JPH04199261A - Japanese word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the form of reading KANA (Japanese syllabary) changeable in accordance with states by deciding the outputting form of the reading KANA on the basis of format information. CONSTITUTION:A reading KANA form deciding means 4 decides the form of the reading KANA to Chinese characters to which writing of the reading KANA is instructed from a reading KANA instructing means 3 by referring to format information stored in a format information storing means 2 when the document information stored in a document information storing means 1 is outputted. An outputting means 5 outputs the document information after reading KANA is written in accordance with the decided form. Since the outputting form of the reading KANA is decided on the basis of the format information in such way, the form of the reading KANA can be changed in accordance with states.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a Japanese word processor capable of storing and outputting created Japanese documents, and particularly to a method for outputting furigana added to Kanji characters.

[Summary of the Invention] The Japanese word processor according to the present invention judges the format of the part to which furigana is to be added, and determines the format of the part to which furigana is to be added. Automatically determines when there is no furigana, and in such cases changes the output format of furigana, such as adding furigana to the text after the target character to make the characters more beautiful. This allows you to output beautiful furigana regardless of format.

[Prior Art] In recent years, Japanese word processors have become widely used for creating Japanese documents.

These Japanese word processors allow you to add furigana to any kanji character in a created document. For example, in the case of a horizontally written document, the furigana ``kanji'' of the character ``kanji'' can be added to the top of the character and output as an image display or in print, as shown in FIG. 7(a).

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, the furigana as shown in Fig. 7(a)
Since the furigana characters are attached to the top of the characters as shown in the figure, a certain amount of line spacing is required, and when the line spacing is narrow as shown in figure (b), it is difficult to add furigana.

Similarly, in the case of vertically written documents, if the line spacing is wide as shown in Figure 8 (a), furigana can be added.
As shown in FIG. 6(b), it was difficult to add furigana when the line spacing was narrow.

The reason for this is that the form of furigana (position, font size, etc.) is constant.

It is clear that if you change the form of furigana depending on the situation, you can create beautiful furigana regardless of the line spacing.

An object of the present invention is to change the form of furigana depending on the situation.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of the present invention are as follows.

Document information storage means 1 (see the functional block diagram in FIG. 1,
(same below) stores the created document information.

The format information storage means 2 stores format information for the document information stored in the document information storage means 1.

The furigana attachment instructing means 3 instructs to attach furigana to predetermined kanji characters included in the document information stored in the document information storage means 1.

When outputting the document information stored in the document information storage means 1, the furigana attachment form determining means 4 determines the furigana form of the kanji character to which furigana attachment is instructed by the furigana attachment instruction means 3. This is determined by referring to the format information stored in the format information storage means 2.

The output means 5 outputs document information in which furigana have been added in the format determined by the furigana addition format determining means 4.

[Effect] The operation of the means of the invention is as follows.

When outputting the document information stored in the document information storage means 1, the furigana attachment form determining means 4 determines the furigana form of the kanji character for which furigana attachment is instructed by the furigana attachment instruction means 3. Determined by referring to format information stored in the information storage means 2,
The output means 5 outputs the document information with the furigana attached according to the determined format.

Therefore, since the output form of the furigana is determined based on the format information, the form of the furigana can be changed depending on the situation.

[Example 1] An example will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6(b).

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing its configuration, and reference numeral 11 is a CPU that controls the entire system. 12 is a character key.

"Kana-Kanji conversion" key, "Furigana specification" key, "
"Layout display" key, "Print" key.

This is an input section that includes input keys such as cursor keys and sends operation signals from each key to the CPU II, and 13 is an input buffer section that temporarily stores input characters. 14 is a program RAM in which programs such as input control 1 and document editing control 1 are stored, and 15 is a document memory in which created Japanese documents are stored. Reference numeral 16 is a Japanese dictionary for converting idioms, phrases, and compound phrases into kana-kanji, and stores a large number of Japanese words. Further, 17 is a character generator (CG) in which a character generator pattern is stored.

A display memory 18 stores display data in a dot pattern, and the characters in the input buffer 13 or document memory 15 are converted into a corresponding pattern of the CG 17 and then stored. Reference numeral 19 denotes a display unit composed of a CRT display device or the like, and 20 a driver for displaying data stored in the display memory 8 on the display unit 19.

In addition, 21 is a printing section composed of a printer, etc.;
2 is its driver.

Next, the furigana designation operation in the Japanese word processor having such a configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Now, as is well known, a document is created and the document memory]5
Assume that the information is stored in the computer and displayed on the display section 19 as shown in FIG. 4(a).

Here, in the input section 12, "furigana attachment designation j" (not shown) is input.
The operation of the flowchart in FIG. 3 is started by operating a key or the like.

First, the start position of the character to be added with furigana is specified using the cursor keys (7 not shown) of the manual section 2 (step 531). Then, it is determined whether the input position is correct by determining whether a kanji character has already been input at this designated start position (step 532). If the input position is incorrect, the process returns to step S31 and waits for a correct position designation input.

