JPH04180161A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily produce a document while confirming visually the layout, etc., of the document by replacing the corresponding part of the document in response to a document production instruction shown in a window. CONSTITUTION:When a character is inputted with operation of a keyboard 2, a control part 1 decides whether the character existing at the position of the inputted character has a control code or not. If not, a character 'A' is corrected into a character 'B' in a state where a cursor CA is put on the character 'A' at first on a display device 3. For this purpose, these characters are inputted through the keyboard 2 in a specific way. Thus the part 1 writes the code of the corrected character into an area of a RAM 4. Meanwhile a window is opened and the corresponding part of a document is rewritten if the character existing at the position of the inputted character has a control code.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document creation device that electronically creates documents, such as a word processor, and in particular, displays documents using WYSIWYG (What You See I
s What You Get).

[Conventional technology]

A document creation device displays a document on a display screen to prompt an operator to perform an input operation. Here, the methods for displaying documents on this display screen are: - Display for document creation operations such as input, proofreading, and editing (input mode) and an image of what it will look like when printed (print image mode) There are two modes. In input mode, when displaying a character, any modification (double-width, superscript, subscript, character composition, etc.) on the character is ignored. Then, predetermined basic characters are displayed. The modification type corresponding to this basic character is displayed separately in a dedicated display area or the like. The print image mode displays an image of a printed matter obtained when printing a document. That is, if each character is modified, it is displayed in a modified state. Therefore, in order to know what the input document will look like in print, it is necessary to enter the print image mode, but when inputting a document, first return to the input mode and then After performing input processing, it is necessary to switch to print image mode again. In this way, it is necessary to switch between the input mode and the print image mode one by one. Therefore, it is not possible to create a document while looking at the image when printing. ,

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As described above, in conventional document creation devices, it is necessary to switch between the input mode and the print image mode each time, and it is not possible to create a document while viewing the image at the time of printing. Therefore, there is a problem in that the operator has to think about the layout of the document while creating the document. The present invention has been made in consideration of these circumstances, and its purpose is to easily create a document while visually checking the layout of the document by looking at the image at the time of printing. The object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can perform the following tasks.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides, in response to a document creation instruction such as input or configuration 1 editing, specified by the document creation instruction in a document (print image) displayed on a display means such as a display device such as a CRT. A window is opened near the position where the relevant part is displayed, for example, only when the relevant part specified by the document creation instruction contains a predetermined control code, and in this window, the characters in the relevant part and the characters in the relevant part are displayed. The attached control code information is displayed, and the corresponding portion of the document is replaced in accordance with the document creation instruction in this window. [Function] By taking such measures, when a document creation instruction is given, the print image remains displayed and a window is set in a part of the print image. Then, a document can be created in accordance with a document creation instruction within this window. In other words, documents can be created while viewing the print image.

【Example】

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to this embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a control section having, for example, a micro combinator as a main control circuit. The control unit 1 includes a keyboard 2 for the operator to input various instructions to the document creation device, a display device 3 such as a CRT or LCD for displaying the created document, and a display device 3 such as a CRT or LCD for displaying the created document. A RAM 4 for storing document data and other necessary data is connected to each of them. By the way, the control unit 1 sequentially writes character data to the RAM 4 in response to input instructions from the keyboard 2, generates document data in the RAMJ, and causes the display device 3 to display an image (document) corresponding to this document data. In addition to means for performing processing, that is, well-known general document creation processing, it has window display control means 1a and document creation control means 1b. Here, the window display control means 1a sets a window near a designated portion of the document displayed on the display device 3 when a correction input is made to the document. Further, the document creation control means 1b controls document creation when characters are input within a window, assuming that the characters have been input in a portion of the document corresponding to the window. Next, the operation of the document creation device configured as described above will be explained as follows.
The explanation will be given according to the processing procedure of the control unit 1 shown in the figure. First, in a standby state, the control section 1 monitors the occurrence of character input or specification of a correction range, as shown in steps a and b in FIG. When a character is input by a predetermined operation on the keyboard 2, the control section 1 shifts the process from step a to step C. In step C, the controller 1 determines whether or not the character already located at the character input position (the position where the cursor is positioned when the character input operation is performed) has a control code. At this time, if the character already at the character input position is not equivalently modified and does not have a control code, or if no character has been input at the character input position yet, the control unit 1 The process moves to step d. Specifically, for example, the document displayed on the display device 3 in the initial state is shown in FIG. 3(a), and with the cursor CA positioned on the character rAJ as shown in the figure, Suppose that the character rBJ is manually input from the keyboard 2 in order to correct the character rAJ to the character rBJ. Then, the control section 1 shifts the process from step a to step C when rBJ is manually operated. Furthermore, since the character already at the input position is a normal character and does not have a control code, the control unit 1 shifts the process from step C to step d. In step d, the control unit 1 determines the characters entered manually from the keyboard 2. Subsequently, in step e, controller a writes the character code of the character determined in step d into the area (corresponding area) in RAMJ corresponding to the input position of the character. In step e, if the currently input character has been modified and has a control code, this control code is also stored in the corresponding area of the RAM 4. After this,
In step f, the control unit 1 causes the display device 3 to display a document corresponding to the document data rewritten as described above. In other words, it is displayed again. In this way, the display on the display device 3 becomes the one in which the characters rAJ are rewritten to the characters rBJ, as shown in FIG. 3(b). On the other hand, in step C, if the character already at the character input position includes a control code, the control unit 1 shifts the process from step C to step g. Specifically, with the cursor CA positioned on the character "■" as shown in FIG. 3(b), press "2" from the keyboard 2 to correct the character "■" to the character "■". Suppose that is input. Here, the character "■" is a character formed by combining the character "1" and the character "○", and includes a control code indicating this character combination. Therefore, the control unit 1 determines in step C that a control code is present, and shifts the process from step C to step g as described above. In step g, the control unit 1 sets a window W to the left of the input position, as shown in FIG. 3(C). Next, in step h, the control unit 1 inputs the control code information indicating the characters already at the input position and their control codes as shown in FIG.
Display in a window as shown in c). In addition, the third
In Figure (C), [F4] and [ps] are control code information, and are symbols indicating the control code. In this state, the control unit 1 waits for character input in step i. When a character is input, the control section 1 moves the process to step j, and determines the character input from the keyboard 2. Next, the control unit 1 performs step k.
In step j, the character code of the character determined in step j is written into the corresponding area in RAMJ corresponding to the input position of the character. In this step, if the currently input character has been modified and has a control code, this control code is also stored in the corresponding area of the RAM 4. Thereafter, in step g, the control unit 1 causes the display device 3 to redisplay the document corresponding to the document data rewritten as described above. In this way, the display device 3 displays, for example, as shown in FIG. 3(d), the character "1" in the window becomes "2", and the character "■" outside the window (main text) becomes the character "■". It has been rewritten. In this state, the control unit 1 waits for a window cancellation instruction or character input in steps m and n. If a character is input here, the process from step j onwards is repeated, and the character input operation continues in the window display state. On the other hand, when a window release instruction is issued by pressing a predetermined key on the keyboard 2, the control unit 1 executes the process in step m.
to step 0, and in this step O, the third
The original image with the window removed (
However, the content has changed) is displayed on the display device 3, and then the process ends. By the way, when a correction range is specified by operating a predetermined key on the keyboard 2 in the standby state, the control section 1 shifts the process from step b to step p. In step p, the control unit 1 sets a window on the left side of the specified range, similar to that shown in FIG. 3(c). Subsequently, in step q, the control section 1 displays characters already within the specified range and their control code information in a window as shown in FIG. 3(c). After this, the aforementioned control section 1 performs the processing from step i onward. In this way, characters can be corrected and input while taking into account the types of modifications made to surrounding characters (which can be easily determined from the control code information). According to this embodiment, when correcting a character having a control code, on the display screen of the display device 51'3, a character is displayed next to the location where the correction is to be made in the displayed print image. Opens a window and displays characters with control code information here. Characters input with the input position within the window are input to the correction position specified at the time of window setting. - Therefore, the operator can input characters while looking at the printed image, which is very convenient. Furthermore, in this embodiment, for additional input or correction of characters that do not have a control code, no window is displayed, and the input is accepted according to input instructions in the displayed print image. Therefore, in such a case, the operator can operate the input device while looking at the print image in the same way as in the conventional correction mode without being consciously aware of the same. Furthermore, when switching between print image mode and correction mode as in the past, even the same characters are displayed in different positions on the screen in both modes, making it difficult to find the characters to correct. In this embodiment, only the part to be corrected is displayed in the window, so there is no need to search for the character to be corrected as described above. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the window is not opened in the case of additional input or correction of characters that do not have a control code, but the window may be opened in this case as well. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

【Effect of the invention】

According to the present invention, in response to a document creation instruction such as input, configuration 1 editing, etc., in a document displayed on a display means such as a display device such as a CRT, the information specified by the document creation instruction is A window is opened near the position where the relevant part is displayed, for example, only when the relevant part specified by the document creation instruction contains a predetermined control code, and in this window, the characters of the relevant part and the information attached to the characters are displayed. The control code information that was created is displayed, and the corresponding part of the document is replaced according to the document creation instructions in this window, so you can visually check the layout of the document by looking at the image when printing. However, the document creation device can easily create documents.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control unit 1 in FIG. 1.

[Figure 3] 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the display device 3 in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1... Control unit, 1a... Window display control means,
1b...Document creation control means, 2...Keyboard, 3
...Display device, 4...RAM. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] [Claim 1] A document creation device that creates a document based on various document creation instructions, and displays a printed image of the created document on a display means, wherein the document creation instruction is In response to this, a window is opened near the position where the relevant part specified by the document creation instruction is displayed in the document displayed on the display means, and the characters of the relevant part and their corresponding parts are displayed in this window. a window display control means for displaying control code information attached to characters; and a document creation control means for replacing the corresponding portion of the document in response to a document creation instruction in the window displayed by the window display control means. A document creation device comprising: 2. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the window display control means opens the window only when a predetermined control code is included in a corresponding portion specified by the document creation instruction.