JPH0569225B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Technical Field> The present invention relates to a word processor having a ruled line processing function, and more particularly to a ruled line processing device useful for a small word processor with a small display width.

<Summary of the Invention> This invention draws a ruled line by automatically generating a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line as a tab position in that line when inputting a vertical ruled line in the ruled line input mode. When entering text later, by pressing the tab key, the input point can be automatically moved to a predetermined position based on the ruled lines.

<Prior art and its drawbacks> When creating a table or the like using a word processor, first draw lines and then input text data.
In this case, unless the operator inputs text data while always paying attention to the position of the ruled lines, the ruled lines may collapse depending on the operating method. Especially in word processors with small display widths,
During horizontal scrolling, the ruled lines extend beyond the display area, making it difficult to confirm the ruled line positions, so that it is often not immediately obvious that the ruled line positions have shifted.

<Objective of the Invention> The object of the present invention is to create a relationship between the vertical ruled line position and the tab position when inputting vertical ruled lines, so that the ruled lines may be distorted or characters may be distorted by using the tab key after inputting the ruled lines. To provide a ruled line processing device for a word processor which can prevent words from protruding from ruled lines.

<Structure of the Invention> The present invention includes means for generating a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line as a tab position in that line when inputting a vertical ruled line, and means for storing data of the generated tab position in a tab buffer. When a vertical ruled line is input, a tab position that is positionally related to the vertical ruled line is automatically stored in the tab buffer.

With this configuration, according to the present invention, by pressing the tab key, the input point can be automatically moved to the tab position, that is, a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line. Therefore, by pressing the tab key after inputting character data in a certain line, the input point can be moved to the tab position of the next line, that is, a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line in the next line. As a result, once a ruled line is drawn, text data can be entered correctly within the ruled line by using the tab key without being aware of the position of the vertical ruled line.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor that is an embodiment of the present invention.

The editing control unit 10 including the CPU includes a display device 11 that displays input text data, a printer 12 that prints the input text data to create text,
A system program memory 13 for storing system programs, a kana-kanji conversion device 14, an editing memory 15, and a keyboard 16 are connected.

The kana-kanji conversion device 14 has a built-in kana-kanji conversion dictionary that converts kana characters inputted from the keyboard 16 into sentences containing kanji. keyboard 1
6 is the alphanumeric character key for inputting Romaji and kana characters, the character key of the kana key, the vertical ruled line key for inputting frame ruled lines in the text, the horizontal ruled line key, and the key for moving the cursor to the tab position. It has tab keys, editing control keys, etc.

The editing memory 15 includes a document buffer 21 for storing input text data, a tab buffer 22 for storing tab position data, a ruled line buffer 23 for storing ruled line position data, and a cursor counter 24 for specifying the cursor position. The document buffer 21 stores format instruction data for each line along with document data consisting of character code strings. The tab buffer 22 stores tab position data for each line. The ruled line buffer 23 stores position data for each of vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines.

Next, the operation of the word processor in the ruled line automatic tab setting mode will be explained. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation in the ruled line automatic tab setting mode. When you first enter this mode, step n1
There is a ruled line input by the operator. When a ruled line is input, determine whether it is a vertical ruled line or a horizontal ruled line using n2.
If it is a horizontal ruled line, the process skips to n5, sets the input ruled line information in the ruled line buffer 23, and ends the process. Thereafter, the display operation starts and the set ruled lines are displayed on the display device 11.

If the ruled line input in n2 is a vertical ruled line, the process advances to n3, and a predetermined position based on the input vertical ruled line is generated as a tab position in that line. A predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line is set in advance. Here, it is assumed that the vertical ruled line position +1 is the tab position generated in this step. Once the tab position is generated, the tab position data is then set in the tab buffer 22. After the above processes n3 and n4, the process proceeds to n5, where the ruled line position data is set in the ruled line buffer 23, and the process ends. By the above operations, when all the vertical ruled lines have been drawn, the tab position of each ruled line will be automatically set.

When inputting text data using the above process, by pressing the tab key on each line, the character input point is always set at a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line, that is, in this example, the position of the vertical ruled line +1
It can be set at. Therefore, by pressing the tab key after inputting document data, the operator can move the input point of the first character to the immediate right of the vertical ruled line of the next line. Therefore, the operator can input only character data without paying attention to the position of vertical ruled lines. In this example, the tab position generated by n3 is set to the vertical ruled line position +1, but +2
It may also be set at any position such as -1, -2, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the word processor in ruled line automatic tab setting mode.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tab buffer that stores tab position data;
A word processor comprising a ruled line buffer that stores ruled line position data, displays ruled lines based on the ruled line position data, and sets a cursor display position based on the tab position data when a tab key is pressed, A word processor comprising means for generating a predetermined position based on the vertical ruled line as a tab position in that line when a vertical ruled line is input, and means for storing data of the generated tab position in the tab buffer. Ruled line processing device.