JPH07200580A - Document preparation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely change a symbol inserting character position in a text even at the time of symbol selection by dividing a display screen into a text display area and a symbol display area and performing display. CONSTITUTION:When key input from a symbol key 3 is present, the display screen of a liquid crystal display 8 is divided into the upper and lower two stages of the symbol display area 8A and the text display area 8B. When the key input from right and left cursor keys 4 is present, a symbol cursor C is moved in the symbol display area 8A. When a shift key 5 and the right and left cursor keys 4 are simultaneously pressed, a text cursor C is moved in the text display area 8B. Then, when a return key R is separately pressed, after a selected symbol is inserted before a character position where the text cursor C is present and the symbol is insertion-processed, the text composed by the insertion processing of the symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention creates a document while displaying various characters on a display by selectively inserting various symbols at desired positions in a text consisting of characters created by a text creating means such as a keyboard. More particularly, the present invention relates to a document creation apparatus, which enables a symbol to be selected and inserted into the text while simultaneously displaying the text and the various symbols on the display when selectively inserting the various symbols into the text. The present invention relates to a document creation device capable of creating a document including a symbol with certainty.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, various document creating apparatuses have been proposed which are capable of creating various types of symbols (text) including symbols by inserting various symbols at desired positions in text such as characters input from a keyboard. There is. When inserting various symbols at desired positions in the text in such a document creating apparatus, generally, text such as characters input from a keyboard is displayed on a display, and first, the text of the symbol to be inserted is displayed. The cursor is moved to the character position via the cursor key, the display is switched to the symbol selection screen by the symbol insertion key or the like to display various symbols on the display, and then one is moved via the cursor key and the return key. By selecting the desired symbol, the selected one symbol is inserted before the character position where the cursor is present in the text.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional document creating apparatus, when the symbol is inserted in the text, the display state of the display is switched from the text display screen to the symbol selection screen, so that the symbol selection is performed. Sometimes the text content is not visible on the display. Therefore, after the display is switched to the symbol selection screen, it is impossible to change the character position where the determined symbol should be inserted by moving the cursor with the cursor key on the text display screen. Therefore, if you want to change the symbol insertion character position, you need to cancel the symbol selection screen on the display and return to the text display screen, then move the cursor again with the cursor key to reset the symbol insertion character position. As a result, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and the operability is poor.

Further, in the conventional document creating apparatus described above, only one symbol can be selected on the symbol selection screen of the display. Therefore, when a plurality of symbols are selected and inserted into the text. Need to repeat the symbol selection insertion operation according to the number of symbols to be inserted. Such an operation is very troublesome, and there is a difficulty in operability as described above.

Furthermore, in the conventional document creating apparatus, when a symbol is selected and inserted on the symbol selection screen of the display, the selected symbol is immediately inserted before the character in which the cursor is present in the text. Therefore, if you have made a mistake in the insertion position of the symbol to be selectively inserted or in the text, delete the inserted symbol on the text display screen and repeat the cursor movement operation and symbol selection operation in the text. There is also a problem that the symbol insertion operation becomes complicated in this respect as well.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to freely change the position of a character to be inserted in a text even when a symbol is selected, and to add a plurality of symbols in the text. A document creation device capable of inserting simultaneously in a batch and displaying the selected and inserted symbols together with the text temporarily for a predetermined period of time, thereby inserting the symbols in the text with good operability. The purpose is to provide.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a text creating means for creating text by inputting characters and the like, a display means for displaying the text created by the text creating means, and various types. In the document creation device having a symbol selection means for selecting a desired symbol from among the symbols and a symbol insertion means for inserting the symbol selected by the symbol selection means into the text, a display for switching the display screen of the display means. A screen switching means is provided, and the display means is a text display area for displaying a text created by the text creating means based on a command from the display screen switching means, and various types selected by the symbol selecting means. The symbol display area for displaying the symbol is displayed separately.