If the input position is correct, store the furigana control character at the specified position in the document memory]5 (step 8).
33). Then, the end position of the character to be added with furigana is specified (step 534). Then, check whether a kanji has already been input at this specified end position or not.
Furthermore, it is determined whether the input position is correct by determining whether all characters are between the start position and the end position, or whether all characters are Chinese characters (step 535). If the input position is incorrect, the process returns to step S34 and waits for a correct position designation input.

If the input position is correct, the furigana control character is stored at the specified position in the document memory 15 (step 5).
36). Then, use the memorized furigana control character, that is, the start of the target character string.

A control mark ("FuS" mark 2) is placed at each end position.
3. The "E" mark 24) is displayed as shown in FIG. 4(b) (step 537).

In this way, by inputting the "fuS" mark 23 at the start position of the part to which furigana is to be added and the "fuE" mark 24 at the end position, the kanji character to which furigana is to be added is specified.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the position designation method, control marks, etc. as in this embodiment.

Next, the flowchart in Figure 5 for Furigana output operation.
This will be explained with reference to the following.

That is, when a layout (display) or print is specified using the "layout display" key or "print" key (not shown) of the input section] 2, data is first read out from the document memory 15 one after another, and then It is determined whether the data is character data or control data (step S51-). If it is normal character data, display or print it (step 5).
52).

If the data is a control character for modification or the like, it is determined whether it is a furigana control character (step 853). If the control character is not a furigana control character, processing such as display according to the control character is performed (step 552). Here, as mentioned above, there are two types of furigana control characters, start and end, and the determination of furigana control characters in step S53 is "NO" until both of them are detected.

In other words, the process does not proceed to the next step S54 until both furigana control characters are read out.

If it is determined that the character is a furigana control character, then step 55 calculates the line spacing of the character to which furigana is attached by referring to preset format information, etc.
4) It is determined whether furigana is added to the space between the lines (step 555).

If furigana can only be added between lines, the target character string is displayed (printed) in step 55, as shown in FIG. 6(a).
6) Display (print) furigana in the space between the lines (step 557). Here, the target character string is a kanji character string sandwiched between furigana control characters, and the reading of the kanji character string that becomes the furigana is determined in a well-known manner by referring to a Japanese dictionary 16 etc. Ru.

Then, by further determining whether there is a document in the document memory 15, it is determined whether or not to continue processing such as display (layout) and printing (step 558).

If the process is still to be continued, repeat from step S51.

Further, if it is determined in step S55 that furigana cannot be added between the lines, the target character is displayed (printed) as shown in FIG. 6(b) (step S55).
9) Next, the furigana is displayed (printed) with parentheses following the target character (step 560). Then, by further determining whether there is a document in the document memory 15, it is determined whether or not to continue processing such as display (layout) and printing (step 558).

If the process is still to be continued, repeat from step 551 above.

In other words, when outputting the result of a created document by layout or printing, if it is determined that the line spacing is wide enough to allow furigana, the upper part of the target character string is displayed as shown in Figure 6 (a). If furigana is added, and if it is determined that there is no space between lines to allow furigana, furigana is added following the target character string, as shown in FIG.
In other words, the output form of furigana is changed.

Similarly, in the case of vertical writing, the line spacing is automatically determined, and if it is determined that there is a line spacing, it will be placed on the side of the target character string, and if it is determined that there is no line spacing, the target character will be placed on the side of the target character string. It is output following the column.

However, the manner in which furigana are added, one character type, one character size, etc. is not limited to this embodiment.

In addition, in the above example, the form of furigana is determined by checking the line spacing, or, for example, the font size (number of points, etc.) specified for the kanji to which furigana is attached is compared with the font size of furigana. However, if the furigana is smaller, the furigana may be placed above the kanji, and if the kanji is the same size or the furigana is larger, the furigana may be placed in parentheses after the kanji.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, since the output format of furigana is determined based on format information, the format of furigana can be changed depending on the situation.

In other words, if you specify furigana when creating a document,
The system automatically calculates the line spacing, etc., and makes it possible to add furigana beautifully, eliminating the drawbacks of overlapping furigana characters and main text characters or not being able to add furigana, so users can always create documents exactly as they intended. You will be able to create.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of an embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of furigana designation operation, and FIG. 4(a) is a diagram showing an example of displaying a created document. Figure 6 (b) is a diagram showing an example of how a document is displayed after furigana assignment has been specified, Figure 5 is a flowchart of the furigana output operation, and Figures 6 (a) and (b) are different forms of furigana attachment. Figures 7 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing conventional furigana attachment for horizontally written documents, and Figures 8 (a) and (b) are output examples for vertically written documents, respectively. It is a figure which shows the conventional furigana attachment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Document information storage means, 2... Format information storage means, 3... Furigana attachment instruction means, 4... Furigana attachment form determination means, 5... Output means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Document information storage means for storing document information; format information storage means for storing format information for the document information stored in the document information storage means; a furigana attachment instruction means for instructing to attach furigana to a predetermined kanji character included in document information; and a furigana attachment instruction means for attaching furigana when outputting the document information stored in the document information storage means furigana attachment form determining means for determining the furigana form of the designated kanji character by referring to format information stored in the format information storage means; and a form determined by the furigana attachment form determination means. 1. A Japanese word processor, comprising: an output means for outputting document information with furigana added thereto.