JPH04275160A - Document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make font changeable in the middle of document processing for a document processing device having a number of different fonts, and to make a single document printable in a variety of fonts. CONSTITUTION:When printing operation is stopped at a position where the format is changed by depressing a 'printing stop instruction' key 11a on a keyboard 11 in the middle of document printing, a printing format setting screen is put on a display and any one of fonts A, B in a font memory 15 or font C in an external ROM 23 is specified. Then the printing is restarted with the specified font.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device having a document printing function, and more particularly to a document creation device that prints the same document using a plurality of different fonts.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in document creation devices that have a plurality of different fonts built-in or external, only one type of font can be used to print the same document. For this reason, it is not possible to partially change the font and print it, for example, within the same document, for example, this part is in Gothic font, this part is in calligraphy font, and this part is in Mincho font.

[0003]Although there is a method of partially specifying a font when creating a document, this method requires a troublesome specifying operation when creating the document, and also requires that the specified font be stored on the document. You will need a way to keep it.

0004

As described above, in the past, although a plurality of fonts were available, it was not possible to print the same document by selectively using them.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a document creation device that can change the font during printing and thereby print the same document using a variety of fonts. shall be.

[0006]

[Means and Effects for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a document creation device having a plurality of different fonts, which is provided with a print stop means for stopping printing at a designated line, and when printing is stopped by the print stop means. Sometimes, a font to be used during printing is specified from among the above fonts, and printing is resumed using the specified font.

[0007] With such a configuration, the font can be changed during printing, and thereby the same document can be printed with a variety of fonts.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing its configuration. In FIG. 1, a keyboard 11 is used to input various information necessary for document creation. This keyboard 11 includes "character" keys, "numeric" keys, and "cursor" keys.
In addition to the keys, etc., here we will use the "
Various function keys are provided, including a "print stop instruction" key 11a, a "print" key 11b for instructing printing of a document, and the like. The input control unit 12 includes a keyboard 1
Controls the input of various information input by 1.

[0010] The CPU 13 controls the entire apparatus, and by starting a program in accordance with an input instruction, performs not only document creation processing but also printing processing as shown in FIG. 2 here. The ROM 14 stores various processing programs that determine the operations of the CPU 13 as well as various information necessary for document creation.

[0011] The font memory 15 is composed of, for example, a ROM, and stores font data. In the same embodiment, two different fonts, designated as font A and font B, are stored in the font memory 15. The format buffer 16 stores print formats including fonts in addition to character pitch, line feed pitch, character size, and the like. The document memory 17 is made up of, for example, a RAM, and stores document information.

The display control section 18 drives the display section 19 under the control of the CPU 13 to display the created document, etc. This display section 19 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device. The line buffer 20 stores a print image for one line. The print control section 21 drives the printing section 22 under the control of the CPU 13 to print the created document and the like. This printing section 22 is composed of, for example, a serial printer. Further, the external ROM 23 is optionally connected and stores font C here.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, when printing a document, "print stop" is applied to the location where the print format is to be changed. For this purpose, the "print stop instruction" key 11a of the keyboard 11 is used. That is, by operating this "print stop instruction" key 11a,
Specify the line in the document where printing should stop. The print stop instruction at this time is stored in the document memory 17 as a control code together with the character code.

Next, an instruction is given to print the document. The "print" key 11b of the keyboard 11 is used for this instruction. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the "print" key 11b
When pressed (step S1), the CPU 13 displays a print format setting screen as shown in FIG. 3 (step S2).
. In addition to character pitch, line break pitch, character size, etc., this print format setting screen also includes font memory 15.
The types of fonts currently installed (here, font A and font B) are displayed. In addition, external RO
When M23 is connected, font C is also displayed.

Here, when font A is selected using the "cursor" key on the keyboard 11 (step S3), font C
The PU 13 uses font A in the font memory 15 to sequentially develop the document information stored in the document memory 17 into the line buffer 20 character by character (step S4). Specifically, the font A corresponding to each character code constituting the document information is read from the font memory 15, and sequentially developed into the line buffer 20 for a print image. Similarly, when font B is selected (step S5), the CPU
13 develops the document information using font B (step S6). When the print image for one line is stored in the line buffer 20, the CPU 13 executes printing for the one line via the print control unit 21 (step S7).

[0017] In this way, the document is printed line by line, but if there is a line that is marked with "print stop" in the middle (steps S8, S9), the CPU 13 prints the line after printing that line. , the printing is temporarily stopped (step S10), and the print format setting screen as described above is displayed again (step S11). This allows you to specify the font during printing. From now on, printing will be resumed using this specified font.

[0018] In this way, in the place where you want to change the printing font, write ``
By applying "Stop Printing", you can change the font as well as various elements such as character pitch, line feed pitch, and character size when printing is stopped. This allows the same document to be printed in a variety of fonts.

In the above embodiment, the case where two types of font A and font B are used is explained, but if an optional external ROM 23 is connected, font C in the external ROM 23 is included. , and may also optionally be printed using a plurality of different fonts.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a font can be specified when printing is stopped by placing "print stop" at the location where the printing font is to be changed. Therefore, the font can be changed during printing, which allows the same document to be printed with a variety of fonts.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the print processing operation of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a print format setting screen of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11... Keyboard, 11a... "Print stop instruction" key, 1
1b... "Print" key, 12... Input control unit, 13... CPU
, 14...ROM, 15...font memory, 16...format buffer, 17...document memory, 18...display control unit, 19...
Display section, 20... Line buffer, 21... Print control section, 2
2...Printing section, 23...External ROM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: In a document creation device having a plurality of different fonts, a print stop means for stopping printing at a specified line, and when printing is stopped by the print stop means, a method for selecting one of the fonts to be used during printing from among the above-mentioned fonts. 1. A document creation device comprising: font specifying means for specifying a font to be used; and print control means for restarting printing with the font specified by the font specifying means.