The symbol insertion position setting means for setting the symbol insertion position in the text displayed in the text display area, and the text selected by the symbol selection means by the symbol insertion position setting means. It is desirable to have a structure provided with a symbol insertion means to be inserted at an inner position.

Further, the symbol calling means for calling various symbols selected by the symbol selecting means, and the text created by the text creating means in the display area based on the operation of the symbol calling means. It is desirable that the display device be divided into a text display region for displaying the various symbols and a symbol display region for displaying the various symbols, and a display region dividing means for arranging the text display region and the symbol display region in two stages, one above the other.

The symbol selecting means is capable of selecting a plurality of symbols from various symbols displayed in the symbol display area, and the symbol inserting means is a plurality of symbols selected by the symbol selecting means. The symbols are collectively inserted into the text at the same time, and data such as characters in the text created by the text creating means and the symbol selecting means are selected, and the symbols are inserted into the text by the symbol inserting means. Storage means for storing the data of the symbols inserted in the text in the state that the data of the symbols are inserted in the text, and the data of the characters and the symbols and the data of the symbols stored in the storage means are temporarily stored in the text display area for a predetermined time. It is desirable that the display device be configured to include a display commanding unit that commands the display of the image.

[0011]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the display screen of the display means is divided into the text display area and the symbol display area and displayed based on the command from the display screen switching means. The text created through this is displayed in the text display area provided in the display means, and various symbols selected by the symbol selection means are displayed in the symbol display area.

At this time, based on the operation of the symbol calling means, the display screen of the display means is divided into a text display area and a symbol display area through the display area dividing means, and each display area is divided into upper and lower parts. Therefore, when the desired symbols are selected and inserted into the text from the various symbols displayed in the symbol display area through the symbol selection means and the symbol insertion means, the symbol insertion position setting means is used. After setting the symbol insertion position, the symbol selected by the symbol selection means may be inserted into the symbol insertion position via the symbol insertion means. In this way, it is possible to select and insert a symbol while always checking the symbol insertion position in the text on the text display area. In addition, when changing the insertion position of a symbol in the text, after selecting the symbol and before inserting the symbol by the symbol insertion means, change the symbol insertion position in the text in the text display area by the symbol insertion position setting means. Good.

Further, when a plurality of symbols are selected from the various symbols displayed in the symbol display area to insert the symbols into the text, the plurality of symbols are selected through the symbol selection means. Further, the selected plurality of symbols are simultaneously inserted into the text all at once by the symbol inserting means. As a result, it becomes possible to insert a plurality of symbols into the text at one time by a simple operation without repeating the symbol selection / insertion operation.

Further, when it is necessary to temporarily confirm both the text and the symbols inserted in the text, when a command is issued via the display command means, the characters in the text stored in the storage means are indicated. And the data of the symbol selected and inserted by the symbol selecting means and the inserting means are displayed in the text display area with the symbol data inserted in the text. As a result, it becomes possible to confirm the insertion state of the symbol in the text on the display means in advance, and as a result, it is possible to insert the symbol in the text with good operability without repeating the complicated symbol insertion operation. Is possible.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on an embodiment embodying a tape printer. First, the tape printer will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape printer.

In FIG. 1, in the front portion of the tape printer 1, a character input key 2 for inputting characters and the like to create a text consisting of document data, various symbols (symbols) between the characters and the like in the text. ) Symbol key 3 for setting the symbol insertion mode for insertion and insertion, cursor key 4 for moving the cursor C displayed together with characters on the liquid crystal display 8 in the up, down, left and right directions. The shift key 5 that is pressed when shifting and when moving the cursor C of the text or scrolling the text as described later, when inserting a space between characters, and as will be described later, plural symbols are provided. Space key SP that is pressed when selecting, code key that is pressed when executing various functions or checking the state of symbol input described later , A return key R for confirming the symbol selected through the cursor keys 4 and inserting it between characters, a cancel key 7 for canceling various processes, and a keyboard K on which various other keys are arranged. .

At the rear position of the keyboard K, a liquid crystal display 8 which can display one line of characters or the like input from the character keys 2 on the keyboard K is arranged. Further, behind the liquid crystal display 8, there is provided a cassette housing portion 9 for housing a tape cassette 13 which will be described later, and the cassette housing portion 9 is rotatably pivoted behind the tape printer 1. The storage cassette 10 is opened and closed, and the tape cassette 13 is exchanged in the open state.
The storage cover 10 is opened and closed by operating the release button 11. The cassette housing 9 is provided with a printing mechanism PM, and a side wall (left side wall in FIG. 1) of the tape printer 1 is provided with a character-attached tape T printed by the printing mechanism PM. A cutting operation button 12 for manually cutting through (not shown) is provided.

Next, the structure of the tape cassette 13 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the state where the tape cassette 13 is stored in the cassette storage portion 9 (the tape cassette 13 is shown excluding the upper case).

In FIG. 2, a tape spool 16 around which a transparent film tape 15 is wound in a lower case 14,
A ribbon spool 18 around which the thermal ink ribbon 17 is wound, and an adhesive tape spool 20 around which a double-sided adhesive tape 19 with release paper is wound with the release paper side facing outward are arranged. These spools 16, 18, 20 is rotatably supported by cooperation with a support portion provided on the lower surface of the upper case (not shown).

A ribbon take-up spool 21 is also rotatably supported between the spools 16, 18, 20. The ribbon take-up spool 21 is meshed with a ribbon take-up shaft (not shown). The thermal ink ribbon 17 used for printing is wound by driving the ribbon winding shaft.

Further, the thermal head H constituting the printing mechanism PM is arranged in the recess 22 provided in the lower case 14, and the platen roller 24 rotatably supported by the roller holder 23 can be pressed against the thermal head H. It is arranged opposite to each other. The thermal head H has a large number of heating elements (the thermal head H of the tape printer 1 according to this embodiment has 128 heating elements).
And has characters and the like printed on the film tape 15 via the thermal ink ribbon 17.

Further, the tape ejection portion 25 of the lower case 14
A tape pressure contact roller 26 is rotatably supported near (on the lower left side in FIG. 2), and the tape pressure contact roller 26 is rotatably supported by a roller holder 23.
7 are arranged to face each other at a position where they can be pressed against each other.

In the cassette storage section 9, a roller holder 23 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 28 in front of the tape cassette 13 (lower side in FIG. 2), and the roller holder 23 is manually switched (not shown). It is possible to switch between the print position and the release position by the mechanism (FIG. 2 shows the state where the print position is switched).

In the roller holder 23, the platen roller 24 and the tape feed roller 27 are rotatable, and when the roller holder 23 is switched to the print position, the thermal head H and the pressure contact roller 26 are provided.
It is arranged so as to be pressed against. The tape feed roller 27 is rotationally driven by a tape feed roller shaft (not shown), and at the same time, the pressure contact roller 26 is rotationally driven in conjunction with the tape feed roller 27 by a gear mechanism (not shown).

Further, the pressure contact roller 26 and the tape feed roller 27 cooperate with each other, and the adhesive agent of the double-sided adhesive tape 19 is applied to the film tape 15 on which characters and the like are printed by the thermal head H via the thermal ink ribbon 17. The surface is crimped, the tape T is finally created, and the arrow J
The tape T is fed in the direction. The produced tape T is cut by a cutter (not shown) arranged on the left side of the tape cassette 13 by operating the cutting operation button 12 described above. Since the structure of such a cutter is well known, its explanation is omitted here.

Next, the control system of the tape printer 1 thus constructed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows a control block diagram of the tape printer 1, and the controller 3
It is configured with 0 as the nucleus. The control device 30 is the CPU 3
1, ROM 32, CGROM 33, and RAM 34, which are connected to each other via a bus 35 and also to an input / output interface 36.

The ROM 32 is for storing various programs, and includes a main processing program described later, a symbol input processing program for performing symbol input processing in the symbol insertion mode based on depression of the symbol key 4, and the space key SP. Symbol multiple selection processing program that selects multiple symbols based on pressing, symbol input confirmation processing program that confirms the insertion state of symbols inserted between the characters of the text by the symbol input processing, specified between each character of the text A symbol insertion processing program for inserting the generated symbols and other various programs necessary for controlling the tape printer 1 are stored. Then, the CPU 31 performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 32. Further, the ROM 32 stores a symbol table which is a table of various symbol data (see FIG. 8 and the like).

Further, the CGROM 33 stores dot pattern data corresponding to each character input from the keyboard K, and the dot pattern data is CGROM.
Image buffer 4 after being read from 33 and expanded
2, the dot pattern data of the image buffer 42 is transferred to the display buffer 43, and then displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 based on the display control program.

Further, the RAM 34 is for temporarily storing various calculation results calculated by the CPU 31, and the RAM 34 is provided with various memories as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, a text memory 41 stores code data corresponding to each character input from the keyboard K as document data (text), and the image buffer 42 has a text memory 41. The dot pattern data read from the CGROM 33 based on the character width data of each character or the like corresponding to the text document data stored in is expanded and stored. Further, the display buffer 43 stores the dot pattern data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 8, and the symbol buffer 44 sequentially stores the data of the symbols selected in the symbol input processing described later in the order of selection. Is. The print buffer 45 transfers and stores the dot data stored in the image buffer 42 at the time of printing.
Is for performing dot printing according to the dot pattern data stored in the print buffer 45.

Now, returning to FIG. 3 and continuing the description of the control block diagram, the keyboard K is operated via the input / output interface 36 and the liquid crystal display (LCD) 8,
The display controller 37 is connected to the control device 30 through the input / output interface 36, and when a character or the like is input through the character input key 2 of the keyboard K, the document data is sequentially stored in the text memory 41. At the same time, the dot pattern corresponding to the character or the like input through the keyboard K based on the dot pattern generation control program and the display control program is transferred to the display buffer 43, and the liquid crystal display 8 is displayed.
Displayed above.

The thermal head H is driven through the drive circuit 38 to print the dot data transferred from the image buffer 42 to the print buffer 45. In synchronization with this, the tape feed motor 40 drives the drive circuit 39. The feeding of the tape T is controlled via the.

Next, the operation of the tape printer 1 constructed as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the basic operation of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the main processing program. First, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1, initial processing such as initialization of various memories in the RAM 34 is performed.

After this, key input from various keys on the keyboard K is waited (S2, S3), and waits until key input (S3: NO, S2). When there is a key input from any key on the keyboard K (S3: YE
In S), it is determined whether or not the key pressed in S4 is a key input from an edit input key such as the character key 2. When there is a key input from the edit input key (S
In the case of (4: YES), the edit input process of the text is performed according to the pressed key (S5), and then the process returns to S2 to wait for the next key input. On the other hand, if it is determined in S4 that the key input is not from the edit input key (S4: NO), S
At 6, it is determined whether or not there is a key input from the symbol key 3. If the key input is from the symbol key 3 (S6: YES), the symbol input process described later is performed in S7, and then the process returns to S2. If it is determined in S6 that the key input is not the key input from the symbol key 3 (S6: NO), the process corresponding to the pressed key is performed (S8), and then the process returns to S2. In addition, here
It is assumed that by repeating the processes of S1 to S5, the text "ABCDEF" is created and displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 as shown in FIG. Further, the text cursor C is present at the position of the character "C". FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which text is displayed on the liquid crystal display 8.

Next, the symbol input processing performed in S7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the symbol input processing program. First,
When there is a key input from the symbol key 3, in S10, the display screen of the liquid crystal display 8 is divided into a symbol display area 8A and a text display area 8B in two stages, and as shown in FIG. Various symbols are displayed in the display area 8A based on the symbol table of the ROM 32, and the lower text display area 8 is displayed.
In B, the already created text (see FIG. 6) is displayed. In FIG. 8, the text cursor C in the text display area 8B is located at the position of the character "C",
The symbol cursor C in the symbol display area 8A is located at the position of the double circle symbol (second symbol).

After this, key input from various keys on the keyboard K is awaited (S11), and it is determined whether or not there is a key input from the valid key (S12). here,
The valid key means a key necessary for symbol input, and the left and right cursor keys of the cursor key 4, the shift key 5, the space key SP, the code key 6, the return key R, and the cancel key 7 are valid keys. There is. When there is no key input from these valid keys (S12: NO)
If there is a key input from the valid key (S12: YES), the process returns to S13.

In S13, it is determined whether or not there is a key input from the left and right cursor keys, and if there is a key input from the left and right cursor keys (S13: YES), the symbols in the symbol display area 8A are input via the left and right cursor keys. The cursor C is moved, or each symbol not displayed in the symbol display area 8A is sequentially scrolled and displayed (S14). After this, the process returns to S11.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S13 that the key input is not from the left and right cursor keys (S13: NO).
In step S15, it is determined whether the shift key 5 and the left and right cursor keys are simultaneously pressed. When it is determined that the shift key 5 and the left and right cursor keys are simultaneously pressed (S15: YES), the text cursor C in the text display area 8B is moved or displayed in the text display area 8B in S16. The characters of the text that are not displayed are sequentially scrolled and displayed. After this, the process returns to S11.

When it is determined in S15 that the shift key 5 and the left and right cursor keys are not simultaneously pressed (S15)
15: NO), it is determined in S17 whether or not there is a key input from the space key SP. When it is determined that there is a key input from the space key SP (S17: YE
In S), after the symbol plural selection process described later is performed in S18, the process returns to S11. On the other hand, when it is determined in S17 that there is no key input from the space key SP (S17: NO), it is determined in S19 whether the code key 6 and the return key R are simultaneously pressed.

When it is determined that the code key 6 and the return key R are pressed at the same time (S19: YES),
After a symbol input confirmation process described later is performed in S20, the process returns to S11. On the other hand, in S19, the code key 6
When it is determined that the return key R and the return key R have not been pressed simultaneously (S19: NO), it is determined in S21 whether the return key R has been pressed alone. When it is determined that the return key R is pressed alone (S21:
YES), in S22, on the text memory 41 and the display buffer 43, after the selected symbol is definitely inserted before the character position where the text cursor C exists, the symbol is definitely inserted. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 (S23), and the symbol input process ends. If it is determined in S21 that the return key R has not been pressed alone (S21: NO), it is determined that the cancel key 7 has been pressed and the text is immediately inserted in S23 without performing the symbol insertion processing of S22. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 to end the symbol input processing.

Subsequent to this, the symbol plural selection process performed in S18 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the symbol multiple selection processing program. First, in S30, the symbol existing at the current position of the symbol cursor C in the symbol display area 8A has already been selected, and its data is stored in the symbol buffer 44.
It is judged whether or not it is stored in. Such judgment is
This is performed by comparing the data of the symbol existing at the position of the symbol cursor C with the data of the symbol stored in the symbol buffer 44.

When the symbol at the position of the symbol cursor C has already been selected and stored in the symbol buffer 44 (S31: YES), the inverted display state at the position of the symbol cursor C is canceled in S32 ( Figure 1
(See 0), the data of the symbol designated by the symbol cursor C is deleted from the symbol buffer 44, and the data of the symbols existing after the data of the deleted symbol are moved to the front in the symbol buffer 44 ( S33). After that, the symbol plural selection process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S31 that the symbol at the position of the symbol cursor C has not been selected and the data is not stored in the symbol buffer 44 (S31: NO), the process proceeds to S34. Then, it is checked whether the storage capacity of the symbol buffer 44 is full. If it is determined that the storage capacity of the symbol buffer 44 is not full (S35: NO), the symbol existing at the position of the symbol cursor C is highlighted (S36), and the symbol buffer 4 is also displayed.
Data of the designated symbol is stored in the head position of the empty area in No. 4 (S37). After that, the symbol plural selection process ends.

Therefore, by repeating the processing of S30, S31, S34 to S37, a plurality of symbols displayed in the symbol display area 8A are selected. Here, in order to make it easier to understand the state in which a plurality of symbols are selected as described above, description will be given based on FIGS. 10 and 11. 10 is an explanatory view showing the symbol display area 8A and the text display area 8B when a plurality of symbols are selected, and FIG. 11 is a symbol buffer 44 when a plurality of symbols are selected.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the memory state of FIG. In FIG. 10, among the symbols displayed in the symbol display area 8A, the first symbol (circular symbol), the second symbol (double circular symbol), and the fourth symbol (square symbol) 3 One symbol is selected, and each of the three symbols is displayed in reverse video to indicate that it has been selected. Further, in the symbol buffer 44 at this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the data corresponding to the three symbols which are selected and highlighted are stored in a justified state.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S35 that the storage capacity of the symbol buffer 44 is full (S35: YES), an error message is displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 for a predetermined time (several seconds) in S38. The liquid crystal display 8 is displayed and the symbol selection screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.
Is displayed in. After that, the symbol plural selection process ends.

Next, the symbol input confirmation processing performed in S20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the symbol input confirmation processing program. First, the symbol insertion processing is performed in S40. The symbol insertion process is different from the process performed in S22 in that the symbol insertion is not deterministic, and this symbol insertion process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the symbol insertion processing program. In S43, the symbol buffer 44
Is checked to see if it is empty. When the symbol buffer 44 is not empty (S44: NO), that is, when the data of the selected symbol is stored in the symbol buffer 44 (see FIG. 11), the display buffer 43 is stored at that time. Before the character position where the text cursor C is present in the stored text, the data of each symbol stored in the symbol buffer 44 is sequentially inserted in the display buffer 43 from the first symbol and displayed in the text display area 8B. To be done. This state is shown in FIG. In FIG. 13, each symbol selected in the symbol display area 8A is displayed in reverse video, and each symbol selected in the text display area 8B is displayed by the text cursor C.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the state inserted before the character "C".

On the other hand, if it is determined in S44 that the symbol buffer 44 is empty (S44: YE
S), that is, if there is no symbol stored in the symbol buffer 44, before the character position where the text cursor C is in the text currently stored in the display buffer 43, The symbol thus designated is inserted in the display buffer 43 and displayed in the text display area 8B.

Now, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 12 and continuing the description of the symbol input confirmation processing, after the symbol data is inserted in the display buffer 43 (S40) as described above, the symbol input confirmation processing is performed after the symbol insertion in S41. The text is displayed in the text display area 8B for a certain period of time (see FIG. 13). And after a certain period of time,
In S42, the liquid crystal display 8 is returned to the symbol selection screen shown in FIG. 8 and the process ends.

By performing the symbol input confirmation processing as described above, it becomes possible to confirm the insertion state of the symbol in the text, and when it is necessary to change the insertion position of the symbol, etc. The symbol input process may be performed again before is determined.

As described in detail above, in the tape printer 1 according to this embodiment, the symbols for displaying various symbols are displayed on the liquid crystal display 8 based on the key input from the symbol keys 3 from the screen displaying only the text. Since the display area 8A and the text display area 8B for displaying the created text are divided and displayed in two steps, the text cursor C in the text display area 8B can be displayed while the symbol is selected. It is possible to freely change the insertion position of the symbol by moving it to the desired character position. As a result, it is possible to insert a symbol at a desired position in a text easily and with good operability without repeating complicated operations.

