JPH05210672A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the leader input and to automatically adjust a leader display area in accordance with the change of the number of characters at the time of the change of the number of characters due to character correction after leader setting. CONSTITUTION:This word processor is provided with a leader classification storage area 32 where plural leader classifications are stored and a function designating means which designates a function as the set object of a leader; and when the function as the set object of the leader is designated by this function designating means, the leader classification read from the leader classification storage area 32 is added to a control code corresponding to the designated function and length information, and they are written as a leader control code in the cursor designated position of the document, which is in course of generation, in a document buffer 31, and leader display area setting and leader display control are performed in accordance with set contents of the leader control code.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation apparatus having an automatic reader function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional document creating apparatus (word processor), when a predetermined character is connected by a reader, for example, when creating a table of contents, a reader connects a "headword" and a "numeral" indicating the page on which it is written. When tying, a code corresponding to the contents of the reader is input to the entire reader area.

[0003]

However, when the reader area is entirely filled with the code as in the above-mentioned conventional method, the number of input operations of the reader increases, and the input operation of the reader is troublesome. When the number of characters changes due to correction of the entry word, the reader also needs to be added or deleted. As described above, in the conventional document creation apparatus, the input process to the reader is very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and enables reader input to be performed easily, and even if the number of characters changes due to character correction or the like after setting the reader, the reader can be operated accordingly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device capable of automatically adjusting the length.

[0005]

A document creation apparatus according to the present invention comprises a reader type storage means for storing a plurality of reader types, a function designation means for designating a function to be set by the reader, and this means. When a function to be set by the reader is specified by, the reader type read from the reader type storage means is added to the control code and length information corresponding to the specified function, and the reader type in the created document is used as the reader control code. It is characterized in that it is provided with means for writing to a cursor designated position and reader display control means for setting the reader area and controlling the display of the reader according to the setting contents of the reader control code.

[0006]

In the above structure, when a function to be set by the reader, such as tab or right-justification, is specified, the reader type read from the reader type storage means is added to the control code and length information corresponding to the specified function. Then, it is written as a reader control code at the cursor designated position in the created document. Further, the reader area is set based on the setting content of the reader control code written in the created document, and the reader is displayed in the reader area. Therefore, it is not necessary to enter the reader in the entire reader area,
It is possible to set the reader with a simple operation. Further, even if the number of characters is changed by performing character correction after setting the reader, the length of the reader area is automatically adjusted, and correction operations such as addition and deletion of readers are not required.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a document creating apparatus.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a microprocessor (CPU), 11 is a RAM accessed by the microprocessor 10, and 12 is a ROM.

A microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 10 controls the entire apparatus, and has the above-mentioned RA.
By accessing the M11 and the ROM 12 and starting a program according to the input instruction, the document creation processing, the document editing processing, the graphic creation processing, the printing processing, etc. are executed. The RAM 11 is provided with a document buffer 31 for storing the created document, and also stores a cursor position on the document display screen including a line image area (print buffer), an external character registration area, and a word registration area. -It has an area for storing various control information such as a sol position register.

The ROM 12 includes a program area 13 for storing a program for determining the operation of the CPU 10, a print control program, etc., a character pattern area 14 for storing a display or print character pattern, a kana or a locus. It has a dictionary area 15 in which various dictionaries for converting the readings input in ma-ji to kanji are registered, a reader type storage area 32 in which various reader type candidates are stored, and the like. In this leader type storage area 32, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, 12 types of leader type candidates such as various dotted lines, solid lines, broken lines, and wavy lines are registered. A blank (none) leader type candidate is included in the 12 types of leader type candidates, and a blank leader type candidate is read when the reader is first set. .. These readers can be formed in each space portion such as a tab, a decimal tab, an indent, a right alignment, and a centering. That is, the leader is the tab, decimal tab, indent,
This is set when ... Is designated, and the reader control code 40 shown in FIG. 3 is inserted at the cursor designated position. The reader control code 40 includes a control code section 41, a length information section 42, and a reader type storage section 43, and is written in the document in the document buffer 31 of the ROM 12. In the control code section 41, control codes for the designated tab, decimal tab, indent, ... Are set, and the length information section 4
The length information in the designated control code is set in 2, and the selected reader type is set in the reader type storage unit 43.

Reference numeral 16 is a keyboard (KB), 18 is a display, 21 is a floppy disk device (FDD), 2
Reference numeral 3 is a printer (PRT). Keyboard (KB) 1
Reference numeral 6 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF) 17 for input information necessary for creating a document and the number of characters displayed in one line.
Input to the CPU 10 via. The keyboard 16 includes character keys, cursor keys, half-width designation keys, and keys.
Various function keys including "Hiragana" shift key, "Katakana" shift key, "Kanji" shift key, etc. with switching from half-width to full-width of sol range, as well as various new word registration function, word registration function, etc. Equipped with function specifying means.

The display 18 is composed of, for example, a CRT or a dot matrix type liquid crystal display device, and displays a document or a guide message when a function is designated. Display controller (Display-CN
T) 19 controls the display of the display 18 using the display dot memory 20 under the control of the CPU 10.
The size of the displayed character is determined according to the character size data provided from the CPU 10.

The floppy disk device 21 is a CPU via a disk interface (FDD-IF) 22.
Under the control of 10, information such as created documents and figures is stored. The printer 23 is a document created under the control of the CPU 10 via the printer interface (PRT-IF) 24 and held in the document buffer area 31 in the RAM 11 or the floppy disk device 2 described above.
The document information read from 1 to the document buffer area 31 is printed.

Next, the automatic reader function in the above embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen display when a tab for the description page for the "headword" is specified when creating the table of contents. When creating a table of contents, after setting tabs,
Continuously input "entry word" such as "1: Introduction" and "numerical value" indicating the description page, position the cursor 44 at the beginning of "numerical value" indicating the description page, and operate the "tab" key. .. For example, if the entry word "1: Introduction" is written on page 1, enter "1: Introduction 1", position the cursor at "1" indicating the page, and press the "Tab" key. Manipulate. When this "tab" key is operated, CP
In U10, the reader control code 40 shown in FIG. 3 is added between "1: introduction" and "1". In this case, a tab control code is set in the control code section 41, and length information for the tab setting position is set in the length information section 42. Further, in the reader type storage unit 43, the (none) reader type is set from the reader type storage area 32 of the ROM 12. In this case, the leader type candidate shown in FIG. 2 is read from the leader type storage area 32, but when the first leader type is set, the (none) leader type candidate is read. There is.

Then, the CPU 10 controls the display of the reader based on the reader control code 40 written in the document buffer 31 as described above. That is, in this case, since the tab control code is set in the control code section 41, the tab-designated numeral "1" is moved to the tab setting position, and the range designated by the length information section 42 is read. It is displayed according to the leader type set in the seed storage unit 43. In this case, since the leader type is (none), a blank space is displayed between "1: Introduction" and "1".

In the same manner, tab designation is similarly performed on the numeral indicating the page in which the entry word is described, whereby the above reader control processing is performed and the leader area is blankly displayed as shown in FIG.

After that, when the reader is actually displayed, the cursor is first moved to the control code space to which the reader is attached. Now, in the display screen shown in FIG. 4, if a reader is attached between the entry word "1. Introduction" and the numerical value "1" indicating the description page, "1.
The cursor 44 is moved to an arbitrary position between "Introduction" and a tab setting position, that is, a "number" indicating a description page, and a "conversion / next candidate" key is operated. When this "conversion / next candidate" key is operated, the CPU 10 executes the leader type changing process according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

That is, when the "conversion / next candidate" key is operated (step A1), the CPU 10 extracts character information at the cursor position (step A2), and determines whether the extracted character is in the control code space (reader). It is judged (step A3), and if it is another code, another process corresponding to the code is executed (step A6). In the example of FIG. 4, since the extracted character is the reader control code, the next candidate reader type is read from the reader type storage area 32 of the ROM 12 in the order shown in FIG.
Write back to (step A4). In this case, the leader type candidate indicated by the dotted line No. 2 following the blank No. 1 is read and written in the document buffer 31. Then, the display of the reader 45 is changed as shown in FIG. 5 according to the read reader type (step A5). Similarly, every time the "conversion / next candidate" key is operated, the reader type is changed in the order shown in FIG. Therefore, even after setting the reader, the type of the displayed reader can be easily changed.

When the "function" key for designating a function and the "conversion / next candidate" key are operated, the CPU 10 reads the previous candidate leader type from the reader type storage area 32, in the reverse order of FIG. Change the leader type.

Furthermore, when the key operation of "function" + "select / execute" is performed, the CPU 10 causes the reader type storage area 32.
Then, 10 leader type candidates are read out, and a list of leader type candidates is displayed in the property on a part of the screen, for example, on the right side as shown in FIG. At this time, the leader type candidate in the upper portion is surrounded by a rectangular frame 46, and it is displayed that the leader type surrounded by the rectangular frame 46 is a selection candidate. This rectangular frame 46
Is moved up and down by the up and down cursor keys. If you operate the left / right cursor keys, the next screen of properties will be displayed. That is, when the right cursor (→) is operated in the state shown in FIG. 6, the displayed property is erased and the next candidate property, that is, the remaining two properties are displayed. Further, if the left cursor (←) is operated in this state, the displayed property is erased, the property of the previous candidate is displayed, and the state returns to the display state of FIG.

When selecting the leader type, the rectangular frame 46 is moved to the leader type candidate to be selected with the up and down cursor keys in FIG. 6 and the "select / execute" key is operated. When the “select / execute” key is operated, the CPU 10 rewrites the contents of the reader type storage unit 43 according to the reader type selected by the rectangular frame 46 at that time, and
Display the selected reader 45 on the screen as shown in
Delete the reader type property. FIG. 7 shows a display example when the No. 0 wavy line reader 45 is selected.

Further, in place of the cursor keys, "0"-
It is possible to directly select the reader type by the number key of "9". In this case, the designated reader is immediately displayed on the screen simply by selecting the reader type with the numeric keys.

Hereinafter, readers can be added to other entry words in the same manner.

When the headword needs to be corrected after the leader setting is completed as described above and the number of headwords changes due to the correction, the CPU 10 stores the length information portion 42 of the reader control code 40. The length information provided is referred to and the area between the headword and the tab setting position is reset as the leader area. Therefore, even if character correction is performed after setting the reader, the length of the reader area is automatically adjusted, and it is not necessary to perform correction operations such as addition and deletion of readers.

Although the reader setting operation when the tab is designated has been described above, the leader setting can be performed in the same manner when an operation such as a decimal tab, an indent, a right alignment, and a centering is performed. When the reader is set by the centering operation, the reader is added to the left and right sides of the centered character. Further, the reader can be set in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment not only when creating the table of contents but also when creating other documents.

In the above embodiment, the twelve types of leader candidates stored in the leader type storage area 32 of the ROM 12 are sequentially read out. However, in addition, for example, the line type and the line thickness are different keys. Alternatively, the reader type may be selected depending on the combination.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, a reader control code having a length information section and a reader type storage section is documented when a specific key which is a target of the reader such as tab or right alignment is operated. Since the display control of the reader is performed by adding the reader control code to the inside, it is not necessary to input the reader into the entire reader area, and the reader can be set by a simple operation. Further, since the length of the reader area is set by referring to the length information stored in the length information section of the reader control code, even if the number of characters is changed by performing character correction after setting the reader, The length of the area is automatically adjusted, so that it is not necessary to perform correction operations such as addition and deletion of readers, and document creation can be performed efficiently. Further, the reader type can be arbitrarily changed even after setting the reader.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of leader type candidates in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a reader control code according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for explaining a reader setting operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a reader setting operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a reader setting operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a reader setting operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a leader type change processing operation in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Microprocessor (CPU), 11 ... RAM,
12 ... ROM, 13 ... Program area, 14 ... Character pattern area, 15 ... Dictionary area, 16 ... Keyboard (K
B), 17 ... Keyboard interface (KB-I
F), 18 ... Display, 19 ... Display controller (display-
CNT), 20 ... Dot memory for display, 21 ... Floppy disk device (FDD), 22 ... Disk interface (FDD-IF), 23 ... Printer (PRT),
24 ... Printer interface (PRT-IF), 3
1 ... Document buffer, 32 ... Reader type storage area, 40 ... Reader control code, 41 ... Control code section, 42 ... Length information section, 43 ... Reader type storage section, 44 ... Cursor, 45 ... Reader, 46 ... Rectangular frame ..

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toru Ikegami 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Inside the Ome Plant of Toshiba Corporation (72) Inventor Takashi Kusuhashi 1381 Shinmachi, Ome-shi, Tokyo 1 Toshiba Computer Ta Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a document creation apparatus, a reader type storage means for storing a plurality of reader types, a function specifying means for specifying a function to be set by the reader, and a function to be set for the reader by this means. Is specified, a means for adding the reader type read from the reader type storage means to the control code and length information corresponding to the designated function and writing it as a reader control code at the cursor designated position in the created document, A document creation apparatus comprising: a reader display control means for setting a reader area and controlling display of the reader according to the setting contents of the reader control code. 2. In the document creation apparatus, a reader type storage means for storing a plurality of reader types, a function specifying means for specifying a function to be set by the reader, and a function to be set for the reader by this means. Is specified, a means for adding the reader type read from the reader type storage means to the control code and length information corresponding to the designated function and writing it as a reader control code at the cursor designated position in the created document, When the leader next candidate is designated by this means, the leader display control means for setting the leader area and the display control of the leader according to the setting contents of the leader control code, the next candidate designation means for designating the next candidate of the leader, The reader next candidate is read from the reader type storage means, and the reader type set in the reader control code is rewritten to change the type of the reader display. A document creation apparatus comprising: a changing unit. 3. In the document creation apparatus, a reader type storage means for storing a plurality of reader types, a function specifying means for specifying a function to be set by the reader, and a function to be set for the reader by this means. Is specified, a means for adding the reader type read from the reader type storage means to the control code and length information corresponding to the designated function and writing it as a reader control code at the cursor designated position in the created document, When the list display is instructed by the reader display control means for setting the reader area and controlling the display of the reader according to the setting contents of the reader control code, the list display instructing means for instructing the list display of the leader type candidates. List display means for reading out the leader type candidates from the leader type storage area and displaying the list on the screen, and the reader displayed on the screen as a list A candidate selecting means for selecting and designating one of the seed candidates and a means for rewriting the leader kind set in the reader control code by the leader candidate selected by this means to change the kind of the leader display are provided. A document creation device characterized by the above.