JPH0711751B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus for controlling an inter-character spacing of a printed document according to a character size.

[Technical Background of the Invention and Problems] In recent document creation devices such as Japanese word processors,
In many cases, the print character size and the character spacing can be changed.

Conventionally, in this type of document creation device, since the character size and the character spacing are managed independently, it is difficult to specify the character spacing that matches the character size. It was difficult to create.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to exchange a specified inter-character space value with a value according to a character size and control an actual inter-character space amount. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus that can realize an inter-character space that matches a character size without imposing a burden on an operator and can easily create a well-balanced print document in which the character size is taken into consideration.

[Summary of the Invention] In the present invention, a first designating means for selectively designating one of a plurality of first inter-character space values for each line of document information to be output, and a plurality of document information for each line of document information. There are provided two designating means, a second designating means for selectively designating one of the character magnifications. At the time of printing, the pattern of the print document is expanded at the magnification specified by the second specifying means, and the line of the expanded print document pattern is divided once or plural times according to the above magnification. Printed. At this time, the first inter-character spacing value designated by the first designating means is proportional to the above second magnification.
The line of the print document pattern is converted into the inter-character space value and the line of the print document pattern is printed at the inter-character space indicated by the second inter-character space value.

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a Japanese word processor, and 10 is a CPU which controls the entire apparatus. Reference numeral 12 denotes a ROM, which is a program for controlling the entire apparatus, a program for enlarging characters, and for print control according to line modification information including a character size, a character spacing, and a line pitch specified in line units. It has a program area 14 in which programs and the like are stored. The ROM 12 further includes a character pattern area 16 in which character patterns corresponding to character codes including kanji handled by the device are registered, and various dictionaries for converting readings input in “kana” or “romaji” into kanji. Has a dictionary area 18 in which is registered.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a RAM, and as shown in FIG. 2, a document area 21 for storing a character code string of an input document, a line modification area 22 for storing line modification information for each line, and a maximum of 3 characters per document. It has an external character pattern area 23 for registering an external character. RAM2
0 indicates a word registration area 24 for registering up to 5 words per document, which word is selected when a homonym generated by kana-kanji conversion is selected, and is given the highest priority from the next time. The temporary dictionary area 25 used for the learning function of displaying the word, the print image area 26 having a print image capacity for printing one line of double-byte characters, and the areas of the registers 51 to 63 used for print control. have.

Referring again to FIG. 1, 31 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF) and 33 is a keyboard (KB). Reference numeral 35 is a display controller (display CNT), and 37 is a display. Indicator 3
A liquid crystal display 7 has, for example, one line × 10 characters. Indicator 37
The display pattern displayed at is stored in the display dot memory 39.

Reference numeral 41 is a printer interface (PRT-IF), and 43 is a printer (PRT) that prints Chinese characters under the control of the CPU 10. The printer 43 is, for example, a thermal transfer printer having a 24-dot print head. Reference numeral 45 is a cassette interface (CMT-IF), and 47 is a cassette magnetic tape device (CMT) used as a data recorder for storing documents and the like.

FIG. 3 shows a document area 21 and a line modification area 2 provided in the RAM 20.
There is a diagram explaining the structure of 2, and the document information (character code string)
And the line decoration information are stored in a state of being associated with each other on a line basis. The line decoration information is a white flag that specifies the outline (and shadow) of the character, 3-bit rotation / italic information that specifies the form (rotation, italic) of the character, and 4-bit character size that specifies the character size. Information, a print stop flag that specifies a print stop during printing, 2-bit inter-character space information that specifies a character space, and 4-bit line pitch information that specifies a line pitch (line feed pitch).

The above-mentioned line modification information can be set interactively in units of lines by the operator operating the keyboard 33 while looking at the display screen of the display 37. For example, for setting character size information, a character size screen is displayed by key operation, and numbers 1 to 9 (actually 1 to 5 and 6 to
This can be done by specifying one of the two screens (9). The character-to-character interval information is set by displaying the character-to-character interval screen by key operation and designating one of the numbers 0 to 3 on this screen by the key. Similarly, for setting the line pitch information, the line pitch screen is displayed by key operation, and one of the characters B, O, H, K, E, 1 to 3 on this screen (actually B, O, H
And K, E, 1 to 3 screens) are designated by the key.

When the above key designation is not made (information), a preset standard installation value is applied. This standard setting is 24 (vertical) x 24 for character size.
(Horizontal) is 1 indicating a dot, and is 1 indicating 3 dots in the case of character spacing (character spacing based on the standard character size, that is, full-width character size in this example), and line pitch (in this example If the line pitch is based on the full-size character size, then 30/120 inches (3 dots are 45 dots in this example, which is 2/120 inches) is 1 (this value is the display character on the screen. , Actually "0100").

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In this embodiment, the print control by the CPU 10 is performed according to the flowchart of FIG.

When the operator wants to print the input document (or the edited document), he operates the [Print] key (actually, [Function] key and [\] key) of the keyboard 33. If there is a key input, the CPU 10 checks whether or not the [print] key input has been performed (step S1), if NO, performs other key input processing (step S2), and if YES, executes step S3. To do. In this step S3, the print line pointer K indicating the document line to be printed and the next print start line N indicating the first line of the document lines to be printed in the next print cycle are initialized to 1 respectively. It The next printing start row N and the printing row pointer K are set in the registers 51 and 52 secured in the RAM 20.

CPU10 will display a print menu, if step S3 is performed (step S4). In this state, the operator can specify left margin and vertical / horizontal printing. After that, the [Select] key is operated by the key, and when the CPU 10 judges to that effect (step S
5) The CPU 10 is the Nth row modification area 22 secured in the RAM 20.
By referring to the line decoration information of the line, the print stop flag is checked (step S6). Then, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the print stop is designated by the print stop flag (step S7), and if NO, checks the document line in the document area 21 corresponding to the Nth line (step S8). And CPU10
Indicates whether there is no character code in the relevant document line, that is, document EN
It is determined whether or not it is D (step S9). If it is not the document END, the Nth line set as the next print start line is one of the document lines to be printed from now on and is not the document line to be printed in the next print cycle (first line). Therefore, the CPU 10 sets N to +1 and sets a new next print start row N (step S10). When step S10 is executed, the process returns to step S6, and the above-described processing is performed for the newly set Nth line (determination of presence or absence of print stop designation, document EN
(D judgment) is performed.

When the CPU 10 determines in step S7 that the print stop of the Nth line is designated, or in step S9, it ends the document END.
If N is determined, N-1 is calculated to obtain the number of print lines M indicating the number of document lines to be printed in the current print cycle (note that this is not the number of lines as the print result) (step S1
1). This print line number M is a register 53 secured in the RAM 20.
Is set to. Next, the CPU 10 determines whether M is 0 (step S12). If M = 0, the CPU 10 ends the print control (because there is no print line). On the other hand, if M = 0 is not satisfied, the CPU 10 first extracts the line decoration information of the Kth line indicated by the print line pointer K from the line decoration area 22 in preparation for printing (step S13). Next, the CPU 10 executes step S14 to obtain the actual line feed amount T.

In step S14, first, based on the character size information in the line decoration information, the number of vertical dots of the character of the size specified by the information.
m and the number of horizontal dots m ′ are obtained from, for example, a character size table (not shown) prepared in the ROM 12, and a magnification (vertical magnification m / 24, horizontal magnification m ′ /
24) is required. Similarly, based on the line pitch information in the line modification information, the line feed amount (n / 120, unit; inch) based on the double-byte characters specified by the same is used as the line feed amount table (Fig. (Not shown). Then, the line feed amount n / 120 is multiplied by the vertical scale factor m / 24 to obtain the actual line feed amount T for the character string of the character of the specified character size (character scale factor), and the register 54 secured in the RAM 20 is obtained. Is set. At this time, the line feed amount T may be obtained by further multiplying by a certain proportional constant k.

The line feed amount indicated by the line pitch information is expressed in the form of n / 120 because the paper feeding unit of the printer 43 in this embodiment is 1/120 (inch). Therefore n / 1
20 indicates the paper feed for n units. Similarly, the line feed amount T (m · n / 24) / 120 is proportional to the specified magnification (m · n / 24).
Indicates a line feed for a unit. However, n / 120, (m ・ n / 24) / 1
Since 20 is not an integer, actually only the n part of n / 120 and the (m · n / 24) part of (m · n / 24) / 120 are the ROM12 internal table and RAM20 internal register 54. It will be remembered in. In this embodiment, n has a positive / negative sign indicating the line feed direction, as is apparent from FIG. It is also possible to set the above m, m ′, n in advance in the print control program instead of the table.

Now, the number of dots of the print head of the printer 43 is 24, which corresponds to the number of vertical dots of a double-byte character. For this reason, character strings of characters with vertical dots exceeding 24 dots, such as enlarged characters, are
Printing cannot be performed by operating the print head for one line, and it is necessary to perform printing several times. Therefore, in this embodiment, the number S of slices of (the character pattern of) the print target character when the vertical 24 dots are set as one slice is obtained (step S15). The number of slices S is obtained based on the designated character magnification and the character form, but here it is obtained from the magnification m / 24 for simplicity. However, when m / 24 is not an integer, an integer larger than that value and closest to that value is adopted. For example, if m = 32 (size 2 specified), S = 2 is adopted. The number S of slices obtained in step S15 is set in the register 55 secured in the RAM 20. After completing step S15, the CPU 10 initializes the slice number pointer L indicating the slice to be printed in the print head driving operation for one line to 0. L = 0 indicates the first slice.

Next, based on the character spacing information in the line modification information of the k-th line, the CPU 10 determines the character spacing (n 'dots) based on the double-byte character specified by the information, for example, the character prepared in ROM12. An actual character-to-character spacing U (unit: dot) proportional to the magnification is obtained by multiplying n'by the lateral magnification m '/ 24 from a spacing table (not shown) (step S17).
The inter-character space U is set in the register 61 secured in the RAM 20.

When the CPU 10 executes step S17, the print line pointer K
The number of characters in the character string of the Kth row (in the document area 21) is set in the register 57 in the RAM 20 as the print character number V of the Kth row (step S18). Then, the CPU 10 initializes the character pointer P in the Kth row, which specifies the character position (character digit) of the character to be extracted next from the character string in the Kth row, to 1 (first character digit) (step S19). This character pointer P is RAM20
It is set in the register 58 inside.

Next, the CPU 10 causes the print line pointer K and the character pointer P to be displayed.
In order to write the character pattern of the slice L (L = 0) of the character (kth row, Pth column) designated by (P = 1) to the print image area 26 in the RAM 20, the print image is taken into consideration with the left margin. The write start address Q in the area 26 is obtained (step S2
0). This write start address Q (print image area 26
If the left margin for d dots is required, the inner relative address is 3d, as will be understood from the configuration of the print image area 26 described below. Write start address Q is RAM2
Set in register 59 in 0.

FIG. 5 schematically shows the structure of the print image area 26 corresponding to the print area (1 slice print area) in the print head driving operation for one line. As can be seen from the figure, at addresses 0 to 3 of the print image area 26 (relative addresses in the print image area 26), the 0th dot row (24 dots) of the print area for one slice is 8 dots (1 byte). ) Corresponds to each area divided into three. Generally, the print image area 26
The 3n, 3n + 1, 3n + 2 addresses (relative addresses in the print image area 26) are the areas obtained by dividing the n-th dot row (24 dots) of the printing area for one slice into 8 dot (1 byte) units. It corresponds. Therefore, if the left margin for d dots is required, the write start address Q is 3d as described above.

After executing step S20, the CPU 10 obtains the write end address R in the print image area 26 of the character pattern of the slice L of the character on the Kth row and the Pth column (step S21). The write end address R corresponds to the first 8 bits of the last dot row of the character pattern of the slice L. In this example in which the number of horizontal dots is m ', the write start address Q is 3 (m').
It is obtained by adding -1). The write end address R is set in the register 60 in the RAM 20.

When the CPU 10 obtains the write end address R, the same address R
And the final write address LE are compared in size to determine whether R is larger than LE (step S22). The write final address LE indicates the first 8 dots of the final dot row (that is, the printing boundary) of the 1-slice printing area, as shown in FIG. 5, for example. Therefore, it is possible to determine in advance from step S22 whether or not a part of the character pattern of the slice L of the character on the Kth row and the Pth column crosses the print boundary.

Regarding the significance of the above step S22, FIG. 6 and FIG.
A specific description will be given with reference to FIGS. Now, the character pattern of the character in the Kth row and the Pth column is an enlarged character pattern of 48 × 48 dot configuration as shown in FIG. 6 by designating the line pitch information (size 5) in the relevant line modification information. There is. Now, consider a case where the enlarged character pattern of FIG. 6, for example, the character pattern of slice 0 is written in the print image area 26. If the write end address R for the character pattern of slice 0 (same for the character pattern of slice 1) is not larger than the write end address LE, the storage state in the print image area 26 of the pattern is as shown in FIG. 7 (a). Therefore, when the contents of the print image area 26 are printed, the above pattern does not cross the print boundary. On the other hand, if the write end address R for the character pattern of slice 0 (the same applies to the character pattern of slice 1) is larger than the write end address LE, the storage state in the print image area 26 of the pattern is the seventh.
As shown in FIG. 6B, when the contents of the print image area 26 are printed, a part of the above pattern crosses the print boundary, and therefore a part of the character pattern is missing. That is, in step S22, when the enlarged character pattern is unconditionally written in the print image area 26, it is determined in advance whether or not the pattern will be printed without missing.
The final write address LE is not limited to the print boundary fixed to the apparatus as described above, but may be a print range specified by the operator such as the right margin.
In this case, in step S22, when the enlarged character pattern is unconditionally written in the print image area 26, it is determined in advance whether the pattern is printed without exceeding the print range.

If the determination in step S22 is NO, the CPU 10 retrieves the character (character code) in the Kth row and the Pth column designated by the print row pointer K and the character pointer P from the document area 21 (step S2
3), it is determined whether or not the same character code is a line feed code (pattern writing is unnecessary) (step S24). If it is not a line feed code, it is necessary to write the pattern, so after the character pointer P is incremented by 1 to advance to the next character position (step S25), the character pattern corresponding to the character code fetched in step S23 is stored in the ROM 12 It is taken out from the character pattern area 16 (step S26). Character pattern area 1
The character patterns stored in 6 are 24 × 24 dots (7
It is a double-byte character pattern consisting of 2 bytes. The character pattern extracted from the character pattern area 16 is temporarily stored in a predetermined one-character storage area (not shown) in the RAM 20.

When executing the step S26, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the change of the character size or the character form is requested by the line modification information of the Kth line, that is, the conversion of the character pattern is necessary (step S27). . If the pattern conversion is necessary, the CPU 10 sequentially converts the character pattern (that is, the original character pattern) in the one-character storage area into a character pattern of a specified size or form (step S28), and the pattern conversion is necessary. If not, the step S28 is skipped, and then the character pattern of the slice number (that is, the slice L) indicated by the slice number pointer L (if step S28 is skipped, it is a full-width character, so the character in the one-character storage area is Patterns) are sequentially written in the area starting from the relative address in the print image area 26 indicated by the write start address Q (step S29).

When the CPU 10 executes step S29, the write start address Q indicates the write start address of the next one character (for its slice) by adding the triple value of the inter-character space U (dot) to the write end address R. The same address Q is updated to (step S30). This realizes a U-dot spacing between characters. The inter-character spacing U is obtained in step S17 as described above, and is not the inter-character spacing based on double-byte characters specified by the character size information, but the specified inter-character spacing (specified by the character size information. It is obtained by multiplying by a magnification (horizontal magnification), that is, an actual intercharacter space proportional to the magnification. Therefore, in this example,
The character spacing that matches the actual character size is automatically realized while specifying the character spacing with the full-width character image.

When the CPU 10 executes step S30, the print character number V is -1.
Then, it is determined whether or not V has become 0 (step S31) (step S32). If V is not 0, CPU 10 determines that unprocessed characters are left in the Kth line
Return to S21. On the other hand, if V = 0, the CPU 10 determines the Kth
Assuming that all the characters in the line have been taken out and the corresponding character pattern (character pattern of slice L) has been written in the print image area 26, mainly the printer 43 control for printing the Kth line starting from step S33. Go to processing. The process starting from step S33 is not V = 0,
Also, if the determination in step S22 is YES (that is, the write end address R is larger than the write end address LE), or if the determination in step S24 is YES (that is, the character code extracted from the document area 21 is a line feed code). Also, that is, when the printing of the character of the corresponding Kth row and Pth column is prohibited or unnecessary, the processing is executed.

The CPU 10 first determines whether or not the character pointer P indicates 1, that is, whether or not step S25 for incrementing P by 1 has not been executed at all (step S33). If P
If = 1 is not satisfied, the CPU 10 determines that the first character of the Kth line is not a line feed code (that is, not a complete line feed), that is, determines that the character pattern to be printed is written in the print image area 26, The printer 43 is controlled to print the contents of the print image area 26 (step S34). Next, the CPU 10 clears the print image area 26 (step S3
5) Thereafter, the number of slices S is decremented by 1 (step S3
6). Then, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the slice number S is 0, that is, whether or not the printing of the character string in the Kth row is completed (step S37).

When the determination in step S37 is NO, the CPU 10 determines that the printing of the Kth row has not been completed, first increments the slice number pointer L by 1, and specifies the slice number of the slice to be printed next ( Step S38). Then, the CPU 10 controls the printer 43 so that the next slice is connected to the slice printed in step S34 (that is, the interval between slices is 0).
So that the print paper is fed in the forward direction by the amount corresponding to the print head (vertical dots of full-width characters) (step S3
9). As described above, the paper feeding unit of the printer 43 is 1/120.
(Inch), the dot composition of the print head is 24 dots, and the three dots are 2/120 inch. Therefore CPU
Step 10 causes the printer 43 to carry out 16/120 (inch) forward paper feeding in step S39.
After executing step S39, the CPU 10 returns to step S18 and performs the process for printing the next slice for the same character string in the Kth row as the previous time.

On the other hand, when the determination in step S37 is YES, that is, when the printing of the character string in the Kth row is completed and the slice number S becomes 0, CP
U10 has 16/12 in L in order to realize the line feed indicated by the line feed amount T.
The value multiplied by 0 (that is, the paper feed amount required for printing the character string in the Kth row) is subtracted from T, that is, (m · n / 24) / 120, and the result is again set as the line feed amount T (step S40). . The newly obtained absolute value of the line feed amount T indicates the paper feed amount (inch) for the line feed paper feed to be performed after the completion of the printing of the Kth line,
Similarly, the sign (positive / negative sign) indicates the paper feeding direction. As is apparent, when the K-th line specifies double-byte characters (size 1), L remains 0 (that is, the printing paper feed of step S39 is not executed), and thus the newly obtained T is the step. It matches T found in S14.

The CPU 10 executes step S40, or Y in step S33.
When ES (P = 1) is determined, it is determined whether the line feed amount T is 0 or more in order to determine the paper feed direction (that is, whether the paper feed is in the forward direction) (step S41). . When the determination in step S33 is YES, the execution of printing in step S34 is skipped because the first character of the Kth line is the line feed code, which is a complete line feed. CPU10 is
If T ≧ 0, the printer 43 is made to perform T inch forward paper feed (step S42), and if T <0, it is made to make the printer 43 carry backward paper feed for the absolute value of T. (Step S43). As a result, the actual line feed pitch is the line pitch (line feed pitch) based on the ratio between the line feed pitch and the character size (the number of vertical dots) of the print character on the Kth line based on the double-byte character specified by the line pitch information. Is realized so as to match the ratio of the vertical dot number of the full-width character. That is, in this embodiment, it is possible to realize a line pitch proportional to a character of a size designated by the character size information while designating a line pitch (line feed pitch) with respect to a double-byte character. If the determination in step S33 is YES (that is, complete line feed), printing is not executed, so T obtained in step S14 is used as it is.

Now, in this embodiment, as the row pitch information, B, O, H, K,
Nine kinds of E, 1-4 are prepared (see FIG. 3).

The line feed B (reverse line feed, back line feed) specifies that the line feed is 8/120 (inch) in the reverse direction when the double-byte character is used as a reference. In this case, the paper feed amount after printing the character string of the Kth row is the line pitch (minus value) for the character string of the specified character size, which is obtained by multiplying -8/120 (inch) by the vertical magnification. Is the absolute value of the value obtained by subtracting the paper feed amount required to print (the total paper feed amount of the paper feed performed for printing the same character string), and the subtraction result is negative for that paper feed direction. Therefore, it is the opposite direction. Therefore, when the line feed B is designated, a backward line feed of only 1/2 character of the character size designated by the character size information is realized.

Line feed O (line pitch 0) specifies a line feed amount of 0. In this case, the paper feed amount after printing the character string in the Kth row is equal to the paper feed amount required to print the same character string (total paper feed amount of paper feed performed for printing the same character string). It matches the absolute value and the paper feed direction is opposite. Therefore, when the line feed O is designated, the line pitch 0 (0 line feed) is realized regardless of the character size designated by the character size information. When the number of vertical dots is 24, the total paper feed amount at the time of printing is 0, so the paper feed amount after printing is also 0.

Line feed H (half line feed, half line feed) specifies that a line feed is made in the forward direction by 8/120 (inch) based on double-byte characters. In this case, the paper feed amount after printing the character string in the Kth row is the line pitch for the character string of the specified character size, which is obtained by multiplying +8/120 (inch) by the vertical magnification. It is the absolute value of the value obtained by subtracting the required paper feed amount (total paper feed amount of paper feed performed for printing the same character string), and the paper feed direction is indicated by the sign (positive / negative) of the subtraction result. Direction. Therefore, when the line feed H is specified, a forward line feed (half line feed) of only 1/2 character of the character size designated by the character size information is realized.

Line feed K (ruled line feed, line feed for one character) specifies that the line feed is 16/120 (inch) in the forward direction based on double-byte characters. In this case, the paper feed amount after printing the character string of the Kth row is +16/120 (inch) multiplied by the vertical magnification, from the line pitch for the character string of the specified character size A value obtained by subtracting the required paper feed amount (total paper feed amount of paper feed performed for printing the same character string), that is, 16/1
It becomes 20 (inch), and the paper feed direction is forward because the subtraction result is positive. In this case, when the vertical magnification is an integer, the specific paper feed amount is the character size with a magnification of 1, that is, 16/120 (inch), which is a fixed amount. On the other hand, when the vertical magnification is not an integer, the forward paper feed amount is the character size of the magnification indicated by the fractional part of the vertical magnification. Therefore, when the line feed K is designated, a line feed of only the characters of the character size designated by the character size information, that is, a line feed with a line spacing of 0 is realized. Since this line feed K can set the line spacing to 0 as described above, that is, the first character string of the first character size and the second character string of the second character size following the same character string. Since they can be connected without any gaps, it is suitable when, for example, an enlarged ruled line (especially a vertical ruled line) is created. It should be noted that when creating a horizontal ruled line, the intercharacter spacing may be set to zero.

The line feed E (line feed in English) is based on double-byte characters.
Specifies that 20/120 (inch) line feeds are made in the forward direction,
Line breaks 1, 2, 3, 4 are 30 / 120,40 based on double-byte characters
Specify forward paper feed of / 120,45 / 120,60 / 120 (inch).

