Claims
- 1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- text-block allocating means for initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text block, in which text block characters may be arranged so that an operator may arrange characters of said entire page occupied by said text block;
- raster-block forming means for forming a raster block in which figures may be arranged according to the operation performed by the operator onto said communication apparatus so that the operator may arbitrarily arrange the figures within the entirety of said page;
- abnormal-format defining means for defining an area of either said raster block or said text block, said area comprising a respective one of the figures and characters with an abnormal format; and
- discriminating means for discriminating said area defined by said abnormal-format defining means from the remaining area with the entirety of said page.
- 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
- communication means for transferring data associated with at least one of the characters and figures between said communication apparatus and another communication apparatus.
- 3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said text-block allocating means initially and automatically determines said entire page of said mixed mode document as being occupied by said text block.
- 4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said text-block allocating means initially determines said entire page of said mixed mode document as being occupied by said text block prior to editing and/or processing operations performed on said mixed mode document by said operator.
- 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said text-block allocating means initially determines said entire page of said mixed mode document as being occupied by only a single one of said text block.
- 6. An apparatus for producing and editing a mixed mode document, comprising:
- a controller;
- text-block allocating means controlled by the controller for initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text-block, in which text block characters may be arranged on said entire page occupied by said initially set text block; and
- raster-block forming means controlled by the controller for forming raster-blocks to be arranged in the mixed mode document after the initial setting of the text block by the text allocating means.
- 7. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
- abnormal-format defining means for defining an area of either said raster block or said text as including an abnormal format; and
- discriminating means for discriminating said area defined by said abnormal-format defining means from a remaining area.
- 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said discriminating means divides an arbitrary block included in the plurality of blocks into a first block and a second block, on which arbitrary block characters arranged with the normal format and the abnormal format are mixedly arranged, the first bock including the characters or figures arranged only with the normal format, and the second block, including the characters or figures arranged only with the abnormal format.
- 9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said apparatus communicates with another apparatus via an Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN).
- 10. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a telematic terminal.
- 11. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus belongs to a third class of a group 4 facsimile apparatus.
- 12. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for displaying said plurality of blocks.
- 13. A method for producing and editing a mixed mode document, comprising the steps of:
- initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text-block, in which text block characters may be arranged on said entire page occupied by said initially set text block; and
- forming raster-blocks to be arranged in the mixed mode document after the initial setting of the text block by the text allocating means.
- 14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:
- defining an area of either said raster block or said text as including an abnormal format; and
- discriminating said area defined by said abnormal-format defining means from a remaining area.
- 15. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of discriminating includes the substep of dividing an arbitrary block included in the plurality of blocks into a first block and a second block, on which arbitrary block characters arranged with the normal format and the abnormal format are mixedly arranged, the first bock including the characters or figures arranged only with the normal format, and the second block including the characters or figures arranged only with the abnormal format.
- 16. The method according to claim 13, further including the step of communicating with at least one communication apparatus via an Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN).
- 17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the mixed mode document is produced and edited in a telematic terminal.
- 18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the mixed mode document is produced and edited in an apparatus which belongs to a third class of a group 4 facsimile apparatus.
- 19. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of displaying said plurality of blocks.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/812,095, filed on Dec. 23, 1991, now abandoned.
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