JPH04128968A - Space area correspondence copying method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the operator's burden and processing time for copying by replacing only the space code section of a short form at a copy destination with character codes of the original. CONSTITUTION:In response to specifying a short area of original, specifying a copy destination, and specifying space correspondence copy by a space correspondence copy instruction means 1-1, a space area correspondence processing means 6 replaces a space code of copy destination with a character code of a short area to be specified only when the short area of the copy destination to make copying. Accordingly, when making a copy, only the space code section of a short form at the copy destination can be replaced with the character code of the original. With this, when making copy in unit of short form, the space code area alone can be copied efficiently.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a blank area compatible copying method that copies only blank areas, only the blank code part in the copy destination rectangle is replaced with the copy source character code at the time of copying, thereby improving the efficiency of copying work in rectangular units. When the rectangular area of the specified copy destination is a blank code area, the blank code of the copy destination is replaced with the character code of the specified copy source rectangular area, and the rectangular area of the copy destination is It is equipped with a blank area support processing unit that suppresses replacement when the code is not a blank code, and in response to the copy source rectangular area, copy destination specification, and blank support copy instruction, the blank area support processing unit replaces the copy destination. The configuration is such that only when the area is a blank code area, the character code of the rectangular area of the copy source is replaced and copied.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a blank area compatible copying method that copies only blank areas.The document processing apparatus that creates and edits a document can be a general-purpose machine such as a personal computer, in addition to a dedicated document processing machine such as a word processor. is also installed. Currently, it has become common to use these devices to create and edit documents, and there is a demand for functions that enable efficient editing. For this reason, a function is provided to copy a rectangular unit of document data to another part during document creation or editing. All characters are replaced with the character code of the copy source, which may reduce efficiency, so it is recommended to use a copy function that does not change the characters that originally existed within the rectangle specified as the copy destination. is desired.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] A document processing device is comprised of a display section, a document file, an input section, a processing section, etc., and editing of documents is performed by the processing section. Conventionally, when copying in rectangular units in a document processing device, all characters existing within a rectangle designated as a copy destination are replaced with the character codes of the copy source. For example, when copying source rectangle A is copied to copying destination rectangle B as shown in FIG. For this reason, even though we wanted to leave the character code sections b1 and b2 where the character codes of the copy destination rectangle B were stored as they were, they were replaced as shown in the copy result C. Copied character code section a of the copy result C
1. In the character code section a2, the character code bl and character code b2 of the original copy destination rectangle B were re-entered manually to generate a re-input result. In this way, even if you want to leave the character code part in destination rectangle B as is,
It is uniformly replaced with the character code of the copy source rectangle,
There was a problem in that it required time and effort to re-enter the original character code.

An object of the present invention is to replace only the blank code part in the copy destination rectangle with the copy source character code at the time of copying, thereby improving the efficiency of copying work in units of rectangles.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration diagram of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, blank-compatible copy instruction means 1-1 are for giving blank-compatible copy instructions.

The blank area correspondence processing unit 6 replaces the specified rectangular area of the copy source with the character code of the specified rectangular area of the copy source only when the specified rectangular area of the copy destination is a blank code area.

[Effect]

As illustrated in FIG.
In response to the blank copy instruction being issued by
A blank area correspondence processing unit 6 replaces the blank code of the copy destination with the character code of the specified copy source rectangular area and copies it only when the specified copy destination rectangular area is a blank code area.

Therefore, by replacing only the blank code part in the copy destination rectangle with the copy source character code when copying,
When copying a rectangular unit, it is possible to efficiently copy only a blank code area.

〔Example〕

The configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail using FIGS. 1 to 4.

In FIG. 1, an input unit 1 is a keyboard having blank copy instruction means 1-1 which is a key for giving a blank copy instruction in this case.

The display unit 2 displays document data and the like.

The processing section 3 performs copying processing, etc., which is performed by the CPU 7 according to a program stored in the memory 4.

The copy processing program 5 is a program that performs copy processing, and is a program for copying a specified copy source rectangle 8N! ! A program that extracts the data in i, stores it, and copies it to any specified copy destination, and replaces the character code of the copy source with the blank code of the blank code area N of the copy destination only for the blank code area of the copy destination. It is composed of a blank area correspondence processing section 6, which is a program, and the like.

The CPU 7 performs copy processing according to a copy processing program 5 stored in the memory 4.

With the above configuration, the blank area correspondence processing unit 6 responds to the specification of the copy source rectangular area and copy destination from the input unit 1 and the blank correspondence copy instruction from the blank correspondence copy instruction means 1-1.
Only when is a blank code area of the copy destination, the blank code of the blank code area of the copy destination is replaced by the character code in the rectangular area of the copy source, and the copy is made.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, where 1
7 to 7 are the same as the configuration in FIG. 1, so their explanation will be omitted.

