JPH0572270B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor, and particularly relates to a fill-in printing method for printing an arbitrary document on a standard printed document by filling in the holes. .

[Technical background of the invention]

One of the documents handled by a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor is a fixed form sentence that differs only in a specific part (for example, an address part) and is common in other parts. Conventionally, a function called "anaume" has been known as an effective function for handling this type of fixed phrase. This fill-in function allows you to specify in advance several parts with different contents in the above-mentioned fixed text, and then move the cursor sequentially using keys such as tab when filling in those parts with the desired document. This is a function designed to do this. With this fill-in function, it is possible to create a fixed form sentence in which a desired document (fill-in sentence) is filled in a specific part and print it out.

[Problems with background technology]

In this way, with the conventional fill-in function, a document is created in the form of a fixed phrase in which the desired document is embedded. Therefore, if an attempt is made to print a document created in this manner, the entire surface including the standard portion will be printed. For this reason, it has been difficult to use paper on which only the fixed-form part (fixed text to be filled in) is printed, and to create various documents in which arbitrary documents (fill-in text) are embedded in the filled-in parts.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to provide a document creation device that can selectively print only the fill-in portion (fill-in text) at a designated position.

[Summary of the invention]

In this invention, the hole-filling target fixed phrase is created by the hole-filling target fixed phrase creation means in a form in which the hole-filling designation information specifying the hole-filling position is set at the corresponding position.
Created in the document area. The filling designation information of the fixed form sentence to be filled in the first document area is searched by the filling position information setting means in response to the filling sentence creation start designation from the filling text creation start designation means. The hole-filling position information setting means detects the hole-filling position based on the hole-filling designation information, and sets the corresponding hole-filling position information in the second document area. Further, the fill-in sentence creating means creates a fill-in sentence in the second document area so as to correspond to the fill-in position information. In this way, in this invention, the fixed form sentence to be filled in and the fixed form sentence are treated as independent documents while being associated with each other by the hole filling position information, so that the fixed form sentence can be printed individually or the fixed form sentence can be printed by the printing specifying means. The print control means can handle either the designation of printing a fill-in sentence alone or printing a combination of a fixed-form sentence and a fill-in sentence.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 shows a document creation device to which this invention is applied.
For example, the configuration of a Japanese word processor is shown. In the figure, 10 is the central CPU of the device, 2
0 is various programs that define the operation of the CPU 10,
Main memory that stores data, etc. The main memory 20 includes a document area 21 that stores (a character code string of) one page of a document such as a fixed phrase to be filled in;
and hole-filling sentence area 22 are prepared. The hole-filling sentence area 22 contains hole-filling position information indicating the hole-filling part (hole-filling position) in the fixed phrase to be filled with holes, and the hole-filling sentence (to be filled) that is set in the hole-filling part (hole-filling position). character code string) is stored.

30 is a document file such as a floppy disk device, and 40 is a keyboard for inputting documents. The keyboard 40 includes a fill-in designation key 41 for specifying a fill-in portion in a fixed phrase to be filled in,
Various function keys such as a fill-in start specification key 42 for specifying the start of filling-in sentence creation, a hole-filling end specification key 43 for specifying the end of filling-in sentence creation, and a print specification key 44 for specifying printing of the document, as well as It has various character keys. 50 is a display device for displaying documents and the like, and 60 is a printing device for printing documents and the like.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, a description will be given of the creation of a document with a fixed form portion excluding the blank-filling portion, that is, the preparation of a fixed-form sentence to be filled. In this case, the character codes input sequentially from the keyboard 40 by operating the character keys on the keyboard 40 are as follows:
Through the processing of the CPU 10, the document is stored in a document area 21 prepared in the main memory 20. The character codes sequentially stored in the document area 21 are supplied to the display device 50.
0, the document image corresponding to the character code string input up to that time is displayed. When the next input position (usually indicated by a cursor) matches the starting position of the hole filling portion, the operator operates the hole filling designation key 41 provided on the keyboard 40. In the key input sense routine, when the CPU 10 detects that the hole-filling designation key 41 has been operated, the CPU 10 moves the position corresponding to the designated hole-filling portion of the document area 21 to the start position of the hole-filling portion. Write a hole-filling start code indicating that the Note that after inputting one page's worth of fixed phrases to be filled, the cursor can be sequentially moved to the start position of each hole-filling part on the display screen, and the hole-filling designation key 41 can be operated each time to specify the hole-filling part. is possible.

The CPU 10 causes the document area 21 to
The contents are saved in the document file 30. This is the same as when inputting a normal document. However,
When the input of one document is completed, the CPU 10 displays on the display device 50 a guide message requesting input of the document name (file name) of the input document. When the operator key-inputs a document name in response to this request, the CPU 10 stores the document name in the document file 30 in association with the input document. Note that the document name can also be set before inputting the document (creating the document). Further, the specification of the hole-filling portion using the hole-filling specification key 41 is used to call up the saved document (in the proofreading/addition mode for editing the document) after the document is created (after the created document is saved in the document file 30). It can also be done by

Next, a description will be given of the creation of a blank-filling sentence to be filled in the blank-filling portion of the blank-filling target fixed phrase created by the above-described procedure. First, the operator operates the keyboard 40 to call up a desired fixed phrase to be filled in. As a result, the first page of the specified fixed phrase to be filled in is transferred from the document file 30 to the document area 21 in the main memory 20. Also, the fixed phrase to be filled in (first page) transferred to the document area 21
is displayed on the display device 50. In this state, the operator operates the hole filling start designation key 42 provided on the keyboard 40. CPU
10, in the key input sense routine, when it is detected that the hole filling start designation key 42 has been operated, the document area 21 in the main memory 20 is moved to the first document area 21.
Browse the lines in order and search for the hole-filling start code.
When the CPU 10 detects a hole-filling start code in the document area 21, it displays a cursor on the display device 50 at a screen position corresponding to the storage position of the hole-filling start code (ie, the start position of the hole-filling portion). Further, the CPU 10 writes the storage position of the detected hole-filling start code, that is, the hole-filling start position information indicating the start position of the hole-filling portion, into the hole-filling text area 22 prepared in the main memory 20.

When the cursor is displayed on the display device 50 at the start position of the fill-in portion of the fixed phrase to be filled in, the operator operates the keyboard 40 to input the character string (character code) that constitutes the desired fill-in sentence. Key in one character at a time. CPU10 is
Every time a character code constituting a fill-in sentence is input from the keyboard 40, the character code is written in the fill-in sentence area 22 in correspondence with the previously written fill-in start position information. The character code written in this hole-filling area 22 is written on the display device 50.
is supplied to the display device 50, and the display device 50
It is displayed at the corresponding position of the corresponding hole-filling part in the target fixed phrase. When the operator finishes inputting the fill-in sentence, he operates a fill-in end designation key 43 provided on the keyboard 40. CPU1
0, in the key input sense routine for inputting a fill-in sentence, when it is detected that the fill-in end designation key 42 has been operated, the process returns to the main key input sense routine. If there is a hole-filling part that requires a hole-filling sentence left in the fixed phrase to be filled in that is displayed on the display device 50, the operator performs a series of key operations starting from the above-mentioned hole-filling start designation key 42. Repeat.

The CPU 10 saves the filling sentences in the filling sentence area 22 and the corresponding filling start position information in the document file 30 every time the creation of the filling sentences for one page of fixed sentences to be filled in the holes is completed. However,
When all the blank-filling sentences necessary for the target blank-filling target fixed phrase have been created, the CPU 10 displays on the display device 50 a guide message requesting input of the document name (file name) of these blank-filling sentences. When the operator keys-inputs a document name in response to this request, the CPU 10 stores the document name in the document file 30 in correspondence with the document name of the fill-in sentence and the fixed form sentence to be filled-in. Note that as many blank-filling sentences as necessary can be created for one fixed phrase to be filled. In this case, in order to identify each fill-in sentence, it is necessary to give each document a different document name.

