JP3072516B2 - Document editing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus having an editing function such as deletion, movement, and transcription.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional document editing apparatus stores a character string to be edited specified by a predetermined operation of a pointing device such as a mouse in a storage area different from a storage area for storing documents in the storage device. There is. In such a document editing apparatus, by specifying a specific portion in a document and further specifying a character string to be edited and stored in a storage device, the character string to be edited in the specific portion is designated. Can be inserted.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-described conventional document editing apparatus, in an editing process that involves a storage operation on a character string specified as an editing operation such as a copy operation or a cut operation, a character string that can be stored in the storage device is one character string. For example, if two different character strings are successively deleted, only the character string that was the last to be deleted is stored. Cannot be used again. For this reason, when a character string similar to the character string that has been first deleted is required, character input must be performed again using an input device such as a keyboard, and the document editing process takes time. There is a disadvantage that.

Further, in the case where transcription processing is performed for each of a plurality of different character strings to be edited in a document, a character string to be edited and a transfer destination of the character string are provided for each character string to be edited. Has to be specified, and there is a disadvantage in that it takes time to edit the document.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a document editing apparatus which can solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and improve the work efficiency of editing processing.

[Means and actions for solving the problem]

According to the present invention, a character string designated in a document is sequentially temporarily stored in a storage unit, and a character string designated as an object to be edited is replaced by using one of the plurality of temporarily stored character strings. In the document editing apparatus, first replacement means for designating a character string to be edited and replacing the character string temporarily stored in the storage means with the latest stored character string, and storing the character string in the storage means And a second replacement means for displaying a list of the plurality of character strings thus selected and replacing a character string designated as a target to be edited with a character string selected from the plurality of character examples. And

For this reason, an arbitrary character string can be selected and pasted from a plurality of stored character strings, but when the latest character string is used, the stored plurality of character strings are not displayed in a list. Thus, the paste processing can be performed, whereby the work efficiency at the time of pasting the character string can be increased and the editing work can be performed efficiently.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the document editing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a document editing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a keyboard 11 and a mouse 12 connected to the keyboard 11 are inputting various data and commands. Note that the keyboard 11 has a button (hereinafter referred to as a “left shift button”) that is pressed when selecting a specific character string from a character string list menu described later. It has buttons corresponding to the buttons.

External storage device (hereinafter referred to as “disk device”) 13
Stores data (documents) to be edited, programs, and the like. The character information storage unit 14 includes a RAM,
It has a data storage area for temporarily storing calculation results and the like, and a character string storage area for storing character strings that have been subjected to editing processing such as deletion processing, movement processing, and transcription processing.
The character string subjected to the editing processing is displayed on a CRT described later as a character string list menu.

The font ROM 15 stores a plurality of types of character fonts. The CRT drive circuit 16 controls the CTR 17 for display, and displays the character dots read from the font ROM 15 on the CRT 17.

A control unit (hereinafter, referred to as a “CPU”) 18 controls each of the above units, and executes a predetermined operation, processing, and the like by a program corresponding to the input command. Note that, in the embodiment, the CPU 18 determines a specified character string in a predetermined document,
That is, editing processing such as deletion processing, moving processing, and transcription processing is performed on the character string that has been subjected to the editing processing.

Next, the editing operation of the document editing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the operator operates the keyboard 11 or the mouse 12 to display a document 20 to be edited and a pop-up menu 21 on the CRT 17 as shown in FIG. The pop-up menu 21 includes commands such as a menu item “Copy” corresponding to a command indicating copy, a menu item “Cut” corresponding to a command indicating deletion, and a menu item “Paste” corresponding to a command indicating cut and paste. Menu item, that is, the type of editing process. By selecting a specific menu item from each of the menu items, a command corresponding to the selected menu item, that is, an editing process corresponding to the selected menu item is performed.

The character string list menu shown in the dotted line in FIG.
22 indicates that the left shift button of the keyboard 11 is pressed and “Pa
When the "ste" menu item is selected, it is displayed on the CRT 17. In the menu contents as shown in FIG. 3, the upper character string is a newer character string. Is the newest character string, and the character string "name" is the oldest character string.

By the predetermined operation of the mouse 12 by the operator, as shown in FIG. 3, the character string "graphic processing" in the document 20 is designated as the character string 20A to be edited (step S1).
100) When a specific menu item is further selected from the pop-up menu 21 (step 101), the CPU 18
Determines whether the selected menu item is "Paste" (step 102). If "Paste" is not selected, the command corresponding to the other selected menu item, that is, The editing process corresponding to the selected menu item is executed (step 103), and the oldest character string among the character strings stored in the character string storage area of the character information storage unit 14 is deleted and edited at the beginning. Character string 20 to be processed
A is inserted to update the menu content of the character string list menu 22 (step 104). In this case, the "name" is deleted and the "graphic processing" is inserted into the character string list menu 22, and the character string list menu 22 becomes the updated character string list menu 23 as shown in FIG. .

When the "Paste" menu item is selected in step 102, the CPU 18 further determines whether or not the left shift button has been pressed (step 105). If the left shift button has not been pressed, Similarly to the execution of the processing in step 104, the menu contents of the character string list menu 22 are updated (step 106), and the character string 20A to be edited is replaced with the second character string in the updated character string list menu. (Step 107).

For example, when the menu content of the character string list menu 22 is the menu content as shown in FIG. 3, the character string "graphic processing" in the document 20 is designated as the character string 20A to be edited, and the menu item "Paste" Is selected, the CP
U18 updates the menu contents of the character string list menu 22 like the menu contents of the character string list menu 23, and converts the character string "graphic processing" in the document 20 into the second character string in the character string list menu 23. Replace with "Create Document".

On the other hand, if the menu item “Paste” is selected in step 102 and the left shift button is also pressed, the CPU 1
8 lists the character strings stored in the character string storage area, that is, creates a character string list menu 22 (step 108), and causes the CRT 17 to display the character string list menu 22.

Then, when the operator selects a desired character string from the character string list menu 22 displayed on the CRT 17 (step 109), the CPU 18 selects the character string 20A to be edited from the character string list menu 22. Then, the menu contents of the character string list menu 22 are updated in the same manner as in the execution of the processing in step 104 (step 110).

For example, if the menu content of the character string list menu 22 is the menu content as shown in FIG. 3, the character string “graphic processing” in the document 20 is designated as the character string 20A to be edited, and the character string list menu 22 When the character string “kana conversion” is selected from among them, the CPU 18 replaces the character string “graphic processing” with the character string “kana conversion”, and replaces the oldest character string “name” from the character string list menu 22. Delete, and insert the character string “graphic processing” at the beginning to update the menu contents of the character string list menu 22.

According to the above embodiment, when performing the transfer process on a plurality of character strings to be edited, first, only the designation of the character string to be edited is performed, and the specified plurality of character strings are Is stored in the character string storage area of the character information storage unit 14, and then, by specifying a specific character string from among a plurality of character strings stored in the character string storage area, The transferred character string can be transferred to a desired destination.

In the above-described embodiment, a specific character string is selected from the character string list menu while pressing the left shift button of the keyboard, but a button corresponding to the left shift button of the mouse 12 is pressed. It is clear that good is also good.

In this embodiment, the character string to be edited and the document are stored in the same memory (character information storage unit). However, the present invention is not limited to this. The document and the document may be stored in different memories.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention designates a character string to be edited and replaces the character string temporarily stored in the storage unit with the latest stored character string, while replacing the plurality of character strings stored in the storage unit. A list of character strings is displayed, and a character string selected from among the plurality of character strings is replaced with a character string to be edited. While you can select and paste any character string from, if you know the latest character string, you can perform the paste processing without having to bother displaying the stored multiple character strings in a list. Thus, the work efficiency at the time of pasting the character string can be increased, and the editing work can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document editing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an editing processing operation of the document editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the processing operation, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the menu contents of the updated character string list menu in this embodiment. 11 Keyboard, 12 Mouse, 13 External storage device (disk device), 14 Character information storage unit, 15 Font ROM, 16 CRT drive circuit, 17 CRT, 18 Control unit (CPU), 21 ... Pop-up menu, 22 ... String list menu.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A character string designated in a document is temporarily stored in a storage means sequentially, and a character string designated as an object to be edited is replaced by using one of the plurality of temporarily stored character strings. A first editing unit for designating a character string to be edited and replacing the character string temporarily stored in the storage unit with the latest stored character string; Second replacement means for displaying a list of the stored plurality of character strings and replacing a character string designated as an object to be edited with a character string selected from the plurality of character strings. Characteristic document editing device.