JP2009237885A - Document editing device, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize the division and combination of electronic documents into components by a single type and a single number of operations.
A character object replacement unit 2 replaces all characters in a copied electronic document 101 with character objects to which information can be added, and displays link information indicating a position such as the appearance order of characters. A display document 102 is generated for display on the Web. The display control unit 4 reads the display document and displays it on the display device 5. When the input device 6 is pressed on any of the displayed character objects, the selected object specifying unit 7 acquires link information and specifies the selected character object. The division execution unit 8 divides a character by inserting a line feed element BR tag, a ruled line element HR tag, or the like as a delimiter between constituent elements immediately after the character object according to the link information of the specified character object.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus, method, and program that can easily trial and error an operation of dividing an electronic document displayed on a screen into a plurality of components.

  In recent years, the importance of securing intellectual property has been strongly recognized, and many patent infringement investigations have been conducted not only in patent examination work at the JPO, but also in the intellectual property section of general companies. When conducting such examination and investigation work, the part of the patent document that claims the scope of rights called “claim” is first divided into several components, and this claim is compared with the subject of comparison (prior patent application). Work to clarify the inclusive relationship with existing products). This process is often accompanied by trial and error because it needs to be performed in consideration of the contents indicated by each divided component and the relation with the whole invention. Currently, a line is drawn by drawing a line on a claim printed on paper with a writing instrument, but this requires printing and re-entry of the line each time trial and error is performed, which is a burden on the operator. ing.

  A method of diverting the editor to the problem is considered as the next best solution. Along with the promotion of the paperless plan of the JPO, many patent documents have been digitized and released. It is easy to obtain electronic data of such a patent document and copy it on an editor. By manipulating the electronic data on the editor, it is possible to save the printing effort associated with trial and error. At this time, if the basic editing operation can be performed, the type of editor is not limited. For example, if a blog editor used for editing a document on the Web is used, it is possible to perform many tasks on the Web. It is.

For example, as a text editing system in the browser, editing operations such as setting font type, font size, or color, deleting characters, entering characters, etc. while browsing with the browser on the text editing screen Then, a technique has been proposed for appropriately editing an HTML document to be edited by generating an appropriate tag according to the editing work or deleting the tag (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-537540 A

  In the above-mentioned conventional technology, using the functions provided by a general editor, when performing layout changes that can clearly distinguish the component delimiters, a line break is inserted at the end of each component and a ruled line is inserted. Will do. One of the problems with the conventional techniques is the complexity of operation.

A variety of functions are implemented in the text editing system according to the prior art, and operations are complicated in order to distinguish and use them. For example, in order to combine two components into one, it is necessary to delete the inserted line feed. For this purpose, the following three steps are required.
(1) The beginning of the next line at the line feed position is designated with a cursor or the like.
(2) Delete the blank part preceding the beginning of the sentence by pressing the delete key.
(3) With the sentence head reaching the left end of the work space, press the delete key once more.

  Such a plurality of types and a plurality of operations hinders trial and error of claim division that requires concentration, so that there is a problem that efficiency of work is reduced.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is a document that can realize division and combination of electronic documents into components by a single type and a single number of operations. An editing apparatus, method, and program are provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a document editing apparatus including a display device that displays characters and image data, and an input device that indicates the characters displayed on the display device. Character object replacement means for generating display document data consisting of character objects obtained by adding link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data to the character data included in the document data from the data, and the character object replacement Display control means for displaying on the display device the character indicated by the character object in the display document data generated by the means, and the character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device. Selection object specifying means for specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character; and Division execution means for inserting delimiter information indicating a character delimiter at a position immediately before or immediately after the specified character object based on link information indicating an appearance position given to the character object specified by And the display control means displays the display document data on the display device in accordance with the delimiter information inserted by the division execution means.

  In the above invention, the present invention further includes a group designating unit that groups character data in the document data according to a predetermined rule, and the character object replacement unit includes the character data in the character data included in the document data. Generating display document data composed of a character object to which link information indicating an appearance position of the last character data in the group to which the document belongs is added, and the division executing unit is configured to specify the character specified by the selected object specifying unit Based on link information indicating the appearance position given to the object, delimiter information indicating character delimiters is inserted between character objects in adjacent groups.

  The present invention provides the above-described invention, in the above invention, a combined button generation unit for generating a combined button object for deleting the delimiter information inserted between the character objects by the division execution unit, and adding the combined button object to the display document data; When the combination button object is displayed together with the display document data on the display device by the display control means, and the combination button is pressed by the input device, the display document data corresponds to the combination button. And a combination executing unit that deletes the delimiter information and combines the character objects before and after being divided by the delimiter information.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, when one of the character objects of the display document data displayed on the display device by the display control unit is instructed by the input device, the instructed character object is specified. And a division position at a position immediately before or immediately after the specified character object, based on link information indicating an appearance position given to the character object specified by the instruction object specifying means. Division position presenting means for inserting an image element that can be visually recognized.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a document editing apparatus including a display device that displays characters and image data, and an input device that indicates the characters displayed on the display device. Display data composed of character data included in the document data, and an inter-character object in which link information indicating the appearance order of the character data is added to an image element that can be visually recognized between the character data. Together with the character object in the character data in the display document data generated by the inter-character object replacement means, and the image element of the inter-character object according to the link information indicating the appearance order between the character data When the display control means for displaying on the display device and the image element displayed on the display device by the input device are selected, Based on link information indicating the appearance order between the character data assigned to the character object specified by the selected object specifying device and the character object specified by the selected object specifying device, the character object corresponding to the selected image element Division execution means for inserting delimiter information indicating character delimiters at the position of the specified inter-character object, and the display control means is configured to display the display according to the delimiter information inserted by the division execution means. A document editing apparatus that displays document data on the display device.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, based on link information indicating an appearance order between character data assigned to an object between characters specified by the selected object specifying means, the image element is moved between the character data. It further comprises image element changing means for changing to another image element that can be visually recognized more easily.

  Further, in order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a document editing method for editing document data displayed on a display device by an operation by an input device. The document data includes character data included in the document data. Generating display document data comprising a character object to which link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data is added, and the character indicated by the character object in the generated display document data A step of displaying on a display device; a step of specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character when a character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device; and a step of assigning the character object to the specified character object Based on the link information indicating the appearing position, the character object Alternatively, the display document data is displayed on the display device in accordance with the step of inserting delimiter information indicating character delimiters at positions immediately after and the delimiter information inserted at positions immediately before or immediately after the specified character object. A document editing method comprising the steps of:

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a computer of a document editing apparatus that edits document data displayed on a display device by an operation by an input device, and from the document data, character data included in the document data. Generating display document data composed of character objects provided with link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data, and displaying characters indicated by the character objects in the generated display document data And, when a character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device, a step of specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character, and an appearance given to the specified character object Based on the link information indicating the position, the character object immediately before or The display document data is displayed on the display device in accordance with the step of inserting delimiter information indicating character delimiters at a position immediately after and the delimiter information inserted at a position immediately before or after the specified character object. And a step.

  According to the present invention, display document data including a character object in which link information indicating the appearance position of character data is added to the character data from the document data is generated, and the character indicated by the character object in the display document data is generated. When a character is selected on the display device and selected by the input device, the character object corresponding to the selected character is specified, and specified based on the link information indicating the appearance position given to the specified character object Delimiter information indicating a delimiter of characters is inserted at a position immediately before or immediately after the set character object. Therefore, the electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen.

  Further, according to the present invention, character data in document data is grouped according to a predetermined rule, and display document data including character objects to which link information indicating the appearance position of the last character data in the group is added is generated. When the character indicated by the character object in the display document data is displayed on the display device and the character is selected by the input device, the character object corresponding to the selected character is specified, and the specified character object Based on the link information indicating the given appearance position, delimiter information indicating a character delimiter is inserted between character objects of adjacent groups. Therefore, by making it possible to divide at a specific position, it is possible to divide and display at a natural position (word unit).

  Further, according to the present invention, a combined button object for deleting delimiter information inserted between character objects is generated and added to the display document data, and the combined button object is displayed together with the display document data. When the combination button is pressed by the input device, the delimiter information corresponding to the combination button is deleted from the display document data, and the character objects before and after the display divided by the delimiter information are combined. . Therefore, by making it possible to combine the components divided into two, the division position can be easily trial-and-errored.

  Further, according to the present invention, when any of the character objects of the display document data is instructed by the input device, the instructed character object is identified, and the appearance position given to the identified character object is determined. Based on the link information shown, an image element that makes the division position visible is inserted and displayed at a position immediately before or immediately after the specified character object. Therefore, when the pointer is moved on the character by an input device such as a mouse, an erroneous division due to an operation error can be suppressed by displaying a vertical bar-like image at the division position and clearly indicating the division position.

  Further, according to the present invention, display document data comprising character data from the document data, and link information indicating the appearance order between the character data to the image element, and the inter-character object inserted between the character data. The image element of the inter-character object is displayed on the display device according to the link information indicating the appearance order between the character data together with the character data in the display document data, and the image element is selected by the input device. In this case, the inter-character object corresponding to the selected image element is specified, and the position of the specified inter-character object is determined based on the link information indicating the appearance order between the character data attached to the specified inter-character object. Is inserted with delimiter information indicating character delimiters. Therefore, the electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen without changing the character data itself.

  In addition, according to the present invention, based on the link information indicating the appearance order between the character data assigned to the specified inter-character object, the image element can be more easily visually recognized between the character data. Change to an image element. Therefore, the division position can be presented more clearly.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As described above, in the present invention, a display document in which link information indicating a position is added to character data of an original electronic document is created. In this way, in order to distinguish the character data to which the link information is assigned from the general character data, it will be referred to as “character object” in the following description.

A. First Embodiment First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the first embodiment, a method of selecting a character and dividing it into components will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, an original document duplicating unit 1 reads electronic document data 100 that is data of an original document and creates a duplicate. The character object replacement unit 2 replaces all characters in the copied electronic document 101 with character objects to which information can be added, and provides link information indicating a position such as an appearance order. The character object replacement unit 2 prepares a format as a display document 102 that is data to be displayed on a screen by a Web browser or the like. For example, it is conceivable to add a header or the like so as to function as an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) document.

  Here, FIGS. 2A and 2B are conceptual diagrams for explaining replacement of a character object according to the first embodiment. Here, HTML, which is a general notation for Web documents, will be described as an example. In HTML, a document structure is expressed using tags. When a SPAN tag, which is one of the tags, is used, a character (string) to be given can be made into one component. In other words, the style sheet can be applied with the range enclosed by <SPAN> to </ SPAN> as a group. Therefore, by enclosing all characters with a SPAN tag for each character, it becomes possible to operate in units of one character.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2A, the character string “internal combustion engine” is a character object corresponding to the character data “in”, a character object corresponding to the character data “fuel”, and a character corresponding to the character data “machine”. It has been replaced with a character object corresponding to the object and character data “Kan”. Each character object is provided with link information indicating the position of the appearance order of the characters in the tag, such as divide (1) to divide (4).

  Further, an attribute can be given to the tag. Here, by giving the onclick attribute, division is executed when a character object displayed by the input device 6 such as a mouse is selected (clicked with the pointer on the displayed character object) ( divide) is commanded. At this time, the appearance order (link information) of the characters given as the argument of “divide” is transferred to the division execution unit 8 described later for designating the division position.

  The storage unit 3 stores the display document 102. The display control unit 4 reads the display document 102 from the storage unit 3 and displays it on the display device 5 via a Web browser or the like. When the division execution unit 8 described later updates the display document 102, the updated display document 102 is read again and displayed in the same manner. Here, in this embodiment, since the display document 102 described in HTML is displayed via a Web browser or the like, as shown in FIG. 2B, the appearance is the same as the original electronic document. There is no particular change. In addition, the dotted line surrounding the illustrated character is for explaining that the character object is replaced character by character, and is not displayed.

  The selected object specifying unit 7 indicates the position of the appearance order of the corresponding character from the character object when the displayed specific character object is pressed by a pointer operation with the input device 6 such as a mouse or a keyboard. Link information is acquired, and the link information is supplied to the division execution unit 8 as a division position. The division execution unit 8 edits the display document 102 so that the separation between the components at the division position supplied from the selected object specifying unit 7 can be clearly seen. Separation between the constituent elements is performed by inserting, for example, a line feed element BR tag or a ruled line element HR tag in the HTML notation, or described in a block-like area for each constituent element, It may be done by emphasizing existence.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the document editing apparatus according to the first embodiment. First, in FIG. 3, the original document duplicating unit 1 reads the original electronic document data 100 and creates an electronic document 101 that is duplicated data of the electronic document data 100 (step Sa1). Next, the character object replacement unit 2 replaces all character data in the copied electronic document 101 with character objects to which information can be added, and adds link information indicating the position of appearance order or the like. Thus, the display document 102 to be displayed on the Web is generated (step Sa2). In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, character data is surrounded by a SPAN tag that means an inline element, and link information indicating a position can be acquired as an attribute when an onclick event occurs. The character object replacement unit 2 writes the generated display document 102 into the storage device 3.

