JPH04330558A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the selecting work to improve the document preparing efficiency by permitting access to only character string candidates in a designated group at the time of document preparing work to select character string candidates. CONSTITUTION:In a step S6, it is discriminated whether the selected and settled item is 'month of letter sending' or not. If it is 'month of letter sending', a month is inputted in a step S7, and the processing is advanced to a step S8; but otherwise, it is discriminated whether the selected and settled item is 'seasonable greeting' or not, namely, whether the seasonable greeting style designation mode is set or not in a step S10. If it is not 'seasonable greeting', the processing is returned to a step S1 after the processing corresponding to the other key inputs in a step S4; but otherwise, a style is selected in a step S11, and the processing is returned to the step S1 after a selected style candidate group is set in a step S12. The set candidate group is displayed at the time of selection and settling, and candidates only in this range are selected.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to document creation in which one sentence example is selected from a plurality of sentence examples prepared in advance, and a final document is created while making modifications to the selected sentence example. Regarding equipment.

0002

[Prior Art] In general, documents such as letters for ceremonial occasions, business texts, and speech manuscripts have many fixed parts.
Anyone can easily create a document of a certain level of quality by processing text examples prepared in advance according to the purpose. Taking this into consideration, in a document creation device such as a word processor, a plurality of sentence examples are prepared in advance, classified according to the purpose, etc., and the sentence examples are searched and recalled according to the purpose. Attempts have been made to create a final document by filling in necessary information, deleting unnecessary parts, rewriting, adding, and other modifications.

[0003] Specifically, the above-mentioned plurality of sentence examples are individually filed as document files (sentence example files) and recorded on a floppy disk, etc., and in order to manage these files, a so-called directory is formed and stored. The information is also recorded in a predetermined area of a floppy disk or the like. A search program for searching for a target file using this directory is also recorded on a floppy disk or the like. That is, a document creation support system consisting of document files corresponding to a plurality of such sentence examples, directories for file searches, search programs, etc. is provided in a form recorded on, for example, a floppy disk.

[0004] For the sentence examples retrieved and called up,
A group of candidate phrases is provided for each character string serving as a predetermined editing unit, for example, a phrase, and the document editing work is proceeded by selecting the most suitable phrase according to the content from among these candidate groups.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] By the way, when considering a letter as an example of the above sentence, the content changes depending on the season, private use, official use, etc., such as seasonal greetings, and the number of candidate phrases in the above candidate group is very large. It becomes enormous. In this way, when the number of candidates in the candidate group is enormous, it takes time to select one appropriate candidate, and document creation efficiency decreases.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and includes a document creation device that selects one candidate from several candidates for each editing unit in a sentence example to proceed with document creation work. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can facilitate the selection of optimal candidates when the number of candidates is extremely large.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A document creation device according to the present invention selects a plurality of sentence examples prepared in advance, displays the selected sentence examples on a two-dimensional screen display means, and selects a plurality of sentence examples prepared in advance, and displays the selected sentence examples on a two-dimensional screen display means. A candidate group consisting of a plurality of character string candidates is provided for each character string that is a unit of editing, and in a document creation device that creates a document while selecting one character string from this candidate group, the candidate group of character strings is By classifying and grouping according to categories and specifying groups according to the document to be created, character string candidates can be created by allowing access only to the group of character string candidates within the specified group during document creation work. The above-mentioned problem is solved by making the selection.

[0008] The above character string can be, for example, a phrase. For example, when the above sentence examples are letters, many of them are fixed phrases, such as greetings regarding the current situation, greetings asking about one's well-being, greetings expressing gratitude, etc., and there are a huge number of possible phrases for specific phrases. is assumed. These candidate phrase groups are classified and grouped according to categories such as season and usage, and by specifying a group when creating a document, it is possible to select only the candidate phrase group within the specified group. It is. For example, a candidate window is opened on the screen of the two-dimensional screen display means, and the candidate phrase group in the selectable range is displayed in this candidate window.

