JPH07200577A - Document preparation device and document printing method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the rewrite operations of character data and to improve operability and practicality by inputting the character data to be replaced, replacing the specified character data with replacing character data and printing them. CONSTITUTION:After a document is prepared, a cursor is moved onto an optional character by using a keyboard 4 and a selection/execution key is pressed. Thus, a replacement object character is established and modification information for the replacement object character is stored in a blank modification buffer 32 inside a RAM 3. Thereafter, a replacing character is inputted by using the keyboard 4. Thus, the replacing character is established and stored in a replacing character storage butter 33 inside the RAM 3. Thereafter, by pressing a printing specifying key on the keyboard 4, a CPU 1 reads the replacing character data from the replacing character storage butter 33 corresponding to the contents of the blank character modification butter 32, replaces original character data (the replacement object characters) with the replacing character data and prints them.

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 such as a Japanese word processor and a document printing method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When preparing a test question sheet such as a fill-in-the-blank question using a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor, the whole long sentence is created once, and then the characters or characters of the part for which the answer is sought in the long sentence. I was working on replacing columns with blanks, meaningless symbols, etc.

Conventionally, all such replacements of characters and character strings have been manually input by the test question author himself, and in short, they are performed by partially rewriting the stored document data itself.

Therefore, the user is forced to load the work. Further, since the document data itself is rewritten, it may be necessary to restore the document data including the answer to the question in some cases.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve such a problem by replacing arbitrary data in document data such as a test sheet with meaningless data such as blanks and symbols. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a document creation method thereof that can reduce the work load on the user when printing and can improve the operability by not forgetting to replace data.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document creating apparatus of the first invention is a document storing means for storing document data consisting of a collection of character data, and a document storing means for storing the document data. Character designating means for designating arbitrary character data in the document data, replacement character inputting means for inputting character data desired to replace the character data designated by the character designating means, and inputting by the replacement character inputting means Replacing the character data designated by the character designating means in the document data stored in the document storing means with the replacement character storing means for storing the replaced character data. It is characterized in that it is provided with a replacement printing means for replacing and printing.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document creating apparatus of the second invention comprises a document storing means for storing document data consisting of a collection of character data, a character designating means for designating an arbitrary character code, Replacement character input means for inputting a character code desired to be replaced with respect to the character code specified by the character specifying means, replacement character storage means for storing the character code input by the replacement character input means, and the document storage means A replacement printing unit that replaces the character code specified by the character specifying unit in the document data stored in the replacement character code with the replacement character code stored in the replacement character storage unit and prints the replacement character code. .

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the invention, any character data in the document data stored in the first storage unit is designated, the character data to be replaced is input to the designated character data, and the input replacement character is input. The data is stored in the second storage unit. Then, when printing a document, the designated character data in the document data is replaced with the replacement character data stored in the second storage unit and printed, so that the stored document data itself is not changed. It is possible to obtain a printed matter of document data in which character data of a set is replaced with other data. The second
In the invention, an arbitrary character code is designated, a character code to be replaced with respect to the designated character code is input, and the input replacement character code is stored in the second storage unit. When printing a document, the specified character code in the stored document data is replaced with the replacement character code stored in the second storage unit and printed, so that the stored document data itself must be changed. Instead, it is possible to obtain a printed matter of document data in which some character data is replaced with other data.

[0009]

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

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

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CPU (microprocessor) for controlling the entire apparatus. A ROM 2 fixedly stores a program executed by the CPU 1, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, and other information necessary for document creation. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM, which stores a document buffer 31 that stores an input document, and modification information that is added to character data (replacement target character) that is designated in the document to be replaced with other data when printing. It includes a hidden character modification buffer 32, a replacement character storage buffer 33 in which character data to be replaced with respect to a replacement target character is stored. Four
Is a keyboard, and is used for character input for document creation and input operations for various editing processes. A keyboard interface 5 controls input / output of various information between the system bus 6 in the apparatus and the keyboard 4.
Reference numeral 7 is a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. 8
Is a display dot memory for storing dot pattern data of a document to be displayed on the display device 7. Reference numeral 9 denotes a display control circuit for performing control for displaying a document. The display control circuit 9 generates a display dot pattern on the display dot memory 8 based on a document, modification information, and other information stored in the RAM 3, and displays the dot pattern. The document display is realized by outputting to the device 7. A printer 10 prints a document based on the document, the modification information, and the like stored in the RAM 3. 11
Is a printer interface for controlling input / output of various information between the system bus 6 in the apparatus and the printer 10. Reference numeral 12 is an external storage device such as a floppy disk device or a hard disk device for storing the document stored in the document memory of the RAM 3. A disk interface 13 controls the input / output of various information between the system bus 6 in the device and the external storage device 12.

The document creating apparatus having the above-described configuration is configured so that a character or character string arbitrarily designated in the document data can be replaced with another data at the time of printing and processed. Hereinafter, this process is referred to as "character replacement printing process".

Next, the operation of the character replacement printing process in the document creating apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of this character replacement printing process, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen during this character replacement printing process.

As the document data, it is assumed here that a test question is created, for example.

First, the user creates a document as shown in FIG. 3A (step 201), and then uses the keyboard 4 to perform an initial operation for the character replacement printing process. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3B, a message G1 for prompting the designation of the hidden character that is the replacement target character is displayed on the screen. Here, the user moves the cursor to an arbitrary character (for example, the character “OK” in FIG. 3A) and presses the select / execute key. (Step 202). As a result, the character to be replaced is decided, and the modification information for the character to be replaced is stored in the hidden character modification buffer 32 in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG. After that, as shown in FIG. 3C, a message G2 for prompting the input of the replacement character, which is the character to be replaced, is displayed. Here, the user inputs a replacement character (for example, “□” in FIG. 3C) using the keyboard 4 (step 203). As a result, the replacement character is determined and stored in the replacement character storage buffer 33 in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG.

Then, by pressing the print designation key on the keyboard 4 (step 204), printing of the document data is started (step 205). The document data is printed at least according to the content of the hidden character modification buffer 32. That is, the CPU 1 determines whether or not each character data is modified by the hidden character modification based on the contents of the hidden character modification buffer 32 (step 206). If the hiding character is modified by the modification information, the replacement character data is read from the replacement character storage buffer 33, the original character data (replacement target character) is replaced with the replacement character data, and printing is performed. At this time, if the character codes to which the hidden character modification is applied are continuous, these character codes are also printed with the replacement character continuously for the number of characters (step 207).

[0018] Also, if there is no cover letter modification,
The character data in the document buffer 31 is printed as it is (step 209), and the process returns to step 206 to judge again the next character data.

After that, the presence / absence of hiding character modification is determined again in step 206 for the character data next to the character to be replaced, and the same process is repeated until all character data in the document buffer are completed.

By executing the above processing, it is possible to output a printed matter in which replacement characters are mixed as shown in FIG. 3 (d).

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of this embodiment, an arbitrary character (character to be replaced) in the document is designated, and the character to be replaced (replacement character) is input to the character to be replaced. Then, when printing, the specified character can be automatically replaced with another character. This makes it possible to reduce the user's work load when printing arbitrary blank data such as blanks and symbols in the document data such as exam question paper, and to avoid forgetting to replace the data to improve operability. Can be improved.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The configuration of the word processor of this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 except the configuration in the RAM. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the memory includes a document buffer 51, a replacement target character storage buffer 52, a replacement character storage buffer 53, and the like. Here, the replacement target character storage buffer 52 stores the code data of the character to be replaced. The word processor of the embodiment performs the character replacement printing process as follows. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of this character replacement printing process, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen during this character replacement printing process.

As the document data, it is assumed that a test question such as a long sentence filling question is created as in the previous embodiment.

First, the user creates a document as shown in FIG. 7A (step 601) and then presses the print designation key on the keyboard 4 (step 602). Next, the keyboard 4 is used to perform an initial operation for the character replacement printing process.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, a message G3 is displayed on the screen for prompting the designation of the first character of the hidden character to be replaced. Here, the user moves the cursor C to the first character of the replacement target character string (for example, the first "abused" character of "abandoned domain" in FIG. 7B) and presses the select / execute key. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7C, a message G4 for prompting the designation of the last character of the replacement target character string is displayed on the screen. Then, the user moves the cursor C to the last character of the replacement target character string (for example, the last character "prefecture" of "abandoned prefecture") and presses the select / execute key (step 603). As a result, the replacement target character string is determined, and the corresponding character code is read from the document buffer 51 in the RAM 3 and stored in the replacement target character storage buffer 52 in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (d), a message G5 for prompting the input of the replacement character is displayed on the screen. Here, the user moves the cursor C to the replacement character (for example, “□” in FIG. 7D) and presses the select / execute key (step 604). As a result, the replacement character is determined, and this replacement character data is RA as shown in FIG.
It is stored in the replacement character storage buffer 53 in M3. When the replacement character is confirmed, printing of the document data is started (step 605).

The following processing is performed before printing.

First, the character data is sequentially read from the start address of the document buffer 51, and the read character data and the character data of the first character of the replacement target character string stored in the replacement target character storage buffer 52 are read each time. Are compared (step 606). If the character data do not match in this comparison, normal printing is performed (step 6).
07). If the character data match, the next character data in the document is compared with the second character of the character string to be replaced, character by character, continuously for each character. In this comparison, if the character data in the document and the replacement target character string all match, the replacement character data is read from the replacement character storage buffer 53, and the original character data string (replacement target character string) is read with this replacement character data. Are replaced and printed (step 611). Further, the process returns to step 615 to make a determination again for the next character data. On the other hand, if the character data in the document do not match before reaching the number of hidden character modification characters, the character data in the document buffer 51 is printed as it is (step 607). By executing the above processing, it is possible to output a printed matter in which replacement characters are mixed as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of this embodiment, the user only needs to specify the character or character string to be replaced with other data at the time of printing once in the same document, and the corresponding character or character in the document can be obtained. The character string can be collectively replaced with another data and printed. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the effect that the labor required for the user to specify the character to be replaced before printing can be reduced as compared with the previous embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, although the type of the replacement character is one in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of replacement characters are stored in the replacement character storage buffer, and the replacement character may be replaced by one of the replacement characters at the time of printing. May be. Further, in the second embodiment, the user specifies the replacement target character from the document displayed on the screen, but the user inputs data of an arbitrary character or character string using the keyboard, This may be stored in a buffer and used as a replacement target character.

[0032]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus and the document printing method of the present invention, any character data in the document data is designated and the character data to be replaced is input. When printing, the specified character data can be automatically replaced with other data, so the replacement work of character data is reduced compared to the conventional method, and the replacement printing function is excellent in operability and practicality. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a document creating apparatus and a document printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a routine of a replacement character printing process.

FIG. 3 is a screen example and a print example at the time of acquiring decoration information in a replacement character printing process.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing movement of information in a RAM when acquiring decoration information.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a movement of information in a RAM when acquiring decoration information.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a routine of a replacement character printing process.

7A and 7B are a screen example and a print example when the decoration information is acquired in the replacement character printing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... Keyboard, 5 ... Keyboard interface, 6 ... System bus, 7 ... Display device, 8 ... Display dot memory, 9 ... Display control circuit, 10 ... Printer, 11 ... Printer interface, 12 ... External storage device, 13 ... Disk interface, 31 ... Document buffer, 32 ... Blank character modification buffer, 33 ... Replacement character storage buffer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A document storage unit for storing document data composed of a collection of character data, a character designation unit for designating arbitrary character data in the document data stored by the document storage unit, and the character designation unit. Replacement character input means for inputting character data to be replaced with respect to specified character data, replacement character storage means for storing the character data input by the replacement character input means, and a document stored in the document storage means A document printing apparatus comprising: a replacement printing unit that replaces the character data specified by the character specifying unit in the data with the replacement character data stored in the replacement character storage unit and prints the replacement character data. 2. A document storing means for storing document data composed of a collection of character data, a character designating means for designating an arbitrary character code, and a character code desired to be replaced with the character code designated by the character designating means. A replacement character input means for inputting the replacement character, a replacement character storage means for storing the character code input by the replacement character input means, and a character data specified by the character specification means in the document data stored in the document storage means. And a replacement printing unit that replaces the character code with the replacement character code stored in the replacement character storage unit and prints the replacement character code. 3. Document data consisting of a collection of character data is stored in a first storage unit, and arbitrary character data in the document data stored in the first storage unit is designated, and the designated character Character data to be replaced with respect to data is input, the input replacement character data is stored in a second storage unit, and the designated character data in the document data is stored in the second storage unit. A method of creating a document, which is characterized in that the selected replacement character data is replaced and printed. 4. Document data composed of a collection of character data is stored in a first storage unit, an arbitrary character code is designated, a character code to be replaced with respect to the designated character code is input, and the input is performed. The replaced replacement character code is stored in the second storage unit, the specified character code in the stored document data is replaced with the replacement character code stored in the second storage unit, and printed. A document creation method characterized by the above.