JPH0244458A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability and a function by arranging each character position in a displayed same row in the center of each character, and setting an upper space on the character. CONSTITUTION:A character string developing part 48 sets row character information on an arbitrary row in a row character information area 47 by referring to a format storage part 49 and a character storage part 55, and the information of the character position included in the row is set on the arbitrary row in the row character information area 47 by the character string developing part 48. A row data generating part 43 generates data of one row by referring to the row character information in the row character information area 47, and a row attribute control part 42 attaches a row attribute represented by the row character information area 47 on the data received from the row data generating part 43. A print control part 40 receives print data of one row form the row attribute control part 42 and controls a printer 3. And each character position on the same row is arranged in the center of the character, and the upper space is set on the character. In such a way, the operability and the function can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to various character processing devices such as word processors, and more particularly to technology for displaying character positions of input characters in the same line.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when enlarging characters in various character processing devices such as word processors, it has been common practice to set the enlargement on a line-by-line basis, as shown in FIGS. 26(a) and 26(b).

However, since there were many requests to set character enlargement on a character-by-character basis rather than on a line-by-line basis, there were no particular problems in the horizontal direction, but two methods were considered in the vertical direction.

The first method is to enlarge the characters shown in FIG. 27(a) in the lower right direction of the characters as shown in FIG. 27(b), that is, to align them upward.

The second method is to align the same character shown in Figure 27(a) with the bottom edge of the character with the maximum vertical magnification in that line and then expand it to the upper right as shown in Figure 28, that is, bottom alignment. .

Regarding line spacing characters, two methods have conventionally been considered for realizing line spacing characters.

The first method is to divide line breaks into two types, "full line breaks" and "half line breaks," as shown in Figure 29.The second method is to move down by half a line as shown in Figure 30. This is a method of modifying the moving "line spacing character" attribute to a character.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In enlarging characters, both the first and second methods:
The next line begins on the line below the current maximum magnification character. However, in the internal processing of a word processor, printing and display are usually performed in units of physical lines (full-width character size), so in the second method, the current logical line (the character with the maximum vertical magnification of that line) is This has the disadvantage that internal processing becomes complicated because it cannot be printed or displayed until the number of lines required is calculated.

Additionally, there have been many requests to use both ("top alignment" and "bottom alignment") depending on the situation, but doing so has the disadvantage that the operating method and internal processing become complicated.

Therefore, when setting the enlargement, use the first method (top alignment), and then press the "position correction key" to change the character position to the third method.
A method of correction as shown in FIG. 1 was used, but the disadvantage of complicated operating methods and internal processing could not be overcome.

Furthermore, both the first and second methods have a separate function from "enlargement" regarding interline characters, and therefore have the disadvantage that the operating method and internal processing are complicated.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a method for enlarging characters and manipulating interline characters, and when characters of different sizes are mixed on the same line, the center of each character is The purpose is to improve operability and functionality by aligning the following.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a character processing device as described above, in which the position of each character in the same line displayed on the display device is changed according to an instruction from an input device. By providing a means for aligning the characters at the center, that is, an upper margin setting means for setting the upper margin, the characters are aligned at the center of the characters.

Further, in the invention as claimed in claim 2, there is provided a means for aligning the positions of each character in the same line displayed on the display device according to an instruction from an input device at the center of each character, and a character center automatic alignment means for automatically performing this means. It has been established.

[For production]

According to the invention of claim 1, not only can the positions of each character in the same line displayed on the display device be aligned at the center of each character according to an instruction from the input device, but also, A top margin can be set for characters by the top margin setting means.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, not only can the positions of each character in the same line displayed on the display device be aligned at the center of each character based on an instruction from the input device, but also the character center automatic alignment means The center of each character can be automatically aligned.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be given based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a character processing device, such as a personal word processor, embodying the present invention.

This personal word processor includes an input device 1 using a keyboard, a display device 2 using a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a printing device 3 using a thermal printer.
It also includes a floppy disk device 4 as an external storage device.

The keyboard 1 includes a key group 10 including a character key for inputting characters, a conversion key for instructing kana-kanji conversion, a shift key for switching characters input with the character keys, a line feed key, etc.
and a function instruction key 11 that instructs various functions in combination with character keys, an execution key 12 that instructs execution of various processes, a print key 13 that instructs printing, and a cursor of the liquid crystal display device 2 and a function instruction key 11 of the printer 3. It includes a cursor movement key group 14 for instructing movement of the print head, various mode setting keys 15, position correction keys 16, and the like.

Here, it is assumed that after specifying the enlargement of a character by a combination of the function instruction key 11 and a predetermined character key, the horizontal enlargement magnification and the vertical enlargement magnification are input.

In addition, the liquid crystal display device (LCD) 2 has an editing area that displays input characters after Kana-Kanji conversion, and lines, etc., and a line information display that displays information about the line (line information) such as the left end, right end, tab position, etc. A display area, a scale display area that displays information such as the number of digits or characters, and key input characters and candidate kanji.

Input mode, current cursor position (page 2 lines, 2 columns).

A guidance display area that displays guidance such as paper size, maximum number of characters, full-width/half-width, printing conditions (character spacing, two-line spacing, print mode, vertical/horizontal writing), etc.

It has a layout display area that displays a layout in which the format of characters or lines on one page of the document currently being edited is reduced, and patterns created when creating external characters.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a control section of this personal word processor.

A microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "microcomputer") 21 of this control unit 20 includes a CPU and a ROM.

It consists of RAM, I/O, etc., and controls the entire apparatus, including document creation/editing 2 display control, print control 2 character enlargement control, and line character string control.

The ROM 22 stores various fixed information such as a control program necessary for controlling this apparatus, standard format (paper size, two-character pitch in paper direction, line pitch) information, two-character code, and the like.

The RAM 25 includes an input buffer area for storing data input from the keyboard 1, a text storage area for storing input character data, a character generator area for storing character patterns read from the FDD 4 (described later), setting format information, line information, etc. It is used as a data area for storing various data, including an area for storing data, and a working area for program execution.

The dictionary memory 24 is composed of a dictionary area that stores dictionaries necessary for kana-kanji conversion, and a character pattern storage area (character generator) that stores character patterns of characters in a predetermined typeface, such as Gothic or Mincho. .

The keyboard controller 25 is in charge of determining input data from the keyboard 1 and transmitting lighting control data for LEDs (not shown) attached to keys, etc. The LCD controller 25 is equipped with an internal video memory (VRAM), etc., and operates as a liquid crystal display device. A floppy disk controller (FDC) 27 controls the FDD 4.

The floppy disk loaded in the FDD 4 has a predetermined format, such as a floppy disk storing character patterns of Mincho characters, a floppy disk storing character patterns of Gothic characters, and the like.

The microcomputer 21 that controls the printer 3 is l1
At 02B, head drive data corresponding to the characters to be printed is outputted, and each heating element of the thermal head (print head) 30 is driven and controlled via the driver 2 to print the desired characters.

The microcomputer 21 also outputs space drive data to l1028 to drive and control the space motor 32 via the driver 31 to move the carriage 33, and also outputs line feed drive data to drive and control the space motor 32 via the driver 34 to feed the line feed. The motor 35 is driven and controlled to rotate the platen 36, and ribbon feed drive data is outputted to drive the ribbon feed motor 38 via the driver 37.
The ribbon 39 is moved by driving control.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram functionally showing a portion of this control unit related to control of character strings on the same line.

The part related to same line character string control in this control unit is an input device 1 in order to serve as a means for aligning the positions of each character in the same line with the center of each character and a top margin setting means for setting a top margin for the character. In addition to the display device 2 and printing device 3, there are also print control section 402 display control section 41° line attribute control section 421 line data creation section 432 character attribute control section 442 character data creation section 45
．． Character generator (ca) 4B, line character information area 47, character string development section 48. Format storage section 492 document editing section 50. Other control unit 51. Input mode control section 522
Functional branching section 53. Kana-kanji conversion section 54゜Character storage section 55
．． It consists of an external storage device control section.

The input device 1 is a keyboard, the display device 2 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the printing device 3 is a thermal printer.

The print control section 40 receives one line of print data from the line attribute control section 42 and controls the printing device 3 .

The display control unit 41 receives display data for one line from the line attribute control unit 42 and controls the display bag w2.

