JP4153380B2 - Document creation apparatus and document creation processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus such as a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “PC”) having a word processor (hereinafter abbreviated as “word processor”) function and a program for document creation processing such as word processor software. .

  A word processor application software installed in a conventional personal computer has a function of copying a character string of a text in another part to a text in a part. When copying the copy source character string to the specified position of the copy destination, move the cursor from the copy destination part to the copy source part by operating the cursor key of the mouse or keyboard, and start position of the character string you want to copy Move the cursor to and left-click, then drag to the final position of the character string, or hold down the keyboard shift key and left-click the mouse at the final position of the character string to specify the range to copy. To do. As a result, the display of the specified character string range is usually reversed. Next, right-click on the mouse, or select Edit on the toolbar at the top of the screen and left-click to display “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste” and other menu screen toolbars on the screen. The Next, select the “Copy” menu by left-clicking the mouse, move the cursor to the copy destination by operating the mouse or cursor keys, and then “Cut” and “Copy” again on the screen by right-clicking the mouse. ”,“ Paste ”and other menu screens are displayed, and when the“ Paste ”menu is selected by left-clicking the mouse, a character string to be copied is inserted and displayed at the portion to be copied (see Non-Patent Document 1). ).

  Further, word processor application software installed in a conventional personal computer has a word registration function for efficiently inputting frequently used words. When registering a character string as a word, as with the copy function described above, specify the range of the character string you want to register by dragging the mouse, etc., and register the word from the toolbar on the top or bottom of the screen. A menu is selected and its character string and reading are registered in the dictionary memory. After a word is registered, when a character string reading is input and the conversion key is pressed, if the character string corresponding to the reading is registered, the registered character string is read from the dictionary memory. Can be displayed as an icon on the toolbar (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  There is a proposal relating to a copy function for which the patent application was filed on December 21, 2000 for the invention of a document creation apparatus or a related apparatus. In this proposal, a display unit that displays a document and editing operation information of the document, a storage unit that stores the editing operation information, a specifying unit that specifies one editing operation from the editing operation information, and the document Editing means for returning to a document immediately after being edited by the one editing operation, and registration means for registering information on the new editing operation after the one editing operation when the new editing operation is performed on the document. Are listed. Further, the editing operation is described as moving, copying, adding, replacing, and deleting a character string. In the embodiment of the invention, copying is an editing operation for copying a character string, and the location of the copy source character string, the copy character string, and the like are stored in the detailed list 32. The pasting is an editing operation for pasting a character string copied by a copy operation, and the position where the last copy operation was performed is described as being stored in the detailed list 32. According to this proposal, it is described that it is possible to effectively edit a document using the history of editing operations displayed on the screen (see Patent Document 1).

There is also a word registration and dictionary memory proposal filed on April 24, 1996 in the invention of a document creation device or a device related thereto. In this proposal, an input unit for inputting character data, a Japanese conversion processing unit for converting the character data into words to create a Japanese sentence, a Japanese dictionary for registering conversion word candidates for the character data are created. An output unit that displays a Japanese sentence and a conversion word candidate, a document file that stores ready-made document data used for word extraction, a document data reading unit that reads document data from the document file, and Sequential scanning of document data, character type recognition unit for recognizing words consisting of katakana, alphanumeric characters, and symbol character types, part of speech and appearance frequency of the word, and registering the word in the extracted word storage unit A part-of-speech recognition unit to perform, and an extracted word registration unit that registers the word that reaches the appearance frequency threshold in the Japanese translation dictionary. That. In the embodiment of the invention, it is described that a word whose appearance frequency is equal to or higher than a threshold is registered in the Japanese conversion dictionary 7. Further, FIGS. 1 and 4 of the drawings show the configurations of the first and second embodiments including the Japanese translation dictionary 7 (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-189716 A (paragraph numbers “0005”, “0008”, “0034”) JP-A-9-293070 (paragraph numbers “0009” and “0012”, FIGS. 1 and 4) Tominaga Atsuko, Koizumi Atsushi "Mainichi Communications Co., Ltd." Publishing "Established! Word 2002 Comprehensive Edition" April 25, 2003 First edition first edition issued (pages 80 and 81, pages 60 and 61)

  The first problem to be solved is that if the created document is long as in several tens of pages and the copy destination page and the copy source page are separated from each other, the copy destination page is changed to the copy source page. Since it scrolls, you need to remember the page number and line number of the part you want to insert. However, since it is easy to forget the tasteless dry page number and line number that are not directly related to the contents of the document, it eventually involves a complicated operation of making a note on paper. As an improvement measure, a screen division function called “window” is used to divide the display screen vertically or horizontally and edit different parts of the document being created independently. As a result, the screen becomes small and a complicated operation for opening and closing the window screen is involved, resulting in a decrease in the efficiency of document creation. This first problem cannot be solved from the contents described in Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1. In addition, the first problem has not been solved in the document creation apparatus such as a personal computer and the program for document creation processing that are commercially available as of July 6, 2003.

  In addition, the second problem to be solved is that, when a character string common to different types of documents and a character string specific to each document are registered, while creating a certain type of document, When the conversion key is operated, all conversion candidates of other documents not used for the document are displayed. For example, if a character string such as “Hangrider”, “Semiconductor”, “Handle”, “Range”, “Hand Scanner” is registered in the reading of “Han”, a document relating to the hand scanner is being created. When “han” is input to and the conversion key is operated, all the character strings are displayed on the toolbar as conversion candidates starting with the character string of the previously created document. For this reason, an operation for selecting a character string corresponding to the document being created is required. In addition, for a character string that is registered once in a document that is created only once and is not used thereafter, the registration is often deleted when the document creation is completed in order to save the capacity of the dictionary memory. Absent. In this case, it is necessary to retrieve the character strings registered in the document from the dictionary memory and delete them one by one, which is complicated. This second problem cannot be solved from the contents described in Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1. Further, the second problem has not been solved in the document creation apparatus such as a personal computer and the document creation processing program that are commercially available as of July 6, 2003.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a first object is to perform the copy processing or the search processing even when the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the current position. A document creation apparatus and a document creation processing program capable of quickly returning to the original current position by an extremely simple operation are obtained.

  The second purpose is to prevent registered characters that are not related to the document being created from being displayed in the character string registered in the dictionary memory, and to register words in the document that is created only once. Obtains a document creation apparatus and a document creation processing program that can be easily deleted without searching for registered characters that are not used.

  The present invention provides a keyboard for inputting a character string such as letters, numbers, and symbols of a document to be created according to an operation, a storage unit for storing a document created by the character string input by the keyboard, and the storage unit The display unit displays a part or all of the document stored in the screen, displays a cursor image indicating the position of the displayed document and a menu icon for editing the document, and the document being created is displayed on the display unit. The position of the cursor image is moved according to the operation, the menu icon for document editing is designated according to the operation, and the home icon or the menu icon displayed on the display unit by the designation is displayed. A mouse that selects a copy icon or a paste icon according to an operation, and a CPU, wherein the home icon is selected by the mouse. When the button is selected, the position of the cursor image is stored in the storage means. When the copy icon is selected, it is determined whether a character string range in the document displayed on the display unit is designated. If the range is designated, the home icon is selected again, and when the paste icon is further selected, the character string in the designated range is stored at the position stored in the storage means. When the range is not specified, a character string search icon is displayed in addition to the copy icon. When a character string is input in the input area of the character string search icon, the storage means stores A character string input in a stored document is searched, the cursor image is moved to the position of the searched character string, and a sentence in the document displayed on the display unit is displayed. When the range of the column is designated, the home icon is selected again, and when the paste icon is further selected, the character string in the designated range is copied to the position stored in the storage means. And a CPU.

  In this case, when a specific symbol designated in advance is added before, after, or before or after the character string input to the character string search icon, the CPU adds the character string and the symbol input. You may comprise so that the character string containing the character string may be searched by the number of characters.

  In this case, the second display control means displays the home icon in different modes (for example, different display colors) depending on whether the position data is stored in the storage means or not stored. You may comprise.

  Alternatively, in this case, the storage unit selects one or more characters by a combination of the second operation signal from the operation unit and the third operation signal or another operation signal (for example, an operation signal by a shift key operation). When a copy icon is selected by the icon selection unit corresponding to the first operation signal from the operation unit in the second command selection image displayed in response to the second operation signal from the operation unit The selected character data is stored, and the fourth display control means responds to the first operation signal from the operation means in a state where the selected character data and position data are stored in the storage means. When the home icon is selected by the icon selection means, the character stored in the storage means at the designated position based on the position data stored in the storage means. It may be configured to insert over data.

  Alternatively, in this case, the third display control means may perform the first operation signal or the second operation from the operation means in a state where the position data is stored in the storage means and the selected character data is not stored. When the copy icon is selected by the icon selection means corresponding to the first operation signal from the operation means in the second command selection image displayed according to the signal, the position of the character existing in the document being created is searched. The character search image to be displayed may be displayed.

Alternatively, in this case, it further includes a dictionary memory having a common dictionary area and an individual dictionary area, and when the conversion command is input by the keyboard, the CPU refers to the kana character input with reference to the dictionary memory as a kanji character. When a registration command is input from the keyboard, it is determined whether or not an individual dictionary area in which document identification information of a document being created is registered exists in the dictionary memory. Registers the kanji related to the registration command in the individual dictionary area, and if there is no individual dictionary area, prepares a new individual dictionary area and registers the kanji related to the registration command together with the document identification information of the document being created You may make it the structure which does.

  In this case, the storage control means is configured to delete all character data registered in the first storage area corresponding to the document identification information in response to the delete command input together with the document identification information. May be.

  Alternatively, in this case, the storage control means individually or collectively collects the character data registered in the first storage area corresponding to the document identification information according to the transfer command input together with the document identification information. You may comprise so that it may transfer to a 2nd storage area.

  Further, the present invention is a document creation processing program for creating a document in response to an input operation, and a pressing operation (in the embodiment, corresponding to the mouse 4 in FIG. 1) in a predetermined operation means. A first step of generating an operation signal in response to a slide operation (corresponding to mouse dragging in the embodiment) or a slide operation moving on a plane (corresponding to mouse click) or a predetermined display means (in the embodiment, When the position of the cursor image displayed on the document being created on the screen of the display unit 8 in FIG. 1 is designated by an operation signal from the operation means, the designated position (in the embodiment, the home position). The second step of storing the position data in a predetermined storage means (corresponding to the RAM 6 in FIG. 1 in the embodiment), and designation in the document being created When a predetermined image on the screen (corresponding to the home icon of the toolbar 85 in FIG. 18) is designated by an operation signal from the operation means in a state where the cursor image is displayed at a position other than the position, the storage means And a third step of moving the cursor image to a designated position based on the position data stored in The first to third steps correspond to the function of the CPU 1 in the embodiment.

  The present invention is also a document creation processing program for creating a document in response to an input operation, and includes a plurality of first storage areas classified according to document identification information of a document being created (in the embodiment, FIG. 3). A dictionary memory having a second storage area (corresponding to the common dictionary area 91 of FIG. 3 in the embodiment) common to the document being created and other documents. When a command for requesting registration of the selected character is inputted, a selection image for selecting either the first storage area or the second storage area is displayed on a predetermined display means (in the embodiment, the display section shown in FIG. 1). And when the first storage area is selected in the selected image, it is selected as the first storage area corresponding to the document identification information of the document being created in the dictionary memory. Character A second step of registering data, and when there is an instruction to read out characters registered in the dictionary memory during the creation of the document, the first storage area corresponding to the document identification information of the document and the second storage And a third step of searching the storage area. The first to third steps correspond to the function of the CPU 1 in the embodiment.

