JPH04160669A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of processing operation for 'KANA' (Japanese syllabary)/'KANJI' (Chinese character) conversion and its working efficiency by reflecting corresponding character attributes to a 'KANA'/'KANJI' mixed character string to execute 'KANA'/'KANJI' conversion. CONSTITUTION:A word to be registered by a registering means 31 is registered in storage means 33, 34 such as a dictionary correspondingly to a reading character string, a 'KANA'/'KANJI' mixed character string and a character attribute specified by a character attribute specifying means 32. At the time of 'KANA'/'KANJI' conversion, the 'KANA'/'KANJI' mixed character string corresponding to the reading character string is retrieved from the means 33, 34 and the retrieved 'KANA'/'KANJI' mixed character string is converted into a character string corresponding to the registered character attribute. Thereby, the 'KANA'/'KANJI' mixed character string having the required character attribute can quickly be obtained without changing the character attribute. Thus, the operability and working efficiency of processing operation such as document preparation and edition can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document editing device that can change the character attributes of a human-generated character string in units of characters or character strings.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional document editing devices have a character attribute change function that allows the character attributes of input characters or character strings to be changed by the operator's operations, and a registration dictionary that associates reading character strings and character strings containing kana and kanji. The operator can optionally add the
Some devices are equipped with a user registration function that allows users to add and delete users.

In the character attribute change function mentioned above, by setting the desired font size, character type, etc. in the property sheet for changing character attributes, you can change the shape of the character,
Character attributes can be changed by adding decorations to characters or character strings.

FIG. 8 shows the results of changing various character attributes to the target character string.

In this figure, the result of changing the character size of the target character string 1 is character string 2, the result of changing the character font is character string 3, and the result of changing the addition of an underline is character string 4.

Characters input subsequent to a character or character string whose character attributes have been changed in this way are output to the screen with the same attributes until an operation is performed to change the character attributes again.

On the other hand, in the user registration function, the operator registers kana character strings and kana-kanji mixed character strings in a registration dictionary (user dictionary), thereby allowing the word dictionary section ( Words that do not exist in the system dictionary can be obtained as a result of kana-kanji conversion.

A conventional document editing device having the above-mentioned functions has a configuration as shown in FIG.

In the same figure, the document editing device has a keyboard consisting of a conversion key and various keys, an input unit 11 for manually inputting a reading character string to convert it into a character string mixed with kana-kanji, and an input unit 11 for converting the inputted reading character string into a character string mixed with kana-kanji. It has a kana-kanji conversion unit 12 for converting into a character string, a document storage unit 13 for storing a document to be edited, a document data holding unit 14 for holding data of the document being edited, and a display. ,
A display section 15 for displaying the contents of the document data holding section 14 on a display, and a pointing section for selecting characters or character strings displayed on the display section 15 or pointing to any position on the display section 15. A selection instruction means 16 such as a mouse as a device, a word dictionary section 17 storing a plurality of words in which read character strings and character strings mixed with kana and kanji are stored, and an operator selects an arbitrary word from the read character string. A registration dictionary section 18 that can register or delete character strings containing kana and kanji in association with each other. , a character font changing means 19 for changing the font of a character or a character string, a character size changing means 20 for changing the size of a character or a character string, and an underline adding means 21 for adding an underline to a character or a character string. It is composed of.

Next, in the above-described configuration, the kana-kanji conversion process of the conventional document editing device will be explained.

First, a process for changing the character attributes of a character string registered in the registration dictionary section 18 will be described.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the registration dictionary section 18 is configured to register the reading character string 5 and the notation (character string containing kana and kanji) 6 in association with each other. 18, it is assumed that the reading character string ``Chuui'' and the character string ``Caution!!'' containing kana and kanji are associated with each other and have already been registered. Here, to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that the word corresponding to the kana character string "chui" does not exist in the word dictionary section 17.

FIGS. 11(a) to 11(e) show the transition of a character string until an input desired character string is converted into a desired character string.

Now, the operator operates the input section 11 to
) is input to instruct the kana-kanji conversion unit 12 to perform kana-kanji conversion.

