JPH03142657A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To register or delete the desired characters and symbols with simple operations by registering and deleting the designated characters and symbols to a virtual keyboard. CONSTITUTION:A virtual keyboard editing screen including an editor screen 51 of the virtual keyboard where a symbol 53, for example, which is frequently used by users and a screen 52 where the characters, symbols, etc., which are frequently used by the users are registered is displayed on a CRT 11 with push of a virtual input key provided on a keyboard 6. Then the symbol 53 of the editor is pointed by a pointing device 7, etc., and then a desired position to be registered is pointed to a registered screen at the side to be editored. Thus a symbol 54, for example, is copied. The code data on the characters and symbols registered to a registered screen are once stored in a RAM 4 and then stored in a magnetic disk 8. Thus the desired characters and symbols can be registered or deleted with simple operations and it is possible to omit a troublesome operation where an operator must search the first and subsequent screens of the virtual keyboard for acquisition of the characters and symbols desired by the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and more particularly to a document processing device having a virtual keyboard for inputting special characters, symbols, etc.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in document processing devices such as word processors that edit and create documents, virtual keys on which special characters, symbols, etc. are written are used to input special characters, symbols, etc. A virtual keyboard consisting of groups was provided.

This virtual keyboard usually has a number of input screens depending on the number of virtual keys, and the key arrangement of the virtual keys is determined unilaterally by the provider and is fixed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above conventional example, the key arrangement of the virtual keyboard is fixed, so in order for the operator to find and input the desired character/symbol, etc., the operator must open the first screen of the virtual keyboard. I had to search for them one by one, which was extremely tedious work.

The present invention has been made in view of the related art, and its purpose is to enable registration or deletion of predetermined characters and symbols on a virtual keyboard by specifying them, thereby allowing easy operation. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that enables registration or deletion of desired characters and symbols.

[Means and operations for solving the problem] In order to achieve the above object, the document processing device of the present invention has the following configuration. In other words, in a document processing device that edits and creates documents on a display screen, there is a display means for displaying a virtual keyboard consisting of a group of virtual keys on which predetermined characters and symbols are written, and characters displayed by the display means.・A specification means for specifying a symbol, a memory deletion means for storing or deleting the characters/symbols specified by the specification means, and a registration means for registering the characters/symbols stored by the memory deletion means in a virtual keyboard. The character/symbol to be stored can be registered or deleted on the virtual keyboard with a desired key arrangement by the memory deletion means.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a document processing device in an embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is the MPU that controls the entire device, 2 is the MP
3 is a system bus that electrically connects various components including the UI, and 3 is the processing procedure of MPU 1 (6th
and the flowchart shown in FIG.
OM, 4 is a RAM consisting of a work area, various tables, etc. used by the MPU 1 when executing processing.

5 is a character font ROM that stores character patterns corresponding to character codes, 6 is a keyboard for specifying character strings or predetermined processing commands, etc. when editing various characters, and 7 is various menus displayed on the CR711 screen, which will be described later. A pointing device such as a mouse that is used to specify 8 is a magnetic disk device that stores multiple pieces of document information and character codes such as characters and symbols on the registered virtual keyboard; 9 controls data sending when developing character patterns, etc. to VRAM10; 10 is a VRAM that develops the character patterns etc. to be displayed on the screen of the CRTI 1, and 11 is a CRT that displays the character patterns etc. developed on the VRAM10.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a file storing virtual keyboard character code data, and this file is stored on the magnetic disk 8. As shown in FIG. In the figure, 21 is the header of this file, and its details are as follows:
As shown in FIG. 3, the file size is 31. An index 32 to the beginning of the index area 22 shown in FIG. Similarly, body 2
3 Index to top 33. It consists of creation date 34, etc., and stores information necessary for creating and maintaining the virtual keyboard.

The above-mentioned index area 22 is an area that stores offset values for each group 1 to 9 from the beginning of the main body 23, as shown in FIG. Note that a group is a classification of characters, symbols, etc. on the virtual keyboard into the same type. The main body 23 is an area that stores character code strings such as characters and symbols allocated on the virtual keyboard.

The operator first displays a virtual keyboard on the CRTll by pressing a virtual input key provided on the keyboard 6.

Next, the registration operation in this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a virtual keyboard editing screen. In the figure, 51 is an editing source screen of the virtual keyboard in which symbols 53 frequently used by the operator are present, and 52 is a screen for registering characters, symbols, etc. that are often used by the operator. Here, the method of searching for the target symbol 53 is to switch screens sequentially from the beginning of the main screen, or to select a classification screen that includes the target symbol 53 from the index screen.

For example, if symbol 53 exists in the character code string of group 3 shown in FIG.
3" and calculate the offset for group 3 from that value. Then, from that offset, the main body 2 of group 3
3 address and display the group 3 classification screen.

Next, the operator indicates the editing light symbol 53 using the pointing device 7 or the like. Subsequently, when the pointing device 7 is used to indicate a desired position on the editing light registration screen, a symbol 54 is copied as shown in FIG. The code data such as characters and symbols registered on the registration screen is once stored in the RAM 4, and when the document creation process is finished, or when the system power is turned off, the code data is stored in the RAM 4 with the file structure shown in Figure 2. The code data stored above is stored on the magnetic disk 8.

As a result, from the next time onwards, this stored code data is read into the RAMJ again, and characters, symbols, etc. are displayed on the virtual keyboard based on this.

In other words, the registered characters are displayed on the registration screen, and the operator does not need to register characters/symbols, etc. again. If a new character that you want to register occurs, you can do the same again. Register at work.

The processing procedure in this embodiment based on the above-mentioned principle will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step S1, a virtual keyboard is displayed as described above, and in the next step S2, it is determined whether a character to be registered already exists on the registration screen (editing light 52). Specifically, the determination is made by pressing the "end key" on the keyboard 6. That is, if the key is registered, the key is pressed and the process ends. However, if it is not pressed, it is determined that it is not registered, and step S
3, it is determined whether or not the target character exists on the editing light screen 51. This determination is also similar, and is determined based on whether the operator has pressed the "r next screen key" on the keyboard 6. As a result, if the target character does not exist, the process advances to step S4, the next screen of the editing light is displayed, and step S3
Return to

On the other hand, if the determination result in step S3 is "YES", the process advances to step S5, and waits for an input from the pointing device 7 that specifies the position of the target character existing on the editing light 51, and then inputs the specified input. If there is, the process advances to step S6, and the pointing device 7 similarly determines where on the registration screen of the editing light 52 the character should be registered.
Waiting for human power. After that, when the position is specified, step S
Proceed to step 7, where the specified characters are displayed at the specified position on the registration screen. In the following step S8, the code data string of the registered character is stored on the RAM 4.

Next, the process advances to step S9, and it is determined by manually pressing the keys on the keyboard 6 whether or not the desired character still exists. As a result, if it still exists, step S
Return to step 2 and repeat the above-mentioned registration process. However, if the registration is to be terminated, that is, the judgment in step S9 is “
If the answer is "No", proceed to step SIO and erase the virtual keyboard. Then, in the next step Sll,
The character code data stored on the RAMJ is stored as a file on the magnetic disk 8.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by copying characters, symbols, etc. on the virtual keyboard that the operator often uses onto the registration screen, it is possible to search for the desired character in a short time.

[Other Embodiments] In the above embodiment, copying to the registration screen was described, but erasing of characters already registered on the registration screen is performed using RAM.
This can be easily achieved by erasing the character code data stored on J.

The processing procedure for erasing will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step 71, it is determined whether there is an instruction to display the virtual keyboard, and if there is no instruction, the instruction is awaited.

If there is an instruction, the process advances to step 72 to open the virtual keyboard file in the magnetic disk 8, and in the next step 73 the file is read into the buffer on the RAM 4.

Next, in step 74, a virtual keyboard is displayed based on the character code data on the RAM 4. Subsequently, in step 75, it is determined whether or not there are unnecessary characters, symbols, etc. on the registration screen of the virtual keyboard. If there are, the process proceeds to step 76, and the unnecessary characters are designated with the pointing device 7. Then, in step 77, the specified characters are erased,
Erase characters from the screen. Next, in step 78, the RAM
The target character code is deleted from the buffer above 4 and the process returns to step 75.

On the other hand, if the determination in step 75 is NO, that is, if unnecessary characters no longer exist on the virtual keyboard registration screen, the process advances to step 79 and the virtual keyboard is deleted from the CRTII. 80
Then, the contents of the buffer on the RAM 4 are registered in the magnetic disk 8, and the process ends.

This also makes it possible to erase unnecessary characters, symbols, etc. on the registration screen.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, desired characters and symbols can be registered or deleted on the virtual keyboard with a simple operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing device in this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the virtual keyboard file in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the header area of the virtual keyboard file. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the index area and main body of the virtual keyboard file, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the registration screen of the virtual keyboard, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in the embodiment. In the diagram, l...MPU, 2...system bus, 3...RO
M. 4...RAM, 5...Character font ROM, 6...
・Keyboard, 7...Pointing device, 8・
...Magnetic disk, 9...Display control section, 10...V
RAM, 11... CRT. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a document processing device that edits and creates documents on a display screen, there is provided a display means for displaying a virtual keyboard composed of a group of virtual keys on which predetermined characters and symbols are written, and the display means. a specifying means for specifying the characters/symbols displayed by the specifying means; a memory deletion means for storing or deleting the characters/symbols specified by the specifying means; and a memory deletion means for registering the characters/symbols to be stored in the virtual keyboard. 1. A document processing device, comprising: a registration means, wherein characters and symbols stored by the memory deletion means can be registered or deleted in a virtual keyboard with a desired key arrangement.