JP3900647B2 - Document processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus capable of assigning a frame by designating an arbitrary range of characters and the like input from an input device such as a keyboard, and in particular, the start position of the frame should be at the beginning of the line. In addition, the present invention relates to a document processing apparatus that can add a frame to a character or the like corresponding to a frame designation range without performing a complicated operation even when the end position of the frame does not exist at the end of the line.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various printing apparatuses that can form a frame so as to surround characters and the like input from a keyboard or the like and perform printing have been proposed. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-88825, for a character or the like input from a keyboard unit, a diagonal start point and an end point for setting a rectangular ruled line frame are displayed as characters corresponding to the start point displayed on the display. And a character corresponding to the end point, and by forming a ruled line frame defined by these two diagonal points, it is possible to print a rectangular ruled line frame that encloses multiple lines of print characters A device has been proposed.
[0003]
According to such a printing apparatus, even when a display having a display capability for only one line is used, a character string of a plurality of lines can be displayed without being restricted by display control for sequentially displaying a plurality of lines of characters in the line direction. The enclosing ruled line frame can be printed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the printing apparatus, when a ruled line frame is printed on a character string of a plurality of lines, when the ruled line start code is instructed, the ruled line start character coordinates of the ruled line start character are acquired and the line feed code is specified. The lower right position coordinate of the dot pattern area of the character immediately before the line feed code is acquired, and when the ruled line end code is specified, the lower right position coordinate of the dot pattern area of the character immediately before the ruled line end code is acquired. The ruled line end position coordinate is determined from the maximum coordinate of the x coordinate and the minimum coordinate of the y coordinate among the plurality of lower right position coordinates. Then, the ruled line start base coordinates are obtained from the ruled line start position coordinates obtained as described above, and the ruled line end base coordinates are obtained from the ruled line end position coordinates, and the ruled line start base coordinates and the ruled line end base coordinates are mutually obtained. As a diagonal position, a ruled line frame is printed on the character string.
[0005]
However, in the printing apparatus, the ruled line frame is always formed based on the beginning of the ruled line start line and the end of the ruled line end while taking into account the longest character string among the multiple lines of character strings. It is not possible to print and form a ruled line frame in an arbitrary range for each line. Therefore, for example, it is impossible to form a ruled line frame that starts forming a ruled line in the middle of a line or ends a ruled line in the middle of a line.
[0006]
Thus, in the printing apparatus, even if an attempt is made to form a ruled line frame that starts forming a ruled line in the middle of a line or ends a ruled line in the middle of a line, the printing device always starts from the beginning of the ruled line start line. A ruled line frame is formed in the range at the end of the line, and this makes it impossible to create a document rich in variations.
[0007]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and performs complicated operations even when the start position of the frame does not exist at the beginning of the line and the end position of the frame does not exist at the end of the line. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus that can add a frame to characters or the like in accordance with a frame designation range and can create a document rich in variations.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a document processing apparatus according to the present invention provides a character input unit for inputting characters and the like, and a frame within an arbitrary range for a plurality of lines of character strings input by the character input unit. The frame start means corresponds to the first character of the line or the frame end position corresponds to the end character of the line in each line within the range instructed via the frame instruction means. A determination means for determining whether the frame start position or the frame end position does not correspond to the first character or the last character of each line, and the line where the character corresponding to the frame start position exists Forms a frame with the character corresponding to the frame start position as the frame start character and the character existing at the end of the line as the frame end character, and for the line where the character corresponding to the frame end position exists, the beginning of the line Present Characterized in that the that characters and a frame forming means for forming a frame of the character corresponding to the character corresponding to and frame end position and a frame start character as a frame terminator.
[0009]
In addition, for the line where the character corresponding to the frame start position and the frame end position does not exist, the frame forming means sets the character existing at the beginning of the line as the frame start character and the character existing at the end of the line as the frame end. A frame is formed as a character.
[0010]
In the document processing apparatus of the present invention, when the determination unit determines that the frame start position or the frame end position does not correspond to the first character or the last character of each line, the frame forming unit includes a character corresponding to the frame start position. For a line that forms a frame with the character corresponding to the frame start position as the frame start character and the character existing at the end of the line as the frame end character, and for the line where the character corresponding to the frame end position exists A frame is formed with the character existing at the beginning of the line as the frame start character and the character corresponding to the character corresponding to the frame end position as the frame end character. As a result, even when a frame instruction unit instructs the character string of a plurality of lines input via the character input unit to be given a frame within an arbitrary range, the instruction range can be accurately handled. Thus, it is possible to add a frame to characters and the like. As a result, it is possible to create a document rich in variations by flexibly adding a frame to a plurality of character strings.
[0011]
In addition, when it is determined by the determining means that the frame start position or the frame end position does not correspond to the first character or the last character of each line, In each line within the range instructed through the frame instruction means For a line that does not have a character corresponding to the frame start position and the frame end position, the frame forming means sets the character existing at the beginning of the line as the frame start character and the character existing at the line end as the frame end character. It is formed. Therefore, a frame is formed based on the beginning and end of a line that exists in the middle where characters corresponding to the frame start position and the frame end position do not exist, and such intermediate lines are partially emphasized. Thus, it is possible to increase the number of document variations.
[0012]
Here, the frame forming means corresponds to the first letter of one line whose frame start position is within the range instructed by the frame instruction means via the determination means, and the frame end position is other line. When it is determined that it corresponds to the end-of-line character, it is desirable to search for the longest line in the range and to form a frame so as to include the longest line, the one line, and the other lines.
[0013]
According to the above-described configuration, it is possible to form a frame so as to surround all the rows for which frame assignment is instructed via the frame instruction unit.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a tape printing apparatus capable of printing a large number of characters such as alphabet letters and symbols on a printing tape.
[0015]
First, a schematic configuration of the tape printer according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a keyboard 3 is disposed in the front portion of the main body frame 2 of the tape printer 1, and a printing mechanism PM is disposed in the main body frame 2 behind the keyboard 3. Immediately behind, a liquid crystal display 22 capable of displaying the input characters and symbols as a print image is provided. The display 22 has a display screen composed of 32 dots in the vertical direction and 121 dots in the horizontal direction. Here, reference numeral 4 denotes a release button for opening the cover frame 6 when the tape cassette CS attached to the printing mechanism PM is attached or detached.
[0016]
The keyboard 3 has character keys for inputting alphabets, numbers and symbols, range specification keys for specifying a range for setting / changing various format information including the type of character modification and print character size, and the like at the time of formatting. Ruled line key for setting and changing various format information, font key, size key, width key, style key, return key, cursor key for moving the cursor up, down, left and right, various setting processing There are provided a confirmation key for performing printing, a print key for instructing printing, a cancel key for canceling various processes, a power key for turning on / off the power, and the like.
[0017]
Here, the ruled line key is a key for designating a frame so as to surround the character string and the like, and the font key is used to select a desired character font from a plurality of various character fonts (Gothic typeface, Mincho typeface, etc.). Key and size key for selecting a desired character size from a plurality of various character sizes (6 points, 10 points, 13 points, 19 points, 26 points, 38 points, 44 points, etc.) Keys and style keys for selecting a desired character width from multiple character widths (half-width, full-width, double-width, etc.) are multiple character styles (underline, shaded characters, bold, italic, outline (outlined characters) ) Etc.) to select a desired character style.
[0018]
Next, the printing mechanism PM will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 2. A rectangular tape cassette CS is detachably attached to the printing mechanism PM, and a laminate film tape 7 is wound around the tape cassette CS. The tape spool 8 mounted, the ribbon supply spool 10 on which the print ribbon 9 is wound, the take-up spool 11 for winding the print ribbon 9, and the double-sided tape 12 having the same width as the laminate film tape 7 are the release paper. A supply spool 13 wound on the outside and a joining roller 14 for joining the laminate film tape 7 and the double-sided tape 12 are rotatably provided.
[0019]
A thermal head 15 is erected at a position where the laminate film tape 7 and the print ribbon 9 overlap each other, a platen roller 16 that presses the laminate film tape 7 and the print ribbon 9 against the thermal head 15, and the laminate film tape 7. The feed roller 17 that presses the double-sided tape 12 against the joining roller 14 to create the printing tape 19 is pivotally supported by a support 18 that is pivotally attached to the main body frame 2. The thermal head 15 has a group of heating elements made up of 128 heating elements arranged in the vertical direction.
