JP3039661B2 - Document processing method - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document processing method, and more particularly to a document processing method capable of setting and outputting color information in document information.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when outputting document information in which color information is set,
If the output device is of a single color, it is output in a single color,
Further, when the output device is a multi-color device, the output mode changes depending on the capability of the output device, such as outputting with designated color information.

Conventionally, when multiple attributes are specified for one character, the attribute to be output is determined by the user specifying information for determining which attribute has priority. Had made it possible.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional technology, in order to select an output mode of document information in which color information is set, an output device having a capability according to the mode is set as an output destination. The only way to change the setting of the color information of a document is to select it, that is, to not have a plurality of output devices having different capabilities.

Further, in the above-described conventional technology, for each character to be output, an attribute set for the character has to be checked, and information that prioritizes an attribute desired by the user has to be newly specified.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art, the present invention provides a document capable of outputting document information in a desired mode based on color information and format information including a plurality of format elements. In the processing method, the document information is output in a single color regardless of the color information included in the format information set for the document information, or the document information is output based on the color information included in the format information The document information based on the color information included in the format information set for the document information in response to the selection to output the document information based on the color information included in the format information. Provided is a document processing method for controlling output of information.

In order to solve the above-described problems of the related art, the present invention provides format information that determines attributes of document information including color information, and region attribute information that determines attributes including color information regarding an area set on the document information. In the document processing method for outputting document information based on, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary character constituting the document information has an attribute determined by the area attribute information, and the arbitrary character is determined by the area attribute information. Provided is a document processing method for controlling a character to be output with an attribute determined by the area attribute information irrespective of the format information in response to a determination that an attribute is determined.

Embodiment 1. [Changing Character Color (Monochrome) in Document Collectively] Preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a first block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that controls the operation of the entire apparatus according to a program on PMEM2 described later. PMEM2 is a PMEM (program memory) for storing a program as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, and 3 is a communication I / F (interface) for enabling a transmission / reception procedure such as RS232C. 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a pointing device, 6 is a keyboard and pointing device.
Indicates the KEY I / F (keyboard interface) that allows connection of devices. Reference numeral 7 denotes a system bus for transmitting address signals, data, and control signals inside the apparatus. Reference numeral 8 denotes a color CRT, and 9 denotes a VRAM (color video RAM) for developing a color screen of, for example, 4 bits per pixel into a color CRT.
Is shown. Reference numeral 10 denotes a floppy disk drive, 11 denotes a hard disk drive, and 12 denotes a disk I / F (disk interface) for connecting a floppy disk drive or a hard disk drive to the system bus 7.
Is shown. Reference numeral 13 denotes an IMEM (color image memory) for storing color image data corresponding to, for example, 4 bits per pixel and a resolution of 400 dpi for developing a color image to be output to a printer 14 to be described later. Reference numeral 14 denotes a color printer having a resolution of, for example, 400 dpi.

FIG. 2 shows the structure between the system bus 7 and the color CRT 8 shown in FIG. 1 in more detail. In FIG.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a VRAM (video RAM) for storing, for example, color image data of 4 bits per pixel, reference numeral 21 denotes a color pallet for selecting, for example, 16 colors from 4096 colors, and reference numeral 22 denotes each color of R (red), G (green), and B (blue). DAC (digital-to-analog converter) for converting 4-bit digital image signals to analog image signals; 23 is a synchronizing signal superimposing for superimposing horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals (HSYNC, VSYNC) for CRT8 on green image signals 1 shows a circuit. The 24 CRTC (CRT controller) controls the VRAM 9, controls rewriting of the color palette 21, and controls the synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23.

FIG. 3 shows the system bus 7 and the color printer of FIG.
14 shows the configuration between 14 in more detail. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13 denotes an IMEM (color image memory) for storing, for example, color image data corresponding to a resolution of 400 dpi per pixel of 4 bits, and reference numeral 31 denotes a color pallet for selecting, for example, 16 colors from 4096 colors. Reference numeral 32 denotes a printer I / F (interface) for connecting the color printer 14. The control circuit 33 controls the IMEM 13, controls rewriting of the color palette 31, and sends a printer control signal to the printer I / F32.

[Configuration of Printer 14] Next, an outline of the color printer 14 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 778 denotes a pulse width modulation circuit which converts a multi-valued digital image signal from the printer I / F 32 shown in FIG. Forming a modulated signal. Then, this pulse width modulation signal is applied to the subsequent laser output unit 711,
This is for forming a gradation image by modulating the laser on / off. A scanner 711 converts an image signal from (PWM778) into an optical signal, a laser output unit, a polygon mirror 712 of a polyhedron (for example, octahedron), a motor (not shown) for rotating the mirror 712, and an f / θ lens. (Imaging lens) 713 and the like. 714 is a reflection mirror for changing the optical path of the laser light, and 715 is a photosensitive drum. The laser beam emitted from the laser output unit is reflected by the polygon mirror 712, passes through the lens 713 and the mirror 714, scans the surface of the photosensitive drum 715 linearly (raster scan), and forms a latent image corresponding to the original image. .

Also, 717 is a primary charger, 718 is an overall exposure lamp, 723
Is a cleaner section for collecting the residual toner not transferred,
724 is a pre-transfer charger, and these members are the photosensitive drum 7
It is located around 15.

A developing unit 726 develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 715 by laser exposure.
1Y, 731M, 731C, 731Bk are a developing sleeve for directly developing in contact with the photosensitive drum 715, 730Y, 730M, 730C, 730Bk are toner hoppers for holding spare toner, and 732 is a screw for transferring developer. , These sleeves 731Y ~
731Bk, Toner Hopper 730Y-730Bk and SCREEN 73
2, a developing unit 726 is formed, and these members are arranged around the rotation axis P of the developing unit. For example, when a yellow toner image is formed, yellow toner development is performed at the position shown in the figure, and when a magenta toner image is formed, the developing unit 726 is rotated about the axis P in the figure to make the photosensitive member. The developing sleeve 731M in the magenta developing device is arranged at a position in contact with the 715. The development of cyan and black operates similarly.

Reference numeral 716 denotes a transfer drum that transfers the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum 715 to paper, and 719 denotes a transfer drum 716.
An actuator plate 720 for detecting the movement position of the actuator, a position sensor 720 for detecting that the transfer drum 716 has moved to the home position by approaching the actuator plate 719, a transfer drum cleaner 725, a transfer drum cleaner 727
Is a paper pressing roller, 728 is a static eliminator, and 729 is a transfer charger. These members 719, 720, 725, 727, 729 are transfer rollers 7
It is located around 16.

On the other hand, 735,736 is a paper feed cassette for storing paper (sheets), 737,738 is a paper feed roller for feeding paper from the cassette 735,736, and 739,740,741 are timing rollers for timing of paper feed and conveyance, and via these. The paper fed and conveyed is guided by a paper guide 749 and wrapped around the transfer drum 716 while the leading end is held by a gripper described later,
The process proceeds to the image forming process.

A drum rotation motor 550 rotates the photosensitive drum 715 and the transfer drum 716 synchronously. Reference numeral 750 denotes a peeling claw that removes the paper from the transfer drum 716 after the image forming process is completed, 742 denotes a transport belt that transports the removed paper, and 743 denotes an image fixing unit that fixes the paper transported by the transport belt 742. The image fixing unit 743 includes a pair of heat pressure rollers 744 and 745.
Having.

Next, the overall flow of the processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the CPU 1. First, in a document processing apparatus in which an existing document and a new document paper icon are displayed on the CRT 8 to specify a document, an icon to be worked is clicked using the pointing device 5 to specify the document ( S1). The designated document is temporarily read from the floppy disk 10 or the hard disk 11 into the PMEM2, and the document is input and changed (S2). Next, from the specified document FD10 or HD11 to PMEM
Input other than color into the format information section read in (2
3). The format information section is displayed as shown in Fig. 7 (a), and includes the main text, major heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, page number, etc. However, the number of subheadings and pillars may be singular, plural or any number.) The size, line spacing, font and color can be specified. Unspecified format elements are displayed in a single color, for example, black. Here, when the character color display portion of the format information section is clicked using the pointing device 5, a palette is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S4), and when the pointing device 5 is clicked on the color to be selected. The color number is indicated on the character color display section of the format information section (S5), and the color portion of the format information is specified (S6). Here, the entire format information section is registered or updated in the FD 10 or HD 11 (S7). Based on the information in the format information section registered in this way, the document data is specifically developed in the VRAM 9 including the color information and output to the CRT 8 (S8). This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. First, the CPU 1 expands, for example, 4-bit color image data per pixel into the VRAM 9 by the CPU 1 described above. The color image data on the VRAM9 is read out by the CRTC24 in synchronization with the display timing of the CRT8, and the color palette 21, DAC2
2. Applied to the CRT 8 via the synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23 and displayed. Since the CRT 8 can hold an image only for the afterimage time of the phosphor on the display surface, the image data in the VRAM 9 is read out at a rate of, for example, 60 times per second, applied to the CRT 8, and constantly refreshed. The VRAM 9 is composed of, for example, a dual port memory having a random access port and a serial access port, and can display, for example, 1024 dots × 768 lines, and can display 16 colors with 4 bits per pixel.
The image data read from the VRAM 9 is converted into a serial signal according to the display order of the CRT 8 and applied to the color pallet 21. The color pallet 21 is constituted by a look-up table. For example, 16 colors are selected from 4096 colors represented by 4 bits for each of R, G, and B to make one pallet. By changing the color pallet 21 via the CRTC 24, the selection of 16 colors can be switched. The image signal converted by the color pallet 21 is applied to the DAC 22 as a digital image signal of 4 bits for each of R, G, and B, and is converted to an analog image signal. DAC22 is composed of three circuits of ladder resistance type digital-analog converter.
The digital image signal of 4 bits for each color of R, G, B is converted into 16 bits
The signal is converted to a grayscale analog image signal. The analog image signal converted by the DAC 22 is applied to the synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23. The CRTC 24 generates, for example, a horizontal synchronization signal of 50 kHz and a vertical synchronization signal of 60 Hz as synchronization signals for controlling the display timing of the CRT 8, and applies them to the synchronization signal superimposing circuit 23. The synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23 superimposes the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal on the G (green) image signal among the three colors R, G and B and applies the superimposed signal to the CRT 8. The CRT 8 separates the synchronization signal superimposed on the G (green) image signal, synchronizes the display timing with the horizontal synchronization signal and the vertical synchronization signal, and displays a color image based on the RGB image signal.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 4, the color document image displayed on the CRT 8 is checked (S9), and the color is changed.
If it is not OK, the contents of the format information section of the document are displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIG. 7A, and the character color is clicked using the pointing device 5 to change the pallet as shown in FIG. Display and select the font color again. In FIG. 9, the part other than the character color designation part is a part of the format information necessary for a normal black-and-white document.

According to a part of the format information, the height of the print is the height of the step, and the width of the print is (step width × number of steps) + interval × (number of steps−1). In addition, the attribute of the character is set differently for the size and line spacing of the character according to the format elements: main text, main heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, and page number. Can, and
Line composition can also be set by selecting one of the left, right, centered, and adjustment groups. Also, the number of lines that can be displayed on the printing plate is step height ÷ (mm conversion of character size + mm conversion between lines) rounded down.

The contents of the format information section of the document are displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIG. 7A, and at the same time, a color palette for displaying the character color is displayed as shown in FIG. If the character color to be changed is in this palette, the color portion is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. If not, the part of the palette instructing section 401 before or after the palette instructing section 402 is clicked to turn over the palette and search for a desired color suitable for the character. If found, the color part is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. The clicked character color information is displayed in the character color information section of FIG.
Set as 251 and color number 252. The character color information portion in the format information portion of FIG. 7B in the FD10 or HD11 and the character color information portion in the format information portion on PMEM2 in the FD10 or HD11 are updated with the new character color information thus set (S7). The document is displayed on the color CRT 8 once again in the text color (S10). This process is repeated until the adjustment of the character color is completed.

If the text color displayed on CRT8 becomes appropriate (S
9) Output to the color printer 14 (S10). The output of the color printer will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The CPU 1 develops, for example, 4-bit color image data per pixel into the IMEM 13. The color image data on the IMEM 13 is read out by the control circuit 33 in synchronization with the print timing of the color printer 14, and the color pallets 31,
It is applied to the color printer 14 via the print I / F 32 and printed. The IMEM 13 is composed of, for example, 4692 dots.times.6614 lines.times.4 bits, and can develop 16 color images on A3 paper at a resolution of 400 dpi. The image data read from the IMEM 13 is converted into a serial signal in accordance with the printing order of the color printer 14 and applied to the color pallet 31. The color pallet is constituted by a look-up table, and selects 16 colors from 4096 colors represented by, for example, 4 bits for each RGB color. Via the control circuit 33,
By changing the color palette 31, 16 selected colors can be switched. The image signal converted by the color pallet 13 is applied to the printer I / F 32 as a 4-bit digital image signal for each color of RGB. The printer I / F 32 sends the above-described RGB image signal and the printer control signal from the control circuit 33 to the color printer 14. Color printer 14
Is a color printer capable of reproducing 4096 colors, for example, and various types of color printers such as a color LBP (color laser beam printer), a thermal transfer type color printer, and an ink jet type color printer can be used. The color printer 14 prints an actual print by combining three primary colors of Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan). Therefore, after a color image signal input as an RGB additive color image signal is converted into a YMC subtractive color image signal, printing is performed.

 The above is the printer output process.

Next, it is checked whether the character color output to the color printer 14 is appropriate (S11), and if it is not appropriate, the process returns to S4 for correction. After adjusting the printer output text color (S1
1) If there is another document to be input (S12), the process returns to S1 to perform processing. Document data and its format information section are stored in the FD 10 or HD 11 as shown in FIG. 7 (b). That is, the document data starts from the address indicated by the head position of the document data in the header for each document. The document data is, for example, the seventh
In FIG. 8B, first, there is a major heading instruction command indicating that the major heading data follows, followed by the main body of the major heading data. Next, there is a subheading instruction command indicating that the subheading data continues, followed by the main body of the subheading data. Next, there is a body instruction command indicating that the body data follows, followed by the body data.

The format information section starts from the address indicated by the format information start position in the header of each document. For example, in FIG. 7 (b), the format information part is the format information shown in FIG. , Medium heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, character size for each fomb, line spacing and line type information, and information such as pallet number 251 and color number 252 as character color information Is stored.

Embodiment 2. [Changing Character Colors (Multicolors) in Document Collectively] A preferred embodiment 2 according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 show the configuration of the character processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

Next, the flow of the process of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the entire processing of the first embodiment. The difference between the processing operation of the first embodiment and the processing operation of the present embodiment is that the color selection in the first embodiment is limited to one color in the entire document. In contrast to this, in the present embodiment, the color can be individually selected for each of the format elements such as the text, heading, column, and page number. Therefore, the difference in the processing operation from the first embodiment in FIG. The processing operation of this embodiment between S4 and S6 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 (a).

As described above, after inputting other than color into the format information section read into PMEM2 (S3), the character color display section in the format information section displayed as shown in FIG. Is clicked to display a palette as shown in FIG. 8 (S20). A color to be selected on the palette is clicked using the pointing device 5, and a character color is selected (S21). Then, it is determined whether the selected color is the text (S22). If the text is the text, the character color of the text in the format information section is set (S23). After the text color of the text is set (S23), the palette is displayed again (S20), the color in the palette is selected (S21), and it is determined whether the selected color is the text (S22). If not, the heading is determined (S24). If it is a heading, a heading color selection process (S25) for selecting a large heading, a medium heading, and a small heading is performed. FIG. 5B shows the detailed processing flow of the heading color selection processing (S25). Here, if it is a heading (S29), the character color of the heading in the format information section is set (S29).
30). After the setting, the palette is further displayed (S20), the color is selected (S21), and this operation is continued until the color designation of the text, headline, pillar, and page number is completed. Here, the detailed processing flow of the column color selection processing (S27) is shown in FIG. 5 (c).
Shown in In the FD 10 or the HD 11, the document data and its format information section are stored almost as described in the first embodiment as shown in FIG. The difference from the first embodiment is that, as shown in FIG. 10, corresponding to the character color information section of FIG. 9, the character color information is the main body character color information, the large heading character color information, the middle heading character color information,
Subheading 1 character color information, subheading 2 character color information, subheading 3 character color information, pillar 1 character color information, pillar 2 character color information, pillar 3 character color information, folio character color information and FD10 or HD in detail
It is stored in 11.

