JPH0137783B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly to a word processor capable of outputting page numbers.

In a word processor system, input character strings are sequentially displayed on a display device and edited by making corrections, additions, etc. while checking them, storing the created text in a file device, and then outputting it to a printer device. to get a hard copy.

When performing editing operations, there is often a need to check the page number of a character string displayed on a display, or to visually check the overall movement of text, such as the layout of the text when it is printed on paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve these demands and provide a word processor that can display the layout of an entire text, reliably determine the content of the layout, and is useful for operator operations.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the word processor of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a connection diagram of each device in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a connection diagram of each device in Figure 1.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the apparatus shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the word processor according to the present invention includes a keyboard 1, a one-line display device 2, a layout display device 3, and an external storage device (a floppy disk in FIG. 1).
4, 5, a printer device (facsimile recording section in FIG. 1) 6, and a control section that controls each device, and performs automatic editing of Japanese sentences, sentence creation, and printing output.

In FIG. 2, various data input by the operator from the keyboard device 1 are stored in the memory 9 of the control unit 10, and the stored data is transferred to the control unit 20, and the layout display 3,
Output to 1-line display 2.

This allows the operator to
You can check whether the information has been memorized by inputting the information from

The operator uses layout display 3 and
While looking at the one-line display 2, the user corrects, deletes, and adds data input from the keyboard device 1 to create sentences.

The completed text is stored in the external storage device 4 according to instructions from the operator. Whenever the operator needs this created text, he can retrieve it from the external storage device 4 and print it out on the printer 6 via the control unit 30.

Here, the functions and effects of individual devices will be described.
The keyboard device 1 is a device that allows an operator to input Japanese kanji, kana, katakana, symbols, alphanumeric characters, editing functions, etc. to the control unit 10 by pressing keys.

Data input from the keyboard device 1 is stored in the memory 9 by the micro CPU 8.

In order to inform the operator what the stored input data was, the micro CPU 8 refers to the code table stored in the memory 9 in advance and determines the kanji pattern (32
You can find out where the dots x 32 dots are. This code table is based on the code of the input data (16-bit configuration).
You can now know what the JIS code is, where it is stored in the external storage device 4, and whether the kanji pattern is in the external storage device 5 or in the internal high-speed memory 25. The contents of the code table can be changed as needed.

Furthermore, when the power is turned on, frequently used Kanji patterns from among the Kanji patterns stored in the external storage device 5 are loaded into the high-speed memory 25 (Character Geonerator CG).

Note that the kanji group to be loaded is selected and determined in advance.

In this way, the micro CPU 8 extracts the kanji pattern corresponding to the input data and transfers it to the memory 17 through the interface 13.

After that, micro CPU 8 becomes micro CPU 18.
Then, through the interfaces 13 and 14, a command is issued to the layout display 3 and the one-line display 2 to display the kanji pattern corresponding to the input data.

Upon receiving the command, the micro CPU 18 prints a kanji pattern and a symbol on the layout display 3, which is a simplified pattern different from the character pattern used to output sentences, according to the operation parameters from the micro CPU 8 stored in the memory 17. indicate.

At this time, if the kanji pattern is in the character generator 25, the micro CPU 8
passes the input data to the memory 17, and the micro CPU 18 pulls out the kanji pattern from the character generator 25. If the kanji pattern is not in the character generator 25, the micro CPU 8 retrieves the kanji pattern from the external storage device 5, stores the data (kanji pattern) in the memory 17, and issues a display start command to the micro CPU 18. .

In this way, the operator converts the data entered using the keyboard device 1 into kanji in one line.
The characters can be recognized on Display 2, and the layout and layout can be used to determine which part of the text the character belongs to, as well as the overall movement of the text, such as the placement when printing the text on paper.
It can be recognized on Display 3.

In this way, the device described here, the word processor, includes two types of display devices: the layout display 3 and the one-line display 2.

On the layout display 3, it is possible to see the layout of the entire page on which the text currently being created exists.

The layout referred to here is a display for the editing functions necessary for creating a text, such as the number of characters in one line, the position where characters in a line start printing, the print end position, the print frame, and the length between lines. , to represent the layout of one page with symbols, and to represent frames, etc. with lines. In addition to the layout, Layout Display 3 also provides operator guidance (warning the operator, etc.).
Messages to give instructions for the next operation can also be displayed. Of course, this is a device that can display page numbers, line numbers, etc. mixed with symbols.

The 1-line display 2 shows actual Japanese characters. That is, when looking at the overall layout on the layout display 3, only the line currently being input can be seen on the one-line display 2 as actual characters.

In addition to text, the 1-line display 2 displays a limited part of the layout (printing range within a line, etc.), a line number display that tells you which line you are inputting from the beginning of the page, etc. This device is capable of displaying operator guidance that cannot be completely displayed on the layout display 3, in addition to the layout that is particularly required within the line.

Next, the movement of character data input from the keyboard 1 will be explained.

Layout display 3 and 1 line
While checking the input data on the display 2, the operator stores the text in the memory 9, and from this memory 9, the file created as the text can be stored in the external storage device 4.
When making corrections to this text, the operator specifies the part to be corrected using the keyboard 1, takes it out from the external storage device 4 to the memory 9, and loads it into the micro CPU 8 and interface 12.
Editing such as adding, deleting, correcting, and connecting files to each other can be performed from the keyboard 1 through the keyboard.

This control is performed by the control unit 10, and the control unit 20 displays on the one-line display 2 and the layout display 3 through the interfaces 24 and 15 what is being corrected and how.

The control unit 10 and the control unit 20 are connected to a bus line 41.
Since the micro CPU 8 and the micro CPU 18 have independent bus lines 42 and 42, the micro CPU 8 and the micro CPU 18 operate completely independently. Therefore, the control unit 20 controls the layout display 3 and the 1-line display 2.
Or, through the control unit 30, even when printing, the control unit 10 can retrieve the next file to print, modify, or print from the external storage device 4, or input new text from the keyboard device 1. can be done completely in parallel.

The bus lines 41, 42, and 43 referred to here refer to data lines (for example, 8 to 16 lines), a group of control lines necessary for transferring this data, and a group of signal lines such as a power supply. The line group is micro
It is controlled by CPUs 8, 18, and 28, and each unit (for example, keyboard 1, file, etc.) is connected through these bus lines. Therefore, two or more micro CPUs cannot control this bus line at the same time.

If control is to be achieved, one must select and use the time when the bus line is not controlled. Furthermore, in this device, only one micro CPU is connected to one bus line.
Therefore, usage time is allowed without limit.

This device has three sets of such bus lines, each of which is incorporated in the control sections 10, 20, and 30. Therefore, each control section 10, 20,
30 each have an independent bus line, and can operate completely freely without being influenced by other control units.

Each of these control units 10, 20, and 30 has a control range determined, and in the case of this device, the control unit 10 mainly has the editing function of a conventional Roman language word processor (Roman automatic document creation machine), and controls The section 20 is assigned the function of displaying a Japanese pattern on a CRT, and the control section 30 is assigned the printer function.

Note that a telephone line is connected to the control unit 30, and the operator can communicate with the outside through a telephone set mounted on the printer 6.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the display of page numbers according to the present invention.

Fig. 4a shows the storage state of the character code group in the memory device, Fig. 4b shows the page number displayed on the display device, and Fig. 4c shows the paper size changed to half. Indicates the page number displayed when the

The micro CPU 8 of the control unit 10 has a built-in page counter, and when a character code input from the keyboard 1 is stored in the memory 9, the page counter is incremented by 1 by a program every time a character code is stored in the memory 9. The count increases until the 4th
As shown in a, a page numbering code of 1 is inserted when the number of characters for one page is counted.

Then, reset the counter and count the number of characters for the next page. In this way, numbering is inserted at the end of each page, so when the display start command and character code (or character pattern) are sent from micro CPU 8 to micro CPU 18, this numbering code is also sent. , as shown in FIG. 4b, this is displayed at a predetermined position within one page of the layout display device 3 under program control of the micro CPU 18.

Figure 4b shows a full line display for one page, but if the format is changed and the paper size is halved as shown in Figure 4c,
One page of characters is divided into two or more pages, and even in that case, a number is automatically displayed for each page. In this case as well, micro CPU 8
Page numbering is performed by counting up a built-in page counter using a program.

In other words, when the micro CPU 8 executes character filling processing, the number of characters written on one page is halved, so by switching the value at which the page counter overflows to that number of characters, the divided page A numbering code is inserted for each. When displaying, the page number is displayed at a predetermined position.

By inserting this page numbering code, it is possible to create a table of contents and also an index to be placed at the end of the book.

In order to display page numbers on the layout display device 3, either replace the character generator built in the display device 3 with one that stores a numerical pattern (in the case of using ROM), or Character
This can be achieved by configuring the generator with RAM elements and rewriting some of the contents to store the numerical patterns.

In addition, when outputting to a printer device to obtain a hard copy, the page number pattern for display is directly sent to the control unit 30 along with the character pattern.
By sending the number to the internal memory 29 of the printer, the number can be automatically inserted into the paper during printing.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to display the entire layout of one word, and also to reliably determine the value of the layout, thereby providing a word processor that is useful for operator operations.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the layout of the text is output in a pattern different from the character pattern used to output the text, the content of the text may become unclear, but since the page number is output, the layout is It is possible to reliably determine whether the page has a layout, and it also has the effect of being able to easily determine how many pages the page is even in the layout display state.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of the word processor of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an inter-device connection diagram of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing page number display according to the present invention. 1: Keyboard device, 2: 1 line display device, 3: Layout display device,
4: Code memory (external memory), 5: Pattern memory (external memory), 6: Printer device,
7: Telephone, 8, 18, 28: Micro CPU,
9, 19, 29: Internal memory, 10, 20, 3
0: Control unit, 11 to 16, 21 to 24: Interface, 17: Interlayer memory, 25: Character generator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A word processor that has a memory means for storing input character data and a character data input means for inputting the character data, and edits the input character data by modifying, adding, or deleting it. , a page number assigning means for automatically assigning a page number based on input data; and a layout output means for outputting a layout of one page of text using a simplified pattern different from a character pattern for outputting the text. is provided, and when outputting the layout of one page of text, the page number of the text of the layout displayed on the layout output means is also output at a predetermined position of the layout output means at the same time as the layout. word processor.