JPH0594444A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document preparing device in which the situation of overlooking an error message can be reduced, and each kind of function can be exactly executed as a result by unifying the display configuration of the error message at the time of executing each kind of function CONSTITUTION:A CPU 1 prepares the error message corresponding to an operational error or notes at the time of executing the function, and sets the prescribed layout of an error display screen including the error message. The CPU 1 displays the content of the set layout 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 various functions for executing a document creating / editing process. When executing various functions, it is common to set function items with a cursor on the function setting screen.

By the way, when setting a function, it may not be possible to judge whether the setting of the function item is inappropriate or not based on only the contents of the setting screen. In addition, when a function is set, there are cases where inappropriate settings or necessary conditions for executing the function are not satisfied. In such a case, it is necessary to display a message to the user and request a normal operation.

Specifically, for example, when a print mode is set and a created document is printed, if paper is not set in the printer, it is necessary to display that fact. Also, it is not an error to perform that function, but you should also display a message such as an annotation if it affects other functions. For example, this is a case where an instruction to delete the entire text is input while the document being created is not saved.

[0005]

When setting and executing various functions, it is necessary to display messages (collectively referred to as error messages) such as operation errors, necessary conditions, and annotations. However, the display form of the error message is not unified depending on the function and the situation, and it is not always easy to recognize. For this reason, it is often overlooked, and in the worst case, inconvenience such as accidentally deleting the created document may occur.

An object of the present invention is to unify the display form of error messages when executing various functions, reduce the situation where an error message is overlooked, and as a result it is possible to reliably execute various functions. It is to provide a document creation device.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a document preparation apparatus having a window display function, an input means for instructing setting of various functions and a layout for setting a predetermined layout of an error display screen including an error message. This is an apparatus provided with a display control means for displaying setting means and layout contents on a window screen.

[0008]

In the present invention, the layout setting means creates an error message corresponding to an operation error or an annotation when executing a function, and sets a predetermined layout of the error display screen including this error message. The display control means displays the contents of the layout set by the layout setting means on the window screen.

[0009]

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 ROM (read only memory) 8 and a RAM (read / write memory) 9.

The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus, creates a document,
It is a microprocessor that executes editing processing, cursor control, and an error display function according to the present invention. The keyboard 2 has a selection / execution key 2a, a cursor 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 ROM 8 stores programs for determining the operation of the CPU 1, character patterns, and the like. RAM
9 is an area 9a for storing error message data,
It has an area 9b for storing the layout content of the error display screen and an area 9c for storing the document data.

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 various set functions (step S1 in FIG. 2). Specifically, when formatting is instructed, as shown in FIG.
Display the formatting screen in. The CPU 1 executes the formatting process of the created document based on the items set on the formatting screen. Further, it is processing such as a copy function in the print mode or the document edit mode.

Here, when an operation error occurs or a message such as a necessary condition or a comment is required to execute the function (YES in step S2), the CPU 1 creates a corresponding error message, Area 9a of RAM9
(Step S3).

Next, the CPU 1 creates a predetermined layout in which the created error messages, marks, titles, etc. are arranged and stores it in the area 9b of the RAM 9 (step S4). Then, the CPU 1 uses the window display function to display the contents of the created layout on the window screen (step S5).

When the operation error is canceled by this error display or the correct operation is executed according to the message such as the necessary condition or the annotation (YES in step S6), the CP
U1 cancels the error display by the window display (step S8). Also, when the function cancellation instruction is issued from the keyboard 2 without canceling the error (YES in step S7), the error display by the window display is canceled (step S8).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, in the formatting process, for example, when "standard" is designated by the cursor in the item of designation method, a window display including an error message "standard designation not possible" is displayed. Done. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the print mode is instructed and no paper is set in the printer, a window display including an error message "out of paper" is displayed. Further, when another function is executed in the document creation mode, a window display including an error message (comment) of "document being created but not saved" is displayed. When the copy function is executed, as shown in FIG. 6, a window display including an error message (comment) of "please wait" indicating that processing is in progress is displayed. If the specified range of copy results in an error, a window display including an "inappropriate position" error message is displayed, as shown in FIG.

As described above, when various functions are set and executed, if it is necessary to display error messages such as operation errors, necessary conditions, and annotations, a predetermined layout including the error messages is created, Display on the window screen by window display. The given layout is
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the display form is unified and has a message area divided into a rectangular screen.

Further, by using the window display function, an error can be immediately displayed as needed on the document input screen or the format setting screen without performing a screen switching operation.

[0022]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, by unifying the display form of error messages when various functions are set and executed, and by using the window display function, it is possible to eliminate an operation error or a need. It is possible to make conditions, annotations, etc. easy to see on the screen. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a situation where an error message is overlooked, and as a result, various functions can be surely executed.

[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.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a display screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a display screen for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 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, 8 ...
ROM, 9 ... RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a document creation apparatus having a window display function, an input means for instructing setting of various functions, and an operation error or an error corresponding to an annotation when the function instructed by the input means is executed. Layout setting means for creating a message and setting a predetermined layout of an error display screen including this error message, and display control means for displaying the contents of the layout set by the layout setting means on a window screen A document preparation device characterized by: