JPH09204289A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] An object is to provide a document editing device capable of easily customizing a toolbar. When registering an item in a menu in a toolbar, the menu item is displayed, the mouse cursor is moved to the position of the item to be registered, and the mouse button is pressed (step S1). As a result, the command ID corresponding to the menu item is loaded into PMEM (step S2). Hold down the mouse button,
When the mouse button is released after moving the mouse cursor to a desired position on the toolbar (step S3), PMEM
The icon list is searched using the command ID loaded in the key as a key and the data is loaded into the PMEM (step S7). The icon I at the end of the toolbar data
D is added (step S8), and the toolbar is displayed again (step S9).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device for editing a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, document editing apparatuses have become more sophisticated and multifunctional, and the editing operations performed there have become more complicated each year.

Some conventional document editing apparatuses can execute complicated editing operations by clicking an icon on the toolbar with a mouse, and a function that allows the user to customize the combination of icons on the toolbar. Something with is emerging.

Further, in the conventional document editing apparatus, when changing the font size of characters, it is common to change the font size by selecting a specific numerical value using a unit such as points. It was Furthermore, if characters of different font sizes are mixed in the character string of the range for which you want to change the font size, all the characters that make up the character string of the range for which you want to change are changed to the newly selected font size. It was

[0005]

However, in the conventional document processing apparatus, when customizing the toolbar, it is necessary to activate an editor or dialog for customization, which requires labor for customization setting. Originally,
Although the customization has nothing to do with the document editing work, it takes a lot of time and effort to customize the document, so that there is a problem that an extra burden is imposed on the user.

Further, when changing the font size of a character in the conventional apparatus, selection is made by a specific numerical value. When changing the font size relative to the current font size, the conversion rate, etc. There was a problem that it was necessary to calculate and was forced to perform a very troublesome operation. In particular, in the font size change process, when characters with different font sizes are mixed in the character string you want to change, if you want to enlarge or reduce while maintaining the balance of this font size, the document creator There was a problem in that it was forced to divide and select individual character strings for each font size to make changes.

The first object of the present invention is to easily customize a toolbar by registering an icon capable of executing a command assigned to a menu in the toolbar by dragging and dropping using a pointing device. It is to provide a document editing device capable of performing the above.

A second object of the present invention is that when changing the font size during document editing, the font size can be changed intuitively by using a relative value "magnification" with respect to the basic size. It is to provide a document editing device capable of performing the above.

A third object of the present invention is a document editing apparatus capable of efficiently changing the font size of a document in which characters of different font sizes are mixed, while maintaining the balance of the font sizes of the characters. To provide.

[0010]

To achieve the first object, the first means of the present invention comprises a display device such as a CRT, an output device such as a printer, and an indicating device such as a mouse, and edits a document. .Providing means for printing, means for displaying a print image of a document being edited on the display device, and means for displaying a menu and a toolbar for designating and executing each editing function on the display device In the document editing device,
Registration means for registering an icon in the menu in the toolbar according to drag and drop using the pointing device, and a new function that can be specified and executed in the toolbar by using the toolbar based on the registration of the icon And a function setting means for performing.

In order to achieve the second object, the second aspect of the present invention
Means for setting a basic font size for setting a basic font size that is the basis of characters in document editing, and a basic font size storage means for storing the basic font size determined by the basic font size determining means,
Magnification table storage means for storing a plurality of magnification values for enlarging or reducing the font size, magnification display means for displaying a plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means, and the magnification table An absolute font size is determined from a scaling factor value selected by the user from a plurality of scaling factor values stored in the storage unit and a basic font size stored in the basic font size storage unit. And a means for outputting the corresponding font data according to the absolute font size determined by the absolute font size determining means.

In order to achieve the third object, the third aspect of the present invention
Means is a character string division storage means for dividing and storing a plurality of characters constituting a character string whose font size is to be changed according to font size, and each character divided and stored in the character string division storage means. Magnification information storage means for storing magnification information relating to magnification with respect to the basic font size, which is the basis for document editing of the above font size, and magnification table storage means storing a plurality of magnification values for enlarging or reducing the font size. A magnification display means for displaying a plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means, and a magnification value selected by the user from the plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means And the magnification information stored in the magnification information storage means into each character divided and stored in the character string division storage means. Ratio determining means for determining a new scaling factor, an absolute font size determining means for determining an absolute font size from the scaling factor determined by the scaling factor determining means and the basic font size, and the absolute font size determining means. Output means for outputting the font data corresponding to the absolute font size determined by the above.

