JPH04195368A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of document editing operation by providing an area data storage means for storing character string data in a specified area by area specification and a character string data replacing means which replaces the character string data. CONSTITUTION:The replacement of the character string is instructed from a key input means 2 and stored in a key data storage means 3. The area is specified through an area specifying means 4 over a look at a document displayed on a display means 1. Data on the specified range is stored in an area data storage means 5. For example, area storage data X indicates a place a1, i.e., a character string A and area storage data Y indicates a place a2, i.e., a character string B. The character string data replacing means 6 moves the character string A to a dummy character string Z and the character string B to the character string. Then the dummy Z is moved to the character string B. Namely, the character string B is at the place a1 and the character string A is at the place a2, so that the replacement is completed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device for moving already inputted document data displayed on a display when editing a document using a word processor or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of document editing device, a document is created by displaying text or data on a display and moving a cursor to a desired input position. At that time, if you make a mistake in inputting a character string, or if you want to move other character string data to a position that has already been input, you must correct it by overwriting the destination character string. .

For example, even if all you need to do is exchange the input positions of two character strings, you can temporarily save the data at that position to another location, or input the data that has been input once again to the correct input position, and then exchanging two strings.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, according to the conventional document editing device, when it is desired to exchange the input positions of two character string data, it is necessary to perform the troublesome work of re-inputting the two character string data by overwriting correction. However, there were problems that led to input errors.

In addition, in order to exchange two character string data using the copy or move function, which is a document editing function, it is necessary to perform at least three cumbersome operations: save, move, move or save, copy, and copy. Therefore, there was a problem that speedy document editing was not possible.

The present invention is intended to solve such conventional problems, and aims to provide an excellent document editing device that can easily exchange two character string data in a document.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides key input means for instructing commands, key data storage means for storing input key data, and display means for displaying input documents. ,
An area specifying means for specifying a character string in a display document, an area data storage means for storing character string data of an area specified by the area specifying means, and a character string for exchanging character string data stored in the area data storage means. and data exchange means.

Effects of the present invention With the above-described configuration, when editing a document, two character string data can be exchanged in one operation without performing complicated operations, and documents can be created quickly. Since the operation can be performed in one go, it is possible to eliminate mistakes during editing.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the document editing apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a display means for displaying the document being edited; 2 is a key input means for instructing a command;
3 is a key data storage means for storing input key data; 4 is an area specifying means for specifying a data range; 5 is an area data storage means for storing an input location in the data under the area and input character string data; 6 is a character string data exchange means for exchanging two character string data.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, an instruction to exchange character strings is given through the key input means 2, and the exchange is stored in the key data storage means 3. Next, in step 11, while viewing the document displayed on the display means 1, the user specifies the area of the data to be exchanged using the area specifying means 4, and in step 12,
The area data storage means 5 stores data in the specified area. For example, in FIG.
The area storage data X for "apple" is stored as "location: a12 character string A: apple". Also, 2 used for exchange
In step 13, the area is specified for the third data "tangerine" in the same way. Then, in step 14,
“Area storage data Y of orange J is stored as “location: a21 character string B: orange”. In step 15,
When the character string data exchange means 6 executes the character string exchange command, the character string A is moved to the dummy character string Z in step 16, and the character string data B is moved to the character string data A in step 17. Further, in step 18, Gummy-Z is moved to character string data B, thereby completing the exchange of character string data A and character string data B. Through this operation, area storage data X is changed to “location al, character string A:
The area storage data Y is "location al, character string B: apple". Then, according to step 19, 2
data X and Y can be placed in the respective stored data locations.

In this way, according to the above embodiment, the input locations of two character string data can be exchanged by executing the command once, so the effect is that the two character string data can be easily edited without performing any troublesome work. has.

Furthermore, it is clear that two pieces of data can be exchanged, regardless of table data or diagram data, as long as the data is stored using an area designation method rather than just character string data.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention provides the following effects.

(1) Document editing can be performed with one small operation without having to perform multiple editing operations.

(2) Since document editing can be performed with a single operation, editing can be performed quickly without making mistakes in document editing caused by using other editing functions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a document editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3(A). (B) is a diagram showing an example of character string exchange in one embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Display means, 2...Key input means, 3...Key data storage means, 4...Area designation means, 5...Area data storage means, 6...Character string data exchange means . Name of agent Patent attorney Akira Okaji Two idiots Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 6 (A) (B)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A key input means for instructing a command, a key data storage means for storing input key data, a display means for displaying an input document, an area specifying means for specifying a character string in the displayed document, and an area specifying means. What is claimed is: 1. A document editing device comprising an area data storage means for storing character string data of an area specified by the area data storage means, and a character string data exchange means for exchanging the character string data stored in the area data storage means.