JPH05120277A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve plural words and phrases with good efficiency by setting plural retrieval words and phrases at the same time and performing comparing operation by a retrieval word and phrase multiple retrieval means. CONSTITUTION:This document processor is equipped with a keyboard 11 and a mouse 12 as input devices and a bit map display 13 as an output device; and a CPU 21 is connected to a circuit device through a bus 22 and performs various control over the generation of documents and figures, the retrieval and replacement of a character string in a document being generated, etc. And, the processor is equipped with a retrieval word and phrase setting means which sets plural words and phrases to be retrieved at the same time to the stored document and the retrieval word and phrase multiple retrieval means which compares the words and phrases set by the retrieval word and phrase setting means in order for respective words and phrases of the document, and the retrieval result obtained by this retrieval word and phrase multiple retrieval means is displayed on the bit map display 13. Therefore, plural retrieval words and phrases can be set at the same time and the retrieval word and phrase multiple retrieval means performs the comparing operation in order to retrieve the plural words and phrases.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention searches for a specific character or a character string in a created document, such as a Japanese word processor or a workstation or a computer having a Japanese processing function. The present invention relates to a document processing device having a function of replacing the searched word / phrase with another word / phrase.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Document processors such as computers for word processors and workstations are widely used, and there are many opportunities to create sentences and figures using them. Since such documents created by these document processing devices are digitized, it is possible to easily search for a specific character string, display the corresponding character string on a display such as a CRT, or You can replace the string you want with another string. For example, you can search for a character string "language" from a document that has already been created or a document that is currently being created, display these in order from the beginning or end of the document, or replace the character string "language" with the character string "language". Can be converted into a batch or selectively.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional document processing apparatus, it is possible to search for a predetermined word / phrase in the created text and replace the searched word / phrase with another word / phrase. However, for example, the current phrase "Table 1" is referred to as "Table 2" and the current phrase "Table 2" is referred to as "Third Table".
When searching or replacing a plurality of sets of words and phrases in a document such as "table", it is necessary to perform a search or replacement operation for each set. For this reason, not only is it time-consuming to perform these operations, but in the case of replacement, it is necessary to replace the document each time, so there is a problem in that the time required for the entire operation also becomes long.

Further, although the conventional document processing apparatus can specify various matching conditions for searching and matching with a document, only a fixed word or character string is replaced. Therefore, when replacing the searched words, the operator "replaces" or "does not replace".
However, it was not possible to judge the contents to be replaced and decide.

The latter problem will be described more specifically. For example, regarding the operation of unifying the style, it is indispensable for a human to judge a sentence. This is because there are verbs with different variants depending on how to read the kanji. So even if the same character is searched for,
Not only "replace" and "do not replace" but also "replace with different characters" occur.

[0006] As an example, it is assumed that the style of the phrase "explicit" is converted to the "damasu" tone. Now, if we replace the phrase "doesn't" in a sentence, this phrase can be replaced with "doesn't" or "doesn't." And the phrase "doesn't exist." In some cases, it can be replaced with.

[0007] For example, for a sentence "the user must make a grammatical judgment", "... must do" or "... must do." It can be converted into a phrase, but "...
... must do. Cannot be converted into a sentence. On the other hand, the sentence "I can't make a red cloth (I can't make a red cloth)" can be replaced with the sentence "I can't make a red cloth."
"It's not a red cloth." Or "It's not a red cloth."
Cannot be replaced with.

As described above, word replacement cannot always be executed in one pattern. Therefore, the operator needs to manually input an appropriate phrase when the prepared sentence to be replaced is not appropriate, which causes a complicated and inefficient conversion operation of the sentence.

Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of efficiently searching a plurality of sets of words.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus which can efficiently replace a plurality of sets of words.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of easily performing a plurality of replacements for a single word / phrase.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of document storage means for storing the contents of a document and a plurality of search terms for searching the document stored in the document storage means are set at the same time. A search phrase setting means, a search phrase multiple search device for sequentially comparing a plurality of phrases set by the search phrase setting device with respect to each word of the document, and a result searched by the search phrase multiple search device. The document processing apparatus is provided with a display unit for displaying.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of search terms are set at the same time, and a plurality of search term multiple search means perform comparison operations in order to enable a plurality of sets of searches. Achieve the purpose of.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the document storage means for storing the content of the document, the search word setting means for simultaneously setting a plurality of search words for searching the document stored in the document storage means, and these search operations A replacement phrase setting means for simultaneously setting replacement phrases for replacing these words and phrases, and a search phrase multiple search means for sequentially comparing a plurality of phrases set by the search phrase setting component for each word of the document, and The document processing apparatus is provided with a phrase replacement unit that replaces the phrase searched by the search phrase multiple search unit with the corresponding replacement phrase.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of sets of search terms and replacement terms are associated and set at the same time, and the efficiency of these replacements is increased to achieve the second object.

It should be noted that, in the invention as set forth in claim 2, a desired phrase among the phrases searched by the plurality of search phrase search means is replaced with a corresponding replacement phrase so that necessity of replacement can be selected. By doing so, the above-mentioned second object can be achieved.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the document storage means for storing the contents of the document, the search word / phrase setting means for setting the search word / phrase for searching the document stored in the document storage means, and the document Search term search means for comparing the terms set by the search term setting means for each term, and replacement term setting means capable of simultaneously setting a plurality of replacement terms for replacing one of the search terms, A search word search means for comparing the words set by the search word setting means with respect to each word of the document, and a replacement word selecting means for selecting a replacement word corresponding to the word searched by this search word searching means, The document processing apparatus is provided with a phrase replacement unit that replaces the searched phrase with the phrase selected by the replacement phrase selection unit.

That is, according to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to set a plurality of replacement words for replacing one of the search words at the same time, and when a word is searched for, one of the replacement words corresponding to this word is selected. The third object mentioned above is achieved by making it possible to select an appropriate one.

[0018]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. This document processing device includes a keyboard 11 and a mouse 12 as input devices.
And a bitmap display 13 as an output device
And a main body device 14 for performing various controls. The keyboard 11, mouse 12, and bitmap display 13 are arranged on the work desk 15. This document processing device is connected to a device such as a printer or various servers shared with other document processing devices via a cable for a local area network (LAN) not shown. Of course, it is also possible to print out the necessary information by connecting a dedicated printer without going through such a local area network.

Documents to be searched and the like can be displayed on the bitmap display 13 in a multi-window format, and various kinds of processing can be executed while the position is determined using a cursor such as the graphic cursor 16. The mouse 12 is a pointing device. Device body 1
As described below, circuit components such as a CPU (central processing unit) and a large-capacity external recording device are housed in the unit 4.

FIG. 1 shows the main part of the circuit configuration of this document processing apparatus. CPU of this document processing device
The (central processing unit) 21 is connected to the next circuit device via a bus 22 and is adapted to perform various controls such as creation of sentences and figures, retrieval and replacement of character strings in the document being created. ing.

(I) Communication board 23: This is a board used when this document processing apparatus communicates with another apparatus for printing data or the like.

(Ii) Memory management unit (MM
U) 24: Control is performed to read data from the main memory 25, which is a random access memory, and transfer the data to the bus 22, or conversely, store the data in the main memory 25.

(Iii) DMA (Direct Memory Access) 2
6: Peripheral device and main memory 25 without going through CPU 21
Control for direct transfer of data between the two.

(Iv) Baud rate generator / interval timer 27: Generates a reference clock and generates a signal for use in communication and timing operation.

(V) Communication board 2 for input
8: Composed of an interface circuit and connected to the keyboard 11 for data input. A mouse 12 as a pointing device is connected to the keyboard 11.

(Vi) Two-port RAM 32: equipped with a buffer memory, 5 via the hard disk controller 33
It is connected to the inch hard disk 34. A control program for this data processing device is stored in the 5-inch hard disk 53, which is stored in the main memory 25 to control each part of the device. The 5-inch hard disk 34 also stores necessary data.

(Vii) CRT controller 35: A controller for controlling the display of the bit map display (CRT) 13.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen display of the document processing apparatus having the above configuration. The bitmap display 13 has various icons (pictograms) 41.
At the same time, two windows 42 and 43 are displayed. Initially, these icons 41 are only displayed as a list on the bitmap display 13. The operator can open a desired number of windows by selecting a desired one of these icons 41.

In one window 43 shown in FIG. 3,
It is assumed that the document already created or the document being created is displayed. It is assumed that the document in this window 43 is searched and the searched word is replaced with a desired word. In this case, the operator displays the menu window 46 on the screen by, for example, designating a predetermined mark provided in the upper area 45 of the window 43 with the mouse 12. Various work items are displayed in the menu window 46. The operator can set this document processing apparatus to the search mode by designating the item "search" from among these with the graphic cursor 16.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of the window expanded on the bitmap display in the search mode. Upper area 5 of this search window 51
2 has the title "Multiple search options" and "Close", "Start", "Change", "Reset", "Add"
And the commands "Add replacement candidate" are displayed.

When closing the search window 51, the operator designates a "close" command with the mouse 12. When starting the search, the "start" command is specified. Once the "Start" command is pressed to initiate the search, this command changes to a "Continue" command. The "continue" command is for continuing the search for the next word without replacing the target word when the word is searched. The “change” command gives an instruction to replace the searched word / phrase with the corresponding replacement word / phrase. The “reset” command is for resetting various conditions set in the window 51. "Add" command is a new search term (character string)
And a replacement phrase (replacement character string) are added, and the "replacement candidate addition" command is a command to be specified each time two or more replacement phrases are set for one search phrase. .

By the way, in the area below the upper area 52 in the search window 51, the items designating the search mode are arranged in the upper half thereof. Here, in the item "function selection", selection is made as to whether to perform only the search or to replace the searched term with a desired term. In this example, the replacement is done.

In the item "replacement confirmation", it is possible to specify whether or not confirmation is required every time the retrieved word or phrase is replaced. Since confirmation is required in this example, if the operator presses "change", the replacement is performed, and if "continue" is pressed, the next word is searched.

In the item of "search condition", a corresponding part of "including a deleted part" and "ignoring case" can be designated. When the part "including the deleted part" is specified, the part deleted in the sentence is also searched. In the document processing apparatus of this embodiment, the deleted text portion is left as data, so that the deleted portion can be searched. When the "ignore case" is specified, the search is performed by ignoring the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters such as English. In this embodiment, none of the two conditions described above is selected as the search condition.

In the item "search range", four range designations can be selected. Of these, "entire document"
Means that the entire document is the search range. “Remaining document” means to search from the portion designated by the cursor. "Selecting" means indicating both the start position and the end position of the search and performing the search within that range.
The "search also in the frame" refers to a case where a frame is set for a figure or a document, and the search is performed inside the frame. In the present embodiment, the entire document is targeted for search, but the words within the frame are not searched.

In the area below these in the search window 51, a character string to be searched, a character string to be replaced, or the like is input. FIG. 4 shows a state in which these inputs have not been performed yet.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the window in a state in which a character string to be searched is input. In the first line of the "search string,""Iam."
Has been entered, the "replacement string" of this line
The word “I am here” is entered in the field. In addition, below this replacement character string, another replacement character string “I am here.” Is displayed. This is because the operator inputs the first replacement character string "I am here." And then the command "Add replacement candidate" is entered with mouse 12 (Fig. 1).
This is because one field was created at the bottom by clicking with, and another replacement character string "I'm here." Was entered in this field.

Below the search character string "I'm here."
Another search string "da." Is displayed. This is because the operator clicked the command "Add". As a result, a pair of fields for the search character string and the replacement character string is generated. In this embodiment, the operator inputs the words "da." And ".." in these fields. If the operator further clicks on the command "add" in this state, a further pair of columns is generated under these columns. "Yes." And "Yes."
These are filled in in these fields. Similarly, the operator can display a plurality of sets of search character strings in the window 51, and can display a plurality of replacement character strings for one search character string, if necessary.

FIG. 6 shows the flow of the search and replacement work when the above-mentioned instructions regarding the search are given. The CPU 21 shown in FIG. 1 points to the beginning of the range to be searched when the search and replacement work is started (step S101 in FIG. 6). In the case of this example, since the entire document is the search target, the beginning of the document is designated. In this state, when the character string indicated by the pointer is viewed in order from the beginning, it is determined whether or not this corresponds to the search character string (step S102). If not, the pointer is advanced and unless the advanced position reaches the end position of the search range (step S104),
Returning to step S102, the search character string is searched. When the pointer reaches the lower limit of the search range in step S104, the search has been completed, and the control for the search and replacement is completed (return).

If the search character string is found in step S102 (Y), it is determined whether or not a plurality of character strings for replacement are designated (step S10).
5). If only one is specified, it is determined whether the operator has instructed replacement with the replacement phrase (step S106). When the replacement is instructed by clicking the "change" command (Y), the searched character string is replaced with the replacement character string (step S10).
7). On the other hand, when the "continue" command is clicked (step S106; N), the replacement is not performed and the pointer is advanced to the next search position (step S103).

On the other hand, when a plurality of character strings for replacement are designated in step S105 (Y), the options are displayed and the operator's instruction is received (step S108). When the operator instructs replacement (step S109; Y), the searched character string is replaced with the character string specified by the operator (step S110). If no replacement is instructed, that is, if the "continue" command is clicked (step S
109; N), the process proceeds to step S103, and the pointer is advanced to the next search position of the sentence.

FIG. 7 shows a document before being searched.
The words "I'm here.", "Da.", "Yes." And "No." are searched for in this document.

FIG. 8 shows the state at a certain point in time when the search is being performed. The phrase "I'm here." Is searched and this phrase is highlighted on the bitmap display 13 (FIG. 1) for confirmation. The words in the part before this are replaced with "damasu key". In the "I am here" part, is it still "I am here"?
Alternatively, it is necessary to select either "I am here" or "I am here." Therefore, the option window 61 is displayed near the sentence as described in step S108 of FIG.

In this option window 61, the text "Which do you want to replace with?", The option "Do not replace", and the replacement words "I am here" and "I am here." Has been done. The operator operates the mouse 12 to move the cursor 62 to a desired position and clicks it to instruct the presence or absence of replacement.

In the present invention, if the replacement is not performed all at once but left to the operator's selection, there is an advantage that fine replacement work can be performed.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of search terms can be designated at the same time to perform a search, a mistake such as duplication of search objects does not occur. Can also perform the search work efficiently.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when a plurality of search terms are designated at the same time, these substitutions can be performed all at once. When performing the replacement of the second table to the third table, there is an advantage that it is possible to take a measure to prevent the conventional bad effect of replacing the second table with the third table again.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, a plurality of phrases can be set as replacement targets for one phrase, so that the style of the sentence is simply changed to "Damasu-tone" or the like. Not only the purpose of unification, but also the content itself of the sentence can be changed so that, for example, the negative form of a part of the sentence is changed to the positive form.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a circuit configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the document processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of a screen display of the document processing apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a window developed on a bitmap display in a search mode of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the contents of the window in a state where a character string or the like to be searched is input in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of a search and replace operation in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a sentence before replacement in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after replacement of the text shown in FIG. 7 in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Mouse, 13 ... Bitmap display, 21 ... CPU, 34 ... 5-inch hard disk, 42, 43 ... Window, 61 ...
… Choice window, 62… Cursor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document storage unit for storing the contents of a document, a search phrase setting unit for simultaneously setting a plurality of search phrases for searching a document stored in the document storage unit, and each of the documents. A plurality of search word / phrase search means for sequentially comparing a plurality of words / phrases set by the search word / phrase setting means with respect to a word / phrase, and a display means for displaying a result searched by the search word / phrase multiple search means. Document processing device. 2. A document storage means for storing the contents of a document, a search term setting means for simultaneously setting a plurality of search terms for searching a document stored in the document storage means, and a search term for these search terms. And a replacement phrase setting means for simultaneously setting replacement phrases for replacing these, and a search phrase multiple search device for sequentially comparing a plurality of phrases set by the search phrase setting device with respect to each phrase of the document, A document processing device, comprising: a phrase replacement unit that replaces a phrase searched by the phrase multiple search unit with a corresponding replacement phrase. 3. A document storage means for storing the contents of a document, a search word setting means for setting a search word for searching a document stored in the document storage means, and a word for each word of the document. Search phrase search means for comparing the phrases set by the search phrase setting means, replacement phrase setting means capable of simultaneously setting a plurality of replacement phrases for replacing one of the search phrases, and A search word search means for comparing the words set by the search word setting means with respect to each word, and a replacement word selecting means for selecting a replacement word corresponding to the word searched by the search word searching means; A document processing apparatus comprising: a phrase replacement unit that replaces the searched phrase with the phrase selected by the replacement phrase selection unit.