JPH0580013B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a document creation device having horizontal writing and vertical writing printing functions.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Generally, this type of document creation device is capable of handling characters with various widths. Characters with standard character width are called full-width (full-width) characters, and characters with half the character width of full-width documents are called half-width (half-width) characters. Therefore, in conventional document creation devices, half-width characters are uniformly treated as typeface characters. When the document shown in the display screen 11 in Figure 1 is input using such a conventional document creation device and the document is printed out, there is no problem when printing horizontally, but when printing vertically there is a problem that it becomes unnatural. It was hot. This is because when half-width characters such as "1983" shown in FIG. 1 are used, the two half-width characters "19" and "83" are printed as a pair.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a document creation device that can specify whether half-width characters are treated as typed characters or non-typed characters, and that can print according to this designation. It's about doing.

[Summary of the invention]

In this invention, a typed character/non-typed character designating means is provided for specifying whether input half-width characters are treated as typed characters or non-typed characters. When storing the input half-width characters as constituent characters of a document, the storage means stores the input half-width characters in correspondence with typed/non-typed character designation information indicating the content specified by the typed/non-typed character designation means. Further, when displaying the document on the screen, the display means displays an identification mark indicating the designation content of set characters/non-composed characters of half-width characters in accordance with the above-mentioned typed characters/non-composed characters designation information. Further, in the present invention, a switching means is provided for specifying switching of input half-width characters between typed characters and non-typed characters. The changing means changes the typed character/non-typed character designation information corresponding to the input half-width character in accordance with the designation of the switching means. Furthermore, the present invention is provided with printing means that is characterized by the generation of half-width fonts for printing during vertical printing. This printing method prints a full-width font image of the corresponding half-width character font when the character to be printed during vertical printing is a half-width character and the typed/non-typed character information corresponding to the character indicates non-typed character designation. The corresponding character is printed using a half-width printing font obtained by moving to the center of the area corresponding to one character.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 21 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and executes processes such as document creation, editing, proofreading, etc. according to programs stored in an internal memory 22, which will be described below. Reference numeral 22 denotes an internal memory (hereinafter referred to as MMU) that stores various programs, document information for multiple pages in a predetermined format, and the like. 23 is a floppy disk device (referred to as FDD) as an external storage for storing programs and document information loaded into the MMU 22;
24 is a floppy disk controller (FDC) that controls the FDD 23. 25 are various data keys for document input, and a set/non-set character specification key 26 for specifying half-width set/non-set characters processing.
27 is a keyboard controller (referred to as KBS) that controls the KB 25 (referred to as KB). 2
8 is a CRT display device (referred to as CRT) that controls the display of various work menus, created documents, control information for documents being created, etc., and 29 is a CRT controller (referred to as CRTC) that controls the CRT 28.
In addition, 30 is a kanji pattern memory (referred to as KPM) that stores the fonts of characters used in this device;
1 is a printer device (referred to as PRT) that controls printing of created documents, document catalogs, etc.; 32 is a printer controller (referred to as PRTC) that controls the PRT 31;

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained.
First, when the power of the device shown in Fig. 2 is turned on,
Under the control of the FDC 24, the program stored in the FDD 23 is loaded into a predetermined program storage area of the MMU 22. Then, the CRTC 29 controls the drive of the CRT 28 through the control processing of the CPU 21 according to the program loaded into the MMU 22 . This causes the work menu to be displayed on the CRT display screen. Operator is KB25
to select the desired process content (work item) from the work menu on the display screen. Through this operation, under the control of the CPU 21, requests for information input necessary for the selected and designated work are sequentially displayed. The operator performs a predetermined operation in response to the displayed content (request content). By doing this, document creation, document editing/proofreading, document printing, etc. are performed.

Here, regarding the designation of half-width typed characters/non-typed characters in input documents, which are directly related to this invention, we will refer to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
This will be explained with reference to the example display screen shown in the figure. The device shown in FIG. 2 is initially in a set character designation mode, and information indicating that it is in a set character designation state (composition designation information) is stored at a specific address within the MMU 22. Document input work is performed in this state,
When a half-width character is input, the input code is stored in the document file as a half-width character designated as a set character. If (e.g. for vertical printing)
If you want to input half-width characters as non-composition characters, the operator should do the following as shown in the flowchart in Figure 3.
Press the grouping character/non-setting character specification key 26 on KB25 to 1
Press the key twice. As a result, the CPU 21 uses the MMU 2
The set character designation information stored at a specific address in 2 is rewritten to non-composition character designation information. Thereafter, the device enters the non-composition character specification mode. In this mode,
When a half-width character is input, the CPU 21 stores the input code in the document file as a half-width character designated as a non-composition character. In addition, if it is desired to return to the set character designation mode again, it is sufficient to press the set character/non-composition character designation key 26 once more.

When displaying a document input in this way on the CRT28, the character code of the displayed content and the attached control information (specifying typed/non-typed characters is also part of this control information) are on a one-to-one basis with the display screen. It is stored in MMU22 correspondingly. In this example, when displaying a document, it is determined whether the character at the cursor designated position is a half-width character, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. If a half-width character is specified with the cursor, the CPU 21 refers to the control information of the character, and if a set character is specified, the CPU 21 moves the cursor to guide line 4 on the display screen of the CRT 28, as shown in FIG.
Control is performed so that □ group is displayed in 1. On the other hand, if a non-composition character is specified, a square and a half is displayed in the guide line 41. In addition, in the display screen content shown in FIG. 5, the character string "December 22, 1988" in document line 42
Half-width characters (number part) are designated as grouping characters, document line 4
The half-width characters (number part) in the character string 3, ``December 22, 1983,'' are designated as non-composition characters.

Next, switching (changing) the designated contents of half-width characters will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the operator operates the cursor keys to move the cursor to the beginning of the character string to be switched between typed characters/non-typed characters (designation mode), and presses a specific key (not shown) on KB25. , and then press the typed/non-typed character designation key 26. As a result, an area designation message "How far?" is displayed on the guide line on the display screen of the CRT 28. Then, when the operator moves the cursor to the final position of the character string to be switched and presses the typed/non-typed character designation key 26 again, the status of the half-width character designation mode in the designated area is reversed.

Next, vertical printing of a document input in this manner will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 7, the explanatory diagram of character font processing in FIG. 8, and the printing example in FIG. 9. The character code and control information input in the above-described procedure are stored for each character in the document file to be printed.
The CPU 21 reads the corresponding character font (basic character font) from the KPM 30 based on the above information, creates a font image for printing according to the following procedure, and transfers it to the PRTC 32. That is,
When the CPU 21 extracts the character (character code and control information) to be printed from the document file,
Determine whether it is a half-width character. This judgment is NO
The processing in this case is the same as before, so the explanation will be omitted. On the other hand, in the case of YES, it is determined whether or not the character is a half-width character designated as a set character, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. If this determination is YES, the CPU 21 reads the character font of the character (located on) the left side of the set from the KPM 30, and
The data is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of No.2. Next, the CPU
21 reads the character font of the character on the right side of the set (located on) from the KPM 30, and stores it in another predetermined area of the MMU 22. In this example, the character font (half-width font) for half-width characters is the 8th
As shown by numerals 51 to 54 in the figure, the left half of one full-width character is read out as a pattern area. Therefore, in the case of half-width characters specified as grouping characters,
The CPU 21 moves the stored font image of the character font of the right character to the right side and combines it with the character font of the left character. Reference numeral 55 in Figure 8a
The character font indicated by is a composite font created in this way. On the other hand, if the character is not a half-width character designated as a typeface, that is, in the case of a half-width character designated as a non-composition character, the half-width font read from the KPM30 is placed in the center of the area of the double-width character, as shown in the flowchart of Figure 7. A process of moving to a position is performed. FIG. 8b shows this state, in which the character font 53 of the half-width character "1" is converted to the character font 56, and the character font 54 of the half-width character "9" is converted to the character font 57. The font image synthesized or converted according to the flowchart of FIG. 7 is transferred to the PRTC 32. Then, under the control of PRTC32, PRT3
1, vertical printing is performed. FIG. 9 shows the vertically written print output result of the document shown on the display screen of FIG. Note that in the case of horizontal printing, half-width characters are treated as typed characters (as in the past) regardless of the designation of typed characters/non-typed characters.

As described above, in this embodiment, when half-width characters are used assuming vertical printing, it is possible to specify whether or not to print the half-width characters as set characters, and vertical printing can be performed in accordance with this designation. Furthermore, when non-composition characters are specified, half-width characters are printed in the center of the line, so they look good.

Next, another embodiment of the invention will be described. This embodiment differs from the previous embodiment only in the processing (processing program) of character fonts for display. Therefore, for convenience, explanation will be given according to the configuration shown in FIG. 2. In the above embodiment, as is clear from the display screen in FIG. 5 and the vertical print result in FIG. It's different. In this case, it is difficult to view the vertically printed image on the display screen. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, it is possible to display a screen that matches the printed image even when writing vertically.

Hereinafter, a new character font process for displaying half-width characters on the screen will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11 and the explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 12 and 13. When creating a document, if "vertical writing" is specified, the display mode becomes the vertical writing display mode, and font processing is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 11. Furthermore, when editing or proofreading a document created with "vertical writing" specified, the document is displayed in vertical writing display mode. In addition, "vertical writing"
You can also change the designation to "horizontal writing".
In vertical display mode, the CPU 21 uses the MMU 22
1 character of the document to be displayed (character code,
and control information), it is first determined whether it is a half-width character or not. If this judgment is NO, the CPU 21 reads the corresponding full-width font from the KPM 30 and uses it as a display font.
Transfer to CRTC29. On the other hand, in the case of YES determination (half-width character), the CPU 21 determines whether it is a half-width character specified as a set character, and if YES, half-width 1
Determine whether it is a character or not. In the case of one half-width character,
After reading the corresponding half-width font from the KPM 30, the CPU 21 moves the font image of the font to the right. Then, the CPU 21 generates a display font for one full-width character in which the left half is blank data and the right half is a font image of the corresponding half-width font, and transfers it to the CRTC 29. On the other hand, if it is not one half-width character, that is, if it is two half-width characters, the CPU 21 reads the corresponding first half-width font from the KPM 30 and temporarily stores it in a predetermined area of the MMU 22, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. do. Next, CPU21 is KPM3
Read the half-width font of the second character from 0,
It is temporarily stored in another predetermined area of the MMU 22. Then, the CPU 21 moves the font image of the second half-width font stored above to the right side, and 1
Combine the half-width font of the first character and one full-width character. This composite font is used as a display font.
It is transferred to the CRTC29 and displayed on the CRT28.
Therefore, for example, if the numbers constituting the character string "December 2nd" are half-width characters designated as set characters, the read font from the KPM 30 corresponding to this character string ( The basic character font) 61 is converted to a display font indicated by reference numeral 62 in the vertical writing display mode. For comparison, the display font 63 in the horizontal writing display mode is shown.

Next, in determining whether or not it is a half-width character specified for grouping characters,
The operation when the judgment is NO will be explained. In this case, after reading the corresponding half-width font from the KPM 30, the CPU 21 moves the font image of the font to the center full-width position, and transfers it to the CRTC 29 as a display font. Therefore,
For example, if the numbers making up the character example (1983) are half-width characters designated as non-composition characters, as shown in Figure 13, the KPM30 corresponding to this character string is
The read font 71 is converted into a display font 72 in the vertical writing display mode. For comparison, a display font 73 in horizontal writing display mode is shown.

By performing a screen display using the display font created in this way, it is possible to display a screen that matches the print image even when writing vertically.

Note that in the above embodiment, the character font processing is
CPU according to the program stored in MMU22
21, but it is not limited to this, for example, CRTC29,
It is also possible to use PRTC32.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to specify whether half-width characters are treated as typesetting characters or non-typesetting characters, and printing can be performed according to this designation, so documents containing half-width characters can be written vertically. The degree of freedom when printing is significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram explaining the problem of conventional vertical writing printing, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 shows a procedure for specifying typed/non-typed characters. Flowchart: FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure for displaying the identification mark of typed/non-typed characters; FIG. 5 is an example of a display screen on which the identification mark is displayed according to the flowchart of FIG. 4. Figure 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for switching the half-width character specification mode, Figure 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure for generating a character font for vertical printing, and Figure 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure for generating a character font for vertical printing. Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of vertical printing using the character font created according to the flowchart in Figure 7, and Figure 10 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the vertical printing image and the screen display image. Figure 11 is a flow chart showing a procedure for generating a display character font that enables the screen display shown in Figure 10. Figures 12 and 13 are a diagram showing a preferred example of correspondence, and Figures 12 and 13 are a diagram showing a basic character font and a display character font. FIG. 21...CPU, 22...Internal memory (MMU),
25...Keyboard (KB), 26...Kumimoji/
Non-composition character designation key, 28... CRT display device (CRT), 30... Kanji pattern memory (KPM), 31... Printer device (PRT).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 In a document creation device that has a horizontal writing and vertical printing function for a created document, a combination character/non-composition character specifying means for specifying whether input half-width characters are treated as a combination character or as a single character equivalent to one full-width character. , a storage means for storing the input half-width characters as constituent characters of a document in correspondence with typed/non-typed character designation information indicating the specification contents of the typeface/non-typed character designation means; , a means for displaying an identification mark indicating the specified content of set characters/non-composed characters of half-width characters according to the above-mentioned set characters/non-composed characters designation information, and a means for switching the specified content of set characters/non-composed characters of the input half-width characters. A switching designation means to be specified, a means for changing the typed/non-typed character designation information corresponding to the input half-width character corresponding to the input half-width character according to the specification of the switching designation means, and a means for changing the typed/non-typed character designation information for the half-width character to be printed when vertical printing is performed. Refer to the corresponding typed/non-typed character designation information, and if the information indicates a non-typed character designation to be treated as a single character equivalent to one full-width character,
1. A document creation device comprising: printing means that uses a printing half-width font obtained by moving a font image of a corresponding half-width character font to the center of an area corresponding to one full-width character.