JPH01231111A - Document generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the title device so that the requested processing procedure can be reconfirmed at any time by constituting said device so that a displayed guide sentence can be printed and outputted before a guide help is ended. CONSTITUTION:An input part 201 reads in data which has been inputted by an input device 1, and stores it in a temporary storage part 208 in accordance with necessity. A display part 205 reads out necessary data from the temporary storage part 208 and displays it on a display device 4. A guide data storage part 210 stores data required for an assistance, and in accordance with a result of rule evaluation of an inferring part 206, guide data is read out. Data which have been stored in a rule storage part 207, a knowledge storage part 209 and a guide data storage part 210 are stored in an external storage device 3 in the beginning, and read in these prescribed storage parts at the time of starting the assistance. A printing part 211 reads out data of a guide sentence from the temporary storage part 208 and outputs it to a printing device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document creation device having a guide help function.

(Prior Art) In conventional document creation devices, when a user inputs a guide help request during processing such as document creation, a request item list is displayed on the display device, and when the user selects an arbitrary item, A guide sentence matching the request is created and output to the display device. By reading the displayed guide text, the user obtains an answer according to the question request, and then ends the guide help and returns to the original process.

However, in this method, the guide sentence is no longer displayed when the original process is returned to after the guide help ends, so the user must fully grasp the contents of the guide sentence before ending the guide help.

Moreover, in order to confirm the procedure again, the user must repeat the above-mentioned guide help request, which hinders work efficiency.

It is natural that some users will want to save the guide text for future reference, but conventional document creation devices of this type do not have a means to satisfy such a request. was not equipped with.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In this way, in the conventional document creation device, the guide sentence is no longer displayed after the guide help ends, so if you want to reconfirm the contents of the guide sentence, you have to repeat the help request again. There was a problem in that it was not possible to save the guide text as the need arose.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device having a function of easily and repeatedly using guide text displayed by guide help.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides an input means for accepting guide help requests and item selections, a display means for displaying guide sentences, and a display means for guide help. a rule storage means for storing rules of the above, an inference means for creating an answer to a question based on the rules, a knowledge storage means for storing knowledge necessary for inference, and a guide data necessary for a guide sentence. A guide data storage means, a temporary storage means for temporarily storing information, an applied processing function means for performing processing other than guide help, a situation information analysis means for analyzing the situation at the time of requesting guide help, and printing a guide text. The guide text displayed on the display means in response to a guide help request is outputted by the printing means before the guide help ends.

(Function) In the document creation device of the present invention, the displayed guide text can be printed out before the guide help ends, so the printed guide text can be referred to after returning to the original process. For example, you can reconfirm the requested procedure. Furthermore, it is possible to save the guide text as a document for future reference.

(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 configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor.

In the figure, numeral 1 denotes an input device such as a keyboard, microphone, tablet, mouse, etc. for inputting characters, voices, coordinate values, assistance requests, etc., and 2 denotes a control device that comprehensively controls the entire device.

3 is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk, memory card, or ROM for storing knowledge, various rules, guide data, etc., and 4 is a CRT or liquid crystal display for displaying a question list, guide text, etc. as shown in Figure 2. This is a display device such as a display or a plasma display. Reference numeral 5 denotes a printing device such as a Todd matrix printer, a thermal printer, or a laser beam printer for printing guide texts and the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control device 2. As shown in FIG.

First, the input unit 201 reads data input through the input device 1 and stores it in the temporary storage unit 208 as necessary.

The display unit 205 reads necessary data from the temporary storage unit 208 and displays it on the display device 4. Applied processing function section 203
is a module that realizes the applied processing function of a device in which this assistance is installed, and performs processes such as document creation and editing in a word processor, for example.

The inference unit 206 is controlled by the control unit 202, reads out the rules stored in the rule storage unit 207 in accordance with each process of assistance, and applies the knowledge stored in the knowledge storage unit 209 and the situation information analysis unit 204. The evaluation is performed using the situation information obtained by analyzing the processing function unit 203, and the results are stored in the temporary storage unit 208.

Further, the guide data storage unit 210 stores guide data necessary for assistance, and the guide data is read out according to the rule evaluation result of the inference unit 206. The data stored in the rule storage section, knowledge storage section, and guide data storage section is initially in the external storage device 3, and is read into these predetermined storage sections when the assistance is activated. Printing section 2
11 reads the guide sentence data from the -time storage unit 208 and outputs it to the printing device 5 .

The details of FIG. 3 will be explained below with reference to the process flowchart shown in FIG. 4.

Normally, keys, commands, various data, etc. input to the input unit 201 are sent to the application processing function unit 20 via the control unit 202.
3 and used for various processing (steps 401 to 401).
403).

At this time, when the user inputs an assistance request,
The control unit 202 first activates the status information analysis unit 204 to analyze the operating status of the applied processing function unit 203 and stores it in the status information buffer 2081 (step 404).

The operating status of the applied processing function unit 203 is, for example, "double angle is being specified" in a word processor.

After that, the control unit 202 controls the item setting unit 2 in the inference unit 206.
By activating 061, assistance is activated.

The item setting section 2061 has an item setting rule storage section 2071.
The item setting rules stored in the question item table are evaluated, and the items to be displayed in the question item table and their order are determined and stored in the display item buffer 2082 (step 405).

When evaluating rules, the knowledge storage unit 20
9 and the contents of the situation information buffer 2081 are referred to. Hereinafter, when evaluating each rule, the knowledge stored in the knowledge storage unit 209 and the situation information buffer 2
The contents of 081 are referred to in the same page.

When a question item is set in the display item buffer 2082,
The display unit 205 reads this and displays it on the display device (step 406), and allows the user to select one of the items (step 407).

The item selected by the user is stored in the selection item buffer 2083 by the input unit 201 (step 408), and then the auxiliary item setting unit 2062 is activated.

The auxiliary item setting section 2062 has a selection item buffer 2083.
The auxiliary item setting rules stored in the auxiliary item setting rule storage unit 2072 are evaluated based on the contents of the auxiliary item setting rules storage unit 2072, and the auxiliary items to be displayed in the question item table and their order are determined and stored in the display auxiliary item buffer 2084 (step 409).

Here, the display unit 205 is activated again, this time the content of the display auxiliary item buffer 2084 is read out and displayed on the display device 4 (step 410), and the user is prompted to select one of the auxiliary items (step 411).

The auxiliary item selected by the user is stored in the selected auxiliary item buffer 2085 by the input unit 201 (step 412).
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Next, the question creation unit 2063 starts up and selects the selection item buffer 2.
083 and the content stored in the selection auxiliary item buffer 2085, the question text creation rule stored in the question creation rule storage unit 2073 is evaluated, and a question text is created from the user's selected item and the auxiliary item. and stored in the question text buffer 2086 (step 413).

Next, the answer planning section 2064 starts up, evaluates the answer planning rules stored in the answer planning rule storage section 2074 based on the contents of the question text buffer 2086, and stores them in the guide data storage section 210 based on the evaluation results. Read out the current guide data and store it in the guide sentence buffer 2087 (Step 4)
.

Finally, the display unit 205 is activated once again, reads out the guide sentence stored in the guide sentence buffer 2087, and displays it on the display device 4 (step 415).

When a scroll request is input to the input section 201, the display section 205
displays the requested range from the guide sentences stored in the guide sentence buffer 2087 on the display device 4 (steps 416 to 418).

When a print request is input to the input unit 201, the printing unit 211 is activated, reads out the entire guide sentence stored in the guide sentence buffer 2087, and outputs it to the printing device 5 (Step 4
19-420).

Each of the inference units 2061 to 2064 and the input unit 201 described above
, the display section 205, the printing section 211, etc., are all controlled by the control section 202.

The procedure for printing the guide text will be explained in detail with reference to FIG.

For example, if you select "delete" for the item and "rules" for the auxiliary item using the guide help, a guide sentence corresponding to this request is created and output to the display device 4 (501 in FIG. 5).
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The guide text is displayed within the window, and the remaining guide text that cannot be displayed is displayed by scrolling, but when the user inputs a request to print the guide text into the input device 1, the entire guide text is printed. Output from the device (fifth
Figure 502).

In this way, the device of this embodiment can print out the displayed guide text before the guide help ends, so if you refer to the printed guide text after returning to the original process, you can follow the requested processing procedure. can be reconfirmed. Furthermore, it is possible to save the guide text as a document for future reference.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

For example, in consideration of work efficiency, etc., various modifications may be made, such as printing only the guide text displayed within the window of the display device 4, or printing the guide text within the range specified by the user. Is possible.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the document creation device of the present invention, the guide text displayed by the document creation device can be printed out as needed, so the requested processing procedure can be reconfirmed at any time. can do.

Further, there is no need to perform the wasteful work of repeatedly requesting guide help in order to refer to the guide text.

Furthermore, it becomes possible to save guide text for reference, and users can freely create easy-to-use operation manuals that include only necessary procedures.

As a result, work efficiency can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a question list in the same embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control device, and FIG. 4 5 is a diagram showing the flow of processing, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display output of the guide sentence, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the printed output of the guide sentence. 1... Input device, 2... Control device, 3... External storage device, 4... Display device, 5... Printing device. Applicant: Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Computer Engineering Co., Ltd. Agent: Patent Attorney Satoshi Suyama - Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Input means for accepting guide help requests and item selections, display means for displaying guide sentences, rule storage means for storing rules for guide help, and creating answers to questions based on the rules. An inference means, a knowledge storage means for storing knowledge necessary for inference, a guide data storage means for storing guide data necessary for guide sentences, a temporary storage means for temporarily storing information, and a means other than guide help. an applied processing function means for performing the processing; a situation information analysis means for analyzing the situation at the time of requesting guide help;
1. A document creation device comprising: printing means for printing a guide sentence, and outputting the guide sentence displayed on the display means in response to a guide help request by the printing means before the guide help ends.