Next, document printing processing will be explained. When the operator needs to print a document, he operates a print designation key 44 provided on the keyboard 40. When the CPU 10 detects that the print designation key 44 has been operated in the key input sense routine, it executes a print menu display routine. In this routine, the CPU 10
A guidance message (work menu) requesting input of the document name of the document to be printed is displayed on the display device 50. When the operator inputs and specifies the document name indicating the desired document in response to this request, the CPU 10 internally holds the specified document name. In addition, in the print menu display routine, the CPU 10 prints the entire text including the blank-filling sentence (composite printing of the blank-filling target fixed phrase and the corresponding blank-filling sentence), prints only the fixed-format sentences such as the blank-filling target fixed phrase, etc., and prints only the blank-filling sentence. The display device 50 displays a guidance text (work menu) requesting input of the desired printout.
to be displayed.

Now, assume that the operator responds to this request by inputting a keystroke designation to print only the fixed text, for example.
First, the CPU 10 reads out a fixed form sentence that is a specified document from the document file 30, for example (the first page of the fixed form sentence to be filled in), and stores it in the document area 2 in the main memory 20.
Store in 1. Then, the CPU 10 transfers the data in the document area 21 to the printing device 60. As a result, the printing device 60 prints out the fixed form sentence to be filled in with blanks.

Next, a case where printing of only the blank text is specified will be explained. When the CPU 10 detects that printing of only the blank text is specified, it requests input of the document name. In response to this request, the operator specifies and inputs the document name indicating the desired fill-in text. As a result, the CPU 10 reads out the hole-filling sentence, which is the specified document, and the hole-filling start position information indicating its position from the document file 30, and stores it in the main memory 2.
It is stored in the fill-in area 22 within 0. and,
The CPU 10 transfers the data in the fill-in text area 22 to the printing device 60. This printing device 60 includes
It is assumed that a sheet of paper obtained by printing only the above-mentioned fixed text to be filled in, or a sheet printed based on the sheet is set. The printing device 60 is
The start position of the corresponding hole-filling portion is determined in accordance with the hole-filling start position information included in the data from the hole-filling text area 22 (transferred by the CPU 10). As a result, the printing device 60 performs blank printing using a space code in an area other than the filled-in portion (that is, a fixed-form portion) on the paper, and also prints a fill-in text in the filled-in portion. Note that, instead of printing a blank space using a space code, for example, a tab may be used to skip areas other than the fill-in area.

Finally, a case in which full text printing including fill-in sentences is specified will be briefly explained. In this case, the specified blank-filling target fixed form sentence is loaded into the document area 21, and the blank-filling sentence (as well as the blank-filling start position information) is loaded into the blank-filling sentence area 22. Then, based on the data in the document area 21 and the fill-in text area 22, composite printing of the fixed form sentence to be filled in and the fill-in text is performed.

In the above embodiments, the present invention was applied to a Japanese word processor, but the present invention can also be applied to, for example, an English word processor.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, any fill-in text can be selectively printed on a sheet of paper on which only the fixed text to be filled is printed. Therefore, printing efficiency is improved when a large number of fixed forms that differ only in specific parts and are common in other parts are required.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. 10... CPU, 21... Document area, 22... Hole filling text area, 40... Keyboard, 41... Hole filling specification key, 42... Hole filling start specification key, 43... Hole filling end specification key, 50... Display device, 60
...Printing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 first and second document areas for document storage;
A hole-filling target fixed-format sentence creation means for creating a hole-filling target fixed-format sentence in the first document area in which hole-filling specification information that specifies the hole-filling position is set at the corresponding position, and a hole-filling target fixed-format sentence creation means for specifying the start of creation of the hole-filling sentence. By specifying the beginning of Ume sentence creation, and by specifying this specifying means, the above-mentioned first
A hole that searches the hole-filling specification information of the corresponding fixed phrase to be filled in the document area, detects the corresponding hole-filling position, and sets hole-filling position information indicating the hole-filling position in the second document area. a fill-in position information setting means; a fill-in sentence creation means for creating a fill-in sentence in the second document area in accordance with the fill-in position information; The print control means includes a print designation means for designating either composite printing of text or fill-in text, and a print control means for controlling printing according to the designation of the print designation means. If the means specifies printing of the hole-filling text alone, the above-mentioned hole-filling target fixed text is ignored and the corresponding hole-filling text in the above-mentioned second document area is printed at the position indicated by the above-mentioned hole-filling position information. A document creation device characterized by: