DOCUMENT LAYOUT METHOD AND DOCUMENT PREPARING DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE:To execute the editing of a layout and the allocation of a text, etc., by a simple operation by executing the designation of an area by a stage and a line set in advance. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a central processor equipment 91 for controlling the whole device, a display device 94 such as a CRT, etc., for displaying a layout of a document and the document, an internal storage device 95 such as a ROM, a RAM, etc., in which a program related to the document layout and various tables, etc., are stored, and an external storage device 96 in which a generated document, etc., are saved. By setting stage setting in a page and the number of lines in each stage in advance, and designating the stage and the line, a text train is allocated into the page. In such a way, it is unnecessary to align the line head and the inter-line between areas, a size change, etc., of an area can be executed by a simple operation, and a state of the layout and the number of characters which can be allowed to flow into each area can be understood easily.