JP2001042985A - FIF format menu display control method and data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To prevent the text from being hidden by an inline display menu when input data is selected from a pull-down menu on an FIF format data input screen. A document display means (15) is a document information storage means (11).
, A notification document in FIF format, which is completed by filling data in blanks, is read out and displayed, and the menu display means 18 pulls down inline format corresponding menu information in accordance with the blank position designated by the input means 20. I do.
At this time, in response to the menu display position from the menu display position control unit 16, the document display position control unit 13 and the document display attribute control unit 14 change the attribute (line interval) and display position of the notification text overlapping the menu. For example, a line feed corresponding to the menu height is inserted, and the document display is controlled so that the document information is not covered by the menu.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an FIF data input device in an information notification system or the like, and more particularly to a menu display control method for selecting input data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a stand-alone application software on a PC or a client application used in the form of a CSS (Crient Server System), a FIF (Human Machine Interface) for inputting data such as characters and numerals is used to improve the usability. (Fill In the FOrm)
Many display formats are used. In the FIF format, information items constituting a data input screen are structured, and information items that must be input are displayed on the screen as “blank”. The user can input necessary data by inputting characters and numbers in blanks.

[0003] In the HMI in the FIF format, blanks are freely arranged on the screen, and text and figures are supplemented between the blanks to provide background information for data input, thereby enabling accurate data input. As such, the screen is designed. GUI (Grap
Various screen creation tools and screen display execution environments called hical user interface (tool) tools are provided, and it is possible to construct an HMI suitable for each application process.

[0004] Normally, as a method of inputting data into a blank, a menu in which a user can freely input character / numerical data from a keyboard and options which can be filled in the blank are displayed in advance, and the user is allowed to select from these menus. Some data input. The latter eliminates incorrect data entry,
Consistent data entry is ensured across multiple blanks.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show display examples of a notification document by the menu display control method. The HMI screen 21 in FIG. 4 shows an example in which a mouse pointer is placed on a button 24 attached to a blank 23 and a mouse button is clicked to select a term / text to be entered in the blank. On the screen 21 of FIG. 5, an option menu 25 is displayed as a pull-down menu. The user moves the mouse pointer over menu 25
The user can move to the menu item 26 above, click a mouse button, and input desired data in a blank.

[0006] In the "context-determination type" data input operation, the movement of the line of sight at the time of screen input does not disturb the flow of thought.
Since an interface in the “inline display format” that displays the selected information closest to the information input location is suitable, a menu in which the option menu 25 is displayed as a pull-down menu is often used.

[0007]

In an information notification system, which aims to utilize information in a wide area by using a recent WWW server, based on several formats used for notification services,
An HMI for creating a notice text by providing a blank in a sentence using a natural sentence expression and inputting a necessary word in the blank has come to be used in many cases. When creating such a notification text, when determining the input information for each blank,
It is necessary to comprehensively consider the meaning of the entire notification text, the context before and after it, the blank information to be input from now on, the relation with the already input part, and the like. As described above, the operation is different from the operation of inputting the one-to-one correspondence between the blank and the information item independently.

When an FIF format is used on the display screen of such a "context-determination type" data input operation, and an option menu is displayed at that location by operating a button attached to a blank portion, the following lines are displayed from the line including the blank space. For some of the
A situation arises where the menu that appears disturbs the text.

As is apparent from the display example of FIG. 5, the notification message is hidden under the pull-down menu, and it is difficult to determine the meaning and context, and it may be difficult to select a proper menu. Although the illustrated example shows a simple text example, in the text handled by the actual information notification system, the text included in the notification text and the menu is long or complicated, and the hierarchical menu In the case of using a configuration or the like, there is a possibility that the text may be hidden over a wider area by the menu.

When the data input is document information,
There are various forms in which not only characters but also images and figures such as photographs are embedded. Since figures and images occupy a certain amount of space in the text, if these are obscured by pull-down menus, it is often more difficult to determine the document / context.

