JPH01118888A - Display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the operability by changing a display mode indication area based on display control information and changing a display area for input characters in accordance with this change. CONSTITUTION: A reference line 13 to determine a layout display area L3 is plotted in the right end of this display area on a display part 17, and this reference line 13 is fixed, and the position of a line 14 to determine the size of the layout display area L3 is changed. Display areas other than the layout display area L3 on the display part 17 are an input character display area L4 and a display area where the operation mode of a word processor 11 is displayed. Consequently, the input character display area L4 is larger when the layout display area L3 is smaller. Thus, the input character display area L4 is selected as the largest of display areas on the display part to facilitate confirmation of input characters or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention has a display area of, for example, about 1 to 3 lines,
The present invention relates to a display method suitably implemented in a so-called word processor, etc., which is configured to display characters input in the display area and selectively display the layout of an input document, etc.

BACKGROUND ART For example, in a portable word processor (hereinafter referred to as a word processor) that has a display area of about 1 to 3 lines and is equipped with a display section realized by a liquid crystal display device or the like,
BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a layout has been used in which the layout of an input document is selectively displayed when it is printed. The display mode on the display section 1 used in such a word processor is as shown in FIG. . 4th rI! 1 shows a display mode on the display unit 1 when displaying a layout.

When displaying a layout, for example, a reference line 11 that separates the input character display area L1 and the layout display area L2 is displayed within the display area of the display unit 1. This reference line 11 is displayed at the same position when displaying a layout. Therefore, when displaying a layout, the input character display area L1 remains unchanged, and the layout display area L2 is an area defined by the straight line 12 whose position is changed depending on the size of the printing paper used. For example, the layout display area L2 shown in the fourth figure corresponds to the case where the print paper size is the maximum size that can be set, and when the print paper size is small, the layout display area L2 corresponds to the straight line 12, for example. A straight line 121 is displayed at the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 4, and thereby the layout is displayed in the layout display area L21.

When layout display is not performed, the display area including the input character display area L1 and the layout display area L2 shown in the fourth figure is used as the input character display area.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional word processor as described above, when displaying a layout, the reference line 11 is fixed, and the layout display area changes from layout display area L2 to layout display area L2 . L21, etc. On the other hand, the input character display area L1 is fixed and, for example, when the printing paper is small, the area L22 shown in FIG. 4 is not used at all and is extremely wasteful. That is, in order to perform layout display, although the input character is displayed limited to the input character display area L1, the area L22 is not used.

An object of the present invention is to provide a display in which the display area of the input character is changed in accordance with the change of the display mode display area in the display means, so that the display area of the input character is selected to be the maximum, and the input character can be easily confirmed. The purpose is to provide a method.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a display means in which an input character is displayed, in which a display mode display area for displaying a display mode of the input character based on input display control information is selectively determined. The display mode display area is a display method characterized in that the display area is changed based on display control information, and the display area of the input character is also changed in accordance with this change.

Operation In the present invention, a display mode display area for displaying the display mode of the input character based on input display control information is selectively determined for the display means in which the input character is displayed. The display mode display area is changed based on the display control information, and the display area of the input character is also changed in accordance with this change.

As a result, in response to changes in the display mode display area, the display area of the input character can be selected to be the maximum in the display means.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a portable word processor (hereinafter referred to as word processor) 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An input unit 12 realized by a keyboard or the like is connected to a processing unit 13, and the input document, etc. is transferred from the processing unit 13 to a readable/writable memory 14 connected to the processing unit 13, and the characters constituting the document are stored. is stored as a character code. A font memory 15 storing character fonts is connected to the processing section 13, and the processing section 13 reads the bit pattern of the character font from the font memory 15 based on the character code read from the memory 14, and stores it in the display buffer. 0 display buffer 1 stored in 16
A display unit 17 realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display device is connected to the display unit 6. The display unit 17 is, for example,
It has a display area that can display characters over two lines.

The processing unit 13 is further connected to a readable and writable memory 18 used for layout display. The storage area of the memory 18 includes a format information area S1 for storing format information such as the size of printing paper, which is display control information set by the operator's operation of the input unit 12, and the format information area S1. A display area area S2 is provided that stores data regarding the size of a layout display area, which is a display mode display area to be described later, which is set corresponding to format information regarding the size of printing paper stored in .

The format information stored in the format information area S1 of the memory 18 includes, in addition to the information regarding the size of the print paper described above, a left margin for setting the print position on the print paper;
These include line pitch and character pitch. When such format information is set by the operator, the processing unit 13 calculates the maximum number of characters that can be printed in one line when the left margin and character pitch are minimized based on this format information. Calculated. Based on this maximum number of characters, the size of the layout display area is calculated, and thereby the portion of the display area of the display section 17 other than the layout display area is set as the input character display area.

Data regarding the respective sizes of the layout display area and the input character display area calculated in this manner are stored in the display area area S2.

When a layout display on the display section 17 is instructed by the operation of the input section 12, the processing section 13 reads data regarding the size of the layout display area and the input character display area in the display area area S2, and displays the data based on this. data is output to the display buffer 16.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the display mode on the display section 17 when displaying a layout.

Figure 2 (1) shows the display mode when the size of the printing paper is, for example, Japanese Industrial Standards B column No. 4 (hereinafter referred to as 84 size), and Figure 2 (2) shows the display mode when the size of the printing paper is No. 4, column B of the Japanese Industrial Standards (hereinafter referred to as 84 size). This shows a display mode when the size is, for example, the size of a postcard.

When the input unit 12 is operated to set format information such as the size of the printing paper, its left margin, line pitch, and character pitch, and to instruct layout display, the display unit 17 displays, for example, a message shown in FIG. A screen like the one shown in 1) will appear. FIG. 2 (1) corresponds to the case where 84-size printing paper is used as described above, and in this case, the layout of 84-size printing paper is displayed on the 0 display section 17 that is used in a landscape orientation. A reference line 13 that serves as a reference when determining the area L3 is displayed at the right end of the display area of the display unit 17. A straight line 14 parallel to the reference line 13 is displayed at the same time to indicate the left end of the layout display area L3.

The position where the reference line 13 is displayed remains unchanged no matter which size of printing paper is used, and the position where the straight line 14 is displayed is determined with respect to the display area of the display unit 17 according to the size of the printing paper. , varies in its longitudinal direction.

The input character display area L4 is the layout display area L
In the display area of the display unit 17, the portion of the input character display area other than the layout display area L3 when layout display is not performed becomes the input character display area L4. Further, on the lower side of the input character display area L4, there is a word 1011.
A display indicating the operating mode is displayed.

When layout display is not performed, the input character display area is a display area including input character display area L4 and layout display area L3 in FIG. 2 (1), and when layout display is performed, For example, the display mode is such that the layout display area L3 is superimposed on the input character display area when the layout display is not performed as described above.

Even when the size of the printing paper is small, for example the size of a postcard, the position of the reference line 13 does not change as shown in FIG. The position of 14 changes. As a result, the layout display area L3 is reduced in the longitudinal direction of the display area of the display section 17, and the input character display area L4 is correspondingly expanded in the longitudinal direction of the display area of the display section 17.

The layout display in the layout display area L3 is performed such that, for example, one dot is displayed for one character, and since the display section 17 only displays characters over two lines as described above, such a layout display is is performed with reference to the document data stored in the memory 14.

For example, the width of the layout display area L3 in the longitudinal direction of the display area of the display section 17 may be selected to correspond to the width of 1.5 to 2 characters.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the word processor 11 when layout display is instructed. In step n1, the format information is input to the input section 12.
When input by the operation, this format information, that is, information such as the size of the printing paper, the pitch between lines and the pitch between characters, is stored in the format information area S1 of the memory 18 in step n2 by the function of the processing section 13. .

In step n3, the processing unit 13 minimizes the left margin and character pitch corresponding to the size of the printing paper based on the information regarding the size of the printing paper in the input format information. The maximum number of characters that can be printed in one line is calculated, and the size of the layout display area L3 is determined based on this. In step n4, the size of the input character display area L4 is calculated based on the size of the layout display area L3 calculated in step n3, and in step n5, the calculated layout display area L3 and input character display The size of region L4 is stored in display region area S2 of memory 18.

In step n6, the processing unit 13 displays the layout display area L3 stored in the display area area S2 of the memory 18.
, and information regarding the size of the input character display area L4, information for displaying the reference line 13 and the straight line 14 is given to the display buffer 16, and thereby the display unit 17 displays the reference line 13 and the straight line 14. 1114 will be displayed. Through the processing up to step n6,
The preparation process for displaying the layout ends.

In step n7, when the operator operates the input unit 12 and inputs one character, the character code corresponding to the input character is stored in the memory 14 in the Stella 7n8. Processing part 1
3 reads the bit pattern of the character font from the font memory 15 based on the input character code in step n9, and provides this bit pattern to the display buffer 16 in step nlo. As a result, in step nil, the character input by operating the input unit 12 is displayed on the display unit 17.

In step n12, the processing unit 13 calculates the position of the input character on the printing paper by reading the corresponding character code from the memory 14, and the position in the layout display area L3 corresponding to this calculation result is , 1 dot is outputted to the display buffer 16.

As a result, in the display section 17, one dot is displayed in the layout display area L3 at the calculated position. After this, the process returns to step n7.

For example, when an instruction to display a layout is given in the middle of inputting a document, the processing unit 13 performs the processes shown in steps 03 to n6 in FIG. The document data is read, the position of each character is calculated, and the corresponding data is provided to the display buffer 16. As a result, in the display section 17, the layout display regarding the document inputted before the layout display is changed to the layout display area L3.
It will be held in

As described above, in the embodiment, the reference line 13 for determining the layout display area L3 in the display section 17 is drawn at the right end of the display area, and this reference line 13 is fixed to determine the layout display area L3. In the display area of the display unit 17, the display area other than the layout display area L3 is the input character display area L4 and the operation of the word processor 11. If the layout display area L3, which is the display area for displaying the mode, is small, the size of the input character display area L4 will be correspondingly large.

Therefore, when displaying a layout, there is no unused display area, and the input character display area L
4 is selected to the maximum within the display area of the display unit 17,
This makes it easier to confirm input characters.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the display unit 17 has a display area that can display two lines of characters; however,
The size of the display area is not limited to this.

Effects According to the present invention as described above, when the display mode display area of the input character is set on the display means, the display area of the input character can be selected to the maximum extent,
Therefore, it becomes easy to confirm input characters, and the operability of a word processor, for example, is greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a word processor 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the display mode on the display unit 17, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing how layout display instructions are executed. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the word processor 11 in the case where the word processor 11 is used. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the layout display performed in the conventional word processor. 11... Word processor, 12... Input section, 13... Processing section, 14.18... Memory, 17... Display section, L
3...Layout display area, L4...Input character display area, 13...Base line agent Patent attorney Keibu Saikyo Part 1gA Figure 2 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A display mode display area for displaying a display mode of the input character based on input display control information is selectively defined for the display means in which the input character is displayed, and the display mode display area A display method characterized in that a display area is changed based on display control information, and a display area of an input character is also changed in accordance with this change.