JPH038271B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field> The present invention relates to a text editing device (word processor), and particularly relates to a text editing device that has a function of automatically creating a table of contents for the text based on the text that has been created. This is what we provide.

<Prior Art> Recently, Japanese text editing devices (Japanese word processors) have been put into practical use for the purpose of improving text processing efficiency. This Japanese text editing device inputs a kana sentence using an input device such as a kana keyboard, searches a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, outputs the corresponding kanji or a sentence mixed with kanji, and then inputs a kana sentence using an input device such as a kana keyboard. Text is created using a printing device.

By the way, several pages of text created using such a text editing device may be compiled into a booklet, and a table of contents page for the booklet may be added in the booklet creation. In this case, text for the table of contents page is created by inputting character data necessary for creating the table of contents from the input device of the text editing device.

Therefore, in creating this table of contents, the operator is required to repeat the laborious task of re-entering each item name and page number of the text that has already been created.

Therefore, in creating this table of contents, the operator is required to repeat the laborious task of inputting each item name and page number of the document that has already been created.

<Purpose> The present invention has the following objectives when creating a booklet as described above:
To provide a text editing device having an automatic table of contents creation function that allows a table of contents page document to be automatically created based on the text data of the documents constituting a booklet, that is, the main text.

<Example> As shown in FIG. 1A, the automatic table of contents creation function of the present invention is such that when text is created by inputting character data from the input device of a text editing device, a specific table of contents is set in advance for the title line. A code α is inputted, and a different code β is added to each of the subtitle lines below the title line, and these are stored in the text buffer.

Then, in the table of contents creation mode, the text data of the text buffer is sequentially read out and the codes α and β are
The title line and subtitle line are found by detecting, and the title name and subtitle name are
As shown in Figure A, the table of contents text is automatically created by printing in the format of the table of contents.

Furthermore, in this case, by counting the detections of the codes α and β, the numbers prefixing the title name and subtitle name can also be obtained at the same time.

Note that the codes α and β are control codes that are distinguished from print data and are not printed when creating a normal document.

Next, the structure of the text editing apparatus according to the present invention which operates as described above will be explained with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an input device having a character input key group 11 and a function key group 12. The character input key group 11 is comprised of kana keys or kanji tablets in the case of a Japanese word processor as in this example. Furthermore, an English word processor is composed of alphanumeric keys.

The input device 1 of this embodiment has a kana key and a kana-kanji conversion device that converts the input kana characters or kana characters into kanji or sentences mixed with kanji.

The function key group 12 includes a key _K1 for setting the automatic table of contents creation mode, a print command key _K2 , and a key _K3 for instructing the title name of the major classification of the table of contents (representing the symbol α in Fig. 1 above). key to enter)
and a key _K4 (a key for inputting the code β in FIG. 1) for instructing the title name of the subcategory.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a text editing control device comprised of a CPU, which controls editing according to a ROM 5 that stores an editing program in advance.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a display control section of the CRT device 4, which displays text inputted from the character input device 1 and edited.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a RAM which is controlled according to the text editing control device 2 and constitutes various buffers, counters, flags, etc.

7 is a text buffer that stores text data in the order inputted from the input device 1; 8 is a print control device that controls the printing device 9; it receives data from the line output buffer provided in the RAM 6; The printing is performed sequentially by the device 9.

To explain the configuration of the RAM 6 described above, when printing the text data stored in the text buffer 7, the RAM 6 stores one line of text data and outputs a line for supplying the data to the print control unit 8. a buffer 61, a counter KM62 for counting the number of titles in the major categories mentioned above, and a counter KS63 for counting the number of titles in the minor categories;
It is comprised of a counter KP 64 that counts the number of pages, a table of contents buffer 65 that stores text data of table of contents pages, and a portion 66 that constitutes each flag _FC , _FM , _FS .

Next, regarding the configuration shown in FIG.
The operation will be explained according to the operation flows shown in Figures A and B and Figure 3.

FIG. 1A shows the main part of a booklet document, and the symbol α indicates a major classification, and the symbol β indicates a control instruction for a minor classification.

First, in FIG. 1A, when inputting the _A1 text which is the major classification page, the _K1 key representing the major classification is first operated to store the control code α in the text buffer 7. This α code does not appear on display or print.

Subsequently, _A1 copy of the text is input and sequentially stored in the text buffer 7. When the input for one line is completed, the line feed command key is operated and the line feed control code is stored in the text buffer 7. Continuing,
X _One copy of the text is input and stored in the text buffer 7.

On the other hand, when inputting the title name (B ₁ , B ₂ ) of the minor category in Figure 1A, the minor category control key K ₂ is operated before entering the text in the same way as above.
The control code β is stored in the text buffer 7. This also does not appear on the display or print.

The example sentence shown in FIG. 1A is input through the operations described above, and when this input is completed, a print command is issued using the function key _K2 . In this printing operation, the text data stored in the document buffer 7 is taken out line by line to the line output buffer 61 of the RAM 6, and then fed to the print control device 8.
The document will be created in

On the other hand, when it is desired to create a table of contents, the user operates the key _K1 for setting the automatic table of contents creation mode, and then operates the key _K2 to instruct printing. said key
Flag F _C is turned ON in response to the operation of _K1 .

Also, based on the printing instruction, S100 to S100 in FIG.
In accordance with S109, the text data stored in the text buffer 7 is read out in order from the beginning and stored in the line output buffer 61.

In this case, if the read data is a table of contents function code, that is, codes α and β, S101
Move to S120. Since the flag F _C is currently ON in the automatic table of contents creation mode, the process advances to S121. If the flag _FC is OFF, this data is skipped and the next data is read out (proceed to S107).

Next, in S121, it is determined whether or not the code indicating the major classification of the table of contents is the code α, and if the code is α, the counter KM62 for counting the number of titles in the major classification is incremented by "1" (the counter is incremented by 1). The KM 62 is initially set to "0"), and the count value "1" is further converted into a numerical code and stored in the line output buffer 61 (S122 to S124).

After that, after turning on the flag F _M (S125),
Proceed to S107.

Therefore, by executing S120 to S125, the main classification serial number from the beginning of the text is stored in the line output buffer 61 in place of the code α.

On the other hand, the code of the control instruction of the minor classification, that is, the code β
In this case, since it is not the alpha code in the determination in S121 above, the process proceeds to S130, increments the counter KS63 for counting the number of titles in the minor category by "1", and increments the counter KM for holding the number of titles in the major category. value and the value of the counter KS as a numerical code (e.g. 1-1, 2-1, 2-2)
etc.) and stored in the row output buffer 61 (S131-S132). After that, the flag F _S is turned ON (S133), and then the process advances to S107.

Therefore, by executing S130 to S133, the serial number of the subcategory is stored in the row output buffer 61 in place of the code β.

After detecting the code α or β and performing the predetermined processing, the process proceeds to S107, where text data is read from the text buffer 7, and this reading operation is performed by detecting a line feed command code (S102) or detecting the end of a line (S105). When these are detected, the process moves to S140 and the printing operation is executed.

That is, the operation up to this point is A ₁ in Figure 1 A.
When a line is read out from the text buffer 7, the code α is detected first, and the main classification serial number “1” is stored in the line output buffer 61 instead of the code α, and the number “1” is followed by the “Introduction”. With the text data stored in the line output buffer 61, the printing operations from S140 onwards are executed.

In the printing operation after S140, data from the line output buffer 61 is supplied to the printing control device 8, which uses a pattern generator to develop the received data into a character pattern, which is then printed by the printing device 9.

Next, it is detected whether the flag F _M or F _S is ON or not, and F _M is ON in the major classification page with code α (F _S is ON in the minor classification page with code β). Therefore, turn off the flag F _M (or F _S )B, convert the counter KP64 (initial value "1") that counts the number of pages at that time into a numerical character code, and insert it at the end of the line of the line output buffer 61. (A dotted line code may be inserted between the text data and this numerical character code.) Furthermore, the "title number, title name, and page number" of this line output buffer 61 is stored in the table of contents buffer 65 (S145). .

After that, the process moves to S107 to S108 and S100, and the next line of text data is taken out from the text buffer 7, and the above-mentioned operation is repeated.

However, when the data in line X in Figure _1A is read out from the text buffer 7, the code α or β is not detected, so both flags F _S and F _M are in the OFF state, and S140 → S141 → S107 to S108 →In order to proceed with S100, this X ₁ line data is table of contents buffer 6
5 is not stored. Further, when a page change instruction is detected (S103), the counter KP64 is incremented by "1".

The above operation is performed until the end of the sentence is detected (S108), and when the end of the sentence is detected, the flag F _C is ON or not.
A determination is made as to whether it is OFF, and since we are currently in the automatic table of contents creation mode, the process proceeds to S150 from where _FC is ON.

Therefore, in the previous operation, several pages of the text shown in Figure 1 (a) are printed, and the table of contents buffer 6 is printed.
5, data of major classification terms and minor classification terms indicated by codes α and β are sequentially stored.

However, in the above-mentioned printing, the serial number of the major classification is printed for the code α, and the number of the minor classification is printed for the code β, thereby creating a document of several pages for the booklet. The table of contents buffer 65 also stores data in the state shown in FIG. 1e.

When the process advances to S150, data is sequentially read from the top of the table of contents buffer 65 and supplied to the row output buffer 61. When the end of a line is detected, the data in the line output buffer 61 is supplied to the print control device 8 and printed by the device 9. When this operation is repeated sequentially to read out all the data in the table of contents buffer 65, the table of contents page is automatically printed as shown in Figure 1B. The title name is extracted and the table of contents page is automatically printed.

<Other Examples> In the above example, a table of contents page is automatically created when the main text is printed, but a table of contents memory is provided that stores the title name of the table of contents, which is different from the text buffer, based on the title instruction for the table of contents when entering the text of the main text. You can also create the data for this table of contents page by introducing it into .

In addition, after completing the input of the main text, you can specify the title of the table of contents, read the title name and page number from the text buffer, and import them into the table of contents memory to create the data for this table of contents page. . Furthermore, the title number can also be a symbol such as alphabetical order in addition to numbers.

<Effects> With the present invention, when creating a booklet, the text for the table of contents page can be automatically created based on the text data in the main text, and it can be created by inputting new text for the table of contents page as in the past. This eliminates the need for redundant and time-consuming work, making it extremely convenient when creating a booklet.

Moreover, by attaching a control code to the text data that should be used as a title, and extracting the text data that should be used as a title by detecting this title control code, restrictions are placed on the arrangement and form of the text data itself for text data extraction. Titles can be given relatively freely without being affected by text data input, and instructions for text data to be used as titles can be made either during or after inputting text data, making it easier to input text data. In particular, it is possible to add titles without being conscious of it, and it is possible to add titles relatively freely, which together with improving the operability and input efficiency of inputting text data. Furthermore, you can specify the text data to be used as a title even after inputting the text data, so even if the text has already been created, you can easily create a table of contents page by recalling the text. It can be stored in the same format as a normal character code, does not require special memory as a text storage means, and can provide excellent practical use.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1A and 1B are diagrams showing an example of automatic table of contents creation and a table of contents creation, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the text editing device of the present invention, and Figure 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device. It is. 1: Input device, 2: Text editing control device, 4:
CRT device, 6: RAM, 7: Text buffer, 9:
Printing device, 61: Line output buffer, 62-64:
Counter, 65: Table of contents buffer, _K1 : Automatic table of contents creation mode, _K3 and _K4 : Keys for specifying title name.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A text editing device that edits input text data to create a document in a predetermined format, comprising: text storage means for storing input text data; and text data input for text data to be used as a title. a title text specifying means that can be specified either during or after the input; and a first apparatus that stores a title control code in the text storage means in association with text data to be used as a title based on the operation of the title text specifying means.
a control means; a table of contents creation instructing means for instructing the creation of a table of contents; detecting the title control code from the text storage means based on the operation of the table of contents creation instructing means;
a second extracting text data indicated by the title control code and the page number on which the text data is located;
The present invention comprises a control means, and a table of contents storage means for storing the extracted text data and page number data as a pair as table of contents data, and is configured to create a table of contents based on the data stored in the table of contents storage means. A text editing device that features an automatic table of contents creation function.