JPH05151206A - Document processor having closed ruled line forming function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a document processor capable of automatically forming a rectangularly closed ruled line on a peripheral part of paper. CONSTITUTION:The document processor is provided with a ruled line storing means 1 for storing plural kinds of ruled lines, a format storing means 2 for storing format information indicating paper size, a margine, etc., an instructing means 3 for instructing the selection of one ruled line from plural kinds of ruled lines, a ruled line reading means 4 for receiving the ruled line selecting instruction and reading out its corresponding ruled line from the means 1, the 2nd instructing means 5 for instructing the formation of the closed ruled line, a coordinate calculating means 6 for calculating the coordinates of the start and end points of a vertical ruled line and a horizontal ruled line which can be inputted on the outermost side of an input area based upon the format information stored in the means 2 at the time of receiving the 2nd instruction, a panel ruled line forming means 7 for connecting the coordinates of the start and end points by means of the ruled line read out by the means 4 to form the ruled line, and a printing means 8 for printing out the formed ruled line together with characters.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a document processing device having a ruled line printing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a ruled line is drawn as an outer frame of a document using this type of document processing apparatus, first, a ruled line input mode is selected, and the cursor is moved to the outermost side of the inputtable area.
Then, one vertical ruled line and one horizontal ruled line were input, and each ruled line was connected at four corners to attach an outer frame.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional document processing apparatus, since the ruled lines forming the outer frame must be manually input, the operation is complicated,
It also took time. Further, since the ruled line type and the thickness are not prepared for the outer frame (hereinafter referred to as the enclosing ruled line), it is not possible to create the enclosing ruled line that can visually emphasize the sentence.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides a document processing apparatus capable of creating a visually appealing enclosing ruled line with a simple operation.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram clearly showing the basic structure of the present invention. In the figure, the present invention is a ruled line storage means 1 for storing a plurality of types of ruled lines,
A format storage unit 2 that stores format information indicating a paper size, a margin, and the like, an instruction unit 3 that issues an instruction to select one ruled line from a plurality of types of ruled lines, and a ruled line storage unit 1 that receives an instruction to select a ruled line. From the ruled line reading means 4 for reading the corresponding ruled line from the, the second instructing means 5 for giving an instruction for creating the enclosing ruled line, and the second instruction, based on the format information stored in the format storage means 2. The coordinate calculation means 6 for calculating the start point and end point coordinates of the vertical ruled line and the horizontal ruled line that can be input to the outermost side of the input area, and the start point coordinate and the end point coordinate are connected using the ruled line read by the reading means 4 and surrounded. A document processing apparatus with a surrounding ruled line creating function, which includes a surrounding ruled line creating means 7 for creating a ruled line and a printing means 8 for printing the created surrounding ruled line together with characters.

In the present invention, the plural types of ruled lines are
It is preferable that the ruled lines include a plurality of types of ruled lines such as a solid line, a wavy line, and a dotted line, and each of the ruled lines further includes a plurality of ruled lines having different thicknesses.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when a ruled line type is selected and an instruction to create a surrounding ruled line is input, the coordinates of the ruled line that can be drawn to the outermost side in the input area as the outer frame of the document being created are calculated. It operates so that the surrounding ruled line is drawn on the basis of the created coordinates.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a keyboard functioning as an instructing unit and a second instructing unit, which gives an instruction to select one ruled line from a plurality of ruled lines stored in the ruled line memory.
Give instructions to create a ruled line.

Reference numeral 11 is a key control circuit which encodes a key signal input from the keyboard 10 and stores it in a buffer. A character memory 12 stores character data. A ruled line memory 13 serves as a ruled line storage unit that stores a plurality of types of ruled lines. The plural types of ruled lines are ruled lines composed of line types such as solid lines, double lines, wavy lines, double wavy lines, and dotted lines, and each ruled line is further divided into a plurality of ruled lines having different thicknesses.

An edit control circuit 14 edits character data and ruled line data and is composed of a CPU (central processing unit). An edit control program memory 15 stores a program for controlling the operation of the edit control circuit 14, and is composed of a ROM. Reference numeral 16 functions as a form storage means, and the paper size set by the user,
A format control circuit that stores format data such as margins and line feed pitches.

Reference numeral 17 is a surrounding ruled line generating circuit which is a characteristic part of this embodiment. The encircling ruled line generation circuit 17 receives a ruled line selection instruction, reads out the corresponding ruled line from the ruled line storage means, and can input the vertical ruled line and the horizontal ruled line to the outermost side of the input area based on the format information stored in the format control circuit 16. The start point and end point coordinates are calculated, the start point coordinate and the end point coordinate are connected using the ruled line read from the ruled line memory 13, and the control for creating the enclosing ruled line is performed. As shown in the detailed block diagram of FIG. In addition, a first coordinate operation circuit 171 for calculating the x coordinate of the enclosing ruled line, a second coordinate operation circuit 172 for calculating the y coordinate of the enclose ruled line, and a coordinate operation memory 173.
And the ruled line editing processing device 174 and the user selected 1
A ruled line memory 175 that stores one ruled line.

Reference numeral 18 is an address circuit for designating a writing / reading address of a ruled line, and 19 is an address circuit for designating a writing / reading address of a character. Reference numeral 20 is a sentence memory for storing a sentence input by the user. Reference numeral 21 is a synthesizing circuit for synthesizing characters and ruled lines, 22 is a refresh memory, 23 is a character / ruled line generator, 24 is a display device, and 25 is a printing device.

With such a structure, the surrounding ruled line processing will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the ruled line key is pressed to enter the ruled line creation mode from the sentence creation mode. The function F1 of the editing control circuit is switched to the function F2 (steps 30 → 31).

Next, when "enclosed ruled line" is selected in the function key switching in the ruled line mode (step 3
2) With reference to the format control circuit 16, the coordinates of the ruled line that can be drawn to the outermost side in the printable area are calculated based on the format information currently in use. That is, the first coordinate calculation circuit 171 and the second coordinate calculation circuit 172 calculate the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate for drawing the enclosing ruled line.

Then, the calculated coordinate information is temporarily stored in the coordinate calculation memory 173. Next, the user selects the ruled line type connecting the coordinates and the thickness of the ruled line (steps 33 → 34), and presses the execution key that is the instruction for creating the enclosing ruled line (step 35). That is, a ruled line of the type and thickness selected by the user is automatically drawn around the paper (step 36). Next, when the creation of the enclosing ruled line is completed, the ruled line mode is reset (step 37) and the process returns to step 30.

FIG. 5A shows the ruled line type selection screen corresponding to step 33, and FIG. 5B shows the ruled line thickness selection screen corresponding to step 34. For example, if the ruled line type is selected, the thickness of the ruled line is selected, and the execute key is pressed, a print result as shown in FIG. 5C is obtained.

[0017]

According to the present invention, since the ruled line surrounding the sentence can be automatically created and the type and thickness of the ruled line can be selected, the effect of emphasizing the sentence can be obtained. You can create great-looking sentences.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing details of a surrounding ruled line generation circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an enclosing ruled line printing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ruled Line Storage Means 2 Format Storage Means 3 Instructing Means 4 Ruled Line Reading Means 5 Second Instructing Means 6 Coordinate Calculating Means 7 Enclosing Ruled Line Making Means 8 Printing Means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshito Kataoka 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Within Sharp Corporation (72) Yasumasa Yamanaka 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka (72) Inventor Hiroshi Nishikawa 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ruled line storage means for storing a plurality of types of ruled lines, a format storage means for storing format information indicating a paper size, a margin, etc., and an instruction for selecting one ruled line from a plurality of types of ruled lines. And a ruled line reading unit that receives a ruled line selection instruction to read the corresponding ruled line from the ruled line storage unit, a second instruction unit that gives an instruction for creating a surrounding ruled line, and a second instruction. Coordinate calculation means for calculating start and end coordinates of a vertical ruled line and a horizontal ruled line that can be input to the outermost side of the input area based on the format information stored in the format storage means; A document processor with a box-creation line creation function, which includes a box-crease line creation means for connecting the read ruled lines to create a box-line ruled line, and a printing means for printing the created box-ruled line with characters. Apparatus.