JPH0117184B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a document processing device.

In conventional document processing devices, editing processing such as moving later pages in a document forward or deleting a certain page is often performed. However, with conventional document processing devices, when moving a certain page in a document, for example, the first character and last character of the page to be moved are detected, and the character data of that page is transferred to a floppy disk, etc. , and then delete the corresponding portion from the document. Editing operations were troublesome because the procedure of moving the cursor to the destination and recalling the stored data was then necessary.

For example, a configuration for moving the cursor at the beginning of the sentence you want to move, and then moving the cursor to the last position of the sentence you want to move, is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 56-50465. However, in such prior art, operations for moving the cursor are troublesome as described above.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that allows editing work to be performed with simple operations.

The present invention comprises: a text buffer 18 that sequentially stores input data page by page; a means for displaying the contents of the text buffer 18; and means 6 to 9 for moving a cursor 29 of the display means.
, movement target page designation means 10 and 20 for designating the page including the position of the cursor 29 moved by the cursor movement means 6 to 9, and the page specified by the movement target page designation means 10 and 20. A page buffer 28 that reads content from the text buffer 18 and stores it; and a destination page designation means 21 that specifies a destination page.
The page D specified by the movement target page specification means 10, 20 is sequentially moved one page at a time so as to approach the page H specified by the movement destination page specification means 21, and Means 2 for transferring the contents of the page buffer 28 to the page specified by the next page specifying means 21
2 and 23.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a simplified plan view showing a group of keys arranged on the operation surface of a document processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the operation surface of the main body of the document processing device (not shown), there is a full keyboard 3 consisting of character input keys 1 for inputting kanji, alphabets, hiragana, katakana, special symbols, etc. and numeric input keys 2 for inputting numbers, and a fan. A cushion keyboard 4 is provided. The function keyboard 4 includes cursor movement keys 6, 7, 8, 9, a key 10 for preparing page replacement, and a key 11 for moving pages.
, a page replacement key 12 , a page deletion key 13 , a page replacement key 14 ,
Function keys 15 for executing various processes as a document processing device are arranged.

By pressing each key in this way, the
Assume that documents arranged in the order of P1 to P5 are created as shown in FIG. In order to arrange the pages in the correct order, assume that the text on P2 is moved between P4 and P5 and changed to the order of P1' to P5' as shown in FIG. 2B. In this case, the cursor movement keys 6 to 9 are pressed to move the cursor 29 into the page (P2) to be moved, as shown in FIG. When the key 10 (see FIG. 1) is then pressed, the page including the position of the cursor 29 is designated, and "Page" is displayed on the display means (not shown). Next, when the key 11 (see FIG. 1) is pressed, the following guidance is displayed on the display means.

《Page》 Move after page 0. Then, use cursor movement keys 6 to 9 to move to the 4th page.
As shown in the figure, confirm that the destination is after P4, and input the page number "4" using the number input key 2 (see FIG. 1). Finally, when key 14 (see Figure 1) is pressed, P2 is displayed as shown in Figure 5.
The page is moved after P4 and rearranged in the order of P1' to P5'.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of the document processing apparatus. Data input from the full keyboard 3 is read into the text buffer 18 from the keyboard control circuit 16 via the data buffer 17. Data buffer 17 is text buffer 1
This is a buffer for reading and writing data to 8. Furthermore, when a key on the function keyboard 4 is pressed, the keyboard control circuit 16 operates,
A signal is input to the system control circuit 19. This system control circuit 19 is a circuit that controls the entire page movement function. That is, by signals from the system control circuit 19, the keyboard control circuit 16, data buffer 17, first pointer 20, second pointer 21, third pointer 22,
The operations of the fourth pointer 23, pointer selection circuit 24, comparison circuit 25, page conversion circuit 26, address circuit 27 and page buffer 28 are controlled.

The text buffer 18 is a memory that stores input data. The first pointer 20 is a pointer that indicates the page to be moved, the second pointer 21 is a pointer that indicates the page input when specifying the movement destination, and the third pointer 22 is a pointer that indicates the page to be moved. The fourth pointer 23 is a pointer that indicates a transfer destination when data in the document buffer 18 is transferred page by page. The page buffer 28 is a buffer that stores the data of the page to be moved. Pointer selection circuit 2
A circuit 4 selects the first to fourth pointers 20 to 23 when performing comparison or page conversion. The comparison circuit 25 is a circuit that compares the page numbers of the pointers selected by the pointer selection circuit 24.
The page conversion circuit 26 is a circuit that converts data in the text buffer 18 so that it can be handled page by page, and the address circuit 27 is an address circuit for the text buffer 18.

7 and 8 are diagrams for explaining the contents of the movement process, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the movement process procedure. First, with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9, the case where the page to be moved is located before the destination as shown in FIG. 7a will be described. That is, a case in which, for example, page D of documents arranged in the order of A to J is moved between pages H and I will be described in detail.

First, when the execution key 14 of the function keyboard 4 is pressed, the keyboard control circuit 16
operates and a signal is input to the system control circuit 19, and the pointer selection circuit 24 and comparison circuit 25 are operated by the system control circuit 19 in response. Thereby, in step n1, the first
The content of the pointer 20, that is, the page to be moved (D in FIG. 7), and the content of the second pointer 21, that is, the page to be moved to (H in FIG. 7) are compared. Page D of the first pointer 20 is page H of the second pointer 21
If it is smaller than , proceed to step n2. In step n2, the pointer selection circuit 24, page conversion circuit 26 and address circuit 27 are operated by the system control circuit 19, and the first pointer 2
The data of page D indicated by 0 is transferred from the text buffer 18 to the page buffer 28 as shown in FIG. 7a. In step n3, the first pointer 20
The page number D indicated by is given to the third pointer 22, and in step n4, the page number D indicated by
The page number D given to 2 is given to the fourth pointer 23. Furthermore, in step n5, the page number indicated by the fourth pointer 23 is incremented by "1" as shown in FIG. 7b.

In step n6, the system control circuit 1
The pointer selection circuit 24 and the comparison circuit 25 are operated by the signal from the pointer 9, and are compared to see if the pages indicated by the second pointer 21 and the third pointer 22 match. If they do not match, the pointer selection circuit 24, page conversion circuit 26, and address circuit 27 operate in step n7 to transfer the data of the page indicated by the fourth pointer 23 in the text buffer 18 to the third page as shown in FIG. 7c. Transfer to the page indicated by pointer 22. Next, as shown in FIG. 7D, in step n8, the page number indicated by the third pointer 22 and the page number indicated by the fourth pointer 23 are each incremented by "1". After step n9, the process returns to step n6, and steps n6 to n9 are repeated until the page numbers indicated by the second pointer 21 and the third pointer 22 respectively match.

When the page numbers indicated by the second pointer 21 and the third pointer 22 match in step n6 as shown in FIG. 7e, the process advances to step n10. In this step n10, the pointer selection circuit 24, page conversion circuit 26, and address circuit 27 operate to transfer the data in the page buffer 28 to the third buffer in the text buffer 18, as shown in FIG. 7f.
The page is transferred to the page indicated by the pointer 22, and the moving process is completed.

Next, the case where the page to be moved is located after the destination will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. In this case, step n1 in FIG.
The content of the first pointer 20, that is, the page to be moved (H in FIG. 8), and the second pointer 2
1, that is, the destination page (D in FIG. 8). At step n1, the first pointer 2
Since page H of 0 is larger than page D of the second pointer, the process advances to step n11. At step n11, the data on the page indicated by the first pointer 20 is transferred from the text buffer 18 to the page buffer 28, as shown in FIG. 8a, as in step n2 described above. In the next steps n12, n13 and n14, the page number indicated by the first pointer 20, that is, H, is given to the third pointer 22, and the page number given to the third pointer 22 is given to the fourth pointer 2.
3, and as shown in Figure 8b, the fourth
The page number indicated by the pointer 23 is decreased by "1".

In step n15, the second pointer 21
The pages indicated by the fourth pointer 23 are compared to see if they match. If not, step n
At step 16, the data of the page indicated by the fourth pointer 23 is transferred to the page indicated by the third pointer 22, as shown in FIG. 8c. Then, as shown in Figure 8d,
At step n16, the page number indicated by the third pointer 22 is decreased by "1", and at step n18, the page number indicated by the fourth pointer 23 is decreased by "1". After this step n18, the process returns to step n15 and the second pointer 2
Steps n15 to n18 are repeated until the page numbers indicated by the first and fourth pointers 23 match.

At step n15, when the page numbers indicated by the second pointer 21 and the fourth pointer 23 match as shown in FIG. 8e, the process advances from step n15 to step n10. In this step n10, the data in the page buffer 28 is transferred to the text buffer 18 as shown in FIG. 8f, and the movement process is completed.

Next, for reference, page replacement and deletion will be explained. These moving processes can be executed in the same manner as described above, so a detailed explanation will be omitted. First, page replacement will be briefly explained with reference to FIG. 10. Figure 10a
Assume that in a document arranged in the order of P1 to P6 as shown in , the sentence of P4 is replaced with the sentence of P6. In this case, use cursor movement keys 6 to 9.
(See FIG. 1) to move the cursor to P4, and press key 10 (See FIG. 1). Then, "Page" is displayed on the display means. Key 12 for subsequent replacement
(See Figure 1) When pressed, the following guidance is displayed on the display means.

<<Page>> Replace page 0 Check that the page to be replaced is P4, and enter the page number using number input key 2 (see Figure 1). When the final key 14 (see Figure 1) is pressed, the page P4 is replaced by the page P6, and the document changes to the page P6 as shown in Figure 10b.
They are rearranged in the order of 1' to P5'.

Regarding deleting a certain page in a document, Section 11
This will be briefly explained with reference to the drawings. Assume that the sentence P4 is deleted from the documents arranged in the order of P1 to P5 as shown in FIG. 11a. In this case,
When the cursor is moved to the P4 portion using the cursor movement keys 6 to 9 and the key 10 is pressed, <<Page>> is displayed on the display means. If you then press the delete and execution keys 13 and 14 in this order, P
4 is deleted and the P as shown in Figure 11b
Documents arranged in the order of 1' to P4' are created.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need for the operator to detect page breaks when moving text page by page, and editing time is significantly reduced. Moreover, since a temporary storage medium such as a floppy disk is not required, there is no need to perform complicated operations that would otherwise occur when using a floppy disk as in the past.

In particular, according to the present invention, the movement target page specifying means 1
0 and 20 can specify the page including the position of the cursor 29 moved by the cursor moving means 6 to 9, so that the page containing the position of the cursor 29 moved by the cursor moving means 6 to 9 can be specified. It eliminates the need to move the cursor to each position and is extremely simple to operate. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, by moving the cursor 29 to a character included in page P2, such as "ma", as shown in FIG. 3, page P2 containing this character "ma" is specified. Therefore, the operability is good.

Thus, according to the present invention, the destination page designation means 2
By specifying the destination page by 1,
Transfer the contents of the page to the destination page to the page buffer 2
8, it has good operability and can simplify editing work.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified plan view showing the key arrangement of a document processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining page movement processing, Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of the document processing device, and Figures 7 and 8 are movement processing procedures. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a move processing procedure, FIG. 10 is a diagram explaining a replacement process, and FIG. 11 is a diagram explaining a deletion process. 3...Full keyboard, 4...Function keyboard, 18...Text buffer, 20...First pointer, 21...Second pointer, 22...Third pointer, 23...Fourth pointer, 28... …Page Batsuhua.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A text buffer 18 for sequentially storing input data page by page, means for displaying the contents of the text buffer 18, and means 6 to 9 for moving a cursor 29 of the display means.
, movement target page designation means 10 and 20 for designating the page including the position of the cursor 29 moved by the cursor movement means 6 to 9, and the page specified by the movement target page designation means 10 and 20. A page buffer 28 that reads content from the text buffer 18 and stores it; and a destination page designation means 21 that specifies a destination page.
The page D specified by the movement target page specification means 10, 20 is sequentially moved one page at a time so as to approach the page H specified by the movement destination page specification means 21, and Means 2 for transferring the contents of the page buffer 28 to the page specified by the next page specifying means 21
2 and 23.