In FIG. 2, the display memory 2-1 temporarily stores the character code of the document for which the display request has been sent from the processing section 3.

The display 2-2 is for displaying character codes stored in the display memory 2-1 in a dotted manner.

The copy data buffer 8 is used to extract and store data in a designated copy source rectangular area from the document data storage area 9, and to store data in a designated copy destination rectangular area.

The document data storage area 9 is an area for storing document data.

Next, the operations of the configurations in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be explained in detail in accordance with the order shown in the flowchart in FIG. 3.

In FIG. 3, (■) imports data within the rectangular area of the copy source. This means that the blank area corresponding processing unit 6 imports data within the rectangular area of the copy source specified from the document displayed on the display 2-2. The data (document data) within is taken into the copy data buffer 8.

(2) Selects the copy destination. This is because the blank area handling processing unit 6 selects the copy destination area from the document displayed on the displays 2 to 2, for example, selects the upper left position of the copy destination rectangular area. Select by specifying with the cursor.

O determines whether or not a blank copy instruction key has been pressed.

In the case of YES, it has been determined that this is the blank copying instruction of this embodiment, so [phase] to [phase] are performed.

On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process ends and normal copying processing (copying processing in which the character code in the rectangular area of the copying source is replaced with that of the copying destination) is performed.

[Phase] determines whether the character code of the copy destination is a blank code. This determines whether the rectangular area of the copy destination selected in O is a blank code area (the rectangular area is all blank codes, or some rectangular area within the rectangular area is all blank codes). If YES, press ■ to replace the character code of the copy destination with the character code of the copy source, @YES to end (END), @No to change the character code of the copy destination from [phase] to ■. Repeat.

As described above, only when the character code of the copy destination is a blank code, the character code of the copy destination can be replaced with the character code of the copy source and copied efficiently and quickly.

Next, a specific example will be explained using FIG. 4.

In FIG. 4, the copy source rectangle A is the specified copy source rectangle, for example, the rectangle specified by moving the cursor to the lower right after issuing a copy instruction with the cursor positioned at the upper left. . This copy source rectangle A is composed of three rectangular areas: a character code part al, a character code part a2, and a character code part a3, which are rectangular areas in which character codes are stored. Note that the character code section a3 may be divided into a plurality of rectangles.

Copy destination rectangle B is a specified copy destination rectangle. For example, a copy execution instruction is given with the cursor positioned at the upper left, and the size of the copy destination rectangle is set based on this upper left position. This is what I did. This copy destination rectangle B includes a character code part b1, which is a rectangular area in which character codes are stored;
It is composed of three rectangular areas: a character code part b2, and a blank code part b3, which is a rectangular area in which a blank code is stored. Note that the blank code portion b3 may be divided into a plurality of rectangles.

The copy result C is obtained by instructing copy source rectangle A to copy destination rectangle B according to the blank area according to the flowchart in FIG.
This is the result of copying. Here, only the lower left diagonally lined character code section a3 is copied. The other character code part b1 and character code part b2 remain as the copy destination rectangle B.

Therefore, only the blank code part b3 of the copy destination rectangle B,
It is replaced with the character code part a3 of the copy source rectangle A, and copying is performed corresponding to the blank area.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, only the blank code part in the copy destination rectangle is replaced with the copy source character code during copying, so that only the blank code area is replaced when copying in units of rectangles. Copying work can be done efficiently.

This allows you to re-enter the character code of the copy destination that was replaced by conventional normal copying and return it to its original state when there is no need to replace the character string at the copy destination in a rectangular copy operation. No operation is required,
Copying corresponding to a blank area can be performed with a - degree of operation, and it is possible to reduce the operator's effort and processing time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a detailed explanation of the present invention. An explanatory diagram is shown. In the figure, input section 1-1: blank area copy instruction means 2: display section 2-1: display memory 2-2: display 3: processing section 4: memory 5: copy processing program 6: blank area corresponding processing section 7 :CPU 8:Copy data buffer 9:Document data storage area

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a blank area compatible copying method that copies only blank areas, when the specified rectangular area of the copy destination is a blank code area, the blank area of the copy destination is created using the character code of the specified rectangular area of the copy source. Equipped with a blank area compatible processing unit (6) that replaces the code and suppresses the replacement when the copy destination rectangular area is a non-blank code, and supports specification of the copy source rectangular area, copy destination, and blank compatible copy instruction. The blank area handling unit (6) is configured to replace and copy the character code of the rectangular area of the copy source only when the copy destination area is a blank code area. Copy method.