JP2993034B2 - Document processor with help information display function - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a help information display function, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus having identification information data provided at the head of each of a plurality of pieces of explanation information stored in a help information memory.

(Prior art)

Generally, for example, in a word processor for Japanese,
In order to easily perform the input operation of the document data and the editing operation of the input document data, many of them have many functions such as a copying function, a graphic function, and a layout function.

By the way, in recent word processors, a help information memory storing explanation information on each of these many functions is provided in the control device so that even a beginner can effectively use these many functions. A help information display function has been put to practical use so that explanation information of a desired function can be displayed on a display.

Therefore, in a word processor having this help information display function, at the time of inputting or editing document data, the user operates the help information display key and then operates the scroll command key to sequentially scroll the explanation information to obtain the desired explanation information. Can be displayed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

As described above, when the scroll instruction key is operated to scroll and display the explanation information, the scroll speed is very fast, and each explanation information is composed of a character string having no characteristic visually. There is a problem that it is not possible to determine which function displays the explanation information. In addition, it is possible to operate the scroll command key so as to scroll the explanation information by a predetermined number of lines that can be displayed on the display while confirming the content of the display information displayed on the display, but the work efficiency is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus with a help information display function that can easily identify the leading end of each piece of explanation information when displaying a plurality of pieces of explanation information stored in a help information memory. .

[Means for solving the problem]

As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the document processing device with a help information display function according to the present invention can display characters and symbols and various command signals, and can display characters and symbols. Display means, a help information memory storing a plurality of explanation information on each of various functions, and, in response to a help information display command key, reading the explanation information stored in the help information memory to display on the display means and scrolling In a document processing apparatus having help information display control means for sequentially scrolling and displaying explanation information in response to operation of a command key, a head of explanation information is added to the head of each of a plurality of explanation information stored in a help information memory. This is provided with identification display data for identifying the part.

[Action]

In the document processing apparatus with help information display function according to the present invention, when the help information display command key is operated, the help information display control means reads out the explanation information stored in the help information memory and displays it on the display means. In this state, when the scroll command key is operated, the help information display control means scrolls the explanation information sequentially. At this time, the head of each piece of explanation information is identified and displayed by the identification display data provided at the head.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the document processing apparatus with a help information display function according to the present invention, the identification display data is provided at the head of each of a plurality of pieces of description information stored in the help information memory, so that the head of each piece of description information is identified. Since it is displayed and scrolled in the state of the identification display, the head of the explanation information having different explanation contents can be easily determined through the identification display during the scroll display. Moreover, the scroll command key can be operated continuously until the next identification display is displayed, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an English word processor.

As shown in FIG. 2, a keyboard 3 is disposed in front of the main frame 2 of the word processor 1, and a daisy-wheel type printing mechanism PM is disposed in the main frame 2 behind the keyboard 3. A liquid crystal display 10 capable of displaying display information composed of characters and symbols for seven lines is provided at the rear of 3.

The keyboard 3 typically includes character keys including alphabet keys, numeric keys, and symbol keys, a space key, a return key, a cursor movement key for moving a cursor on the display 10 up, down, left, and right, and various function keys. And the display information displayed on the display 10 in the head direction (upward)
Forward scroll key to scroll to and backward scroll key to scroll to the end (downward),
A help information display key for displaying explanation information of various functions, a cancel key for canceling various controls during control, and the like are provided.

The printing mechanism PM has a general configuration including a platen, a carriage, a daisy wheel, and the like.

Next, the control system of the word processor 1 is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG.

The display mechanism DM includes a liquid crystal display 10, a display controller 11 including a display RAM for outputting display data to the display 10 and a character generator ROM storing a large number of dot patterns such as characters and symbols.
And a general configuration having: The symbol AM is an alarm mechanism including a buzzer 12 and a drive circuit 13 for sounding the buzzer 12.

The control device C includes a CPU 16 and a bus such as a data bus.
Input / output interface 14, ROM2 connected via 15
0 and the RAM 30.

In the program memory 21 of the ROM 20, a control program for controlling the display mechanism DM corresponding to the code data input from the keyboard 3, a control program for storing the code data in the text memory 31, and a cursor movement key are operated. And a help information display control program for displaying explanatory information on various functions.

As shown in FIG. 4, the help information memory 22 stores a plurality of pieces of explanatory information about various functions in succession, and allows each of the plurality of pieces of explanatory information to be indicated by a specific bold-modified character. Help menu information that stores a plurality of pairs of a specific character and a description of the character is stored at the beginning. This help menu information is an information amount corresponding to seven display lines. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, for each of the help menu information and the plurality of explanation information stored in the help information memory 22, the help menu information and the beginning of the explanation information are displayed in reverse at the head thereof for identification display. An inverted display command code for causing the display data to be displayed is stored, and one line of display data started by the inverted display instruction code, that is, the title name is displayed in reverse.

As shown in FIG. 6, the head address table 23 stores the character code of the bold-qualified specific character stored in the help menu information and the start address of the description information in the help information memory 22 specified by the specific character. A plurality of pieces of information are stored in association with the number of pieces of explanation information.

The text memory 31 of the RAM 30 stores the document data of the input document.

The address pointer 32 has 1 in the help information memory 22.
One address is stored. This content is referred to as a pointer AP.

Next, a help information display control routine performed by the control device C of the word processor 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the figure, Si (i = 10, 1
1, 12,...) Are each step.

When the help information display key is operated, this control is started, and the start address SA (see FIG. 4) of the help information memory 22 is stored as the pointer AP of the address pointer 32 (S10), and the address indicated by the pointer AP The display data of the 7th display line, that is, the help menu, is read from the help information memory 22 and displayed (S11 and S12). For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a help menu stored at the head of the help information memory 22 is displayed. In this menu display, the letters "A", "E", "F",
“I”, “M”, “T”, and “U” are each displayed with bold decoration.

When the forward scroll key is operated (S1
3 · S14: Yes), if there is display data of the next line following the display data of the last display line in the help information memory 22 (S15: Yes), the start address of the display data of the next line is stored in the pointer AP. Then, display data for seven display lines is read from the address indicated by the pointer AP and displayed (S17 and S18). When the forward scroll key is operated a plurality of times, the explanation information is scrolled forward and displayed according to the number of times of operation. When the forward scroll key is operated, for example, four times from the state of FIG. 8, the state becomes as shown in FIG. At this time, the explanation information is scrolled at a high speed, but the head of each piece of explanation information is scrolled in an inverted display state. Can be determined. In addition, the forward scroll key can be continuously operated until the next reverse display is displayed, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved.

Next, when the backward scroll key is operated (S13
20: Yes), when there is display data in the help information memory 22 at an address one line earlier than the address indicated by the pointer AP (S21: Yes), the display data of the previous line one line earlier than the pointer AP The start address is stored (S22), and S17
Display data for seven display lines from the address indicated by the pointer AP via S18 is displayed. In this case, the operation is the same as when the forward scroll key is operated.

Further, when a specific character key indicating the explanation information is operated to display the desired explanation information (S13
(S23: Yes) If the character code of the character key operated and searched in the table 23 exists as a bold-modified character code (S24: Yes), the start address corresponding to the character code is stored in the pointer AP. (S25), S17
After S18, the first seven lines of the desired description information are displayed based on the pointer AP. For example, when the character key "E" is operated as shown in FIG. 10, the first seven lines of the explanation information on the editing function of the document data are displayed.

When the cancel key is operated (S13 / S26: Ye
s) A process for ending the control such as erasing the displayed explanation information is executed (S27), and this control is ended to return to the main routine.

When each of steps S15, S21, S24, and S26 determines No, the buzzer 12 sounds (S19).

The explanation information may be scrolled forward or backward using the cursor down key or the cursor up key.

Of course, the present invention can be applied to various document processing apparatuses having a floppy disk drive device and having a help information display function such as a European word processor or a Japanese word processor in which document data is stored on a floppy disk. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a word processor, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the word processor, FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of data stored in the explanation information, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of the head address table, FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a help information display control routine, and FIG. FIG. 10 to FIG. 10 are illustrations showing examples of display of help information display control. 1 ... word processor, 3 ... keyboard, 10 ... liquid crystal display, 16 ... CPU, 20 ... ROM, 21 ... program memory, 22 ... help information memory, 30 ... RAM, C
…… Control device, DM …… Display mechanism.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An input means for inputting characters and symbols and various command signals, a display means capable of displaying the characters and symbols, and a help information memory storing a plurality of explanatory information on each of various functions. Help information display control for reading out the explanation information stored in the help information memory in response to the help information display command key, displaying it on the display means, and sequentially scrolling the explanation information in response to the operation of the scroll command key Wherein each of the plurality of pieces of explanation information stored in the help information memory has identification display data for identifying and displaying the head of the explanation information at the head. Document processing device with display function.