JPH04282750A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute ruled line edition corresponding to characters displayed on a screen by using a distance corresponding to character size in each area set up by partial format setting as a unit for the movement or the like of a cursor. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 3 controls the whole device and executes various processing including 'KANA' (Japanese syllabary)/'KANJI' (Chinese character) conversion processing and document format setting processing to prepare a document by accessing a RAM 4 and a ROM 5 and starting a program based upon an input instruction. A character size storing means for storing data indicating the character size of each line in a previously set up display screen and a ruled line edition displaying means for displaying ruled line edition in accordance with the character size stored in the character size storing means are also included in this document preparing device. In the case of setting up the display position of each ruled line by a half line/half column unit, the half line and half column of character size set up in each line are the units for ruled line edition. Namely physical unit width on the display screen is changed in accordance with the character size of each line.

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 ruled line editing function.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, document creation devices are provided with a ruled line editing function for creating tables and the like in a document. The ruled line editing function allows editing such as creating, deleting, moving, copying, etc. of ruled lines. When using the ruled line editing function (ruled line mode is specified), a cursor for editing ruled lines is displayed on the screen. This ruled line cursor is controlled to move in half-line or half-digit units, for example, based on full-width characters on the display screen. Therefore, the ruled lines are displayed in half-line and half-digit positions.

0003

In conventional document creation devices, characters are normally displayed on the screen in units of full-width characters. Therefore, even if the font size of the entire document is changed by setting the document format, the display on the screen will be the same as when full-width size is specified.

[0004] Furthermore, characters whose font size is set to a value other than full-width (other than the value set in the document format) may be displayed using a predetermined attribute, or the display position may be set to the full-width character position, the font size may be changed, and other characters may be displayed. It was displayed overlapping the characters on the line.

[0005] On the other hand, when the font size is set to an arbitrary value, there is a need to change the line and digit width (pitch) on the screen according to the value, and to match the display position and font size. be. In this case, even in ruled line editing, a function is required that allows the unit width of cursor movement and the position of ruled lines to correspond to the character size in accordance with the displayed characters.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device capable of editing ruled lines corresponding to the size of displayed characters.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a document creation device having a ruled line editing function, which includes a character size storage means for storing data indicating the character size of each line in a preset display screen; The apparatus further comprises a ruled line editing display means for performing ruled line editing display according to the character size stored by the character size storage means.

[0008]

[Operation] According to this configuration, when the display position of the ruled line is set in units of half line and half digit, half line and half digit at the character size set for each line is the unit when editing the ruled line. becomes. That is, the physical unit width on the display screen is changed according to the character size of each line.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to the same embodiment. In Figure 1, 3 is the CPU, 4
and 5 is a memory (RA) accessed by the CPU 3.
M, ROM).

[0010] The CPU 3 controls the entire device, and accesses the RAM 4 and ROM 5 to start a program that follows input instructions and performs various processes including kana-kanji conversion processing for creating documents and document formatting processing. It is intended to carry out the following.

The RAM 4 stores a document buffer 6 for storing document data (kana-kanji conversion results), a document format buffer 7 for storing document format data, and data indicating the character size of each line on the display screen. A line table buffer 8 and ruled line data (ruled line position, ruled line type, etc.) obtained by ruled line editing are provided.

The ROM 5 stores a program area 10 for storing a control program that defines all operations of the document creation device, a dictionary area 11 for storing dictionary data referred to in kana-kanji conversion, and font data. A character pattern area 12 and the like are provided. The program area 10 includes a kana-kanji conversion program area 13 for storing a kana-kanji conversion program;
A ruled line editing program area 14 for storing a ruled line editing program, a document formatting program area 15 for storing a document formatting program, and the like are provided.

Further, 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display device, 19 is a display controller (display-CNT), and 20
21 is a display RAM, and 21 is a floppy disk device (FD).
D), 22 is a hard disk device (HDD), 23 is F
DD interface (FDD-IF), 24 is HDD
interface (HDD-IF), 25 is a printer device (PRT), 26 is a printer interface (PR
T-IF).

The keyboard (KB) 16 outputs input information necessary for document creation, graphic editing, etc. to the CPU 3 via the keyboard interface (KB-IF) 17. In addition to character keys, cursor keys, etc., this keyboard 16 includes a "conversion/next candidate" key for instructing conversion from "kana" (reading) to kanji and executing next candidate processing.
"Select/Execute" key for instructing confirmation of various settings,
"Cancel" key to interrupt processing or cancel input before confirmation, "Delete" and "Insert" keys used for creating, editing, proofreading, etc. of documents and figures, and instructing partial format settings. Various function keys such as a "partial formatting" key are provided for this purpose.

The display 18 is composed of a CRT, liquid crystal display, or the like. Display-CNT19 is CPU3
The display of the display 18 is controlled using the display RAM 20 under the control of the display RAM 20 .

[0016] The FDD 21 and the HDD 22 are connected to the FDD-IF 23 and the HDD-IF 2, respectively, under the control of the CPU 3.
4, various processing programs and document data are saved, and external characters (characters, symbols, marks, etc. other than JIS first level characters and second level characters), second level characters, etc. are recorded.

The PRT 23 receives the document stored in the document buffer 6 or the FDD 2 via the PRT-IF 24.
1. Read into the main body from the HDD 22 and store it in the document buffer 6
Printing is performed based on the document information stored in the .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, the procedure for setting a partial format will be explained. "Partial formatting" in normal document creation state
When the key is pressed, a document formatting program is started, and a screen for instructing a partial formatting range, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, is displayed. The partial format settings here are
It shall be specified in units of paragraphs of the document being created. In the screen shown in FIG. 2, a guide is displayed that says, "Where do you want to start partial formatting? Specify the range and press the Select/Execute key." Here, when the cursor is moved to the paragraph to be partially formatted and the "Select/Execute" key is pressed, the target paragraph is highlighted and the "Partial Formatting" key is pressed, as shown in Figure 3.
Where until? Display the "Specify the range and press the Select/Enter key" guide. Here, when the cursor is moved to another paragraph, that paragraph is also displayed in reverse video as a target of partial formatting.

[0020] When the desired paragraph is selected and the "Select/Execute" key is pressed, a screen for selecting partial format items (line format, one tab, left and right margins) is displayed, as shown in Figure 4. do. Here, when you set the "line format", Figure 5
Displays the properties for setting the contents of each formatting item as shown in . On this display screen, the format for a prespecified paragraph is set.

[0021] Here, it is assumed that different character sizes are set for each of a plurality of paragraphs. As a result, the document format data designated for each corresponding area is stored in the document format buffer 7. When a change in font size is instructed, the font size of each line containing characters for one paragraph (the number of digits in one line is set depending on the display screen size and font size) is changed. Once the line font size is set,
Data indicating the character size of each line is stored in the line table buffer 8. Characters on the screen are displayed according to the character size of each line. FIG. 6 shows an example of the setting state of the display character size (base character size) on the screen.

A case will be described in which ruled line editing is performed in a state where partial formatting has been set in this manner. When editing ruled lines, a cursor for editing ruled lines is displayed. The ruled line cursor moves in half-line and half-column units of one character. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, ruled lines are created at half-row and half-column positions. The procedure for this cursor movement control is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the cursor key is pressed (step A1), the character size corresponding to the line column position in the designated movement direction is determined by referring to the line table buffer 8 (step A2). Then, the cursor is moved by an amount corresponding to the base character size (step A3).

For example, a display example when creating a ruled line frame is shown in FIG. After specifying the starting point position of the rectangular frame, when the cursor is moved to specify the ending point position, the cursor and rubber band display (broken line) move in units corresponding to the base character size. In other words, even if the same cursor movement operation is performed, the physical cursor (and (ruled lines) movement distance is different (the number of line columns is the same).

Next, the case of moving/copying in ruled line editing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, input the designation of the ruled line to be edited. For example, the starting point or ending point position of a ruled line is specified by a cursor or by a rectangular range. At this time, the position of the ruled line specified in the ruled line data buffer 9 (
(step B2)
. Here, when there is a key input indicating the destination position (move destination/copy destination), the target ruled line will be placed in the area that includes the destination position (a continuous area of the same font size where partial formatting is set). It is determined whether or not (step B4). If the ruled line to be copied/moved cannot be displayed within the area based on the target position, the process ends.

On the other hand, if the target ruled line falls within the area including the target position, the character size of the area including the target position is determined by referring to the line table (step B5). Then, ruled lines are displayed according to the character size (step B6).

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when moving/copying a rectangular frame of Y rows and (row, column X) a rectangular frame is displayed.

[0028]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the cursor is moved, ruled lines are displayed, etc. in units of distance according to the character size in each area set by partial formatting, so that It is possible to edit ruled lines corresponding to the characters displayed on the screen.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing a partial format setting range.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing a partial format setting range.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for selecting a partial format item.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for setting the contents of each item of formatting.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a setting state of display character size (base character size) on a display screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining display positions of ruled lines.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure of cursor movement control.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining cursor movement.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure for moving/copying in ruled line editing.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the move/copy state in ruled line editing.

[Explanation of symbols]

7...Document format buffer, 8...Line table buffer, 9...
Ruled line data buffer, 14... Ruled line editing program area, 15... Document format program area, 16... Keyboard, 18... Display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document creation device having a ruled line editing function, comprising: a character size storage means for storing data indicating the character size of each line in a display screen set in advance; 1. A document creation device comprising: ruled line editing and display means for performing ruled line editing and display according to the character size stored by the size storage means.