JP3160926B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention allows a character to have a plurality of character attributes, such as the type of character modification such as underlining, shading, double-width characters, etc. The present invention relates to a document creation device capable of specifying a plurality of designations / releases.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A character modification function is a function for changing an attribute of each character, such as underlining, shading, typeface,
There are double-width characters, white outlines, etc., which are frequently used when emphasizing characters in a document creation device such as a word processor or a personal computer. This character modification is currently disclosed in
As described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 00896, it is possible to change a character attribute by using a character modification screen in which a plurality of character modification items can be specified and combining a plurality of character modifications. On the other hand, as for the designation state of the initial screen of the character modification screen, when this character modification function was previously selected, the initial setting state originally owned by the character creation device was always used. When the character modification is specified again after the execution of the character modification, the state of the character in which the character modification was used immediately before is set to be the same.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, only changing a plurality of character modification items one by one is considered. When changing the state significantly, or when canceling character modification for a character string that has many character attributes, the character modification screen retains the previous character modification state. Items had to be corrected, which took time. In order to reduce this trouble,
A function to release all the character attributes of the character string once,
There is a need for a selection function that can be easily selected, such as a function in which no character modification items are specified.

In addition, when a character string is subjected to the same character modification as that of an already-entered character, it is necessary to look at the state of the character and re-enter the same character modification. In order to solve this, a function that can copy the attribute of a character to another character string is required.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus capable of designating a plurality of character modification items on a character modification screen for input characters, which is necessary for performing the above functions. Provide a selection means that allows the user to select the item designation state of the character decoration, and use that means to simplify the modification of the decoration items on the character decoration screen and improve operability in character editing. That is.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus, at the time of character modification, immediately before state data in which character modification information at the time of previous character modification execution is stored, and a designated character string, The character state data in which the attribute of the first character is stored as character modification information, the deselection data in which character modification information in which no character item is specified are stored, and the character modification erasure and release items are specified The object of the present invention is to provide a selection means which can select one of the four types of the modification release data.

[0007]

In the character modification, by selecting the character by the selection means, the data relating to the character modification in the storage unit is taken out and written into the character modification management data.
The item designation state of the character decoration screen can be changed by a simple operation.

Further, by extracting the character state data into the character modification management data by the selection item, the attribute of the character string designated for character modification can be changed to the attribute of the first character of the character string.

Also, by combining data that can be selected by the selection means, it is possible to copy a character attribute as an attribute of another character string.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit such as a keyboard for inputting characters, commands and the like, and 2 denotes a display unit such as a CRT display for displaying document information such as characters and figures and a cursor. Reference numeral 3 denotes a storage unit such as a semiconductor memory or a magnetic storage device, which stores document data 31 containing information in a document;
Body data 3 in the document data for managing body information
2. Key line data 33 for managing key line information, graphic data 34 for managing graphic information, and the like are stored. The text data includes character management data 35 for storing character codes, attributes, and the like. In addition to the document data, the storage unit has a resident area for managing information at the time of character modification and the like, and includes data relating to character modification as follows. The character modification management data 36 storing the current character modification selection items, the immediately preceding state data 37 storing the character modification selection items used last time, and the character management data for the first character of the specified character string. , Character selection data 39 storing a selection state in which no character modification selection item is specified, and a selection state in which all items relating to erasure and release of character modification are specified. Modification release data 4 stored
It is 0 and so on. Next, reference numeral 4 denotes a control unit such as a microprocessor for controlling each unit, and the control unit further includes:
An editing control unit 41 that controls creation and editing of various documents.
Character control unit 42, key line control unit 43, figure control unit 4
There are 4 etc. In addition, there is a character modification control unit 45 that controls the character modification function when editing characters. Here, the character control unit 42 controls the text data 32, and similarly, the key line control unit 43 controls the key line data 33, the graphic control unit 44 controls the graphic data 34, and the character modification control unit 45 controls Controls character modification. In addition, the character modification control unit 45 controls to select one of the immediately preceding data 37, the character state data 38, the selection release data 39, and the modification release data 40, and take out the data from the character modification management data 36. There is a character modification state selector 46 that can be used.

Next, creation and editing of a document in the Japanese word processor of this embodiment will be described.

First, in the initial state, when the operator instructs the creation of a new document or the update of an already created document, the editing control unit 41 is first activated. The processing at this time is described with reference to FIGS. explain.

The editing control unit 41 first determines whether the instruction of the operator is new creation or document update. If the instruction is new creation, the editing control unit 41 initializes the document data and creates a one-page document as initial data. In the case of updating a document, data to be updated is called from the storage unit 3. Further, the immediately preceding state data 37 stores a state in which no character modification item is specified (step 101). Next, edit control unit 4
1 displays the document and the editing mode on the display unit 2 (step 102, FIG. 3A), and waits for an editing instruction from the input unit 1 (step 103). Subsequently, if there is an input from the input unit 1, the content is determined by the edit control unit 41 (step 10).
4) For inputting and editing a key line, the key line controller 43
To start and edit the key line (Step 1)
05), for inputting and editing a graphic, the graphic control unit 44 is activated to perform input and edit processing of the graphic (step 10).
6). Here, in the case of inputting and editing characters, the character control unit 42 is activated. At this time, the character control unit 42 displays an editing mode indicating what kind of editing is to be performed next (step 1).
08, FIG. 3B), and waits for an editing instruction from the input unit 1 (step 109). Subsequently, if there is an input from the input unit 1, the content is determined (step 110). If it is a character modification, the character modification control unit 45 is activated to perform a character modification editing process (step 111). , The corresponding processing is performed. Then, upon completion of each process, the process returns to step 108 again. Also,
When the end is instructed in each of the input and editing processes, and when the end of document editing is instructed in the determination of the input in step 104, the created document data is stored in the storage unit 3. (Step 11
2) is performed to end the document editing (step 11).
3).

Next, a character modification editing process (step 111), which is a process for modifying a character string, will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the character modification editing is designated, and the character modification control unit 45 is started. First, the character modification control unit 45
The immediately preceding state data 37 is stored in the character modification management data 36 (step 401), and the character management data 35 of the first character of the designated character string is stored in the character state data 38 (step 402). A character modification screen for designating a character modification item to be added to the character string is displayed (step 403, FIG. 5), and a state of waiting for input from the input unit 1 is entered (step 404). When an input is made by the user, it is determined whether the input is for designation or cancellation of a character modification item, execution or cancellation, or selection for a plurality of designation states of character modification items (step 405).
When the character modification item is designated or canceled, the character modification item designation cancellation processing is performed (step 406). When the character modification item is selected for a plurality of designated states, the character modification state selection unit 46 of the control unit 4 is activated. Then, a character modification state selection process is performed (step 407). The character modification state selection process (step 407) retrieves data based on the selected condition from the storage unit 3 and stores it in the character modification management data 36, thereby specifying the type of character modification and the designation / designation of character modification.
Release is a process that can be specified more than once. If the selection condition is the last use, the immediately preceding data 37 is stored in the character modification management data 36 (step 408). At this time, the designation of the character modification item on the character modification screen is such that no character modification item is specified at the first time (FIG. 5), and otherwise, the character modification item of the character modification item executed last time is specified. It becomes the same as the designation (FIG. 6). Next, when the selection condition is the character state, the character state data 38 is stored in the character modification management data 36 (step 409). At this time, the designation of the character modification item on the character modification screen becomes the same character modification item as the attribute of the first character of the designated character string (FIG. 7). Next, when the selection condition is deselection, the deselection data 39 is replaced with the character modification management data 3.
6 (step 410). At this time, the designation of the character modification item on the character modification screen is a state where no character modification item is designated (FIG. 8), that is, the character modification item is the same as the character modification initial screen (FIG. 5). Next, when the selection condition is the decoration removal, the decoration removal data 40 is stored in the character decoration management data 36 (step 411). At this time, the designation of the character modification item on the character modification screen is in a state where all the items relating to the erasure and cancellation of the character modification are designated (FIG. 9). When the character modification item designation release processing (step 406) and the character modification state selection processing (step 407) are completed, the process returns to step 404 again. Step 405
When the input is executed, the information contained in the character modification management data 36 is stored in the immediately preceding state data 37 (step 412).
Then, all the character management data 35 of the designated character string are entered (step 413), the character string is displayed again (step 414), and the character modification ends. Step 40
If the input is canceled in step 5, the character modification is terminated without doing anything.

