JPH05135023A - Document editor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily identify and change the position of a character or character string desired to be changed into the other characters or character strings existing at plural positions in a document. CONSTITUTION:The document containing the character or character string desired to be changed is read from a floppy disk device 14 and in the document displayed on the screen of a CRT 13, the character or character string desired to be changed is inputted from a keyboard 12. A control part 11 judges the position where this character or character string designated by this input is and such part is displayed on the screen while being distinguished from the preceding and following characters or character strings with underlines, inverted picture display, high luminance or blink (ON/OFF), etc. An operator observes the relation of the preceding and following characters or character strings from the displayed picture and judges whether the part of the separately displayed character or character string can be changed or not and when the character or character string can be changed, it is changed by a direct key input operation from a keyboard 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus applied to a Japanese word processor which creates or modifies a document and edits the document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows the configuration of a word processor which is a conventional document editing apparatus. In FIG. 6, the control unit 1 has a built-in memory 11. Further, a keyboard 2, a CRT 3, a disk device 4 and a printer 5 are connected to the control unit 1.

Next, the operation of this configuration will be described.
The character data input from the keyboard 2 is subjected to a predetermined process in the control unit 1 to form a text of a character string, which is stored and held in the memory 11.

A hard copy printed by the printer 5 is also output. Further, the external recording device 4 such as a floppy disk or a hard disk stores and stores the text created through the control unit 1.

[0005]

By the way, in the word processor of the conventional example, a desired character or character string in the document being created or previously created may be changed to another character or character string notation.

In this case, if the character or character string to be changed exists at a plurality of places in the document, the operator reads from the beginning to the end of the sentence in the document, and the corresponding character or character string exists therein. I have to find out whether or not. Therefore, it takes time and effort, and it is easy to overlook a desired character or character string to be changed. For this reason, there is a drawback in that the operation of this change is troublesome since the user recognizes the existence of the desired character or character string to be changed after reading and changes the desired notation again.

The present invention solves such a problem, and changes to another character or character string existing at a plurality of positions in a document Identification of a position of a desired character or character string and its change It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent document editing device that can be easily edited.

[0008]

To achieve this object, a document editing apparatus of the present invention stores a character input operation means for inputting a character and a text of a character string input by the character input operation means. Storage means, a screen display means for reading out the characters input from the character input operation means and the text stored in the storage means and displaying them on the screen, and an arbitrary character or character string in the text stored in the storage means Specified by input operation from, search and identify the specified character or character string from the sentence, and specify the character string identification storage means to store the position in the sentence and the character at the identified position in the sentence Alternatively, it is provided with screen display character means for displaying the character string on the screen by distinguishing it from other characters or character strings.

[0009]

Therefore, according to the document editing apparatus of the present invention,
Any character or character string in the stored text is specified by input operation, the specified character or character string is searched and identified from the text, the position in the text is stored, and other character or character is stored. Since the sentences that are distinguished from the columns are displayed on the screen, it is possible to change to another character or character string that exists in multiple places in the document.It is easy to identify the position of the desired character or character string and change it. it can.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a document editing apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the embodiment. In FIG. 1, the control unit 11 includes a keyboard 12 and a CRT 13.
And a disk device 14 which uses a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc. as a storage medium, and a printer 15 which outputs a hard copy.

In addition to the functions of a conventional word processor, the control unit 11 has a memory 11a for storing and retaining a character string designated and operated by the keyboard 12, and a table 11b for recording the appearance position in a document. , String search
A screen display program 11c is provided.

The keyboard 12 is also provided with a search key 21 for instructing a character string search and a next page key 22 for instructing to display the next page on the screen.

Next, the operation of this configuration will be described.
First, the operator inputs and operates from the keyboard 12, and the control unit 11 controls the control unit 11 to read a document including a desired character or character string to be changed from the disk device 14. The read document is displayed on the CRT 13 from the first page. Next, the operator inputs a desired character or character string to be changed from the keyboard 12. The desired character or character string to be changed is displayed on the screen of a part such as the lower part of the screen display of the CRT 13.

When the search key 21 is further pressed, C
The character or character string displayed on the screen of the RT 13 is stored and held in the memory 11a.

FIG. 2 shows a storage / holding area of the memory 11a. The storage unit 11a stores and holds the memory 11a, and the control unit 11 controls the character string search / screen display program 11c.
Thus, the designated character string is searched from the beginning of the document by judging whether or not it matches the code of the character or character string stored and held in the memory 11a. Each time the designated character string appears, the position in the document, for example, the page number and the number of bytes counted from the beginning of the page are displayed in Table 1.
Write to 1b.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the table 11b. In FIG. 3, the table 11b has 1, 2,
5 bytes, 1 byte counted from the beginning of each page
0, 25, 85 are written.

Further, with respect to the page currently displayed on the screen of the CRT 13 by the character string search / screen display program 11c, the table 11b is referred to, the position where the designated character or character string exists is determined, and that portion is determined. Underline, inverted screen display, high brightness, or blink (blink)
The characters are displayed on the screen separately from the characters or character strings before and after.

The operator visually checks the relationship between the preceding and succeeding characters or character strings on the display screen to judge whether or not the part can be changed. When the change is made, the operator directly changes the key by operating the keyboard 12.

Then, the next page key 22 is pressed to display the next page on the screen, and characters or character strings are changed in the same manner as described above.

In this way, the existing positions of desired characters or character strings that change each time each page is displayed on the screen are automatically and continuously displayed. Therefore, the operator does not have to search for a desired character or character string to be changed in the sentence, and the document editing operation is facilitated.

FIG. 4 shows the stored contents of the memory 11a which stores and holds the character string when the character string desired to be changed, "the day", is designated.

Further, FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen display on the screen of the CRT 13 in which the "current day" portion is displayed in a screened manner.

It should be noted that the number of appearances desired to be changed to the search completion character,
Further, the page or the like that appears may be displayed on the screen.

Further, when the next page key is pressed, pages having no desired character or character string to be changed may be automatically skipped, and only the existing pages may be displayed on the screen.

Further, the document may not be displayed on a page-by-page basis, but a predetermined range before and after the corresponding character or character string exists, for example, only 20 characters before and after each may be displayed on the screen.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above description, the document editing apparatus of the present invention specifies an arbitrary character or character string in a stored text by an input operation, and specifies the specified character or character string in the text. The text is distinguished from other characters or character strings by searching for and identifying it, storing the position in the text, and displaying the text distinguished from other characters or character strings on the screen. Change to character string This has an effect that the desired character or the position of the character string can be identified and changed easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a document editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage / holding area of a memory according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing contents of a table in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of stored contents of a memory in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional word processor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Control Unit 11a Memory 11b Table 11c Character String Search / Screen Display Program 12 Keyboard 13 CRT 14 Disk Unit 15 Printer 21 Search Key 22 Next Page Key

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character input operation means for inputting a character, a storage means for storing a sentence of a character string input by the character input operation means, a character input from the character input operation means, and the storage means. A screen display means for reading the stored text and displaying it on the screen, and an arbitrary character or character string in the text stored in the storage means is designated by an input operation from the character input operation means, and the designated character or character string is designated. Is identified from the text by searching, and the specified character string identification storage means for storing the position in the text and the character or character string at the identified position in the text are distinguished from other characters or character strings. A document editing device comprising a screen display means for displaying a screen.