  The document creation apparatus of the present invention stores the position of the document being created as a designated position, and even when the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the designated position for copy processing or search processing, it is extremely simple. There is an advantage that it is possible to quickly return to the designated position by the operation.

  In addition, the document creation apparatus of the present invention displays only the registered characters that are individually used for the document being created and the registered characters that are common to different types of documents among the characters registered in the dictionary memory, and creates them as conversion candidates. It is possible not to display registered characters that are not related to the document inside, and to register words in a document that is created only once, and then easily delete registered characters that are not used without searching. There is an advantage of becoming.

  Further, the document creation processing program of the present invention stores the position of the document being created as the designated position, and even when the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the designated position for copy processing or search processing. There is an advantage that it is possible to quickly return to the designated position by an extremely simple operation.

  The document creation processing program according to the present invention displays only registered characters used individually for the document being created and registered characters common to different types of documents as conversion candidates among characters registered in the dictionary memory. Do not display registered characters that are not related to the document you are creating, and register words in a document that is created only once, and then delete registered characters that you will not use without searching. There is an advantage that becomes possible.

  An object of the present invention is to make it possible to quickly return to a specified position by an extremely simple operation even when the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the specified position for copy processing or search processing. The position of the cursor image is stored as a designated position in accordance with the operation, and a predetermined image is designated in accordance with the operation to return to the designated position.

In addition, the present invention prevents display of registered characters that are not related to the document being created from the character strings registered in the dictionary memory, and registers words in a document that is created only once, and then uses it In order to make it possible to easily delete registered characters that do not need to be searched, the registered characters that are used individually for the document being created and the registered characters that are common to different types of documents are stored in the dictionary memory. Realized by registering in another storage area.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the document creation apparatus of the present invention will be described by taking a personal computer as an example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer that realizes a document creation apparatus. That is, a document creation processing program is installed in the personal computer of FIG. In FIG. 1, a CPU 1 is connected to a keyboard 3, a mouse 4, a ROM 5, a RAM 6, a communication I / F (interface) 7, a display unit 8, a dictionary memory 9, and a disk driver 10 via a system bus 2. Commands and data are exchanged with these units to control the entire apparatus.

  The keyboard 3 moves a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numbers, and symbols (hereinafter commonly referred to as “characters”), a conversion key for converting the input characters, and a position of a cursor image on the display unit 8. It consists of cursor keys and other keys. The mouse 4 moves the pointer image on the screen in the display unit 8 in response to a slide operation that moves on a plane such as a mouse pad, and moves the cursor image to the position of the pointer image by left-clicking. Specify the toolbar icon displayed in, right-click to display the toolbar over the document being created, and specify one character or a range of consecutive characters by dragging with left-click and slide operation. The characters in the specified range are highlighted.

  The ROM 5 stores a document creation processing program executed by the CPU 1 and other application programs, and also stores initial data when each program is started, for example, a flag of the RAM 6 and initial data of a register. The RAM 6 is a work area of the CPU 1 and includes various areas, flags, registers, and the like corresponding to stored data, as will be described later. The detailed configuration of the RAM 6 will be described later.

  The display unit 8 displays characters input from the keyboard 3 on the document creation screen, and displays fixed toolbars at the upper and lower portions of the document creation screen. “Fixed” means that it is always displayed regardless of whether or not there is an operation. For example, a plurality of icons such as file, edit, display, insert, format, tool, and ruled line are displayed on the upper fixed toolbar. A plurality of icons such as an input character type, a conversion mode, a character palette, and a menu are displayed on the lower fixed toolbar. Furthermore, any icon of the upper or lower fixed toolbar can be selected by left-clicking the mouse 4. When an icon is selected, a toolbar related to the icon is displayed over the document screen.

  The dictionary memory 9 is provided with a dictionary area that can be registered by the user, in addition to a dictionary area in which standard Chinese characters, English characters, Greek characters, symbols, and the like are stored in advance. Details of the dictionary memory 9 will be described later. The disk driver 10 can drive a storage medium such as a hard disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, or FD (flexible disk). A communication I / F (interface) 7 can be connected to a network such as the Internet to transmit / receive data and download programs.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map of the RAM 6. The created document area is a work area for storing document data being created, and adds, deletes, and changes character data according to operations. The designated range area is an area for storing characters in the designated range by dragging the mouse 4, and is composed of an area for storing the start point position and end point position of the designated range and a flag LF. The home area is an area for storing the current position of the cursor image as a home position by right-clicking the mouse 4, and is configured by an area for storing the home position and a flag HF. The home position is a feature of the present invention, and details thereof will be described later. The copy area is an area for storing a range of characters to be copied. In addition, a plurality of flags CF, DF, EF, SF, and TF are provided. The use of each flag will be described later. The registers NA and NB store document identification information unique to each document, which is composed of document names and numbers. The variable n, the register N, and MAX are used for registration and search for the dictionary memory 9. Each application will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory map showing the configuration of the dictionary memory 9. The dictionary memory 9 includes a common dictionary area 91 and a plurality of individual dictionary areas 92. The common dictionary area 91 includes standard dictionary data stored in advance and dictionary data that can be registered by the user. On the other hand, the individual dictionary area 91 is a feature of the present invention, and there is an area for document identification information 93 and dictionary data 94 for each individual dictionary area. The number of individual dictionary areas increases each time a dictionary is registered for creating a new document.

  Next, the operation of the document creation process in the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of the CPU 1 and the screen of the display unit 8. The document to be created is a new document format or a previously created document or a previously created document, and is usually stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk, CD-RW, or FD. The document to be created is transferred to the created document area of the RAM 6 shown in FIG. 2 via the driver 10 and the document creation process is executed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the document creation process. First, initialization processing is performed (step SA1). In the initialization process, a document creation screen is displayed on the display unit 8. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document creation screen on the display unit 7. A large area at the center of the screen is a character input screen 81, and a fixed toolbar 82 is displayed at the top of the screen. The fixed toolbar 82 includes a file icon 82a, an edit icon 82b, a display icon 82c, and other icons. Further, the position in the screen is moved according to the movement operation of the mouse 4, and a pointer image 83 whose shape changes between the position of the character input screen 81 and the fixed toolbar 82 is displayed. Further, a cursor image 84 representing the start point position of character input is displayed. On the initial screen, the cursor image 84 is displayed by left-clicking the mouse 4 or displayed at the left corner of the first line of the character input screen 81.

After the initialization process, a process corresponding to the user operation is executed. That is, it is determined whether or not a keyboard operation has been performed (step SA2). When a keyboard operation has been performed, keyboard processing is executed (step SA3). Further, it is determined whether or not a mouse operation has been performed (step SA4). When a mouse operation has been performed, mouse processing is executed (step SA5). Further, other processes such as a storage medium reading process or a writing process by the disk driver 10 and a communication process by the communication I / F 10 are executed as necessary (step SA6). Then, it is determined whether or not the flag EF indicating the end of the document creation process is 1 (end) (step SA7). If EF is 0, the process proceeds to step SA2 to respond to the user's operation. Repeat the process. If EF is 1, EF is reset to 0 (step SA8), and the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the keyboard process of step SA3 in the document creation process of FIG. In this process, a process corresponding to the key operation is executed. It is determined whether or not the cursor key has been operated (step SB1). When the cursor key is operated, the position of the cursor image is moved according to the key operation (step SB2). It is determined whether or not a character key (including a numeric key and a symbol key) has been operated (step SB3). When any of the character keys is operated, the input character is displayed on the cursor image on the screen of the display unit 8. The position is displayed (step SB4), and the cursor image is moved to the next position (step SB5). It is determined whether or not the conversion key has been operated (step SB6). When the conversion key has been operated, conversion processing is executed (step SB7). Further, processing corresponding to another key operation is performed (step SB8), and the process returns to the document creation processing of FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the mouse process in step SA5 in the document creation process of FIG. In this process, a process corresponding to the operation of the mouse 4 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not a moving operation has been performed by a sliding operation of the mouse 4 (step SC1). If a moving operation has been performed, the position of the pointer image on the screen of the display unit 8 is moved (step SC2). It is determined whether or not the mouse 4 has been right-clicked (step SC3). If the mouse 4 has been right-clicked, an editing toolbar is displayed (step SC4). It is determined whether or not the mouse 4 has been left-clicked (step SC5). If the mouse 4 has been left-clicked, it is determined whether or not the pointer image 83 at that time is on the fixed toolbar 82 (step SC6). If it is in the fixed toolbar 82, it is further determined whether or not it is in the edit icon 82b (step SC7). If it is in the edit icon 82b, an edit toolbar is displayed (step SC4).

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the editing toolbar 85 displayed on the screen of the display unit 8. When a right click is performed on the character input screen 81, an editing toolbar 85 (right side in the figure) is displayed at the position of the pointer image at that time. On the other hand, when left-clicking on the edit icon 82b of the fixed toolbar 82, the edit toolbar 85 (left side in the figure) is displayed below the edit icon 82b. In any case, the plurality of icons constituting the editing toolbar 85 are substantially the same. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a plurality of icons constituting the editing toolbar 85. That is, a cut icon, a copy icon, a paste icon, a home icon, a dictionary registration icon, and other icons are displayed on the editing toolbar 85.

  In step SC7 of the mouse processing in FIG. 6, when the position of the pointer image 83 when left-clicked is not in the editing icon of the fixed toolbar 82 but in another icon, processing corresponding to the other icon is performed (step SC8). In step SC6, if the position of the pointer image 83 when left-clicked is not in the fixed toolbar 82, it is determined whether or not the point image 83 is in the editing toolbar 85 (step SC9). If it is in the editing toolbar 85, that is, if there is a pointer image in any of the cut icon, copy icon, paste icon, home icon, dictionary registration icon, and other icons shown in FIG. The editing process is executed (step SC10).

  In step SC9, when the point image 83 is not on the editing toolbar 85, that is, when the pointer image is at the position of the document input screen 81 when the mouse 4 is left-clicked, the cursor image is moved to the position of the pointer image. (Step SC11). Next, it is determined whether or not the flag LF of the designated range area shown in FIG. 2 is 1 (step SC12). If LF is 1, the character is highlighted by the range designation described later. State. In this case, the reverse display is changed to the normal display (step SC13).

  The operation of the mouse 4 includes a drag that performs a movement operation with a left click. Therefore, if the mouse operation is neither a move operation, a right click, nor a left click, it is determined whether or not a drag has been performed (step SC14). If a drag has been performed, a range designation process is performed (step SC15). . In addition, it is determined whether or not an end operation has been performed (step SC16). If an end operation has been performed, the flag EF is set to 1 (step SC17), and the process returns to the document creation process of FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the range designation process in step SC15 in the mouse process of FIG. In this processing, the start point position of the specified range is stored in the start point position area of the specified range area shown in FIG. 2 (step SD1), and the end point position of the specified range is stored in the specified range area shown in FIG. Store in the end point area (step SD2). Next, the characters from the start point position to the end point position are highlighted (step SC3), and the flag LF is set to 1 (step SD4). Then, the process returns to the mouse processing in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the editing process of step SC10 in the mouse process of FIG. In this process, it is determined to which icon of the editing toolbar 85 shown in FIG. 19 the pointer image when the mouse 4 is left-clicked is located (step SE1). It is determined whether or not the pointer image is on the cut icon (step SE2). If the pointer image is on the cut icon, a cut process is executed (step SE3). It is determined whether or not the pointer image is on the copy icon (step SE4). If the pointer image is on the icon, copy processing is executed (step SE5). It is determined whether or not the pointer image is on the paste icon (step SE6). If the pointer image is on the icon, paste processing is executed (step SE7). It is determined whether or not the pointer image is on the home icon (step SE8). If the pointer image is on the icon, home processing is executed (step SE9). It is determined whether or not the pointer image is on the dictionary registration icon (step SE10). If the pointer image is on the icon, dictionary registration processing is executed (step SE11). If the pointer image is on another icon, other editing processing is executed (step SE12).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the cutting process in step SE3 in the editing process of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the flag LF is 1 (step SF1). If LF is 0, the range to be deleted has not yet been specified, so this flowchart ends and the process returns to the editing process. In this case, an error display indicating that the range is not specified may be displayed. If LF is 1, the characters from the start position to the end position are deleted from the created document area of the RAM 6 (step SF2). Next, the start point position of the RAM 6 is cleared (step SF3), the end point position is cleared (step SF4), and the flag LF is reset to 0 (step SF5). In addition, the highlighted characters on the screen are cleared (step SF6). Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the copy process in step SE5 in the edit process of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the flag LF is 1 (step SG1). When LF is 1, since the range to be copied is designated, the flag CF is set to 1 (step SG2), this flowchart is terminated, and the process returns to the editing process. If LF is 0, the search tool bar is displayed because the range to be copied has not yet been specified (step SG3). FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the search toolbar 86 displayed on the screen of the display unit 8. The search toolbar 86 includes a character input area for searching for characters to be copied, an area for selecting a search direction (up or down from the current position, or the entire document), a search icon, and a cancel icon for the next. indicate.

In the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not a character is input (step SG4). When a character is input, the input character is displayed in the character input area (step SG5). In this case, if not all of the character string to be copied is known, as shown in FIG. 20, an unknown character can be input with a symbol “?” Or “#”. In this example, an input character when searching for a character string of “optical signal” starting from two unknown characters is shown. After displaying the input character, the flag SF is set to 1 (step SG6). Further, it is determined whether or not a search direction has been selected (step SG7). When the search direction is selected, the selection direction is stored and the selection direction is displayed (step SG8).

  In the search toolbar 86, it is determined whether or not the next search icon is clicked (step SG9). If this icon is not clicked, it is determined whether or not the cancel icon is clicked (step SG10). If this icon is not clicked, the process proceeds to step SG4 to determine whether or not a character is input. When the cancel icon is clicked, the flag SF is reset to 0 (step SG11), and the process returns to the editing process of FIG. When the next search icon is clicked in step SG9, it is determined whether or not SF is 1 (step SG14). If SF is 0, the character to be searched has not been input yet, so an error is displayed (step SG13), and the process proceeds to step SG4 to determine the presence or absence of character input. If SF is 1, search processing is executed (step SG14). When the search process is completed, it is determined whether or not SF is 0 (step SG15). If SF is 1, since further search is performed, the process proceeds to step SG4 and whether or not there is character input. Is determined. If SF is 0 in step SG15, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the search process of step SG14 in the copy process of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the character to be searched is displayed on the screen (step SG21). If the search character is not displayed on the screen, the screen is scrolled according to the selected search direction (step SG22). By this scrolling, it is determined whether or not the search character has reached the first line of the screen (step SG23). If the search character has not reached the first line of the screen, it is determined whether or not the scrolling has ended (step SG24). If the search character has not ended, the scrolling of step SG22 is continued. When the search is completed, there is no character to be searched, so an error is displayed (step SG25), and the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  When the search character reaches the first line of the screen in step SG23, or when the search character is displayed on the screen in step SG21, the cursor image is moved to the search character position (step SG26). Next, the flag SF is reset to 0 (step SG27), and the display of the search toolbar 86 is cleared (step SG28). Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG. Thereafter, the range of the character to be searched is designated as a copy target by dragging the mouse 4 by the user.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the pasting process in step SE7 in the editing process of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not CF is 1 (step SH1). If CF is 0, the paste icon has been selected in a state where copy processing has not yet been performed, and thus this flowchart ends. If CF is 1, the characters from the start point position to the end point position are inserted into the created character area corresponding to the cursor image position in the designated range area of the RAM 6 shown in FIG. 2 (step SH2). As a result, the character is also pasted on the screen of the display unit 8. Next, the designated position in the RAM 6 is cleared (step SH3), the end point position is cleared (step SH4), and the flag CF is reset to 0 (step SH5). Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the home process in step SE9 in the editing process of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the flag HF is 1 (step SJ1). When HF is 0, the position of the cursor image is stored as a home position in the home position area of the RAM 6 (step SJ2), and HF is set to 1 (step SJ3). Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  If HF is 1 in step SJ1, it is determined whether or not the position of the cursor image is the home position (step SJ4). If the position of the cursor image is the home position, the process returns to the editing process in FIG. If the position of the cursor image is not the home position, the difference between the line where the cursor image is located and the line at the home position is calculated (step SJ5). Next, the position of the cursor image is moved, and if necessary, the screen is scrolled (step SJ6). And it is discriminate | determined whether the difference became 0 (step SJ7). That is, it is determined whether or not the position of the cursor image and the home position are on the same line. When the difference becomes 0, the cursor image is moved to the home position (step SJ8). As a result, the position of the cursor image and the home position are the same position on the same line. Next, HF is reset to 0 (step SJ9), and the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  14 and 15 are flowcharts of the dictionary registration process in step SE11 in the editing process of FIG. In FIG. 14, first, it is determined whether or not LF is 1 (step SK1). If LF is 0, the range of characters to be registered is not specified, and the process returns to the editing process of FIG. In this case, an error display indicating that the range of characters to be registered is not specified may be displayed. When LF is 1, a registration selection screen is displayed on the display unit 8. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a registration selection screen 87. As shown in FIG. 21, an individual dictionary icon, a common dictionary icon, an OK icon, and a cancel icon are displayed on the registration selection screen 87. When any icon is selected, processing corresponding to the icon is performed.