The effect obtained by this will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when there is a character whose attribute of character modification is to be known, in order to know the attribute of the character, first, the target character is specified, and then in step 109, the character modification is specified. In step 409, the character state is selected by the character modification state selection unit in step 404.
Then, the character state data is stored in the character modification management data, the current character attribute of the character is displayed on the display unit 2, and the attribute of the character can be known (FIG. 10).

In order to make the character attribute of all the characters in the character string the same as the character attribute of the first character of the character string,
First, after specifying a character string to be character-modified, step 10
In step 404, the character modification is designated in the character modification management data. In step 404, the character modification data is stored in the character modification management data. The character modification management data is stored in the character management data of the specified character string, and the character attributes of all the characters in the character string can be the same as the character attributes of the first character of the character string (FIG. 1).
1).

In order to change some character attributes from the current character attribute of the specified character string, first,
After specifying the character string to be character-modified, the character modification is specified in step 109, and if the selection of deselection is selected by the character modification state selection unit in step 404, the deselection data is stored in the character modification management data in step 410. By specifying the item to be changed and executing, step 4
The data becomes character management data of the character string designated as the target in step 13, and as a result, the character string can be easily changed from the current character attribute with some character attributes changed (FIG. 12).

When canceling all the character attributes of the character string specified as the object, first specify the character string whose character modification is to be completely canceled, specify the character modification in step 109, and specify the character modification state in step 404. When the modification is selected by the selection unit, the modification data is stored in the character modification management data in step 411, and thereafter, the character modification management data is stored in the character modification management data in step 413. As a result, all the character attributes that have been used can be released (FIG. 13).

If a plurality of these effects are used, some applications are possible. For example, in order to copy the character attribute of a character to the character attribute of another character string in the same document, first specify the character to be copied,
When the character modification is designated in step 9 and the character state is selected in the character modification state selection section in step 404, the character state data is stored in the character modification management data in step 409.
As a result, the character modification management data is stored in the immediately preceding data in step 412. Immediately after that, the character string of the copy destination is specified as a target. In step 109, character modification is specified. The immediately preceding state data is also stored in the character modification management data, and when executed, when the character modification management data is stored in the character management data of the designated character string in step 413, the character attribute of the character is changed to the character attribute in the same document. It can be copied to the character attribute of another character string (FIG. 14).

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing selection means for selecting a plurality of specified states of character modification items, by combining them, it is possible to store and retrieve character modification information. Copying becomes possible. As a result, the operability of character modification is improved, and a combination of character modification items can be created with simple input.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of document creation and editing in a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an edit mode selection screen when a document is edited by a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of editing character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an initial value setting state screen for character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a “last use” selection state screen of character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a “character state” selection state screen for character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a “deselect” selection state screen for character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a “modification release” selection state screen of character modification of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating “display of character modification state” which is one of effects obtained by applying the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows one of the effects obtained by applying the present invention, “copying of the modification attribute of the first character of a character string to a character string”.
FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating “addition / change of character attribute” which is one of effects obtained by applying the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining “all release of character attributes” which is one of effects obtained by applying the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an application example to which the present invention is applied, “copying a character attribute of a character string to another character string”.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Chizuru Imaizumi 1-1-1, Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Inside the Taga Plant, Hitachi, Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/21

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input device capable of inputting characters, a display device for displaying the input characters on a screen, characters input from the input device, and underlining, shading, and double-width characters of those characters It has a storage device that stores character modification attribute information such as, and a control device that controls text editing,
In a document creation device having a character modification control unit for adding the contents of character modification management data storing a character modification item selected by a user to the character attribute of an input character in the control device, the character modification The immediately preceding data that stores the character modification information when character modification is performed, the character status data that stores the attribute of the first character of the specified character string as character modification information, and no character item is specified. The storage device comprises selection release data in which no character modification information is stored, and modification release data in which items of character modification erasure and release are designated, and one of these data is a character modification item. A document creation device, characterized in that the character modification control unit has a character modification state selection unit that is selected at the time of selection and stored in the character modification management data.