According to the first means of the present invention, the registration means registers the icon in the menu in the toolbar in accordance with the drag & drop using the pointing device such as a mouse, and the function setting means is based on this registration. Add a new function to the toolbar that can be specified and executed using the toolbar.

According to the second means of the present invention, the user is
The absolute font size determining means determines the absolute font size only by determining the basic font size by the basic font size determining means and selecting the desired magnification while observing the magnification display means. Output the data.

According to the third means of the present invention, for a character string in which characters of different font sizes are mixed, if the user selects a desired magnification while looking at the magnification display means, the character string division storage means The character string is divided and stored for each font size, and magnification information storage means stores magnification information regarding a font size magnification of each of the divided characters, and the stored magnification information and the magnification selected by the user. The scaling factor determining means determines the scaling factor with respect to the basic font size, and the absolute font size determining means determines the absolute font size from the determined scaling factor and the basic font size. Is output.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a system block diagram of the document editing device according to the present invention. It should be noted that the documents referred to in the first embodiment are collectively referred to as sentences (including tables), figures, images, moving images, animations, voices, and the like.

Reference numeral 1 is a system bus, and each constituent block to be described below is connected to this system bus. 2 is a CPU (Central Process)
ngUnit). 3 is the program memory (PM
In EM), a program for editing processing is selected / read from the hard disk 15 as appropriate, and the program is executed by the CPU 2. The data input from the keyboard 9 is PMEM which is also a text memory.
3 is stored as code information.

An input control unit 8 is connected with an input device such as a keyboard 9 and a mouse 10. The operator operates the keyboard 9 to input system operation commands and document data. Mouse 10 is CRT13
It is a pointing device (referred to as PD) for giving an instruction to process image information. With this mouse 10,
Move the cursor on the CRT 13 in any direction of X and Y to select a menu item or icon on the toolbar to give an instruction for processing, and also give an instruction for editing and an instruction for a drawing position. Be done.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a video image memory (VRA
M), 12 is a display output control unit, and 13 is a CRT. The data displayed on the CRT 13 is expanded on the VRAM 11 as bitmap data. For example, in the case of character data, a character pattern corresponding to the code is developed in the VRAM, and it is also possible to generate a cursor directly in the display area of the VRAM 11 and display it by software control. Reference numeral 14 is an external storage device control unit, and 15 and 16 are disks for data files.
Is a hard disk (referred to as HD), and 16 is a floppy disk (referred to as FD).

The present system receives the typeface / character size instruction information, the print position, the character code string, etc. sent from the communication control unit 4 via the communication port 5 and the communication line 6, and stores the characters in the own machine. The print bitmap image is developed in its own PMEM3 by a font or the like and is printed out.

The customization of the toolbar by dragging and dropping from the menu to the toolbar on the CRT 13 screen in this embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 2 shows C during document editing in this embodiment.
It is a screen of RT13. In the figure, reference numeral 21 is a menu bar, and menu items are popped up by clicking each menu. Reference numeral 22 denotes a toolbar, in which icons representing the editing functions are displayed side by side. The user can execute each editing function by clicking the icon. Reference numeral 23 is a cursor, which indicates the location of the document currently being edited. Also, 24
Is a print image display portion of the document being edited, and 25 is a mouse cursor.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a toolbar customization operation by dragging and dropping from the menu. In FIG. 3, when the mouse cursor 25 points to "Edit" in the menu and the mouse button is clicked, a pop-up menu as shown in the figure is displayed on the screen. In this state, when the mouse cursor 25 is further pointed to "Insert" in the pop-up menu and the mouse button is pressed, the "Insert" menu is highlighted as shown. Here, while holding down the mouse button, move the mouse cursor 25 to the position of the toolbar 22 in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and release the mouse button.
A new icon 31 showing the function is added to the toolbar 22.

Here, the internal data structure in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 shows icon data, which is composed of an icon ID that identifies an icon, a command ID that identifies a command associated with this icon, and a bitmap ID that shows a bitmap for display.

FIG. 5 is menu data, which is menu position information indicating a position on the menu structure, and a command ID designating a command associated with this menu element.
Is a list whose elements are pairs of.

FIG. 6 is toolbar data, and is a list having a pair of a number indicating a display position in the toolbar and an icon ID as an element.

FIG. 7 shows the structure of the mouse button signal.
It consists of the current button state and the coordinates of the mouse cursor on the screen at that time. This mouse button signal is
This occurs on the system of this embodiment when the state of the mouse button changes.