Then, the kana-kanji conversion section 11 searches the word dictionary section 17 and the registration dictionary section 18 for the kana character string "Chiyuui" sent from the human resources section 1, and converts it into document data. It is held in the holding part 14.

In this case, the word searched from the registration dictionary section 18 is held in the document data holding section 14, and this held word is displayed on the display section 15 (character string (clear) shown in FIG. 11(b)). (Morning style)).

Next, the operator operates the selection instruction means 16 to
When the character string displayed in 5 is selected and changed from Mincho font to Gothic font using the font changing means 19, the character string (Gothic font) shown in FIG. 11(C) is displayed on the display section 15. is displayed.

Subsequently, the operator uses the font size changing means 20 to
When you issue a change instruction to increase the font size, display section 1
The character string displayed at 5 is changed to the character string (Gothic font) shown in FIG. 11(d). Furthermore, when the underline adding means 21 performs an operation of adding an underline to the character string shown in FIG. 11(d),
The character string shown in FIG. 11(e) is obtained.

Through the operations described above, the kana character string shown in FIG. 11(a) can be converted into the kana character string shown in FIG. 11(e), thereby obtaining a desired character string.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional document editing device described above, only character strings containing kana and kanji that correspond to reading character strings are registered in the registration dictionary section 18. !!” can only be obtained.

For this reason, when trying to obtain the character string shown in Figure 11(e), the character attributes of the characters or character strings that have been input so far will be changed to the characters in the character string shown in Figure 11(e). If the attribute is different from the attribute, the operator performs the steps shown in FIG.
After the kana-kanji conversion operation in (b), the operations in Figure 11 (c) to (e) must be performed again to obtain the desired character attributes, which increases the amount of work and takes time. I had to spend a lot of money.

This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document editing device that can improve the operability and work efficiency of processing operations such as document creation and editing.
target

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a character attribute specifying means for specifying the character attribute of a target character or character string in a document editing device that can change the character attribute of an input character string in units of characters or character strings. a registration means for registering an arbitrary word; and a word registered by the registration means, in which a reading character string or a character string mixed with kana and kanji is associated with a character attribute designated by the character attribute designation means. It is equipped with a storage means for

[Effect]

According to the document editing device of the present invention, the words registered by the registration means in the storage means such as a dictionary are read character strings,
The character string containing kana and kanji and the character attribute specified by the character attribute designation means are registered in association with each other.

When performing kana-kanji conversion, a character string containing kana-kanji that corresponds to the read character string is searched from the storage means, and the searched character string containing kana-kanji is converted into a character string corresponding to the registered character attribute. column.

Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain a character string including kana, kanji, and characters having desired character attributes.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document editing device according to the present invention.

The document editing device shown in the figure has a structure of the conventional document editing device shown in FIG.
Character size changing means 20, underline adding means 21
is deleted, a registration means 31, a character attribute designation means 32, a character attribute storage section 33 are added, and the registration dictionary section 18 is changed to a registration dictionary section 34. Note that in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the same reference numerals are given to components that perform the same functions as those in the block diagram shown in FIG.

Next, the functions of the newly added and changed components described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

Note that FIG. 2 shows the dictionary configuration of the registration dictionary section 34, FIG. 3 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the registration means 31, and FIG. 4 shows the structure of the character attribute specifying means. 5 shows the structure of an embodiment of the character attribute storage section 33. FIG.

Now, as shown in FIG. 2, the registration dictionary section 34 registers the read character string 41, the kana-kanji mixed character string 42, and the information 43 indicating the correspondence relationship with the character attribute storage section 33 in correspondence with each other. is configured to be Note that the information 43 indicating the correspondence relationship includes identification information.

