JPH07182313A - Device and method for documentation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a word processor which can display document data in the frame of the screen even if the number of characters in one line or one page of the document data increases. CONSTITUTION:The device has a function which enables an operator to optionally set the number of characters in one line of the document data displayed on the display screen, and a CPU 1 finds the total number of dots of one fine from the set number of characters in one line and the basic size of a character font stored in a character pattern memory 11, and varies the numbers of longitudinal and lateral dots of the character font so that the total number of dots in one line is equal to or less than the total number of lateral dots of the screen when the total number of dots exceeds the total number of lateral dots of the screen, thereby performing control so that the document data are displayed with the character font.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device such as a word processor and a document preparation method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a word processor, it is possible to set the number of characters (the number of characters in one line) of a line of a document to be created with a considerably arbitrary width. However, if the number of characters in one line increases, the entire line may not be displayed on the screen. For example, if the number of dots in the horizontal direction (row direction) of the display screen is "180" and the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the character font is "16", the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on one line is "11", and the remaining characters are It will disappear from the screen. You can display the characters that are overlaid by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen and shifting the screen to the right, but it is not possible to display the entire line at the same time, which greatly deteriorates the document displayability and document creation efficiency. Cause.

Further, most of the conventional word processors have a function of making the character size in the horizontal direction half the reference dot number of the character font. By using this function, the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on one line can be doubled. However, in this case, the size reduction attribute is added to the character data itself, and the size of the characters of the printed document is also reduced.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve such a problem. Even if the number of characters in one line of document data increases, the document data is stored within the horizontal length of the screen. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device and a document creation method that can be displayed.

Even if the number of lines per page of document data increases,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creating apparatus and a document creating method capable of displaying the document data within the length of the screen in the vertical direction.

Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document preparation apparatus and a document preparation method capable of displaying document data by using the full screen even when displaying document data having a small number of characters per line or lines per page. .

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 sets to set the number of characters in the horizontal direction (vertical direction in the invention of claim 2) of the document data displayed on the display means. Means, a calculating means for obtaining the horizontal (vertical) length of the document data based on the number of characters set by the setting means and the basic size of the dot pattern data of the characters stored in advance, and the calculating means If the horizontal (vertical) length of the document data exceeds the horizontal (vertical) length of the screen, the horizontal (vertical) length of the document data is within the horizontal (vertical) length of the screen. And a changing unit that changes at least the length of the dot pattern data of the character in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) so that the length of the character dot pattern can be accommodated.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 3 sets a setting means for setting the number of characters in the horizontal direction (vertical direction in the invention of claim 4) of the document data displayed on the display means. Calculating means for obtaining the length in the horizontal direction (longitudinal direction) of the document data based on the number of characters set by the means and the basic size of the dot pattern data of the characters stored in advance; When the length in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) is smaller than the length in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) of the screen, the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly distributed over the entire width (vertical width) of the screen. The arrangement includes a changing unit that changes at least the horizontal (vertical) length of the character dot pattern data so as to be arranged.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 5 sets a setting means for setting the number of characters in the horizontal (vertical direction in the invention of claim 6) direction of the document data displayed on the display means. When the number of characters set by the means is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) of the screen, the number of character data set by the setting means is equalized using the entire width (vertical width) of the screen. And a blank insertion means for inserting a blank portion between each character data.

[0010]

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1, the length of the document data in the horizontal direction (the vertical direction in the invention of claim 2) calculated based on the set number of characters and the basic size of the dot pattern data of the character is If it exceeds the horizontal (vertical) length of the screen, the character dot pattern is set so that the horizontal (vertical) length of the document data fits within the horizontal (vertical) length of the screen. Since at least the length of the data in the horizontal direction (vertical direction) is changed, the document data can be displayed within the horizontal length of the screen even if the number of characters in one line of the document data increases.

Similarly, according to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the number of lines per page of document data increases, the document data can be displayed within the vertical length of the screen.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the document data is calculated in the horizontal direction based on the set number of characters and the basic size of the dot pattern data of the characters (in the invention of claim 4, the vertical direction).
If the length of is smaller than the length of the screen in the horizontal direction (vertical direction), the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire width of the screen (vertical width).
Since at least the horizontal (vertical) length of the character dot pattern data is changed, the document data can be displayed by using the full width of the screen when displaying document data with a small number of characters per line. .

Similarly, in the invention of claim 4, when displaying the document data having a small number of lines per page, the document data can be displayed by using the full vertical width of the screen.

Further, in the invention of claim 5, when the number of characters set by the setting means is less than the maximum number of characters which can be displayed in the horizontal direction (vertical direction in the invention of claim 6) of the screen,
Since a blank part of equal width (vertical width) is inserted between each character data so that the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire width (vertical width) of the screen, When displaying document data in which the number of characters in one line is small, the document data can be displayed by using the full width of the screen without changing the character size.

Similarly, in the invention of claim 6, when the document data having a small number of lines per page is displayed, the document data is displayed by using the full width of the screen without changing the character size. You can

[0016]

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

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

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus. 2 is a program executed by the CPU 1,
It is a ROM that fixedly stores a kana-kanji conversion dictionary and other information necessary for document creation. Reference numeral 3 is a RAM for storing document data, which is a collection of character code data and other data. A floppy disk controller (FDC) 4 controls the floppy disk drive (FDD) 5 under the control of the CPU 1. 6 is a CPU
1 is a keyboard controller (KBC) for controlling the input / output of data between the keyboard 1 and the keyboard (KB) 7. A display controller (CRTC) 8 controls a display device 9 such as a CRT that displays document data and the like. 1
Reference numeral 0 is a display dot memory for storing dot pattern data of a document displayed on the display device 9. Reference numeral 11 is a character pattern memory in which character fonts, which are dot pattern data of individual characters, are stored. A printer controller (PRTC) 12 controls a printer (PRT) 13 that prints document data and the like. Reference numeral 14 is a power supply unit (PS) that supplies power to this system. Reference numeral 15 is a system bus for transferring data between the above-mentioned units.

Next, the operation of the word processor of this embodiment will be described.

First, when the system is powered on, a work menu is displayed on the screen of the display device 9. When the operator selects a job to be processed from this work menu using the keyboard 7, a screen requesting the information input necessary for performing this job is displayed, and the operator inputs the information in order to respond to this request. By performing the operation, the operation according to the selected work is executed.

In the work menu, a work name of "processing for changing display character size based on the number of characters per line / the number of lines per page" which will be described later is displayed. FIG. 2 shows an operation procedure when this work is selected.

When this operation is selected by the operator, the CPU 1 displays a guide message "Please input the number of characters per line / the number of lines per page" on the screen of the display device 9 (step 201). When the operator inputs an arbitrary number of one-line characters in response to the request (step 202),
The CPU 1 obtains the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the document data from the input number of characters in one line and the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the character font (step 203), and the total number of dots for one line is the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen. It is determined whether the number is exceeded (step 204).

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen is "180" and the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the character font is "16", the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in one line is It is "11". Therefore, the number of characters per line is "12"
When the above number is input, the CPU 1 determines that the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the document data exceeds the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen. In the example shown in the figure, "15" is entered as the number of characters in one line, so four characters are outside the screen.

When the CPU 1 determines that the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the document data exceeds the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen, the CPU 1 determines the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the document data as the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen. In order to fit within the number of dots, the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the character font should be determined (step 205). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen is "180" and the number of characters in one line is "15", then 180/15 = 12 (dots)
Becomes Therefore, the CPU 1 converts the character font of vertical and horizontal 16 × 16 dots into a character font of vertical and horizontal 12 × 12 dots, and displays the document data using this character font (step 206).

In step 201, "the number of characters per line or 1
From the display of the guide message "Please enter the number of page lines", when the operator inputs an arbitrary number of page lines (step 207), the CPU 1 determines from the input number of page lines and the number of dots in the vertical direction of the character font. The total number of dots in the vertical direction of the document data is obtained (step 208), and it is determined whether or not the total number of dots in the vertical direction exceeds the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the display screen (step 209). As a result,
When determining that the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the document data exceeds the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the display screen, the CPU 1 sets the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the document data within the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the display screen. In order to fit it, the number of dots in the vertical direction of the character font should be set (step 2).
10). As a result, assuming that N is obtained as the number of dots in the vertical direction of the character font, the CPU 1 determines the original vertical and horizontal 16 × 1.
The 6-dot character font is converted into a character font having N * N dots vertically and horizontally, and the document data is displayed using this character font (step 206).

Thus, according to the word processor of the present embodiment, even if the number of characters in one line of the document data increases, the document data can be displayed within the horizontal length of the display screen, and the document display can be performed. It is possible to improve and improve document creation efficiency.

In the above embodiment, the number of dots in the vertical and horizontal directions of the character font is changed so that the document data can be displayed within the horizontal or vertical frame of the display screen. The number of dots in the vertical and horizontal directions of the character font may be changed so that the characters can fit in both the horizontal and vertical frames of the display screen at the same time.

Further, in the above embodiment, the number of dots of the character font is changed to the same number of dots vertically and horizontally.
Only one of the vertical and horizontal directions may be changed. Ie 1
When changing the number of dots in a character font based on the number of lines, change only the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the character font, and when changing the number of dots in a character font based on the number of lines per page, the vertical direction of the character font. Change only the number of dots.

In the above example, the case where the input number of characters per line or the number of lines per page does not fit within the display screen, that is, the case where the number of dots of the character font is reduced has been described, but as shown in FIG. If the total number of dots calculated for the input number of characters per line is less than the total number of dots in the horizontal direction of the display screen, increase the number of dots in the character font to use the full width of the display screen for the document. You may make it display data. In this case, in order to uniformly increase the number of dots of each character font, the condition for processing is that the number of characters in one line is equal to or more than the number of dots remaining in the horizontal direction of the display screen.

This process is performed when the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the document data obtained for the number of input page lines is less than the total number of dots in the vertical direction of the display screen. The same is done when the document data is displayed by using the full width of the display screen by increasing the number of dots.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the input 1
If the number of lines is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in the horizontal direction on the display screen, insert a space between each character and adjust the number of dots in the horizontal direction to adjust the number of dots in the character font. There is also a method of displaying the document data by fully using the horizontal direction of the display screen without changing.

This method is also applicable to the case where the number of input page lines is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in the vertical direction of the display screen.

[0033]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus and the document creating method of the present invention, at least the horizontal length of the dot pattern data of the character is set to the optimum value according to the set number of characters per line. By changing the number, even if the number of characters per line of the document data increases, the document data can be displayed within the horizontal length of the screen.

Similarly, by changing at least the vertical length of the character dot pattern data to an optimum value according to the set number of lines per page, even if the number of lines per page of document data increases. The document data can be displayed within the vertical length of the screen.

Further, when the document data having a small number of characters per line is displayed, the horizontal length of the dot pattern data of the character is enlarged and changed to an optimum value, so that the full width of the screen is used for the document data. Can be displayed.

Similarly, when displaying document data in which the number of lines per page is small, the vertical length of the character dot pattern data is enlarged and changed to an optimum value to use the full vertical width of the screen. The document data can be displayed.

Further, when displaying document data having a small number of characters per line, by inserting a blank portion having an appropriate width between adjacent characters in the line direction, the size of the characters can be changed without changing the size of the screen. The document data can be displayed using the full width of the document.

Similarly, when displaying document data in which the number of lines per page is small, a blank portion having an appropriate width is inserted between vertically adjacent characters without changing the character size. , Document data can be displayed using the full width of the screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

2 is the number of characters per line / 1 in the word processor of FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows the procedure of the change processing of the display character size based on the number of page lines.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the process of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... Floppy disk controller, 5 ... Floppy disk drive (FDD), 6 ... Keyboard controller, 7 ... Keyboard, 8 ... Display controller, 9 ... Display device, 10 ... For display Dot memory, 11 ... Character pattern memory, 12 ... Print controller, 13 ... Printer.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying document data on a screen, storage means for storing dot pattern data of individual characters in advance, and setting means for setting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the document data displayed on the display means. A calculating means for obtaining the horizontal length of the document data based on the number of characters set by the setting means and the size of the dot pattern data of the characters; and a horizontal direction of the document data calculated by the calculating means. Is longer than the horizontal length of the screen, at least the horizontal direction of the dot pattern data of the character is adjusted so that the horizontal length of the document data is within the horizontal length of the screen. And a changing means for changing the length of the document. 2. Display means for displaying document data on a screen, storage means for storing dot pattern data of individual characters in advance, and setting means for setting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the display means. Calculating means for obtaining the length in the vertical direction of the document data based on the number of characters set by the setting means and the size of the dot pattern data of the characters, and the vertical direction of the document data calculated by the calculating means. Is longer than the vertical length of the screen, at least the vertical direction of the dot pattern data of the character is adjusted so that the vertical length of the document data fits within the vertical length of the screen. And a changing means for changing the length of the document. 3. Display means for displaying document data on a screen, storage means for storing dot pattern data of individual characters in advance, and setting means for setting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the document data displayed on the display means. A calculating means for obtaining the horizontal length of the document data based on the number of characters set by the setting means and the size of the dot pattern data of the characters; and a horizontal direction of the document data calculated by the calculating means. Is smaller than the horizontal length of the screen, the dot pattern data of the characters is arranged so that the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire horizontal width of the screen. And a changing means for changing at least the lateral length of the document. 4. Display means for displaying document data on a screen, storage means for storing dot pattern data of individual characters in advance, and setting means for setting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the display means. Calculating means for obtaining the length in the vertical direction of the document data based on the number of characters set by the setting means and the size of the dot pattern data of the characters, and the vertical direction of the document data calculated by the calculating means. Is smaller than the vertical length of the screen, the dot pattern of the characters is arranged so that the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire vertical width of the screen. A document creating apparatus comprising: a changing unit that changes at least a vertical length of data. 5. Display means for displaying the document data on the screen, setting means for setting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the document data to be displayed on the display means, and the number of characters set by the setting means in the horizontal direction of the screen. If the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the screen is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed, a blank part is inserted between the character data so that the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire width of the screen. And a blank inserting means for performing the document creation. 6. Display means for displaying the document data on the screen, setting means for setting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the display means, and the number of characters set by the setting means is the vertical direction of the screen. If the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the screen is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed, a blank space is provided between the character data so that the number of character data set by the setting means is evenly arranged using the entire vertical width of the screen. A document creating apparatus comprising: a blank inserting unit for inserting. 7. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen,
The device includes a storage unit in which dot pattern data of individual characters is stored in advance, an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of document data to be displayed on the screen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is the input unit. When the horizontal length of the document data is obtained based on the number of characters input and the size of the dot pattern data of the character, and the horizontal length of the obtained document data exceeds the horizontal length of the screen. A document creating method, characterized in that at least the horizontal length of the dot pattern data of the character is changed so that the horizontal length of the document data is within the horizontal length of the screen. 8. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen,
A storage unit in which dot pattern data of individual characters is stored in advance, an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the display screen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is the input unit The length of the document data in the vertical direction is calculated based on the number of characters input from the copy and the size of the dot pattern data of the characters, and the length of the obtained document data in the vertical direction exceeds the length in the vertical direction of the screen. In this case, at least the vertical length of the dot pattern data of the character is changed so that the vertical length of the document data fits within the vertical length of the screen. . 9. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen,
The device includes a storage unit in which dot pattern data of individual characters is stored in advance, an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of document data to be displayed on the screen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is the input unit. When the horizontal length of the document data is obtained based on the number of characters input and the size of the dot pattern data of the character, and the obtained horizontal length of the document data is smaller than the horizontal length of the screen. A document characterized by changing at least the horizontal length of the dot pattern data of the character so that the number of character data input from the input unit is evenly arranged using the entire width of the screen. How to make. 10. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen, a storage unit in which dot pattern data of individual characters is stored in advance, and an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the screen. And a controller, wherein the controller determines the length of the document data in the vertical direction based on the number of characters input from the input unit and the size of the dot pattern data of the character, and determines the vertical length of the obtained document data. When the length in the direction is smaller than the length in the vertical direction of the screen, the dot pattern of the characters is arranged so that the number of character data input from the input unit is evenly arranged using the entire vertical width of the screen. A document creation method characterized by changing at least the vertical length of data. 11. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen, an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the document data displayed on the screen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is the input unit. If the number of entered characters is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in the horizontal direction of the screen,
A method of creating a document, characterized in that a blank portion is inserted between each of the character data so that the number of character data input from the input unit is evenly arranged using the entire width of the screen. 12. A display unit for displaying document data on a screen, an input unit for inputting the number of characters in the vertical direction of the document data displayed on the screen, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is the input unit. If the number of entered characters is less than the maximum number of characters that can be displayed in the vertical direction of the screen,
A method of creating a document, characterized in that a blank part is inserted between each of the character data so that the character data of the number input from the input part is uniformly arranged using the entire vertical width of the screen.