[0009]

[Operation] Even if the number of elements in the candidate group for the above character string (for example, a phrase) is extremely large and it is difficult to simply select the optimal candidate from these candidate groups, a large number of candidate groups can be divided into several groups in advance. By specifying this group, the selectable range is narrowed down to candidates within the group, which simplifies the selection process.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a schematic hardware configuration of an embodiment of a document creation apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a sub-CPU 12 is connected to a main CPU (central processing unit) 11, and the sub-CPU 12 controls key input from a keyboard 13, generation of a buzzing sound from a buzzer 14, and the like. The bus line of the main CPU 11 includes a RAM (random access memory) 15, a program ROM (read only memory) 16, a type font ROM 17, a dictionary ROM 18, an SIO (serial interface) 19, an expansion connector 20, and an LCD (liquid crystal display) controller. 21 etc. are connected. L
The CD controller 21 controls the display of the LCD 23, which is a two-dimensional screen display means, while reading and writing display data to and from a V (video) RAM 22. Main CPU1
A gate array 24 having functions such as a timing generator and an address decoder is connected to the bus line 1, and timing signals and address signals from this gate array 24 are transmitted to the LCD controller 21, VRAM 22, and L
The data is sent to a CD 23 or the like, and a scanner connector 25 is connected to this gate array 24. Also main CP
A disk controller 26 is connected to the bus line U11, and this disk controller 26 transfers data to and from a floppy disk device 28 while reading and writing data to and from an S (static) RAM 27. Furthermore, the bus line of the main CPU 11 has
A printer connector 30 is connected via a buffer 29, and a card connector 31 is also connected.

Here, the floppy disk device 28
The disk for the document creation support system mentioned above is available as a floppy disk to be installed in the floppy disk.
On this disk, a plurality of examples of sentences such as letters for ceremonial occasions and business sentences are recorded as document files. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the search of these multiple document files, hierarchical directories, search programs, and the like are recorded on the disk for the document creation support system. In the embodiment of the present invention, the hierarchical directory is as follows:
The structure is such that branches from multiple clauses in the upper hierarchy are allowed for one clause in the first hierarchy, and multiple paths can be set for one example sentence.

FIG. 2 shows a list of selection items, a so-called menu, at the top layer of such a hierarchical directory. After the reading of the document creation support system disk is completed, the LCD ( This is what is first displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 23. The choices on this first menu are “Information”;
Items according to large categories such as "ceremonial occasions" and "notices", so-called large items, are displayed. Major item 3 whose characters are inverted in the major item menu 34 on this display screen
5 indicates the currently provisionally selected item. This temporary selection item position can be moved by operating the up, down, left, and right cursor keys, and by pressing the enter key, such as the YES key, with the desired item highlighted, the selected item can be moved. It can be confirmed. For example, as shown in Figure 2, if you press the YES key (generally the Enter key) while the major item "Ceremonies" is highlighted, the major item "Ceremonies" will be displayed as shown in Figure 3. ``Weddings and Funerals'' is selected, and the corresponding menu 36 is displayed.

[0013] FIG. 3 shows a state in which the main item "Ceremonies" has been selected and a menu 36 is displayed that lists medium items that are options within the main item "Ceremonies". There is. In this middle item menu 36, there are "celebrations of life"
, ``Awards and Decorations,'' and ``Marriage,'' among other medium-level categories. The fact that the highlighted middle item 37 of the menu 36 represents a temporary selection state and that the highlighted display position can be moved by operating the cursor keys is as follows.
This is the same as in the case of FIG. 2 above. If you press the YES key (enter key) in the state shown in FIG. 3, the "Marriage" item will be selected and the next menu 38 will appear as shown in FIG.
appears.

