JPH0620190Y2 - Word processor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an improvement of a word processor.

<Prior Art> A function for designating a specific area in a document, searching for a character string of a word or the like in the specified area, and replacing it with another character string in a word processor for Europe and the US (Search and Replace function) Conventionally, the above functions include (1) a method of asking for the operator's instruction every time a corresponding search character string is detected, and (2) a method of collectively designating and replacing the area to be searched / replaced in advance. is there.

Then, in the method of (2) above, (i) a method of specifying the page (ii) a method of specifying the position where the search / replacement is stopped with a cursor or the like (iii) a method of specifying the number of times of replacement (iv) specially There is a method to end when the information such as the specified word (character string) is reached. (V) There is a method to process to the end of the text file.

The sentence file of the European word processor has a structure in which sentence data is input in page units as shown in FIG. 1, and the sentence is divided into chapters and sections as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, an initial letter H is attached to each page of the printed output matter. In some cases, footnotes are also attached, but in that case they are described at the bottom of each page.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the above-mentioned headnote or footnote information is input to the beginning parts b ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ and b ₄ of the chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the text file. And
It is stored with an identification code to distinguish it from general text data. The format information is stored in FIG.

As you can see, the sentence structure of a European word processor has a form that has format information, which includes (a) Page Size (vertical and horizontal) (b) First Typing Line (c) Last Typing Line (last part to be printed) (d) Line / inch (line feed for one line is 8inch, 6inch, etc.) (e) Left / right margin position designation (f) Line Space (what is entered by one line feed key (G) Do you want to change the line?
ortincl Spacing) (h) Tab position setting (i) Auto Hyphenation YES, NO (j) Style information (k) Auto Wraparound YES, NO (l) Justification YES, NO. Normally, data is stored at the beginning of the text file, and it is effective up to the part where the format information is changed.

The text file of the European word processor is changed, modified,
It is added and deleted.

Then, the amount of data contained in one page until now is 1
It may not fit on one page and may be more than one page. At that time, instead of adding a new page when a sentence is input, the page will be divided again according to the format information and the amount of sentence data at a later time.
say k.

I will explain the Paginate Task by giving an example. See FIG.

The figure shows two cases of increasing and deleting a specific one-page data amount.

That is, in the figure, P4 represents the data on the fourth page, and P4
4a is the data amount of the data P4 doubled, and P4b is the data amount of the data P4 deleted.

When the Paginate Task is executed on the data P4a, the new 5th page is replaced with the new 6th page because the text file has a new 5th page data as shown in P '. Become. Therefore, in this case, the new 7 pages are the beginning of the second chapter.

On the other hand, when the Paginate Task is executed on the data P4b, the text file passes through P ″, and the data of the old 5th page is transferred to the data reduction of the 4th page.
Page 4 and old 5 become new 4th page and new number of pages becomes old number-
It becomes 1. Therefore, in this case, the new 5 pages will be the beginning of Chapter 2.

The above example is an example in which the data itself of the text file is adjusted, but in addition to this, the number of pages may be changed by correcting the format information. That is, it corresponds to the case where the output to the A4 size paper is output to the B5 size paper. In that case, as shown in FIG. 6, the amount of data that has been input to the A4 size file until now is stored in the B5 size file. The number of pages increases automatically because it cannot be completed. In the example shown in FIG.
Chapter increased by 1 page, Chapter 2 increased by 3 pages, Chapter 3 increased by 1 page,
The second chapter will be increased by two pages, and the second chapter will start on the seventh page.

Of course, the same page increase phenomenon may occur with the other format information.

Therefore, it is difficult to remember in advance how many pages of the document file the chapter starts.

And, regarding the above (i) method of specifying the search / replacement area, it is a method of sequentially searching and inputting how many pages the relevant chapter exists on the screen, (ii)
There is no big difference from the method, and the above reasons apply.

Further, in the above method (iii), it is necessary to grasp how many corresponding words (character strings) exist. And above (iv)
In the method, the position of reaching a specially designated word (character string) often does not always coincide with the thought point.

As mentioned above, when searching and replacing in chapter units, it is customary to move the cursor to the desired position and confirm it as an actual operation, and it is a reality that a considerable amount of work is required. Is.

<Object of Device> Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a word processor with a chapter-based search / replacement region designating unit which is not a numerical designation for physical page designation.

<Example> The configuration of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a processing flowchart of the word processor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Each step S _{1 to} S ₈ will be described in order.

S ₁ step: Move the cursor to the program start position to perform Search / Replace processing.

S ₂ step: Search / Replace start input S ₃ step: Input word (character string) to be searched S ₄ step: Input word (character string) to replace the word (character string) to be searched S ₅ step : Confirmation of completion of input of word (character string) S ₆₁ , S ₇₁ Steps: Page designation input by the process of (i) S ₆₂ , S ₇₂ Steps: Stop position input by the process of (ii) S ₆₃ , S ₇₃ Step: Input the number of substitutions in the process according to (iii) S ₆₄ , S ₇₄ Step: Input the word (character string) of the characteristic in the process according to (iv) S ₆₅ Step: Correspond to the following by the process in (1) ( (Character string) is searched. Hereinafter, the process is continued until there is an instruction to continue the search.

S _66, S ₇₆ step: to enter in order to perform a search and replace in the chapter units that constitute the sentence, head statement or footnote information in the chapter you want to search and replace (a string).

S ₈ step: the same information as that entered the opening paragraph or footnote information, locate the opening paragraph or footnote information then present on the document file, determines the range of the text data in the between the information.

S ₉ step: performing a search and replace process within a specified range.

According to the word processor of this embodiment, specifically,
According to the example in FIG. 2, if the initial letter "Sorting" is specified, the first
Search / Replace is executed in the range from page to page 379,
18th if you specify the narrower heading "Optimum Sorting"
Search / Replace is executed in the range from page 1 to page 246. At this time, there is no effect even if the numerical values on the page of FIG. 2 are changed by changing the format information.

<Effect> As described above, according to the word processor of the present invention, since the data of the headnote and the footnote are used to specify the area of the searching and replacing means, the editing efficiency of the sentence can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

Figure 1 shows the structure of a word processor text file.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the specific chapters and sections of the text file and pages, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the beginning of the text, Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the beginning of the text file, and Fig. 5 is per page. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the change of the text file due to the increase / decrease of the data, FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the page number change state of the text file due to the change of the format, and FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of the word processor of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A specified area in a created sentence is designated to search for a character string of a pre-specified word or the like existing in the specified area, and a character string of another word or the like specified in advance is searched. In a word processor that performs search / replace processing to replace, in order to perform mutual search / replacement of character strings specified in advance in units of chapters that compose the created sentence, based on specified headnote or footnote information The search / replacement area corresponding to the chapter specified by the specifying means, and the character string such as the above-specified word is searched for in the search / replacement area corresponding to the chapter specified by the specifying means. Search / replace processing means for replacing with another character string specified in advance, and search / replace processing for each chapter by specifying headnote or footnote information corresponding to each chapter in the created text. The real Word processor which is characterized in that.