JPH06301679A - Document preparing device and display output control method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document preparing device capable of both setting up various modification including printing stop in the unit of line of an inputted document and easily recognizing the position of line modification. CONSTITUTION:Selection information corresponding to the sort of character modification selected from a selection menu screen is stored in a line attribute buffer correspondingly to the lines of each document. A CPU 11 discriminates whether the contents of the character modification coincide with previously set standard contents or not based upon the selection information read out from the buffer. When the contents of the character modification corresponding to the selection information are different from the standard contents based on the result of the discrimination, the CPU 11 displays the setting of the line modification on the screen of an LCD 50 by a specific display format, and when the contents of the character modification coincide with the standard contents, controls the screen so as not to display the line modification.

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 line modification function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document preparation device such as a Japanese word processor uses a CRT display for a document display function and an external storage such as a floppy disk device for a document file mechanism, resulting in a large device configuration and cost reduction. But it was expensive. However, in recent years, various innovations and improvements have been made, such as using an LCD (liquid crystal display) as a display mechanism and a CMT (cassette type magnetic tape device) as a document file mechanism, thereby realizing a small, lightweight and low-priced device. Came to

In such a low-priced and compact document preparation apparatus, for example, the display screen size of the LCD as an input mechanism is greatly restricted, and the number of lines is 1-2 and the number of characters is small. A screen size is used.

In such a low-priced and compact document creating apparatus which is restricted by the input mechanism and the output mechanism as described above, the input / output mechanism is effectively used so as to be highly functionalized and multifunctional. A major issue is how to realize a device that is easy to use.

For example, in a conventional low-cost and compact document creating apparatus with a small number of characters to be displayed, a rotation / italic character, white space, character size, line feed size, It does not have a function to set various character decorations such as character spacing.

For this reason, conventionally, in arbitrary lines, the document form is changed by rotation, italicization, blanking, spacing between characters, or mixed printing is performed by combining various characters including blank characters. When I wanted to do this, I could not easily realize this with a simple operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
In a low-cost and compact document creation device with a small number of displayed characters, you can set various character modifications, including print stop, for each line of the input document, and easily recognize the line modification position. As a result, various line modifications at arbitrary line positions, settings and changes of the printing form, etc. can be easily performed, and various documents rich in change in units of the lines of the input document. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can easily create a document.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a line decoration designating means for designating character decoration on a line-by-line basis of a document and a plurality of types of selection menu screens for selecting the type of character decoration are switched in a predetermined order. Means for displaying, input means for selecting a desired type of character decoration from the selection menu screen, line attribute storage means for storing selection information corresponding to the selected type of character decoration in association with a line of a document, character A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the content of the decoration matches a preset standard content, and a specific content if the content of the character decoration corresponding to the selection information is different from the standard content based on the result of the discrimination of the means for discrimination. The document creating apparatus includes means for displaying that line modification is set in the display form.

[0009]

In the present invention, the selection information corresponding to the type of character modification selected from the selection menu screen is stored in the line attribute storage means in association with the line of the document. The discrimination means discriminates whether or not the content of character modification matches the preset standard content based on the selection information read from the line attribute storage means. The display control means, if the content of the character decoration corresponding to the selection information is different from the standard content based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means, the line decoration is set in a specific display form on the screen of the display device. Is displayed, and it is controlled not to be displayed when the contents of character modification match the standard contents.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, 10 is a keyboard (K
B), an input / output control circuit section for controlling input / output of each mechanical section such as a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device as an external storage, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a serial printer (PRT), etc. A processing device (CP) that controls the entire device
U) is a large-scale integrated circuit device that is integrated into a single chip together with an internal storage unit such as a ROM and RAM having a dictionary area, a character font area, a program area, etc., and has a terminal structure of 100 pins in an actual machine. And Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204455 and Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204456.
No. 59-204462 and the like, which are realized based on the semiconductor integrated circuit technology. Hereinafter, this large-scale integrated circuit device is referred to as super integration or SI.

Reference numerals 11 to 19 are internal components of the SI10. Of these, reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU that controls the entire apparatus. Here, in addition to processing such as key input determination, kana-kanji conversion, and document editing proofing, character modification in line units according to line attribute information and print stop control are performed. Execute the containing line modification process. In the actual machine, this CPU 11
The logical structure is equivalent to 80. Also, in the figure, S
An external bus connected to the system bus inside I10, a connection terminal, and logic such as a counter / timer provided inside SI10 are omitted.

Reference numerals 12 to 18 denote SI10 internal components connected to the system bus inside the CPU 11, respectively. Of these, 12 is a peripheral control circuit (bidirectional interface circuit), one of the three ports is used for keyboard scan data output (4 bits) and cassette write data output (1 bit), and others. One of the ports is used for inputting a keyboard return signal (8 bits). This peripheral control circuit is hereinafter referred to as PPI. In an actual machine, this PPI 12 has a logical structure equivalent to 8255.

Denoted at 13 is a decoder (DCE) which receives the keyboard scan data output (4 bits) of the PPI 12 and decodes the data, and sends it to the keyboard as 9 types of scan signals. Reference numeral 14 denotes a RAM, in which a document buffer area, a line modification information area, an external character pattern area, a temporary dictionary area, and the like are secured, and a row image buffer (D-BUF) 140 area is secured. Details will be described later with reference to the memory map shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 15 is a ROM, in which a system program, a dictionary, character fonts including English fonts,
A conversion table, messages of multiple screens, etc. are stored.
Reference numeral 16 is a data recorder (C which uses an audio cassette magnetic tape device as an external storage under the control of the CPU 11).
(MT) is a cassette interface circuit (CMT-INTF) for controlling reading / writing of data. When writing data, all "1" data is output for about 10 seconds as a reader unit before starting writing, and then PP
The bit serial cassette write data (line modification area data / document area data / external character pattern area data / word / phrase registration area data / provisional dictionary area data, etc.) output from I12 is output. The data of "0" is output.

Reference numeral 17 denotes an LCD control circuit (LCDC), which is a row image buffer 14 provided in the RAM 14.
0 is accessed and LCD display data is output. A printer controller (PRTC) 18 outputs printer image data via the RAM 14 under the control of the CPU 11.

A clock generator (CG) 19 receives a basic clock output from an external oscillator (OSC) 20 and outputs a predetermined frequency-divided clock, timing signal, and the like. 20 is an oscillator (OS) that generates a basic clock and supplies it to the clock generator 19 inside the SI 10.
C), 30 is a keyboard (KB) which is also connected to the PPI 12 and decoder 13 inside the SI 10, and 40 is D / for converting the write data into a recordable analog signal.
An audio cassette magnetic tape device connected to a cassette interface circuit 16 inside the SI 10 via a CMT adapter 41 having an A converter and an A / D converter for converting a reproduced analog amount signal into a digital signal. Data recorder (CMT) used, 50 is LCD
A liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) connected to the LCD control circuit 17 inside the SI 10 via a driver (LCD-DRV) 51, and 60 is a serial printer connected to the printer controller 18.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the display size of the LCD 50 has a structure of 1 row × 10 digits (1 digit; 24 × 24 dots), and is used for the actual character display digits except 9 digits excluding the rightmost digit. However, the rightmost digit is used for the shift mode display. Furthermore, in the lower part of each digit, there are a few dots (8 × 2
A guide display unit having a 4-dot structure is provided. Further, the serial printer 60 enables forward / reverse direction paper feed control, and reverse line feed (line feed B
/ Paper feed in the reverse direction is performed when printing a line for which line feed O (enlarged characters only) is set.

FIG. 2 is a memory map of the RAM 14 shown in FIG. 1, in which the row image buffer 1 accessed by the LCD control circuit 17 described above.
40, a document buffer 141 that stores character information (character code string), white lines, rotation / italics, character size, line pitch, character spacing, and printing stop in units of document lines stored in the document buffer 141 A line attribute buffer 142 for storing various line modification information such as presence / absence, an external character pattern buffer 143 for storing registered external character patterns, a provisional dictionary area, a control information area, a word registration area, and the like are provided. Here, 3888 bytes (54 × 72 bytes) are allocated to the line image buffer 140, and the document buffer 14
3200 bytes (1600 characters x 2 bytes) are allocated to 1 and 198 bytes (99 lines x 2) to the line attribute buffer 142.
Byte) is assigned to the external character pattern buffer 143.
6 bytes (3 characters x 72 bytes) are allocated.

FIG. 3 shows the line attribute buffer 14 shown in FIG.
2 shows the structure and the contents of the line modification information stored in 2. Here, 2 bits (“00”;
Character spacing 0 (0 dots) to “11”; character spacing 3 (12 dots) are allocated, and 4 bits (“1111”;
Line feed B (line feed amount; -8 inches / 120), "000
0 ”; line feed 0 (line feed amount; 0 inch / 120),“ 000
1 ”; line feed H (line feed amount; +8 inches / 120),“ 00
10 "; line feed K (line feed amount +16 inches / 120)," 0 "
011 ”; line feed E (line feed amount; +20 inches / 120),
"0100"; line feed 1 (line feed amount; +30 inches / 12
0) to “0111”; line feed 4 (line feed amount; +60 inches /
120)), and the character size is 4 bits (“000
1 ”; size 1 (24 × 24 dots) to“ 1001 ”;
Allocate size 9 (576 x 576 dots) and rotate.
3 bits for italic (“000”; no rotation / italics specified, “0”
01 "; Rotation 1 (90 °)," 010 "; Rotation 2 (18
0 °), “011”: Rotation 3 (270 °), “10”
0 ”; italic designation), 1 bit (“ 1 ”; Yes /“ 0 ”; No) is assigned to the presence or absence of white space, and 1 bit (“ 1 ”; Stop is present /“ 0 ”; No stop) is assigned.

FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (i) show each selection screen (line modification setting menu screen) at the time of setting the above line modification and its surface switching order, and here, in the vertical direction (up / up).
The screen is switched by the (down) cursor key operation, and the item is selected (the selection item is specified by the cursor) by the horizontal (left / right) cursor key operation.

In the actual machine, the display can be switched to the line modification screen by pressing the [HO /-/
The line modification display mode instruction is input by pressing the = / ″] key. However, in order to simplify the description, the combination key operation for the line modification display mode instruction described above is simply [[ Line modification] key operation.
When the above line modification setting is made, it is considered that the item selection on the selection screen before the update has been completed (the item at the cursor position has been selected) by updating the selection screen by operating the up / down cursor keys, Assuming that the setting of the line decoration is completed by pressing the [Select / Execute] key, the line decoration information is written in the line attribute buffer 142. In the line modification display mode, when not selected, it is in the selected state set by the format setting or the state set by deleting all sentences (for example, the cursor (diagonal line) position state shown in the figure), Each set value at this time is referred to as a line modification standard value here.

FIG. 5 shows the display screen structure of the LCD 50 described above. Here, the display size is 1 line × 10 digits (1
(Digits: 24 × 24 dots), 9 digits excluding the rightmost digit are used as actual character display digits, and 1 digit of the rightmost digit is used for shift mode display. Furthermore, a guide display section with a small number of dots (8 × 24 dots) is provided in the lower part of each digit, and for the character string displayed in the character display digit,
Whether the line is modified (when the line is modified [===
=] Is displayed), and the line, digit, line number, etc. are displayed.

The above-mentioned display mechanism for displaying the presence or absence of line modification is referred to as a line modification indicator here. A battery consumption indicator (here, a row decoration indicator, here) is displayed on the guide display section at a specific digit position (first digit in the figure) different from that of the row decoration indicator to display the consumption state of a battery serving as a power source for operating the apparatus. The same display pattern) is provided.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a display control flow of the above line decoration indicator. The "line modification standard value" shown here is as described above, and the description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a print processing flow when "with printing stop" is set in the line decoration setting. In the actual machine, the document printing is specified by pressing the [-/ ¥ / ≧ / ...] key while pressing the [function] key. In order to simplify the description, the combination key operation for instructing the document printing is simply referred to as a [document printing] key operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the printing menu shown in FIG. 7, and the same menu is displayed even when the printing is stopped at the line position of [print stoppage]. Here, with the same cursor key operations as when setting the line decoration, "vertical writing / horizontal writing", "left margin", "Japanese font (24 × 24 dots) / English font (horizontal 18 / vertical 24)
Dot) ”etc. can be set.

