JPH05274307A - Device and method for preparing document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply and quickly select and return target character or character- string information whose return is desired from in deleted character or character-string information. CONSTITUTION:When a character deletion key is inputted from a keyboard 4 by an operator, a CPU 1 deletes the character concerned from a document buffer in a RAM 3, and also, writes this deleted character in a scrap buffer in the RAM 3. Thereafter, when a deletion return command for the character is inputted from the keyboard 4, the CPU 1 displays in a lamp all the deleted characters in the scrap buffer on a display device 6, and urges the operator to select a return character. As a result, when the return character is selected, the CPU 1 reads out the character concerned from the scrap buffer, and writes it in the designated part in the document buffer. Thereafter, the CPU 1 reads out document containing the designated part in the document buffer, and displays it on the display device 6, by which the return character is inserted into the designated part in the document and returned.

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,
In particular, it relates to a method for restoring deleted characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a document is created by inputting character string information in a document creation device such as a word processor,
The function to restore the deleted character string information may be used. However, in the conventional document creating apparatus, when the function of restoring the deleted character is used, since the deleted characters are displayed in order from the character deleted immediately before, the deletion recovery is performed until the desired character appears. It is time-consuming and time-consuming, and after the target character appears and the deletion is restored, the deleted character displayed unnecessarily must be deleted again. There was a drawback. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the above-mentioned conventional recovery operation of deleted characters. When the delete character return function is used, the delete character strings are displayed in order from the immediately preceding delete character string as shown by the wavy line in the figure. In this example, the delete character string "return" displayed third It becomes the deletion character string of. Therefore, the remaining character strings such as "Cancel." And "No is pressed" are deleted again, and only the "restore" is left as shown in FIG. Have returned to.

[0003]

As described above, when the delete character restoring function is used in the conventional document creating apparatus, the delete character or character string is displayed in order from the character or character string deleted immediately before. There is a drawback in that unnecessary deletion characters or character strings must be displayed until the desired character to be restored appears, which takes time and effort.
Moreover, after the target character or character string is restored, the unnecessary deleted character or character string has to be deleted again, which has a drawback that the operability is very poor.

Therefore, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and creates a document in which a desired character or character string information to be recovered can be simply and quickly selected and recovered from deleted character or character string information. It is an object to provide an apparatus and method.

[0005]

According to the present invention, after deleting input character or character string information, any character or character string information in the deleted character or character string information is selected, and this is input character. Alternatively, in a document creation apparatus capable of returning to an arbitrary position in the character string information, a saving unit for saving the deleted character or character string information and a saving command when a command to restore the deleted character information is input. Display means for displaying the deleted character or character string information stored in the means all at once or by a predetermined number, and selection for selecting arbitrary character information from the deleted character or character string information displayed by this display means And a restoring means for inserting the deleted character or character string information selected by the selecting means into a specified position in the input character or character string information and displaying the inserted character or character string information.

[0006]

In the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the storing means stores the deleted character or character string information. The display means displays the deleted characters or the character string information stored in the storage means in a lump or in a predetermined number when a command to restore the deleted character information is input. The selecting means allows the operator to select an arbitrary character from the deleted character or character string information displayed by the display means. The restoring means inserts the deleted character or character string information selected by the selecting means into a position designated by the operator in the input character or character string information and displays it.

[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 an embodiment of the document creating apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a CPU for controlling document creation and recovery of deleted characters, and 2 is a RO for storing a program for controlling the CPU 1, a dictionary, and other various data.
M and 3 are document buffers for storing the input document information,
A RAM 4 to which a scrap buffer for storing deleted character (or character string) information and an area for storing document format information and various control data is assigned is used for inputting a character string by an operator and various function commands. A keyboard 5 for inputting, a keyboard interface 5 for interpreting key input information from the keyboard 4 and inputting to the CPU 1, 6
Is a display device for displaying the created document, deletion recovery candidate characters or character string information, 7 is a display control unit for controlling the display operation of the display device 8, 8 is a dot memory in which display data is expanded, 9 is a document, etc. A printer device for printing and outputting the data on paper, 10 is a printer interface for controlling the printer device 9, 11 is an external storage device such as a floppy disk device or a hard disk device, and 12 is a disk interface for controlling the external storage device 11. ..

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the document creation mode, when the operator operates the keyboard 4 to input the reading of the document, the CPU 1 refers to a dictionary or the like in the ROM 2, converts it into Kana-Kanji characters, stores it in the document buffer of the RAM 3, and displays it. It is displayed on the display device 6 via the control unit 7. At this time, the document data for one screen displayed on the display device 6 is developed in the dot memory 8 in a display format, and this is displayed on the screen of the display device 6. When creating such a document, the operator presses a delete key or the like on the keyboard 4 to delete characters or character string information. When such a character deletion command is input, the CPU 1 deletes the corresponding character in the document buffer in the RAM 3 and also deletes the corresponding character in the document displayed on the display device 6 via the display control unit 7. Erase characters. At this time,
The CPU 1 reads the character to be deleted from the RAM 3, and writes the read character information in the scrap buffer provided in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG. 2A as shown in FIG. 2B. .. In the scrap buffer shown in FIG. 2B, the first deleted character information, the second deleted character information ... Are input in order. However, when the number of deleted characters exceeds the capacity of this scrap buffer, the first deleted character input is deleted and the last deleted character is input.

In such a state, when the operator issues an instruction to execute the restoring function of the deleted character from the keyboard 4 to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 executes the processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Now, the display device 6 is displaying a screen as shown in FIG.
Is moved to the position where the deletion character is to be restored, and then a predetermined key of the keyboard 4 is pressed to enter the deletion restoration mode. As a result, the CPU 1 proceeds to step 401, displays the contents of the scrap buffer in the RAM 3 on the screen of the display device 6 in the frame indicated by 50 in FIG. 3, and selects the delete / restore character or character string information for the operator. Display the message that causes The operator operates the keyboard 4 to display the desired character or character string information (here, "list is displayed") to be recovered in the delete recovery character or character string information in the frame 50 as shown in FIG. After the cursor is designated, the selection execution key or the like is pressed to select the target character or character string information. In response to this, in step 402, the CP
U1 moves the cursor on the display device 6 through the display control unit 7, determines whether or not the return character is selected in step 403, returns to step 402 if not selected, and returns to step 402 if selected. Continue to 404. Step 4
At 04, the CPU 1 reads the selected return character from the scrap buffer in the RAM 3 and reads it.
After inserting into the document buffer at the position designated by the cursor K, the process proceeds to step 405. Step 40
At 5, the document in the document buffer is read and displayed on the display device 6 via the display control unit 7 as shown in FIG. As a result, the once deleted character string "displaying a list" is restored and displayed at the position indicated by the cursor K in the document shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, since the deleted character or character string information is stored in the scrap buffer in the RAM 3, when the operator returns a delete command from the keyboard 4, the deleted character or character in the scrap buffer is entered. Since all the column information is temporarily displayed on the display device 6, there is no need to perform a keyboard operation until the character or character string information to be restored is displayed, and the operability is improved accordingly. Thereafter, when the target character or character string information is selected from the displayed deleted character or character string information, the selected character or character string information is inserted into the designated document portion, and then the deletion is performed. Since the list of characters or character string information is deleted and the original document input screen is displayed, the operator does not need to delete unnecessary deleted character or character string information again as in the past. The operability of the deleted character restoration function can be improved. Incidentally, the RAM3 of FIG.
Various methods can be applied to input the deletion character to the scrap buffer in the inside, for example, first-in first-out, or after storing the contents of the scrap buffer in the file when creating one document and storing it in the file. There are ways to clear all.

Further, in the above embodiment, the deleted character or character string information in the scrap buffer is displayed in the frame 50 at once, but the displayed information may not all fit in the frame 50. .. In this case, it goes without saying that a method of displaying deleted characters or character string information by a predetermined number may be adopted. Further, a number may be added to the beginning of the displayed deleted character or character string information, and the corresponding number may be input from the keyboard when selecting. by the way,
In the above description, the deletion recovery is displayed collectively or by a predetermined number, but there is a method of recovering from the previous one.
The mode may be selected from the above-described embodiment, that is, the method of displaying all at once or the predetermined number of methods. Alternatively, the method of returning from the previous one may also be used, that is, in the conventional method, after a predetermined number of deleted character strings are displayed, they may be displayed collectively or in a predetermined number in the window.

[0012]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly select the desired character or character string information from the deleted character or character string information and restore it. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a RAM shown in FIG. 1 and an example of contents of a scrap buffer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a deletion recovery screen displayed on the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of restoring a deleted character in the document by the CPU shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows another screen example when the deleted character displayed on the display device shown in FIG. 1 is restored.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when a document in which a deleted character string is restored is displayed on the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a conventional deletion recovery screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when a target character string once deleted by a conventional delete / restore method is returned to a document.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU 2 ... ROM 3 ... RAM 4 ... Keyboard 5 ... Keyboard interface 6 ... Display device 7 ... Display control unit 8 ... Dot memory 9 ... Printer device 10 ... Printer interface 11 ... External storage device 12 ... Disk interface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. After deleting the input character or character string information, select any character or character string information in the deleted character or character string information, and select this character from the input character or character string information. In a document creation device capable of returning to an arbitrary position, a storage unit for storing the deleted character or character string information, and a deletion stored in the storage unit when a recovery command for the deleted character information is input. Display means for displaying the character or character string information collectively or by a predetermined number, selecting means for selecting arbitrary character information among the deleted characters or character string information displayed by this displaying means, and this selecting means A document creating apparatus comprising: a restoring unit that inserts the selected deleted character or character string information into a specified position in the input character or character string information and displays it. 2. After deleting the input character or character string information, select any character or character string information in the deleted character or character string information, and select this character from the input character or character string information. In the one that can be returned to any position, if a deletion character information return command is input, the characters or character string information deleted up to now are displayed collectively or by a predetermined number, and then the displayed deletion character information is displayed. Alternatively, a document creating method characterized by inserting a character or character string information selected in the character string information into a designated position in the input character or character string information and displaying the same.