  It is determined whether or not an individual dictionary icon has been selected (step SK3). When this icon is selected, the flag DF is set to 1 (step SK4). It is determined whether or not the common dictionary icon has been selected (step SK5). When this icon is selected, the flag DF is set to 0 (step SK6). It is determined whether or not an OK icon has been selected (step SK7), and when this icon is selected, a registration screen is displayed (step SK8). On a registration screen (not shown), an area for displaying registered characters, an area for inputting readings, a registration icon, and a cancel icon are displayed. Then, characters from the start point position to the end point position of the designated range shown in FIG. 2 are displayed in the registration character display area on the registration screen (step SK9).

  Next, it is determined whether or not a reading character has been input (step SK10), and if it has been input, it is determined whether or not a registration icon has been clicked (step SK11). When the reading character is not input or when the registration icon is not clicked, it is determined whether or not the cancel icon is clicked (step SK12). When the cancel icon is clicked, the registration screen is cleared (step SK13), the process proceeds to step SK3, and the icon selection on the registration selection screen 87 is awaited.

  In step SK7, if the OK click is not performed, it is determined whether or not the cancel icon is clicked (step SK14). When the cancel icon is clicked, the start point position is cleared (step SK15), the end point position is cleared (step SK16), and LF is reset to 0 (step SK17). Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  When the registration icon is clicked in step SK11, it is determined whether or not the flag DF is 1 in the flowchart of FIG. 15 (step SK18). If DF is 1, the document identification information of the document being created is stored in the register NA (step SK19). Next, the variable n is set to 1 (step SK20), and an individual dictionary area to be registered is searched for while incrementing n in the loop processing from step SK21 to step SK24.

That is, the document identification information of the individual dictionary area (n) is stored in the register NB (step SK21), and it is determined whether or not the document identification information of NA and NB match (step SK22). If the document identification information is not the same, the value of n is incremented (step SK23), and it is determined whether or not the value of n is larger than the value of the register MAX (step SK24). The number of individual dictionary areas is stored in the MAX value. If the value of n is less than or equal to the value of the register MAX, the process proceeds to step SK21 and loop processing is continued.

  If the value of n becomes larger than the value of the register MAX in step SK24, the individual dictionary area corresponding to the document identification information of the document being created is not yet prepared. In this case, a new individual dictionary area (n) is created (step SK25). Further, NA document identification information is set in the individual dictionary area (n), and the value of MAX is updated to the value of n (step SK26).

After step SK26 or when the document identification information of NA and NB match in step SK22, that is, when an individual dictionary area corresponding to the document being created is found, the individual dictionary area (n) is entered. Characters and readings from the start position to the end position are registered (step SK27). On the other hand, if DF is 0 in step SK1, characters and readings from the start position to the end position are registered in the common dictionary area (step SK28). After dictionary registration in step SK27 or SK28, the process proceeds to FIG. 14, where the position start point is cleared (step SK15), the end point position is cleared (step SK16), and LF is reset to 0 (step SK17). . Then, the process returns to the editing process of FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the conversion process in the keyboard process of FIG. In this process, it is determined whether or not the flag TF is 0 (step SL1). If TF is 0, the document identification information of the document being created is stored in the register NA (step SL2). Next, the variable n is set to 1 (step SL3), and the individual dictionary area to be searched is searched for while incrementing n in the loop processing from step SL4 to step SL7.

That is, the document identification information of the individual dictionary area (n) is stored in the register NB (step SL4), and it is determined whether or not the document identification information of NA and NB match (step SL5). If the document identification information of the two do not match, the value of n is incremented (step SL6), and it is determined whether or not the value of n is larger than the value of the register MAX (step SL7). Since the number of individual dictionary areas is stored as the value of MAX, when the value of n is less than or equal to the value of the register MAX, the process proceeds to step SL4 and loop processing is continued.

  In step SL5, if the document identification information of NA and NB match, that is, if an individual dictionary area corresponding to the document being created is found, the flag TF is set to 1 (step SL8), The value of n is stored in the register N (step SL9). After this, or when TF is 1 in step SL1, the individual dictionary area (N) is searched (step SL10). In step SL7, when the value of n becomes larger than the value of the register MAX, there is no individual dictionary area corresponding to the document identification information of the document being created. In this case, the common dictionary area is searched (step SL11). Even after the individual dictionary area (N) is searched in step SL10, the process moves to step SL11 to search the common dictionary area.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a character has been searched (step SL12). When the character is searched, a character selection toolbar is displayed (step SL13). In a character selection toolbar (not shown), a conversion candidate character and a cancel icon for the “read” character input from the keyboard 3 are displayed. Then, it is determined whether or not a character has been selected by operating the mouse 4 or the keyboard 3 (step SL14). If selected, the input character is changed to the selected character (step SL15). Thereafter, the display of the character selection toolbar is cleared (step SL16), and the process returns to the keyboard processing of FIG. If no character is selected in step SL14, it is determined whether or not a cancel icon has been selected (step SL17). If this icon is selected, the display of the character selection toolbar is cleared (step SL16). Returning to the keyboard processing of FIG.

  In step SL12, if a character cannot be detected, another individual dictionary area is searched (step SL18). Then, it is determined whether or not a character has been searched (step SL19). When a character is searched, the process proceeds to step SL13 to display a character selection toolbar. In step SL19, if a character cannot be detected, the input character is converted into katakana (step SL20), and the process returns to the keyboard processing in FIG.

  As described above, according to the document creation apparatus of the first embodiment, the mouse 4 generates an operation signal in response to clicking or dragging. When the position of the cursor image displayed on the document being created on the screen of the display unit 8 is designated by the operation signal from the mouse 4, the RAM 6 stores data of the home position at the designated position. When the home icon of the editing toolbar of the screen is designated by the operation signal from the mouse 4 with the cursor image being displayed at a position other than the designated position in the document being created, the CPU 1 stores the home stored in the RAM 6. The cursor image is moved to the specified position based on the position data. Therefore, even if the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the specified position for copy processing or search processing, the position of the document being created is stored as the specified position, and the specified position can be quickly specified by an extremely simple operation. It becomes possible to return to the position.

  More specifically, the document creation apparatus according to the first embodiment has the following configuration. That is, the mouse 4 generates a first operation signal in response to a left click, generates a second operation signal in response to a right click, and sets a movement distance and a movement direction in accordance with a slide operation that moves on a plane. A third operation signal shown is generated. The CPU 1 displays a pointer image that moves the screen of the display unit 8 according to the moving distance and moving direction of the third operation signal from the mouse 4, and displays the pointer image according to the first operation signal from the mouse 4. A cursor image is displayed at a position corresponding to the current position, and in response to the first operation signal from the mouse 4 in a state where the pointer image is moved to the edit icon of the fixed toolbar displayed on the screen, or the mouse 4 An editing toolbar including a plurality of icons including a copy icon for copy designation and a home icon for position designation is displayed in response to the second operation signal from the mouse, and the current pointer image is displayed in response to the first operation signal from the mouse 4. Select any icon in the editing toolbar that corresponds to the position. When the home icon is selected by the CPU 1 according to the first operation signal from the mouse 4, the RAM 6 stores the position data of the designated position with the cursor position as the designated position. Furthermore, when the CPU 1 selects the home icon according to the first operation signal from the mouse 4 in a state where the cursor image is displayed at a position other than the designated position, the CPU 1 stores the position data stored in the RAM 6. The cursor image is moved to the designated position based on it, and a range including the designated position is displayed on the screen of the display unit 8.

  In this case, as described in the flowcharts of FIGS. 10 and 11, the CPU 1 performs the left click or right click from the mouse 4 in a state where the position data is stored in the RAM 6 and the selected character data is not stored. When the copy icon is selected in response to a left click from the mouse 4 on the editing toolbar displayed in response to the click, a character search screen 87 for searching for the position of the character existing in the document being created is displayed. Therefore, even when only a part of the character to be copied or a nearby character is known and the position is not known, it is possible to input all the characters to be copied by inputting a part of the character to be copied on the character search screen 87. By easily finding the portion where the character is displayed and clicking the home icon, all characters to be copied can be pasted to the copy destination.

  Alternatively, as a modification of the first embodiment, the RAM 6 is displayed in response to a right click from the mouse 4 in a state where one or more characters are selected by a combination of a left click from the mouse 4 and a drag or shift key operation. When the copy icon is selected in response to the left click from the mouse 4 on the edited toolbar 85, the selected character data is stored, and the CPU 1 stores the selected character data and position data in the RAM 6. When the home icon is selected in response to a left click from the mouse 4 in the stored state, the character data stored in the RAM 6 is inserted into the designated position based on the position data stored in the RAM 6. You may comprise. According to this configuration, even when the position of the cursor image moves to the copy source portion for copy processing, it is possible to quickly return to the designated position of the copy destination by an extremely simple operation.

  Alternatively, as another modification of the first embodiment, the CPU 1 is configured to display the home icon in different display colors depending on whether the position data is stored in the RAM 6 or when the position data is not stored. May be. According to this configuration, since the case where the home position is set and the case where the home position is returned is clearly displayed, it is possible to prevent the user from malfunctioning.

  Further, according to the document creation apparatus of the first embodiment, the dictionary memory 9 includes the individual dictionary area 92 composed of a plurality of storage areas classified by the document identification information of the document being created, the document being created, and other documents. Have a common dictionary area 91. When a registration request command is input for the selected character, the CPU 1 displays a registration selection screen for selecting either the individual dictionary area 92 or the common dictionary area 91 on the display unit 8, and the registration is performed. When the individual dictionary area 92 is selected on the selection screen, the character data selected in the individual dictionary area 92 corresponding to the document identification information of the document being created in the dictionary memory 9 is registered, and the dictionary memory is created during document creation. When there is an instruction to read out the characters registered in 9, the individual dictionary area 92 and the common dictionary area 91 corresponding to the document identification information of the document are searched. Therefore, it is possible to prevent registered characters not related to the document being created from being displayed in the character string registered in the dictionary memory. In addition, it is possible to register words in a document that is created only once, and then easily delete registered characters that are not used without searching.

  As described above, as a result of the individual dictionary area corresponding to the document identification information, the CPU 1 determines that all characters registered in the individual dictionary area corresponding to the document identification information in response to the deletion command input together with the document identification information. Can be configured to erase the data. Therefore, it is possible to register words in a document that is created only once, and then easily delete registered characters that are not used without searching.

  Alternatively, as a result of separating the individual dictionary area 92 and the common dictionary area 91, the CPU 1 is registered in the individual dictionary area 92 corresponding to the document identification information in accordance with the transfer command input together with the document identification information. Character data can be transferred individually or collectively to the common dictionary area 91. Therefore, the contents of the dictionary memory 9 can be freely edited.

  In the first embodiment, the invention of the device in which the CPU 1 executes a document editing process program stored in advance in the ROM 5 has been described. However, in a personal computer having a rewritable nonvolatile ROM or hard disk inside, A configuration is also possible in which the CPU 1 executes a document editing processing program installed via the disk driver 10 or a document editing processing program downloaded from a network such as the Internet via the communication I / F 7. is there. In this case, the invention of the program is realized.

  That is, the document editing processing program includes a first step of generating an operation signal in response to a pressing operation on a predetermined operation unit or a slide operation moving on a plane, and a document being created on the screen of the predetermined display unit When the position of the cursor image displayed on the screen is designated by an operation signal from the operation means, a second step of storing the position data of the designated position in a predetermined storage means; and When a predetermined image on the screen is designated by an operation signal from the operation means in a state where the cursor image is displayed at a position other than the designated position, the position is determined based on the position data stored in the storage means. And a third step of moving the cursor image.

The document editing processing program includes a plurality of first storage areas classified by document identification information of a document being created, and a dictionary memory having a second storage area common to the document being created and other documents. On the other hand, when a command for requesting registration of the selected character is input, a selection image for selecting either the first storage area or the second storage area is displayed on a predetermined display means. 1 and when the first storage area is selected in the selected image, the dictionary memory stores the selected character in the first storage area corresponding to the document identification information of the document being created. A second step of registering data, and a first storage area corresponding to the document identification information of the document when there is a command to read out characters registered in the dictionary memory during document creation A third step of retrieving pre said second storage area,
Execute.

  In the first embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking a mouse as an example of an operation unit. However, the operation unit is not limited to a mouse. A pointing device using visible light, infrared light, or the like may be used. Alternatively, a touch sensor may be provided on the screen of the display unit, and the position of the screen may be designated by contact using a stick-shaped pointing device. In the first embodiment, the document creation apparatus is implemented by a personal computer. However, the scope of application of the present invention is not limited to a document creation apparatus using a personal computer. The present invention can also be applied to a device such as a word processor dedicated to document creation, a computer system having a higher function than a personal computer, a small and light information portable terminal, and other devices having a function for creating and editing a document.

    Even if the position of the cursor image is moved to a position different from the specified position for copy processing or search processing by storing the position of the document being created as the specified position, it can be quickly moved to the specified position by an extremely simple operation. Since it is possible to return, it is possible to efficiently perform the document creation work in all the devices having the function of creating and editing the document. Furthermore, among the characters registered in the dictionary memory, only the registered characters that are used individually for the document being created and the registered characters that are common to different types of documents are displayed as conversion candidates, and the registration is not related to the document being created. Since it is possible not to display characters, and to register words in a document that is created only once, and then delete registered characters that are not used without searching, it is possible to create and edit documents Therefore, the device resources can be effectively utilized in all the apparatuses having the dictionary memory for the purpose.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the personal computer which implement | achieves a document preparation apparatus. It is a figure which shows the memory map of RAM. It is a figure which shows the memory map which shows the structure of a dictionary memory. It is a flowchart of a document creation process. It is a flowchart of the keyboard process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the mouse process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the range designation | designated process in FIG. 7 is a flowchart of editing processing in FIG. 6. It is a flowchart of the cutting process in FIG. 9 is a flowchart of copy processing in FIG. 8. It is a flowchart of the search process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the sticking process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the home process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the dictionary registration process in FIG. It is a flowchart of the dictionary registration process following FIG. It is a flowchart of the conversion process in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the document preparation screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows the edit toolbar displayed on the screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows the some icon which comprises an edit toolbar. It is a figure which shows the search toolbar displayed on the screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows a registration selection screen.

1 CPU
2 System bus 3 Keyboard 4 Mouse 5 ROM
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7 Communication interface 8 Display unit 9 Dictionary memory 10 Disk driver

Claims (3)

A keyboard for entering text, numbers, symbols, etc. of the document to be created according to the operation,
Storage means for storing a document created by a character string input by the keyboard;
A display unit for displaying a part or all of the document stored in the storage unit and displaying a cursor image indicating a position of the displayed document and a menu icon for editing the document;
In a state in which the document being created is displayed on the display unit, the cursor image is moved in accordance with an operation, and the document editing menu icon is designated in accordance with the operation. A mouse that selects a home icon, a copy icon, or a paste icon in a menu icon displayed in accordance with an operation;
CPU,
When the home icon is selected by the mouse, the position of the cursor image is stored in the storage means, and when the copy icon is selected, the range of the character string in the document displayed on the display unit is designated. Whether or not
When the range is designated, the home icon is selected again, and when the paste icon is further selected, the character string of the designated range is copied to the position stored in the storage means,
When a range is not specified, a character string search icon is displayed in addition to the copy icon. When a character string is input in the input area of the character string search icon, the character string search icon is stored in the storage means. When a character string input in a document is searched, the cursor image is moved to the position of the searched character string, and the range of the character string in the document displayed on the display unit is designated, the home When an icon is selected and the paste icon is further selected, the CPU copies the character string in the designated range to the position stored in the storage means; and
Document creation device with   When a specific symbol specified in advance is added to the character string search icon before, after, or before or after the input character string, the CPU uses the input character string and the number of characters of the symbol. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character string including a string is searched. A dictionary memory having a common dictionary area and an individual dictionary area;
The CPU converts a kana character input with reference to the dictionary memory into a kanji character when a conversion command is input by the keyboard, and a document of a document being created when a registration command is input by the keyboard It is determined whether or not the individual dictionary area in which the identification information is registered exists in the dictionary memory. If the individual dictionary area exists, the kanji related to the registration command is registered in the individual dictionary area, and the individual dictionary area exists. If not, a new individual dictionary area is prepared, and the Chinese character related to the registration command is registered together with the document identification information of the document being created.