JPH06348701A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a word processor which can easily recognize a printable range corresponding to the size of a sheet of paper and also easily correct range specification as to document data to be printed. CONSTITUTION:On the basis of the print format of a print area set with a print area setting key 3b, etc., character size set with a character size setting key 3e, etc., the print range of printing within the paper size set with a paper size setting key 3d, etc., is calculated, it is judged whether or not the calculated print range is included in the print area, and the print range and judgement result are displayed on a liquid crystal display 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus capable of printing on a sheet having a desired sheet size in accordance with a set print format while designating a part of document data composed of characters and the like, and more particularly, Based on the set print area and print format, calculate the print range that can be printed within the paper size of the paper used, and determine whether the print area is included in the calculated print range, By displaying the print range and the determination result on the display, it is possible to easily recognize the printable range corresponding to the paper size, and to easily perform range correction and the like of the document data to be printed. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various document processing devices such as word processors have been proposed. When printing document data created through a keyboard or the like in such a document processing device, generally, character size, one line After setting the print format such as the number of characters and the number of lines and the paper size of the used paper, the document data is printed through the print head. Among such document processing devices, a document processing device equipped with a spreadsheet software program (so-called spreadsheet) prints all calculated data at once on a sheet because it handles a huge amount of data at the time of spreadsheet calculation. Since it is difficult to do so, a part of the print range in the calculation data is specified and printed.

In such a document processing device, in general,
Matching between the set print format and paper size and the specified print area is not taken into consideration, so that the specified print area may not fit within the range of paper of that paper size. In such a case, a printing error occurs, so it is necessary to reset the printing area according to the paper size, or to re-edit the document data after printing once. This kind of work is extremely complicated, and the document creation work cannot be performed smoothly.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a document processing apparatus disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 13127/1990 has been proposed. Here
Japanese Laid-Open Patent No. 13127 detects the maximum line length of the edited text for one page and the number of lines of the text for one page, and determines the line length and the number of lines and the length and width of a predetermined regulation sheet. There is described a document editing device which selects and informs a paper size suitable for the edited text information by comparing size data regarding According to such a document editing device, it is possible to facilitate the creation of a document without re-editing.

[0005]

However, the paper size for printing the document data is often predetermined depending on the business in order to simplify and facilitate handling such as saving the document file. In this case,
In the document editing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 13127, even if a paper size suitable for the edited text information is selected and notified, if the paper size does not match the handled paper size, the text is rewritten according to the handled paper size. It is necessary to set the format and redo the editing. Further, at the time of re-editing such a document, no index (index related to formatting) for facilitating re-editing is displayed on the document editing apparatus, and re-editing work of the sentence is likely to be extremely complicated. It exists in.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and calculates the printable range within the paper size of the used paper based on the print area and print format. By determining whether the print area is included in the calculated print range and displaying the print range and the determination result on the display, the printable range corresponding to the paper size can be easily recognized. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device which can easily correct the range designation of document data to be printed.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a data input means for inputting various data such as document data, a display means for displaying the data input from the data input means, and a display means. A print area setting means for setting a print area of the data, a format setting means for setting a print format of the data set via the print area setting means, and a paper for setting a paper size of the paper on which the data is printed In a document processing apparatus having a size setting means and a printing means for printing data on paper, a paper size set via the paper size setting means based on the print format set by the format setting means. Computation means for computing the printable range within, the printing area set by the printing area setting means and the range calculated by the computing means are compared. Determining means for determining whether or not the print area is included in the calculated range; and displaying the range calculated by the calculating means on the display means, and displaying the judgment result by the determining means on the display means. And a display control means for displaying.

Further, the format setting means can set the character size in the data, the calculating means calculates a printable range for each set character size, and the display control means for each character size. The range calculated by the calculation means is displayed on the display means.

[0009]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the document data or the like inputted through the data input means is displayed on the display means, and at the time of printing, the print area is set by the print area setting means on the display means. To be done. Further, the print format of the data set by the print area setting means is set via the format setting means, and the paper size of the paper on which the data is to be printed is set by the paper size setting means.

The calculating means calculates the printable range within the paper size set by the paper size setting means, based on the print format set by the format setting means. Then, through the judging means, the print area set by the print area setting means is compared with the range calculated by the calculating means, and it is judged whether or not the print area is included in the calculated range. .

The display means is controlled under the control of the display control means, and the range calculated by the calculation means and the judgment result by the judgment means are displayed on the display means. As a result, the printable range corresponding to the paper size can be easily recognized based on the range calculated by the calculating unit, and the range designation correction of the document data to be printed can be performed based on the judgment result by the judging unit. Etc. can be easily performed.

At this time, a plurality of character sizes in the data can be set by the format setting means, and the calculating means calculates the printable range for each settable character size and displays on the display means. Under the control of the display control means, the calculated printable range is displayed for each character size. Therefore, in addition to the printable range based on the paper size, the printable range is displayed for each character size, and the printable range can be easily recognized from this point as well.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in an English word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the English word processor will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an English word processor, in which a keyboard 3 is arranged in front of a main body frame 2 of the word processor 1, and a liquid crystal display 4 capable of displaying characters, symbols, etc. on the rear part of the keyboard 3. Is provided with a display device DM. Further, a printing mechanism PM is arranged behind the liquid crystal display 4.

Here, on the keyboard 3, a cursor 4a (FIGS. 4A to 4C) on the liquid crystal display 4 is provided.
Cursor movement key 3a for moving the display area), a print area setting key 3b for setting the print area, a print format setting key 3c for switching the display screen to the print format setting screen, Paper size setting key 3d for setting size, character size setting key 3e for setting character size, line pitch setting key 3f for setting line feed width, character pitch setting key 3 for setting character spacing
g is provided. Further, on the keyboard 3, in addition to the above-mentioned keys, a return key 3k for performing a line feed and execution of various processes, a character key CH for inputting characters, numbers and symbols to create spreadsheet data and document data, A numeric key N, a print key P for instructing printing of characters or the like on the paper via the printing mechanism PM, a space key 3h, and a menu selection key for selecting various operation menus on the liquid crystal display 4 as described later. 3m, other word processor 1
Various keys necessary for the operation of are provided.

Further, the liquid crystal display 4 in the display device DM displays various data input from the character keys CH, number keys N, etc., and enables selection of various processes on the screen. Is. Furthermore, the printing mechanism P
M selects characters such as letters and numbers on a daisy wheel mounted on the carriage, and interposes an ink ribbon between the characters and the paper to strike the back of the letters with a printing hammer, The printing mechanism PM has a mechanism for printing numbers and the like on paper.
Since this is well known, its detailed description is omitted here.

Next, the control system of the word processor 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 2
Shows a control block diagram of the word processor 1. The word processor 1 is configured with a control device C as a core,
The control device C includes a CPU 20 that performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 21, a ROM 21 provided with a program memory 22 that stores various programs, and a temporary storage of the calculation results calculated by the CPU 20. RAM 30, each of these CPUs 20, R
The OM 21 and the RAM 30 are connected to each other, and the bus 24 is connected to the input / output interface 23.

The program memory 22 provided in the ROM 21 stores various programs such as a print setting processing program, which will be described later, and other display control programs and print control programs necessary for controlling the word processor 1. . Further, the RAM 30 has various memory areas, and the text memory 31 for storing the spreadsheet data and the document data input by the character keys CH, the number keys N, etc., the printing designated by the printing area setting key 3b, etc. Print area memory 3 for storing data regarding areas
2. Paper size memory 33 for storing the paper size data set by the paper size setting key 3d, etc., character size memory 34 for storing the character size data set by the character size setting key 3e, line pitch setting key 3f
A line pitch memory 35 for storing line pitch data set via the character pitch setting key 3g and a character pitch memory 36 for storing character pitch data set by the character pitch setting key 3g are provided.

Further, the input / output interface 23 includes
When the keyboard 3 and the display device DM are connected and the character key CH, the numeric key N, etc. on the keyboard 3 are pressed, the characters and numbers corresponding to the pressed character key CH, the numeric key N, etc. The spreadsheet data and the document data such as the above are stored in the text memory 31, and the spreadsheet data and the document data are displayed on the liquid crystal display 4 through the display controller 38.
Further, a print mechanism PM is connected to the input / output interface 23, and when the print key P on the keyboard 3 is pressed, the spreadsheet data and the like stored in the text memory 31 is transmitted via the print mechanism PM. Printed on paper.

Next, the operation of the word processor 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the print processing setting program, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a display state of the liquid crystal display 4 when the spreadsheet data is created by selecting the spreadsheet mode, and FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of the liquid crystal display 4 when an area, a print format, etc. are set. In FIG. 3, first, when the menu selection key 3m is pressed, the liquid crystal display 4
Various menus are displayed on the top (S1). here,
It is assumed that the spreadsheet mode is selected and confirmed through the cursor movement key 3a and the return key 3k.

When the spreadsheet calculation mode is selected, spreadsheet data is input by the character keys CH, the numeric keys N, etc. on the keyboard 3, and tabulation is performed while calculating the data (S2). The state in which the tabulation is performed in this way is shown in FIG.
It is shown in (A). Note that in FIG. 4A, the spreadsheet data includes cells designated by the cursor 4a as a cell pointer (in the horizontal direction (COLUMN direction), alphabets from "A" to "I") and in the vertical direction (R).
In the OW direction), each cell is specified by the numbers "1" to "10"). Incidentally, the cursor 4a points to the G4 cell in FIG. 4 (A). Then, the spreadsheet data created as described above is stored in the text memory 31 of the RAM 30.

Then, in S3, it is determined whether or not the print area setting key 3b is pressed. Print area setting key 3b
When is pressed (S3: YES), the print area is settable, and the process proceeds to S4, while when a key other than the print area setting key 3b is pressed (S3: NO), it is pressed. The process corresponding to the key is performed (S1
6) After that, the process ends.

At S4, the print area is set by operating the cursor movement key 3a and the return key 3k. Here, to set the print area, for example,
As shown in FIG. 4B, after the cursor 4a is moved to the cell A1 by the cursor movement key 3a, the return key 3k
By pressing, first, the starting point of the printing area is set. Next, use the cursor movement key 3a to move the cursor 4a
As shown in FIG. 4C, the end point of the print area is set by pressing the return key 3k after moving to cell C9. As a result, a rectangular area having diagonal vertices in which the cells A1 and C9 face each other is set as the printing area. Note that here, cell A1 and cell H
It is assumed that the area specified by 50 is set as the print area. The print area data is stored in the RAM 3
0 is stored in the print area memory 32.

In subsequent S5, the print format setting key 3
It is determined whether or not c has been pressed. When the print format setting key 3c is pressed (S5: YES), the print format can be set and the liquid crystal display 4 is displayed as shown in FIG.
A print format setting screen as shown in is displayed (S6).
On the other hand, if any key other than the print format setting key 3c is pressed (S5: NO), the process corresponding to the pressed key is performed in S16, and then the process ends.

In this way, various print formats are set while the print format setting screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 4. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the print area set as described above is displayed on the print area display portion 4b, and the print area is the cell number (cell A1) of the start point of the print area. And the cell number of the end point (cell H50) are displayed. Also, the number of lines (r
ow: 50) and the number of characters per line (character
r: 80) is calculated and displayed on the line character display portion 4c.

First, in S7, when the paper size setting key 3d is pressed, the paper size can be set based on the pressing, and each time the space key 3h is pressed, a plurality of types are displayed in the paper size display section 4d. Paper size candidates are sequentially displayed. Thereafter, when the return key 3k is pressed when the desired paper size is displayed, the paper size is confirmed and displayed on the paper size display portion 4d. Here, in FIG. 5, as the set paper size, “LETTER PORTRAIT 8.50 × 1” is set.
"1.0" is displayed. Such paper size data is stored in the paper size memory 33 of the RAM 30.

Subsequently, in S8, the character size setting key 3e
When is pressed, similarly to the above, the character size can be set, and each time the space key 3h is pressed, a plurality of types of character size candidates are sequentially displayed on the character size display portion 4e. Thereafter, when the return key 3k is pressed when the desired character size is displayed, the character size is confirmed and displayed on the character size display portion 4e. Incidentally, in this embodiment, "NORMAL (normal character size)",
"CONDENSE (reduced character size)" and "E
XPAND (enlarged character size) "is displayed in sequence, and in FIG. 5, in FIG.
"NORMAL" is displayed as the set character size. The character size data set as described above is stored in the character size memory 34 of the RAM 30.

When the character size is set in this way, based on the paper size set as described above, the settable character sizes "NORMAL" and "CON" are set.
The printable range is calculated within the set paper size for each of “DENSE” and “EXPAND”, and the calculated printable range has the number of lines and the number of characters per line for each character size. 4h, it is displayed on the liquid crystal display 4 (lower left side of the liquid crystal display 4 in FIG. 5). That is, in FIG. 5, the character size "NOR
For "MAL", 75 characters (c) per line
It can be seen that 66 lines can be printed with the character) and that 99 lines can be printed with 99 characters per line for the character size “CONDENSE”. Furthermore, for the character size "EXPAND", 1
It can be seen that it is possible to print 44 lines with 57 characters per line. Thus, the printable range corresponding to the set paper size can be easily recognized for each character size.

When the row pitch setting key 3f is pressed in S9, the row pitch can be set, and each time the space key 3h is pressed, a plurality of types of row pitch candidates are sequentially displayed in the row pitch display section 4f. Is displayed. Thereafter, when the return key 3k is pressed when the desired row pitch is displayed, the row pitch is confirmed and displayed on the row pitch display portion 4f. Incidentally, in the present embodiment, "1", "1.1 /"
Three types of line pitches of "2" and "2" are sequentially displayed, and in FIG. 5, "1" is set as the set line pitch.
Is displayed. The row pitch data is stored in the RAM 30.
Stored in the row pitch memory 35.

Further, when the character pitch setting key 3g is pressed in S10, the character pitch can be set,
Each time the space key 3h is pressed, the character pitch display section 4 is displayed.
A plurality of types of character pitch candidates are sequentially displayed in g. Thereafter, when the return key 3k is pressed when the desired character pitch is displayed, the character pitch is confirmed and displayed on the character pitch display portion 4g. By the way, in this embodiment,
3 of "PICA", "ELITE", "MICRON"
The character pitches of the types are sequentially displayed, and in FIG. 5, “PICA” is displayed as the set character pitch. The character pitch data is stored in the character pitch memory 36 of the RAM 30.

In S11, it is determined whether the print area set in S3 and S4 can be printed within the paper size set in S7 according to the formats set in S8 to S10. The determination in S11 is "N
In the case of "O", in order to set the paper size and the like again, "NO" of the printability display section 4k in S15.
After informing that printing is impossible by blinking the portion or the like, the process proceeds to S13. On the other hand, if the determination in S11 is "YES", the "YES" portion of the printability display unit 4k is blinked or the like to notify that printing is possible (S12), and then the process proceeds to S13.

At this time, when resetting the paper size, etc., the previously set print area, paper size, character size, line pitch, character pitch, and further printing for each character size are performed on the liquid crystal display 4. Since the possible range is displayed, it is possible to easily correct the print area while referring to each of the displayed data.

In S13, it is determined whether or not the print key P is pressed, and if the print key P is pressed (S
13: YES), the text memory 31 of the RAM 30
Spreadsheet data stored in the memory 30 is stored in the RAM 30 in each print area memory 32, paper size memory 33, character size memory 34, line pitch memory 35, character pitch memory 36.
Based on the respective data stored in, the paper is printed on the paper via the printing mechanism PM, and the post-processing is ended. If any key other than the print key P is pressed (S13: NO), the process is immediately terminated without printing the spreadsheet data.

As described in detail above, in the present invention, the print area set by the print area setting key 3b and the like, and
Based on the print format such as the character size set by the character size setting key 3e or the like, the printable range within the paper size set by the paper size setting key 3d or the like is calculated, and the print area is calculated. It is determined whether the print range is included in the print range and the print range and the determination result are displayed on the liquid crystal display 4. Therefore, the printable range corresponding to the set paper size can be easily recognized. It is possible to easily correct the range setting for the spreadsheet data to be printed.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It can be easily guessed, for example,
In the present embodiment, partial printing of spreadsheet data is described, but partial printing of document data in Japanese and English may be used. Further, the character size, line pitch, and character pitch are not limited to the types or numerical values given in the embodiment, and may be set by free setting values.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the printing area,
The print range that can be printed within the paper size of the used paper is calculated based on the print format, and it is determined whether the print area is included in the calculated print range. By displaying the result on a display, it is possible to easily recognize the printable range corresponding to the paper size, and to provide a document processing apparatus that can easily correct the range designation of document data to be printed. It can be done, and its industrial effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an English word processor.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of an English word processor.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a print processing setting program.

FIG. 4 shows a display state of a liquid crystal display displaying spreadsheet data, and FIG. 4 (A) shows a display state of the liquid crystal display when spreadsheet data is created by selecting a spreadsheet mode. 4B and 4C are explanatory diagrams showing a display state of the liquid crystal display when the print area is set.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of the liquid crystal display 4 when a print area, a print format, etc. are set.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 English word processor 3 Keyboard 3a Cursor movement key 3b Printing area setting key 3c Printing format setting key 3d Paper size setting key 3e Character size setting key 3f Line pitch setting key 3g Character pitch setting key 4 Liquid crystal display 4a Cursor 4b Printing area display 4c Line character display unit 4d Paper size display unit 4e Character size display unit 4f Line pitch display unit 4g Character pitch display unit 4h Printable area display unit 4k Printability display unit 20 CPU 21 ROM 30 RAM PM printing mechanism DM display device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A data input means for inputting various data such as document data, a display means for displaying the data input from the data input means, and a print area setting means for setting a print area of the data on the display means. , A format setting means for setting the print format of the data set via the print area setting means, a paper size setting means for setting the paper size of the paper on which the data is printed, and a print for printing the data on the paper A document processing apparatus having means for calculating a printable range within the paper size set by the paper size setting means based on the print format set by the format setting means; The print area set by the print area setting means is compared with the range calculated by the calculating means to determine whether the print area is included in the calculated range. And a display control unit for displaying the range calculated by the calculation unit on the display unit and displaying the result of the judgment by the determination unit on the display unit. Document processing device. 2. The format setting means can set a character size in the data, the calculating means calculates a printable range for each set character size, and the display control means for each character size. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the range calculated by the calculation means is displayed on the display means.