JPH06259422A - Device and method for reference page substitute processing in word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically correct a reference symbol to a page number of a part to be referred to by inputting a 'symbol' which can discriminate the part to be referred to a 'reference part' as a pair into a document, and substituting the reference symbol of the other reference part for the page number of the part to be referred to and inserting it, at the time point when the document is completed. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a discriminating means 4 for discriminating a reference symbol and a symbol to be referred to, inputted from a keyboard from in a document, a page number managing means 5 for allowing the symbol to be referred to, inputted from the keyboard and a page number corresponding to the symbol to be referred to, to coincide with each other, a comparing means 6 for comparing the reference symbol and the symbol to be referred to, discriminated by the discriminating means, and the corresponding page number of the symbol to be referred to, by the page managing means, and a substituting means 7 for substituting the reference symbol inputted from the keyboard for the corresponding page number of the symbol to be referred to, compared by the comparing means concerned.

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 support processing device for automatically executing index reference of page numbers in computer document preparation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, "... see page 12 ...
・ ・ ”And refer to other pages, the correct reference page will be known when all documents are completed. Therefore, specify the page number of the reference page during the creation or editing of the document. I couldn't. In addition, a very complicated work was required to identify it. Therefore, conventionally, a document is created with the page number portion of the reference (the "12" page number portion in the above example) left blank, and is referred to first when the document is completed and the page number is also determined. As a result, the blank page is left blank and the relevant page number is manually checked and written or entered. In the case of correction, the number of the corresponding page and the page were also confirmed and corrected.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the conventional example, the page number must be input or changed while referring to the corresponding page at the time of completion and checking whether the content matches the reference page. Since it had to be done, proofreading of the page number for reference was complicated. Also, especially
In the above-mentioned manual proofreading work, the burden on the operator is great, the page reference location is overlooked, and the page to be referred to is left blank without entering it.
There was a problem in that calibration could not be performed efficiently and with high accuracy, because there was a defect in calibration. In particular, if the book has 20 or 30 pages, the manual work will not be a heavy burden, but if the number of pages is further increased, there is a problem that the work efficiency of the manual work is significantly reduced.

[0004]

According to the present invention, reference symbols and referenced symbols are input in a document, reference symbols in the document are searched, and page numbers including the reference symbols in the input character string are identified. A document that is searched and replaces the input reference symbol with the page number where the page number is detected, displays the result of the substitution on the screen, and includes a symbol indicating a reference point and a reference symbol. Identifying means, and page number management means for matching the searched symbol input from the keyboard and the corresponding page number of the searched symbol,
Comparing means for comparing the reference symbol and the searched symbol identified by the identifying means with the corresponding page number of the searched symbol by the page managing means; and the searched symbol compared by the comparing means. The document is provided with a replacing means for replacing the corresponding page number with the reference symbol input from the keyboard, and the number of the page that the author wants to refer to is automatically added to the place of "... page reference" in the document. It is characterized by replacing and inserting into. Symbols such as letters and marks (hereinafter "symbols") that can be divided into a pair of a reference designation location (hereinafter referred to as "referenced location") and a reference request location (hereinafter referred to as "referenced location") in a document. , And when the document is completed, the reference symbol is automatically replaced with the reference symbol of the other reference location, and the reference symbol is automatically added to the page number of the referenced location. It is an object to provide a proofreading word processor.

[0005]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operational embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operational example of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is an input device such as a keyboard or mouse, 2 is a document processing unit, 3 is a display unit, 4 is an identification unit, 5 is a page number management unit, 6 is a page number comparison unit, and 7 is a symbol substitution unit. , 8 are external storage devices (HDD, FDD).

A document is input from the input device 1, the input document is displayed on the display device 3, and the external storage device 8 is appropriately used.
The document data stored in is read or written. In the present invention, in addition to such document processing, the symbol A representing the reference location and the symbol a representing the referenced location are input as reference settings in the document. The settings for this reference are
It defines a pair of reference items and may be any letter, number or symbol as long as it can be identified.
However, if there is more than one setting content, it cannot be identified that the settings are duplicated, so it must be set again so that they do not overlap.

The identifying unit 4 identifies a reference symbol A representing a reference location and a referenced symbol a representing a referenced location from a document. Reference symbols and referenced symbols are "* 1" and "@
Correspondences are set as 1 ”,“ B ”and“ b ”, and“ a ”and“ a ”. These symbols are identified by the identification unit 4.

The page number management unit 5 collates and matches the referenced symbol a input by the input device 1 with the page number corresponding to the referenced symbol. The number of lines per page and the number of characters per line are set together with the page number, the presence or absence of the referenced symbol a in the page is confirmed, and the corresponding page number and the referenced symbol are matched. In the above example, each referenced symbol "@"
The page number management unit 5 manages 1 ”,“ b ”, and“ a ”and the corresponding page numbers of those symbols. If the page number changes due to the insertion or deletion of a sentence in the number of lines specified during document creation, the sequential page number is managed so as to be changed.

The page number comparison unit 6 compares the reference symbol A and the referenced symbol a identified by the identification unit 4 with the page number where the referenced unit symbol a by the page number management unit 5 exists. In the above example, "* 1", "@ 1", and "B"
And “b” “a” and “a” respectively match each other. Furthermore, since the page number to which the referenced symbol belongs is managed as one unit with each referenced symbol by the page number management unit 5, the reference symbol, the referenced symbol, and the page number are related.

The symbol replacing unit 7 replaces the page number where the referenced symbol a, which is compared by the page number comparing unit 6, exists with the reference symbol A input from the input device 1. In the above example, the reference symbols “* 1”, “B”, and “a” are replaced in the document as specific page numbers “30”, “45”, “235”, etc.

In FIG. 2, the identifying unit 4 identifies the reference symbols * 1, B, a, A and A in the input document and currently creates the referenced symbols @ 1, b, a, a and a. Documents in or after all documents have been created are identified. Then, the page number comparing unit 6 compares the reference symbol referenced symbol and the page number where the referenced symbol exists, and then the symbol replacing unit 7 replaces the reference symbol and the page number in the document, and the result is obtained. Is displayed on the display device 3.
The set page number, the referenced symbol of the referenced location, and the page number may be stored in a table. Also, as page information, register the number of lines per page and the number of characters per line,
Replace or insert the reference symbol of the reference location with the page symbol. Such replacement / insertion of characters may be performed by displaying the corresponding part as a character string on the screen.

In FIG. 3, S1 is a step of inputting a document, a reference symbol, and a referenced symbol from the input device 1, and sets a reference symbol and a referenced symbol in the document. "A" and "a", "*" and "@", "a" and "a"
Set the reference symbol and the reference symbol as shown in. S2 is a step of identifying / searching the presence or absence of the reference symbol and the referenced symbol in each page in the identification unit 4. At this time, the reference symbol and the page number may be set in a table. S3
Is a step of comparing / determining whether or not the reference symbol and the referenced symbol identified in S2 and the three page numbers to which the referenced symbol belongs are managed by the page number management unit 5. S4 is a step of replacing / inserting the reference symbol with the page number to which the referenced symbol belongs in the case where the three parties are semi-separated (YES) in S3,
Replaces the page number of the reference symbol and the referenced symbol in the document and automatically inputs the page number. Further, the referenced symbol in the input character string may be replaced and inserted with the page number of the reference symbol. In S5, the reference page number in the document replaced and inserted in S4 is displayed on the display device 3. Also,
A printer (not shown) can output. Also, while displaying as a character string on the screen of the display device 3,
It is also possible to print it.

An example of operation and use will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. First, an operator inputs a document, a reference symbol, and a referenced symbol from the input device 1. The input document is displayed on the display device 3 and the external storage device 8 is appropriately used.
And the document data is read or written. A reference symbol A representing a reference location and a referenced symbol representing a referenced location are input for setting. When inputting, be careful not to duplicate setting symbols. If duplicated settings are made, at least step 3 (S
In 3), because it is repelled as a disagreement (NO),
Return to step 1 (S1) for setting from the input device 1 and re-input. Examples of reference symbols and referenced symbols in the document are “A” and “a”, “*” and “@”, and “a” and “a”. If there are a plurality of referenced pages on the same page, the page number management unit 5 sets the same page number as the referenced symbol. Further, when there is one referenced location, but there are multiple referenced locations that require reference, the reference symbol is "A" and the referenced symbol is "a".
By setting "A", if the page number to which "a" belongs is, for example, "135 pages", "A" is "23".
5 ". Next, if the operator makes the above settings and there is no error in those settings, the identification unit 4, the page number management unit 5, the page number comparison unit 6, and the The reference symbol in the document is automatically replaced with the page number via the symbol replacing unit 7.
The replaced result is displayed on the display device 3, and the corresponding page can be confirmed on the screen of the display device 3 by scrolling. The proofreading work of the reference page is completed by the above basic operation example.

[0015]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-described structure, it is possible to save the trouble of checking the page numbers of the reference portion and the referenced portion one by one, and to perform efficient and highly accurate calibration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is an input device, 2 is a document processing unit, 3 is a display device, 4 is an identification unit, 5 is a page number management unit, 6 is a page number comparison unit,
7 is a symbol replacement unit, 8 is an external storage device (HDD, FDD)
Is.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A word processor comprising a keyboard and a document processing device, and at least an identifying means for identifying a reference symbol and a referenced symbol input from the keyboard in a document created by the word processor from the document. Page number management means for matching the input referenced symbol and the corresponding page number of the referenced symbol, the reference symbol and the referenced symbol identified by the identifying means, and the referenced symbol by the page managing means And a replacing means for replacing the corresponding page number of the referenced symbol compared by the comparing means with the reference symbol input from the keyboard. Reference page replacement processing device in word processor 2. A reference symbol and a referenced symbol are input in a document, the reference symbol in the document is searched, the page number to which the reference symbol belongs in the input character string is searched, and the input is performed. 2. The reference page replacement processing method in a word processor according to claim 1, wherein the reference symbol and the page number in which the page number is detected are replaced, and the result of the replacement is displayed in the drawing.