JPH01159757A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to efficiently execute itemized inputting which is easy to operate by providing a leading character table to store a leading character showing the leading part of items and a selected character buffer in which the code and the character position of a leading character is selected before are included. CONSTITUTION:When an operator designates the inputting of itemized sentences through an itemization designation means 6, an offered-candidate generation means 9 obtains an itemization leading character candidate based on the leading character of items in the leading character table 5 and information in the selected character buffer 8, then displays the candidate on a display part 4. It is assumed that the operator selects a leading character from among the candidates on the display by using a leading character selecting means 7, then, in case the selected leading character is present in the buffer 8, a character position determining means 10 so outputs its character position that the leading characters can be set in the same indent position. And a control part 1 sets the leading characters in this position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a document creation device typified by a word processor, and more particularly to a document creation device that can efficiently input bullet points of sentences.

(Prior art and its problems) Characters are input from a character input device such as a keyboard, and
Document creation devices that edit and create documents while displaying intermediate results on a display device, such as Japanese word processors, are currently widely used. Users can create documents using various layouts, decorative characters, etc. according to their own preferences.

As a way to more clearly describe the content and structure of a document, when bulleting six sentences, which are often done as bullet points, it is usually ◎Item 1 ◎Item 2 ◎Item 3 or ■Item 1 ■Item 2 ■As in item 3, put letters or symbols that mean bullet points at the beginning of the item.Also, the characters that are usually placed here are symbols such as ◎O*, or ■I (a) Characters and numbers are used to specify the order, such as letters and numbers, and not arbitrary characters. However, currently used document creation devices treat documents as just a collection of characters, and For example, in the case of the word processing software "-bold section" manufactured by Just System Co., Ltd., when ◎ is used as the first character of a bullet point, Users input symbols by selecting from a set of commonly used symbols using cursor keys and line feed keys, and do not use the information that it is the beginning of a bulleted list (reference 2. Created by Just System Co., Ltd. “Japanese word processor Abe REFERENCE 11ANNUAL”
J). Therefore, when a user wants to write bullet points, they need to select the desired character from a set of commonly used characters, rather than from among the candidates for the first character used in bullet points. there were.

Additionally, when making bullet points, the indentation is determined according to the first symbol, such as: ◎Large item ◆Medium item/Small item/Small item ◆Medium item/Small item/Small item. However, in the conventional system, the user had to manually specify the indentation position by moving the cursor or other means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned problems and provide a document creation device equipped with a bullet point input method that is easy for users to use. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device equipped with a bullet point input method that does not require time-consuming operations.

(Means for Solving Problems) According to the present invention, in a document creation device that edits and creates a document while displaying input characters, etc., a bullet point specifying means for instructing the start of bullet points; A first character table that stores the first character indicating the beginning of a bulleted list, a selected character buffer that stores information regarding the code and character position of the previously selected first character, and the contents of the selected character buffer and the first character table. a presentation candidate determining means for presenting a first character candidate based on the first character, a first character selection means for selecting a desired first character from among the first character candidates, and a character position determination means for determining the position where the desired first character should be. It is possible to obtain a document creation device characterized by having means.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1
2 is an input section for inputting characters forming the document and editing commands, and 3 is a document buffer for storing the document formed by the input characters. 4 is a display section that displays the document being edited, 5 is a first character table containing candidates for the first character of a bulleted list, and 6 is a bullet point specifying means for specifying the start of a bullet point. , 7 is a first character selection means for selecting a desired one from among the first character candidates in the first character table 5, and 8 stores information regarding the code and character position of the previously selected first character. 9 is a selection character buffer; 9 is a first character candidate creation means for creating and presenting a first character candidate based on the selected character buffer 8 and the contents of the first character table 5; This is a character position determining means that determines the display position. Further, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a series of operations for inputting bullet points in the embodiment of FIG. Further, FIGS. 3(a) to 3(h) are conceptual diagrams showing examples of screen displays on the display unit 4 when inputting a bulleted document using the embodiment shown in FIG. The present embodiment will be described below by taking the task of inputting bulleted text as an example.

Figure 3 (a> represents the state immediately before the user enters bulleted list input. In the figure, the mouth indicates the current cursor position. At this point, there are still characters in the selected character buffer 8. is not registered.Here, when the user specifies that the text is to be input into bullet points using the bullet point specifying means 6, the presentation candidate creation means 9 selects the first character of the bullet point in the first character table 5. After obtaining bulleted first character candidates based on the information in the selected character buffer 8,
This is displayed on the display section 4. An example of the first character table 5 is shown in FIG. 4.The first character table 5 includes simple character symbols such as ○ and ◎ (hereinafter referred to as simple symbols), as well as (i)
(2) Character symbols indicating serial numbers such as a1 (hereinafter referred to as serial number symbols) are also stored. The presentation candidate creation means 9 first checks the selected character buffer 8, and if the character is a simple symbol, outputs the character itself, and if the character is a serial number, checks the first character table 5, and selects the number of the serial number. Outputs the symbol corresponding to the next number. Further, first character candidates that exist in the first character table 5 but do not exist in the selected character buffer 8 (not yet selected) are output as they are. 42! An example of the procedure for creating a first character candidate in the display candidate creation means 9 is shown in the fifth example.
These characters obtained by the first character presenting means 9 shown in the figure are sent to the display unit 4 and displayed as candidates for selection by the user. At the time of FIG. 3(a), since no characters are registered in the selected character buffer 8, the presentation candidate creation means 9
outputs the first character candidate (i left column) in the first character table 5 to be displayed on display #4. The screen of the display unit 4 at this point is shown in FIG. 3(b). In the example of FIG. 3(b), the first character candidate (the leftmost column character in FIG. 4) is displayed at the bottom of the screen. There is.

Here, it is assumed that the user uses the first character selection means 7 to select the serial number symbol ■ from among the displayed first character candidates. The control unit 1 first uses the character position determining means 10 to determine the position where the selected first character ■ should be set. If the selected first character exists in the selected character buffer 8, the character position determining means 10 outputs the character position so that the first character can be set at the same indentation position. At this point, no character is registered in the selected character buffer 8, so no special character position is determined.

For this reason, the control unit 1 sets the first character at the position where the cursor is present (assumed to be the first column).Next, the control unit 1 updates the contents of the display unit 4 and document buffer 3. FIG. 3(c) shows an example of the screen of the display unit 4 at the time when the selected symbol (■) and its column position 1 are registered in the selected character buffer 8 (writing the first character ■).

Further, FIG. 3(d) shows an example of the screen of the display unit 4 at the time when the user continues inputting text and issues instructions again using the bullet point specifying means 6 to input bullet points. This time, since the serial number symbol ■ is registered in the selected character buffer 8, the presentation candidate creation means 9 replaces ■ with ■. If the user selects ◎, the simple symbol ◎ is not registered in the selection character table 8, so
), ◎ is set at the position indicated by the cursor (assumed to be the third column), the contents of display #4 and document buffer 3 are updated, and the first character ◎ and its column position 3 are set. is registered in the selected character buffer 8 (FIG. 3(e)).

Furthermore, when the user continues to input a character string and instructs the bullet point specification means 6 again in order to input bullet points, a simple symbol ◎ and a sequential number character ■ are registered in the selection character buffer 8. Therefore, the simple symbol ◎ is left as is, and the sequential number symbol ■ is displayed as the next sequential number symbol ■ (Figure 3 (f)). If the user selects ◎ here, the user can select ◎ is displayed in the third column, which is the column position of ◎ in character buffer 8 (Figure 3 (g)). Conversely, if the user selects ■, ■ and its ■ is displayed in the first column, which is the serial number) (Fig. 3 (h)).

In the case of FIG. 3(h), since the serial number symbol ■ is registered in the selection character buffer 8, the simple symbol ◎ and the serial number symbol ■ will be displayed the next time bullet points are specified. In this way, the first character of an itemized list can be efficiently input at a predetermined position.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the control unit 1. The input section 2, the document buffer 3, and the display section 4 can be realized by an editing program in a word processor, a keyboard, a memory, and a display, respectively, which are currently commonly used. Further, the bulleted list designation means 6 and the first character selection means 7 can be easily realized using function keys, cursor keys, line feed keys, etc. on the keyboard. Further, the selected character buffer 8 only needs to be able to store the combination of the code of the selected first character and the column position for indentation, and can be easily realized. Further, in the present invention, the first characters are always displayed in the order of the first character table 5, but it is also possible to display the selected characters preferentially.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, when using the present invention, when inputting a sentence in bullet points, the first character is selected from a limited number of first character candidates, rather than from among general symbols. Since it is possible to select from among them, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user's document creation work. Furthermore, if the first character to be input has been previously selected, the same indentation can be given.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing the overall operation of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, and Figs. 3(a) to 3).
(h) is a conceptual diagram showing the progress of a series of operations in the embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific example of the first character table 5, and FIG. 5 is a presentation in the embodiment of FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of candidate creation means 9. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Control part, 2...Input part, 3...Document buffer, 4...Display part, 5...Start character table, 6...
...Bullet point specification means, 7...First character selection means, 8
... Selected character buffer, 9... Presentation candidate creation means,
10...Character position determining means.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a document creation device that edits and creates a document while displaying input characters, etc., a bullet point specifying means for instructing the start of a bullet point, and a first character for storing the first character indicating the beginning of a bullet point. A table, a selected character buffer that stores information regarding the code and character position of the previously selected first character, and presentation candidate creation that presents first character candidates based on the contents of the selected character buffer and the first character table. 1. A document creation device comprising: means for selecting a desired first character from among the first character candidates; and character position determining means for determining the desired position of the desired first character. (2) The document according to claim 1, wherein the first character table contains at least one of a symbol simply indicating the start of an item and a symbol specifying a serial number of the item. Creation device. (3) If the content of the selected character buffer is a symbol that simply means the start of an item, the first character candidate presenting means displays the symbol itself; if the content of the selected character buffer is a symbol that specifies a serial number of the item, the first character candidate presenting means displays the symbol itself; 3. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the document creation device presents a symbol that means the next consecutive number after the symbol itself. (4) Any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display position determining means determines a correct indentation position based on information regarding the character position of the first character. Document creation device described in .