As shown in FIG. 3, the registration means 31 has a column 51 for manually inputting the pronunciation character string of the word to be registered, a column 52 for inputting the kana-kanji character string, and a column 52 for inputting the character string of the reading of the word to be registered. Add words with column combinations to the registration dictionary section 34 (
means 53 for instructing to register), means 54 for instructing to delete from the registration dictionary section 34 a word having the combination of character strings input in the fields 51 and 52, and character attributes. Means 55 for instructing to call the specifying means 32
Predetermined character strings are entered in columns 51 to 52, and selection instruction means 16 selects means 53 or 5.
4, an arbitrary word is registered or deleted in the registration dictionary section 34. Further, when the means 55 is instructed, the character attribute specifying means 32 is called and control is transferred.

As shown in FIG. 4, the character attribute designation means 32 includes means 61 for changing the size of characters or character strings, means 62 for changing the font of characters or character strings, and means 62 for adding an underline to characters or character strings. It is composed of a means for adding 63,
Parameters are set in the means 61 to 63, and character attributes are changed in accordance with the set character attributes by issuing an instruction to confirm character layering.

The character attribute storage unit 33 stores character attributes indicating each of size (font size) 71, character font 72, and underline 73, and a registration dictionary unit 3 in which words to which the character attributes are applied are registered. The configuration is such that information 74 indicating the correspondence between the two is registered in association with each other. In addition,
As the information 74 indicating the correspondence relationship, the same information as the information 34 indicating the correspondence relationship in the registration dictionary section 34, for example, identification information may be used.

By the way, there are three methods for changing character attributes, as described below.

■ [In the case of the character attribute designation method according to the present invention]: The character attribute designation method according to the present invention is a case where character attributes are specified in advance, and any character or character string is registered by the registration means 31. At this time, the character attribute specification means 32
By registering character attributes in advance using , the character attributes of registered target characters or character strings can be changed during kana-kanji conversion without specifying changes to character attributes during document creation/editing. Let's do it.

■ [When changing the character attributes of a desired character or character string in a created document]: □ Select a desired character or character string from a document that has already been created during document creation/editing using the selection instruction means 16 When changing the character attribute of the selected character or character string, the character attribute is specified and changed using the character attribute designation means 32.

■ [When changing the character attributes of a character or character string to be input: First, enter the pronunciation and notation in the registration means 31 by operating the keyboard provided in the input section 1, and then input the character attributes. Calling the specifying means 32 and specifying the character attribute,
Change the character attributes of input characters or strings.

Next, in the above-described configuration, the kana-kanji conversion process of the document editing device will be explained.

First, the operation when the operator registers an arbitrary word in the registration dictionary section 34 will be explained.

Note that FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d) show the transition of character strings according to character attributes.

Now, when the operator operates the input section 11 to call up the registration means 31, the registration means 31 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display section 15.

Here, operate the input unit 11 to enter the character string with the pronunciation of the word to be registered in the column 51, and also enter the character string containing kana, kanji and kana for the word to be registered, for example, the character string shown in FIG. 6(a). Fill in column 52. The font used at this time is the Mincho font.

Next, the means 5 of the registration means 31 is selected by the selection instruction means 16.
When 5 is selected, the character attribute designation means 32 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display section 15.

Here, when the selection instruction means 16 is operated to specify an item 61a of a desired size, for example 14 points, in the means 61, the character string entered in the column 52 (see FIG. 3) is selected. The string will be changed to a size that corresponds to the size.

FIG. 6(b) shows a state in which the character string shown in FIG. 6(a) has been changed to the selected character size.

-14= Further, when the selection instruction means 16 is operated to specify a desired font from the means 62, for example, the Gothic font item 1162a, the Mincho font character string is changed to the Gothic font.

FIG. 6(c) shows a state in which the Mincho font character string shown in FIG. 6(b) has been changed to a Gothic font character string.

Furthermore, when the selection instruction means 16 is operated to specify a desired underline, for example, a double line item 63a, from the means 63, a double underline is added to the character string containing kana and kanji.

FIG. 6(d) shows a state in which a double underline is added to the character string shown in FIG. 6(c).

By the operations up to this point, the column 52 of [Registration means 3] in FIG.
This means that the same character string as shown in FIG. 6(d) has been entered.

