JP2593457B2 - Information display method - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information display method for displaying, for example, document information composed of a character string in which various characteristics are set.

[Prior Art] Conventional devices for displaying stored information such as electronic files are:
A desired index is input, and storage information obtained by selecting from a file is simply displayed on a screen such as a CRT.

Therefore, what is the characteristic of each element of the displayed information, for example, if the displayed information is a document of some kind, the characteristic of the character, that is, whether it is written in Mincho The only way to determine whether it is written in Gothic, the number of print points used, or the attributes in a sentence is to look at the currently displayed screen such as a CRT. Was.

However, the display screen of a CRT or the like has a resolution that is not so high as to be able to discriminate such a small difference in characteristics, and it is almost impossible to discriminate.

Therefore, extract sentences as appropriate from various sentence files,
When it is desired to create a new document, for example, it is desired to match the fonts of the characters to be used. However, in the conventional apparatus, the editing operation involves a great deal of difficulty.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described drawbacks of the conventional example and to make it easy to grasp detailed information and final output of a desired character being displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display method for displaying a characteristic in a window so that the characteristic is temporarily displayed by being superimposed on document information.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, an information display method according to the present invention displays document information, determines that a key for instructing display of character characteristics has been pressed, In response to the determination of pressing the key, when a key instructing the display of the characteristics of the character is pressed, the characteristics of the character indicated by the cursor on the display are read out, and in response to the determination of the pressing, A window for displaying the characteristics of characters is displayed so as to be superimposed on the document information, and control is performed so that the characteristics of the read characters are displayed in the reserved window until the next key input is performed. Things.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the characteristics of a desired character in the displayed document information are changed according to the pressing of a key instructing the display of the characteristics.
The information is displayed in a window superimposed on the document information, the display is maintained until the next key input is made, and the display is erased in response to the input of the next key.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is an input means including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like;
Reference numeral 2 denotes storage means for storing storage information such as a text file or the like, and control procedures and the like are stored. Reference numeral 3 denotes display means for displaying the storage information on a CRT or the like in accordance with an instruction from the input means 1.

Numeral 4 is a characteristic analyzing means, which searches a sentence file or the like of stored information currently displayed on a CRT or the like and analyzes the characteristic in accordance with a command from the characteristic display command means 5.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a position designation means for designating a position currently being displayed, which designates a predetermined position by moving a cursor or the like. The information designated by the position designation means and information having the same characteristics as the information are extracted, and the characteristics are displayed on the CRT 17 or the like by the characteristic display means 7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer system to which the storage information display device according to the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a keyboard for inputting data or an instruction as the input means 1, and 12 denotes a mouse which is a pointing device such as a CRT for indicating a position on a display screen.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as a CPU), and reference numeral 14 denotes a hard disk, which stores a text file and the like as described later. Reference numeral 15 denotes a main storage device having an area PA for storing a control program of a computer system, an area TP for storing a part of a document file during editing work, and the like. Note that the above control program is, for example, the fifth program.
It is a control program according to the flowchart of the figure.

16 is a volatile memory that temporarily stores display contents,
17 is a CRT.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the keyboard 11. In addition to the normal alphanumeric key 11A, a characteristic display key for instructing the characteristic display of the stored information being displayed on the screen of the CRT 17 is shown.
11B is provided.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of a text file as an example of the storage information stored in the hard disk 14. This storage information includes a header section P, a basic information section Q, and a data section R. The header section P contains information on the entire text file, for example, the ID number of the text file, the Japanese name of the file, and the like. In the basic information section Q,
Contains information on headings and text. For example, it is information that a font of a headline character is Gothic and the number of printing points is 24.
The data portion R contains the character data of the actual document, the characteristic start code, and the characteristic end code.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the character data of the portion A between the codes of the heading start R1 and the heading end R2 is a heading, for example, the above-mentioned 24-point character data in Gothic type. The character data of the portion B sandwiched between the subheading start R3 and the subheading end R4 is a subheading, for example, 20-point character data in Mincho font, and the remaining data is the text.

An example of the control procedure of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the control is started and an input is made from the keyboard 11 or the mouse 12 in step S1, it is determined in step S2 whether or not the position is indicated on the display screen. If the result of the determination is a position instruction, the flow advances to step S3 to move the cursor to the position.

Then, the process returns to step S1 to wait for the next key or mouse input, and if there is an input, the determination in step S2 is performed again. If it is not a position instruction, the process proceeds to step S4, where it is determined whether or not the input is from the characteristic display key 11B. If not, the process proceeds to step S7, where processing according to normal key and mouse input is performed.

In step S4, when it is determined that the input is from the characteristic display key 11B, the process proceeds to step S5, where the analysis processing of the currently displayed text, that is, the characteristic information corresponding to the character data being displayed is stored in the basic information section Q. And retrieves the information portion having the same characteristics as the information specified by the cursor, and surrounds it with a frame. Then, the process proceeds to step S6 to display the characteristics.

 6 to 8 show an example of the display.

That is, a sentence as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the CRT 17 according to the key input. Then, as shown in FIG.
The desired information position is designated by operating the cursor 12 and moving the cursor 18. Then, when the characteristic display key 11B of the keyboard 11 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 8, the information including the information (characters) designated by the cursor, the information having the same characteristic is surrounded by a frame, and the characteristic is displayed. . For example, in the case of this example, it is displayed that “1.

The text may be edited with reference to such a characteristic display.

The erasure of the frame and the characteristic display for each characteristic may be performed at an appropriate timing, for example, immediately after the next key input or by pressing the characteristic display key again.

In the above-described embodiment, the character characteristics of the text file have been described. However, other characteristics, such as emphasized characters (Japanese, European), pillars, and folios, and other files, such as graphic files, may be used. The characteristics can be displayed in the same manner for the characteristics, line types, line thicknesses, hatching patterns, layers, and the like.

In addition, the display is commanded with the characteristic display key, but the call can be made with a normal key, a mouse button, a certain area on the screen with a mouse, or a combination thereof. We are not particular about the form.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the characteristics of desired characters in the displayed document information are superimposed on the document information in response to the pressing of the key for instructing the display of the characteristics. Is displayed until the next key input is made, and the display is erased in response to the next key input. There is no need to separately secure an area for displaying characteristic information. In addition, after the purpose of notifying the operator of the characteristics by displaying the characteristics of the characters is completed, the display is automatically erased in response to any key input, so that the operation load on the characteristic information display window is reduced. Good operability in the present technology, which is completed as a function by simply displaying the characteristics without causing the operator to feel, can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing one embodiment of a keyboard, FIG. Is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a text file, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a control procedure of this embodiment, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in a normal state, and FIG. 7 is a display example in a position designation state. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example in the characteristic display state. 1 ... input means, 2 ... storage means, 3 ... display means, 4 ... property analysis means, 5 ... position designation means, 6 ... property display instruction means, 7 ... property display means, 11 ... Keyboard, 11A: Alphanumeric key, 11B: Character display key, 12: Mouse, 13: CPU, 14: Hard disk, 15: Main memory, PA: Program storage area, TA: Document file Storage area, 17 ... CRT, 18 ... Cursor.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Fumio Furukawa, Inventor 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Taketo Hasegawa 3-30-2, Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Masayuki Utsumi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (56) References JP-A-59-201129 (JP, A) JP-A-61-105666 ( JP, A) "Mac Light Manual" 125-P. 127 (1983) Apple Computer Inc.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for displaying document information, determining that a key for instructing the display of character characteristics is pressed, and in response to the determination of pressing the key, the key for instructing display of the character characteristics is determined. When pressed, reads out the characteristics of the character indicated by the cursor on the display, and in response to the determination of the key being pressed, displays a window overlaid on the document information for displaying the characteristics of the character. An information display method comprising: controlling to display the characteristics of the read characters in the reserved windows until the next key input is performed.