JPH06110891A - Documentation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the unnecessary key operation of a cursor move key or the like at the time of changing a set item. CONSTITUTION:Desired set items out of plural set items are preliminarily selected as set items in common use. When a set item is set, it is discriminated whether this set item is a set item in common use or not in a step S38, and this item is displayed in a step S39 only when it is discriminated as a set item in common use (Yes in the step S38). If it not a set item in common use (No in the step S38), it is not displayed. Consequently, the unnecessary key operation of the cursor move key or the like is omitted to improve the operability because set items whose change is unnecessary are not displayed at all.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document producing apparatus such as a tape printer having a function of setting items such as vertical writing, horizontal writing, and character size related to display and printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document producing apparatus such as a tape printer for producing a tape of this type, when it is not possible to prepare a sufficient number of keys for the number of functions, or when a sufficient number of keys are available. Even if a key can be prepared, if a method of setting related items at once is adopted, a method of setting the format etc. by associating one key with a group of several items Has been adopted. With this method,
Even if there is an item that is not set at all, the display related to that item was displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, all of the setting items are sequentially displayed on the display screen of the display by operating the item setting key and the cursor right movement key.

[0003]

However, for example, the setting is changed only for one of a plurality of items,
Even if the settings are not changed for other items, the remaining items are displayed as shown in FIG.
Extra operations such as cursor movement keys were required, which made the operation complicated. An object of the present invention is to create a document in which setting items that are not required to be changed are not displayed at all and unnecessary key operations such as cursor movement keys are omitted to simplify the operation when changing the setting. It is to provide a device.

[0004]

As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, a document creation apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises input means for inputting character and symbol data and various commands.
In a document preparation device provided with a display means for displaying a document being input or edited, a text memory for storing data of the input document, and a printing means for printing characters or symbols on a print medium, display or printing Setting information storage means for storing a plurality of setting items related to and setting data previously set therein, item selection means for selecting a desired one of the plurality of setting items as a regular setting item,
During the setting of the setting item, the reading means is provided for reading only the stored data of the regular setting item selected by the item selecting means out of the storage data in the setting information storing means and displaying it on the display means.

As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 2, a document creating apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention has a setting information storage means for storing a plurality of setting items related to display and printing and setting data preset for them. An item selecting means for selecting a desired one of the plurality of setting items as a regular setting item; a first mode for setting only the regular setting item selected by the item selecting means; Mode setting means for selectively switching between a second mode for setting all items of the setting items and the first mode for setting the setting items.
In the mode, out of the stored data in the setting information storage means, the stored data of the regular setting item selected by the item selecting means is read out and displayed on the display means, and in the second mode, all the setting data are set. And a reading means for reading the stored data of the item and displaying it on the display means.

[0006]

In the document creating apparatus according to claim 1,
In order to display only the setting items that need to be changed, the regular setting items are selected in advance by the item selecting means. When setting a plurality of items related to display and printing, when setting the setting items, the storage data of the regular setting items selected by the item selecting unit is read out from the storage data in the setting information storing unit, and the display unit is displayed. To display. Then, when the cursor movement key is operated, the setting items that do not need to be changed are not displayed, and the extra operation of the cursor movement key can be omitted.

Further, in the document creating apparatus according to the second aspect, the mode setting means preliminarily sets the first mode in which only the common setting items selected by the item selecting means are set, or all the plurality of setting items are set. The second mode to be set is selectively switched. Then, when setting the setting items by the reading means to display the setting items on the display means, in the first mode, only the common setting items are displayed,
In the second mode, all items will be displayed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a Japanese tape printer capable of printing a large number of characters such as kanji, hiragana, alphabetic characters and symbols on a printing tape. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tape printer.
As shown in the figure, in the tape printer 1 of this embodiment, a keyboard 3 is arranged in the front part of the body frame 2, and a printing mechanism 4 is arranged in the body frame 2 behind the keyboard 3. A small liquid crystal display 5 as a display means capable of displaying six characters or symbols is provided on the curved frame portion 2b which is curved upward on the rear side of the keyboard 3.

The keyboard 3 includes character keys for inputting alphabets, hiragana, numbers, symbols, etc., a space key, a cursor right movement key and a cursor for scrolling the character string displayed on the display 5 to the right or left. Left move key, conversion key, input mode switching key for switching and setting the character input mode selectively from "Roman character", "Hiragana" and "Alphabet",
A print key for executing printing, a tape feed key for feeding the printing tape 6 to the tape, a power key for turning the power on and off, and the like are provided. Further, on the keyboard 3, as a key peculiar to the present invention, an item setting key for switching from the input screen to the item setting mode when setting a format related to printing or display, and a desired one of a plurality of setting items is selected. Item selection key to switch to item selection mode to select items as regular setting items, regular designation key to specify regular setting items, first mode to set only regular setting items and set all items of multiple setting items A mode setting key for presetting the second mode, a mode switching key for switching the first mode and the second mode, a selection key for displaying the setting contents of the setting item at the time of item setting, and changing the setting contents An execution key for ending the setting mode and an end key for ending the setting mode are provided.

Since the printing mechanism 4 is not directly related to the present invention, it will be briefly described. The printing is made of a transparent film on the thermal head 13 (see FIG. 4) in which a predetermined number of heating elements are vertically arranged. The heating tape 6 and the ink ribbon are supplied with electricity to these heating elements, characters and symbols are printed on the printing tape 6 by a plurality of dot rows, and then the double-sided tape is joined to the printing tape 6. In this state, the tape is fed from the body frame 2 to the outside. The printing tape 6, the ink ribbon, the double-sided tape, etc. are integrally built in a rectangular tape storage cassette. For details of the printing mechanism 4, refer to Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-85050.

Next, the control system of the tape printer 1 is shown in FIG.
The block diagram of FIG. That is, in this control system, the keyboard 3 and the liquid crystal display (LC
D) A display controller (LCDC) 23 having a display RAM for outputting display data to 5, a drive circuit 25 for driving the thermal head 13, the printing tape 6, an ink ribbon, and a double-sided tape. An input / output interface 27 of the controller C includes a drive circuit 26 for driving the tape feed motor 24 that rotationally drives a plurality of mounted spools and various rollers, and a drive circuit 21 for ringing the warning buzzer 20. Connected to each. The control device C includes a CPU 29, an input / output interface 27 connected to the CPU 29 via a bus 28 such as a data bus, a CGROM 30, and ROMs 31 and 32.
And a RAM 40.

CGROM (pattern data memory) 30
For each of a large number of characters, the dot pattern data for display is stored in the column corresponding to the code data. A ROM (outline data memory) 31 has contour data (outline data) that defines the contour line of a character for printing a character, such as a Gothic typeface and a Mincho typeface. It is classified for each and stored corresponding to the code data.

The ROM 32 corresponds to the display drive control program for controlling the display controller 23 in accordance with the code data of characters such as letters, numbers and symbols input from the keyboard 3, and the respective code data of the text memory 41. The print buffer 43 converts the outline data into dot pattern data for printing.
The image development processing control program to be developed on the print head and the data in the print buffer 43 are sequentially read to read the thermal head 13.
A print drive control program for driving the tape feed motor 24 and the like are stored.

Further, in the ROM 32, as a control program peculiar to the present invention, a plurality of setting items related to printing and the like stored in a print format memory 42 as a setting information storage unit and setting content data previously set therein. An item selection control program for selecting a desired one of the regular setting items, a first mode for setting only the selected regular setting items, and a second mode for setting all items of a plurality of setting items. And a mode setting control program for selectively switching between and setting the setting items, in the first mode, the stored data of the regular setting items among the stored data in the setting information storage means is read out and displayed, and In the second mode, a read control program or the like for reading and displaying the stored data of all setting items is stored.

In the text memory 41 of the RAM 40, code data of characters and symbols input from the keyboard 3 is stored as document data. The print format memory 42 stores a plurality of print format information such as set character size data, inter-character data, typeface data, and printing direction (vertical writing direction or horizontal writing direction). The print buffer 43 stores dot pattern data of a plurality of characters and symbols that have been image-developed.

In the flag memory 44, the flag data of the first mode flag MF which is set (the data is "1") when the first mode is set and a plurality of setting items are set.
The flag data of the regular setting item flag JFn that is set (the data is “1”) when selected as the regular setting item, the end display flag OF that is set when the end display is performed, and the block cursor are the setting items. The flag data of the block cursor flag SF set when the display position is set is stored therein. Furthermore, RAM
40 is provided with a buffer, a counter, a pointer, etc. for temporarily storing the calculation result calculated by the CPU 29.

Next, the formatting process control performed by the controller C of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6 and 8-12.
It will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral Si (i = 1, 2, 3, ...) Indicates each step.
When the power is turned on by operating the power key, the formatting process control shown in FIG. 5 is started, and the initial setting is first performed (S
1) A document input screen is displayed (S2), and if there is a key input (S3: Yes), it is determined whether the key is a document creation key such as a character key (S4). If you enter the document creation key (S
4: Yes), known document creation / editing processing is performed (S
5).

If it is not the document creation key (S4: No),
Next, it is determined whether or not the item selection key has been input (S6). If the item selection key has been input (S6: Yes), the routine proceeds to the process for selecting the commonly used setting item shown in FIG. 6 (S7). If it is not the input of the item selection key (S6: No), it is determined whether it is the input of the mode setting key (S8), and if it is the input of the mode setting key (S8: Yes), the process proceeds to the mode switching process shown in FIG. Yes (S9). If it is not the mode setting key input (S8: No), it is then determined whether or not the item setting key is input (S10), and if the item setting key is input (S10: Y).
es), and shifts to the item setting process shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 (S11). If it is not the input of the item setting key (S1
0: No), processing according to other keys is performed (S1)
2).

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a routine for controlling the routine setting item selection process, and FIG. 7 shows a table in which setting items and routine setting item flags used in this routine are associated with each other. A process of selecting a regular setting item will be described with reference to these drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the plurality of setting items are “vertical / horizontal”, “size”, “character space”, and “typeface” in total, and these setting items are set. 6 and 7, they are defined as the n-th setting item (counter n = 1,2,3,4), respectively. Among these setting items, vertical / horizontal is for setting the printing direction, vertical writing and horizontal writing can be set, and size is for setting the character size, such as full-width (L-shaped) or 4 You can set double-width or 6-double-width (LL character) etc., it is for setting the space between characters between characters, you can set tightness, narrow or wide, typeface is for setting character type etc. Yes, you can set normal or emphasis.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the item selection key is input from the input screen (S6: Yes), it is determined whether or not each of the plurality of setting items is selected as the regular setting item.
The counter n = 1 is set (S13), and the nth setting item is displayed on the screen (S14). For example, the setting item “vertical / horizontal”, which is the first setting item, is displayed and a key input is waited for (S
15). At this time, if there is an input of the regular designation key (S1
5. S16: Yes), as shown in FIG. 7, the flag is set (“1” in the set) using the nth setting item as a regular setting item (S17), and the counter n is incremented by 1 (S1).
8), it is repeated to determine whether or not all the setting items N0 (four in this embodiment) are designated (S14 to S1).
9).

While the setting item is displayed (S14), if the cursor right move key is input (S15: Yes, S16: N) instead of the normal use designation key (S16: No).
o, S20: Yes), and since the setting item is not designated as a regular setting item, the flag is reset (S21) and the counter n is incremented by 1 (S1).
8) If the item is not the last setting item (S1)
9: No), the next setting item is displayed (S14). While the setting item is displayed (S14), if the key input is neither the regular designation key nor the cursor right movement key (S15: Yes,
S16: No, S20: No), sound the buzzer (S2
2) Wait for key input (S15). If it is determined whether or not to regularly specify all the setting items (S19: Ye
s) Since the regular setting items have been selected, the mode flag MF is set (“1” in the set) and the screen returns to the document input screen (S2).

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the control routine of the mode switching processing, and the processing for switching the modes in advance will be described with reference to this figure. If the mode setting key is input on the document input screen (S8: Yes), this process is started, and firstly, the first flag is sent according to the mode flag MF.
Either the mode or the second mode is displayed (S2
4) If the operator inputs the mode switching key (S2
5: Yes), it is determined whether the mode flag MF is set ("1" in the set state) (S26). When the mode flag MF is set (S26: Y
es), the mode is the first mode, so if the mode switch key is pressed in this state (S25: Yes), the mode flag MF is reset to switch to the second mode (S2).
7) Display that the second mode has been set (S2
8). If the mode flag MF is not set (S26: No), the mode is the second mode. Therefore, if the switch key is input in this state (S25: Yes), the mode flag MF is set (S29), After displaying that the 1 mode is set (S28), the screen returns to the input screen (S2).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a control routine for setting item processing. The item setting process will be described with reference to this figure. When the item setting key is input from the input screen (S10: Yes), this process is started, and it is first determined whether or not the mode flag MF is set ( S
31), when set (S31: Yes),
The process proceeds to the first mode process for displaying only the regular setting items (S32), and the process proceeds to the second mode process for displaying all the setting items when not set (S33).

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a control routine of the first mode processing. The first mode process for displaying only the regular setting items will be described based on this figure. First, when this process is started, the end flag OF is reset and the block cursor flag SF is set (“1” in the set state). ) Is performed (S35). Then, the counter n is set to "1" (S36), and then it is determined whether or not the counter n is larger than N0 (N0 = 4 in this embodiment) (S37). For example, the first setting item "vertical / horizontal"
In this case, since n <N0 (S37: No), it is then determined whether the regular setting item flag JFn is set to determine whether the first setting item is the regular setting item (S38). . As a result of the judgment, if it is set (S38: Yes), the setting item is displayed (S3
9) Then, the process proceeds to the setting content change process (S40).

If the regular setting item flag JFn is not set (S38: No), the counter is incremented by 1 and it is determined whether or not the regular setting item flag of the next item is set (S38). This routine
The process is repeated until the final setting item (the fourth setting item in this embodiment). If the last item is set (S3
7: Yes), the end flag OF is set (S42),
An end display is displayed (S43). The end flag OF is set in order to accept the end key only when the end flag is set in the next setting content changing process.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing a control routine of the setting content changing process. Before explaining the setting content changing process, the basic operation of the changing process shown in FIGS. 13 to 16 will be described. FIG. 13 shows a method of switching a plurality of setting items in the print state. The item setting is performed from the document input screen (S70) of the space, the item setting mark “▲”, the character string “ABC”, and the space 6 character display screen. When the key is input, first the vertical / horizontal setting items are displayed (S71), and each time the cursor right move key is input from this state, the setting item is changed and the size, character spacing, and typeface are displayed (S7).
2, S73, S74). After the final item is displayed, if the cursor right movement key is input, the end display of "setting end?" Is displayed (S75), and if the cursor right movement key is further operated, the first item display is performed (S71). this is,
This shows a second mode in which all setting items are displayed, and in order to change the setting contents in this second mode, the operation shown in FIG. 14 is performed.

FIG. 14 shows a setting content changing operation for changing only the size setting item in the second mode. In the figure, when the item setting key is input from the document input screen (S76), the vertical / horizontal setting item is first displayed (S77), and when the cursor right movement key is input from this state, the size setting item is displayed (S78). . When the selection key is pressed in this state, the block cursor moves from the item name display position to the content name display position (S79). Then, when the cursor right movement key is operated in this state, the content display is shifted and the display is switched from the L character to the LL character (S80). LL
When setting a character, the enter key is input (S81). Then, the content of the setting item is changed, this information is stored in the print format memory 42, and then the next setting item is displayed on the screen (S81). Then, if you operate the cursor right move key twice, "Set end?"
Is displayed (S82). Here, if the end key is operated, the content changing process is ended, the original document input screen is displayed, and the item setting mark “▲” is displayed (S83).

FIG. 15 shows a display switching method when the size is selected as the regular setting item whose setting can be changed in the first mode. In the figure, when the item setting key is entered from the document input screen (S84), the size setting item is displayed immediately without displaying the vertical / horizontal setting item (S85). When the cursor right move key is operated in this state, the end display of "setting end?" Is displayed (S86).

FIG. 16 shows an operation of changing the size to LL when only the size is set as a regular setting item in which the size can be changed in the first mode. In the figure, when the item setting key is input from the document input screen (S87), the size setting item is displayed immediately without displaying the vertical / horizontal setting item (S88). When the selection key is input from this state , The block cursor moves and the contents can be changed (S89). In this state, enter the cursor right move key to change the content display to LL (S9
0), if the enter key is input, the size setting is completed and the completion display is performed (S91). Therefore, when the end key is operated, the input screen is displayed and the setting mark “▲” is displayed as a display in which the setting is changed (S9).
2).

As described above, the display contents can be switched by operating the cursor right move key, the select key, the execute key, and the end key. The setting contents changing operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. If the nth setting item, which is a commonly used setting item, is displayed during the first mode processing (S39), wait for the next key input (S45), and if the key input is the cursor right movement key (S46: Yes), the block cursor It is determined whether is the item display position (S47). If the block cursor is at the item display position (S47: Yes), the counter is incremented by 1 (S49), and it is determined whether the counter is the final item (S37). If the block cursor is at the content display position (S47: No), the next setting content is displayed (S48) and the next key input is awaited (S45).

In S46, if the key input is not the cursor right move key (S46: No) but the select key (S50: Ye)
s), it is determined whether the block cursor is at the item display position (S51). If the block cursor is at the item display position (S51: Yes), the block cursor is moved from the setting item to the setting content (S52), the block cursor flag SF is reset (S53), and the next key input is waited (S53).
45). If the block cursor flag SF is not set in S51 (S51: No), the buzzer sounds (S48) and the process returns.

The key input is not the cursor right move key (S
46: No), not the selection key (S50: No), the execute key (S54: Yes), it is determined whether the block cursor is at the item display position (S55), and if the block cursor is at the item display position (S55). : Yes), the buzzer sounds (S48), otherwise (S55: No),
The content of the setting item is changed (S56), and the counter is incremented by 1 to display the next item (S5).
7). The key input is neither the selection key nor the execution key (S5
0 · S58: No), if the end key (S58: Ye
s), it is determined whether or not the end flag OF is set (S59), and if so (S59: Yes), the mode setting is ended (S60), the screen is erased, and the screen is switched to the input screen (S61). , S2). When it is neither the end key (S58: No) or when the end flag OF is not set (S59: No), the buzzer sounds (S59).
62) and returns.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a control routine of the second mode processing. The second mode processing will be described with reference to this figure. As shown in FIG. 9, when the mode flag MF is not set (S31: No) and the item setting key is pressed (S10), this processing is started. To be done. First, the end flag OF is reset and the block cursor flag SF is set (S63). Then, the counter n is set to "1" (S64), then it is determined whether the counter n is larger than N0 (S65),
When it is smaller (S65: No), the n-th setting item is displayed (S68), and the process proceeds to the setting content changing process shown in FIG. 11 (S69). When the counter n is larger than N0 (S65: Yes), the end flag OF is set (S6).
6) The end display is performed (S67), and it is determined whether or not the end key shown in FIG. 11 is input (S58). The setting content changing process at the time of setting the second mode is the same as that of the first mode shown in FIG. 11, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the first mode, since no display is made regarding the setting items for which setting change is not required,
It is possible to omit extra key operations such as the cursor right movement key, and it is possible to simplify operations when changing settings. Further, the first mode in which only the common setting items are set or the second mode in which all items of the plurality of setting items are set is selectively switched, so that the usability thereof is significantly increased.

In the above embodiment, the description is made only when the cursor right movement key is inputted, but when the cursor left movement key is inputted, it is different only in that the direction of the processing is opposite to that of the cursor right movement key. Is. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the selection key, the execution key, the end key, and the like are mentioned as the operation of changing the setting item, but instead of this,
The number of keys can be reduced by configuring this operation with one key. In this case, when one key is operated, the key operation is “select”, “execute”,
Since it is necessary to make a judgment as to which function of "end" is performed, at the time of this judgment, if a step for judging whether a selection flag, an execution flag, or an end flag is set is added, the same control as above is performed. Can be realized.

Further, for the same reason as above, it is possible to use the same key for the item selection key, the mode setting key, and the item setting key shown in FIG. Further, the mode switching process is performed separately from the item setting process in the above embodiment, but the mode switching process may be performed at the time of item setting. Further, it may be a document creation apparatus that does not have a function of switching modes and can only set only the first mode. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the change of the setting content at the time of the printing operation is described, but the present invention is not limited to this and the present invention can be applied to the change of the setting content at the time of the display operation.

[0037]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of the first aspect, the display of the setting items that do not require the setting change is not performed at all, and the extra key operation such as the cursor movement key is omitted. Thus, the operation when changing the settings can be simplified. Further, according to the document creating apparatus of the second aspect, it is possible to select whether to read only the regular setting items or all the setting items when setting the setting items, so that an effect that the usability for the operator is increased can be expected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of claim 2.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a tape printer shown as an example of the document creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printer.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of formatting control.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a routine of routine setting item selection processing control.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a table in which setting items and regular setting item flags are associated with each other.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a mode switching process control routine.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a routine of item setting processing control.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a first mode process control routine.

FIG. 11 is a schematic flow chart of a routine of setting content change processing control.

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a second mode processing control routine.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a method of switching setting items.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a method of changing setting contents.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a setting item switching method when the regular setting item is only size.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a setting item changing method when the regular setting item is only size.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape Printing Device 3 Keyboard 4 Printing Mechanism 5 Liquid Crystal Display 29 CPU 32 ROM 40 RAM 41 Text Memory 42 Printing Format Memory 43 Printing Buffer 44 Flag Memory C Controller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting character and symbol data and various commands, display means for displaying a document being input or edited, and a text memory for storing data of the input document. In a document creation device provided with a printing means for printing characters and symbols on a print medium, a setting information storage means for storing a plurality of setting items related to display and printing and setting data preset for them, Item selecting means for selecting a desired one of the setting items as the regular setting item, and the regular data selected by the item selecting means among the stored data in the setting information storage means when the setting item is set. A document creating apparatus comprising: a reading unit that reads only stored data of a setting item and displays the data on a display unit. 2. An input unit for inputting character and symbol data and various commands, a display unit for displaying a document being input or edited, and a text memory for storing data of the input document. In a document creation device provided with a printing means for printing characters and symbols on a print medium, a setting information storage means for storing a plurality of setting items related to display and printing and setting data preset for them, Item selecting means for selecting a desired one of the setting items as a regular setting item, a first mode for setting only the regular setting item selected by the item selecting means, and all of the plurality of setting items. Mode setting means for selectively switching and selecting a second mode for setting an item; and when setting the setting item, in the first mode,
Of the stored data in the setting information storage means, the stored data of the regular setting items selected by the item selecting means are read out and displayed on the display means, and in the second mode, the stored data of all the setting items are read out. A document creating apparatus, comprising: a reading unit that reads out and displays on a display unit.