Third Embodiment [Save Format Information as Library] A preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 show the configuration of the character processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

 Next, the overall flow of the processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 6A is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the CPU 1 when registering a format library. First
Click the existing document or new document paper icon displayed on the CRT 8 using the pointing device 5 (S51).
I do. Display the contents of the format information section as shown in FIG. 9 (S5
2). If you enter anything other than text color in the format information section (S5
3) The character color on the CRT 8 is clicked on the pointing device 5 to display a palette (S54), an appropriate color is specified (S55), and the character color in the format information section is set (S56).
When the setting of the format information section is completed, a format library index name for registering the contents of the format information section in the format library is added (S57), and the contents of the format information section are registered in the format library (S58). Check if registration is completed here (S59)
If not, the process returns to S52 and repeats until the process is completed.

Next, FIG. 6 (b) is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the CPU 1 when calling the format library, and will be described in detail.

First, an existing document or a new document paper icon displayed on the CRT 8 is clicked using the pointing device 5 to designate a document (S60), and the document is input and changed (S60).
61). Here, the registered form library is called based on the index name (S62), and it is confirmed whether or not the processing is completed (S62).
63) If not finished, display the document on CRT8 according to the format (S64). If it is not OK, return to S64 and repeat from the call of the format library until appropriate. Alternatively, the format once called from the library may be partially modified. Then, it may be registered according to the flowchart of FIG. 6 (a). When it is OK,
Proceed from S65 to S66 and output to the color printer 14 (S6
6) If OK (S67), check if there is another format library to call (S68), and if so, return to S60 and repeat.

Document data and its format library are stored in the FD 10 or HD 11 as shown in FIG. 7B. The method of storing the document data is as described in the first embodiment. The plurality of format information sections constituting the format library start from the address indicated by the format information head position in the header for each document. Each format information section in the format library is, for example,
In the figure, the format information shown in FIG. 12, that is, top information, throat information, step number information, step width information, step height information, step information, and text, major heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3 , Column 1, column 2, column 3, character size for each page, line-to-line typesetting information, and information such as pallet number 251 and color number 252 as character color information. In this case, the text color of the document is changed in one color at a time. However, it is also possible to separately specify the color of each format element and create a library.

After the stored document data and the first format information section in the format library are read into PMEM2, the document data is specifically developed in VRAM9 including color information based on the information in the format information section. , And output to the CRT 8 (104). This process has been described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG.

The description of the first, second, and third embodiments is as described above. Here, the method of displaying the contents of the format information section on the CRT 8 is the seventh method.
In addition to the method of displaying the character color by the palette number and the color number as shown in FIGS.
There is also a method to display the color itself as shown in Fig. 14.

Embodiment 4 [Selection of Character Color at Output] Another preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 16 shows a part of a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of this embodiment. This embodiment differs from the flow chart of FIG. 4 described in the first embodiment only in the print portion S10. Therefore, only the print portion in this embodiment is extracted and shown in FIG. By S9, input documents, forms, and FD10
After registering to HD11, it is displayed on the color CRT8 according to the format, and the colors are also checked. Here, the user selects whether the print is to be made in color (one color or multiple colors) or in a single color, for example, black (S201). If the print is to be printed in color, the document is printed in accordance with the format (S202), and if the print is printed in a single color, for example, black, the document is printed in single color (S203).

Also, the color information is valid only on the CRT 8 without providing a step of selecting by the operator as in the flowchart S201 in FIG. 16, and it is possible to output all in a single color, for example, black when printing.

