adjusted according to the margin size according to the change in the character amount of the document. Therefore, when the document amount of one page becomes two pages because the amount of characters is increased, the amount of characters can be stored in one page in a well-balanced manner without the troublesome work of changing the format data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an external view of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of automatic setting processing of character points shown in the flowchart of FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the automatic character spacing setting process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

10 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of automatic line spacing setting processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.

11 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the paper size automatic setting process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

12 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the margin size automatic setting process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an automatic character point setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 1 is modified.

14 is a flowchart showing an automatic character spacing setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 2 is modified.

15 is a flowchart showing an automatic line spacing setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 3 is modified.

16 is a flowchart showing an automatic paper size setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 4 is corrected.

17 is a flowchart showing an automatic margin size setting process when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 5 is modified.

18 is a flowchart showing an automatic setting process of format data when the document data stored in the document data storage unit 7 of FIG. 6 is modified.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 keyboard 2 display 3 printer 4 storage device 5 processing device 6 format data storage unit 7 document data storage unit 8 input control unit 9 character point calculation unit 10 central processing unit 11 format setting unit 12 print control unit 13 display control unit 14 character spacing Calculation unit 15 Line spacing calculation unit 16 Paper size calculation unit 17 Margin size calculation unit 18 Format data calculation unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and a format setting means for setting format data of a document such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size. A document editing means for editing the document data based on the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means; a display means for displaying the document data edited by the means; A document processing device provided with a printing means for printing the document data displayed by the means, and means for automatically determining the character point of the format data according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A document processing device characterized by being provided. 2. A character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and a format setting means for setting document format data such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size. A document editing means for editing the document data based on the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means; a display means for displaying the document data edited by the means; A document processing device provided with printing means for printing the document data displayed by the means, means for automatically determining the character spacing of the format data according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A document processing device characterized by being provided. 3. A character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and a format setting means for setting document format data such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size. A document editing means for editing the document data based on the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means; a display means for displaying the document data edited by the means; A document processing device provided with a printing means for printing the document data displayed by the means, and means for automatically determining the line spacing of the format data according to the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A document processing device characterized by being provided. 4. A character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and a format setting means for setting document format data such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size. A document editing means for editing the document data based on the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means; a display means for displaying the document data edited by the means; And a means for automatically determining the paper size of the format data in accordance with the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means, in a document processing device including a printing means for printing the document data displayed by the means. A document processing device characterized by being provided. 5. A character input means for inputting character data such as characters, numbers and symbols, and a format setting means for setting document format data such as character points, character spacing, line spacing, paper size and margin size. A document editing means for editing the document data based on the character data input by the character input means based on the format data set by the means; a display means for displaying the document data edited by the means; A document processing device provided with a printing means for printing the document data displayed by the means, means for automatically determining the margin size of the format data in accordance with the character amount of the document edited by the document editing means. A document processing device characterized by being provided.