JP2700001B2 - Character data output device - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor. 2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a Japanese word processor, it is customary to simultaneously input a character and lay out a document. In this case, the input characters are displayed on the display unit, and at the same time, the layout of the input document is sometimes displayed. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, performing the editing of the entire document at the same time as inputting the characters involves the operation of the character input keys and the operation of the cursor keys, which makes the key operations complicated. There is a troublesome problem. In addition, when the document volume is large, once a layout is created, for example, all the documents may not fit in one page, and thus the layout may have to be re-designed. An object of the present invention is to enable character data to be arbitrarily arranged corresponding to a plurality of desired display positions on a display screen. [Means for Solving the Problems] The means of the present invention are as follows. A character storage means for storing a plurality of character data to be output, and a display position change in a desired direction with a display position designated on a display screen as a start position when a character arrangement output instruction is given. When operated, each time the display position is changed, the designated display position is sequentially updated in accordance with the designated direction, and the character storage means is linked with the sequential update of the designated display position. And character output means for sequentially reading out the character data one by one from each of the above, and sequentially arranging and outputting the read-out character data to the sequentially updated designated display positions in the read-out order. [Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When a display position change in a desired direction is performed with the display position specified on the display screen as a start position in a state where the character arrangement output instruction is performed, the display position change instruction operation is performed for each of the display position change instruction operations. The designated display position is sequentially updated in accordance with the designated direction, and the character data is read from the character storage means in conjunction with the successive update of the designated display position, and the read character data is sequentially updated. The output is sequentially arranged and output at each of the updated designated display positions. [Embodiment] An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. Configuration FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram. Kana in the key input section 11,
Character keys 11A for entering characters such as numbers and symbols,
Next, a cursor key 11B for instructing the position of a character to be input or output in the up, down, left and right directions, a mode key 11C for switching a mode for inputting or outputting a character, and a blank character (space) for a document storage device described later. A character position key 11D for setting or resetting a character position flag for insertion is provided. Then, key input signals from each key are input to the control unit 12 and processed. The control unit 12 is a circuit having a program for controlling all operations of the Japanese word processor, an arithmetic circuit, and a mode register 12A for storing a mode set by the mode key 11C and the like. Various control signals are given to each circuit. The dictionary memory 13 connected to the control unit 12 stores character keys 11A.
This is a well-known memory for storing kanji and idioms for converting a kana character string input from a kanji into a kanji kana mixed character string.
The document buffer 14 is a buffer memory that stores a character code output via the control unit 12 in response to a character input from the key input unit 11, and the address of the document buffer 14 is controlled by the control unit 12. Character counter 15
Specified by data from. In this case, the document buffer 14
Has a character storage capacity for at least one page of printing paper or the like (for example, a capacity of 400 characters), and additional codes such as line feeds other than the character codes of normal characters are not stored in the document buffer 14. . The document storage device 16 is a memory that stores the character code read from the document buffer 14 in an area corresponding to the position information specified by the row counter 17 and the column counter 18. In this case, the row counter 17 and the column counter 18 perform a counting operation by the control 12 according to the key operation of the cursor key 11B to obtain position information. The display unit 19 includes, for example, a document display unit 19A that displays a document for two lines, and a layout display unit 19B that displays a document layout for one page, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display device. Then, under the control of the control unit 12, the key input unit
Document data keyed in from 11 or document storage
The document data read from 16 is displayed on the document display section 19A, and the layout at that time is displayed on the layout display section.
Displayed simultaneously on 19B. Operation Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 to 4, the display state and the key operation state of FIG. First, a required amount of document data, for example, one page of document data is written into the document buffer 14 by operating the character key 11A. In this case, the input mode is set in the mode register 12A by the mode key 11C, and character input is performed in this input mode. When the mode key 11C is operated, the processing of the flowchart in FIG. That is, when the mode key 11C is operated, the key input signal is input to the control unit 12, and it is determined whether or not the mode is the mode output mode set in the mode register 12A (step S12).
C1). At this time, if the output mode is set in the mode register 12A, the cursor on the layout display section 19B is turned off (step C6), and then "1" is set to the number of characters that have been input in the document buffer 14 until then. The added data is set in the character counter 15 (step C7), and then the input mode is set in the mode register 12A (step C8). Then, the cursor starts blinking at the next character input position on the document display section 19A (step C5). After setting the input mode as described above, the character is input by operating the key 11A. At this time, each key input signal is input to the control unit 12 and processed, and the input kana character string is converted into a kanji kana mixed character string by the dictionary memory 13 and written into the character buffer 14. The document buffer 14 is addressed by the output of the character counter 15 that counts under the control of the control unit 12. As described above, when a document for one page, for example, has been input into the document buffer 14, the mode key 11C is then operated to write the document into the document character storage device 16 while considering the layout. The output mode is set in the mode register 12A. At this time, when the mode key 11C is operated, the control unit 12 executes the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 4 according to the key input signal. First, in step C1, it is determined that the mode at this time of the mode register 12A is not the output mode, and then the cursor (the first cursor) on the layout display section 19B corresponding to the position information specified by the row counter 17 and the column counter 18 Is blinking (the cursor at the position of the first character on the first line) (step C2). And a character counter
Data "1" is set in 15 and the first character position at the head of the document buffer 14 is addressed (step C3). The output mode is set in the mode register 12A (step C4), and the cursor blinks at the first character position on the first line on the document display section 19A (step C5). FIG. 5 (1) shows the display state of the document display section 19A and the layout display section 19B at this time. Thus, the document display section 19A has six characters per line and two lines of characters. Are read from the document buffer 14 and displayed. In the figure,
Reference numeral 20 denotes a cursor on the layout display section 19B.
Further, the hatched portion on the document display section 19A indicates the cursor position. In this state, if the right cursor key 11B is operated once, the control unit 12 executes the processing of the flowchart in FIG. In this case, first, in step A1, it is determined whether or not a character placement flag is set in a register (not shown) in the control unit 12. In this case, since it is not set, the process proceeds to step A2, where the first character from the area of the document buffer 14 specified by the character counter 15 is
That is, in the display example of FIG. 5A, the character code of the character "i" is read and written at the position of the first character at the head of the document storage device 16. Then, the character counter 15 is updated to designate the second character (step A3), and the document display section 19A at that position is designated.
The upper cursor blinks (step A4). Next, a corresponding layout is displayed on the layout display section 19B at the position of the first character of the first line (step A5), and the row counter 17 and the column counter 18 are updated and the first line and the The second character is addressed (step A6). Next, the cursor is blinked at the first character position and the second character position on the layout display section 19B (step A7). The display state in FIG. 5 (2) shows the state at this point. In this state, when the right cursor key 11B is continuously operated twice, steps A1 to A7 in the flowchart of FIG.
Is executed twice each time, and the display state changes to the display state of FIG. 5 (3). When the character placement key 11D is operated once, the flowchart of FIG. 3 starts to be executed. That is, in step B1, the presence or absence of a character placement flag is determined. In this case, since there is no character placement flag, the process proceeds to step B2, and the character cursor on the document display section 19A is turned off. Then, the character placement flag is set (step B3). Next, when the right cursor key 11B is operated once,
Step A1 is executed and YES is determined. Therefore, the process proceeds to step A8, and a blank character (space) is written in the first line and the fourth character of the document storage device 16. The layout display of the layout display section 19B is also rewritten, and the first
The line and the fourth character are displayed as spaces (step A
Five). Further, the row counter 17 and the column counter 18 are updated, and the cursor blinks on the first line and the fifth character on the layout display section 19B (steps A6 and A7). FIG. 5 (4) shows the display state at this point. Next, when the character placement key 11D is operated once, the process proceeds to step B4 by the processing of step B1. Document display section 19 for that
The cursor of the first character and the fifth character on A blinks (step B4), and the character placement flag is reset (step B5). When the right cursor key 11B is operated once, the process proceeds to step A2 by the process of step A1, and steps A3 to A7 are executed. Therefore document buffer 14
The character "o" on the first character and the fourth character in the
And the first line and the fifth character of the document display section 19A continue to blink due to the update of the character counter 15. In the layout display of the layout display section 19B, the first line and the fifth character are turned on, and then the first row of the layout display section 19B is updated by updating the row counter 17 and the column counter 18.
The cursor blinks at the sixth character. FIG. 5 (5) shows the display state at this point. In the above-described operation example, of the document written in the document buffer 14 in advance, the first line up to the fourth character are designated and read out character by character, and the situation is described. In the example, the layout is such that a space for one character is provided between the third character and the fourth character. In this case, since the layout pattern is displayed on the layout display section 19B having a screen for one page, the character placement key 11D and the mode key
By arbitrarily operating 11C, the character information written in the document buffer 14 is stored in the document storage device 16 one character at a time.
Can be transferred and written to any area within At this time, the position of the character information written in the document storage device 16 is displayed on the layout display section 19B, so that the layout can be visually checked. FIG. 6 shows an example of this layout. As shown, each character information in the document buffer 14 is represented by one character.
By specifying and reading the position in the document storage device 16,
In any area in the document storage device 16, the horizontal, vertical,
The layout can be written by sequentially writing in any of the oblique directions. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the character information in the document buffer 14 is written in the document storage device 16 and the layout is printed on a printing paper by a printer (not shown). . In the above embodiment, the character information written in the document buffer 14 is written and laid out in the character storage device 16 on a character-by-character basis. The writing layout may be made in the device 16. In the above-described embodiment, the output medium to be laid out is a document storage device, but may be a printing device, a display device, or the like. According to the present invention, the display position designated on the display screen is set as the start position of the layout output position of the character data, and the operator only needs to perform a display position change operation in a desired direction from the start position. In conjunction with the display position change instruction operation, character data can be sequentially and automatically read one by one from a plurality of character data stored in advance, and each automatically read character data is read out. In the read order, the character data can be sequentially arranged and output in the designated direction. The operation of designating a typical output arrangement position can be performed extremely easily.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 4 are flowcharts, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display state and a key operation state, and FIG. Diagram showing an example of the layout, FIG.
The figure shows an example of layout printing. 11A ... character key, 11B ... cursor key, 11C ... mode key, 11D ... character placement key, 12 ... control unit, 13 ... dictionary memory, 14 ... document buffer, 16 ... document storage device,
19A: Document display section, 19B: Layout display section.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A character storage unit for storing a plurality of character data to be output; and a display position change in a desired direction starting from a display position designated on the display screen in a state where a character arrangement output instruction is given. When operated, each time the display position is changed, the designated display position is sequentially updated in accordance with the designated direction, and the character storage means is linked with the sequential update of the designated display position. And character output means for sequentially reading character data one by one from and sequentially arranging and outputting the read character data to the sequentially updated designated display positions in the read order. A character data output device.