[0020]
Accordingly, the joining roller 14 and the take-up spool 11 are driven in synchronization with each other in the predetermined rotation direction by driving the tape feed motor 45 (see FIG. 3) in the predetermined rotation direction, while the heating element group of the thermal head 15 is driven. When energized, characters and barcodes are printed on the laminated film tape 7 by a plurality of dot rows, and the laminated film tape 7 is fed in the tape feeding direction A as the printing tape 19 with the double-sided tape 12 joined. Then, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The details of the printing mechanism PM are the same as, for example, the mechanism described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-106555, and a detailed description thereof is omitted here.
[0021]
Next, the cutting device 30 for automatically cutting the printing tape 19 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 2. A plate-like auxiliary is provided immediately inside the main body frame 2 corresponding to the left side of the tape cassette CS. A frame 31 is erected, and a fixed blade 32 is fixed to the auxiliary frame 31 upward. A pivotal support shaft 33 that is fixed to the auxiliary frame 31 and that faces in the left-right direction is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the front end of the operation lever 34 extending in the front-rear direction. The movable blade 35 is attached to face the fixed blade 32 at the corresponding portion. Further, the rear end portion of the operation lever 34 is configured to be vertically swingable by a swing drive mechanism (not shown) connected to a cutting motor 46 (see FIG. 3), and the movable blade 35 is always a fixed blade. It is held in a state separated from 32.
[0022]
Since the printing tape 19 printed by the thermal head 15 extends from the tape cassette CS between the fixed blade 32 and the movable blade 35 to the outside of the main body frame 2, the cutting motor driven by the cutting signal. 46, the rear end portion of the operation lever 34 is vertically swung through the swing drive mechanism, the movable blade 35 approaches the fixed blade 32, and the printing tape 19 is cut by the both blades 32 and 35.
[0023]
By the way, five types of tape widths of 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm, 18 mm, and 24 mm are prepared as the printing tape 19 fed out from the tape cassette CS. In order to detect any of the types of tape widths, a protruding piece 20 is provided that combines the presence or absence of four protruding claws. A cassette sensor 42 (see FIG. 3) for detecting the tape width from the combination of the protruding claws of the protruding piece 20 is attached to the main body frame 2 that supports the lower side of the tape cassette CS. That is, this cassette sensor 42 outputs a cassette signal of “0100” when the tape width is 24 mm, for example, by combining the protruding claws constituting the protruding piece 20, and “1100” cassette when the tape width is 12 mm. In addition to outputting a signal, a cassette signal of “0000” is output when the tape cassette CS is not loaded.
[0024]
Next, the control system of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the tape printer 1.
[0025]
3, the input / output interface 50 of the control device C includes a keyboard 3, a cassette sensor 42, a display controller (LCDC) 23 having a video RAM 24 for outputting display data to a liquid crystal display (LCD) 22, Drive circuit 44 for the warning buzzer 43, drive circuit 47 for driving the thermal head 15, drive circuit 48 for driving the tape feed motor 45, and drive circuit for driving the cutting motor 46 49 are connected to each other.
[0026]
The control device C includes a CPU 52, an input / output interface 50 connected to the CPU 52 via a bus 51 such as a data bus, a display CG (character generator) ROM 53, a printing CG (character generator) ROM 54, a ROM 55, and a RAM 60. It is composed of
[0027]
In the display CGROM (corresponding to the font storage means) 53, display dot pattern data for each of a large number of characters such as alphabet characters and symbols is provided for each font (Gothic typeface, Mincho typeface, etc.). Six types (7, 10, 16, 21, 32, 32 BIG dots) of display character sizes are stored in association with code data. Here, the display character size of 32 BIG dots is a display character size that can be displayed larger than the 32-dot character size for character strings that do not protrude below the baseline, such as uppercase letters of the alphabet.
[0028]
In the printing CGROM 54, for each of a large number of characters such as alphabet letters and symbols, there are seven types of printing dot pattern data for each font (6 points: 16 dots, 10 points: 24 dots, 13 points: 32 dots). , 19 points: 48 dots, 26 points: 64 dots, 38 points: 96 dots, 44 points: 96 BIG dots) are stored in correspondence with the code data. Here, the print character size of 96 BIG dots is a character size that can be printed larger than the 96 dot character size for a character string that does not protrude below the baseline, such as uppercase letters of the alphabet.
[0029]
The ROM 55 has a frame formation processing program to be described later, a display drive control program for controlling the display controller 23 in correspondence with character code data such as characters, numbers and symbols inputted from the keyboard 3, underlined characters and symbols, Character modification control program for performing various character modifications such as shaded characters, bold, italic, outline (outlined characters), shadow characters, etc., and data in the print data image buffer 67 are sequentially read out, and the thermal head 15 and the tape feed motor 45 are controlled. A printing drive control program to be driven, a control program for tape printing control, and the like are stored.
[0030]
The ROM 55 stores a character size conversion table (not shown) that associates the print character size with the display character size when printing at that size. Although not shown, the ROM 55 associates seven types of print character sizes with the start address (index address) of the print CGROM 54 in which dot pattern data of a series of characters and symbols relating to each print character size is stored. A print character search table and a print character index table in which this index address is associated with the storage start address of each character or symbol in the printing CGROM 54 are stored.
[0031]
Further, although not shown in the drawing, the ROM 55 associates six types of display character sizes with the head address (index address) of the display CGROM 53 in which dot pattern data of a series of characters and symbols relating to each display character size is stored. A display character search table and a display character index table in which this index address is associated with the storage start address in the display CGROM 53 for each character or symbol are stored.
[0032]
The RAM 60 includes a text memory 61, a print parameter memory 62, a pointer memory 63, a display character size memory 64, an arrangement position information memory 65, a display data image buffer 66, a print data image buffer 67, a flag memory 68, and other calculation results of the CPU 52. A work memory or the like is temporarily stored.
[0033]
Here, the text memory 61 stores document data and format information data input from the keyboard 3. For example, numeric data “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8” is input in this order by the numeric keys of the keyboard 3, and line feed data is inserted after the numbers “3” and “4”. Three lines of text data (the first line consists of numbers “1” to “3”, the second line consists of numbers “4” and “5”, and the third line consists of numbers “6” to “8”) are created. When the frame designation is performed for the numbers “2” to “7”, as shown in FIG. 4, the format information (font, size, etc.) of the entire text is displayed at the head position of the text memory 61, as shown in FIG. The frame start data precedes the numeric data “2”, the line feed data follows the numeric data “3”, the line feed data follows the numeric data “5”, and the frame end data follows the numeric data “7”. , Respectively.
[0034]
The print parameter memory 62 stores various data necessary for printing characters and the like on the print tape 19. The pointer memory 63 stores various pointer values such as a text pointer (TP) value, a character pointer (CP) value, a line pointer (LP) value, a frame pointer (FP) value, and a cursor pointer value. The character size memory 64 stores character size data. The arrangement position information memory 65 stores arrangement information necessary for arranging character, symbol, and frame image data on the display data image buffer 66 and the print data image buffer 67. The display data image buffer 66 stores the inputted dot pattern data for displaying a plurality of characters and symbols, and the print data image buffer 67 is used for printing a plurality of characters and symbols for printing. The dot pattern data is synthesized and stored as dot image data for printing. The flag memory 68 is provided with various flags such as a multi-line frame flag that is turned on when a single frame is formed for a character string extending over a plurality of lines.
[0035]
Next, the frame forming process performed by the control device C of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is a flowchart of the main program, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the editing screen display processing program, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the range setting processing program, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the format setting processing program, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the printing processing program. 10 is a flowchart of an arrangement information creation processing program, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a character information creation processing program, FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a frame information creation processing program, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a frame division processing program, and FIG. It is a flowchart of a program.
[0036]
First, in the flowchart of the main program in FIG. 5, initialization processing (initialization processing of the RAM 60, etc.) of the tape printer 1 is performed in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1, and document editing is performed on the liquid crystal display 22 in S2. An edit screen display process (described later) for displaying the screen is performed.
[0037]
In S3, it is determined whether there is a key input from the keys on the keyboard 3, and the process waits until there is a key input. If there is a key input (S3: YES), it is determined in S4 whether the key input is a key input from a range setting key. If it is a key input from the range setting key (S4: YES), a range setting process (described later) is performed in S5, and after the format setting process is performed in S6, the process returns to S2. On the other hand, if the key input is not from the range specification key (S4: NO), it is determined in S7 whether the key input is from the print key. If the key input is from the print key (S7: YES), characters, frames, etc. are printed on the print tape 19 (S8), and the process returns to S2. On the other hand, if the key input is not from the print key (S7: NO), the process corresponding to the key operated in S9 is performed and then the process returns to S2.
[0038]
Here, the edit screen display process performed in S2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 6, first, in S10, arrangement information on the display data image buffer 66 is created for characters and frames displayed on the liquid crystal display 22. The arrangement information creation process will be described later. In subsequent S11, all the coordinate data and length data of the character and frame arrangement information are converted for display. In S12, character and frame image data are created based on the coordinate data and length data. And stored in the display data image buffer 66. Thereafter, the contents of the display data image buffer 66 are displayed on the liquid crystal display 22 in S13.
[0039]
The range setting process in S5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 7, first, in S14, the start position and the end position of the range are set at the cursor position in the text memory 61 indicated by the cursor pointer value. Thereafter, the editing screen display process (see S2, S10 to S13) is performed (S15). In S16, the range corresponding to the first position and the last position of the range is displayed in reverse on the liquid crystal display 22. In S17, the key input from the keyboard 3 is waited, and if there is a key input (S17: YES), it is determined whether or not the key input is from the left and right keys of the cursor key (S18). In the case of key input from the left and right keys (S18: YES), after the start position and the final position of the range changed by the left and right keys are stored, the process proceeds to S20. On the other hand, if the key input is not from the left and right keys (S18: NO), the process immediately proceeds to S20. In S20, it is determined whether or not the key input is from the return key. If the key input is from the return key (S20: YES), the process ends and the process proceeds to S6. If it is not an input (S20: NO), the process returns to S15.
[0040]
Further, the format setting process performed in S6 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 8, first, the text data stored in the text memory 61 is saved in the work memory in S21, and the same edit screen display process as described above is performed in S22. In S23, the range corresponding to the start position and the end position of the range to be formatted is displayed in reverse on the liquid crystal display 22. In S24, the key input from the keyboard 3 is waited, and if there is a key input (S24: YES), it is determined whether the key input is a key input from a ruled line key (S25). If the key input is from the ruled line key (S25: YES), the ruled line within the range is changed (S26). When the key input is from the size key (S25: NO, S27: YES), the character size within the range is changed (S28). When the key input is from the font key (S25: NO, S27: NO, S29: YES), the character font within the above range is changed (S30). When the key input is from the cancel key (S25: NO, S27: NO, S29: NO, S31: YES), the text data in the text memory 61 saved in the work memory in S21 is restored (S32). The process ends and the process returns to S2. If the key input is not from the cancel key (S31: NO), it is determined whether the key input is from the return key (S33). If the key input is from the return key (S33: YES), processing is performed. On the other hand, if the key input is not from the return key (S33: NO), the process returns to S22.
[0041]
The printing process performed in S8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the printing process is started, first, arrangement information on the print data image buffer 67 is created for characters and frames to be printed by the printing mechanism PM in S34. The arrangement information creation process is the same as the process performed in S10, which will be described later. In subsequent S35, all the coordinate data and length data of the character and frame arrangement information are converted for printing, and character and frame image data are created based on the coordinate data and length data, and the print data image buffer is created. 67. In step S36, the contents of the print data image buffer 67 are printed on the tape via the printing mechanism PM.
[0042]
Next, the arrangement information creation process performed in S10 and S34 will be described with reference to FIGS. When the arrangement information creation process is started, first, the character information creation process (S37) is performed. Here, the character information creation process will be described with reference to FIG.
[0043]
11, first, in S42, the text pointer TP in the pointer memory 63 is set to the head position of the text in the text memory 61, and the character pointer CP is set to the head of the character arrangement information area (see FIG. 15) in the arrangement position information memory 65. The line pointer LP is set to the head position of the row arrangement information area (see FIG. 16) in the arrangement position information memory 65, and the frame pointer FP is set to the ruled line arrangement information area (FIG. 17) in the arrangement position information memory 65. Set to the top position.
[0044]
In S43, it is determined whether or not the text information has been completed. If the text information has been completed (S43: YES), the process is terminated. If the text information has not been completed (S43: NO), the process proceeds to S44. In S44, it is determined whether or not the frame start is designated based on whether or not the data indicated by the text pointer TP is the frame start data. If the frame start is designated (S44: YES), the character existing next to the frame start data is set as the frame start character (S45), and the process proceeds to S54. If the data indicated by the text pointer TP is not the frame start data (S44: NO), it is determined whether the frame end is designated based on whether the data indicated by the text pointer TP is the frame end data ( S46).
[0045]
If the frame end is designated (S46: YES), the character existing before the frame end data is set as the frame end character (S47), and then the frame pointer FP is set as the next frame information (S48). . Thereafter, the process proceeds to S54. If the frame end is not designated in S46 (S46: NO), it is determined whether or not a line feed is designated based on whether or not the data indicated by the text pointer TP is line feed data (S49). . When a line feed is designated (S49: YES), an area for storing the arrangement information for the character string of the first line is secured and registered in the line arrangement information area in the arrangement position information memory 65 (S50). ). At this time, when the line format information is set in the format information of the text memory 61, the line format information is registered for the first character string as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the line pointer LP is set to the next line information (S51), and the process proceeds to S54.
[0046]
In S49, when a line feed is not designated (S49: NO), a character code is registered in the character arrangement information area of the arrangement position information memory 65 (S52). At this time, the character format information stored in the format information of the text memory 61 is copied and stored as format information corresponding to the character code, as shown in FIG. In S53, the character pointer CP is set to the next character information in the character arrangement information area, and the text pointer TP is set to the next text position (S54), and the process returns to S43.
[0047]
The character information and the format information in the character arrangement information area shown in FIG. 15 are created for each character stored in the text memory 61 by the character information creation process described above, and the line arrangement information area for each line constituting the text. The area for storing the arrangement information of each row is secured in step 1 and the row format information is registered for each row (see FIG. 16). Further, for the frame, a frame start character and a frame end character (see FIG. 17) are set.
[0048]
Here, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the description will be continued. After the character information creation processing (S42 to S54) is performed in S37, the frame information creation processing is performed in the subsequent S38. Such frame information creation processing will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 12, first, the frame pointer FP is set to the head position of the ruled line arrangement information area in the arrangement position information memory 65 (S55). Next, it is determined whether the frame information has been completed with reference to the text memory 61 (S56). If the frame information is completed (S56: YES), the process is terminated. If the frame information is not completed (S56: NO), it is determined whether the frame is a one-line frame (S57). . Such a determination is made based on whether the frame disclosure data and the frame end data exist in the same line.
[0049]
If the frame is a one-line frame (S57: YES), the process ends. On the other hand, if the frame is not a one-line frame (S57: NO), it is determined whether the frame start position exists at the beginning of the line. (S58). If the frame start position exists at the beginning of the line (S58: YES), it is determined whether the frame end position exists at the end of the line (S59). If the frame end position exists at the end of the line (S59: YES), the multi-line frame flag provided in the flag memory 68 is set to ON (S60), and the post-processing is ended. Here, the multi-line frame means a single frame formed over a plurality of lines of text.
[0050]
When the frame start position does not exist at the beginning of the line in S58 (S58: NO) and when the frame end position does not exist at the end of the line (S59: NO), the frame division processing is performed (S61). finish. This case corresponds to a case where the frame starts in the middle of the line and ends in the middle of the line. Here, the frame division processing performed in S61 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 13, first, the line pointer LP is set to the first line in the line arrangement information area (S62). Then, it is determined whether or not the line pointer LP value is larger than the LP value of the frame end line (S63). Such a determination is made by determining whether the frame end data exists in the first and subsequent lines. If the determination in S63 is YES, the process ends. If the determination is NO, it is determined whether or not the line pointer LP value is equal to the LP value of the frame start line (S64). Such a determination is made by determining whether there is frame start data in the line indicated by the line pointer LP. If the determination in S64 is YES, the frame end character is set to the end of the line with the frame start character set as it is (S65). Thereafter, the process proceeds to S69.
[0051]
If the determination in S64 is NO, it is determined whether or not the line pointer LP value is equal to the LP value of the frame last row (S66). Such a determination is made by determining whether there is frame end data in the line indicated by the line pointer LP. If the determination in S66 is YES, the frame start character is set at the beginning of the line, and the frame end character is set as it is, and the frame is additionally registered in the ruled line arrangement information area (S67). Thereafter, the process proceeds to S69.
[0052]
On the other hand, if the determination in S66 is NO, the frame start character is set at the beginning of the line and the frame end character is set at the end of the line, and a frame is additionally registered in the ruled line arrangement information area (S68). Thereafter, the line pointer LP is updated in S69, and then the process returns to S63.
[0053]
Here, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10 again, the description will be continued. After the frame information creation processing (S55 to S69) is performed in S38, the character size calculation processing is performed in the subsequent S39, and further in S40. Performs character placement calculation processing. The character size calculation process and the character arrangement calculation process acquire the character size existing in the format information obtained by copying the format information in the text memory 61 in the character arrangement information area shown in FIG. When the dot pattern data is arranged on the display data image buffer 66 and the print data image buffer 67 on the basis of the character size, the coordinate data of the lower left position of the area where the dot pattern data is to be arranged is calculated. At this time, for each character stored in the text memory 61, as shown in FIG. 15, coordinate data of the lower left position of the dot pattern data arrangement area is acquired. Further, based on the fact that the character arrangement information is acquired for each character as described above, the line arrangement information is calculated for each line constituting the text as shown in FIG. This line arrangement information is also acquired from the coordinate data of the lower left position of the arrangement area of each line, like the character arrangement information.
[0054]
Here, the coordinate data of each character in the character arrangement information area shown in FIG. 15 and the coordinate data of each line in the line arrangement information area shown in FIG. 16 match the text contents of the text memory shown in FIG. That is, the text memory 61 stores the number “1”, the frame start data, the number “2”, the number “3”, the line feed data, the number “4”, the number “5”, the line feed data, the number “6”, the number “ 7 ”, the frame end data, and the number“ 8 ”are stored in this order. For the numbers“ 1 ”to“ 8 ”, the coordinate data of the lower left position of the dot pattern data placement area is registered for each of the numbers“ 1 ”to“ 8 ”. Also, for the arrangement information of each line, the coordinates of the lower left position of the arrangement area with respect to each line (first line to third line) based on the presence of three lines of text based on the presence of two line feed data Data is registered.
[0055]
In addition, after S40, frame arrangement calculation processing is performed in S41 following this. Here, the frame arrangement calculation processing will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 14, first, after setting the frame pointer FP to the head position of the ruled line arrangement information area (S70), it is determined whether or not the frame information has ended (S71). If the frame information has ended (S70: YES), the process ends. If the frame information has not ended (S70: NO), it is determined whether the multi-line frame flag is set to ON. (S72). If the multi-line frame flag is not set to ON (S72: NO), the lower left position of the frame start character is set to the lower left position of the frame (LLX, LLY) (S73), and the upper right position of the frame end character Is set to the upper right position (RUX, RUY) of the frame (S74), and the process proceeds to S78.
[0056]
On the other hand, when the multi-line frame flag is set to ON in S72 (S72: YES), the lower left position of the bullet in the last line is set to the lower left position (LLX, LLY) of the frame (S75). Next, the Y position at the upper end of the first line is set as the Y position (RUX, RUY) at the upper right of the frame (S76), and the X position at the right of the end-of-line character in the longest line is set as the X position at the upper right of the frame ( RUX) (S77). Thereafter, the process proceeds to S78.
[0057]
In S78, the coordinate data acquired in S73 to S77 is registered in the ruled line arrangement information area as frame arrangement information. In S79, the frame pointer FP is updated, and the process returns to S71.
[0058]
Here, the text memory 61 stores the text contents shown in FIG. 4 as described above, and the contents of the ruled line arrangement information will be described with reference to FIG. Since both the frame start data and the frame end data exist in the middle of the line based on the text contents of the text memory 61, the determinations in S58 and S59 are both NO in the frame information creation process. Three frames are formed for each of the first to third rows through the processing of S65, S68, and S67 in the division processing. Then, through S73 and 74 in the frame placement process, as shown in FIG. 17, the coordinate data (LLX1, LLY1) of the lower left position of the number “2” in the first row and the upper right position of the number “3” are displayed. A first frame defined by the coordinate data (RUX1, RUY1) is formed around the numbers “2” and “3”. Similarly, the second frame defined by the coordinate data (LLX2, LLY2) of the lower left position of the number “4” in the second row and the coordinate data (RUX2, RUY2) of the upper right position of the number “5” is provided. It is formed around the numbers “4” and “5”. Similarly, the third frame defined by the coordinate data (LLX3, LLY3) of the lower left position of the number “6” in the third row and the coordinate data (RUX3, RUY3) of the upper right position of the number “7” is provided. It is formed around the numbers “6” and “7”.
[0059]
Based on the text data in the text memory 61, the character arrangement data in the character arrangement information area, the line arrangement data in the line arrangement information area, and the ruled line arrangement data in the ruled line arrangement information area, characters are printed on the printing tape via the printing mechanism PM. As shown in FIG. 18, a frame is formed in the numbers “2” and “3” in the number strings “1” to “3” in the first row, and the number string “4” in the second row is printed. ”And“ 5 ”, and a print result is obtained in which a frame is formed on the numbers“ 6 ”and“ 7 ”in the number strings“ 6 ”to“ 8 ”in the third row. It is.
[0060]
As described in detail above, in the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment, the arrangement information creation processing (S10, S34, S37 to S41) is performed for each character, line, and frame constituting the text stored in the text memory 61. By creating character arrangement information, line arrangement information, and frame arrangement information, and for forming a frame for characters, the frame start position or frame end position corresponds to the beginning or end character of each line If it is determined that the character does not (S58: NO, S59: NO), for the line where the character corresponding to the frame start position exists, the character corresponding to the frame start position is set as the frame start character and the character existing at the end of the line Is formed with the frame end character as the frame end character (S65), and for the line in which the character corresponding to the frame end position exists, the character existing at the beginning of the line is set as the frame start character and the frame end position is set. A frame is formed with the character corresponding to the character corresponding to the character as the frame end character (S67), and it is further determined that the frame start position or frame end position does not correspond to the head character or the end character of each line (S64: NO) , S66: NO), for a line in which there is no character corresponding to the frame start position and the frame end position, the character existing at the beginning of the line is the frame start character and the character existing at the end of the line is the frame end character. A frame is formed (S68).
[0061]
Based on this, even when it is instructed to add a frame in an arbitrary range to a character string of a plurality of lines input via the keyboard 3, it is made to correspond to the indicated range accurately with characters and the like. A frame can be added. In addition, it is possible to create a document rich in variations by giving a frame to a plurality of character strings flexibly.
[0062]
Further, when it is determined that the frame start position corresponds to the first character of one line within the specified range, and the frame end position corresponds to the end character of the other line (S58: YES, S59: YES). ) Set a multi-line frame flag to ON, search for the longest line in the range, and form a frame so as to include the longest line, the one line, and another line (S75 to S77) In this case, it is possible to form a frame so as to surround all the rows instructed to give a frame.
[0063]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a frame is arbitrarily formed for a character string of a plurality of lines has been described as an example. However, for example, the present invention can be applied to a case where a character string is arbitrarily modified such as shading. it is obvious.
[0064]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention does not perform complicated operations even when the start position of the frame does not exist at the beginning of the line and the end position of the frame does not exist at the end of the line. It is possible to provide a document processing apparatus capable of adding a frame to a document and creating a document rich in variations.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape printer.
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a printing mechanism equipped with a tape cassette.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printer.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the contents of a text memory.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a main program.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an edit screen display processing program.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a range setting processing program.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a format setting processing program.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a print processing program.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an arrangement information creation processing program.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a character information creation processing program.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a frame information creation processing program.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a frame division processing program.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a frame arrangement processing program.
FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a character arrangement information area.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a row arrangement information area.
FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a ruled line arrangement information area.
FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a printing result.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Tape printer
3 Keyboard
22 Liquid crystal display
52 CPU
55 ROM
60 RAM
61 Text memory
62 Print parameter memory
63 Pointer memory
64 Display character size memory
65 Arrangement position information memory 65
66 Display data image buffer
67 Print data image buffer
68 Flag memory

Claims (3)

A character input means for inputting characters and the like;
A frame instructing unit for instructing to give a frame in an arbitrary range to a plurality of lines of character strings input by the character input unit;
Determination means for determining whether the frame start position corresponds to the first character of the line in each line within the range instructed via the frame instruction means, or whether the frame end position corresponds to the end character of the line;
When it is determined by the determining means that the frame start position or the frame end position does not correspond to the first character or the last character of each line, the character corresponding to the frame start position for a line where the character corresponding to the frame start position exists Is used as a frame start character and a character existing at the end of the line is used as a frame end character to form a frame. For a line where a character corresponding to the frame end position exists, the character existing at the beginning of the line is used as the frame start character. And a frame forming means for forming a frame with the character corresponding to the character corresponding to the frame end position as the frame end character. The frame forming means , for each line within the range, for a line that does not have a character corresponding to the frame start position and the frame end position, uses the character existing at the beginning of the line as the frame start character and exists at the end of the line. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frame is formed with the character as a frame end character.   The frame forming means corresponds to the first character of one line whose frame start position is within the range instructed by the frame instruction means via the determining means, and the frame end position is set to the end character of the other line. 2. When it is determined that it corresponds, the longest line in the range is searched, and a frame is formed so as to include the longest line, the one line, and another line. 2. The document processing apparatus according to 2.

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