JPH05210659A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily switch the normal processing to the block editing processing even on the way of the normal editing processing by executing the editing processing according with a flow of normal character strings or the block editing processing according with blocks. CONSTITUTION:Document data is expanded in a document area 11a of a RAM 11 by the operation control of a CPU 10, and a part of document data is displayed on a liquid crystal display part 15 in accordance with this document data, and in this state, the editing processing of character strings in the range designated by two points of the displayed document is performed. When a selection/execution key is depressed without designating the block editing, the editing processing in the normal editing mode according with a flow of character strings is executed because this editing processing is in the normal editing mode. When block editing is designated, the editing processing in the block editing mode according with the rectangular range prescribed based on two prescribed points is executed at the time of depression of the selection/execution key, and the normal editing processing is automatically restored again after this execution.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a block editing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional document creating apparatuses have a block editing function. This block editing function is to move, copy, or delete the characters in a rectangle (block) designated by two points in the document as they are, especially when the document is a form. This is for efficient processing. However, the conventional document creation device having this block editing function is
After giving the instruction to move from the normal edit mode to the block edit mode, specify the move, copy, delete, etc. instructions to execute the block edit processing, and specify the cancellation of the block edit mode after the processing is completed. Then, it came to return to the normal edit mode again.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional document creating apparatus, the normal edit mode and the block edit mode are completely separated and managed, and setting and canceling the block edit are troublesome. At the same time, it was not possible to shift to the block edit mode in the middle of the edit process in the normal edit mode.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to easily edit a block even during a normal editing process without being aware of the block editing mode. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device capable of shifting to the editing process by the above and executing the process.

[0005]

That is, according to the present invention, it is determined whether or not block editing is designated after inputting an editing process for two points in a document and a character string designated by these two points. Depending on the result of the judgment, either the edit process according to the normal flow of the character string according to the character string specified by the above two points or the block edit process according to the block specified by the two points is executed. It was done.

With such a configuration, when the range of the character string to be edited is specified while the edit mode is set according to the normal flow of the character string, block editing is also specified. By doing so, the normal edit mode is quickly switched to the block edit mode, and after the editing process by the block edit is completed, the normal edit mode is automatically restored again. Even during the editing process, it is possible to easily shift to the editing process by block editing and execute the process.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic circuit configuration thereof. 10 is a microprocessor (CPU), 11 is a RAM accessed by the microprocessor 10, and 12 is an R.
OM.

Microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU)
Reference numeral 10 controls the entire apparatus. Accessing the RAM 11 and the ROM 12 and starting a program according to an input instruction, a document creation process, an external character creation process, and a document management process such as document saving, calling, and deleting. And so on. R
The AM 11 includes a document area 11a for storing document data to be operated, a print image buffer 11b for storing a print image, an external character registration area, a phrase registration area, a cursor position register for storing the cursor position on the document display screen, etc. It has an area such as a work area 11c for storing the respective control information. The ROM 12 converts a reading input in kana or romaji into kanji, including a program area 12a storing a program for determining the operation of the CPU 10 and an input processing program including an edit processing control routine as shown in FIG. It has a dictionary area 12b in which various dictionaries are registered.

Further, 13 is a keyboard (KB), 15 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), and 18 is a floppy disk device (FD).
D) and 20 are printers (PRT). Keyboard 13
Inputs input information necessary for creating a document or the like to the CPU 10 via a keyboard interface (KB-IF) 14. In addition to character keys, numeric keys, cursor keys, etc., this keyboard 13 has "Hiragana" shift key, "Katakana" shift key, "Kanji" shift key, "Select / execute" key for selecting / executing various instructions, and various instructions A "cancel" key for canceling and other various function keys are provided. The liquid crystal display unit 15 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device with a backlight that displays 40 characters and 20 lines. The display controller (display-CNT) 16 controls the display of the liquid crystal display unit 15 using the display RAM 17 under the control of the CPU 10. The floppy disk device 18 stores a created document and stores external characters and second level characters under the control of the CPU 10 via a disk interface (FDD-F) 19. The printer 20 prints a document created under the control of the CPU 10 via a printer interface (PRT-IF) 21.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 mainly shows the operation control by the CPU 10. The document data is developed in the document area 11a of the RAM 11 and is displayed in a state in which a part of the document data is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 according to the document data. 2 in the document
It shows a basic processing procedure when an editing process is performed on a character string in a range designated by dots. At the beginning of the process, first, in step S1, the contents of the editing process are input to the keyboard.
Instruct by operating the corresponding 13 function keys. Then, in step S2, the cursor key is operated to move the cursor position on the display screen to the start point position of the character string to be edited, and the start point is input. Subsequently, in step S3, the cursor key is operated to move the cursor position on the display screen to the end point position as well, and an instruction input for the end point is performed. Then, in step S4, it is determined whether or not there is a key input for designating block editing by the function key specified in advance on the keyboard 13 in step S5.
Then, it is continuously determined whether or not there is a key input of the "select / execute" key for instructing execution of the editing process. If the "Select / Execute" key is operated without specifying block editing,
Since this editing process is in the normal editing mode,
The process proceeds from step S5 to step S6 to execute the edit process in the normal edit mode according to the flow of the character string, and the process is completed.

If block editing is designated, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S7 to wait for key input of the "select / execute" key in the block editing mode. Then, when the "select / execute" key is operated, the process proceeds to step S8, and the edit process is executed in the block edit mode according to the rectangular range defined based on the two points designated in steps S2 and S3. , After the execution, the normal edit mode is automatically restored again, and the process is completed.

Note that the two instruction inputs of the editing process content instruction in step S1 and the starting point instruction in step S2 are
By moving the cursor to the start point position and then operating the function key for instructing the content of the editing process, the instruction input can be simplified once.

Further, the operation waiting for the "select / execute" key in the block edit mode in step S7 is omitted, and when it is determined in step S4 that the function key for designating block edit is operated, the process directly goes to step S8. Alternatively, the process may proceed to execution of the edit process in the block edit mode.

The above-mentioned FIG. 2 shows the basic processing procedure of various editing processes, and shows an example of executing the editing process by designating two points in the document. That is, this corresponds to an editing process such as various character modifications including deletion, underlining, shading, even allocation, and change of character magnification.
On the other hand, the editing process such as moving or copying requires another point, that is, a processing step for instructing a moving (copying) destination, which is interposed between, for example, step S3 and step S4.

It is also conceivable to apply the processing of FIG. 2 to a word / phrase search function for searching the same word / phrase in a document after specifying a word / phrase in advance. In this case, the normal edit mode or block edit mode can be specified by instructing whether to follow the normal flow of character strings at the time of inputting the first specified phrase or to make it in block units. It is possible to search for a word or phrase according to the editing mode and use it for an editing processing function such as sequential replacement, batch replacement, or next candidate search.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is determined whether or not block editing is designated after inputting an editing process for two points in a document and a character string designated by these two points. Depending on the result of the judgment, either the edit process according to the normal flow of the character string according to the character string specified by the above two points or the block edit process according to the block specified by the two points is executed. Therefore, when instructing the range of the character string to be edited in the state that the edit mode according to the normal character string flow is set, it is possible to promptly normalize by simply instructing block editing as well. The normal editing mode is performed without being aware of the block editing mode, because the mode is changed from the block editing mode to the block editing mode, and after the editing process by the block editing is completed, it automatically returns to the normal editing mode again. It is possible to provide a transition to the document creating apparatus capable of executing the processing in the editing process by also easily block edit a course of management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a basic processing procedure of edit processing by the CPU of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Microprocessor (CPU), 11 ... RAM, 11a
... document area, 11b ... print image buffer, 11c ... work area, 12 ... ROM, 12a ... program area, 12
b ... dictionary area, 13 ... keyboard (KB), 14 ... keyboard interface (KB-IF), 15 ... liquid crystal display (LCD), 16 ... display controller (display-CNT),
17 ... Display RAM, 18 ... Floppy disk device (FD
D), 19 ... Disk interface (FDD-I
F), 20 ... Printer (PRT), 21 ... Printer interface (PRT-IF).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An instruction means for instructing and inputting an editing process for two points in a document and a character string designated by these two points, and a judgment for determining whether or not block editing is designated after the input of the instructing means. Means and an editing processing means for executing either one of the editing processing according to the flow of the character string specified by the two points or the editing processing according to the block specified by the two points according to the judgment result of the judging means. A document creation device comprising: