JPH04362770A - Method and device for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to convert into a character string of a desired form by outputting by the output form corresponding to the output form information of a second character string when an inputted first character string is converted into the second character string. CONSTITUTION:In a register word dictionary 12 describing the readings of words and the corresponding of character modification information, form information and a character code string, the data showing whether modification information and form information for the character string after conversion exist or not, or what contents these bits of information have if they exist is preliminarily stored. When a conversion character string for the reading inputted from a keyboard 8 is outputted to a CRT 14, the remarked conversion character string is outputted by being modified in accordance with the modification information and form information if these bits of information exist for the conversion character string. Namely, when an inputted first character string is converted into a second character string corresponding to it, the second character string is outputted by the output form if the output form information for the second character string exist.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document processing method and an apparatus thereof, and more particularly, to a document processing method and an apparatus for processing a document. the second
The present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus for converting the text into a character string.

0002

[Prior Art] Usually, this type of device has a dictionary that describes the correspondence between readings and character code strings, finds the character code string corresponding to the reading input by the operator, and outputs it. ing. This is the so-called kana-kanji conversion.

[0003] In order to perform the kana-kanji conversion process, as explained above, a dictionary is referred to, and there is a word registration dictionary that allows user-specific descriptions. In this registered word dictionary, among the correspondences between pronunciations and character code strings that are frequently used by the user, words that are not described in the dictionary prepared in advance by the device are registered. Using this function, users could easily input a specific character code string using the same operations as normal conversion operations. Users were also able to arbitrarily manage and register this registered word dictionary.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional example described above, the contents described in the registered word dictionary are only readings and character code strings. Therefore, when creating/editing a document, if the modification information for a certain word (character string) is determined, the modification information must be set every time the word is converted. The problem arises that this is not the case.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing method and apparatus capable of converting a character string into a desired output format.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve this problem, the document processing method of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, in a document processing method that converts an input first character string into a second character string by referring to a dictionary that describes the relationship between a first character string and a second character string, stores the output format information for the second character string, and when the first character string is input, the second character string is
Output in the output format corresponding to the output format information of the character string.

[0007] Furthermore, the document processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration.

[0008] With reference to a dictionary that describes the relationship between the first character string and the second character string, the input first character string is converted into the second character string.
in the document processing device for converting into a character string, a storage means for storing output format information for the second character string in the dictionary, and a second character string corresponding to the input first character string. , and output means for outputting the second character string in a corresponding output format.

[0009]

[Operation] In the configuration of the present invention, the input first
When converting a character string into a second character string corresponding to the character string, if there is output format information for the second character string, the second character string is output in that output format.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a document processing system according to an embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is C which controls the entire system.
It is PU. 2 is a memory, and a program area 2a stores programs related to control processing of the CPU 1.
and a work area 2b for various processing. Note that this program area 2a contains, in addition to the programs related to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 7, which will be described later.
Programs related to various processes are also stored. 3 is a floppy disk, and 4 is a hard disk. The floppy disk 3 is mainly used for backing up personal or common data, and the hard disk device is used when processing common data. Reference numeral 5 denotes an FD/HD controller that controls the floppy disk 3 and the hard disk 4 to transmit and receive data. Also, 6
is a printer that forms images. Reference numeral 7 denotes an S/P interface, through which print data is output to the printer 6. Reference numeral 8 denotes a keyboard for inputting various characters and instruction information, to which a pointing device 9 is connected. The input key information and movement information from the pointing device 9 are output together as serial data. 10 is a serial parallel interface that inputs this serial data and converts it into corresponding parallel data. 11 is a character font storage unit that stores patterns corresponding to character symbol codes; 12 is a registered word dictionary that describes the correspondence between word pronunciations, character modification information, and format information and character code strings; A magnetic disk device is used as a storage medium. 13 is V that develops the display screen as image data
A RAM 14 is a CRT that visualizes and displays the image data developed in the VRAM 13. Note that these various components are electrically connected via a bus 100 (including an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus).

Next, the overall process flow of the present invention will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of the CPU 1 when inputting words to the registered word dictionary (word registration processing).

[0015] Among the character strings displayed on the CRT 14,
The word to be registered is entered using the keyboard 8 or pointing device 9 (Step S1)
. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the first character and the last character of the character code string (in the illustrated case, the character string "word dictionary") to be registered are specified with a graphic cursor linked to the pointing device 9.

Next, proceeding to step S2, the character code string specified in the previous operation and a modification information table showing character modification information and format information when registering the character code string in the dictionary are created as shown in FIG. displayed on a CRT. In FIG. 4, 4-1 indicates the modification state at the time of registration of the character code string to be registered. Qualified items are highlighted as 4-3, and unqualified items are displayed as 4-4. Note that when a character string to be registered is specified, the state of the modification information that the character string has is reflected and displayed on the initial screen of the word registration screen. In other words, in the case of Fig. 4, the character string "word dictionary" to be registered specified in Fig. 3 indicates that it has emphasis marks, double underlining, Gothic font, and 16 point size. ing.

Now, in the next step S3, the registered character 4-2 is entered in the modification information column 4-2 displayed in the previous step S2.
Input the reading for 1 and, if necessary, add character modification information and format information using the pointing device 9.
, click on the relevant item (operation of pressing a button provided on the pointing device 9) to specify it. The character modification information and format information that can be added at this time are shown in Figure 5.
This is the information shown in .