The line attribute control unit 42 adds the line attribute of the line indicated by the line text raw information area 47 to the data received from the line data creation unit 43.

The line data creation unit 43 creates one line of data by referring to the line character information in the one line character information area 47.

The character attribute control unit 44 adds the character attribute of the character indicated by the line text raw information area 47 to the data for one character received from the character data creation unit 45.

The character data creation section 45 uses a character generator (C
G) Extract one character's worth of data from 4B.

Character generator (CG) 4B stores character font data and outputs this font data to character data creation section 45.

The line text raw information area 47 has a configuration as shown in FIG. 13, and the character string development section 48 sets information on character positions included in an arbitrary line in that line.

The character string expansion section 48 includes a format storage section 4 and a character storage section 5.
5, the line character information for an arbitrary line is set in the line text raw information area 47.

The format storage unit 49 stores the format and line information of the document currently being edited.

The document editing unit 50 controls line information such as left and right edges, character information such as character enlargement, and the like.

The other control section 51 controls functions that do not change the document.

The input mode control unit 52 controls the input device (keyboard) 1 to perform key input.

The function branching unit 53 sends the received data from the input mode control unit 52 to the kana-kanji conversion unit 54 if it is a character, to the document editing unit 50 if it is editing request data, and to the other control unit 51 for other data. Pass control.

The kana-kanji conversion section 54 converts the character data received from the function branching section 53 into kana-kanji and inserts it into the one-character storage section 55.

The character storage unit 55 stores characters and character attributes of one document.

The external storage device control unit 56 reads a document from the external storage device (floppy disk device) 4 and registers a document in the external storage device (floppy disk device) 4 .

Next, a method of operating this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 12.

After entering characters as shown in Figure 5, press the enlargement setting key at the "ki" position to display a display screen where you can specify the enlargement magnification and top margin as shown in Figure 6. The enlargement magnification and vertical magnification parts are displayed inverted.

Here, as shown in Figure 7, the vertical and horizontal magnifications are
2”, “ki” becomes 2×2 as shown in Figure 8.
will be enlarged and displayed. In other words, the inversion is the "magnification factor"
If you set the magnification magnification using the left/right cursor keys and number keys while aligning with , and press the execution key, you can set the conventional top-aligned magnification.

Similarly, if the "<" position is set to be enlarged to 3X1, the "<" will be enlarged three times vertically as shown in FIG.

Here, after setting "KE" to double the width, that is, 1 x 2, and pressing the down cursor key "↓", the display screen shown in Figure 10 will appear, so after inputting 4 degrees, When you press the execute key, the top margin changes to 4X as shown in Figure 11.
This results in a display screen in which "ke" is displayed in two lines, that is, the top margin is two lines and the horizontal magnification is twice.

Similarly, at the "ko" position, set the magnification to 2x1. top margin 1
When set to /2 line, the display screen becomes double the height and displays a 1/2 line "ko" in the upper margin, as shown in FIG.

In addition, here, the means to align the positions of each character in the same line with the center of each character is to align the top margin with ``<'' with a vertical expansion rate of 3 times, and 1 line with ``ka'' and 1/1 line with ``ki''. It is sufficient to set 2 lines, 1 line for "ke", and 1/2 line for "ko".

In this way, character enlargement and upper margin in the same line can be performed with the same function.

Next, FIG. 15 shows a flowchart for printing the document shown in FIG. 12.

First, initialization is performed to set the 9th column of the 2nd row of the current page to "1".

Then, this is expanded by the character string expansion section 48, one character is taken out, a character attribute is added, and the data is stored in the line data creation section 43. This operation is performed for one line, and when one line of characters is completed, a line attribute is added and one line is printed. and,
In this way, one page is printed.

Next, the above-mentioned operation will be explained in detail with reference to the structure of the text raw information area 47 shown in FIG. 1!11 and other figures.

The Gyobun student information area 47 has four items on the side, each page, ■
The row, digit, and ■ which line of the current logical line the current physical line is, and the four vertical items indicate where in the character storage unit 55 the character in each column of the current page line is stored. ■Vertical magnification of the character.

■Horizontal enlargement magnification and ■Top margin are stored as shown.

Then, the ■page, ■row, and ■column are each set to "1." ■
is "current page", ■ is "current", and ■ is "current digit".

Further, ■ to ■ are set by the character string expansion unit 48 during expansion.

To specifically illustrate this, the first physical line "AIUEO" in FIG. 12 becomes as shown in FIG. 14.

In other words, ■page, ■row, ■column, and ■ are "1", and ■
is r12345J, ■ Vertical magnification is "1", ■
The horizontal enlargement magnification is also "1", and the upper margin is "0".

Next, to create print data, extract the font for one character from the position indicated by ■ in the character extraction step, and if that character has a character attribute, change the attribute in the character attribute step. Add.

In the data storage step, only the portion corresponding to the current physical row is extracted.

After that, count up the ■ digits until you reach the maximum digit.
After repeating the character extraction step and data storage step, if the line has line attributes such as centering or right alignment, the line attributes are added in the line attribute step and the physical line is added in the next line printing step. Print one line.

Thereafter, the ■ digit is returned to "1", the ■ is counted up, and the steps from the one character extraction step to the one line printing step are repeated until the maximum value of (vertical magnification + top margin/2) in the current logical line is reached.

Next, the lines ① are counted up and the expansion step and the end-of-line determination step are repeated until the line with the largest logical amount is reached in the current page. Thereafter, the (2) line is reset to "1", the page 0 is counted up, and the process from the expansion step to the end-of-page determination step is repeated until the maximum page of the current document is reached.

Next, the third physical line shown in FIG. 12 will be explained as an example.

The character data creation section 45 is as shown in FIG.

Here, since the ■ digit is "1", the one-character data creation unit 45 obtains the value of "6" for ■. Since the sixth character in the character storage section 55 is "ka", the font of "ga" is taken out from the character generator 46 and output to the character attribute control section 44. Since this character has no character attribute, the character attribute control unit 44 uses the line data creation unit 43 as it is.
Output to.

The row data creation unit 43 determines that ■ the value of the vertical expansion magnification is "1",
■Since the value of the top margin is “O”, ■vertical enlargement magnification + (■
Since the upper margin/2)=1 is smaller than the value "2" of ■, it is determined that this character does not fit on the current physical line, and a blank space for one character is set in the print data.

After that, change the ■ digit to "2". Next, character data creation section 4
Since the ■ digit of 5 is "2", the value of ■ is "7". Since the seventh character in the character storage section 55 is "ki", the font for "ki" is taken out from the character generator 46 and output to the character attribute control section 44 as shown in FIG. 17(a).

Since this character has a 2×2 expansion attribute, the character attribute control unit 44 enlarges the data input from the character data creation unit 45 by 2×2 as shown in FIG. is output to the row data creation section 43.

The line data creation unit 43 determines from ■ to ■ that it is only necessary to take the second line part of the data input from the character attribute control unit 44, and generates the data as shown in FIG. 17(c). )
Set the second line of "ki" enlarged 2×2 times as shown in the print data.

After that, set the ■ digit to "3". Next, character data creation section 4
Since the ■ digit of 5 is "3", the value of ■ is "0". At this point, the character data creation section 45 does nothing. Thereafter, print data for one line is created in the same manner.

Next, an embodiment of claim 2 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The part of this control unit related to the center alignment control of character strings in the same line is for executing a means for aligning the positions of each character in the same line with the center of each character, and a means for automatically aligning character centers to automatically perform this means. In addition to the input device 1, display device 2, printing device 3, and floppy disk device 4, r=cD controller 6
0. V-RAM 61, display control section 62. Dot development section 6
3. Character generator 64. Printer controller 65, print control section 66, text development section 67, keyboard controller 6th, input control section 692 editing section 70.
Text buffer 71. Dictionary 72. Kana-kanji converter 73
．． It is composed of a floppy disk controller 74 and a registration/call control section 75.

The LCD controller 60 is the LCD controller 2B shown in FIG. 4, and sequentially reads out the contents of the V-RAM 61 and displays them on the display device 2.

The V-RAM 81 is a video RAM and is a memory having a graphic image corresponding to the display screen.

