JPH0594443A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device in which the efficiency of an inputting operation necessary for a form setting can be attained, in a document preparing device which operates the form setting by using a form setting screen. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 1 prepares the layout of a form setting screen including image data such as the standard value of a printing range according to the designated form size of a form setting item, the character pattern according to the designated character size, and the character pattern strings according to the designated line feed amounts, according to the indication of the form setting by a keyboard 2, and displays the form setting screen at the window screen of a display 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a window display function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document creating apparatus such as a Japanese word processor is provided with a format setting function for setting a print style when executing a document creating / editing process.

When performing formatting, the paper size,
In general, a format setting screen including format items such as the number of characters per line, the number of lines per page, the character size, and the line feed amount is displayed on the screen of the display, and each item is set with a cursor.

By the way, the format setting screen is usually a screen different from the document input screen, for example. Therefore, it is necessary to perform an input operation for switching the screen from the document input screen to the format setting screen by operating the function keys of the keyboard.

In addition, it is difficult to grasp a concrete image in the format items only by the numerical values.
After the actual printing, resetting may be performed if inappropriate.

[0006]

In the conventional format setting method, various format items are set by displaying a format setting screen different from the document input screen. Therefore, a screen switching operation is required, which is one of the factors that hinder the efficiency of input operations. In addition, for example, in some format items such as character size, it is difficult to grasp a concrete image only by a simple numerical value. For this reason, the frequency of resetting is increased in the case of improperness, which is a factor that hinders the efficiency of the input operation, similarly to the above.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creating apparatus which uses a format screen to perform format setting, and which can improve the efficiency of input operations required for the format setting.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus for displaying a formatting screen using a window display function, a formatting screen containing a message of a formatting item and image data corresponding to a predetermined item. Is provided with control means for displaying.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the control means responds to the format setting instruction from the input means, for example, the standard value of the print range according to the designated paper size of the format setting item, the character pattern according to the designated character size, and the designated line feed amount. The layout of the format setting screen including the image data such as the character pattern string is set and displayed on the window screen.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment. This device uses a control unit (CP
U) 1, a keyboard 2, a display 4, a floppy disk device (FDD) 6, a printer 8, a ROM (read only memory) 10 and a RAM (read / write memory) 11.

The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus, creates a document,
A microprocessor for performing editing processing, cursor control, and formatting functions according to the present invention. The keyboard 2 has a cursor key 2a, a selection / execution key 2b, and a function key 2c in addition to various character keys and various function keys. The keyboard controller 3 constitutes an interface of the keyboard 2 and outputs a key code according to a key input of the keyboard 2.

The display 4 has a screen for displaying a document input screen, a window screen, etc. under the control of the display controller 5. The FDD 6 is an external storage device that files the document data and the like transferred from the CPU 1 under the control of the disk controller (FDC) 7.

The printer 8 prints the document data created under the control of the print controller 9. ROM10 is CP
A program 10a for determining the operation of U1 and a character pattern 10b are stored. The RAM 11 is an area 11a for storing message data for format setting, and an area 11 for storing layout content of the format screen.
b, an area 11c for storing an enlarged character pattern, an area 11d for storing pattern data corresponding to a line feed amount, and an area 11e for storing pattern data corresponding to a print range.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

First, predetermined function keys 2c of the keyboard 2
By the operation of, the CPU 1 executes the operation of displaying the format screen on the display 4 as shown in FIG. 3 (step S1 of FIG. 2). At this time, the display 4 displays, for example, a document input screen, and displays the format setting screen as a window screen of the document input screen in response to an instruction from the keyboard 2.

The CPU 1 stores the message data corresponding to each item of the designated format setting screen in the area 11a of the RAM 11. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, messages corresponding to format items such as paper size, number of characters per line, number of lines per page, and character size are stored.

The CPU 1 reads the message data from the area 11a of the RAM 11 (step S2), creates a layout content in which the message data and the image data are arranged, and stores it in the area 11b of the RAM 11. The CPU 1 controls the created layout contents to be displayed in the window screen on the screen of the display 4. The image data is a character pattern corresponding to the character size, layout display image data for one page corresponding to the paper size, and a character pattern string corresponding to the line feed amount. Each image data is R
It is stored in areas 11c to 11e of AM11.

Here, as a specific format setting operation, when a paper size (for example, A4) is set by operating the cursor key 2a of the keyboard 2 (YE in step S2).
S), the layout display image data for one page corresponding to the printing range on the paper is displayed on the setting screen. Further, the standard values of the number of characters per line and the number of lines per page are displayed (step S3).

Further, when the character size (for example, the standard is 10 points) is set (YE in step S4).
S), display the specified character pattern (step S
5). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the character pattern “A” of the designated size is displayed as an image. When the line feed amount is set (YES in step S6),
The image data composed of the character pattern string of the specified line feed amount is displayed (step S7). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of lines of character pattern “A” are displayed as an image. When each such item is designated by the cursor and the select / execute key 2b of the keyboard 2 is operated (YES in step S8), the CPU 1 executes the format setting process (step S9).

In this way, the format setting screen is displayed in the window screen by using the window display function.
Therefore, since it is not necessary to switch the screen from the document input screen to the format setting screen, the efficiency of the input operation in the format setting can be improved. Furthermore, by displaying not only numerical values but also image data corresponding to the item contents on the format setting screen in correspondence with predetermined items such as character size, the contents of the setting items can be grasped concretely. it can.

When the format is set using the window display of the document input screen, the format of the document data currently being created will be changed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, a message instructing that the document being created is not saved in the FDD 6 may be displayed in a window.

[0023]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the format setting screen is displayed using the window display function.
Therefore, the screen switching operation for the format setting screen is unnecessary. Further, by displaying the image data according to the item content of the predetermined item such as the character size on the format setting screen, the content of the setting item can be specifically grasped. Therefore, the frequency of inappropriate formatting can be reduced, and as a result, the efficiency of the input operation in formatting can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a display screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a display screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... keyboard, 4 ... display, 10
... ROM, 11 ... RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a document creation apparatus having a window display function, an input unit for inputting a format setting instruction, and a message of a format setting item and a predetermined item according to the format setting instruction by the input unit. And a control means for setting a layout of a format setting screen including image data corresponding to, and displaying the layout on a window screen.