JP2000148330A - Document preparation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document preparation device which can efficiently set colors and character attributes through an easy operation only on a keyboard without using any auxiliary input device. SOLUTION: When a selected attribute specification key of the keyboard 5 is pressed for a time longer than usual so as to specify character attributes such as the character size and font of a character or character string inputted from the keyboard 5, a character attribute judging circuit 8 judges a specific character attributes under the command of a CPU 1 and a character attribute setting circuit 11 sets the specific character attribute of the object character or character string. When a selected color specification key of the keyboard 5 is pressed for a time longer than usual so as to specify the color of the character, color setting data are displayed on a display unit 7 under the command of the CPU 1 and a character color setting circuit 12 sets the color for the object character or character string. Consequently, the operator is able to set the character attribute and color of the object character or character string through unloaded operation without using any auxiliary input device and putting the hands away from the keyboard, so that the efficiency of document preparation is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus for creating a document by operating a keyboard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a document creation apparatus such as a personal computer or a word processor, a specified character or character string is colored in a specific color, or the size of a specified character or character string is made different from other characters. Alternately, by changing the character attributes that make the specified character or character string font different from the others, you can make the document visually emphasized or create a richer information content expression Is being done.

In order to color a designated character or character string, or to set a new character attribute such as a change in character size or a font by using a conventional document creation device, it is necessary to specify a corresponding character in the created document. By specifying the location using an auxiliary input device such as a mouse, and selecting the attribute change item displayed on the monitor with a mouse pointer, etc., the desired color can be added or the character attribute can be changed. ing.

[0004]

In the operation of setting a character attribute for a created document by the conventional document creating apparatus,
It is necessary to separate the hand from the keyboard to perform a complicated operation using the auxiliary input device, and there is a problem that the operation is complicated and the efficiency of document creation is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the character color setting and character attribute setting operations of the conventional document creating apparatus as described above, and its object is to use an auxiliary input device without using an auxiliary input device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device capable of easily and efficiently setting colors and character attributes by operating only a keyboard.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a keyboard for inputting a character string, and an attribute designating key for designating a character attribute selected from the keyboard keys. Attribute designation means for designating the attribute designation of the character corresponding to the operated attribute designation key by designating the character in an operation state different from the normal operation state, and specifying the character attribute by the character attribute designation means Character attribute determining means for analyzing and determining a specified character attribute for a character or a character string subjected to, and setting of a character attribute analyzed and determined for the character or character string by the character attribute determining means And a character attribute setting means for performing the following.

[0007] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a keyboard for inputting a character string and a color designation key for designating a color of a character selected from the keys of the keyboard are provided. A color designation unit that designates the color of a character or a character string by performing designation operation in an operation state different from the operation state, and a color setting data display that displays data necessary for color setting based on the designation of the color designation unit Means, and a color setting means for setting a designated color for the character or character string data for which color designation has been made, based on the display data of the color setting data display means. is there.

[0008] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or the second aspect of the present invention, the designation operation is performed on the attribute designation key or the color designation key. This is characterized in that the pressing operation is performed for a longer time than the normal operation to be performed.

[0009] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the designated state is determined by the attribute designation key or the color designation key. This is characterized in that the pressing operation is stronger than the normal operation to be performed.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the document creating apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with a CPU 1 for controlling the entire operation. A keyboard 5 for inputting the data of the user, a display 7 for displaying the created document and data necessary for creating the document, a document data memory 6 for storing the document data in the process of creating the document, and a program data And a RAM 3 for storing and reading various data in the course of document creation.

Similarly, a character attribute determination circuit 8 analyzes and determines the character attribute specified for the input character or character string to the CPU 1 via the bus B, and the color is specified for the input character or character string. A character color determination circuit 10 for determining whether or not a character is present, a character attribute setting circuit 1 for setting a specified character attribute to a character or character string having a specified character attribute
1 and a character color setting circuit 12 for setting a color for a character or character string designated by a color.

In the present embodiment, the key of the keyboard 5 is changed according to the character attributes such as the character size and the font.
An attribute designating key operated when designating each character attribute is selected in advance, and a color designating key operated when designating a character color is selected in advance from the keys on the keyboard 5.

In this embodiment, the keyboard 5
When the attribute designation key or the color designation key selected from the keys is operated to designate the character attribute or the character color, the attribute designation key or the color designation key is changed to the normal key of the keyboard 5. The configuration is such that an attribute designation or a color designation is performed by performing a pressing operation for a longer time than the operation at the time of document creation.

The operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration is described below.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the document creation apparatus according to the present embodiment, the character size and font for normal use are set in advance with character attributes, and the color of the character is set in advance to black. Then, during a normal document creation operation, a document is created with characters of a predetermined character size and font based on input of a character string from the keyboard 5, and at the time of printing, the created document is printed in black. .

As described above, in step S1 of the flowchart of FIG. 2, for example, a document is created in a state where the character size is set to full-width and the font is set to Mincho. A character string is input, and the input character string is sequentially displayed on the display 7 according to a command from the CPU 1.

In step S2, it is determined whether or not an attribute is to be specified for a character string that has been input by the operation of the keyboard 5 immediately before and has not been determined, and it is determined that the attribute of the character string is to be specified. Then, the process proceeds to step S3. For example, the character size of the character string is set to double height and width,
If it is determined that the attribute is specified to make the font a writing brush, the key selected to specify the double-width character of the keyboard 5 and the key selected to specify the writing brush are different from those in the normal operation. The pressing operation is continuously performed for a long time.

In this case, when the CPU 1 detects that the attribute designation operation has been performed from the keyboard 5, the data of the target character string and the data of the attribute designation are stored in the RAM 3 according to a command from the CPU 1, and the process proceeds to step S4. In step (1), the character attribute determination circuit 8 operated in response to a command from the CPU 1 analyzes the content of the attribute specification for the target character string based on the data read from the RAM 3, and in this case, the attribute specification determines the character size. It is determined that the attribute is designated to be double width and height and the font is set to a brush.

Next, the process proceeds to step S5, where the CPU 1
The character attribute setting circuit 11 operated by the
Based on the result of the determination by the character attribute determination circuit 8, the character size of the character string to be read from M3 is doubled vertically and horizontally, the font is set to a brush, and the character attributes are set.

In step S6, the key selected to specify the double-width character of the keyboard 5 and the key selected to specify the brush are continuously pressed for a longer time than in the normal operation. Then, according to a command from the CPU 1, the setting of the character attribute for the target character string is determined, the character size is doubled vertically and horizontally, and the character string in which the font is brushed is displayed on the display 7, and at the same time, the character The character string data for which the setting of the attribute has been determined is stored in the document data memory 6.

As described above, when the setting of the attribute specified for the character string input from the keyboard 5 is completed, or in step S2, the attribute for the character string input immediately before from the keyboard 5 is set. If it is determined that the designation is not performed, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not the color is designated for the target character string. If it is determined in step S7 that the color designation of the target character string is not performed, the process proceeds to step S12, where the keyboard 5
Is normally operated, and the document creation operation ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7 that color designation is to be performed on the target character string, the process proceeds to step S8, where the keyboard 5 previously selected as the color designation key is selected.
Key is continuously pressed for a longer time than during normal operation. In this case, when the CPU 1 detects an operation of the color designation key from the keyboard 5, the CPU 1 causes the ROM 2 to operate.
The color designation data for performing the color setting is read out from, and the read color designation data is displayed on the display 7.

In step S10, the operator selects the color data to be set in the target character string from the color designation data displayed on the display 7 by moving the cursor, thereby selecting the target character string. A desired color, for example, red is set in the character string, and step S1 is performed.
In step 1, the key of the keyboard 5 previously selected as the color designation key is continuously pressed for a longer time than in the normal operation, so that the red color setting for the target character string is performed by the instruction of the CPU 1. Is determined, the character string set to red is displayed on the display 7, and at the same time, the character string data for which the color setting is determined is stored in the document data memory 6.

Thus, according to the present embodiment,
When specifying character attributes such as a character size and a font for a character or a character string input from the keyboard 5, the attribute specification key selected from the keys of the keyboard 5 is set to be lower than that in the normal operation. When pressed continuously for a long time, the character attribute specified by the character attribute determination circuit 8 is determined by a command from the CPU 1, and the character attribute setting circuit 11 determines whether the target character or character string is
When the designated character attribute is set and the color of the character is designated, when a color designation key selected from the keys of the keyboard 5 is continuously pressed for a longer time than in the normal operation, the CPU 1 In response to the command, the color setting data is displayed on the display 7, and based on this display, the character color setting circuit 1 is displayed.
2, color setting is performed on the target character or character string.

For this reason, according to the present embodiment, the operator can perform the operation with a simple operation without burden on the operation without using the auxiliary input device such as the mouse and without releasing the hand from the keyboard. It is possible to set a character attribute and a color for a character or a character string, thereby improving the efficiency of document creation.

In the above embodiment, the case where the attribute designation or the color designation is performed by continuously pressing the attribute designation key or the color designation key for a longer time than in the normal operation has been described. The invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the attribute designation key or the color designation key is pressed with a stronger pressing force than at the time of the normal operation, so that the attribute designation or the color designation is performed. It is also possible.

In the above embodiment, the character attribute and the character size have been described as the character attributes.
In the present invention, as the character attribute, it is also possible to adopt shading, inversion, and the like for emphasis.

[0028]

According to the first aspect of the invention, in order to set a character attribute different from the current character to a character or character string input from the keyboard, the character attribute designating means uses a key on the keyboard. By operating the selected attribute specification key in an operation state different from that in the normal operation, the character attribute corresponding to the operated attribute specification key is specified, and the specified character is determined by the character attribute determination unit. The attribute is analyzed and determined, and the character attribute setting unit sets the character attribute that has been analyzed and determined for the character or character string for which the character attribute has been specified.
The operator can efficiently change character attributes, such as character size and font, to character attributes that are different from the current one without using auxiliary input devices and only by simply specifying the keys on the keyboard without any operational burden. Can be set to
It is possible to improve the efficiency of document creation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in order to set a color of a character different from the current character to a character or a character string input from the keyboard, the character is selected from the keys of the keyboard by the color designating means. The color specification of the character is performed by operating the color specification key in an operation state different from the normal operation, and data necessary for color setting is displayed by the color setting data display means. The specified color is set for the character or character string for which the color has been specified based on the display data of the setting data display means. Therefore, the operator does not use the auxiliary input device, It is possible to efficiently set the text color to a different color from the current one with only a simple designation operation and no burden on the operation, improving the efficiency of document creation It made.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the character designation is performed by pressing the attribute designation key or the color designation key for a longer time than in a normal operation. The designation or the color designation of the character is performed, and the effect obtained by the invention according to claim 1 or 2 is realized.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the attribute designation key or the color designation key is depressed more strongly than in a normal operation to designate a character attribute. Alternatively, the color of the character is designated, and the effect obtained by the first or second aspect of the invention is realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 5 Keyboard 6 Document data memory 7 Display 8 Character attribute determination circuit 10 Character color determination circuit 11 Character attribute setting circuit 12 Character color setting circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] An operation is performed by designating a keyboard for inputting a character string and an attribute designation key for designating a character attribute selected from the keys of the keyboard in an operation state different from a normal operation state. A character attribute designation unit for designating the attribute of a character corresponding to the attribute designation key, and a character for analyzing the designated character attribute for the character or character string for which the character attribute has been designated by the character attribute designation unit A document creation apparatus, comprising: an attribute determining unit; and a character attribute setting unit configured to set a character attribute of the character or the character string, which is analyzed and determined by the character attribute determining unit. 2. A character or character is input by operating a keyboard for inputting a character string and a color specification key for specifying a character color selected from the keys of the keyboard in an operation state different from a normal operation state. A color designating means for designating a column color; a color setting data display means for displaying data necessary for color setting based on the designation of the color designating means; and a color based on display data of the color setting data display means. A document setting device for setting a specified color for the specified character or character string data. 3. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the designation operation is a pressing operation for a longer time than a normal operation performed on the attribute designation key or the color designation key. A document creation device characterized by the following. 4. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the designated state is a pressing operation stronger than a normal operation performed on the attribute designation key or the color designation key. Document creation device.