JPH0756896A - Document preparation device and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the document preparation device and display control method which rapidly and easily control information enclosed in the required parenthesis and improve the work efficiency. CONSTITUTION:When a parenthesis key 44c is pressed, a parenthesis mode is set to operate a central control processing part 10 and make an access to a parenthesis setting/retrieval logic information storage area 20d and a parenthesis related information storage area 30d. The parenthesis information corresponding to the parenthesis information specified by a cursor is retrieved and the retrieved result is outputted on a display part 54. The parenthesis information specified by a cursor and the information enclosed in the retrieved parenthesis information are stored in the parenthesis related information storage area 30d.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus and a display control method for improving the handling of information enclosed in parentheses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document creating apparatus, when a document is created / edited and proofreaded, usually, it is necessary to enclose it with angle brackets to draw attention of a reader or a conversation sentence. there were. Also, if desired, use brackets, braces,
In some cases, various other brackets such as small brackets were used. In general, information such as conversational sentences that are grouped in the above manner is often handled independently as it is.

[0003]

As described above, information such as a conversation sentence enclosed in parentheses is often handled independently by the information enclosed in the parentheses. However, in the current document creation device, regardless of the above circumstances, when processing such as copying, moving, or deleting of the above information, etc., the range of the processing is designated every time as with other general document information (for example, an operator. It was carried out by designating the start point and the end point.

Therefore, it is necessary for the operator to perform the work of designating the start point and the end point, that is, the operator must find the pair of brackets and independently designate the two positions.

For the above work, it is necessary for the operator to visually specify two places independently, and if there are many above-mentioned work, or if there are not many, but parenthesis forming a pair are separated, The operator is forced to perform very troublesome work. In addition, this work takes a lot of time and causes a significant decrease in efficiency in the original document creation / editing / proofreading work. In addition, it often caused an erroneous operation.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and a document creation apparatus and display control capable of performing control processing of information enclosed in desired parentheses quickly and easily and improving work efficiency. The purpose is to provide a method.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention corresponds to an input means for inputting reading information of a character string and various data such as parentheses, and input reading information from this input means. The reading information of the character string from the input means and the storage means storing the dictionary information in which the reading information and the conversion word information are associated in accordance with a predetermined rule and various bracket information associated in accordance with the predetermined rule. Kana-Kanji conversion control means for creating a kana-kanji mixed document information by performing predetermined conversion control processing with reference to the dictionary information of the storage means,
Based on the parenthesis data from the input means, the parentheses information in the storage means is referred to, and the desired parentheses information is created and controlled. The created parentheses information and the kana-kanji conversion control means are created. Display means for displaying document information including kana-kanji characters, parenthesis information designating means for designating a part of parenthesis information displayed on the display means, and a predetermined instruction information inputted from the input means, And a means for searching the bracket information corresponding to a part of the bracket information designated by the bracket information designating means by referring to the bracket information in the storage means. The information of the kana-kanji mixed document created by the kana-kanji conversion control means enclosed by the searched parenthesis information and the bracket information designated by the parenthesis information designating means is displayed on another output. In document creation device being characterized in that so as to display output in different from the.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
Input means for inputting the reading information of the character string and various data such as parentheses, dictionary information in which the reading information corresponding to the input reading information from the input means and the conversion word information are associated according to a predetermined rule, and a predetermined information. Storage means for storing various bracket information associated with each other in accordance with the rule, and reading information of the character string from the input means is subjected to predetermined conversion control processing by referring to dictionary information of the storage means, and kana-kanji mixed document information Kana-Kanji conversion control means for creating, etc., means for creating and controlling desired bracket information by referring to various bracket information in the storage means based on bracket data from the input means, and the creation-controlled bracket information and A display means for outputting and displaying the kana-kanji mixed document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means, and a part of the bracket information output and displayed by this display means Parenthesis information designating means, and parentheses corresponding to a part of the parenthesis information designated by the parenthesis information designating means with reference to various parentheses information in the storage means when predetermined instruction information is input from the input means. Means for retrieving information, and when the instruction information for performing a predetermined control process is input from the input means, the parenthesis information retrieved by the means for retrieving the corresponding parenthesis information and the parenthesis information designation The kana-kanji conversion document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means, which is bounded by the bracket information specified by the means, is subjected to predetermined control processing based on the instruction information. It is in the document creation device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
Enter the reading information of the character string and data such as various parentheses,
The dictionary information in which the reading information corresponding to the input reading information and the conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule and various bracket information associated with each other according to a predetermined rule are stored,
The reading information of the input character string is subjected to a predetermined conversion control process by referring to the stored dictionary information to create and process the kana-kanji mixed document information and the like, and the stored various types are stored based on the input bracket data. The desired parenthesis information is created and controlled with reference to the parenthesis information, the parenthesis information subjected to the creation control processing and the kana-kanji mixed document information subjected to the above creation control processing is output and displayed, and the output parenthesis information is displayed. When a part of the parentheses is designated and predetermined instruction information is input, the parentheses information corresponding to the designated parentheses information is searched with reference to the stored various parentheses information, and the corresponding parentheses information and the designation are performed. The display control method is characterized in that the kana-kanji mixed document information and the like enclosed by the bracketed information is output and displayed differently from other output and displayed information.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention inputs character string reading information and various data such as parentheses, and the reading information and the conversion word information corresponding to the input reading information are predetermined. The dictionary information associated according to the rule and various bracket information associated according to the predetermined rule are stored, and the reading information of the input character string is referred to the stored dictionary information to perform a predetermined conversion control process. Kana character and kanji mixed document information is created and controlled, and based on the input parenthesis data, various stored parenthesis information is referred to and desired parenthesis information is created and controlled. Outputs and displays document information containing mixed kanji,
When a part of the bracket information displayed and output is designated and predetermined instruction information is input, the bracket information corresponding to the specified bracket information is referred to by referring to the stored bracket information. When searching and inputting instruction information to perform a predetermined control process, the kana-kanji mixed document information and the like enclosed by the searched corresponding bracket information and the specified bracket information is predetermined based on the instruction information. The display control method is characterized in that the control processing is performed.

[0011]

In the present invention, various bracket information stored when predetermined instruction information is input is searched, the bracket information corresponding to a part of the specified bracket information is searched, and the bracket information is grouped by the bracket information. The displayed information is output and displayed differently from other output and displayed information. Further, predetermined control processing can be collectively performed on the information enclosed by the bracket information. As a result, various processing operations can be performed quickly and easily on the information enclosed in the desired pair of bracket information,
Work efficiency can be improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of the document creating apparatus according to this embodiment. That is, the document creation device is provided with the central control processing unit 10, the ROM 20, the RAM 30, the input device 40, the display device 50, the printer device 60, the external storage device 70, and the communication device 80.

The central control processing unit 10 controls various controls of the entire system and the control as shown in FIG. 2 according to predetermined program information stored in the program area 20a of the ROM 20 and various commands based on the input instruction information. To execute. Further, the central control processing unit 10 has a kana-kanji conversion processing function. That is, using the work area 30a of the RAM 30, the input character string information from the input device 40 is associated with the reading information stored in the dictionary area 20b of the ROM 20 and the conversion word information according to a predetermined rule based on predetermined instruction information. The kana-kanji conversion control processing is performed by referring to the dictionary information stored, and the character pattern area 2 in which font data is stored
It has a function of referring to 0c and outputting the conversion result to the display device 50. Further, the central control processing unit 10 refers to the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 based on the predetermined input instruction information, and creates a desired parenthesis information and edit / calibrate / change and designate it. It also has a function of retrieving other bracket information paired with the bracket information. Further, the central control processing unit 10 refers to the copy / move / delete logic information information storage area 20e of the ROM 20 based on the predetermined input instruction information, and refers to the document information specified by the input device 40 in the range or the above-mentioned designation. Copy or move the document information or the like enclosed in the bracketed information that has been searched and the other bracketed information that has been found as a pair, to the location designated by the input device 40, or delete the grouped information. It also has a function to do.

The input device 40 controls the reception of input information and sends it to various areas of the central control processing unit 10 and the RAM 30, and a large number of inputs for outputting various input information to the input control unit 42. Keyboard 44 with keys
Composed of and. Here, the keyboard 44 is provided with a large number of data keys 44a, 44a, ... For inputting character string information and data such as various parentheses, and instruction information for converting the input character string information into kanji mixed sentence information and the like. [Kana-Kanji conversion] key 44b for inputting, [bracket] key 44 for controlling the created / edited parenthesis information such as search
c, [copy] key 44d for copying the created / edited proofreading information to another location, [movement] key 44 for moving the created / edited proofreading information to another location
e, [Delete] key 44f for deleting the created / edited proofreading information, [Select / execute] key 44g for executing / fixing an instruction for confirming selection and confirmation of homonyms and oppositions, etc. When there are homonyms and other output candidates, such as [Next Candidate] key 44h for displaying the next candidate or moving the cursor to the next candidate, for instructing to cancel or cancel the specified control processing. A [cancel] key (not shown), a cursor key (not shown) for controlling the movement of the cursor, and various other function keys (not shown) are provided.

On the other hand, under the control of the central control processing unit 10, various information such as document information subjected to Kana-Kanji conversion control processing and parenthesis information created / edited and corrected is displayed on the liquid crystal as a display screen via the display control unit 52. It is output and displayed on the display unit 54 having a display device (LCD). Here, a guide region 54a for outputting and displaying various guide messages is provided in a lower portion of the display unit 54.

Further, under the control of the central control processing unit 10, various information such as document information subjected to Kana-Kanji conversion control processing and parentheses information created and edited and calibrated constitutes the printer device 60, that is, the printer device 60. Printing is performed by the printer unit 64 constituting the printer device 60 via the printer control unit 62.

Further, the various information thus created or processed by editing and proofreading is based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44, and a floppy disk device (FDD) controller 72 constituting the external storage device 70. Through
It is stored in the FDD 74 that constitutes the external storage device 70. Further, the document information stored in the FDD 74 is stored in the RAM 3 based on the predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44.
0 is read in the document area 30b and the graphic information is stored in the RAM 3
0 is loaded into the graphic area 30c, and various other information is read in R
It is read into a predetermined area of the AM 30 and used for various operations such as editing and proofing.

Further, if desired, the above-mentioned various types of information are configured to be able to communicate with other document creation devices or the like by the communication device 80 via a telephone line or the like based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44. There is.

The parenthesis information created / edited by referring to the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 is associated with the document information or the like corresponding to the parenthesis information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and the position information or the like. It is configured to be stored together with.

When the [parenthesis] key 44c is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent via the input control unit 42, and the document currently being created or edited and proofread. In the information, a mode for controlling the desired bracket information is set. This parenthesis mode is generally
Focusing on being used in pairs, such as ROM
Information stored in a predetermined area of 20 bracket setting / search logic information storage area 20d, that is, a pair of angle brackets generally used for conversational sentences, etc., and brackets, braces, parentheses, etc. used in mathematical expressions, etc. Other various parentheses are configured to perform processing with reference to the information stored in pairs as shown in FIG.

More specifically, the central control processing unit 10 first sets the system in the parenthesis mode based on the signal information. After this, the guide area 54 of the display unit 54
A message "Please specify the parenthesis for control processing with the cursor" is displayed on a. Therefore, of the items displayed on the display unit 54, position the cursor C on the desired parenthesis and select [Select / Execute]. ] Key 44g may be pressed. Then, the central control processing unit 10 refers to the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 and the parenthesis related information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and determines that the parenthesis information designated by the cursor C is a front parenthesis. If you did,
A pair of parentheses is searched from the parenthesis toward the end of the sentence. On the other hand, the central control processing unit 10 sets the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 and the RAM 30.
With reference to the parenthesis information storage area 30d, the cursor C
If it is determined that the parenthesis information specified by the parenthesis is a trailing parenthesis, the parenthesis paired with the parenthesis is searched from the parenthesis.

If there is no corresponding item by the above search, a message "There is no corresponding item" is displayed in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54, and the process ends. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding one by the search, the parenthesis designated by the cursor C and the parenthesis detected by the search are displayed in a different display form from the others (for example, in reverse display), and the parentheses are combined. The document information etc.
It is configured to be stored in the parenthesis information storage area 30d of M30.

When the [copy] key 44d, the [move] key 44e, or the [delete] key 44f is pressed, the parentheses designated as described above and the parentheses detected by the search are grouped together. The following control processing is performed for the document information and the like.

That is, when the [copy] key 44d or the [move] key 44e is pressed, the central control processing unit 1
For 0, refer to the copy / move / delete logic information information storage area 20e of the ROM 20, and first, in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54, "Please specify the copy destination" or "Please specify the movement destination". Is displayed. Then, when the cursor C is used to position the cursor C at the copy destination or the movement destination and the [select / execute] key 44g is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 has already accessed the ROM.
20 copy / move / delete logic information information storage area 20
The copy or move process is performed by referring to the information e and the bracket information storage area 30d of the RAM 30.

On the other hand, when the [Delete] key 44f is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 refers to the copy / move / delete logic information information storage area 20e of the ROM 20 and the parenthesis information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and deletes it. Is configured to achieve processing.

The operation of the above structure will be described below with reference to FIG. 2 and also FIGS. 4 to 10. When the [parenthesis] key 44c is pressed (Y in step S2 of FIG. 2), the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent via the input control unit 42, and the current preparation or edit calibration is performed. A mode for controlling the desired parenthesis information in the inside document information is set.

In the guide area 54a of the display section 54, a message "Please specify the parenthesis for control processing with the cursor" is displayed, so that the operator can see the output of the display section 54 (see FIG. 4), position the cursor C on the desired bracket, and press the [Select / Execute] key 44g. If the cursor C is located on the parenthesis (Y in step S4 of FIG. 2), it is determined whether the cursor C is on the front parenthesis or the rear parenthesis, and the corresponding parenthesis is searched. Is performed (step S6 in FIG. 2).

If it is determined that the parentheses are the opening parentheses (see FIG. 5), the corresponding parentheses that form a pair in the sentence end direction are searched. On the other hand, if it is determined that the parentheses are the rear parentheses, the corresponding parentheses that form a pair from the parenthesis toward the beginning of the sentence are searched.

Then, if there is no corresponding one by this search (N in step S8 of FIG. 2), the fact is displayed in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54, and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding one by this search (Y in step S8 in FIG. 2), the parenthesis designated by the cursor C and the parenthesis detected by the search are displayed in a different display form from the others ( (For example, in reverse display), the document information and the like enclosed in the parentheses are displayed in a different display form from the others (underline display by wavy line, see FIG. 6) and RAM 3
It is stored in the parenthesis information storage area 30d of 0 (step S10 in FIG. 2).

If the [copy] key 44d or the [move] key 44e is pressed (step S in FIG. 2).
12), and a message "Please specify the copy destination" or "Please specify the movement destination" is displayed in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54. Therefore, if the operator positions the cursor C at the copy destination or the movement destination with the cursor key and presses the [Select / Execute] key 44g to specify (step S14 in FIG. 2, see FIG. 7), the copy or movement process is performed. Achieved (step S1 of FIG. 2)
6, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9).

On the other hand, when the [Delete] key 44f is pressed (N in step S12 in FIG. 2, Y in S18), the deletion process is achieved (step S20 in FIG. 2, see FIG. 10). According to the above-described embodiment, when the predetermined instruction information is input, the stored bracket information is referred to, the bracket information corresponding to a part of the specified bracket information is searched, and the bracket information is combined with the bracket information. The displayed information is output and displayed differently from other output and displayed information. Then, predetermined control processing can be collectively performed on the information enclosed by the bracket information. As a result, various processing operations can be quickly and easily performed on the information enclosed by the desired pair of bracket information, and the working efficiency can be significantly improved.

In particular, conventionally, the operator had to perform the work of designating the start point and the end point, that is, the operator had to visually find the pair of parentheses and specify the two locations independently. Therefore, if there are a lot of processing operations, or if there are not many but paired parentheses are separated, the operator will be forced to perform a very troublesome operation, and in addition, the operation will take a lot of time. In other words, the original document creation / editing and proofreading work causes a significant decrease in efficiency, and it often causes an erroneous operation. However, according to the present embodiment, such a thing can be solved similarly.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the predetermined instruction information is input, the stored bracket information is referred to, and the bracket information corresponding to the specified partial bracket information is searched. Thus, the information enclosed by the bracket information is output and displayed differently from other output and displayed information.
Further, predetermined control processing can be collectively performed on the information enclosed by the bracket information. As a result, various processing operations can be quickly and easily performed on the information enclosed by the desired pair of parentheses information, and the excellent effect that the working efficiency can be significantly improved is achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of parenthesis information processing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of bracket information stored in association with each other according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a display screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view of a display screen in a state different from that of FIG. 4 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view of a display screen in a state different from that of FIG. 5 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a display screen in a state different from that of FIG. 6 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a display screen of a movement processing state according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of a copy processing state according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen of a deletion processing state according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Central control processing unit, 20 ... ROM, 20d ... Bracket setting / search logic information storage area, 20e ... Copy / move / delete logic information information storage area, 30a ... Work area, 30b ... Document area, 30d ... Parenthesis related information Storage area, 40 ... Input device, 44 ... Keyboard, 44c ... [Bracket] key, 44d ... [Copy] key, 44e ... [Move]
Key, 44f ... [Delete] key, 44g ... [select / execute]
Keys, 50 ... Display device, 54 ... Display unit, 54a ... Guide area.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting reading information of a character string and various data such as parentheses, and reading information corresponding to input reading information from this input means and conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule. Storage means for storing the dictionary information, and various bracket information associated with each other according to a predetermined rule, and a predetermined conversion control process for the reading information of the character string from the input means by referring to the dictionary information of the storage means. Then, kana-kanji conversion control means for creating kana-kanji mixed document information and the like, and means for controlling creation of desired bracket information by referring to various bracket information of the storage means based on bracket data from the input means, Display means for displaying the parenthesized information controlled to be created and the kana-kanji mixed document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means, and the parenthesis information displayed by this display means. Of the parenthesis information designating means for designating a part of the parenthesis information designating means for designating a part of the A pair of parentheses information and a unit for retrieving the corresponding parentheses information; A document creating apparatus characterized in that the kana-kanji mixed document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means is output and displayed differently from other output-displayed information. 2. Input means for inputting reading information of a character string and various data such as parentheses, and reading information corresponding to input reading information from this input means and conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule. Storage means for storing the dictionary information, and various bracket information associated with each other according to a predetermined rule, and a predetermined conversion control process for the reading information of the character string from the input means by referring to the dictionary information of the storage means. Then, kana-kanji conversion control means for creating kana-kanji mixed document information and the like, and means for controlling creation of desired bracket information by referring to various bracket information of the storage means based on bracket data from the input means, Display means for displaying the parenthesized information controlled to be created and the kana-kanji mixed document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means, and the parenthesis information displayed by this display means. When a predetermined instruction information is input from the input means, a part of the parenthesis information designating means for designating a part of A pair of parenthesis information and a unit for retrieving the corresponding parenthesis information, and when the instruction information for performing the predetermined control processing is input from the input unit, the parentheses retrieved by the unit for retrieving the corresponding parenthesis information The kana-kanji mixed document information created by the kana-kanji conversion control means, which is enclosed by the information and the bracket information designated by the parenthesis information designating means, is subjected to predetermined control processing based on the instruction information. A document creation device characterized by the above. 3. Character string reading information and various data such as parentheses are input, and dictionary information in which reading information corresponding to the input reading information and conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule, and predetermined dictionary information. Stores various pieces of parenthesis information associated in accordance with the rules, performs predetermined conversion control processing on the reading information of the input character string by referring to the stored dictionary information, and creates control processing of kana-kanji mixed document information and the like. The desired parenthesis information is created and controlled by referring to the stored various bracket information based on the input parenthesis data, and the creation control processed parenthesis information and the creation control processed Kana-Kanji mixed document information Etc. are output and displayed, and a part of the parenthesis information displayed in the output is specified, and when predetermined instruction information is input, the specified partial parenthesis information is referred to by referring to the stored various brackets information. The parenthesis information corresponding to the parenthesis information is searched, and the kana-kanji mixed document information enclosed by the corresponding parenthesis information and the designated parenthesis information is output and displayed differently from other output and displayed information. A display control method characterized in that 4. The reading information of a character string and various data such as parentheses are input, and the reading information corresponding to the input reading information and the conversion word information are associated with each other in accordance with a predetermined rule, and a predetermined dictionary information. Stores various pieces of bracket information associated in accordance with the rules, performs predetermined conversion control processing on the reading information of the input character string with reference to the stored dictionary information, and performs creation control processing of kana-kanji mixed document information and the like, Based on the input parenthesis data, the various stored parenthesis information is referred to, desired parenthesis information is created and controlled, and the parenthesis information that has been created and processed, the kana-kanji mixed document information, etc. are output and displayed. When a part of the parenthesis information displayed in the output is designated and predetermined instruction information is input, the parentheses corresponding to the designated some parenthesis information are referred to by referring to the stored various parenthesis information. When information is retrieved and instruction information to the effect that predetermined control processing is performed is input, the Kana-Kanji mixed document information and the like enclosed by the retrieved corresponding parenthesis information and the designated parenthesis information is instructed. A display control method characterized in that predetermined control processing is performed based on information.