The display control section 62 writes characters and the like developed into a graphic image by the dot development section 63 into the V-RAM 61.

The dot development section 63 creates image data for displaying and printing the characters, attributes, etc. input from the text development section 67.

The character generator 64 is a ROM that has fonts for single characters, symbols, etc.

The printer controller 65 is connected to the machine 102 shown in FIG.
8 controls the printer head voltage, motor, etc.

The print control unit 6 combines the characters etc. developed into a graphic image by the dot development unit 63 to create one print data.

The text expansion unit 67 extracts characters and attributes from the text buffer 71 and outputs them in a form that matches the current format information.

The keyboard controller 68 is the keyboard controller 25 shown in FIG. 4, and scans the matrix circuit of the input device (keyboard) 1 to output a key code corresponding to the current input mode.

If the key code input from the keyboard controller 68 is a character code, the input control unit 6 outputs the character code to the editing unit 70, and if the key code is a control code, it outputs it to the corresponding control unit.

If the data input from the input control unit 69 is a character code, the editing unit 70 outputs it to the kana-kanji conversion unit 73, and if it is a control code, it edits the text buffer 71. Further, the character string input from the kana-kanji converter 73 is inserted into the text buffer 71.

A text buffer 71 contains characters of the document being edited.

Attributes etc. are stored.

The dictionary 72 is the dictionary memory 24 shown in FIG. 4, and is a ROM containing a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 73 converts the character string input from the editing unit 70 into a character string containing kanji by referring to the dictionary 72 and outputs the converted character string to the editing unit 70.

The floppy disk controller 74 controls the floppy disk device 4 using the FDC 27 shown in FIG. 4 to transfer data.

The registration/retrieval control unit 75 retrieves and registers a document to be edited from the floppy disk device 4.

Next, a method for processing characters and character attributes will be explained with reference to each episode from FIG. 18 onwards.

In the case of a character string as shown in FIG. 18, it is stored in the text buffer 71 as shown in FIG. All numbers are expressed in hexadecimal.

Character attributes are added to 0 to 8 nobeitka before the character code. The contents of the character attributes are as shown in the character attribute data format shown in FIG.

When extracting a character, if the first byte is less than 80, the character extracting unit considers that the character attribute exists, extracts the second byte and subsequent bytes 0 to 7, and then extracts two bytes of one character code. If the first 17 points are 80 or more,
It assumes that there is no character attribute and extracts the character code.

In the case of FIG. 19, the first byte is "82" and it is 80 or more, so r82. Take out A9 (ka). When extracting the second character, the first byte is "1".
Since the value is "0" and less than 80, it is considered to have a character attribute, and since the value is "10", the next two bytes are extracted as the horizontal enlargement magnification and vertical enlargement magnification, respectively (Fig. 20 (1)
), r82. Take out "AB (ki)". From then on,
Similarly, rB2. AD (<) J, r82. AF(ke)”.

r82. Take out BL (ko).

Here, if the center alignment of the position correction function is executed using the conventional method, the result will be as shown in FIG. 21.

The contents of the text buffer 71 at this time are as shown in FIG. 22, r82. A9 (ka)'' and r82. A.D.
(<) A position correction attribute for one line is added to J.

Next, the automatic centering process of characters in the same line by the character automatic centering means, which is an effect of this embodiment, will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Find the current maximum vertical expansion magnification (N). Next, cancel the line spacing character attribute of all characters in the current line.

Then, one character is extracted, and if an enlargement attribute is set for that character, its vertical enlargement magnification is set to "M".

If the vertical enlargement magnification is not set, M=1.

In the case shown in Figure 18, M = 1.2, 1, 3, respectively.
．． It becomes 2. Next, the position correction is "top alignment" or "bottom alignment"
or “middle alignment”.

In the case of "top alignment", the 1 position correction attribute is canceled.

In the case of "bottom alignment", position correction attributes for (M-N) lines are set. However, if (M−N) is 0, the position correction attribute is canceled.

In the case of "center alignment", position correction attributes for (M-N)/2 lines are set. At this time, decimal places are rounded down. Also,
If the value is "o", the position correction attribute is canceled. At this time, the state shown in Fig. 22 will occur, and the state will be as shown in Figure 22.
” is added with a position correction attribute for one line.

In the case of "middle alignment", it is determined whether the primary (M-N) is an even number or an odd number, and if it is an odd number, a line spacing character attribute is set. The step of extracting one character and setting its vertical expansion magnification to "M" and the step of setting the line spacing character attribute are executed for all characters in the current deposit.

When the end of one line is determined, as shown in Figure 24, "Kakikukeko" automatically centers the characters on the same line at the specified vertical and horizontal magnification. The text buffer 71 at this time becomes as shown in FIG.

In this way, in claim 1, since the "line spacing character" and "position correction" functions are combined with the enlargement function, the operating method and internal processing are simplified.

In addition, the position of characters was previously fixed to some extent, but
Can be set freely in 1/2 line units.

According to claim 2, when characters with different vertical enlargement factors are mixed in the same line, the character positions of each character can be automatically aligned at the center of each character.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the operation methods for character enlargement and line spacing characters are unified, and when characters of different sizes are mixed on the same line, the center of each character is aligned, thereby improving operability. and functionality can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are functional block diagrams showing an embodiment of the invention according to claims 1 and 2, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the external appearance of a word processor embodying the invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the control section, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of character input, and FIGS.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the display screen when the enlargement setting key is pressed and the enlargement magnification specification, Figures 8 and 9 are explanatory diagrams showing examples of characters displayed at each resulting magnification, and Figures 10 to 9 Figure 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display screen for setting the upper margin and the resulting characters, Figure 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the line character information area 47 at this time, and Figure 14 is the same as that of Figure 12. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the storage state of the first physical row. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing each process during printing, FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of the character data creation section 45, and FIG. 17 shows that the character data creation section 45 is connected to the character attribute control section 44.
Explanatory diagram of “ki” and “ko” output to, Figure 18 and Figure 1
Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a top-aligned character string and its data storage state in the text buffer 71; Figure 20 is an explanatory diagram of the character attribute data format;
22 and 22 are explanatory diagrams showing the center alignment of the position correction function according to the conventional method and the data storage state of the text buffer 71. FIG. 24 and 25 are explanatory diagrams showing the resulting display screen and the data storage state of the text buffer 71. FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing that conventional character enlargement is performed line by line. is an explanatory diagram showing top alignment in conventional character enlargement. Figure 28 is an explanatory diagram showing the bottom alignment of conventional character enlargement.
Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram showing one of the conventional methods for realizing line spacing characters, Figure 30 is an explanatory diagram showing another conventional method for realizing line spacing characters, and Figure 31 is a conventional method for realizing position correction. FIG. 1... Input device (keyboard) 2... Display device (liquid crystal display device) 3... Printing device (printer) 4... External storage device (floppy disk device) 40.
66...Print control unit 41.62...Display control unit 42...Line attribute control unit 43...Line data creation unit 44...Character attribute control unit 45...Character data creation unit 48. 64... Character generator (CG) 4
7...Line character information area 48...Character string expansion section 4th...Format storage section 50...Document editing section 51
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3...Function branch unit 54.75...Kana-Kanji conversion unit 55...Character storage unit 5th...External storage device control unit 8Q-LCD=+nt o-ra 81・v-R'A
M63...Dot development section 85...Printer controller 67...Text development section 68...Keyboard controller 6th...Input control section 70...Editing section 71
...Text buffer 72...Dictionary 74...Floppy disk controller 75...Registration/call control section Fig. 3 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 10 'tf4]1 Fig. 16 Fig. 17 (α) Eye Fig. 18 Fig. 21 Ma slang

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A character processing device comprising an input device and a display device and capable of editing and proofreading characters, etc. inputted from the input device by displaying them on the display device, comprising: A character processing device characterized by having means for aligning the positions of characters in the same line displayed on a display device with the center of each character, and further comprising an upper margin setting means for setting an upper margin for the characters. 2. In a character processing device that is equipped with an input device and a display device and can edit and proofread characters, etc. input from the input device by displaying them on the display device, the same characters displayed on the display device according to instructions from the input device. 1. A character processing device comprising means for aligning each character position in a line with the center of each character, and further comprising character center automatic alignment means for automatically aligning the positions of each character in a line.