Fifth Embodiment [Selection of Character Color When Character Colors Are Specifyed Overlapping in Document] Hereinafter, another preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 17A is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the processing operation of the present embodiment. The flow from S1 to S7 is as described in the first embodiment. Since the document and the format have been registered at the stage up to S7, the color of a part of the text of the document is set next. When a frame icon on the color CRT 8 is clicked using the pointing device 5 (S101), a frame attribute screen as shown in FIG. 18A is displayed. The display of the character color on the frame attribute screen is indicated by a numeral such as a palette number and a color number as shown in FIG. 18 (a), and the color itself is directly displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIG. 18 (b). Can also be displayed. A range in which the character color is to be set is designated by a frame (S102). The portion where the character color is not set is a single color such as black. The frame presses the click button of the pointing device 5 to define the start point, moves the pointing device 5 to the lower right while holding down the click button, and releases the click button at the end point. Then, a frame whose start end is the upper left corner of the frame and whose end is the lower right corner of the frame is determined. Here, the start and end are not limited to the upper left and lower right, respectively. These designated frame information sections are stored in the FD10 or HD11 as shown in FIG. The document and format information section shown in FIG. 19 have been described in the first embodiment and will not be described here. The frame information section starts from the address indicated by the frame information head position in the header for each document. The frame information section includes the number of frames, coordinate component 1,
Information such as a coordinate component 2, a coordinate component 3, a coordinate component 4, and a designated color in a frame is stored. The coordinate components are, as shown in FIG. 20, the coordinates of the start end of the range (in the frame shown by the hatching pattern) for which the color is to be designated are coordinate components 1 and 2, and the end coordinates are the coordinate component 3 This is indicated by a coordinate component 4.

Next, the palette is displayed on the color CRT 8 as shown in FIG. 8 (S103), and the pointing device 5 is displayed on the color to be set.
Is clicked and selected (S104), and a frame attribute color portion is designated (S105).

After setting the frame attribute, it is determined whether or not the range specified by the frame attribute overlaps the range specified by the format element by sequentially extracting characters of the document one by one (S106). If the character is not within the frame (S107), the character color selection processing (S10
Perform 8). Whether the character is inside or outside the frame can be distinguished depending on whether the coordinates of the start and end of the character are inside or outside the coordinates of the start and end of the frame, respectively. FIG. 17 (b) shows the flow of the character color selection process. In this character color selection processing, if the character is the text (S121), the text and character color are set according to the format information (S122). If the character is not the text (S121), if the character is a heading (S123), the heading color selection processing (S1)
24), and if the character is not a headline (S123) but a pillar (S1
25), a column color selection process (S126) is performed, and if the character is not a column (S125), the character character color is set according to the format information. Here, the heading color selection processing is shown in FIG. 17 (c). In this heading color selection processing, if the character is a large heading (S131), a large heading character color is set according to the format information (S132). This process flow is repeated by setting the middle heading character color (S134), and so on.
Proceed to 39. The column color selection process is shown in FIG. 17 (d). In this column color selection process, as in the case of the heading color selection process, it is confirmed whether the column is column 1, column 2, column 3 and the color is set.
When the character color setting process is completed, the process proceeds to the determination of the next character.

Returning to the description of FIG. 17 (a), if the character being determined in S107 is within the frame specified by the frame attribute, the character color is specified by the color specified by the frame attribute and the format information. Since the color is overlapped, it is determined which one has priority (S109). If the character color is determined according to the format, the character color setting process (S108) is performed, and if the color specified by the frame attribute is given priority, the color of the character is set as the frame specification color (S11).
0). For example, referring to FIG. 20, when the format information indicates the middle heading "Customers" to red (indicated by bold characters in the figure) and the color specified by the frame attribute to green (indicated by hatching patterns in the figure) 20 (a) when the character color follows the format, and FIG. 20 (b) when the character color follows the frame attribute.

Here, when the color specified by the frame attribute and the color specified by the format information overlap with each other, the form in which the priority is given in S109 is adopted. There is also a form that gives priority to the color specified by the frame attribute in the condition. After setting the text color in S108 and S110,
Check if the search of the entire document has been completed, and if not, return to S106 and move to the next character. If it is completed here, the document is displayed on the color CRT in the set color according to the format (S112), the character color is checked (S113), and if appropriate, the document is printed according to the format (S114), and the character color is checked. (S115). If the character color is not appropriate in S113 and S115, the process returns to S4 and the color is selected again. If the character color is appropriate in S115, check if there is any other document to input (S1
16) If not, end the process. If there is, return to S1 to input a document.

Also, here, an example is shown in which color information is individually given to each of the format elements as shown in the second embodiment. However, it is also possible to use a method of performing the operation collectively.

Also, the range in which the text color of a part of the text of the document is set is not limited to a frame, but may be a shape other than the frame.

Embodiment 6 [Color Display Method When Selecting Text Color] When specifying color information stored in the FD10 or HD11, the palette is displayed on the CRT8, but the total number of colors that can be displayed on the CRT8 is 16 Since the number of colors is limited, if n colors are displayed in a document or the like other than the palette, the colors that can be displayed on the palette screen are (16-n) colors. Therefore, the remaining n colors that are not displayed on the CRT 8 of the same palette are clicked by the pointing device 5 on the icon of the next screen of the palette, and the remaining colors of the same palette are sequentially CR-printed.
It can be displayed on the T8, and you can see all the colors of the palette.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the output of document information in which color information is set is output in a single color regardless of the set color information, or the set color is output. By allowing you to choose whether to output based on information,
An operation of re-specifying monochrome color information in document information for which color information is set, or an operation of preparing monochrome document information in advance and setting desired color information when outputting the monochrome document information Can be unnecessary, and it becomes easy to change the output mode of the document information prepared in advance only by selecting a desired output mode.

As described above, according to the present invention, for a character defined by predetermined information called area attribute information, a character is output with an attribute defined by area attribute information regardless of other specified information. Therefore, the user does not need to perform an extra operation of examining all the attributes defined for the character and designating the desired attribute as a priority among them. By using the predetermined information, it is possible to easily realize output with a desired attribute even in document information in which a plurality of attributes are set redundantly for one character.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a more detailed block diagram of a color CRT portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a more detailed block diagram of a color printer portion of FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first character color changing process, FIG. 5 (a) is a flowchart showing a second character color changing process, and FIG. 5 (b) is a second character color. FIG. 5 (c) is a heading color selecting process for changing the second character color, FIG. 6 (a) is a flowchart showing a format library registration process, and FIG. 6 (b) is a format. FIG. 7 (a) is a diagram showing a first display of a document format information section on a CRT, FIG. 7 (b) is a diagram showing a first disk file format of a document, FIG. 7C illustrates a second display method of the document format information section on the CRT. FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of display of a color palette on a CRT, FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a third display method of a document format information section on a CRT, and FIG. 10 is a second disk file of a document. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a format, FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a fourth display method of the document format information section on the CRT, FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a fifth display method of the document format information section on the CRT, FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a third disk file format of a document, FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a sixth display method of a document format information section on a CRT, FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a color printer section, 16 is a flowchart showing a color designation process at the time of printing, FIG. 17 (a) is a flowchart showing a third character color change process, and FIG. 17 (b) is a character color selection of a third character color change FIG. 17 (c) shows a heading color selection process of the third character color change. FIG. 17 (d) is a flowchart showing a column color selection process for changing the third character color, and FIG. 18 (a) is a diagram illustrating a first display method of a frame attribute format information section on a CRT. 18 (b) is a diagram illustrating a second method of displaying the frame attribute format information section on the CRT, FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a fourth disk file format of a document, FIG. 20 (a) FIG. 20 is a first example display of a document on a CRT, and FIG. 20 (b) is a second example display of a document on a CRT. 1 is a CPU, 2 is a program memory (PMEM), 3 is a communication I
/ F, 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a pointing device,
6 is a keyboard interface, 7 is a system bus,
8 is a color CRT, 9 is a video RAM (VRAM), 10 is a floppy disk drive, 11 is a hard disk drive, 12 is a disk interface, 13 is a color image memory, 14 is a color printer, 21 is a color printer. Color palette, 22 is a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), 2
3 is a synchronization signal superimposition circuit, 24 is a CRT controller (CRTC),
31 is a color pallet, 32 is a printer I / F, and 33 is a control circuit.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document processing method capable of outputting document information in a desired manner based on color information and format information comprising a plurality of format elements, wherein the color information included in the format information set for the document information is provided. Regardless of whether the document information is output in a single color or the document information is output based on the color information included in the format information, the document information is selected based on the color information included in the format information. A document processing method for outputting document information based on color information included in format information set for the document information in response to selection to output the document information. 2. A document processing for outputting document information based on format information for defining attributes of document information including color information and area attribute information for defining attributes including color information relating to an area set on the document information. In the method, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary character constituting the document information has an attribute defined by the area attribute information, and it is determined that the arbitrary character has an attribute defined by area attribute information. Accordingly, the document processing method is controlled to output the character with an attribute determined by the area attribute information regardless of the format information.