JPH01184572A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly distinguish a document in preparing from the document for an operation manual by displaying the document for the operation manual by using a character and a graphic having attributes different from that of the character and the graphic which constitute the document in preparing. CONSTITUTION:The character and the graphic, etc., in the document in preparing are displayed as white dot strings on a bit map display in a display device 2. On the other hand, the character and the graphic, etc., in the document for the operation manual are displayed as green dot strings on the bit map display in the display device 2. In such a way, it is possible to distinguish the document in preparing from that for the operation manual clearly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document creation device that can display an operation instruction document on a screen while a document is being created.

(Prior Art) For example, when a document is being created using a document creation device such as a word processor or a desktop editor, it is often necessary to know how to operate it to achieve a specific purpose.

In recent years, in such cases, when a predetermined instruction is given from the keyboard etc., a predetermined window is set on the part of the screen where the document being created is displayed, and the necessary explanatory document is displayed in this window. system was developed.

Since the window has no effect on the document creation function other than covering part of the document being created, the user can continue creating the document while referring to the explanatory document in the window.

By the way, if you display the explanatory document while creating the text of an operation manual, for example, the structure of the document to be created and the explanatory document are similar, so it is difficult to instantly distinguish between the two on the screen. Although difficult, this can confuse the user's thinking and reduce the efficiency of document creation.

Furthermore, if the document contains ruled lines, frames, etc., these resemble the frames of the explanatory document window, so that the boundaries of the window may become unclear.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional document creation devices, when the operation explanation display function is used, the distinction between the document being created and the document for explanation may become unclear on the screen. This was an obstacle to understanding the explanatory text and creating documents at the same time.

The present invention has been made in consideration of these circumstances, and its purpose is to set a predetermined window in a part of the screen during document creation and display a document for operating instructions in the window. In doing so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that can clearly distinguish between a document being created and a document for operating instructions.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention displays the contents of the document being created on the screen in a document creation device such as a word processor that is capable of creating, deleting, and editing sentences, figures, etc. A created document display means, a question input means for inputting a question regarding an operation method such as editing a document, an operation explanation document generating means for generating an operation explanation document corresponding to the question, and a document being created are displayed. An operation instruction document display in which a window is set in a part of the screen and an operation instruction document is displayed inside the window using characters and graphics that have attributes different from those of the characters and graphics that make up the document being created. It is equipped with means.

(Function) In the document creation device of the present invention, the function of the operation instruction document display means allows the operation instruction document in the window set in a part of the screen to be displayed with characters and characters having attributes different from those of the document being created. Since it is displayed graphically, even if the user displays the operation instruction document while creating a document, the user will not confuse the two.

(Example) Hereinafter, details of an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, first, a case where a document including no color information is created on a display device will be explained as an example.

In Fig. 1, 1 is an input device for inputting characters, coordinate values, etc., such as a keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc.;
3 is a display device for displaying characters, figures, etc., and indicates a bitmap display that can display in color.
4 is an external storage device that stores document data, dictionary data, etc., and indicates a magnetic disk device, a memory card, etc., and 4 is a control of the above devices 1 to 3 by executing a program stored in the memory. It is a control device that performs data processing, etc., and consists of a CPU, memory, etc.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing each functional part expressed in a program stored in the memory of the control device 4 and the relationship between them.

Here, the input section 2a has a function of passing the result of processing the information obtained from the input device 1 to the document creation processing section 2b or the question input section 2d.

Further, the document creation processing section 2b has a function of generating document data in the created document data storage buffer based on the character information and position information obtained from the input section 2a.
By receiving more special commands, you can delete or delete part or all of the content in the created document data storage buffer.
Make corrections.

The created document data display section 2c has a function of sending character data, graphic data, etc. in the created document data storage buffer to the output section 2h along with their position information.

The question input section 2d uses the output section 2h to set up a question input window as shown in FIG. It has a function of understanding the question and passing the result as a code string to the explanatory document generation section 2e.

The explanatory document generation section 2e uses the external storage device management section 2g to retrieve explanatory document data corresponding to the received code string from the external storage device 3 and stores it in the explanatory document data storage buffer.

The explanatory document display section 2f sends character data, graphic data, etc. in the explanatory document data storage buffer to the output section 2h along with their position information.

There are an image data storage buffer 1 and an image data storage buffer 2 inside the output section 2h, which correspond to the hardware VRAM1 and VRAM2.

The output unit 2h has a function of developing character data, graphic data, etc. received from the created document data display unit 2C into dot data and storing it in the image data storage buffer 1. The bit map display in the display device 2 is electrically connected to this VRAM 1, and a white color is displayed at the position on the display corresponding to the memory position of the set bit. Display a light spot.

In this way, characters, figures, etc. in the document being created are displayed as white dots on the bitmap display.

On the other hand, character data, graphic data, etc. received from the explanatory document display section 2f are similarly stored in the image data storage buffer 2.Here, when they are passed through the character font enlargement/reduction processing section inside the output section 2h, It is converted into image data that corresponds to the enlarged/reduced characters.

At this time, a bit in the VRAM 2 is set, and a green light spot is displayed at a position on the display corresponding to the position of this bit in the memory.

As a result, characters, figures, etc. in the explanatory document are displayed as green dots on the bitmap display.

The output unit 2h also manages windows in order to display explanatory documents, including the initial settings of the window and the process of expanding the image data in the area on the screen that is hidden by the window into a virtual image data buffer. etc.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the document being created and the operation instruction document displayed on the screen.

In the figure, the area surrounded by dotted lines is a window for displaying an operation instruction document. On the display, text inside the window is displayed in green, and text outside the window is displayed in white.

Finally, the processing flow of the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained according to FIG.

First, when initial settings are performed (step 5a), the input section 2
a starts (step 5b), if this is a question request for operation, go to step 5e, otherwise go to step 5
Branch to d (step 5C).

In step 5d, the document creation processing section 2b, created document data display section 2C, and output section 2h are activated, and after completing predetermined processing, the process returns to step 5b.

In step 5e, the explanatory document generating section 2e is activated.

After this 1. The explanatory document display section 2f and the output section 2h are activated (step 5f), and the process returns to step 5b.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. For example, if a display that cannot display colors is used, the thickness, density, and brightness of the characters in the operation manual may be changed during creation. You can distinguish between the two by making them different from the document, or if the text and graphics in the document you are creating include color information on the display device, you can make the text and graphics for operation explanations blink. You can.

In short, it is sufficient to display an operation instruction document in a window set as a part of the screen using characters and figures whose attributes are different from those of the document being created.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, when a window is set on a part of the screen during document creation and a document for explaining operations is displayed in the window, the document being created Since it is possible to clearly distinguish between the information and the operation explanation document, the user can smoothly understand the operation explanation text, and the efficiency of document creation that is performed in parallel is also significantly improved. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the software configuration executed within the control device of the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a window, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display columns on the screen, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in the present embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Display device, 3... External storage device, 4... Control device, 2a... Input unit, 2b...
...Document creation processing unit, 2c...Document data display unit being created, 2d...Question input unit, 2e...Explanatory document generation unit, 2f...Explanatory document display unit, 2g...External storage Device management section, 2h...output section. Applicant: Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Computer Engineering Co., Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Sasa Suyama - Figure 1 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A created document display means for displaying the document being created on the screen, a question input means for inputting a question regarding the operation method, an operation explanation document generating means for generating an operation explanation document corresponding to the question, and a creation means. A window is set up in a part of the screen where the document is displayed, and inside this window, the above operations are performed using characters and figures that have attributes different from those of the characters and figures that make up the document being created. 1. A document creation device comprising: an operation instruction document display means for displaying an instruction document.