[0011] As described above, in the "context-determination type" data input operation in the HMI in the FIF format, the selected information is brought closest to the information input location so that the movement of the line of sight during the screen input does not disturb the flow of thought. There is a demand for a menu display method that can secure the display of the text necessary for the determination of the context and sentiment while maintaining the "inline format" for displaying the text.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a convenient menu display method and a document which can secure display of text necessary for determination of context and sentiment in an FMI format HMI. An object of the present invention is to provide a creation device.

[0013]

According to the present invention, which achieves the above object, in a data input device of FIF format, when a pull-down menu is displayed, the text necessary for judging the context / text is covered by menu display. The display position and / or attribute of a document or a menu is controlled so as not to be performed.

For example, a space corresponding to the height of the menu is inserted between the line including the blank space serving as the starting point of the menu and the next line so that the menu is not obstructed from the next line. Is realized by a processing program.

Alternatively, the display of the document is changed so that each line on the rear side hidden and divided by the menu display is sequentially moved to the front side on the screen.
Alternatively, the display of the document is changed so that the character size of each line on the rear side hidden and divided by the menu display is reduced, and the display area of the document hidden in the menu is a dummy filled with blanks or the like. It is characterized by the following.
The character size of each line on the front side may also be changed.

In the case where the display of the document is not changed, the display of the menu is changed so that the display format of the menu is one horizontal line and each menu item is arranged between the line including the corresponding blank section and the next line. It is characterized by doing. Alternatively, the display of the menu is changed by setting a menu display position after a section (paragraph) of the document including the blank section as a menu display position.

In each of the above change processes, defaults and connection lines are displayed by shading or the like in order to clearly indicate the correspondence between the corresponding blank section and the menu.

From a different point of view, according to the present invention, when a pull-down menu for providing input data candidates in a blank portion is displayed in an inline format, a non-interference area is set on the screen along with the display of the pull-down menu. The FIF format menu display control method is characterized in that the document is controlled to be displayed outside the non-interference area.

According to the present invention described above, for example, the process of inserting a space corresponding to the height of the menu portion between the lines is performed on the screen data on the memory having information for identifying each line in the screen display. When the computer receives a menu display request, the computer determines the line before and after the line feed should be inserted, inserts the line feed information, and then sequentially reflects the menu display and the line spacing change.

The sequential reflection processing is performed by using a compiler language capable of generating an event processing type execution program or by using a dynamic (Dynam)
ic) It can be realized by a method using dynamic display processing such as HTML.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, a method using dynamic HTML on the premise of a WWW environment will be described.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment (Embodiment 1) of a document creation apparatus for realizing the menu processing method of the present invention. This document creation device is configured by a computer 1 having a CPU and a memory, and is connected to an external storage device 8, a display device 9, and an input device 10 shown in FIG. 2 via an interface.

The computer 1 includes a document information storage unit 11 corresponding to a WWW server, and an HTML stored in the WWW server.
Document marking means 15 for interpreting a file and displaying it on a WWW browser, document display attribute control means 14 for determining the format (character size and line spacing) of the document, and a document for determining the display position of a document or a blank portion according to the format A display position control unit 13, a display unit 19 that receives image data of a document according to the control results from the document display unit 15 and outputs the image data to a display device;
An input unit 20 is provided for sending position information from the input device to the document display position control unit 13 and the like. Further, a menu display position control unit 16 which receives a blank position from the document display position control unit 13 and determines a display position of the pull-down menu, a menu display attribute control which reads out a menu item corresponding to the blank position from the menu item storage unit 12 Means 1
7. It has a menu display means for outputting image data of a menu according to the control results.

Each unit of the computer 1 is managed by a management unit (not shown) to exchange document information and menu information, and when certain conditions are satisfied in information to be exchanged, other related units are exchanged. Start / stop in synchronization with the means.