In FIG. 4, a small item menu 38 is displayed in which more detailed items (small items) of the selected medium item "Marriage" are listed. Specific examples of sub-items in this menu 38 include "Notice of Engagement", "Information on Wedding Ceremony", "Invitation to Reception", etc. In Figure 4, the sub-items of "Invitation to Reception" are listed. Item 39 is temporarily selected and displayed in reverse video. When the YES key (enter key) is pressed in this state, a specific sentence example corresponding to the selection item "banquet invitation" is read out and displayed, as shown in FIG.

Here, the sentence examples called up by selecting each sub-item in the menu 38 in FIG. 4 can also be searched via other paths (selection paths) depending on the content. For example, select the large item "Information" in the large item menu 34 in Figure 2 above, select the medium item "Marriage" in the next displayed medium item menu, and then select the small item displayed next. The sentence example shown in FIG. 5 can also be called up by selecting the sub-item "reception" in the menu. Further, for example, the sentence example called up by selecting the sub-item "wedding celebration" in the sub-item menu 38 of FIG. 4 displayed after the selection procedures of FIGS. Item menu 34
It can also be called up by selecting the major item ``Celebration'' in the menu, selecting the medium item ``To individuals'' in the next medium item menu, and selecting the minor item ``Marriage'' in the next small item menu. Can be done.

[0016] By setting multiple paths (selection routes) for one sentence example in this way, the original classification items can be reflected in the directory structure as is, and the menu of small items can be reached as is in the past. It is possible to avoid complicated trial-and-error operations such as returning to the medium-item menu or large-item menu when a target sentence example is not found at a stage, and the search becomes easier.

That is, FIG. 6 shows a specific example of the above-mentioned hierarchical directory. Immediately after the reading of the program of the above-mentioned writing support system disk is completed, the first block address As of the hierarchical directory file of FIG. is read, and the data of the first block BL0 at this address As is read. In this first block BL0, initial data for generating the large item menu 34 shown in FIG. File number data NF indicating the number of items (number of files), then file group (data block group)
The first address data Af of the parent directory is written, and the first address data Ap of the parent directory is written last. In the example of FIG. 2 above, the number NF of major items is 14. 14 files (data blocks) BL1, BL2, . . . are provided corresponding to each of these major items.
The start address is specified by the start address data Af of the block BL0. Each block BL1, BL2, ... corresponding to each of the above major items contains character data such as "ceremonial occasion" which is the name (title) of the major item, and text data corresponding to the block (file) in order from the beginning. File type data FT indicating whether the item is a directory or a file, and start address data Ad of the content data of the item are respectively written. Here, since the file type of each major item is a directory, file type data FT(D) indicating a directory is used. Each of these large item blocks BL1, BL2,...
・The menu for each selected large item (for example, the middle item menu 36 in FIG.
) can determine the starting position of the series of data to generate.

[0018] The data structure for generating the medium item menu showing the contents for each of these large items is the same as the case of the large item menu described above, and the first block contains the corresponding items in order from the beginning. Title of middle item menu (
For example, the data includes character string data indicating "ceremonial occasion"), file number data NF, file group head address data Af, and parent directory head address data Ap. In addition, the data blocks corresponding to each medium item include, in order from the beginning, character data such as "marriage" indicating the name of the medium item, and file type data FT (D) indicating the directory.
, and the start address data Ad of the data that is the content of the item. Each of these start address data A
d, it is possible to read out a series of data for generating a small item menu as shown in FIG. 4, for example. This small item menu generation data also has the same structure as the large item and medium item generation data described above, but since each small item corresponds to a file (document file), file type data FT indicating the file is used. (F) is used, and the start address data Ad indicates the start address of the document file DF corresponding to each of the above sentence examples. The document file DF consists of a file header FH at the top position and document data DD as the body.

FIG. 7 shows the data structure or file format of the file header FH of the document file DF. In this FIG. 7, from the beginning, file header size FHS, document type DT, acronym type HT,
The number of points to note NR, the number NA of safety greeting data, and the number of thank you greetings data NG are each arranged by one byte, followed by N1 bytes of notes data RD, N2 bytes of safety data AD, and finally N3 bytes of gratitude data. GD is arranged to constitute a file header FH. The 6 bytes from the beginning of this file header FH are always a necessary area, and the data after that is variable depending on each document file.

Returning to FIG. 5 again, the screen 40 in FIG. 5 shows a display screen of two-dimensional display means, such as the LCD (liquid crystal display) 23 in FIG. 1 described above. This display screen 40
Above, the selected sentence example is displayed in the main text window 41, and when this sentence example is corrected, character strings called predetermined phrases are grouped together as a unit of correction. Generally, a group of meaningful character strings is considered to be a phrase, and a highlighted portion 42 in the main text window 41 is called a phrase of interest. This inverted display position can be moved by operating the up, down, left, and right cursor keys, and the phrase to be corrected is displayed in inverted video (as the phrase of interest) and edited. The above path (selected route) is displayed at the upper right position of the main text window 41 in the screen 40. At the lower position of the text window 41, example sentences and various information related to the current state are displayed, as will be described later. Specifically, for example, information indicating the month and style of writing for seasonal greetings (for example, for public and private use, private credit, etc.), or the writing style for safety greetings (for example, for organizations, individuals, private credit, etc.), etc. In the example shown in FIG. 5, it is displayed in the center of the lower part of the text window 41 that the month in which the letter is sent is "April" and the writing style for inquiring about the person's safety is "addressed to an individual (ceremonial)." There is.

When the YES key (or enter key, etc.) is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 5, the candidate group of the highlighted phrase 42 of interest is displayed in the candidate window 43 as shown in FIG. One of the phrases will be highlighted. This candidate window 43 is displayed in the main text window 41 at a position above or below the phrase of interest 42 . When the noteworthy phrase 42 is located above the main text window 41, the candidate window 4
3 is displayed at the lower position, and when the noteworthy phrase 42 is located at the lower part of the main text window 41, the candidate window 43 is displayed.
is displayed in the upper position. In this state, the inverted display position can be moved up or down by operating the up and down cursor keys, and at the same time, the focused phrase in the text is switched and displayed to the inverted candidate phrase.

With this candidate window 43 displayed, the phrase of interest can be switched by performing a predetermined switching operation, for example, by pressing the shift key and operating the left and right cursor keys. You can also switch the displayed candidate windows. Specific examples of this are shown in FIGS. 9A, B, and C. In other words, in A, B, and C of FIG. 9, the phrases "Ladies and Gentlemen,""Ladies and Gentlemen,""Two young people," and "On the departure of..." are sequentially highlighted and switched to the above-mentioned phrase of interest. Each state is shown below. In FIG. 9A, "Ladies and Gentlemen," is the notable phrase 42A, and a group of four candidate phrases are displayed in the candidate window 43A. In this state, if you press the right cursor key while holding down the shift key, the phrase "Young couple" will be highlighted and become the attention phrase 42B, as shown in B in Figure 9, and a candidate window will be displayed above this attention phrase 42B. 43B is opened and the corresponding candidate phrase group (3 candidates) is displayed. Furthermore, if you press the right cursor key while holding down the shift key, a message will appear as shown in Figure 9C.
” is highlighted and becomes the attention phrase 42C, and a corresponding candidate window 43C (two candidates) is displayed. In addition, if you press the left cursor key while holding down the shift key in the display state shown in C of FIG. 9, the state will shift to the state shown in B of FIG. Transition to display state.

[0023] In this way, by performing one predetermined key operation (for example, operating the left and right cursor keys while holding down the shift key), the above-mentioned phrase of interest and the corresponding candidate phrase group can be switched and displayed. , it is possible to compare candidate groups before and after a predetermined phrase in a sentence, making it easy to select an appropriate candidate while considering the connections before and after the sentence. Also, when you want to check whether a specific keyword is included in a text, etc.
You can easily see all candidates.

Next, in FIG. 10, in the character string (the above-mentioned phrase) in which □ is written in the sentence, the □ part is undefined and it is necessary to input the character. By highlighting the phrase including this undetermined part, the phrase 42 of interest as described above is displayed.
Then, when the YES key is pressed, the candidate window 43 opens as described above, and when the YES key is further pressed, the candidate phrase is confirmed and a character input window 45 as shown in FIG. 11 appears. In this character input window 45, character input locations (three locations in the illustrated example) within the noteworthy phrase 42 are displayed.
Character input marks 46 are displayed in one line for each line, and characters can be input only at the positions of these character input marks 46. The mark 46 at the current character input position (mark 46p on the bottom line in FIG. 11) is displayed periodically or intermittently in reverse (so-called blink display), and this current character input position can be changed by operating the up and down cursor keys. You can switch by doing this.

At a predetermined position in the character input window 45, for example, the top line, the current character input position (mark 46
Information (input content explanatory text) 47 indicating the content to be input according to p) is displayed. This input content information 47 is recorded in relation to the data of each phrase in the sentence example file (document file in which sentence examples are described). When actually generating the input window 45, it counts how many locations of input position information (characters marked □ above) are included in the character string (phrase) information, and creates a window that separates input locations and fixed phrases. generate. During input/editing, input content information 47 corresponding to the input location where input/editing work is currently being performed is displayed on the message display line (in the illustrated example, the top line) of the character input window 45. Here, only the "product name" is recorded in the sentence example file, and the remaining part "Please enter" is recorded in the input window 4, for example.
5 can be automatically added and displayed by a program, the storage capacity can be reduced.

FIG. 12 shows a specific example of the data structure recorded on the medium of a phrase (the phrase of interest 42 in FIGS. 10 and 11) including the undefined portion (a portion requiring character input). In FIG. 12, the character input phrase record data is composed of three lines corresponding to three candidate phrases. For example, a 1-byte input code IN is placed at the head position of the first line of these three lines, and then two separators SP, each 1 byte are placed, and input content information (2 bytes per kanji character) is placed. The character string "product name" which is a part of ) is placed, the input code IN is placed again, and the first candidate phrase is ``Well, the item you sent to me on □ month □ day is □□.'' This line ends with the candidate end code SE. The two separators SP and SP in this line indicate that there are three character input locations within the candidate phrase,
Since there is no input content information in the front position of each of these separators SP, when entering characters in the previous two locations (each character input location of "□month□day"), why not display an explanation of the input content? , or simply a generic prompt like "Please enter your data." At the third input location, the character string "Please enter" is added to the character string "Product Name" by the program and displayed. In the next line, starting from the input code IN, a character string of (part of) the input content information such as "Product Name" is placed immediately, and the next candidate phrase "Last time, The character string ``I ordered □□ from us'' is placed and ends with the candidate end code SE. The next line is another candidate phrase, “The other day,” right from the beginning.
The character string ``The item shipped from your company.'' is placed and ends with the phrase end code PE.

Based on this data structure, when this phrase is a notable phrase (highlighted), a candidate window 43 opens as shown in FIG. 10 by performing a predetermined operation (for example, pressing the YES key). hand,
Each of the above three candidate phrases in FIG. 12 is read out and displayed, and by further performing a predetermined operation (pressing the YES key), a character input window 45 is displayed as shown in FIG.
opens, and characters can be input only at the position of the character input mark 46, and at the same time an explanatory text 47 about the content to be currently input is displayed.

Input data obtained by inputting characters as described above is sent to a memory such as a RAM and stored, for example, at the timing when the character input window 45 is closed. Further, data of the phrase selected and confirmed from the candidate group is also stored in the memory. Regarding the document editing data stored in this memory, after exiting the document creation support program and switching to a general word processor program, the document data can be recalled and modified or rewritten as desired.
Of course, it can be printed out or saved on a floppy disk. When you exit the document creation support program and return to the word processor program, you can choose between exiting with the document written to memory as described above, or clearing the document and exiting. . Note that the document creation support program itself may be provided with a floppy disk writing function, a printout function, and the like.

By performing the input/editing work using the character input window 45 as described above, the Japanese word processor function can be used to input fixed phrases such as writing individual items such as dates, personal names, product names, and addresses. It is convenient because it can be done without switching. This is because switching to the Japanese word processor function requires waiting time for loading the program, etc., and when switching to the Japanese word processor function, the entire sentence can be easily rewritten, so it is difficult to write the individual items mentioned above. Considering that there is a risk that other parts may be rewritten, by using the character input window 45, individual items can be easily written without the need for troublesome efforts such as program switching.
Moreover, the necessary parts (the parts you want to keep) are protected from being rewritten. Therefore, anyone can input fixed phrases easily and without error.

Next, FIG. 13 shows a screen displaying an additional information window 49 in which so-called "writing points" are described as additional information corresponding to, for example, the currently called sentence example. The "points of writing" described in this additional information window 49 are advice for finishing the called sentence example, and different advice is prepared for each sentence example. If this simplified advice does not fit within the additional information window 49, it can be scrolled up and down by operating the up and down cursor keys. In order to open this additional information window 49, for example, a dedicated additional information display key may be provided and operated, but in order to prevent an increase in the number of keys, for example, a pop-up menu displayed by pressing a function key may be used. It is only necessary to select the item "Points for writing style" from the menu (for example, by pressing the YES key while highlighting the item). This additional information is
It can be displayed and checked in the main text window 41 of the screen at any time during document creation. Note that it is conceivable that the additional information data may be provided indirectly for each sentence example data, instead of being provided directly.

In this way, at the same time as the selected sentence example file data, the data of "writing points" as additional information corresponding to the sentence example is read out, and by performing a predetermined operation, for example, selecting "writing points" from the pop-up menu. It can be displayed on the screen by operations such as selecting an item. Therefore, when creating the desired document, there is no need to use references, books, etc., and the above additional information (points on how to write, etc.) corresponding to the currently called sentence example can be displayed on the screen as necessary. You can easily obtain peripheral knowledge information that is useful for document creation.

Next, FIGS. 14 and 15 show screens on which selection items for information retrieval and specific contents of the selected items are displayed simultaneously. These Figures 14 and 1
5, for example, a display window 51 for honorific and humble titles.
is opened above the display of the large item menu 34. This display window 51 includes a title column 52 where the name (title) of the window is displayed, a selection item column 53 where a plurality of selection items are displayed, and the contents of the selected item among these selection items. That is, it consists of content display columns 54 and 55 in which honorific titles and humble titles are displayed, respectively. The currently selected item is displayed in reverse (inverted display) 56. This honorific title and humble title display window 51 can be displayed by selecting and confirming the item "Honorific title and humble title" from the pop-up menu, for example, while the document creation support system is loaded and the program is running. It can be called up at any time by pressing the YES key while the

When the honorific title and humble title display window 51 is open, if you operate the cursor keys to move the highlighted display area 56 and switch the selection item, the content (honorific title) display field 54 will display the selected item. The honorific name, which is the content of the item, and the humble name are displayed in the contents (humbly title) display column 55, respectively. Therefore, by arbitrarily switching and selecting an item in the selection item field 53, the contents will be displayed in the content display field 53.
4. The display will be automatically switched to within 55, so
You will be able to quickly check each content. This is because in the past, it was necessary to select one of the selection items on the screen using cursor key operations and then press the enter key to switch the screen and display the content. There is no need to switch to a display mode, which reduces the effort by half, and in particular, the operating procedure when viewing the contents of a plurality of selection items one after another is greatly simplified.

[0034] By the way, when the example sentence is a letter, there are many candidates or options for seasonal greetings or greetings inquiring about the person's safety depending on the situation, so let's select the most suitable one from all of these candidates. In this case, the selection process becomes complicated and takes time. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, a group of candidates for sentences and phrases that are standard phrases such as seasonal greetings, greetings inquiring about one's safety, greetings expressing gratitude, etc. They are categorized and grouped according to categories such as purpose and season, and accessed by group.

For example, in the case of seasonal greetings, all candidates are 1
Classified into 12 groups from March to December, and further categorized by usage: greetings mainly in Chinese, simple greetings in Japanese and Chinese,
They are categorized based on style, such as polite greetings for personal trust, and emotional greetings for personal trust, and are classified into each group. Specifically, for example, examples of candidate phrases for each writing style for seasonal greetings in letters sent in January are shown in Table 1, and examples of candidate phrases for each writing style for February, March, etc. are as shown in Table 2, Table 3, etc.

[Table 1]

[Table 2]

[Table 3]

[0036] By specifying the month among the many candidate groups shown in Tables 1 and 2, the number of selection items can be reduced to approximately 1/2.
Narrowed down to 12. For example, if January is specified, Table 1 will be selected, and if February is specified, Table 2 will be selected. Furthermore, by specifying one writing style, candidates are narrowed down to one group within each month, reducing the number of choices to about a dozen at most. Without such classification, the number of options would exceed 100, and in some cases, the number would increase to several hundred, making searching cumbersome.

Such group designation is performed using, for example, a so-called pop-up window. That is, for example, by pressing the function key "Edit 1", a corresponding pop-up menu is displayed. This menu has options such as "Month to send a letter,""Greetings for the season," and "Greetings for safety." Use the cursor keys to tentatively select the desired item (highlight it) and confirm. By pressing the YES key, the mode shifts to a mode in which each item can be specified. Regarding the month specification, if the document creation device is provided with a clock function (clock function with calendar), it is preferable to read the current month and automatically specify the month. Furthermore, regarding the writing style, the program may be configured to automatically specify a writing style that is frequently used depending on the example sentence.

FIG. 16 shows a flowchart for explaining the month and writing style designation operations as described above. The operation shown in FIG. 16 can be started at any time while the document production support system is loaded from a floppy disk or the like and the program is running, but the writing style for seasonal greetings cannot be specified unless an example sentence is called up. . In the first step S1 in FIG. 16, a key input is waited for, and in step S2 it is determined whether or not there is a key input. If NO (no key input), the process returns to step S1. Step S
If YES (key input) is determined in step 2, the process advances to step S3 where the input key is the key for displaying the pop-up menu (for example, "edit 1").
key"). When it is determined NO in this step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, and after performing processing according to the input key, the process proceeds to step S1.
Returns to waiting for key input. YES in step S3 (
For example, if it is determined that the above-mentioned "edit 1 key" is selected, the process advances to step S5 and menu selection processing is performed. Specifically, the user operates the cursor keys to temporarily select (highlight) an item on the pop-up menu, and then performs a confirming operation (pressing the YES key). Next step S6
Then, it is determined whether or not the selected and confirmed item is the "month for sending letters", and if YES, the process proceeds to step S7, where the month is entered, and then the process proceeds to step S8. In step S8, it is determined whether the input month has changed from the previously specified month. If NO, the process returns to step S1, and if YES, a new input is performed in step S9. The user then sets a seasonal greeting according to the month, and returns to the input process in step S1.

If the determination in step S6 is NO (the selected item is not "Month for sending letters"), the process advances to step S10 to determine whether or not the selected item is "seasonal greetings"; It is determined whether or not the greeting style specification mode is set. If NO, proceed to step S above.
After proceeding to the process corresponding to the other key inputs in step S1, the process returns to the key input process in step S1. Step S1
If YES at 0, a writing style is selected in step S11, a candidate group of seasonal greetings for the selected writing style is set in step S12, and then the process returns to the key input process in step S1. This set candidate group is a candidate phrase group that is displayed in the candidate window when the user selects and confirms the phrase of interest, and candidates are selected only within this range. In other words, the selection range is limited to about ten or so at most, simplifying the selection operation,
The time required for selection is reduced.

Information about the group specified by such an operation is displayed on the screen 40 in FIG. 5, as described above.
It is displayed at the lower center of the main text window 41 in the text window 41. Specifically, in the example shown in Figure 5, the month in which the letter is sent is "April," the current phrase of interest is part of a greeting message inquiring about one's safety, and the writing style is "addressed to an individual (ceremonial)." is displayed.

Note that the above-mentioned grouping of multiple candidates (choices) is applicable not only to greeting sentences but also to the selection environment of a large number of sentences in the same column that can be classified according to their purpose or the like. Further, the classification categories are not limited to seasons (months, etc.) or writing styles (public use, private use, Japanese-Chinese, etc.), and other uses and situations may be taken into consideration. Furthermore, the character strings to be selected are not limited to the above-mentioned phrases, but may be phrases, sentences, paragraphs, etc.

[0042]

Effects of the Invention According to the document creation device of the present invention, one of a plurality of sentence example files is selected and displayed on the two-dimensional screen display means, and each character string serving as a unit of editing in the displayed sentence example is A document creation device that creates a document by selecting one character string from the candidate groups, each of which has a candidate group consisting of a plurality of character string candidates, classifies the candidate character strings according to categories. By grouping and specifying a group in advance according to the document to be created, when creating a document, only the group of character string candidates within the specified group is allowed to be accessed and character string candidates are selected. The selection range is narrowed down, making it easier to select character string candidates. In particular, even if the number of elements in the candidate group for the above character string is extremely large and it is difficult to directly select the optimal candidate from these candidate groups, a large number of candidate groups are classified in advance into several groups, and this By specifying a group, the selectable range is narrowed down to candidates within the group, which simplifies the task of selecting character string candidates and improves document creation/editing efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a large item menu for selecting items on the initial display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a middle item menu on the display screen of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a small item menu on the display screen of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sentence example display state on the display screen of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the structure of a hierarchical directory according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a file header of a sentence example file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which candidate groups of phrases of interest in display example sentences are displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state in which candidate groups are switched and displayed in response to switching of a phrase of interest in a display sentence example in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a group of candidates for a phrase of interest including a character input location in a displayed sentence example is displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a character input window is opened by selecting a candidate including a character input position of a group of candidate phrases of interest in a display sentence example in the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the data structure of phrases in the sentence example file of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which writing points, which are additional information corresponding to display sentence examples, are displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state in which selection items for information search and the contents of the selected items are displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a state in which selection items for information search and the contents of the selected items are displayed in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining a group designation operation for grouped candidate groups in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11......CPU 13...Keyboard 21...LCD controller 23...
...LCD (liquid crystal display) 26...
Disk controller 28...Floppy disk device 34...Major item menu 36...Medium item menu 38...Small item menu 40... Display screen 41... Main text window 42... Featured phrase 43... Candidate window 45... ...Character input window 47...
... Input content information 49 ... Additional information window 51 ...
...Honorific title, humble title display window 52...
・Title field 53...Selection item field

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Select a plurality of sentence examples prepared in advance,
This selected sentence example is displayed on a two-dimensional screen display means, and a candidate group consisting of a plurality of character string candidates is provided for each character string that is a unit of editing in the displayed sentence example. In a document creation device that creates a document while selecting character strings, the document creation task can be performed by classifying and grouping the candidate character strings according to categories, and specifying the groups according to the document to be created. What is claimed is: 1. A document creation device that allows access to only a group of character string candidates within the designated group at times to select character string candidates.