  Next, the display control unit 4 reads the display document 102 from the storage device 3 and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sa3). Thereby, the character shown by the character data used as the basis converted into the character object is displayed. The selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not the input device 6 is pressed on any of the character objects displayed as characters (step Sa4), and the input device is displayed on any of the displayed character objects. When 6 is pressed, the link information is acquired from the selected character object, and the division execution unit 8 divides immediately after (or immediately before) the character object according to the link information notified from the selected object specifying unit 7. The dividing process is executed (step Sa5).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of the dividing process shown in FIG. When the input device 6 is pressed on any of the displayed character objects, in the dividing process, first, the selected object specifying unit 7 first displays the character object in the display document 102 corresponding to the display of the pressed character object. And the divide command indicated by the tag of the specified character object is executed. As a result, the selected object specifying unit 7 acquires link information indicating the position of the selected character object, whereby the character object is specified (step Sb1). Then, in the division execution unit 8, link information indicating the position acquired by the selected object specifying unit 7 is used, and immediately after (or immediately before) the character object specified by the link information, a line break is defined as a delimiter between components. A separator object is generated to insert and display an element BR tag, a ruled line element HR tag, and the like, and added to the display document 102 (step Sb2). Thereafter, the process returns to step Sa3. Since the display document 102 is updated by the division processing, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sa3). As a result, the separation between the constituent elements is displayed so as to be divided immediately after (or immediately before) the character object designated by the user.

  According to the first embodiment described above, an electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen.

B. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, a method for controlling a position where division is possible will be described.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document editing apparatus according to the second embodiment. It should be noted that portions corresponding to those in FIG. In the figure, in the second embodiment, a group designating unit 10 for designating a specific character is provided between the original document duplicating unit 1 and the character object replacing unit 2.

  The group designating unit 10 converts the original electronic document into a morpheme so that, when converting to a character object, characters (character strings) belonging to the same group are given link information indicating the same position. Parse into morphemes and specify characters (character strings) in the same morpheme as the same group. Information regarding the group is supplied to the character object replacement unit 2 as group information 200. The character object replacement unit 2 gives link information indicating the position of the last character in the group unit. In the case of an English sentence that is commonly used for division by space, it may be specified in units of words separated by a space.

  FIGS. 6A and 6B are conceptual diagrams for explaining group designation and division examples according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6A, the group designation unit 10, when the original character string data is “button installation”, for example, “button”, “no”, Divide into “arrangement” morphemes and designate each as a group. The character object replacement unit 2 assigns link information indicating the position of the last character data in the group unit. More specifically, the appearance order of the character data at the end of each morpheme is assigned to all character objects in the same group.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6A, since the appearance order of the character “n” is “3”, in addition to the character object “n”, the same appearance appears in the character objects “bo” and “ta” in the same group. The order “3” is assigned. The character object “no” is designated as one group, and the appearance order “4” is given as link information. Similarly, with respect to the character “installation”, the appearance order of the character object “place” is “6”, and therefore, in addition to the character object “place”, the appearance order “6” is also applied to the character object “place” in the same group. "Is given as link information. As a result, even when any of the character objects “place” is pressed, the character object “place” is divided immediately after. That is, at the time of division, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, even when any character object of the “button” is pressed, the character object “n” is divided.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the document editing apparatus according to the second embodiment. First, the original document duplicating unit 1 reads the original electronic document data 100 and creates an electronic document 101 that is duplicated data of the electronic document data 100 (step Sc1). Next, it is determined whether or not the position that can be divided by the group designating unit 10 is controlled (step Sc2). It is assumed that the document editing apparatus is set in advance with a mode for determining whether or not to control a position that can be divided. When the position where division is possible is not controlled, the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment described above. On the other hand, when controlling the position where division is possible, the group designation unit 10 morphologically analyzes the original electronic document and divides it into morphemes, and designates character data (character strings) in the same morpheme as the same group. The group information 200 is supplied to the character object replacement unit 2 (step Sc3).

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the character object replacement unit 2 replaces all character data in the copied electronic document 101 with character objects that can be given information, and according to the group information, Link information indicating a position such as the appearance order of the last character data belonging to the group is added to the character objects of the same group, and the display document 102 to be displayed on the Web is generated (step Sc4). The character object replacement unit 2 writes the generated display document 102 into the storage device 3.

Next, the display control unit 4 reads the display document from the storage device 3 and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sc5). The selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not the input device 6 has been pressed on any displayed character object (step Sc6). If the input device 6 is pressed on any of the displayed character objects, the division execution unit 8 executes a division process of dividing immediately after the group to which the character object belongs (step Sc7). . The division process is basically the same as that of FIG. 4 of the first embodiment described above, except that the division processing is different. Of the character objects having the same link information, the character object with the last description in the display document 102 is determined as the character object that is located at the rearmost position in the same group. A delimiter object for displaying a delimiter between them is generated and added to the display document 102. Thereafter, the process returns to step Sc5. Since the display document 102 is updated by the above division processing, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sc5). As a result, the separation between the components is displayed so that the display position is divided immediately after the last character object in the same group as the character object designated by the user.
In the above, the display position is divided immediately after the last character object in the same group as the selected display character, but the first character is displayed in the same group as the selected display character. It may be divided immediately before the object. In this case, link information indicating a position such as the appearance order of the first character belonging to the group is assigned to the character object of the same group.