The internal processing for customizing the toolbar by dragging and dropping from the menu in this embodiment will be described in detail below. FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of this process.

First, when the user points the menu item with the mouse and presses the mouse button, a mouse button signal is generated on the system. In step S1, it is detected from the cursor coordinates of the mouse button signal that the mouse button has been pressed on the menu. Next, in step S2, the menu ID of the specified menu is calculated from the coordinates of the mouse cursor obtained in step S1, and the menu data is searched using this as a key to find the corresponding menu ID.
The command ID paired with is loaded into PMEM3.

Next, when the user releases the mouse button, a mouse button up signal is generated in the system, which is detected in step S3. At this time, what is displayed at the position of the mouse cursor at the time of button up is scanned from the cursor coordinates of the mouse button up signal.

If the button-up position is within the menu, the process proceeds to step S4. If the button-up position is within the toolbar, the process proceeds to step S7. Then, if the button-up position is other than that, the process is terminated without doing anything.

In step S4, the menu ID of the selected menu is calculated from the coordinates of the mouse cursor obtained in step S3, the menu data is searched again by using this as a key, and the menu ID is paired with the corresponding menu ID. Load the command ID into PMEM3. Next, step S
5, the function execution module corresponding to this command ID is loaded into PMEM3, and the module is executed in step S6, and the process ends.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S7, the command ID obtained in step S2 is used as a key to search a set of icon data, and the icon data corresponding to this command ID is loaded into PMEM3. Next, in step S8, the icon ID of the icon data obtained in step S7 is added to the end of the toolbar data. For example, if the toolbar data is currently composed of m pairs, a pair of number m + 1 and the icon ID is added to the toolbar data. Then, in step S9, the toolbar is displayed again. At this time, the bitmap data corresponding to the bitmap ID paired with each icon ID in the icon data is loaded into the PMEM 3 and displayed on the toolbar. After that, the process ends.

As described above, the toolbar is customized in this embodiment.

Next, Embodiments 2 and 3 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the outline of the configuration of a Japanese word processor which is a document editing apparatus according to the second and third embodiments of the present invention.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 1a denotes a central processing unit (CP
U), control of the entire apparatus and arithmetic processing are performed based on the program stored in the ROM 1b. 1b
13 is a read-only memory (ROM), which is a storage area for the system startup program and font data, and FIG.
It has an area for storing the procedure of each flowchart shown in FIG. 16, a storage area for a replacement character code table, and the like. 1c is a random access memory (RAM),
It has a data storage area with no usage restrictions, and each program or data is used for reading and writing for each various processing.

1d is an external read-only memory (external ROM)
And is used as an external storage area for system programs and characters. 1e is a keyboard control unit (KB
C), which receives key input data from the keyboard (KB) 1f and supplies it to the CPU 1a. This keyboard 1
By f, it is possible to specify a character whose font size is to be changed, a font size, and the like, and the specified data is stored in the RAM 1c. 1g is a display controller (CRTC), 1h is a display device (CR)
CRT1h receives data from CRTC1g and displays it. Reference numeral 1i is a disk control unit (DKC), which controls data transmission and the like.

Reference numeral 1j is an external storage device such as a floppy disk (FD) or hard disk (HD), which stores programs and data. The CPU 1a refers to the stored contents of the external storage device 1j as necessary at the time of execution, or the program or data thereof is stored in the RAM 1c.
To load. Characters may be stored in the external storage device 1j. 1k is a printer for printing the created document. 1l is a system bus, which constitutes a data path between the above-mentioned components.

The second and third embodiments will be separately described below by using the Japanese word processor configured as described above.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 10 shows the second embodiment.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system of FIG. The system according to this embodiment includes means 2a for setting the basic font size of characters, memory 2b for storing the same, or memory 2c for storing a table of magnifications, means 2d for obtaining and displaying magnification data from the table, and displaying it. When a designated scale is selected from the scales, the means 2e for determining an absolute font size from the scale and the basic font size stored in the memory 2b, and the corresponding font size It comprises means 2i for detecting data from the font data 2f and outputting it to the means 2g for displaying or the means (2h) for printing.

Details of the font size acquisition / storing means of each character in this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 11A, reference numeral 3a indicates the entire RAM (this RAM 3a is the same as the RAM 1c in FIG. 9). The entire document data stored in the RAM 3a is 3b. The entire document data 3b includes the data 3c of this document and the data 3d related to the document format. Further, in the data 3d related to this document format, the area 3e for setting the basic font size is set.
And an area 3f for setting a magnification for each character related to the basic font size. In this way, the data in changing the font size of each character is shown in FIG.
It corresponds as shown in (b).

Next, an example of font size changing processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, there is a normal document (4a). Specify the character string you want to change (4
b). Next, when the font size change menu is called, the magnification is displayed (4c) (however, the magnification shown here is merely an example and not a limitation). When a desired one is selected from the displayed magnifications, a font size obtained by multiplying the magnification and the original font size is calculated, and the desired font data is output (4d).

Next, the processing procedure in the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S5a, it is determined whether or not the font size change has been designated (if not designated, the process ends). Step S5
In b, the magnification table is read from the RAM 1c, the contents of the table are displayed, and the user is allowed to make a selection (the display / selection method is well known and not particularly limited). In step S5c, the result obtained by multiplying the selected scaling factor by the font size that is also basically set in the RAM 1c is taken as the font size of the character.

Next, in step S5d, it is determined whether or not the range of the character is specified in changing the font size. If specified, step S5e
In step S5g, data of a new font size for each character within the range is searched, and the data is rewritten and displayed using the data. And step S5h
Then, the new font size information is stored in the area 3f shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the range is not designated in step S5d, the data at the position of the cursor at that time is changed to the designated magnification in step S5f.

In subsequent document editing, this font size information is quoted until the font size is changed. Thus, the font size changing process is completed.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the method of changing the font size by using the scaling factor has been described. However, when the font size is further changed for a character whose scaling factor has been changed once, regarding the scaling factor stored corresponding to each character, Further, it may be possible to improve the work efficiency by multiplying the magnification by the font size changing process. This is the case, for example, when the range is specified in the font size changing process and characters of different font sizes are mixed in the range. In such a case, it is not uncommon for the font size of the entire range to be reduced / enlarged at a fixed size while maintaining the font size ratio. The third embodiment of the present invention, which is effective in such a case, will be described below.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system of the third embodiment. In FIG. 14, 6a to 6i
Is the same as 2a to 2i shown in FIG. 6j is a means for further dividing the designated character string into character strings for each font size, and 6k is a means for storing each divided character string. Also, the means for storing the magnification of the basic font size for each character is 6l,
Each scale factor indicating the font size of the character string stored in the storage unit 6k is read from the storage unit 6l, and the display unit 6 is displayed.
A means for determining the result of multiplying the magnification selected from the magnifications displayed in d as the magnification of the new font size is 6 m. The absolute font size determining means 6e determines the new font size of the character by multiplying the basic font size by this scaling factor. The memory configuration in the third embodiment is similar to the configuration shown in FIG.

Next, an example of the font size changing process in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, there is a document in which characters with different font sizes are mixed (7
a). The range of the character string to be changed is designated (7b). Next, call the font size change menu. The magnification is displayed here (similar to 4c). When a desired one is selected from the displayed magnifications (7c), first, the character strings for each font size are separated (7d). Next, the current magnification data in the memory of the characters in this separated character string is read, and the result multiplied by the desired magnification is further multiplied by the font size set in the format setting. The font size is displayed in columns, and the result is displayed (7e). In 7e, a character string which is 1.5 times the character string in the lower row is displayed as the character string in the upper row. However, the changing procedure in the figure is an example and is not limited to this.

Next, the processing procedure in the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Steps S8a and S8b in the flowchart of FIG.
The steps are the same as steps S5a and S5b shown in FIG. In step S8c, it is determined whether or not a character range is specified.
j, S8k). When there is a designated range, in step S8d, when a character string in which the same size characters are consecutive is set as one unit, how many units can be formed in the character string is calculated and divided. In step S8e, the magnification for the basic font size of the character string is read from the RAM for each character string unit described above, and is multiplied by the magnification selected in step S8b to set a new magnification. Then, in step S8f, the new scale factor is multiplied by the basic font size, and in step S8g, the new font size is calculated to retrieve and display the font data. In step S8h, the newly set magnification is stored in the RAM. Then, until all the above-mentioned divided character strings are exhausted, step S
The processing in step S8i repeats the processing from 8e to step S8h. When the processing of the last character string ends, this program ends.

By the above processing, the character strings including characters of different font sizes are collectively converted to the same magnification.

In the above description of the third embodiment, character strings including characters of different font sizes are collectively subjected to the same size conversion by selecting the conversion ratio. However, in the present embodiment, the basic font size is changed. Similar results can be obtained by changing.

