JPH0567101A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a word processor easy to generate contents. CONSTITUTION:A contents data generating means 5 which extracts document data in which a contents designation mark decided in advance is attached on the line end of the document data generated by a document generating means 3 when receiving a contents generation instruction from the document generating means 3 and generates and outputs contents data based on the document data is provided in the word processor 1. The contents designation mark is inputted from a keyboard 2 to the line end of the document data to be set as the contents when character data is inputted from the keyboard 2 to the document generating means 3. When a document generation completion instruction is inputted from the keyboard 2, the contents generation instruction is outputted from the document generating means 3, and the contents data can be automatically generated and outputted by the contents generating means 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly to a word processor capable of easily creating a table of contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional word processor inputs desired document data with an input device such as a keyboard, generates document data having a desired format by the document creating / editing means of the word processor, and prints the document data on a paper. A page numerical value is automatically added to each document data corresponding to one page sentence on the paper when printed. After that, the operator of this word processor creates the table-of-contents data by using the above-mentioned document creating / editing means to input predetermined data from the above-mentioned input device. At that time, the operator selects appropriate document data among the already created document data, for example, “Chapter 1 ...
Refer to the appropriate heading part of the above-mentioned document data and the value of the number of pages of the document data in which this heading part is described, that is, the page number, and the already created document data described above. Then, the page number is added to the end of the line of the heading of the corresponding document data, and such a heading and the page number in the text in which the heading is described are shown in correspondence with each other. Create table of contents data. When creating such table-of-contents data, regarding the above-mentioned heading item, which page in the text the item is located is determined by the operator of this word processor for each heading item by checking the corresponding page. It was created by inputting the number of pages using the input device.

[0003]

When creating a table of contents, the above-described conventional word processor first creates document data for the text prior to the table of contents, and then creates a table of contents within the document data created on the word processor. It was necessary to find out the page numerical value including the heading portion used for the above, and to input the found page numerical value again from the input device of the word processor described above at the end of the line of the corresponding heading item to create the above table of contents.

Therefore, there is a drawback in that it takes a long time to create a table of contents, and when the text is modified, the page number entered in the table of contents data must be input again in correspondence with the modified text. It has the drawback of having to be. It has the drawback.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a word processor capable of automatically generating the table-of-contents data after creating the text data by providing the table-of-contents data generating means in the word processor.

[0006]

The word processor of the present invention is a word processor for creating character data input from an input device as document data capable of being printed in a desired format. Document data existing in a line having a predetermined table-of-contents designation symbol at the end of the line is extracted from the document data in line order and page order, and the extracted document data is added to the end of the line of the extracted document data in the extraction order. Is provided with a table-of-contents data generating means for generating table-of-contents data composed of document data having page numerical values to which the item belongs.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the word processor of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation thereof, and FIGS. 3 (A), 3 (B) and 3 (C) are respectively the first. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the document data from page 3 to page 3 is displayed as an image, and FIG. 3D is based on the document data shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C. It is explanatory drawing which shows the created table-of-contents data.

The word processor 1 of the present invention comprises a keyboard 2 which is one of input devices for inputting document data, a document creating means 3 for producing desired document data based on a signal output from the keyboard 2, and a document. A page assigning unit 4 that assigns a page numerical value to the document data generated by the creating unit 3, a table of contents data generating unit 5 that generates and outputs table of contents data when receiving a table of contents creating command output from the document creating unit 3, and a document A display unit 8 for displaying the document data created by the creating unit 3 and the table of contents data created by the table of contents data creating unit 5 as an image, and the document creating unit 3
Of the document data and the table of contents data generated by the table of contents data generation unit 5 are stored in the document data storage unit 6. In addition, a printer 9 that prints the document data created by the document creating means 3 and the index data generated by the index data generating means 5 on a predetermined sheet is connected to the outside. Such a printer 9 may be built in the word processor 1. Among the constituent elements described above, the constituent elements except the document creating means 3 and the table-of-contents data generating means 5 are the same as the constituent elements of the conventional word processor of this type, and hence the detailed description of the operation will be given hereinafter. Is omitted.

When a command for character data and a document format is output from the keyboard 2 and added to the document creating means 3, document data of the specified format is created (step S1 in FIG. 2). When the document data is created, a predetermined table-of-contents designating symbol (for example, ⋄ in FIGS. 3A to 3C) is input from the keyboard 2 at the end of the line of the heading document to be the table of contents. Every time the document data for one predetermined page is created, the document creating means 3 calls the page giving means 4, and the page giving means 4 gives a continuous series of page numerical values to the document data (step S2). .. When all the document data are created in this way and the document data creation end command is output from the keyboard 2 to the document creation means 3, the document creation means 3 outputs the index creation command to the index data creation means 5 (step S3 and S4).

When a table-of-contents generation command is added to the table-of-contents data generation unit 5, the table-of-contents data generation unit 5 adds a table-of-contents designation signal to the end of the above-described page order and line order from the already created document data. Document data is extracted line by line, and the page number to which the document belongs in the main text is given to each line of the document data, and the table of contents data is created by arranging the document data with these page numbers given in the line order and page order, and creates the document. Output to the means 3 (steps S5 to S
7). The print command from the keyboard 2 is the document creating means 3
Then, the table of contents data and the document data are added to the printer 9 connected to the outside, and the table of contents and the document based on the table of contents data and the document data are printed (step S8). Alternatively, when a storage command for the generated table-of-contents data and document data is added to the document creation means 3 from the keyboard 2, the table-of-contents data and the document data temporarily stored in the document creation means 3 are stored in the document-data storage means 6. Is written to and stored in (step S
8).

[0012]

As described above, in the word processor of the present invention, when character data is input from the keyboard, the line end of the document data corresponding to the heading data portion to be displayed with the predetermined table of contents designating symbol as the table of contents. When a table of contents creation command is added, the document data of the line with the table-of-contents designator at the end of the line is extracted and arranged in line order and page order from the document data, and the line end of the extracted document data By providing a table-of-contents data generating means for creating the table-of-contents data with the number of pages in which the document data exists in the text, if the text of the text data is input, the table-of-contents data can be processed like a conventional word processor of this type. To
The table of contents data can be generated without inputting again. In addition, even when the portion of the document data that corresponds to the text is modified, the table of contents data corresponding to the document data that corresponds to the modified text is automatically generated by entering the document creation end command from the keyboard. It has the effect of creating table of contents data in a shorter time than with this type of word processor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a word processor of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of operation in the word processor of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a case where document data created by the word processor of FIG. 1 is displayed as an image.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 word processor 2 keyboard 3 document creating means 4 page adding means 5 table of contents data creating means 6 document data storing means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a word processor for creating character data input from an input device as document data capable of being printed in a desired format, when a table of contents creating command is added, a predetermined table of contents designating symbol at the end of the line in the document data. Document data existing in a line marked with is extracted from the document data in line order and page order, and is composed of document data having a page numerical value to which the extracted document data belongs at the end of a line of the extracted document data in the extraction order. A word processor, comprising: a table-of-contents data generating means for generating the selected table-of-contents data.