JPH01216473A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve efficiency in the preparation of a document in which a specific character, etc., ought to be selected and inputted from a candidate group is included successively by enabling plural characters to be inputted selectively simultaneously in a candidate group display mode. CONSTITUTION:A specific character candidate group designated by the operation of a specific mode designate key fa to designate a specific character conversion function is displayed on a screen 9 in preparing the document. And a candidate character selected and designated at every selection of an arbitrary candidate character is stored in a candidate buffer 3 sequentially, and at the time of operating a key representing the completion of the selection of the specific character, character information held at the candidate buffer 3 is outputted to the document to be prepared. In such a way, it is possible to continue the candidate group display mode even after an input character is selected from the character candidate group, and to input the plural characters simultaneously by selecting the character successively, and to improve the efficiency in the preparation of the document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document creation device capable of selecting an input character from a group of character candidates. ′ (Prior Art) Conventionally, in document creation devices such as Japanese word processors, when inputting special characters such as pictograms that cannot be input directly from the keyboard, it is necessary to classify the special characters into groups of some extent.
A method is used in which a desired character is selected from this group of classified candidates. For example, by associating a specific pronunciation with a group of character candidates, you can enter this pronunciation when inputting characters, display a group of special character candidates, and select a character from among them, or you can select a character from the list of special character candidates from the beginning. Multiple readings corresponding to are displayed, among which .

There was a method of selecting one candidate group from the list and then selecting the desired character.

In any of these character selection methods, the character selection mode in which a group of candidates is displayed ends when a character is selected.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) For this reason, when creating a document in which special characters, etc. that must be selected and input from a group of character candidates are used consecutively, it is necessary to I had to enter characters in candidate group display mode. Therefore, similar operations had to be performed repeatedly, resulting in poor document creation efficiency.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a method for selecting an input character from a group of character candidates used for inputting special characters etc. that cannot be input directly from a keyboard. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that can improve the efficiency of document creation.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) This invention provides a document creation device equipped with a plurality of types of special character conversion functions, in which a specific mode designation key is operated to designate the special character conversion function during document creation. The special character candidate group specified by is displayed on the screen, and each time an arbitrary candidate character from the special character candidate group displayed on the screen is selected, the selected candidate character is sequentially stored in the candidate buffer. The present invention is characterized in that the character information held in the candidate buffer is output into the created document when a key indicating the end of special character selection is operated.

(Function) In the document creation device configured in this way, the candidate group display mode does not end even after an input character is selected from the character candidate group, and characters are continuously selected and multiple characters are displayed simultaneously. Enables input.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, ■ is the processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that controls the entire device.
It executes processing such as document creation and editing according to the program stored in the program memory 2. Here, when inputting conversion instructions, special characters (hereinafter referred to as pictures) as shown in Fig. (referred to as a symbol) is selected.

2 and 3 are internal memories accessed under the control of the CPUI, and of these, 2 is a program memory that stores various programs including a character candidate selection processing program as shown in FIG. , 3 is an input buffer that stores a group of classified pictorial symbol candidates to be selected and the genre name corresponding to this candidate group, a document buffer that stores low input documents that are targets of editing and proofreading, a custom character buffer that stores custom character patterns, etc. This is a data memory with various data storage areas.

4 is a floppy disk drive (FDD) serving as an external storage for storing document information, and 5 is a floppy disk controller (FDC) that controls the floppy disk drive 4.

Ei, 8.10 are controllers that control their own input/output mechanisms (keyboard 7, display device 9, printer device 11), and among these, 6 is a controller that controls various data keys and function keys for document manpower. A keyboard controller (
KBC), 8 is a group of picture symbol candidates, various work menus,
A display controller controls the display of a display device 9 that displays document information, etc., and a printer controller 10 controls a printer device (PRT) 11 that prints documents. Here, a pictorial symbol key f'a is provided on the keyboard 7 as a function key for instructing pictorial symbol input.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a character font memory in which character font data for display and special characters such as pictographs and symbols are stored.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the key manual processing flow in the above embodiment.

Here, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

Here, we will introduce emojis that cannot be entered directly from the keyboard.
The method is to select and input from a group of classified candidates.

If you want to enter special characters while creating a document,
The picture symbol key 1'a provided on the keyboard 7 is pressed. At this time, at the same time, a specific pronunciation (
When a genre name is entered, a group of pictogram candidates corresponding to this genre name are displayed. Here, FIG. 3 shows the display of a group of pictorial symbol candidates when the genre "Eto" is selected.

Here, 10 pictograms related to "Eto" are displayed at the same time. After entering this candidate group display mode, input characters are selected (step Sl).

When character number 3 is selected here, it is displayed as an input character candidate and character data is filled in the display candidate buffer. Further, when selecting an input character on this display screen, the character data is stored in the candidate buffer by inputting the character number in the same manner (steps Sl, S2). Further, if the desired pictogram is not found on the display screen, the next screen key is pressed, thereby displaying the next group of candidates within the same genre (steps S5, 86). In this way, when an input character is selected from the displayed candidate group, character data is stored in the character candidate buffer (steps Sl and S2). FIG. 4 shows the display screen when character number 2 is selected at this time.

Similarly, if you want to display the previous screen, press the previous screen key to display the previous screen (step S7,
38). Next, when deleting the character data packed in the candidate buffer, the delete key is pressed (step S4).
. As a result, the character data stuck in the candidate buffer is deleted (step S9). The display screen at this time is the fifth
As shown in the figure. In this way, when the selection of input characters from the character candidate group is completed and the end key is pressed (step S3), the contents in the candidate buffer are output at this point, and a pictogram corresponding to this data is displayed. be done.

In this way, when selecting an input character from a group of pictogram candidates, you can select and input multiple characters at the same time in candidate group display mode, so you do not need to switch to candidate group display mode each time you input a character. It disappears.

Therefore, it is possible to efficiently create a document or the like that includes consecutive characters that must be selected from a group of candidates and input.

In the above embodiment, the reading of the genre is entered in the candidate group display mode for selecting input characters by pressing the pictorial symbol key, but the operation to enter the candidate group display mode is not limited to this. .

Further, although the case where a pictogram is selected from a group of candidates and inputted has been described, it goes without saying that other characters such as symbols may also be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, in a document creation device that inputs characters such as pictograms by selecting them from a group of candidates,
By making it possible to select and input multiple characters at the same time in candidate group display mode, there is no need to switch to candidate group display mode each time you input a character. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency of creating documents, etc. that contain consecutive special characters that cannot be used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure for selecting input character candidates in the same embodiment, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are the same. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in an Example. ■...CPU, 2...Program memory, 3...
・Data memory, 4... Floppy disk drive (FDD), 5... Floppy disk control o
-Ra (FDC), 6...+-Ho 1' controller (KBC), 7...Keyboard (KD), 8...
- Display controller, 9...Display device, IO...Printer controller, 11...Printer (PRT), 12...Character font memory. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation device that is equipped with multiple types of special character conversion functions, there is a specific mode specification key that specifies the special character conversion function during document creation, and a group of special character candidates specified by the operation of this specific mode specification key is displayed on the screen. a display means for displaying on the screen; a candidate buffer for sequentially storing selected candidate characters each time an arbitrary candidate character is selected from the group of special character candidates displayed on the screen; 1. A document creation device comprising means for outputting character information held in the candidate buffer into a created document when a key indicated by the arrow is operated.