Here, the operator was able to obtain the desired notation, so when he operated the selection instruction means 16 to instruct the means 53,
The kana character string and the kanji-mixed character string of the word to be registered are registered in the registration dictionary section 34, as shown in the character strings and notations 81 and 82 in FIG. The character attributes are registered in the character attribute storage unit 53, such as the character attributes indicated by 83 to 85 in FIG.
The identification information (No. 3) indicated by 87 in FIG. 5 is associated with the identification information (No. 3) indicated by 87 in FIG.

Next, we will explain the process of importing registered words into a document through kana-kanji conversion.

Note that FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) are diagrams for explaining the conversion process when performing kana-kanji conversion.

Here, in order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that the word corresponding to the pronunciation character string "Chiyui" does not exist in the word dictionary section 17.

Currently, the font is Mincho, and the font size is 10 points.
When the user selects input section 1 with no underline,
1 to obtain the character string (sentence) shown at 91 in Figure 7(a), then input the pronunciation character string ``Chui'' shown at 92 in Figure 7(a), Furthermore, it is assumed that a kana-kanji conversion request is made to the kana-kanji conversion unit 12.

Then, the kana-kanji conversion unit 12 converts the word with the reading “chuui” into the word dictionary unit 17 and the registration dictionary unit 34.
Search from. As a result of this search, the word corresponding to the pronunciation "chui" exists only in the registration dictionary section 34, so the kana-kanji conversion section 12
The words from are sent to the document data holding unit 14 as a conversion result. At this time, the kana-kanji conversion units 1 and 2 convert the information 74 indicating the correspondence that matches the information 43 (N03 in this example) indicating the correspondence registered corresponding to "chui" in the registration dictionary unit 34 (No. 3 in this example) is also sent to the document data holding unit 14 together with the character attribute information.

By the way, the notation indicated by 82 in FIG.
Since it is registered as the character string (notation) shown in FIG. When the accompanying character attribute information (that is, the character attributes indicated by 83 to 85 in Figure 5) is input, the inputted notation "Caution!!" is changed to the human-generated character attribute. By replacing the character string (notation) with information, that is, the character string (notation) shown in FIG. 6(d), the character string shown at 92 in FIG. 7(a) is replaced with the character string (notation) shown in FIG. 7(b). 93 in the figure
The character string shown in is displayed on the display unit 15.

Next, character attributes other than the character size, font, and underline mentioned above include shading, superscripts,
There are subscripts, bold, italics, etc., and the types of these and the method of expressing information depend on the configuration of the document editing device.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, a kana-kanji mixed character string with the desired character attributes can be obtained by simply converting a registered kana-kanji character string into kana-kanji. This eliminates the need to change the character attributes to the desired character attributes each time the document is used, reducing the amount of work required to create and edit documents.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when converting kana-kanji, a character string containing kana-kanji is converted to kana-kanji by reflecting the corresponding character attributes.
To quickly obtain a character string mixed with kana and kanji having desired character attributes without changing character attributes for a character string mixed with kana and kanji obtained by converting kana and kanji as in the past.

Therefore, it is possible to improve the operability and work efficiency of processing operations such as document creation and editing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document editing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a registration dictionary section, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a registration means. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the character attribute designation means, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the character attribute storage section, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the transition of character strings according to character attributes, Figure 7 is a diagram showing the conversion process when performing ephemeral-kanji conversion, Figure 8 is a diagram showing the types of character attributes in a conventional document editing device, and Figure 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document editing device. , FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional registration dictionary section, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an explanation for obtaining a character string according to a desired character attribute in a conventional document editing device. 11... Input section, 12... Kana-Kanji conversion section, 14.
...Document data holding section, 15...Display section, 16...
Selection instruction means, 31...Registration means, 32...Character attribute designation means, 33...Character attribute storage section, 34...Registration dictionary section. = 20-

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document editing device capable of changing character attributes of an input character string in units of characters or character strings, comprising character attribute specifying means for specifying character attributes of a target character or character string, and an arbitrary word. a storage means for storing words registered by the registration means and in which reading character strings or character strings containing kana and kanji are associated with character attributes designated by the character attribute designation means. A document editing device characterized by: