Document producing apparatus having in-document layout display

• US 4,951,233 A
• Filed: 08/03/1988
• Issued: 08/21/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Masaki, Taniguchi, Shigeki, Masuda, Kiyoshi, Kawase, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Harkcom, Gary V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HERNDON, HEATHER R
• Application Number:
  US07/227,891
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 364/518-523, 364/900 MS File, 340/723, 340/747, 340/750, 340/798-800
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

A document producing apparatus comprises an input unit for inputting descriptive contents such as characters or figures which contstruct a document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet used, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page, a storage unit for storing therein the descriptive contents and the format inputted from the input unit, a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored in the storage unit, and an in-document layout editing unit for displaying on the display unit a layout of a plurality of pages forming the document so that page information of the respective pages are partitioned in due order from a leading page and for every predetermined number of pages and are arranged in one display image, the page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in the storage unit. The apparatus may further comprise a page editing unit for performing the editing for a desired page while referring to a display image displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A document producing apparatus, comprising:

an input unit including means for inputting descriptive contents, such as characters or figures, which form a multi-page document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet to be used for each page of said document, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page;

a storage unit including means for storing therein said descriptive contents and said format inputted from said input unit;

a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored by said storage unit; and

in-document layout displaying means for simultaneously displaying on said display unit respective page patterns of plural pages included in said document so that page information of the respective pages are partitioned in successive order from a leading page and for every one of a predetermined number of pages of said document and are arranged in one display image, said page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in said storage unit.

2. A document producing apparatus, comprising:

an input unit including means for inputting descriptive contents, such as characters of figures, which form a document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet to be used, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page;

a storage unit including means for storing therein said descriptive contents and said format inputted from said input unit;

a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored by said storage unit;

in-document layout displaying means for simultaneously displaying on said display unit respective page patterns of plural pages included in said document so that page information of the respective pages are partitioned in due order from a leading page and for every predetermined number of pages and are arranged in one display image, said page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in said storage unit; and

chapter managing means for managing the plurality of pages forming said document while partitioning them into a plurality of chapters each of which includes a series of selected pages, said in-document layout displaying means displaying said page information partitively for every chapter.

3. A document producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the page information for every chapter displayed by said in-document layout displaying means includes a consecutive chapter number of that chapter, a page number of a leading page in that chapter, and a page number of an ending page in that chapter.

4. A document producing apparatus comprising:

an input unit including means for inputting descriptive contents, such as characters or figures, which form a document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet to be used, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page;

a storage unit including means for storing therein said descriptive contents and said format inputted from said input unit;

a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored by said storage unit; and

in-document layout editing means including means for simultaneously displaying on said display unit respective page patterns of plural pages included in said document so that page information of the respective pages ar partitioned in due order from a leading page and for every predetermined number of pages and are arranged in one display image, said page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in said storage unit;

in-page layout editing means including means selective change-over between a document editing mode in which said in-document layout editing means operates and a page editing mode in which said in-page layout editing means operates;

means for specifying a page displayed in said page editing mode on a display image displayed on said display unit in said document editing mode in the case where a change-over from said page editing mode to said document editing mode is made by said editing control means;

means or designating a page to be displayed in said page editing mode on a display image displayed on said display unit in said document editing mode in he case where a changeover from said document editing mode to said page editing mode is made by said editing control means; and

page editing means for selecting one or more pages the editing of which is desired and a type of the desired editing on the basis of information inputted from said input unit and executing the selected type of editing for the selected one or more pages.

5. A document producing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising chapter managing means for managing the plurality of pages forming said document while partitioning them into a plurality of chapters each of which includes a series of selected pages, and chapter editing means for selecting a chapter the editing is desired and a type of the desired editing on he basis of information inputted from said input unit and executing the selected type of editing for the selected chapter, said in-document layout editing means displaying said page information partitively for every chapter.