  According to the second embodiment described above, an electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen. In addition, by making it possible to divide at a specific position, it is possible to divide at a natural position (word unit).

C. Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the third embodiment, a method for combining divided components will be described.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document editing apparatus according to the third embodiment. It should be noted that portions corresponding to those in FIG. In the figure, in the third embodiment, a combination button creation unit 11, a combination target specifying unit 12, and a combination execution unit 13 are further provided. When the division is executed, the combination button creation unit 11 creates a combination button (object) corresponding to each component, and is given to the character object at the beginning or end of the corresponding component. The link information indicating the position is provided.

  When the combining button 11 is pressed, the combining target specifying unit 12 acquires link information indicating a position given to the combining button 11 and specifies a character object having the same value as link information. The combination execution unit 13 deletes a line feed element BR tag, a ruled line element HR tag, or the like that is inserted immediately before or after the specified character object as a delimiter between components.

  FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the combining process according to the third embodiment. When the division execution unit 8 divides into two components, the combined button creation unit 11 creates a combined button (object) as shown in FIG. Next, among the divided components, link information indicating the position assigned to the character object at the end of the component at the front of the divided position is acquired, and the link information indicating the acquired same position is combined with the join button. Is attached to the combined button object for displaying. In the illustrated example, the link information (“19”) indicating the position where the last character object “in the divided front component is given to“ is acquired, and the link information (“19” indicating the same position is acquired. ")" Is assigned to the combined button object.

  When the join button is pressed, the join target specifying unit 12 obtains link information (“19”) from the join button object of the join button, and the character object “having the same value as the obtained link information is“ Is identified. Finally, the combination executing unit 13 combines the two constituent elements by deleting a break (such as a line feed) between the constituent elements inserted immediately after the identified character object “.”

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.
10 to 12 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the document editing apparatus according to the third embodiment. First, in FIG. 10, the original document duplicating unit 1 reads the original electronic document data 100 and creates an electronic document 101 that is duplicated data of the electronic document data 100 (step Sd1). Next, the character object replacement unit 2 replaces all character data in the copied electronic document 101 with character objects to which information can be added, and adds link information indicating the position of appearance order or the like. Thus, the display document 102 to be displayed on the Web is generated (step Sd2). The character object replacement unit 2 writes the generated display document 102 into the storage device 3.

  Next, the display control unit 4 reads the display document 102 from the storage device 3 and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sd3). The selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not there is a pointer on any displayed character object (step Sd4), and if there is a pointer on any displayed character object, It is determined whether or not the input device 6 has been pressed on the display of the character object (step Sd5). When the input device 6 is pressed on the display of any character object, the division execution unit 8 executes a division process of dividing immediately after the character object (step Sd6).

  In the dividing process, as shown in FIG. 11, first, when the input device 6 is pressed on any of the displayed character objects, the selected object specifying unit is processed by the same process as step Sb1 of FIG. In step 7, link information indicating the position of the selected character object is acquired, thereby identifying the character object (step Se1). Then, by the same processing as in step Sb2 in FIG. 4 described above, the division execution unit 8 immediately after (or immediately before) the character object specified by the link information acquired by the selected object specifying unit 7 As a delimiter, a delimiter object is generated to insert and display a line feed element BR tag, a ruled line element HR tag, etc., and added to the display document 102 (step Se2). Next, the combined button creation unit 11 creates a combined button object (FIG. 9) to which the same value as the link information indicating the position of the character object is added as link information, and adds it to the display document 102 (step S1). Se3). Thereafter, the process returns to step Sd3. Since the display document 102 is updated by the division processing, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5. As a result, the division between the constituent elements is displayed so as to be divided immediately after (or immediately before) the character object designated by the user, and a join button is further displayed.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 10, when there is no pointer on the character object (NO in step Sd4), it is determined whether or not the pointer is on the join button (step Sd7). Return to Sd4. On the other hand, if the pointer is on the join button, it is determined whether or not the join button has been pressed (step Sd8). If the join button has been pressed, the join process is executed (step Sd9).

  In the combining process, as shown in FIG. 12, first, in the combining target specifying unit 12, a divide command described as a tag in the combining button object in the display document 102 corresponding to the pressed combining button is executed. Thereby, the combination target specifying unit 12 acquires link information, specifies a character object having the same value as the link information (step Sf1), and the combination execution unit 13 immediately (or immediately before) the specified character object. ) Is deleted from the display document 102 to combine the two components (step Sf2). Thereafter, the process returns to step Sd3. Since the display document 102 is updated by the above combination processing, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5. Thereby, the separator between the constituent elements is deleted, and the two constituent elements are combined and displayed.

  According to the third embodiment described above, an electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen. Further, by making it possible to combine the components divided into two, the division position can be easily trial-and-errored.

  Note that when the third embodiment is combined with the second embodiment described above, that is, when the third embodiment is combined with a divideable position as a group unit, the character on which the mouse pointer is placed belongs. It becomes possible to display the group immediately after the group or between the groups immediately before.

D. Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the fourth embodiment, a method for confirming the division position before execution will be described.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document editing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. It should be noted that portions corresponding to those in FIG. In the figure, in the fourth embodiment, an instruction object specifying unit 14 and a division position presentation unit 15 are further provided. When a specific character object is instructed by the input device 6 such as a mouse (the pointer is moved on the displayed character object), the instruction object specifying unit 14 acquires link information indicating the position of the character object. The specified character object is specified. The division position presentation unit 15 displays a division position display element such as a vertical bar image at the division position immediately after (or immediately before) the identified character object. Thus, when the pointer is moved on the display of the specific character object by the input device 6 such as a mouse, a vertical bar-shaped image is formed at a position where the constituent element is divided when clicked on the display of the corresponding character object. Will be displayed.

  FIGS. 14A and 14B are conceptual diagrams for explaining an operation of presenting a divided position according to the fourth embodiment. According to the first embodiment described above, all characters are surrounded by a SPAN tag for each character. Since a tag can be provided with a plurality of attributes, the division position presentation unit 15 assigns an unusualover attribute in addition to the onclick attribute for executing the division. When the mouse pointer moves over the displayed character object according to the onmouseover attribute, the display of a separator line (show_div) is instructed. At this time, the appearance order of the characters given as the argument of show_div is given to the division position presentation unit 15 for designating the division position, and the division position presentation unit 15 performs the above operation as shown in FIG. Based on the appearance order of characters, immediately after the character object, an image element whose division position can be clearly determined from the display screen, for example, a division position display element such as a vertical bar-shaped image element is inserted.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described.
15 and 16 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the document editing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. First, in FIG. 15, the original document duplicating unit 1 reads the original electronic document data 100 and creates an electronic document 101 that is duplicated data of the electronic document data 100 (step Sg1). Next, the character object replacement unit 2 replaces all character data in the copied electronic document 101 with character objects to which information can be added, and adds link information indicating the position of appearance order or the like. The display document 102 to be displayed on the Web is generated (step Sg2). In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14A, a character is enclosed by a SPAN tag that means an inline element, and link information indicating a position can be acquired as an attribute when an onclick event occurs, and an unusualover event Link information indicating a position can be acquired as an attribute at the time of occurrence. Next, the display control unit 4 reads the display document 102 from the storage device 3 and displays it on the display device 5 (step Sg3). The selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not there is a pointer on any of the displayed character objects (step Sg4), and if there is a pointer on any of the displayed character objects, Division position presentation processing is executed (step Sg5).

  In the division position presentation processing, first, if an object for displaying a division position display element is included in the current display document 102, it is deleted. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 16, the instruction object specifying unit 14 specifies the description of the character object in the display document 102 corresponding to the character object with the pointer, and the show_div indicated by the tag of the specified character object. Execute the instruction. As a result, the instruction object specifying unit 14 acquires link information indicating the position of the character object indicated by the pointer by the input device 6 such as a mouse, and specifies the indicated character object (step Sh1). Then, in the divided position presentation unit 15, a vertical bar-shaped image that indicates the divided position immediately after (or immediately before) the character object specified by the link information using the position acquired by the pointing object specifying unit 14. A division position display object for inserting and displaying a division position display element such as is generated and added to the display document 102 (step Sh2). Since the display document 102 is updated by the division position presentation process, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5. As a result, the division position display element is displayed immediately after (or immediately before) the character object designated by the user.

  Next, the selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not the input device 6 is pressed on the display of the corresponding character object (step Sg6). When the input device 6 is pressed on the display of the corresponding character object, the division execution unit 8 executes a division process for dividing immediately after the character object (step Sg7). That is, as described above, the character is divided at the position where the vertical bar-shaped image is displayed. Since the dividing process is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, a description thereof will be omitted. Thereafter, the process returns to step Sg3. Since the display document 102 is updated by the division position presentation process, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5.

  According to the fourth embodiment described above, an electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen. Further, when the pointer is moved on a character by an input device such as a mouse, an erroneous division due to an operation error can be suppressed by displaying a vertical bar-like image at the division position and clearly indicating the division position.

  When the fourth embodiment is combined with the above-described second embodiment, that is, when the fourth embodiment is combined with the position where division is possible as a group unit, the character on which the mouse pointer is placed belongs. A division position can be set immediately after the group or between the immediately preceding groups.

E. Fifth Embodiment Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the fifth embodiment, a method of selecting a break between characters and dividing it into components will be described. In the fifth embodiment, an object (hereinafter referred to as an inter-character object) is inserted between characters instead of the characters themselves, and link information indicating the position is given.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that portions corresponding to those in FIG. In the figure, in the fifth embodiment, an inter-character object insertion unit 16 is provided instead of the character object replacement unit 2 in the first to fourth embodiments described above. The inter-character object insertion unit 16 inserts an inter-character object between characters and assigns link information indicating a position. It is desirable that the inter-character object does not affect the contents of the original electronic document. For example, a vertical bar-like image or a space is preferable.

  FIGS. 18A and 18B are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of selecting a break between characters and dividing it into components according to the fifth embodiment. In the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18A, an inter-character image element such as a colorless narrow vertical bar-shaped image element (inter-character object) is inserted between characters, and the appearance order Link information indicating a position such as is attached to an object between characters on the right side of character data instead of character data. No special processing is required for character data.

  In particular, when the unusualover attribute is given in the tag in combination with the above-described fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18B, when an inter-character object is designated by the input device 6 such as a mouse (pointer) If the image element between characters is moved from the narrow vertical bar-shaped image to the split position display element that is a wide vertical bar-shaped image, or displayed by coloring, It is also possible to present the position more clearly. When the input device 6 is pressed on the inter-character image element, it is divided into components at that position.

Next, the operation of the fifth embodiment will be described.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the document editing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment. First, the original document duplicating unit 1 reads the original electronic document data 100 and creates an electronic document 101 that is duplicated data of the electronic document data 100 (step Si1). Next, the inter-character object insertion unit 16 inserts an inter-character object between characters, adds link information indicating a position, and generates a display document 102 for display on the Web (step Si2). In the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18A, the inter-character image element is surrounded by a SPAN tag, and link information indicating a position can be acquired as an attribute when an onclick event occurs. The character object replacement unit 2 writes the generated display document 102 into the storage device 3.

  Next, the display control unit 4 reads the display document 102 from the storage device 3 and displays it on the display device 5 (step Si3). The selected object specifying unit 7 determines whether or not the input device 6 has been pressed on any of the displayed character image elements (step Si4). When the input device 6 is pressed on any of the inter-character image elements, the division execution unit 8 acquires link information indicating the position given to the inter-character object of the selected inter-character image element. Then, a division process for dividing the character at the position of the inter-character object is executed (step Si5). Since the division process is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, the description thereof will be omitted. However, the delimiter object is replaced with the front or rear of the selected inter-character object or the position of the selected inter-character object. May be displayed. Thereafter, the process returns to step Si3. Since the display document 102 is updated by the division processing, the display control unit 4 reads the updated display document 102 again and displays it on the display device 5.

  According to the fifth embodiment described above, an electronic document can be easily divided into a plurality of components and displayed through simple position designation on the display screen without changing the character data. Further, as described above, when combined with the fourth embodiment, when an inter-character object is designated by the input device 6 such as a mouse (when the pointer moves over the inter-character object), the inter-character object It is also possible to more clearly present the division position by replacing a narrow vertical bar-shaped image with a wide vertical bar-shaped image or by coloring it.

  In the above-described embodiment, the document editing apparatus has a computer system inside. Then, the original document duplicating unit 1, the character object replacing unit 2, the display control unit 4, the selected object specifying unit 7, the division executing unit 8, the group specifying unit 10, the combining button creating unit 11, the combining target specifying unit of the document editing apparatus described above. The operation processes of the unit 12, the combination execution unit 13, the pointing object specifying unit 14, the division position presentation unit 15, and the inter-character object insertion unit 16 are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program. The above processing is performed by the computer system reading and executing the program. The computer system here includes a CPU, various memories, an OS, hardware such as peripheral devices, and the like.

  Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.

  The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a program that is dynamically loaded for a short time, such as a communication line when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. What is held, and what holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, are also included. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the above-described functions, and further, may be realized by combining the above-described functions with a program already recorded in the computer system. good.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document editing apparatus by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating substitution of the character object by this 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document editing apparatus by this 2nd Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the group designation | designated and division example by this 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document editing apparatus by this 3rd Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the joint process by this 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 3rd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document editing apparatus by this 4th Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the operation | movement of a division | segmentation position presentation by this 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 4th Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document editing apparatus by 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the method of selecting the division | segmentation between characters and dividing | segmenting into a component according to this 5th Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the document editing apparatus by this 5th Embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Original document duplication part 2 Character object replacement part 3 Storage | storage device 4 Display control part 5 Display apparatus 6 Input device 7 Selected object specific | specification part 8 Division | segmentation execution part 10 Group designation | designated part 11 Join button creation part 12 Combining object specific | specification part 13 Combining execution part 14 Pointed object specifying part 15 Division position presentation part 16 Inter-character object insertion part

Claims (8)

A document editing device comprising a display device for displaying characters and image data, and an input device for indicating the characters displayed on the display device,
A character object replacement means for generating display document data consisting of a character object in which link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data is added to the character data included in the document data from the document data;
Display control means for displaying on the display device the character indicated by the character object in the display document data generated by the character object replacing means;
When a character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device, a selected object specifying means for specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character;
Based on link information indicating the appearance position given to the character object specified by the selected object specifying means, delimiter information indicating a character delimiter is inserted at a position immediately before or after the specified character object. Split execution means,
The display control means displays the display document data on the display device in accordance with the delimiter information inserted by the division execution means.
A document editing apparatus characterized by that. A group specifying unit that groups character data in the document data according to a predetermined rule;
The character object replacement unit is a display document data composed of a character object to which character data included in the document data is added with link information indicating an appearance position in the document data of the last character data in the group to which the character data belongs. Produces
The division executing means is a delimiter indicating character delimiters between character objects in adjacent groups based on link information indicating the appearance position given to the character object specified by the selected object specifying means. Insert information,
The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: A combined button generating unit for generating a combined button object for deleting the delimiter information inserted between the character objects by the division execution unit, and adding the combined button object to the display document data;
When the combination button object is displayed together with the display document data on the display device by the display control means, and the combination button is pressed by the input device, the display document data corresponds to the combination button. A combination execution means for deleting the delimiter information and combining the character objects before and after being divided by the delimiter information;
The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: When any one of the character objects of the display document data displayed on the display device by the display control unit is instructed by the input device, an instruction object specifying unit for specifying the instructed character object;
Based on link information indicating the appearance position given to the character object specified by the pointing object specifying means, an image element that makes it possible to visually recognize the division position at a position immediately before or after the specified character object. Dividing position presentation means to be inserted;
The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: A document editing device comprising a display device for displaying characters and image data, and an input device for indicating the characters displayed on the display device,
Display document data consisting of character data included in the document data, and an inter-character object in which link information indicating the order of appearance of the character data is added to an image element that can be visually recognized between the character data. Inter-character object replacement means to be generated;
Display control means for displaying the image elements of the inter-character object together with the character data in the display document data generated by the inter-character object replacing means according to link information indicating the appearance order between the character data on the display device When,
When an image element displayed on the display device is selected by the input device, a selected object specifying unit that specifies an object between characters corresponding to the selected image element;
Based on link information indicating the order of appearance between character data assigned to the character object specified by the selected object specifying means, delimiter information indicating character delimiters is provided at the position of the specified character object. A split execution means for inserting,
The display control means displays the display document data on the display device in accordance with the delimiter information inserted by the division execution means.
A document editing apparatus characterized by that.   Based on link information indicating the appearance order between character data assigned to the character object specified by the selected object specifying means, the image element can be more easily visually recognized between the character data. 6. The document editing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising image element changing means for changing to an image element. A document editing method for editing document data displayed on a display device by an operation by an input device,
Generating, from the document data, display document data including character objects obtained by adding link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data to the character data included in the document data;
Displaying the character indicated by the character object in the generated document data for display on the display device;
When a character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device, a step of specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character;
Inserting delimiter information indicating a character delimiter at a position immediately before or after the specified character object, based on link information indicating an appearance position given to the specified character object;
Displaying the display document data on the display device in accordance with delimiter information inserted at a position immediately before or after the identified character object;
A document editing method characterized by comprising: In a computer of a document editing device that edits document data displayed on a display device by an operation by an input device,
Generating, from the document data, display document data including character objects obtained by adding link information indicating the appearance position of the character data in the document data to the character data included in the document data;
Displaying the character indicated by the character object in the generated document data for display on the display device;
When a character displayed on the display device is selected by the input device, a step of specifying a character object corresponding to the selected character;
Inserting delimiter information indicating a character delimiter at a position immediately before or after the specified character object, based on link information indicating an appearance position given to the specified character object;
Displaying the display document data on the display device in accordance with delimiter information inserted at a position immediately before or after the identified character object;
A program characterized by having executed.

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