JPH06166235A - Character editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability, by changing altogether a plurality of characters having the same character information into the characters having another character information, in a character editing device which changes character information such as a character size and a character font. CONSTITUTION:A character editing device 1 is provided with: a character information setting means 10 which specifies character information to be changed, and character information to which it will be changed; a character information retrieval means 20 which retrieves the characters to be changed; and a character information changing means 30 which changes the character information of the retrieved characters into the another character information specified. Thus, the change of a plurality of characters having the same character information to the characters having another character information can be achieved by specifying the character information only, and the characters can be edited by means of less operations.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character editing device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a character editing device that edits information of a character display / print image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional character editing apparatus has a method of processing character data in which characters of different fonts are mixed in one document. The character data is input character by character, stored in the document data memory, and the character information is referenced during printing processing, and the font is selected and switched each time. The character data is processed character by character. Since it takes time to create the document data, a group of characters with high frequency and a group of characters with low frequency in the document are collectively classified for each page, and are processed in advance in descending order of frequency on the device side. There is a method of preparing the font data of various types and comparing and selecting the corresponding fonts according to the character information of each character group to reduce the processing time. It has been proposed "management system of the character font data" can be referenced in the 94 issue.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a character font data management system. In order to process a document as shown in the example of the document format of FIG.
Each page includes a large headline character string 204, a small headline character string 205, and a body text string 2.
Character fonts of different sizes such as 06 are required.

Therefore, first, the processing unit (microcomputer) 51
Loads the font data of a predetermined standard size, which is most frequently used as the body text size of the document, from the font data file 58 storing the font data including various sizes into the resident area of the font buffer memory 55. By the format setting from the key input device 59,
Document name, number of pages, page size, margin, character size of large headline 204, character size of small headline 205, character size of body text 206, character information, etc., large headline 204, small headline 205, and body 206 The character code, which is a character data string, is stored in the document data memory 54.

By inputting a document print instruction, the text character size of the document stored in the document data memory 54 and the size of the font data in the resident area on the font buffer management table memory 56 for managing the font buffer 55 are displayed. If both data are compared and matched, the pre-print processing is completed for both data.

[0006] Here, the small and large headings 204, 2 which are infrequent
If the font data of the required size, such as character information 05, does not exist in the font buffer memory 55, the font data is loaded from the font data file 58 into the non-resident area of the font buffer memory 55 in advance. Whether or not the necessary character font is present is determined by checking the font buffer management table memory 56.

Therefore, in the case of large and small heading characters, by searching the font buffer management table memory 56 for font data having a character size that matches the character size of the character information of the large and small headings, it is possible to reduce the processing time required for font selection processing. Although it will be shortened, for example, when changing the character information of the small headline 205 of two lines to the character size of the large headline 204 on the way, the character information is changed from the address of the character code of the small headline 204 on the document data memory 54. All the character size of the information must be selected and changed one by one.

[0008]

In these conventional character editing devices, all the character codes whose character information is to be changed must be selected, and character codes having the same character information scattered in the document data memory 54 must be selected. When changing to other character information, there are problems that the operation is troublesome and that it takes time to create the document data.

In view of the above problems, the present invention collectively retrieves and extracts a plurality of character codes having the same character information to be changed within a predetermined document range, and identifies the same character code corresponding to the plurality of character codes. An object of the present invention is to provide a character editing apparatus that improves operability and shortens document data creation time by generating a document data file by collectively changing character information.

[0010]

A character editing device of the present invention stores a specified character information in a data file storing a character code and character information specifying a display / print image corresponding to the character code. Character information setting means for setting as character information before change and character information specified separately as character information after change, and a character having the same character information as the character information before change set by this character information setting means The code is searched from the data file and the character information search means for storing the corresponding character code position and the character information corresponding to the character code at the character code position stored by this character information search means are set by the character information setting means. And a character information changing unit for changing to the changed character information and writing it in the data file.

Further, the character editing apparatus of the present invention is provided with character information including a character size, a character font and a decoration character.

The character editing apparatus of the present invention further comprises a search range setting means for setting the search range of the data file in a format such as designation of a search start position and a search end position.

[0013]

According to the above construction, the character information setting means changes the character information by designating the data file storing the character data consisting of the character information indicating the character code, the character size, the character font, etc. Set the character information before change in the format of character information after change, and the search range setting means sets the document range of the data file that should change the character information set by the character information setting means as the search start position and search end position. To do.

The character information search means searches for and extracts a plurality of character codes having the same character information as the pre-change character information set by the character information setting means within the range of the data file set by the search range setting means, The character code position of the corresponding character code is stored in itself as an address.
Since the character information changing means performs rewriting to collectively change the character information corresponding to the character code of the data file corresponding to the character code position stored in the character information searching means to the changed character information set by the character information setting means. , It becomes possible to collectively change the character information of a plurality of character codes having the same character information in the document data within the setting range, and the operability is improved.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a character editing device 1 of this embodiment.
Is a character information setting means 10 for setting the pre-change character information 11 and the post-change character information 12, and a document processing range (for example, 1
(Pages, 3 pages, etc.) as the search start position 41 and the search end position 42, and the character information search for searching the character code of the same character information within the range set by the search range setting means 40. Means 20 and character information changing means 30 for changing the character information corresponding to the character code positions 22, 24 ... And rewriting the character data of the document in the data file 2.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the system is started, the character information setting means 10 is started. The character information setting means 10 sets the input before-change character information 11 and the after-change character information 12 in the data file 2.

Note that the character information of this system includes the character size according to the font dictionary, the character font, and the decoration character data. However, in the following, the character information before change 11 and the character information after change 12 are shown to simplify the explanation. The case where the character information such as is a character font such as medium Gothic and fine Gothic will be described as an example.

Here, it is assumed that the pre-change character information 11 is set to medium Gothic and the post-change character information 12 is set to Fine Gothic in response to the designation input.

When the setting process of the character information setting means 10 is completed, the search range setting means 40 is activated. The search range setting means 40 is a subordinate function of setting the search range of the character information search means 20, and is included in the document stored in the data file 2 such as 1/2 page, 1 page, 3 pages. The processing range is the search start position 41 and the search end position 42.
Set the same in the format. This setting range is automatically selected by the system or by an instruction input.

Next, the character information retrieval means 20 is activated,
Referring to the search start position 41 set by the search range setting means 40, from the character information (middle Gothic) character code (21, 22) in the data file 2 shown in the structural diagram of the data file 2 before the change in FIG. Character data before change 11 which is set and designated by the character information setting means 10 from the character data
A character code having the same character information as (medium Gothic) is searched, and the character code position of the corresponding character code is acquired. Here, the character code position 22 of the character code 21 and the character code position 24 of the character code 23 having medium Gothic character information are extracted and stored in the buffer. When the processing of the character information searching means 20 reaches the search end position 42 and ends, the character information changing means 30 is activated. The character information changing means 30 refers to the changed character information 12 (fine Gothic) set by the character information setting means 10 and stores the character code positions 22, 2 in the character information searching means 20.
4, the character code position 22 of the data file 2 is referred to.
The medium Gothic character information corresponding to the character code 21 of
Change to fine Gothic and rewrite data file 2. At the same time, the medium Gothic of the character information corresponding to the character code 23 at the character code position 24 is rewritten to fine Gothic.
FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of the data file 2 after the change. The character information corresponding to the character codes 21 and 23 is rewritten in fine Gothic, and the document data in which the character information is collectively changed is the data. It is generated in file 2.

The character information changing means 30 stores the character code positions 22, 24 ... Stored in the buffer of the character information searching means 20.
When the processing for all is completed, the operation of the character editing device 1 is completed, and then the document data of the data file 2 is output to a printer, a display device or the like.

In this embodiment, in the case of the conventional example, in order to change the character information of the character data having a plurality of the same character information such as the subheading 205 stored in the character data memory 54 in page units, It is necessary to select the character code many times each time to change the character information. However, in the case of the present embodiment, a wide range of predetermined processing by the character information searching means 20 is performed by designating and inputting the changed character information. By extracting a plurality of character data having the same character information within the range and collectively changing the same character information by the character information changing means 30, the data processing is almost the processing on the data file 2, and the operation and the processing are performed. Is improved, Pos
If it is applied as a tool to the method of using the font cache of the page printer based on t Script, it becomes a means that enables higher speed processing.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the character code having the specific character information of the data file is automatically searched and the corresponding character information can be collectively changed. There is an effect that a character code having the same character information scattered in the data file can be changed to another character information by an operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of the data file shown in FIG. 1 before being changed.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of the data file shown in FIG. 1 after modification.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional character font data management system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional document format.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Document Editing Device 2 Data File 10 Character Information Setting Means 20 Character Information Retrieving Means 30 Character Information Changing Means 40 Search Range Setting Means 11 Before Change Character Information 12 After Change Character Information 22, 24 Character Code Position 41 Search Start Position 42 Search End position

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A specified character information is set as character information before change in a data file storing a character code and character information specifying a display / print image corresponding to the character code, and is specified separately. Character information setting means for setting the changed character information as changed character information, and a character code having the same character information as the before-change character information set by the character information setting means is searched from the data file, and the corresponding character information is searched. A character information search means for storing a code position; and character information corresponding to the character code at the character code position stored by the character information search means, changed to the changed character information set by the character information setting means A character editing device comprising: character information changing means for writing to a file. 2. The character information is composed of a character size, a character font, and a decoration character.
Character editing device described in. 3. The character information search means includes search range setting means for setting a search range for the data file in a format such as a search start position and a search end position. Character editing device described in.