JPS61157971A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the contents of the constituent elements of the document to be changed in connection with changes in the sequence of the elements by providing an automatic extraction changing device, a control table and a control table control device. CONSTITUTION:When a demand for interchanging the sequence of the constituent elements indicated by N3 and those indicated by N6 is inputted from an input device 11 to a control device 12, a control table control device 17 changes the contents of a control table 18. That is, a pointer P2 that indicated the row having N3 is changed to P5, P7 is changed to P2 and P5 is changed to P7. The device 17 then transmits the results of the sequence changed to an automatic extraction changing device 16 through a device 12. The device 16 then extracts and changes the titled that is the name of the clause in the constituent elements indicated by N3 and N6. In this manner, the contents of the constituent elements of the document can be automatically changed in connection with the changes in the sequence of the constituent elements.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device that manages the order of a plurality of document components and changes the contents of the document components in association with changes in the order of the document components. It is something.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional document editing devices include, for example, word processors. FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of this conventional document editing device, in which 41 is an input device, 42 is a control device,
43 is a display control device, 44 is a display device, 46 is a storage device, and 46 is an extraction device. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of extracting a table of contents from the contents of document constituent elements and displaying the table of contents.

In the conventional document editing device configured as described above, when a request to display the table of contents of a document is input from the input device 41 to the control device 42, the contents of a plurality of document constituent elements as shown in FIG. 6(a) are displayed. The extraction device 46 extracts titles such as section and item names, which will become the table of contents, and
A table of contents is displayed on the display device 44 as shown in FIG.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the above configuration does not have a function to automatically change the contents of document components in relation to the order of document components. Even after changing the content, the contents of the document components, such as section numbers or item numbers, remain the same as before the change.

In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a document editing device having a function of automatically changing the content of document components in connection with changing the order of document components.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is a document editing device equipped with an automatic extraction and modification device that automatically changes the contents of document components in connection with changing the order of sentence f111 components.

Operation According to the present invention, the contents of document components can be automatically changed in connection with changing the order of document components by using the automatic extracting and changing device according to the above-described configuration.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a document editing device in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11 is an input device, 12 is a control device, 13 is a display control device, 14 is a display device, 16 is a storage device, 16 is an automatic extraction change device, 1
7 is a management table management device, and 18 is a management table. FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the management table in the same embodiment. In Figure 2, one row manages one document component, and the top row is number 1 in order. In the first state of this example, the document components are arranged in order from the top of the table. shall be present. Column 21 is a number area for storing document component numbers associated with actual data in the storage device; column 22
represents the order of document components. Column 23, a sequence area for storing a pointer to the next line, is a hierarchy area representing the hierarchy of document components. In this example, Hl, H2, H3, H
4 represents the hierarchy of document, chapter, section, and item levels, respectively, and the hierarchy levels descend in the order of H4, H2, H3, and H4. Also, in Figure 2, H4 and H
It is said that the document components indicated by N3.5 are subordinate to the document component indicated by N3, and H7 indicates the document component number N3.5 in the finger. This is an example of actual data in the storage device indicated by H4, H6, N, and H7.

The operation of the document editing apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

When a request to change the order of the document component pointed to by N3 and the document component pointed to by H6 is input from the input device 11 to the control device 12, the management table management device 1
7 performs the following operations. First, by tracing the management table according to the order of document components in the document, a line is searched for which has a pointer in the order area pointing to a line with N3 and H6, respectively. In this case, the rows with P2 and P6, respectively. Next, by looking at the hierarchical area, document components subordinate to the document components pointed to by N3 and H6 are searched. In this case, H4, H5, and H7 are the document constituent elements pointed to, respectively. Then, the pointer P2 that pointed to the row with N3 becomes the pointer P6 that pointed to the row with H6, the pointer P7 held by the row that is subordinate to the row with H6 becomes P2, P6 becomes P7, and so on. Next, the management table management device 17 sends the result of the above order change to the automatic extraction change device 16 through the control device 12. Then, the extraction automatic change device 16 is N3
and H6 respectively point to the title of the section in the document component, in this example, the first, second, and
Since the document components of the section have been replaced, the changes are made from FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 3(b). Furthermore, since the order of the document components subordinate to the document components indicated by N3 and H6 has also been changed, their titles are also changed as shown in FIGS. 3(a) to 3(a).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION As described in detail, according to the present invention, the contents of document components can be automatically changed in connection with changing the order of document components, and the practical effects thereof are great.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5g2 is a detailed diagram of a management table of the embodiment.
FIG. 3(a) is a diagram showing an example of actual data in the storage device indicated by the document component number in the same embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional document editing device, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of an extraction device of the conventional document editing device. 11...Input device, 12...Control device,
13...Display control device, 14...Display device, 16...Storage device, 16...Automatic extraction change device, 17...Management table management device,
18... Management table, 21... Number area, 22... Order area, 23... Hierarchical area, 41... Input device, 42...
Control device, 43...Display control device, 44...
...Display device, 45...Storage device, 46...
...Extraction device. Name of agent Patent attorney Toshi Nakao TL or one person Figure 2? / 2' 2.3 Figure 3 (Figure 3 (b)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A management table for managing the order of a plurality of document components including characters, figures, and images; a management table management device having a function of changing the order of document components by changing the contents of the management table; A document editing device comprising: an extraction automatic change device having a function of extracting a specific sentence from the content of a component and automatically changing the extracted sentence in relation to changing the order of document components. .