The document display means 15 is the document information storage means 1
1 converts the document information obtained from the document information into video information and displays the video information.
9. At this time, the document display unit 15 generates image information based on the display position information and the display attribute information obtained from the document display position control unit 13 and the document display attribute control unit 14. The display position information and the display attribute information are also stored in the memory by the document information storage means 11.

The menu display means 18 converts the menu information obtained from the menu information storage means 12 into image information based on the menu display position information and the menu attribute information, and transmits the image information to the display means 19. In this embodiment, when displaying the pull-down menu, the document display position control means 13 and the document display attribute control means 14 receive the menu display position information and the menu display attribute information, respectively, and set the document display position so that the notification document is not hidden. And attributes (here, line spacing) are controlled.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of a computer system having a document creation function according to the present invention. Calculator 1 is CP
U2, a memory 3, an interface unit 4 to an external storage device 8, a display device 9, interfaces 5 and 6 to an input device 10, and a network interface unit 7 to connect to other computers.

The storage section 8a of the external storage device 8 stores program data including a processing procedure describing the menu processing method of the present invention.
To be executed by the CPU 2. Storage unit 8b
Is a database that stores data input by a user through a user interface.

Among the databases constructed in the storage unit 8b, the document database used for the notification system according to the input screen of the present embodiment includes (1) blank identification information constituting a text, and (2) blank space. The minimum unit is a record 80 that associates three types of data type and data length definition information, and (3) data to be entered in blanks, and one text includes a plurality of records. .

In this embodiment, an example will be described in which a notification text input system is configured by using a WWW server and a database in cooperation with each other and a WWW browser as a common PF of the HMI. In the computer system shown in FIG. 1, a WWW server program, a WWW browser program, and HTML (Hyper Text
Markup Language) files are also stored in the external storage device 8a, a predetermined program portion is transferred to the memory 3 and executed by the CPU 2, and the processing result is displayed on the display device 9. The mouse and keyboard operations required for the data input operation in the blank are performed via the input device 10.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a computer system in which a client server system is constructed. The computer 1 shown in FIG. 2 is used as a WWW server, and is connected via a network 21 to a computer 1 'functioning as a client.

The computer 1 'accesses the WWW server of the computer 1 using a WWW browser and inputs a notification sentence. The computer 1 'is configured in the same manner as the computer 1, and is connected to the network 21 via the network interface unit 7'.
It is connected to the. A WWW browser is stored in the storage unit 8a 'of the external storage device 8' used by the computer 1 '
In response to a request for processing, the data is transferred to the memory 3 ′ via the interface unit 4 ′ to the external storage device 8 ′,
Performed by 2 '. The external storage device 8b 'stores notification issuing authentication information managed on the client side and data of other user programs. The computer 1 'includes a display device 9' and interface units 5 'and 6' for an input device 10 '.

Next, a description will be given of a processing procedure according to the menu display control method of the present invention in a notification text input system using a WWW server and a WWW browser. In the following, a description will be given of a process of changing and updating the display mode of the document so that the document information is not covered by the menu in accordance with the display of the pull-down menu.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the menu display control method according to the first embodiment. In this example, the change of the display mode of the data (notification document) is processed as "change of the line interval of the document".

This processing procedure is a processing procedure in which the WWW browser interprets and executes the data and the process definition portion described in the HTML format file stored in the external storage device 8 (or 8 '). In the configuration of FIG. 2, one CPU 2 executes WWW server processing and WWW browser processing. In the configuration of FIG. 3, the WWW server process is performed by the CP of the computer 1.
The process is executed by U2, and the WWW browser process via the network 21 is executed by the CPU 2 'of the computer 1'.

First, in step s100, display data in HTML format including a notification message is sent from the WWW server to the WWW.
Transfer (download) to browser. Next, in step s110, the display data in the HTML format is interpreted and displayed on the browser screen of the display device 9 (or 9 ').

FIG. 7 shows an example of the structure of display data in the HTML format. The data includes a portion 51 in the display content that defines an embedded process activated on the browser side during display in response to an input interrupt event such as a button click.
And a part 52 for defining the display content itself. In the HTML, notations with symbols “<” and “>” as identifiers are formally used to identify the definition part of each process and the description part of each line included in the display content. It has been turned.