When entering a symbol, the space key SP
A plurality of symbols is selected based on a key input from the symbol display area 8A to select a plurality of symbols from the symbols displayed in the symbol display area 8A, and each data of the selected plurality of symbols is selected according to the selection order. The data of each symbol stored in the symbol buffer 44 before the character position designated by the text cursor C in the text during the symbol insertion processing is collectively inserted into the text. Therefore, unlike the conventional document creating apparatus, the data of a plurality of symbols can be inserted into the text at one time by a simple operation without repeating the symbol inserting operation.

Further, by performing the symbol input confirmation process before the data of the symbol selected via the space key SP is definitely inserted into the text, the insertion state of the symbol in the text on the text display area 8B is confirmed. Since it is displayed for a certain period of time, it is possible to confirm the insertion state of the symbol before confirming the insertion of the symbol data in the text.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely change the symbol insertion character position in the text even when the symbol is selected, and to insert a plurality of symbols in the text all at once. Further, it is possible to provide a document creation apparatus capable of temporarily displaying a symbol selected and inserted together with a text for a predetermined period of time and thereby inserting the symbol into the text with good operability. The effect of doing is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape printer.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where a tape cassette is stored in a cassette storage portion.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the tape printer.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a state of each memory in the RAM.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a main processing program.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which text is displayed on the liquid crystal display.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a symbol input processing program.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of a liquid crystal display by dividing the display screen into a symbol display area and a text display area in two rows, upper and lower.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a symbol multiple selection processing program.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a symbol display area and a text display area when a plurality of symbols are selected.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a storage state of a symbol buffer when a plurality of symbols are selected.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a symbol input confirmation processing program.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which each selected symbol is highlighted in the symbol display area and each selected symbol is inserted in the text display area before the character “C” of the text cursor.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a symbol insertion processing program.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 tape printer 2 character input key 3 symbol key 4 cursor key 5 shift key 6 code key 7 cancel key 8 liquid crystal display 8A symbol display area 8B text display area 30 controller 31 CPU 32 ROM 34 RAM 43 display buffer 44 symbol buffer C symbol Cursor, Text cursor K Keyboard R Return key SP Space key

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A text creating means for creating text by inputting characters, a displaying means for displaying the text created by the text creating means, and a symbol selecting means for selecting a desired symbol from various symbols. And a symbol insertion unit that inserts the symbol selected by the symbol selection unit into the text, a display screen switching unit that switches the display screen of the display unit, wherein the display screen of the display unit is the It is divided into a text display area for displaying the text created by the text creating means based on a command from the display screen switching means and a symbol display area for displaying various symbols selected by the symbol selecting means. A document creation device characterized by being displayed as. 2. A symbol insertion position setting means for setting a symbol insertion position in the text displayed in the text display area, and a text set by the symbol insertion position setting means for the symbol selected by the symbol selection means. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a symbol inserting means for inserting the symbol at an inner position. 3. A symbol calling means for calling various symbols selected by the symbol selecting means, and a text created by the text creating means in the display area based on an operation of the symbol calling means. 2. A display area dividing means for dividing the text display area and the symbol display area for displaying the various symbols, and arranging the text display area and the symbol display area in upper and lower two stages. The document creation device according to claim 2. 4. The symbol selection means is capable of selecting a plurality of symbols from various symbols displayed in the symbol display area, and the symbol insertion means is a plurality of symbols selected by the symbol selection means. 2. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the symbols are collectively inserted in the text at the same time. 5. The symbol data is the data such as characters in the text created by the text creating means and the data of the symbol selected by the symbol selecting means and inserted in the text by the symbol inserting means into the text. A storage means for storing the inserted state and a display command means for instructing to temporarily display the data of characters and the symbols and the data of the symbols stored in the storage means in the text display area for a predetermined time are provided. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein