JPH07141330A - Document preparation device with multilingual function - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] When editing document data, the operation of matching the country-specification of the keyboard with the country-specification of the document data is not required. [Configuration] When a country-specific specification change instruction is input, the value of the country code memory 19b is updated, and the updated country code is written at the beginning of the text memory 19a. When the document storage instruction is input, the document data in the text memory 19a is stored in the floppy disk 6. When a document reading instruction is input, the document data is read from the floppy disk 6 and written in the text memory 19a, and then the head data of the text memory 19a is written in the country code memory 19b. The editing work is performed with the country-specific specifications indicated by the country code of the country code memory 19b.

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 multilingual function, and more particularly, when editing document data, the country specification of the input means is changed to the country specification at the time of creating the document data. , Eliminating the need for the user to match the country specifications of the input means with the country specifications of the document data,
The present invention relates to a document creation device having a multilingual function capable of improving operability when editing document data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of document creating apparatus, the keyboard specifications are generally different depending on the destination language. The reason why the keyboard specifications differ depending on the destination language is that the frequency of use of characters (alphabets) and the characters used differ depending on the destination language. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, because of different country-specific specifications, the same characters are arranged at different positions, or the characters forming the keyboard are different.

For example, an English keyboard is the keyboard K1 shown in FIG. 5, and a German keyboard is the keyboard K2 shown in FIG. According to this, the character "&" is arranged as the shifted character of the "7" key K101 on the English keyboard K1, while the "6" key K201 is arranged on the German keyboard K2. It is arranged as a shifted character. In this way, even the same character may be arranged at different positions depending on the country-specific specifications.

The English keyboard K1 has
The character "@" exists as a character in the shift state of the "2" key K102, but the character "@" does not exist on the German keyboard K2. On the contrary, the character "β" does not exist on the English keyboard K1 but does exist on the German keyboard K2 as a non-shifted character of the "β" key K202. in this way,
Characters that make up the keyboard may be different depending on the country-specific specifications.

As described above, the keyboard specifications are generally different depending on the country specifications. Therefore, one document creation device can only input one language corresponding to one country-specific specification.

What was developed there was a document creation device having a multilingual function. The multilingual function is one function of a document creation device that enables input of multiple languages with one document creation device. According to this multilingual function, the operator can arbitrarily select the country-specific specifications in one document creation device, and can input characters using the selected country-specific keyboard. For example, if the English specification is selected, the keyboard is changed to the keyboard K1 shown in FIG. 5, and if the German specification is selected, the keyboard is changed to the keyboard K2 shown in FIG.

As described above, in the document creating apparatus having the multilingual function, since the keyboard specifications are changed according to the selected country-specific specifications, it is possible to input characters according to each country-specific specification. .

[0008]

However, in the above-described document creating apparatus having the multilingual function, the German specification is selected as the country-specific specification, and the document is previously created in the English specification and stored in the floppy disk. Even if the document data was read from the floppy disk and written in the text memory to edit the document data, the country-specific specifications remained the German specifications.
Since the document data created in English specifications cannot be edited as it is in German, the user must first switch the country-specific specifications from German specifications to English specifications in order to edit the document data. I had to do it.

Therefore, every time the document data is edited, the user is required to specify the country-specific specifications in which the document data was created.
There was a problem in that the operability was extremely poor because the keyboard specifications for each country had to be changed. Also, if you forget the country-specific specifications when you created the document data, you must first check which country specification the document data was created in before changing the keyboard country-specific specifications. However, there is a problem that a more complicated operation is required.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the document data is edited, the country-specific specifications of the input means are changed to the country-specific specifications when the document data is created. Regardless of the country specification of the document data, it is not necessary for the user to match the country specification of the input means with the country specification of the document data to improve the operability when editing the document data. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device having a multilingual function that can be achieved.

[0011]

In order to achieve this object, a document preparation apparatus having a multilingual function of the present invention relates to one country-specific specification among a plurality of country-specific specifications corresponding to a plurality of languages. A selection unit for selecting country-specific specification data; an input unit for inputting characters or symbols based on the country-specific specification data selected by the selecting unit; and document data input by the input unit. A first storage means for storing the data; and a second storage means for storing the document data stored in the first storage means.
Third storage means for storing the country-specific specification data selected by the selection means in association with the document data, and the document data read from the second storage means for the first storage means.
And a changing means for changing the country-specific specifications of the input means in accordance with country-specific specification data stored in the third storage means in association with the document data when written in the storage means.

The third storage means may be provided in the second storage means.

[0013]

The selecting means of the document creating apparatus having the multilingual function of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration selects the country-specific specification data relating to one country-specific specification from a plurality of country-specific specifications corresponding to a plurality of languages. To do. The input means inputs characters or symbols based on the country-specific specification data selected by the selection means. The first storage means stores the document data input by the input means, and the second storage means stores the document data stored in the first storage means.

The third storage means stores the country-specific specification data selected by the selection means in association with the document data.
When the document data is read from the second storage means and written in the first storage means, the changing means is according to the country-specific specification data stored in the third storage means in association with the document data. Change specifications.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment shows a case where the present invention is applied to a word processor having a CRT display device.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the word processor 1 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the word processor 1
A keyboard 3 as an input means is arranged in front of the body frame 2. A printing device 4 is arranged in the main body frame 2 behind the keyboard 3, and a CRT display device 5 capable of displaying characters and symbols is provided above the rear part of the main body frame 2.
Is provided. In addition, an insertion hole 7 for inserting a floppy disk (FD) 6 is formed at the front end of the body frame 2.

The keyboard 3 includes character keys including alphabetic keys and numeral keys, symbol keys, and a document reading key 3 for reading document data into the text memory 19a.
a, a document storage key 3b for storing the document data on the floppy disk 6 as the second storage means, a country-specification change key 3c as a selection means for changing the country-specification 31 of the keyboard 3, a space key, A return key and various function keys are provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the control system of the word processor 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the control system of the word processor 1 includes a control device C, a keyboard 3, a printing device 4, a CRT display device 5, and an external storage device 8.

The keyboard 3, the printing device 4, the CRT display device 5, and the external storage device 8 are connected to the input / output interface 15 of the control device C, respectively.

The printer 4 includes a printer 9 for printing on paper and a printer drive circuit 1 for driving and controlling the printer 9.
0, and the CRT display device 5 includes a CRT display 11 capable of displaying a plurality of lines of characters and symbols.
And a CRT controller 12 that controls the display thereof.

The external storage device 8 is a floppy disk 6
A floppy disk drive (FDD) 13 for storing document data in the floppy disk 6 and conversely for reading document data from the floppy disk 6, and a floppy disk drive (FDD) controller 14 for driving and controlling the floppy disk drive 13. There is.

The control device C includes a CPU 17 and this CPU
I / O interface 15, ROM 1 connected to bus 17 such as address bus and data bus 16
8 and RAM 19.

The ROM 18 has a control program 18a.
In addition, country-specific data 18b and the like are stored. The control program 18a is for performing various controls in the word processor 1. Also, country-specific data 18b
Is data relating to the layout of the keyboard of each country specification 31.

The RAM 19 has a text memory 19a as a first storage means, a country code memory 19b, and
Various memory areas of the work memory 19c are provided.

The text memory 19a is a memory area for storing document data input from the keyboard 3 or read from the external storage device 8. At the top of the text memory 19a, a country code 32 indicating a country specification 31 at the time of creating document data is stored. Since the beginning of the text memory 19a matches the beginning of the document data,
The country code 32 is also stored at the beginning of the document data as the third storage means. Therefore, when editing the document data, the country-specific specification 31 of the keyboard 3 in which the document data is created can be determined by referring to the first data of the document data.

The country code memory 19b stores the country code 3 of the country specification 31 selected by the country specification change key 3c.
2 is a memory area for storing 2. Work memory 1
Reference numeral 9c denotes a memory area for temporarily storing various data and using it as a calculation area in various processes.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the country-specific specifications 31 and the country-specific codes 32. Word processor 1
As country-specific specifications 31, four country-specific specifications 31 of English specification, French specification, German specification, and Italian specification are equipped. Four country codes 32 are assigned to each of these four country specifications 31, and the country specifications 31 are specified by the country codes 32.

Specifically, the English specification has a country code 32.
It is specified by "0". Similarly, the French version has a country code 32 of "1" and the German version has a country code of 3.
2 "2", Italian specification is country code 32 "3"
In each, it is specified.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of the reading and writing processes of the document data performed by the controller C of the word processor 1 configured as described above. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing reading and writing processing of document data.

When the power is turned on, the CPU 17 causes the RO
The process is started based on the control program 18a stored in M18 (step 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as S1.
Other steps are the same)). The CPU 17 first writes "0" at the beginning of the text memory 19a (S3), and then writes the beginning data of the text memory 19a into the country code memory 19b (S5). As a result, the country-specific specifications 31 of the keyboard 3 are set to the English specifications.

After that, the CPU 17 is in a key input waiting state in order to execute each process in response to the key input (S).
7: N). When there is a key input (S7: Y), the input key is checked (S9, S15, S19).

If the input key is the country-specific specification change key 3c (S9: Y), the country code 32 of the country code memory 19b is updated (S11). The country code 32 is updated cyclically. That is, if the country code 32 before update is English specification "0", it is updated to French specification "1", and if the country code 32 before update is French specification "1", it is updated to German specification Updated to "2". Further, when the country code 32 before updating is the Italian specification “3”, the country code 32 is updated to the English specification “0”. When the country code 32 of the country code memory 19b is updated (S11), the contents of the updated country specification 31 are displayed on the CRT display 11. With this display, the user can easily recognize the country-specific specifications 31 that are currently set.

Country Code Memory 19b Country Code 32
After updating (S11), the CPU 17 writes the country code 32 of the country code memory 19b at the head of the text memory 19a (S13). This is because the country code 32 of the country specification 31 in which the document data is created is stored in the document data. After that, the CPU 17 shifts the processing to S7 so as to wait for the next key input.

If the input key is the document storage key 3b (S15: Y), the document data stored in the text memory 19a is written to the floppy disk 6 via the external storage device 8 (S17). Text memory 1
At the beginning of 9a, the country code 32 of the country specification 31 of the currently selected keyboard 3 is stored (S1
3), since the head data of the text memory 19a is also the head data of the document data, the country code 32 when the document data is created is stored in the floppy disk 6 so that Stored with the data.

After writing the document data to the floppy disk 6 (S17), the CPU 17 shifts the processing to S7 to wait for the next key input.

If the input key is the document reading key 3a (S19: Y), the floppy disk 6 is searched, the document data stored in the floppy disk 6 is read, and this is written in the text memory 19a. (S21). When a plurality of document data are stored in the floppy disk 6, one document data designated by the user is written in the text memory 19a.

When the document data is written in the text memory 19a (S21), the CPU 17 writes the head data of the text memory 19a into the country code memory 19b (S23). As a result, the country-specific specification 31 of the keyboard 3 is replaced by the country-specific code 32 stored at the beginning of the document data.
It is changed to the country-specific specifications 31. Since the country code 32 stored at the head of the document data is the country-specific specification 31 when the document data is created, the user can create the document data with any country-specific specification 31 in order to edit the document data. It is not necessary to change the country-specific specifications 31 of the keyboard 3 to the country-specific specifications 31 checked. Further, the content of the country-specific code 31 written in the country-code memory 19b is displayed on the CRT display 11. With this display, the user can easily recognize the country-specific specifications 31 changed by reading the document data.

After writing the top data of the text memory 19a into the country code memory 19b (S23), the CP
U17 shifts the processing to S7 so as to wait for the next key input.

The entered key is the country-specific specification change key 3
If neither c, the document storage key 3b, nor the document reading key 3a (S19: N), another process corresponding to the input key is executed (S25). At this time, if the input key is a character key or a symbol key, the data of the input key is the code of the country specification 31 indicated by the country code 32 stored in the country code memory 19b. Text memory 1 converted based on national data 18b
9a. After executing other processing corresponding to the input key (S25), the CPU 17 shifts the processing to S7 to wait for the next key input.

As shown in the above embodiment, in the word processor 1 of this embodiment, when the document data is edited, the country specific specification 31 of the keyboard 3 is the country specific specification 3 when the document data is created.
Since it is changed to 1, even if the document data is created by any country-specific specification 31, the user can use the keyboard 3
It is not necessary to match the country-specific specifications 31 of the document data with the country-specific specifications 31 of the document data. Therefore, there is an effect that the operability when editing the document data can be improved.

The changing means in this embodiment is shown in FIG.
This is the process of S23 shown in FIG.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.
It is easily inferred that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the external storage device 8 is used as the second storage means, but the second storage means may be allocated in the RAM 19. Although the country code 32 is stored at the beginning of the document data, it may be stored at a position other than the beginning of the document data.
It is also possible to store it in a file different from the document data. Further, although the country code memory 19b is updated at the time of reading the document data, the country code memory 19b may be updated at the first data input after reading the document data, not at the time of reading the document data. It is possible.

[0044]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the document creating apparatus having the multilingual function of the present invention, the country specification of the input means at the time of editing the document data is the country at the time of creating the document data. Since the specification is changed to another specification, it is not necessary for the user to match the country specification of the input means with the country specification of the document data regardless of the country specification of the document data. This has the effect of improving the operability when editing data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a word processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of a word processor.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between country-specific specifications and country codes.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing reading and writing processing of document data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of an English keyboard.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of a German keyboard.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 word processor 3 keyboard 4 printing device 5 CRT display device 6 floppy disk 8 external storage device 13 floppy disk drive (FDD) 14 floppy disk drive (FDD)
Controller 17 CPU 18 ROM 19 RAM 19a Text memory 19b Country code memory 31 Country specification 32 Country code C Controller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A selecting means for selecting country-specific specification data relating to one country-specific specification from a plurality of country-specific specifications corresponding to a plurality of languages, and the country-specific specification data selected by the selecting means. Input means for inputting characters or symbols based on the above, first storage means for storing the document data input by the input means, and second storage means for storing the document data stored in the first storage means A document creating apparatus having a multilingual function, comprising: storage means; third storage means for storing the country-specific specification data selected by the selection means in association with the document data; When the data is read from the storage means and written in the first storage means, the input data is stored according to the country-specific specification data stored in the third storage means in association with the document data. Document creation device having a multi-lingual capability, characterized by comprising changing means for changing the country-specific means. 2. The document creating apparatus having a multilingual function according to claim 1, wherein the third storage unit is configured to be provided in the second storage unit.