The above specific examples are shown in FIGS. 8 to 10.

FIG. 8 shows a document printing example in which the same value is specified for the character spacing and the line pitch (line feed amount) and different values are specified for the character size for each document character string. This is shown corresponding to the contents (a part) of the line modification area 22. In Figure 8, character size 1,2,3
Even if the same line feed amount (line feed 1) is designated, the line feed pitches L1, L2, and L3 of the character string are proportional to the character size (vertical magnification). Similarly, the character spacings P1, P2, and P3 of character strings with character sizes 1, 2, and 3 are all the same character spacing 2.
Even if (6 dots) is specified, the value is proportional to the character size (horizontal magnification).

FIG. 9 shows a print example corresponding to the contents (a part) of the document area 21 and the line modification area 22 when a line feed O is used to shade half-width characters and quadruple-width characters. In this example,
The shaded pattern is independently prepared as one character. In this case, the character code A is prepared in the first row and the first column in the document, and the shaded code is prepared in the second row and the first column.
For example, if line feed O is specified on the first line for the line pitch and double-byte characters are specified for the line size on the first line and the second line, the line A of the same size is superimposed on the character A printed by the printing on the first line. The shaded pattern is printed by printing the second line.
If shading is applied to a large number of character strings, a string of shading codes may be input and the spaces between the characters may be set to zero.
The same applies to the case of enlarged characters such as quadruple characters.

Fig. 10 shows a print example of creating superscripts and subscripts (in full-width characters) for quadruple-width characters using line feed B, line feed H, etc. )
Corresponding to.

When the CPU 10 executes the paper feed of step S42 or step S43, the number of print lines M is decremented by 1 (step S44),
It is determined whether M has become 0 (step S45). If M is not 0, there is a document line to be printed, so the CPU 10 increments the print line pointer K by 1 to advance to the next document line (step S46), and then returns to the process of step S13. On the other hand, if M is 0, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the print stop is designated by the line modification information of the Kth line (step S47). C if print stop is specified
The PU 10 returns to the process of step S4 and displays the print menu. As a result, the operator can change the color type by exchanging the print ribbon used for printing by the printer 43, change the left margin value, and change the setting of vertical / horizontal printing. On the other hand, if the print stop is not designated, the CPU 10 determines the print end of the document in the document area 21 and ends the print control.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the specified character spacing value is converted into a value corresponding to the character size, and the actual character spacing amount is controlled. A well-balanced space between characters can be realized without burdening the operator, and a well-balanced printed document in which the character size is considered can be easily created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a memory map of the RAM 20 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a structure of a document area 21 and a line modification area 22 provided in the RAM 20. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a print control procedure, FIG. 5 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a print image area 26 provided in the RAM 20, and FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of an enlarged character pattern. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of storage in the print image area 26 of the character pattern of FIG. 6, and FIGS. 8 to 10 are diagrams showing a document print example in association with the contents of the document area 21 and the line modification area 22. Is. 10 …… CPU, 12 …… ROM, 20 …… RAM, 21 …… Document area, 2
2 …… Line decoration area, 26 …… Print image area, 33 …… Keyboard (KB), 37 …… Display unit, 43 …… Printer (PR
T), 51-63 …… Register.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of first inter-character spacing values of 1 based on a standard character size for each line of document information to be output.
A first designating means for selectively designating one of them, a second designating means for selectively designating one of a plurality of character scaling factors for each line of the document information, and a pattern of a print document at a scaling factor designated by the second designating means. The pattern expanding means for expanding, the printing means for printing the line of the print document pattern expanded by the pattern expanding means once or in plural times according to the magnification, and the first specifying means specify Conversion means for converting the first inter-character spacing value into a second inter-character spacing value proportional to the magnification specified by the second designating means, wherein the printing means provides the inter-character spacing indicated by the second inter-character spacing value. A document creating apparatus, which is configured to print the lines of the print document pattern at intervals.