FIGS. 9A to 9E are diagrams showing various character forms set by the line decoration setting means. In the figure, U indicates an intercharacter space and T indicates a line pitch.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a recording format of the data recorder 40 using the audio cassette magnetic tape device. Under the control of the cassette interface circuit 16 in the SI 10, at the time of writing data,
Prior to the start of writing, all "1" data is written for about 10 seconds as a reader unit, and then the bit serial cassette write data (line modification information / document information / external character pattern / registration word / provisional) output from the PPI 12 is written. (Dictionary etc.) is written, and then all “0” data is written as a trailer for about 2 seconds.

The operation of the embodiment will now be described with reference to the above figures.

At the time of inputting a sentence mixed with Kanji, a key input signal inputted from the keyboard 30 is converted into Kana to Kana by the control of the CPU 11 in the SI 10, and the RAM 14
It is stored in the internal document buffer 141. At this time, the CPU
The reference numeral 11 outputs a scan signal to the keyboard 30 via the PPI 12 and the decoder 13 and inputs the return signal from the PPI 12 to perform key discrimination and generate a key code. Furthermore, for the designated kanji character input portion based on the same key code, the dictionary in the ROM 15 and the temporary dictionary in the RAM 14 are indexed to perform kana-kanji conversion processing, and then the input including the converted kanji code is performed. The character code string is stored in the document buffer 141.

At the time of inputting the above-mentioned document, the input characters stored in the document buffer 141 are sequentially developed on the line image buffer 140 under the control of the CPU 11, the display control of the LCD control circuit 17 and the LCD driver. The display driver 51 displays the data on the LCD 50 with a maximum of 0 digits.

The already-input document thus input is
By operating the cursor keys, a character string of up to 9 characters can be arbitrarily displayed on the LCD 50, and is used for proofreading or correcting a document.

In the above-mentioned input document, when it is desired to specify various characters such as rotation / italics, white space, character size, line feed pitch, character spacing, or print stop for each line, the line to be modified The position is selected by the cursor key operation to display the character string, and the line modification is specified by the [Line modification] key operation that is a combination of the [Function] key and another specific key.

When the CPU 11 determines the operation input of the [line modification] key, the CPU 11 switches the display mode of the LCD 50 from the document display mode to the line modification display mode. This is shown in FIG. FIG. 4A shows a display state in the document display mode, and FIG. 4B shows an initial display state switched to the line decoration display mode by operating the [line decoration] key. Here, first, a selection screen for selecting the character spacing is displayed.

In the line modification display mode, the selection screen is switched by operating the cursor keys in the up and down directions, and the item is selected by designating the cursor by operating the cursor keys in the left and right directions. For example, when the selection screen for selecting the presence or absence of the white area is displayed, if the selection screen is switched by operating the cursor keys in the up and down directions without selecting items by operating the cursor keys in the left and right directions, the selection screen is displayed. Assuming that the content of the selected item position indicated by the cursor on the upper side has been selected, the item of the newly displayed selection screen is selected.

When the selection screen is switched, the "whitening presence / absence" selection screen is displayed, the cursor is moved by the cursor key operation to change the whiteness presence / absence setting content, and then the selection screen is switched, or "selection / selection / By operating the “execute” key, the line modification information having the setting information indicating whether the setting is changed to white or not is stored in the line attribute storage area in the line attribute buffer 142 corresponding to the selected line position. Also, by switching the above selection screen, the selection screen of "print stop" is displayed,
Move the cursor by operating the cursor keys and "Stop printing"
By selecting, and then operating the [Select / Execute] key, the line decoration information having the control information of "print stop" is stored in the corresponding line attribute storage area in the same manner as above. The correspondence between the line attribute buffer 142 and the document buffer 141 and the setting contents of the line decoration information at this time are shown in FIG.

In the above line decoration setting means, after a new line decoration is set for an arbitrary line position of the document stored in the document buffer 141, the document buffer 1 is set.
By displaying the already input document in 41 on the LCD 50 by operating the cursor keys, the line of the display character string, the digit and the number of characters per line are displayed in the guide display section of the LCD 50, and the line is displayed. The decoration indicator and further the battery consumption indicator are selectively displayed. The guide display form at this time is shown in FIG. 5, and the lighting control processing procedure of the line decoration indicator is shown in FIG.

That is, in the lighting control process of the line decoration indicator shown in FIG. 6, when the display character string is selected by the cursor operation, the line position, the column position and the per line of the display character string designated by the cursor are selected. The number of characters is displayed, the line decoration information of the corresponding line position stored in the line attribute buffer 142 is referred to, the information is compared with the standard line modification value, and the line for the display line selected by the cursor is displayed. It is determined whether or not the modification is set (steps A11 to A15 in FIG. 6).

Here, if the line decoration is not set,
That is, if the content of the line modification information matches the standard value for line modification, the line modification indicator is not turned on, and if line modification is set, that is, the content of the line modification information is the standard value for line modification. If not, the line decoration indicator is turned on (steps A16 and A17 in FIG. 6).

Such display control of the line decoration indicator is performed for all lines of the display document selected by the cursor key (steps A18 to A24, A in FIG. 6).
12-A17). In this way, it is possible to easily confirm the row position where the row decoration is performed from the lighting state of the row decoration indicator.

Next, the print processing operation of the above document will be described.

At the time of printing the document, the document printing is designated by operating the [document printing] key by a combination of the [function] key and another specific key. When the CPU 11 determines the operation input of the [print document] key, the LCD 50
The display mode of is switched from the document display mode to the print menu display mode. This is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

When the CPU 11 discriminates the operation input of the [document print] key, it initializes the count value of the line counter indicating the print position and then controls the LCD control circuit 17 to execute the print menu as shown in FIG. Are sequentially and selectively displayed on the LCD 50 in accordance with the cursor key operation (steps B11 and B12 in FIG. 7). Screen switching and item selection at this time are also performed by cursor key operation in the same manner as the screen switching and item selection at the time of line modification setting described above.
By operating the cursor keys in the up and down directions, the screen can be switched between [Vertical / Horizontal writing], "Left margin", "Japanese font (24 x 24 dots) / English font (18 horizontal and 24 vertical dots)" The document form of each screen is selected by operating the cursor keys in the directions. Regarding the setting of "left margin", the digit value is incremented (+1) each time the right direction cursor key is operated, and the digit value is decremented (-1) each time the left direction cursor key is operated. To be done.

After the document form selection operation according to the above display contents, the [select / execute] key is operated to write this document form setting information in the print information holding section provided in the control information area in the RAM 14. Get caught.

Next, the CPU 11 causes the line attribute buffer 142.
The line modification information in the above is sequentially read by the line modification information of the first line, the line position where "print stop" is set is searched, the number of lines to be printed is obtained, and then the printing of the print information holding unit is performed. Based on the information, print processing is executed up to that line position (steps B13 to B21 in FIG. 7).

Then, when printing is stopped at the line position where "print stop" is set, the above print menu is displayed again,
It is possible to change the print form such as "vertical writing / horizontal writing", "left margin", "Japanese / English" after the stop line. Further, after the setting of the print mode, the [select / execute] key is operated again to start printing according to the newly set document mode from the line position next to the stop line.

If it is detected that the document to be printed has been completed (there is no document in line L + 1) before the line for setting "print stop" is searched, the number of lines to be printed up to the line position is detected. And print processing up to the accompanying position is executed (steps B13 to B15, B22 to B24 in FIG. 7).

At this time, the LCD 50 is used during printing.
The message [-Printing-] is displayed in the character display digit of. Further, at the time of executing the printing, the character decoration is arbitrarily performed in units of lines according to the contents of the line decoration information in the line attribute buffer 142 corresponding to the print lines. The contents of each character modification at this time are shown in FIG. 3, and examples of the respective character fonts are shown in FIGS. 9A to 9E. For example, when the whitening designation bit of the line decoration information of the print line is "0", there is no whitening, and when it is "1", there is a whitening character form.
Also, the setting value of the rotation / italics in the line decoration information of the print line is "0.
If it is "00", there is no italics, if it is "001", it is rotation 1 (counterclockwise 90 °), if it is "010", it is rotation 2
(180 °), “011” indicates rotation 3 (counterclockwise 270 °), and “100” indicates that it is in italics (that is, italics is specified). If the line feed pitch of the line decoration information of the print line is line feed B = reverse line feed (“1111”), it is −8/120 inch (reverse feed) and line feed H = half line feed (“0001”). If there is 8/120 inch, line feed E = English line feed (“0011”), 16/120 inch, line feed 1 (“0100”), 30/120 inch, line feed 2 (“0101”) The paper feed control is executed with a line feed amount of 40/120 inches, line feed 3 (“0110”) of 45/120 inches, and line feed 4 (“0111”) of 60/120 inches. If the character spacing of the line modification information of the print line is 0 (“00”), the printed character pitch is 0 dots and the character spacing is 1 (“0”).
1 ") has 3 dots, character spacing 2 (" 10 ") has 6 dots, and character spacing 3 (" 11 ") has 12 dots. 1
If (“0001”), vertical x horizontal = 24 x 24 dots,
If size 2 (“0010”), length x width = 32 x 32
If the dot size is 3 (“0011”), the length x width = 4
0 × 40 dots, size 4 (“0100”), vertical × horizontal = 24 × 48 dots (horizontal double angle), size 5 (“01
01 ") vertical x horizontal = 48 x 48 dots, size 6
If (“0110”), vertical × horizontal = 96 × 96 dots,
If the size is 7 (“0111”), vertical x horizontal = 192 x 1
If the size is 92 dots and the size is 8 (“1000”), the length × width = 288 × 288 dots, and if the size is 9 (“1001”), the length × width = 576 × 576 dots.

In FIG. 9, U indicates an intercharacter space and T indicates a line feed pitch. Further, FIG. 9A shows a full-width (size 1) character string without character decoration, FIG. 9B shows a character string designated to be enlarged (size 3), and FIG. = 180 °) full-width character string, Figure (d) is italic-designated (with italic) full-width character string, and Figure (e) is a character with blank and enlarged designation (white-filled / size 5) Each column is shown.

In this way, according to the line modification information stored in the line attribute buffer 142, various line modification processes are performed for each line. Further, the designation of document storage when the above-mentioned document information is stored on the cassette tape is performed by operating the [save] key by combining the [auxiliary] key and the specific key. When the CPU 11 determines the operation input of the [save] key, the message [save document] is displayed on the LCD 5
When it is displayed in the character display digit of 0 and the input of the [select / execute] key is determined, the saving process is started.

That is, the CPU 11 executes the above [selection / execution].
When the input of the key is determined, it is recognized that the data recorder 40 is ready for recording. And first, the RAM 14
When writing the data stored in, the data of the reader unit is output. That is, here, the data of all "1" is 1
Output for seconds. After that, the data stored in the RAM 14 is read, converted into bit serial cassette write data, and output. This write data order is the line decoration information stored in the line attribute buffer 142 and the document buffer 14.
Document information stored in 1 and external character pattern buffer 143
The order is the external character pattern stored in, the registered word / phrase stored in the word / phrase registration area, and the temporary dictionary stored in the temporary dictionary area. Further, after the cassette write data is output, all "0" data is output for 2 seconds as a trailer unit. These data are sequentially input to the CMT adapter 41 through the PPI 12 and the cassette interface circuit 16 and converted into an analog audio signal.
The data is supplied to the data recorder 40 and recorded (recorded) on the cassette tape set in the recorder.

The recording format on the cassette tape at this time is shown in FIG. As described above, the external data recorder 40 stores the line modification information, the external character pattern, and the like in association with the document information.

By having the line modification function including the line modification indicator as described above, various line modifications can be easily performed at arbitrary line positions in a low-priced and compact document creation device with a small number of display character digits. In addition to being able to have information, it is possible to easily recognize the line position where the line modification is made, and thus, it is possible to easily set and change any document form including blank characters in units of any line, In addition, mixed printing can be easily performed by combining various characters.

Since the printing can be stopped at any line position of the document to be printed, for example, the number of characters that can be displayed at one time is greatly limited, so that a part of the document is printed out, checked or referred to. In the case where it is desired to do so, these can be easily realized by a simple operation. or,
When the operator changes the print mode in the middle of printing, or prints from a certain line position in the middle of printing, by a combination of the above-mentioned instruction to stop printing line by line and the setting change of the document mode of the stop line transition. If you want to change the ribbon color and perform color-coded printing, or if you want to perform multi-column printing, or if you want to shift the printing position from a certain line position in the middle of printing, you can also write vertically and horizontally in each line. Various document modifications can be easily realized with simple operations.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a low-priced and compact document creation apparatus with a small number of display character digits, various types of printing including stop of printing are performed for each line of an input document. The character decoration can be set and the line decoration position can be easily recognized. In this case, it is possible to easily recognize that the line decoration different from the standard content is set by displaying the line decoration content in a specific display form when the content is different from the standard content. As a result, it is possible to easily set and change various line decorations, print forms, etc. at arbitrary line positions.
It is possible to easily create a variety of documents with a variety of input document lines.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map in a RAM according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure and contents of line modification information in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various selection screens and their display order in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a display control flow of a line decoration indicator in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of printing processing in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents and display flow of a print menu in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing various modified character forms in the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a recording format of the data recorder in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... SI, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... PPI, 13 ... Decoder, 14 ... RAM, 15 ... ROM, 16 ... Cassette interface circuit, 17 ... LCD control circuit, 18 ... Printer controller, 19 ... Clock generator, 20
… Oscillator, 30… Keyboard, 40… Data recorder,
41 ... CMT adapter, 50 ... LCD, 60 ... Serial printer, 140 ... Line image buffer, 141 ... Document buffer, 142 ... Line attribute buffer, 143 ... External character pattern buffer.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document displayed on a display device, a line decoration designating means for designating character decoration on a line-by-line basis, and a predetermined line displayed on the display device when the line decoration designation is made by the line decoration designating means. Item selection means for selecting and instructing a plurality of types of selection items related to line modification, and for the items related to line modification selected and instructed by the item selection means, selection and specification of detailed items of the modification function displayed on the display device. A function selecting means for storing the line modification information, a line attribute storing means for storing the selection information regarding the line modification instructed to be selected in association with the line of the document, and the selection corresponding to the line of the document displayed on the display device. The means for reading information from the row attribute storage means, the selection information read from the row attribute storage means, and the preset standard setting content relating to the row decoration match. And a means for determining whether or not the selection information and the standard setting content are different by the determination means, so that the information indicating that the line modification is set on the display device can be confirmed. A document creation apparatus, comprising: a display control unit that displays in a specific display form and, when it is determined that the selection information and the standard setting content match, does not display. 2. A step of designating line-by-line character decoration for a document displayed on a display device, and a plurality of predetermined types of line decoration displayed on the display device when the designation is performed. Selecting and instructing a selection item regarding the line modification, a step for selecting and instructing detailed items of the modification function displayed on the display device for the item related to the line modification for which the selection is specified, and the line modification related to the selection Storing the selection information in association with the line of the document, reading the selection information corresponding to the line of the document displayed on the display device from the line attribute storage means, and the read selection A step of determining whether or not the information and the preset standard setting content relating to the line modification match, and in this determination, the selection information and the standard setting content If it is determined that the line modification is different, it is displayed in a specific display form so that the information indicating that the line decoration is set is displayed on the display device, and it is determined that the selection information and the standard setting content match. The display output control method in the document creating apparatus, which comprises the step of controlling not to display the display output.