Method and apparatus for editing documents including a plurality of data of different types
US5051930A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A documentation system for editing a document in which a plurality of document data of different forms coexist in a mixed fashion and which includes one or more pages each partitioned into a plurality of regions in accordance with difference edition processing procedures. The system includes a storage for storing the document data of the above-mentioned document structure, a display for displaying the document data as images, and a program executing unit for executing the programs to process the document data within the region being subjected to the edition. The edition processing programs are provided in correspondence with different edition processing procedures such that a given one of the edition processing programs processes the edition of the document data within one of the regions in the document image being displayed on the display unit. The edition processing program executing currently the edition processing for the document data within a first region responds to a command for the edition processing for a second region other than the first region by issuing an extra-region message. The documentation system further includes a unit for executing programs to make the display…
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