Whether or not there is any other character modification information and format information to be added is input by clicking the end key in column 4-5 (step S4). Then, the processing up to step S3 is repeated until it is determined that there is no character modification information and format information to be added.

[0019] Furthermore, when a signal indicating the end of the registration process is input by clicking on column 4-5, the next step S5
In step S3, it is determined whether the reading input has been completed, and if not, the process returns to step S3.

[0020] Now, if it is determined in step S5 that the reading input has been completed, the process proceeds to step S6.
Proceed to and enter the specified character code string, reading, in the registered word dictionary 12.
Register character modification information and format information. At this time, the words are stored in the registered word dictionary 12 in a structure as shown in FIG. For example, for a registered word as shown in Figure 4, the reading is stored in 6-1 in Figure 6, the character code string ``word dictionary'' is stored in 6-2, and the character code string ``word dictionary'' is stored in 6-3. Grammar information (for example, whether it is a noun or an adverb) is stored. 6-4 to 6-10 are locations where information regarding character modification information and format information is stored. 6-4 is a pointer to the location where character modification information and format information are stored (6-4 in Figure 6).
5) is stored, and if there is no character modification information or format information, a NULL pointer is stored. 6
-5 stores information that an underline is added, and 6-6 stores the line type of the underline. 6-7 stores information that a point of emphasis has been added. Information that the font is Gothic is stored in 6-8, and the size of the font is stored in 6-9. From 6-10 to just before 6-11, other character modification information and format information are stored. 6-11
Below, information on other words is stored.

Next, a process for extracting a registered character code string from the registered word dictionary 12 (kana-kanji conversion process) will be explained.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of the CPU 1 when converting a character code string to which desired character modification information and format information are added using the registered word dictionary 12.

In step S100, the user inputs the reading of the character code string to be input on the CRT 14 using the keyboard 8, and presses a conversion key (not shown).

In the next step S101, the registered word dictionary 12 uses the input character string corresponding to the reading as the reading key.
The information is searched and displayed on the CRT 14 as shown in FIG. Then, in the next step S102, the user inputs whether or not to search for a homophone of the displayed character string. Here, the process of step S101 is repeated until it is input that a homophone is not to be searched.

Now, when the character string is determined in step S102, it is determined in step S103 whether character modification information or format information is registered in the character string. If it is determined that character modification information and format information are not registered for the character string of interest, the process ends. In other words, it is the same as normal kana-kanji conversion processing. In addition, whether character modification information and format information are registered or not,
As can be seen from FIG. 6, it is sufficient to check the inside of the pointer 6-4 to the modification information of the corresponding word. If it is NULL, it can be determined that there is no such modification/format information.

Further, if it is determined in step S103 that character modification information or format information is registered for the character string of interest, one combination of the registered character modification information and format information is added. , CRT as shown in Figure 9
14 (step S104). Then, the user inputs and judges whether or not to combine the displayed character modification information and format information (step S105). Here, if it is determined that a combination of other character modification information and format information is to be used (for example, if you do not want to modify anything), search for another combination among the registered modification information (step S106), and step S104 Return to

If it is determined in step S105 that other character modification information and format information are not to be combined, the current state is determined and the process is terminated.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, by adding character modification information and format information to the registered word dictionary, specific character modification information and format information can be added with the same operation as a normal conversion operation. The specified character code string can be easily entered.

Furthermore, by automatically adding character modification information and format information to a specific character code string, document formats can be unified without the user being aware of it.

[0030] Furthermore, by adding the line feed code in the registered character code string (including the last one) and the indent/tab information of the registered character code string as the format information section of the word registration dictionary, the respective effects can be adjusted at the time of word conversion. Obtainable.

[0031] Furthermore, by adding information regarding color as a character modification part of the registered word dictionary, it is possible to obtain a character code string modified by the color registered at the time of word conversion.

Furthermore, as a storage medium for the registered word dictionary, a rewritable magneto-optical disk or a RAM card can also be used.

Although the present invention has been applied to a system consisting of a plurality of devices, it may also be applied to an apparatus consisting of one device. It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to cases where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or device.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a document processing method and apparatus capable of converting a character string into a desired output format.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation processing procedure for word registration in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of specifying registered words in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a word registration screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing character modification information and format information that can be registered in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the format of a registered word dictionary in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation processing procedure of kana-kanji conversion according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen during kana-kanji conversion according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen during kana-kanji conversion according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU 2 Memory 8 Keyboard 9 Pointing device 12 Registered word dictionary 14 CRT

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: A document processing method for converting an input first character string into a second character string by referring to a dictionary that describes the relationship between the first character string and the second character string, comprising: Output format information for a second character string is stored in the dictionary, and when the first character string is input, the second character string is outputted in accordance with the output format information of the second character string. A document processing method characterized by outputting in a format. 2. A document processing device that converts an input first character string into a second character string by referring to a dictionary that describes the relationship between the first character string and the second character string, a storage means for storing output format information for a second character string in the dictionary; and a storage means for storing output form information for a second character string in the dictionary; 1. A document processing device comprising: an output means for outputting in an output format.