JPH0573548A - Document shaping device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform document preparing operation by shaping a document of one block which is currently read as a part succeeding to document data of one block which is read last time. CONSTITUTION:A storage means 1 is stored with document data generated corresponding to key input operation. A specifying means 2 specifies the sectioning of paragraphs of an optional block among plural blocks constituting the document data which are already generated in the storage means 1. A judging means 3 when given a document shaping command by key operation, etc., reads the document data out of the storage means 1, block by block, and judges whether or not each block contains the specified sectioning of the paragraph. A document shaping means 4 on receiving the judgement result of the judging means 3 shapes the document the document of the block data as the part succeeding to the document data of the block which is read out last time unless the document data of the block contains the sectioning of the paragraph.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a word processor, etc.
The present invention relates to a document shaping device that has storage means for storing text data and that shapes text data in the storage means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating a sentence in a word processor, the following steps are taken.

That is, (1) setting of LM (left margin), RM (right margin), number of lines, number of columns per line, etc. on one page (2) sentence format at the time of sentence completion, that is, paragraph of sentence , Blank position, etc. in your head (3) Create a sentence by key-in based on the assumed sentence format

Further, when the sentence completed in this way is read again and the paragraph position, the blank position, etc. of the sentence seem strange, it is necessary to perform an extremely troublesome editing operation by the procedure shown in FIG. was there.

That is, in FIG. 6, when a sentence composed of sentences a to i is completed, as shown in (A) of FIG. 6, a case of editing into a sentence of a format as shown in the format (C) of this sentence is shown. I assume. As shown in (A), the sentences a and f indicate the paragraph position where the sentence head is lowered.

First, in FIG. 6A, a code indicating a paragraph division at the beginning of sentences d and i

[Outer 1] Write into the text memory by operating the line feed key etc. (Number of key operations: 2 times). As a result, the display state as shown in FIG.

Next, in FIG. 6 (B), a space code (sentence lowering) is inserted at the beginning of sentences d and i, and a space code at the beginning of sentence f is deleted (the number of key operations: 3).
Times). As a result, the sentence in the format of FIG. 6C is obtained.

[0008]

As described above, the number of key operations is increased in the editing work when changing the paragraph position, the blank position, etc. of the once completed sentence format.
It was very inconvenient.

In addition, in order to create a sentence before performing such a re-editing operation, the sentence format at the time of completion is assumed, and the key operation is performed while always considering it, and the sentence is created. It was necessary and complicated.

An object of the present invention is to use a word processor or the like having storage means for storing text data, and when it is desired to complete the text data in this storage means as a text in a format having paragraph positions, blank positions, etc. It is possible to easily change an input sentence into a sentence having a desired sentence format without considering the format and the sentence format at all.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention. The storage means 1 stores, for example, sentence data created in response to a key input operation in a word processor. In this case, this text data is input and created as a continuous sentence without any consideration of the format and the text format. The designating unit 2 designates a form of a sentence indicating a paragraph break, for example, a sentence indentation form, for an arbitrary block among a plurality of blocks constituting the sentence data created in the storage unit 1. When a sentence shaping command is given by a key operation or the like, the judging means 3 reads the sentence data in the storage means 1 in block units, and includes therein the sentence shape indicating the paragraph break specified earlier. It is determined whether or not When the sentence shaping unit 4 receives the determination result of the determination unit 3 and there is no shape indicating a paragraph in the read one block of sentence data, the one sentence block of the previously read one block is read. The text is formatted as a sentence that is continuous with the text data of, and the formatted text data created in this way is
For example, it is sent to the storage means 1 and rewritten.

[0012]

For example, when creating a document in a word processor, the format and the sentence format are not considered at all,
Create text data by keying in text. This text data is sequentially written in the storage means 1. When the creation of the sentence is completed, the designating unit 2 designates a form such as a paragraph lowering for any block among a plurality of blocks forming the sentence data, and writes it in the sentence data in the storage unit 1. Next, when a text shaping command is given by a key operation or the like, the judgment means 3 reads the text data in the storage means 1 in block units, and in that, the shape of the text indicating the break of the designated paragraph is previously written. It is determined whether or not is included. Then, when the sentence shaping unit 4 receives the determination result of the determination unit 3 and there is no shape indicating a paragraph in the read one block of sentence data, the one block of sentence data is read out last time. The text is shaped as a sentence continuous to one block of text data, and the shaped text data thus created is sent to, for example, the storage means 1 and rewritten. Therefore, a document laid out in a desired format with paragraphs and blanks provided at desired positions is automatically created by a very simple editing operation. Further, when the format of the document created in this way is further changed, it is possible to re-edit with a simple operation by designating a paragraph or a blank position in the same manner at an arbitrary position by the designating means 2.

[0013]

First Embodiment A first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a European word processor will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 2, in addition to alphabet keys, numeric keys, etc., the keyboard 11 sets LM (left margin) and RM (right margin) on one page of the document, which is one of the format formats of the created document. LM
Key 11A, RM key 11B, F giving a sentence shaping command
An ORM key 11C, a line feed key 11D for inputting a line feed code, and the like are provided. A key input signal from each key is given to the CPU 13 via the input control unit 12 and processed.

The CPU 13 has a program, an arithmetic circuit, etc. for controlling various operations such as creation of text data of the European word processor, editing, display, printing, key scanning of the keyboard 11 and the like, and for each circuit in FIG. , Gives various control signals and data.

The text memory (A) 14 comprises a RAM,
Regardless of the format or the sentence format, in other words, the CPU does not consider the paragraph or the blank position of the sentence at all, and the CPU 11 responds to the key input of the sentence from the keyboard 11 as it comes up.
The continuous sentence data created by 13 is written. On the other hand, the text memory (B) 15 is also composed of a RAM, but with respect to a series of text data which has been created and stored in the text memory (A) 14, an incident (text beginning) is performed by a key operation from the keyboard 11. Down) position, blank position, etc., and specify to give a paragraph of text, then LM key 11A,
When a left margin and a right margin are specified by operating the RM key 11B and then a text shaping command is input by operating the FORM key 11C, the CPU 13 reads the text data in the text memory (A) 14 in units of one block, This is a memory in which the created formatted text data is written when the formatted text data with paragraphs and spaces is created.

The line buffer 16 is a register in which a sentence read out from the sentence memory (A) 14 in a block unit is set in a sentence shaping process like the CPU 13.
The data of the sentence is read by the CPU 13 and shaped. In this case, the sentence of one block unit means each sentence of the itemized document having a line feed code added at the end.

The register group 17 includes F, C (D), C (R), and C that are used by the CPU 13 in the above sentence shaping process.
It has registers (A) and C '(A). With mushrooms
The F register is a register in which a flag indicating whether or not the previous line of the document data read from the text memory (A) 14 is a blank line is set, and the C (D) register is designated by the LM key 11A and the RM key 11B. The register in which the specified number of characters of the text format is set, the C (R) register is a register in which the number of characters of the text data of one block unit read from the text memory (A) 14 into the line buffer 16 is set, and the C (A) register. Is a register in which the number of characters written in the text memory (B) 15 is set in the text data of one block unit read from the text memory (A) 14, and the C ′ (A) register is a C (A) register. Is a temporary storage register for.

The display control unit 18 stores the text data written in the text memory (A) 14 or the text memory (B).
A circuit for converting the sentence-shaped sentence data in 15 into display data and displaying it on the display unit 19, and the print control unit 20.
Is a circuit for converting the text data in the text memory (B) 15 into print data and causing the printer 21 to print.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flow charts for text shaping in FIGS. 3A and 3B and the display states in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C.

First, a sentence displayed as shown in FIG. 4 (A) is input by operating the alphabet keys of the keyboard 11 and the key input signal is given to the CPU 13 via the input control unit 12 to give the sentence. Create the data. Then, it is written in the text memory (A) 14. In this case, this document data is a bulleted sentence consisting of sentences a to l, and a line feed code by the operation of the line feed key 11D at the end of each sentence.

[Outside 2] Just write in, and do not perform any key input operation considering other formats and text formats, and enter text continuously as you think.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, in this example, a space code is set at the beginning of sentences a and e by a space key (not shown), and written in the sentence memory (A) 14 and Line feed code at the end of sentence i

[Outside 3] To operate the line feed key 11D in succession to

[Outside 4] Is input and written in the text memory (A) 14. as a result,
Sentences a and e are set to the indent (sentence lowering) position indicating a paragraph of the sentence, and a blank of one line is set between the sentences i and j.

Then, the LM key 11A and the RM key 11B are operated to set the left margin (LM) and the right margin (RM) at the positions shown in FIG. 4C. In this case, for convenience of description, if the number of characters between the LM and RM is assumed to be "8", the number of characters "8" is set in the register group 1
7 is set in the C (D) register.

Next, the FORM key 11C is operated to operate the CPU.
When a sentence shaping command is given to the CPU 13, the CPU 13 follows the flow chart of FIG. 3 and the sentence data stored in the sentence memory (A) 14 in a state corresponding to the display state of FIG. The process of reading and shaping, creating shaped sentence data with a paragraph added as shown in the display state of FIG. 4C, and writing it into the sentence memory (B) 15 is started.

That is, the CPU 13 has the text memory (A) 14
When the sentence a on the first line is read from, all the sentence data in the sentence memory (A) 14 are already read, and it is determined by the process of step S1 whether or not the sentence data has been read.
In this case, NO, and then step 1 of sentence a, 1
The line data of the line sentence (including the line feed code at the end) is read as the text data of one block sentence and set in the line buffer 16. Then, it is determined whether or not the sentence a is the first line (step S3). In this case, therefore, it is determined that the line is the first line, the process proceeds to step S12, and the data in the C (A) register (currently "0") and the data in the C (R) register (blank character in sentence a) Number of characters including "," which is now "5"), and the resulting data "5" is C '(A)
Set in register.

For the sake of convenience of the following description, the number of characters including blank characters in sentences b to l is "7", "8", respectively.
"5", "8", "7", "5", "5", "8",
Assume "7", "5", "8".

Next, in step S13, C '(A)
The magnitude relationship between the register data “5” and the C (D) register data “8” is determined. At this time C '(A) <
C (D), and if NO is determined, the process proceeds to step S17, the data "5" in the C '(A) register is set in the C (A) register, and the data of the sentence a in the row buffer 16 is set. The data is read and written in the text memory (B) 15, and the F register is cleared (steps S18 and S19). Then, the process returns to step S1. As a result, the processing of sentence b is started.

In step S1, the answer is NO, and in step S2, the data of the sentence b is set in the row buffer 16. Then, in step S3, it is determined that this sentence b is not the first line, and step S4
Then, it is judged whether or not this sentence b is a blank line. In this case, since the data of the sentence b in the line buffer 16 is set to a code such as alphabets, it is not a blank line but N.
When it becomes O, the process proceeds to step S8, and it is determined whether or not this sentence b is an indent line. In this case, since the space code is not set at the beginning of the sentence b, it is determined to be NO, and the process proceeds to step S9 to determine whether or not the flag of the F register is "1". Since it is “0” now, the result is NO, the process proceeds to step S12, and the data “5” in the C (A) register.
And the data in the C (R) register (the number of characters “7” in sentence b) are added, and the resulting data is set in the C ′ (A) register. Then, in the determination process of step S13, C
′ (A) = 12> C (D) = 8, and the determination result is YES and the process proceeds to step S14, and the number of characters C (D) −C (A), that is, 8−5 = 3 characters, is stored in the line buffer. The data of the sentence b from 16 is read from the head side, and the process of writing at the end of the sentence a of the sentence memory (B) 15 is performed. Then, the line end code is written at the end (step S15).

As a result, the sentence on the first line of FIG. 4C (composed of 5 characters of sentence a and 3 characters at the beginning of sentence b) is created and set in the sentence memory (B) 15. It will be. In this case, the line feed code at the end of sentence a

[Outside 5] Are ignored and sentences a and b are continuously written in the sentence memory (B).
Written on 15. The number of remaining characters of the sentence b in the line buffer 16 is "4".

Next, step S16 is executed and C '
The data of (A) -C (D) = 12-8 = 4 is C '(A)
It is set in the register and returns to step S13. In step S13, C '(A) = 4 <C (D) = 8 is determined to be NO, the process proceeds to step S17, the data "4" is set in the C (A) register, and step S18 is performed.
Then, the remaining characters (4 characters) of the sentence b are written as the second line of the sentence memory (B) 15, and the F register is cleared in step S19, and the process returns to step S1. Then, the shaping process of the sentence c is started.

In the processing of sentence c, first, in step S1, N
When it becomes O, the process proceeds to step S2, and the data (8 characters) of the sentence c from the sentence memory (A) 14 is set in the line buffer 16. Next, in steps S3, S4, S8, and S9, it is determined that all are NO, and in step S12, C '
C (A) + C (R) = 4 + 8 = 12 is set in the (A) register. Next, step S13 is YES, and steps S14 to S16 are executed. as a result,
The four characters at the beginning of the sentence c are read from the line buffer 16 and added to the end of the sentence b in the sentence memory (B) 15.
The second line of (C) is completed. Then, the number of remaining characters of the sentence c in the line buffer 16 is "4". The number of characters "4" is set in the C '(A) register.

Next, in step S13, C '(A) = 4
<C (D) = 8, NO is determined and step S1
7 to S19 are executed. As a result, "4" is set in the C (A) register, and the remaining four characters of the sentence c are written in the third line of the sentence memory (B) 15. Further, the F register is cleared and the process returns to step S1. Then, the processing for shaping the sentence d is started.

Similarly, for sentence d, steps S1, S2, S3, S4, S8, S9, S12 and S are performed.
13, S14, and S15 are executed, and during this period, the data of the first four-character sentence of the character d is added as a continuation of the character c (four-character sentence) on the third line of the sentence memory (B) 15.
The third line of (C) is completed. Then, in step S16, data "1" is set in the C '(A) register,
Then, steps S13, S17, S18 and S19 are executed. As a result, the data of the remaining one character sentence of the character d is written in the fourth line of the text memory (B) 15,
The sentence shaping up to the 4th line of (C) is completed. Further, the F register is cleared, and the process returns to step S1 to start processing the sentence e.

In the processing of the sentence e, after each processing of steps S1 to S4, it is determined in step S8 that the sentence e is an indented line, and the process proceeds to step S10 to the fourth line of the sentence memory (B) 15. The line end code is written next to the sentence d (for one character) of, and the C (A) register is cleared in step S11. Then, the process proceeds to step S12,
C '(A) register C (A) + C (R) = 0 + 8 = 8 is set. Next, in step S13, it is determined to be YES, steps S14 to S16 are executed, and as a result,
In steps S14 and S15, C (D) -C (A) = 8
The 8-character sentence data of −0 = 8 is read from the line buffer 16 and written in the fifth line of the text memory (B) 15 together with the line end code. That is, the data of the sentence e of eight-character sentence is written as it is in the fifth line of the sentence memory (B) 15. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4 (C), the sentence e written in the sentence memory (B) 15 becomes an indented line, which means that the sentence e is formatted with paragraphs. Further, in step S16, data "0" is set in the C '(A) register.

Next, steps S13, S17, S18 and S
However, in this case, since no data is stored in the line buffer 16, no data is written in the text memory (B) 15.

Thereafter, similarly, the text memory (A) 14
In the sentence memory (B) 15, as shown in FIG. 4, the shaping process of each data of the sentences f, g, h, and i in FIG.
The sentence data up to the sentence i shown in the 9th line of (C) are shaped and written. Then, the process for the next blank line of the sentence i starts.

In the processing of this blank line, first, step S1
Then, the process proceeds to step S2 via and the blank line data including only the space code is read into the line buffer 16. Then, through step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, it is determined that the line is blank, and the process proceeds to step S5 where the flag "1" is set in the F register. Then, in step S6, the line end code is written in the tenth line of the text memory (B) 15 to set a blank line, and then in step S7, the CA register is cleared and the process returns to step S2. Then, the processing of the sentence j is started.

As a result, the tenth memory of the text memory (B) 15
As shown in FIG. 4C, the line becomes a blank line, which means that the line is shaped to show a paragraph.

The respective shaping processes of the sentences j, k, and l are the same as described above, and as a result, the sentence memory (B) 15 has the 11th line as shown in FIG. 4C. The sentence on the 13th line from the eye is written. The formatted text data written in the text memory (B) 15 in this way is
It is sent to the printer 21 via the print control unit 20 and printed out.

FIG. 4 (D) is different from the case shown in FIG. 4 (C) for the data of sentences a to sentence l written in the sentence memory (A) 14 as shown in FIG. 4 (B). And spread LM ~ R
It shows the contents of the formatted text data in the text memory (B) 15 when the number of characters M is set and the number of characters (the number of characters designated by the C (D) register) is increased. In this case,
The flowcharts of (A) and (B) are executed in the same manner as described above. Then, the paragraph by the space code set for the sentence a and the sentence e and the paragraph by the blank line set between the sentence i and the sentence j are automatically set as in FIG. 4C.

Thus, in the case of this first embodiment,
Enter the text data into the text memory (A) 14 in a bulleted form without considering the format and the text format at all, and specify paragraphs such as indent position and blank line position.
The sentence in which the paragraph is automatically added to the designated portion is formed and formed by a simple operation of designating the RM and operating the FORM key 11C.

[0042]

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment in which the editing (sentence shaping with a paragraph at an arbitrary position) of the conventional Japanese word processor shown in FIG. 6 is improved will be described with reference to the display example of FIG. To do.

FIG. 5A shows a state in which text data having the same content as the text shown in FIG. 6A is written in the text memory (A) 14. Then, as in FIG. 6A, the space code for the paragraph is written at the end of sentences c and h in the sentence memory (A) 14 by operating the space key twice.
The space code at the beginning of the sentence f is deleted from the sentence memory (A) 14 by operating the delete key (not shown) once. As a result, the text data in the text memory (A) 14 changes as shown in FIG. 5 (B). And FORM
When the key 11C is operated, the same processing as the flowcharts of FIGS. 3A and 3B is executed, and the text memory (A)
The text data in 14 is formatted, and the text memory (B) 15
It is written in the edit state as shown in FIG.
In this case, the punctuation marks (.) In the text data in the text memory (A) 14 are the line feed codes of the first embodiment.

[Outside 6] Treated the same as.

In the case of the second embodiment, the number of key operations is reduced by 2 times as compared with the conventional example, and editing can be performed more easily.

In the above embodiment, the formatted text data (B) 1 provided separately from the text memory (A) 14 is used.
However, the unnecessary text data in the text memory (A) 14 that has undergone the shaping and editing may be cleared and the shaping text data may be written in that area.

The text memory (B) 15 may be omitted, and the obtained formatted text data may be directly sent to the printer 21 and printed directly.

Further, in the above embodiment, the European word processor and the Japanese word processor are exemplified, but the present invention can be arbitrarily applied to an electronic device having a memory for storing some text data.

[0048]

According to the present invention, when writing text data to the storage means, it is possible to write the text sequentially without considering the format or the text format, that is, without interruption of thinking. As well as having the advantage that the text creation work can be done easily, with regard to the text data created in this way, the formatted text with paragraphs can be automatically and promptly created by simply performing a simple key operation. It also has the advantage that Furthermore, even when re-editing a sentence in which a paragraph is determined in this way, there is an advantage that it can be easily re-edited by only changing the breaks of paragraphs with very few key operations. Can be done quickly with simple work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first example in which the present invention is applied to a European word processor.
The block circuit diagram of the whole Example.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing a flowchart for explaining a sentence shaping process of the first embodiment.

4 (A), (B), and (C) are display examples when the sentence data stored in the sentence memory (A) 14 of the first embodiment is edited into a sentence with paragraphs. FIG. FIG. 6D is a diagram showing a display example in another editing example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention showing a display example in an editing example of sentence data created by a Japanese word processor.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in a conventional editing example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11A LM key 11B RM key 11C FORM key 11D Line feed key 13 CPU 14 Document memory (A) 15 Document memory (B) 16 Line buffer 17 Register group 19 Display 21 Printer

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing text data, and a designating means for designating a text form indicating a paragraph break for an arbitrary block of a plurality of blocks forming the text data in the storage means. When the text shaping command is issued, the text data is sequentially read from the storage means in units of one block, and a judgment means for judging whether or not the read one block of text data is in the form of a text indicating a paragraph break. If the determination means determines that the one block of text data does not indicate the shape of a sentence indicating a paragraph break, the one block of text data read this time is read for the one block previously read. A document shaping device, comprising: a sentence shaping unit for shaping a sentence as a portion continuous with sentence data.