FIG. 8 shows display data defined in accordance with this notation for the notification message shown in FIG. The part interpreted by the WWW browser by the processing of s110 is:
The range is from <display content definition section start> to <display content definition section end>. In the part 52 defining the display content itself, six blank sections are provided in the text of the first line (line # 1),
The blank portion of # 6 includes a definition portion that "clicks a button to execute process # 1 in the embedded process definition portion", and when clicked, processes # 1 of pull-down menu display control are executed.

For this reason, in s110, together with the display of the definition part 52 on the WWW browser, the part 51 for defining the embedded processing for processing the data being displayed is interpreted to be ready for execution at any time. The data is also stored on the memory 3.

Steps s100 and s110 mainly include
Document information storage means 11 and document display means 12 in FIG.
Is an implementation of In this process, the document display position control means 13 and the document display control means 14 determine which character size and line interval are used to display the document, and where the blank section is displayed.

Next, in step s120, the cursor movement for inputting into the blank section is accepted. That is, it is detected that the user has moved the mouse or moved the character input cursor with the keyboard to a blank space in the notification text displayed on the browser screen of the display device 9.

In step s130, if the blank portion that has received the input intention has an instruction button for displaying a pull-down menu, the instruction is accepted. That is, a mouse button click (or a keyboard cursor press) by the user is detected. In the case of a blank portion having no menu display instruction button, the input of data into the blank portion is accepted, and the process proceeds to step s190.

In step s140, in response to the instruction to display the pull-down menu, the embedded process (data display update process) stored in the memory 3 is executed so as to be executable for the document being displayed on the WWW browser. That is, the process # 1 described in the portion 52 of FIG. 8 is called.

In step s150, the called data display updating process is executed. That is, the process # 1 requested to be activated in the portion 54 of FIG. 8 is executed. As the execution contents in this example, as defined in the portion 53, (1) a pull-down menu is displayed, and (2) process # 2 is called. In this example, the line including the blank portion (line # 1) and the next line (line # 2)
A line break corresponding to the display height of the pull-down menu is inserted between the two to update the display of the document. That is, step s16
A pull-down menu display of 0 is executed, and a line feed is temporarily added during the menu display, so that the next line (line # 2) of the document is not hidden by the pull-down menu.

The menu display means 18 controls the display attributes (menu format) fixed by the menu display attribute control means 17 or determined according to the instruction of the input means 20 and the menu control of the “blank position” determined by the menu display position control means 16. Based on the data, pull down the corresponding menu. “Blank position” is position information given by clicking a button in a blank portion, and is transmitted from the document display position control means 13 to the menu display position control means 16. The menu display attribute control means 17 reads the menu control data stored for each blank number corresponding to the “blank position” from the menu information storage means 12.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the structure of the menu control data. In the menu information, a menu position, a menu size, the number of menu items, and a fixed value of the item content are set for each blank portion (blank number). The menu format is (a)
In addition to the “pull-down vertical” and (b) “horizontal one row”, there is a “floating” format in which the display position is arbitrarily determined. This example is in a “pull-down vertical” format. In addition,
The menu format is fixedly set in advance in the system or in the blank section. Alternatively, the menu display attribute means 17 is determined by an instruction from the input means 20. At this time, the menu format may be displayed on the screen, and the user may select an arbitrary format.

A "corresponding space" attribute defining which blank input information is used for each menu is separately defined, and a character string selected from the menu is referred to by referring to this value. Can be passed to input processing.

FIG. 10 shows a display example of a notification document and a pull-down menu by the data display update processing. In process # 1, a pull-down menu 25 is displayed in the blank section 23 in an in-line format, and in process # 2, a line feed corresponding to the height of the display area of the menu 25 is provided between the start 27 of line # 1 and the end 28 of line # 2. (3 lines) is added, and a non-interference area 50 for temporarily avoiding the overlap between the document and the menu is provided. This allows
The user can select an appropriate item from the pull-down menu 25 while checking the entire contents of the message that is not hidden by the pull-down menu 25.

At step s170, the item selected by the user from the pull-down menu is received. In the illustrated example, “memory” is selected from the menu items.
Then, in step s180, a data display restoration process is executed. That is, while the pull-down menu is deleted, the process # 3 defined in the portion 53 of FIG. 8 is executed, three line feeds are deleted, and the space between the next line (line # 2) is returned to the original state. .

The processing of s150 to s190 is performed by the display position control means 13 and 1 with the document display means 15 at the center.
6 and the display attribute control means 14 and 17 are implemented. In other words, the display attribute “number of line feed symbols” that is called from the document storage unit 11 and included in the data being displayed is changed according to an instruction from the embedded process (data display update process) executed by the document display unit 15. The processing is performed by each control unit, and the document display unit 15 outputs the display content based on the control result to the display unit 19.

As shown in FIG. 11, the display content 46 of the notification message temporarily stored in the memory 3 temporarily stores the "line feed" data 47 when a menu display request corresponding to the blank is made. When the menu selection is completed, the added “new line” 47 is deleted, and the display returns to the original notification text. That is, the position information of the mouse button for selecting one of the menu items from the input means 20 is transmitted to the menu display attribute control means 17 and the document display attribute control means 14, and the pull-down menu is hidden, and at the same time, the document display "Number of linefeed symbols" is returned to the initial value (default value).

Next, in step s190, the item selected by the user from the pull-down menu 25 is stored in a part of the display data of the memory 3 as input data to the blank. When the data input to one blank is completed by the above s120 to s190, it is determined in step s200 whether there is a request for data input to another blank, and if there is a request, the process from step s120 is repeated again.

When the input of all the blanks of the notification document is completed, the process proceeds to step s210, and the storage state of the data setting contents for each blank developed in the individual display data on the memory 3 is checked. Finally, step s220
Enters a mode of waiting for processing of these input data by the WWW server. Each processing function (FIG. 1) described above is limited to the means necessary for describing the embodiment of the present invention, and well-known functions in computer processing are omitted.

According to the present embodiment, when a pull-down menu for selecting data to be entered in a blank of a notification document is displayed in an inline format, the incorporation processing included in the notification message data interpreted and displayed by a WWW browser enables Adjust the line spacing of the relevant part so that the notification document and the menu do not overlap to provide a non-interference area, so that the notification text is not obscured by the menu, and the entire notification text is used to judge complicated meanings and contexts. Can be surely grasped.

In this embodiment, a pull-down menu display control method for adjusting the display line spacing when data is entered in a blank is
The description has been given as an example in which the present invention is applied to a notification text input system using a WWW server and a WWW browser. However, WW
In addition to the HMI in the client-server system in the W environment, the HMI in the FIFO format constructed using a compiler language capable of generating an event processing type execution program
Is also applicable.

Next, a plurality of other embodiments of the menu display control method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
An apparatus for realizing these embodiments can be realized by the same functional blocks and system configuration as the first embodiment shown in FIGS.

In the first embodiment, when a pull-down menu is displayed by inputting data into a blank portion in the FIF format,
The display on the document (data) side is changed so that the document is not hidden by the menu. On the other hand, it is possible to control so that the document is not hidden even if the display on the menu side is changed.

FIG. 12 shows a display example by changing the menu side. The second embodiment is of a floating type, in which the display position of the pull-down menu is controlled to be outside the document display position on the screen. Since this example is not in the inline format, the blank 23 to be input and the pull-down menu 2
5 may become unclear. Therefore, only the target blank portion 23, or the blank portion 23 and the menu 25 are defaulted by shading or the like, thereby facilitating the user's judgment. The default of the target blank section 23 is implemented by the document labeling means 15 when the user clicks a button.

FIG. 13 shows menu control data in a floating format. Menu format is "floating"
In the case of, the initial value of the menu display position (upper left) is updated to the latest value by the control means. In addition, it has a menu / blank connection attribute, and “shaded” is set in (a), and a broken line is set in (b).

In the processing of this embodiment, the menu display position control means 16 obtains the display range of the document on the screen from the document marking means 15, and a rectangle having a size that allows menu display outside the display range. An appropriate place in the area and close to the target blank section is determined. In determining the menu position, in addition to the automatic determination according to the present embodiment, it is possible to give priority to an instruction from the input unit 20 and take in the position information using the mouse as the latest value.

FIGS. 14 and 15 show display examples obtained by modifying the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, the line from the blank line corresponding to the pull-down menu to the second line is determined as a paragraph (a document break position), and the display position (upper left) of the pull-down menu is controlled on the line of the text break position. I do. Thus, even when the notification document is displayed on the entire screen, the minimum data display range necessary for the user's context determination can be secured without duplication.

In the processing of the third embodiment, the menu display position control means 16 obtains the break position (paragraph) of the document including the target blank space on the screen from the document marking means 15 and places the paragraph line at the top of the menu display. Shift position. The menu display means 18 displays a pull-down menu at the shift position, and links the target blank section 23 and the menu 25 in accordance with the menu / blank connection attribute “elongating / contracting broken line”. "Shading" is also possible.

The display position of the pull-down menu is to move only y (vertical) while keeping the initial value of x (horizontal) fixed, and at the same time, move the x value right (FIG. 14) or left (FIG. 15).
You can move to.

FIG. 16 shows an example of changing the display mode of the menu. In the fourth embodiment, the menu control data shown in FIG. 9B is adopted, and the menu items are displayed in "one horizontal line" between the lines of the document. According to this, there is no change in the display position or attribute of the notification document, and there is no interruption in the context determination of the user, so that input data can be easily selected.

In the processing of the fourth embodiment, when the menu display position control means 16 determines the display position in the inline format, it determines whether the display position overlaps the next line of the document. The menu display position between the lines is determined in response to the display attribute of “one horizontal row” from 17. The menu display means 18 has a default target blank section 23
, A pull-down menu 25 is displayed by default between the applicable line and the next line.

FIGS. 17 and 18 show another embodiment for changing the display of a document. In the first embodiment, when the display of the pull-down menu overlaps with the document, the line spacing is increased to avoid duplication. On the other hand, in the fifth embodiment, when the sentence display position control unit 13 receives the pull-down menu display position from the menu display position control unit 16, the display position is changed by controlling the display mode (attribute) of the overlapping document. Have been around.

In FIG. 17, a document that is hidden and divided by a pull-down menu is line-feeded, moved to one side of the division, and displayed again so that the document is not hidden in the menu display area. In this example, since the menu is displayed on the left side, the document after the one hidden on the right side of the menu is moved to the next line on the left side so that the moving amount is small. In this case, in FIG. 15, a moving document is inserted while line breaks are sequentially added to the lines on the left side of the document to secure the original line spacing.

In FIG. 18, the size of the character font of the document is reduced over the range of the number of lines of the document where the pull-down menu overlaps, and a space is added to the menu area portion of each line. According to this, since there is no line movement, it is easy for the user to determine the context.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, in an information system for inputting data in the FIF format, a document or a menu is displayed so that a document including a blank portion and a pull-down menu displayed in correspondence with the blank portion do not overlap. Is provided, a sentence necessary for data input determined by the user from the context can be secured, and efficient and accurate data input can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a computer for realizing a menu display control method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an information system (such as a document creation device) having the computer shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing another example of an information system (such as a client server system).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a display example of a notification sentence for inputting data in blanks.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a display example in which a notification text and a pull-down menu for data input overlap.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a menu display control method according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of the structure of display control data used in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of display control data used in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of menu display control data used in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a notification message display example according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing when a menu display is requested and when it is completed according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a notification message display example according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a definition example of menu display control data used in the second and third embodiments.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a display example of a notification sentence according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing another display example of a notification text according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a display example of a notification sentence according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing a notification text display example according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen showing another display example of a notification message according to the fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Computer, 2 ... CPU, 3 ... Memory, 4, 5, 6 ... Interface part, 7 ... Network interface part, 8 ... External storage device, 9 ... Display device, 10 ... Input device, 11 ... Document information storage means, 12 menu information storage means, 13 document display position control means, 14 document display attribute control means, 15 document display means, 16 menu display position control means, 17 menu display attribute control means, 18
... menu display means, 19 ... display means, 20 ... input means.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Katsumi Omori 5-2-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture F-term in Omika Plant, Hitachi, Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B009 ND02 VC01 5E501 AA02 AB15 BA05 CA02 CB02 CB09 EA05 EA10 EA12 EB05 EB06 EB15 FA02 FA05 FA13 FB22

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An FIF (Fill In the FOrm) format data input device which displays a document having a blank portion on a screen and displays a pull-down menu when input data to fill the blank portion is selected. When displaying the pull-down menu for a copy unit, the display of the document or the menu is changed and displayed on a screen so that the displayed document and the displayed menu do not overlap with each other. Data input device. 2. The display height of the pull-down menu according to claim 1, wherein the display position of the menu is in an inline format in which the display position is close to a corresponding blank portion, between a line including the corresponding blank portion of the document and a next line. Wherein the display of the document is changed so as to provide a line spacing of: 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the case of an in-line format in which the display position of the menu is close to a corresponding blank portion, each line on the rear side hidden and divided by the display of the menu is sequentially placed on the front side on the screen. A data input device in FIF format, wherein the display of the document is changed so as to move. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the case of an in-line format in which a display position of the menu is close to a corresponding blank portion, at least a character size of each line on a rear side hidden and divided by the display of the menu is reduced, A FIF format data input device, wherein the display of the document is changed so that the display area of the document hidden in the menu is made a dummy. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the display of the document is maintained without being changed, the display format of the menu is one horizontal line, and each menu item is arranged between a line including a corresponding blank portion and a next line. A data input device in the FIF format, wherein the display of the menu is changed. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the display of the document is held without change, the display of the menu is changed by setting a menu display position after a section (paragraph) of the document including the blank section. Characteristic FIF format data input device. 7. The FIF data input device according to claim 1, wherein an identification display for clearly indicating a corresponding relationship between a corresponding blank portion and the menu is performed. 8. A menu display control method of a man-machine interface for inputting data in a blank space of a document on a screen in a FIF format, wherein a pull-down menu providing input data candidates to a blank space is displayed in an inline format. A FIF format menu display control method, comprising setting a non-interference area on a screen in accordance with the display of the pull-down menu, and controlling the document to be displayed outside the non-interference area. 9. The non-interference area according to claim 8, wherein a line interval corresponding to a vertical length of the pull-down menu is inserted between a display line next to a display line including the blank section. A menu display control method in an FIF format, characterized by setting. 10. The FIF format menu display according to claim 8, wherein the non-interference area is set as a display area of the pull-down menu, and the document in the area is moved to another line by reducing the line feed or reducing the size. Control method. 11. A computer system having a CPU, a memory, a user interface device, and an external storage device, wherein a document is created by inputting data in a FIF format. And a procedure for performing a data update process for avoiding duplication between the pull-down menu information to be displayed and the document being displayed at the time of menu display, and the CPU receiving a menu display request from the user interface device executes the data update process A computer system characterized by: 12. The data storage device according to claim 11, wherein the external storage device has information for identifying each line of the document being displayed on the screen, and when the CPU receives a menu display request, inserts a line feed by the data update process. A computer system wherein a menu display and a change in line spacing are performed after judging a desired line before and after inserting line feed information. 13. The computer system according to claim 12, comprising a server in which a WWW server and a database are linked in a WWW environment, and a WWW browser used as a common PF of a man-machine interface.