JP2752496B2 - Sentence processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a sentence processing apparatus capable of inputting in both horizontal and vertical directions.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a sentence processing apparatus capable of inputting both horizontally and vertically, for example, a Japanese word processor, soft keys are displayed in a horizontal line on a screen, and keys corresponding to the soft keys are displayed on a keyboard. They were lined up side by side.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in any of the horizontal and vertical display methods, there is a problem that the operation is not uniform and the operation is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a text processing apparatus capable of achieving simplicity of operation and uniformity in any of the horizontal and vertical display methods.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an input unit for inputting a character and a text composed of the character input by the input unit written horizontally or vertically. Setting means for setting whether or not to do so, and display means for changing and displaying a soft key display position when horizontal writing is set by the setting means and when vertical writing is set by the setting means. Features.

[Operation] In the present invention, with such a configuration, the simplicity and uniformity of the operation can be achieved in any of the horizontal and vertical display methods.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

 FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.

CPU1, ROM2, CRT3, RAM4, keyboard (KB) 5, etc. are connected to the bus line (BL). Part of RAM4, FL
There is a memory called AG, which stores whether it is in horizontal writing or vertical writing. “0” is stored for horizontal writing, and “1” is stored for vertical writing. The horizontal writing key and the vertical writing key on KB5 indicate this storage. In KB5, there are soft keys F1 to F4 for horizontal writing and soft keys F5 to F8 for vertical writing. FIG. 2 shows the key arrangement of KB5. Soft key F for horizontal writing
1 to F4 are arranged horizontally, and the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 are arranged vertically.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure based on a program stored in the first illustrated ROM.

When the power is turned on, the process proceeds to step S1, and the key input waiting state is maintained. When the key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S2, and the pressed key is determined.

(1) If the result of determination in step S2 is that the pressed key is a horizontal writing soft key F1 to F4, the process proceeds to step S3, where the horizontal / vertical flag (FLAG) is checked in step S3.

If FLAG is "1", that is, if the current display is vertical writing as shown in FIG.
F1 to F4 do not serve as soft keys, and normal character editing is performed in step S7. Then, the process returns to step 1.

If FLAG is "0", that is, if the current display is horizontal writing as shown in FIG.
F1 to F4 function as soft keys, and perform soft key processing in step S8. Then, the process returns to step 1.

(2) If it is determined in step S2 that the pressed key is the vertical writing soft key F5 to F8, the process proceeds to step S4, and in step S4, the horizontal / vertical flag FLAG is viewed.

When FLAG is "1", that is, when the current display is vertical writing, the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 function as soft keys, and soft key processing is performed in step S8.
Then, the process returns to step 1.

If FLAG is "0", that is, if the current display is horizontal writing, the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 do not serve as soft keys, and normal character editing is performed in step S7. Then, the process returns to step 1.

(3) If the result of determination in step S2 is that the pressed key is a horizontal writing key, the flow advances to step S5 to step S5.
, The vertical / horizontal flag is set to "0", and the process returns to step S1.

(4) If it is determined in step S2 that the pressed key is a vertical writing key, the process proceeds to step S6 and proceeds to step S6.
The vertical / horizontal flag is set to "1", and the process returns to step S1.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the soft key processing procedure in step 8 shown in FIG.

 In step S81, a soft key is determined.

(A) If it is determined that the pressed key is the soft key F1 or F5, the process proceeds to step S82, and the process proceeds to step S82.
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(B) If it is determined in step S81 that the pressed key is the soft key F2 or F6, the process proceeds to step S83, and the document is saved in step S83.

(C) If the result of determination in step S81 is that the pressed key is soft key F3 or F7, the flow advances to step S84 to print a document in step S84.

(D) If it is determined in step S81 that the pressed key is the soft key F4 or F8, the process proceeds to step F85, and communication is performed in step S85.

In the present embodiment, the meaning of the key can be changed according to the screen, so that the vertical writing soft key in the horizontal writing display can be used as another key, and there is an effect that the key can be used effectively.

In this embodiment, an example in which four soft keys are provided has been described. However, an intended purpose can be achieved with more than four soft keys.

In addition, the example has been described in which the display position of the soft key is on the left side of the screen in the case of the vertical writing display, and the lower side in the case of the horizontal writing display.

Further, although a CRT is used as a display device, an LCD display device may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the arrangement of soft keys required for editing is adjusted to each of the horizontal and vertical writing modes in both the horizontal writing mode and the vertical writing mode. Is simplified, and the efficiency of operation can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a key arrangement of a keyboard, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure by a program stored in a ROM shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of soft keys in vertical writing, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of soft keys in horizontal writing, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a soft key processing procedure in step 8 in FIG. 1. CPU, 2 ROM, 3 CRT, 4 RAM, 5 keyboard.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An input unit for inputting a character; a setting unit for setting whether a text composed of the character input by the input unit is written horizontally or vertically; and the horizontal writing is set by the setting unit. A text processing apparatus, comprising: display means for changing a display position of a soft key in a case where vertical writing is set and displaying the soft key.