Further, in the font size changing process using the scaling factors of the second and third embodiments described above, whether to use the basic font size as a reference or the scaling factor information possessed by each character as a reference. It can be freely changed by the operator's choice.

[0056]

As described above, according to the first means of the present invention, by dragging and dropping from the menu,
It is possible to register the icon that can execute the command assigned to the menu in the toolbar,
Since the toolbar can be easily customized, the efficiency of document editing work can be further improved.

According to the second means of the present invention, when the font size is changed during document editing, a desired font can be intuitively selected by using the "magnification" relative to the basic size. You can change to font data of the size and display it, and you can create documents with more comfortable operations.

Further, according to the third means of the present invention, even when the magnification conversion is performed on a document in which characters of different font sizes are mixed by using the magnification information, the individual magnification is selected and the change processing is performed. Without changing the font size of the characters collectively, the font size can be changed efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an icon data structure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a menu data structure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a toolbar data structure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a mouse button signal structure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an internal processing procedure when an icon is registered in a toolbar by dragging and dropping a menu item in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a document editing device according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire system according to a second exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a RAM according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a font size changing process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for changing font size using a scaling factor according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a font size changing process according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for changing a collective font size according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system bus 2 CPU 3 program memory 4 communication control unit 5 communication port 6 communication line 7 printer 8 input control unit 9 keyboard 10 input device such as mouse 11 VRAM 12 display output control unit 13 CRT 14 external storage device control unit 15 , 16 Disk for data file 21 Menu bar 22 Tool bar 23 Cursor 24 Document print image display area 25 Mouse cursor 31 Icon 2a, 6a Basic font size determination means 2b, 6b Basic font size storage means 2c, 6c Magnification table storage means 2d , 6d Magnification display means 2e, 6e Absolute font size determination means 2f, 6f Font data 2g, 6g Designated font search / output means 2h, 6h Display means 2i, 6i Printing means 6j Character size dividing means by font size k divided character string storage means 6l magnification information storage unit 6m magnification determining means

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A display device such as a CRT, an output device such as a printer, and an instruction device such as a mouse, and means for editing / printing a document, and a print image of the document being edited is displayed on the display device. In a document editing device comprising means and means for displaying a menu and a toolbar for designating and executing each editing function on the display device, an icon in the menu is displayed in accordance with drag and drop using the pointing device. A document editing apparatus, comprising: registration means for registering in the tool bar; and function setting means for adding a new function to the tool bar that can be designated and executed using the tool bar based on registration of the icon. . 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document includes a sentence, a table, a figure, an image, a moving image, an animation, and a voice. 3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein dragging and dropping using the pointing device is performed by operating a mouse button using a mouse. 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document editing apparatus further includes an external storage device. 5. The document editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the external storage device is a hard disk. 6. The document editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the external storage device is a floppy disk. 7. A basic font size determining means for setting a basic font size which is the basis of characters in document editing, a basic font size storing means for storing the basic font size determined by the basic font size determining means, and a font. Magnification table storage means for storing a plurality of magnification values for enlarging or reducing the size; magnification display means for displaying a plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means; and the magnification table storage. An absolute font size is determined from the scaling factor value selected by the user from a plurality of scaling factor values stored in the unit and the basic font size stored in the basic font size storage unit. The font size determining means and the absolute font size determined by the absolute font size determining means. According's, document editing apparatus characterized by comprising an output means for outputting the font data corresponding thereto. 8. The basic font size storage means is R
The document editing device according to claim 7, wherein the document editing device is configured by an AM. 9. A character string division storage means for dividing and storing a plurality of characters constituting a character string whose font size is to be changed according to font size, and divided and stored in the character string division storage means. Magnification information storage means for memorizing magnification information regarding a magnification with respect to a basic font size, which is basic in document editing of font size of each character, and magnification table storage for storing a plurality of magnification values for enlarging or reducing the font size Means, a magnification display means for displaying a plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means, and a magnification selected by the user from among the plurality of magnification values stored in the magnification table storage means. And the magnification information stored in the magnification information storage means are divided and stored in the character string division storage means. A scaling factor determining means for determining a new scaling factor for a character; an absolute font size determining means for determining an absolute font size from the scaling factor determined by the scaling factor determining means and the basic font size; and the absolute font size determination. And a means for outputting the font data corresponding to the absolute font size determined by the means. 10. The document editing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the document editing apparatus is a Japanese word processor.