JPH05197718A - Sentence preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a sentence preparing device capable of protecting an already inputted character string from editing work in the case of executing the editing work of already prepared document data. CONSTITUTION:When a character protection key is operated (step S4), '1' is written in a protection flag area corresponding to a line area specified by a cursor (step S5). In an insert mode, a character string to be inserted is stored in a work area A (steps S8, S9), whether '1' has been set up in the protection flag area corresponding to the line area into which the character string is to be inserted or not is judged (step S10), and when '1' has been set up, an already inputted space code is rewritten by the character string to be inserted (step S14). Thereby the position of the character string in the line area in which the protection flag is set up is not moved and protected from editing work.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device such as a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional word processor, when a document or a phrase is newly input using a document proofreading mode, a character string that has already been input is shifted backward, that is, normally to the right by the number of newly input characters. .. This would move parts that had already been completed and did not need to be modified at all, so I later put them back into their original position.

For example, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the document file that has been completed as a format is "base paper", and a new character "musical instrument" is additionally inserted in the line of the content to make a final document as shown in FIG. 5B. When the operator sets the word processor to the document proofreading mode and performs a predetermined key operation and then converts and inputs the Chinese character “instrument”, the number of characters that have already been entered in the same line are the “characteristics of the new product”. It moved to the right, that is, shifted, and the "sign" disappeared, so at the end, I was recovering the shifted amount by a function such as deleting.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional word processor, when a new character or the like is inserted,
There is a problem in that the operation is extremely complicated and time consuming because it is necessary to modify even the complete portion that has already been input. Further, in addition to the deviation of existing characters in the proofreading process, there has been a drawback that the contents already input are changed due to some erroneous operation. As described above with reference to FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), such a drawback is that a document file as a “base paper” of a certain format is created in the document creation mode, and in the document proofreading mode, This is a particularly serious obstacle when working in a procedure of completing a document by inserting and adding new characters or phrases instead of replacing them (the sentence is most often created by such a procedure). The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a sentence creation device capable of protecting already input document data from editing work when performing editing work on already created document data. With the goal.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the means of the present invention, area designating means for designating an arbitrary area in document data as a protected area and protection information corresponding to the area designated by the area designating means. When the editing work is designated by the setting means and the input means, it is determined whether or not the protection information is set corresponding to the area to be edited, and the document data already input to the area where the protection information is set. Area protection means for prohibiting editing work for

[0006]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When the area designating means designates an arbitrary area in the document data as the protected area, the setting means sets the protection information corresponding to the designated area. Then, when an editing operation such as insertion or deletion is designated for a certain area, the area protection means determines whether or not the protection information is set corresponding to the area, and if it is set, The editing work for the document data already input to the area is prohibited.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration showing a circuit configuration of the text creation device.
In the figure, 11 indicates a keyboard, and this keyboard 11 is
In addition to character keys, it consists of function keys such as insert, delete, cancel, kanji conversion, character protection, and transfer. C
The PU 12 detects a key operation on the keyboard 11 by an operator, and based on the content, that is, input data and a command, for example, basic data in the ROM 13 in which a CG pattern, a single Kanji dictionary and a program are stored in advance. Based on the above, the arithmetic processing is executed, the result of the processing is displayed on the display unit 14, and the printing by the printing unit 15 is controlled. Further, the CPU 12 writes the input data to the auxiliary storage device 16 forming the document file and the dictionary file, or reads the data from the auxiliary storage device 16 to the RAM 17 including the input buffer, the work for the document file and the work area A. Transfer or RAM1
Controls Kanji conversion in 7. In this CPU 12,
An arithmetic unit and a control unit used for each of the above processes are provided.

The document file read from the auxiliary storage device 16 by the CPU 12 and transferred to the RAM 17 is shown in FIG.
In the case where the document file is located at the top and is stored in the auxiliary storage device 16 as shown in FIG.
Documents such as the paper size, the number of pages, the number of lines per page, and the number of characters per line at the lower part of the file name used as search data when reading the document file from the auxiliary storage device 16 It is composed of a unique information portion and a document content portion which is below the unique information portion and includes a predetermined number of lines. Further, a portion containing information specific to the document and a portion for inputting information on whether the fixed character string can be changed or not is assigned to the left end of each line in the portion of the document contents, and the character protection key on the keyboard 11 is operated. In this case, a flag is set in correspondence with the cursor position at that time, and movement of characters or areas other than the symmetrical insertion / deletion characters or areas is prohibited.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The present invention has an object to operate the document protection key on the keyboard 11 to insert or delete a character when proofreading a document file. Therefore, the flowcharts of FIGS. I will explain mainly.

The flow charts of FIGS. 3 and 4 are for insertion and
Starting with the deletion mode switching, the CPU 12 determines whether or not there is a key input from the keyboard 11 in step S1 of FIG. 3, and if there is a key input, the determination is YES and the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the cursor key is operated. If it is operated, the process proceeds to step S3, and each pointer is moved corresponding to the operated cursor key. That is, the row pointer is incremented by -1 or +1 in response to the upward or downward cursor key operation, and the column pointer is incremented by +1 or -1 in response to the rightward or leftward cursor key operation. After that, the CPU 12 proceeds to step S4, determines whether or not the character protection key on the keyboard 11 is operated, and proceeds to step S6 when not operated, but when operated, that is, YE.
If it is S, the process proceeds to step S5, and the protection flag corresponding to the line currently designated by the cursor is turned on (f
← Set to 1). That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 2, a flag is set in the fixed character string changeable / unchangeable area at the left end of either the document specific information portion or the document content portion (corresponding to the cursor position). It will be.

Next, the CPU 12 determines in step S6 whether or not the insertion mode is set, and the insertion mode, that is, the YE
If it is S, the process proceeds to step S7 to determine whether or not the Kanji conversion key is operated. If the decision result in the step S7 is YES, the characters temporarily stored in the work area A of the RAM 17 of FIG.
If NO in step S9, the characters as input data are stored in the work area A in step S9, and the flow advances to step S10 to determine whether the protection flag is turned on.

If the decision result in the step S10 is NO, the CPU 12 advances to a step S12 to execute a normal conversion character insertion process, but if YES, the process advances to a step S11 and is currently designated in the document file. It is determined whether or not the cursor position is a space, and if it is not a space, the result is NO, a buzzer sounds in step S15 to notify the operator that the character insertion is impossible, and if it is a space, the result is YES, and the process proceeds to step S13. , Determines whether there is a space for the number of inserted characters from the specified cursor position in one line of the document file. In the determination in step S13, if there is no space, the process proceeds to step S15 to notify the operator that the character insertion is impossible. If there is a space, the process proceeds to step S14 and the cursor is designated at the current position of the document file. The space code at the specified position is rewritten to the characters converted in order and the insertion mode ends.

In this way, insertion correction can be performed without moving other documents.

Returning to step S6, if the determination result there is NO, the CPU 12 causes step S1 of FIG.
In step S17, it is determined whether or not the delete key has been operated. If it is in the delete mode, it is determined that the delete key has been operated. In S18, it is determined whether or not the protected flag is set in the fixed character string changeable / unchangeable area of the document file. What if step S
If the determination result in 18 is NO, that is, if the protection flag is not set, the process proceeds to step S20, and the normal character deletion process is executed, but if the protection flag is set (YES), the process proceeds to step S19. Then, the character at the position currently designated by the cursor in the document file is converted into a space code, the deletion mode is terminated, and the process returns to step S1 in FIG.

In this way, deletion correction can be performed without moving other documents.

Further, returning to step S16 of FIG. 4, if the deletion mode is not set, the determination is NO, the CPU 12 proceeds to step S21, determines whether or not the release key is operated, and if not, NO. And Fig. 3
The process returns to step S1 and the above steps are repeated, but in the case of YES, the insertion / deletion mode is canceled in step S22, and the process ends.

As described above, the operator operates the character protection key on the keyboard 11 to set a flag in a desired line when proofreading a document file, so that a character which has already been input and does not require proofreading is set. It can be treated without any concern.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the present invention.

For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the protected area by the character protection key is associated with each line, but the area may be designated in the frame structure, and the already created portion can be changed by a special operation. You may do it.

[0020]

As described in detail above, the present invention has the following advantages.
If you specify an arbitrary area as the protected area and set the protection information corresponding to that area, when editing work such as insertion or deletion is specified, the document data already entered in the area where the protection information is set Since the editing work is prohibited, any area can be designated as the protected area by a simple designation operation, and the already created document data can be protected from the editing work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a circuit configuration of a text creation device.

FIG. 2 is a configuration example of a document file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation.

FIG. 5 is an example of a document file for explaining a conventional defect.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 keyboard 12 CPU 16 auxiliary storage device 17 RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An area designating means for designating an arbitrary area in document data as a protected area, a setting means for setting protection information corresponding to the area designated by the area designating means, and an editing operation by an inputting means. When designated, it is determined whether or not protection information is set corresponding to the area to be edited, and area protection means for prohibiting editing work on the document data already input to the area where protection information is set. A text creation device comprising: