JPH05189439A - Device and method for document preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device and method for document preparation capable of responding to a large number of operating modes and easily and surely switching the device to a desired operating mode even by a beginner, etc. CONSTITUTION:When HIRAGAHA(cursive form of Japanese syllabary) reading is inputted from a keyboard device 4 and following that, a KANA(Japanese syllabary)/KANJI(Chinese character) conversion instruction is inputted, a CPU 1 retrieves a candidate KANJI in accordance with the reading by referring to KAHA/KANJI conversion data in a RAM 3, and displays it on a display device 5 via an output interface 7, and also, retrieves the operating mode in accordance with the reading by referring to operation mode list data in the RAM 3, and displays it on the display device 5 similarly. As a result, when the operating mode is selected by the keyboard operation of a user, the CPU 1 switches the device to a selected operating mode.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device such as a word processor, and more particularly to a document preparation device for switching a method among various operation modes such as character string search and format setting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, since a document creating apparatus has various operation modes, a user must select and operate a desired operation mode among these operation modes. Key, for example, a function key or a dedicated key, or a dedicated key and a normal key such as an alphabet (for example, "control" key and "S" key) should be pressed at the same time to switch the device to the desired operation mode. There wasn't. However, when a dedicated key is used to switch the device to each of the operation modes, the number of operation modes assigned to the dedicated key is limited due to the limitation of the size of the keyboard unit of the device. There is a drawback that it is not suitable for a functionalized document creating device. Therefore, by adopting a method of designating the operation mode with a combination of a dedicated key and a normal key and switching the device to a desired operation mode, the number of assigned operation modes can be increased. For beginners and the like who are not familiar with the operation mode that is usually specified by the combination of keys, there is a drawback that the usability is poor.

[0003]

In order to deal with the recent multifunctional document creating apparatus having many operation modes, if the method of switching the operation modes with a combination of a dedicated key and a normal key is adopted, each operation is performed. For beginners and the like who are not familiar with the combination of the dedicated key assigned to the mode and the normal key, it is difficult to specify the operation mode.

Therefore, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and provides a document creating apparatus and method capable of coping with a large number of operation modes and easily switching the apparatus to a desired operation mode even for beginners. It is intended to be provided.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a document creating apparatus for creating a document and having various operation modes,
Storage means for storing mode designation data indicating a correspondence relationship between the operation mode and data specifying the operation mode;
An input means for inputting data specifying an operation mode in the document input mode; and a searching means for searching an operation mode corresponding to the data input by the input means from the mode designation data stored in the storage means. And a control means for switching the device to the operation mode searched by the search means and starting execution of this operation mode.

[0006]

In the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the storage means stores the mode designation data indicating the correspondence between the operation mode and the data specifying the operation mode. The input means inputs data specifying the operation mode in the document input mode. The search means searches the mode designation data stored in the storage means for the operation mode corresponding to the data input by the input means. The control means switches the device to the operation mode retrieved by the retrieval means and starts execution of this operation mode.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creating apparatus and system of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a CPU for performing document creation processing and operation mode switching processing, 2 is a non-volatile memory in which operation mode list data for specifying an operation mode, character generator, kana-kanji conversion data, etc. are stored, and 3 is a keyboard A RAM for storing data input from the device 4, kana-kanji conversion result data, data to be displayed on the display device 5 and the like, 4 is a keyboard device for generating key input information by a user operation, and 5 is a RAM
A display device for displaying the display data stored in 3.
Is an input interface for controlling the key input of the keyboard device 4, and 7 is an output interface for controlling the display of the display device 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When the user needs to switch the operation mode while using the document creation apparatus of this example, for example, to switch the apparatus to the "character string search" operation mode, "Kensaku" is used to input from the keyboard 4. After that, the keyboard device 4
Press the "Convert" key above. At this time, when the CPU 1 obtains the series of key input data via the input interface 6, the obtained data is stored in the key input buffer of the RAM 3. Further, at this time, the CPU 1 is the keyboard device 4
Since "conversion execution" key information is input from, whether there is corresponding data in the "kana-kanji conversion data" stored in the non-volatile memory 2 based on the originally input reading information "Kensaku" Find out. As a result, if there is conversion data such as “kensaku” = search in the “kana-kanji conversion data”, the CPU 1 uses the search result as RA as conversion candidate data for the kana-kanji conversion.
Store in M3. The CPU 1 performs such kana-kanji conversion processing and stores all the conversion candidate data corresponding to the input reading "kensaku" in the RAM 3.
Further, the CPU 1 is stored in the non-volatile memory 2 as shown in FIG.
Search the operation mode list data as shown in to see if there is data corresponding to "kensaku". As a result, when the data "kensaku" = character string search (one type of operation mode) is present in the operation mode list data, the CPU 1 stores this information in the RAM 3. Then C
The PU 1 reads out all the information related to the “kensaku” stored in the RAM 3, that is, the conversion candidate for kana-kanji conversion and the operation content information of the operation mode, and supplies this to the output interface 7 to display the screen of the display device 5. To display.

As a result, the screen of the display device 5 displays, for example, 1. Search 2. Grinding 3. Contribution 4. Kensaku 5. The search data is displayed in the order of character string search (operation mode). Here, when the user selects 1 to 4 by the key input of the keyboard device 4, the function of converting the input “kensaku” hiragana reading into kana-kanji operates and the selected idiom is displayed on the display device 5. Is displayed. on the other hand,
When the user selects the character string search of 5, when the CPU 1 inputs this selection information through the input interface 6, the CPU 1 switches the device to the operation mode “character string search” without operating the kana-kanji conversion function. , The execution of this character string search processing is started.

According to the present embodiment, when the operation mode desired to be executed by the apparatus is not known during document creation, the name or an abbreviation of a part thereof is input in the normal hiragana input mode (or Roman character input mode). "Kana-Kanji conversion" displays the operation mode name as a candidate.
By simply selecting this candidate, the device can be switched to the desired operating mode. Therefore, even if the user knows the name of the operation mode or its abbreviation, even a beginner can easily switch the device to a desired operation mode and execute it, and it is possible to improve the operability of the device. Since the name or abbreviation of the operation mode is input in the hiragana input mode, it is possible to sufficiently support a multifunctional device.

In the above embodiment, a method of performing "kana-kanji conversion" when designating an operation mode to be executed is adopted. For example, after inputting "Keisen" in hiragana input mode, a dedicated key is pressed. Even if a method of switching the device to the “ruled line” operation mode is adopted by the same method as above when pressed, the same effect can be obtained.

In the operation mode search, even if only a part of the operation mode name or abbreviated name is entered, all the mode names matching the entered part of the information should be displayed. (The user may select it after this). By doing so, it is possible to deal with the case where the operation mode name is not remembered accurately.

[0013]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus and method of the present invention, it is possible to support a large number of operation modes, and even a beginner or the like can easily and surely switch the apparatus to a desired operation mode.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creating apparatus and method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of operation mode list data stored in a nonvolatile memory shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU 2 ... Nonvolatile memory 3 ... RAM 4 ... Keyboard device 5 ... Display device 6 ... Input interface 7 ... Output interface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus for creating a document and having various operation modes, comprising: storage means for storing mode designation data indicating a correspondence relationship between the operation mode and data specifying the operation mode; and an operation mode. Input means for inputting data to be specified in the document input mode, search means for searching the operation mode corresponding to the data input by the input means from the mode designation data stored in the storage means, and this search And a control means for switching the apparatus to the operation mode searched by the means and starting execution of this operation mode. 2. A document creating apparatus for creating a document and having various operation modes, wherein after the data for specifying the operation mode is input in the document input mode, the apparatus is switched to the operation mode specified by the data. Characteristic document creation method.