JPH0756917A - Document generation device and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve work efficiency by referring to various kinds of stored parentheses information when prescribed indication information is inputted and retrieving corresponding parenthesis information so as to display a part of designated parenthesis information. CONSTITUTION:When the parenthesis key 44c of an input device 40 is depressed, a central control processing part 10 is started by signal information transmitted through an input control part 42. A parenthesis mode for correcting/changing desired parenthesis information is set on document information in the middle of generation or of editing/proofreading at present. A cursor is positioned on the desired parenthesis among the parentheses displayed on a display part 54. When a selection/execution key 44e is depressed, the central control processing part 10 refers to the parenthesis setting/retrieval logic information storage area 20d of ROM 20 and the parenthesis information storage area 30d of RAM 30, retrieves parenthesis information which is cursor-designated and corresponding parenthesis information and outputs a retrieval result on the display part 54. Thus, the parentheses becoming a desired pair can speedily and easily be detected, and work efficiency can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document preparation device, when a document is created / edited and proofreaded, generally, it is enclosed in angle brackets to draw attention of a reader or a conversational sentence. there were. Also, if desired, other various parentheses such as brackets, braces, and parentheses used in mathematical formulas may be used.

[0003]

As mentioned above, various parentheses are used in the document. By the way, usually, parentheses are used in pairs such as "". Therefore, when making corrections and changes,
The operator had to find the pair of brackets and work in two places independently.

In the above-mentioned correction / change work, it is necessary for the operator to make correction / change independently at two places visually.
If there are a large number of modified and changed parts, or if there are not many but a pair of parentheses are apart from each other, the operator is forced to perform a 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.
Furthermore, there are some cases where the results of modification and change do not match.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides a document creation apparatus and a display control method capable of quickly and easily searching and correcting desired bracket information and improving work efficiency. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

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 or the like by referring to the dictionary information of the storage means and performing predetermined conversion control processing,
Based on the parenthesis data from the input means, a means for controlling the creation of desired bracket information by referring to the various bracket information in the storage means, and the creation controlled parenthesis information and the kana-kanji conversion control means Display means for displaying document information including kana / kanji characters, parenthesis information designating means for designating a part of the parenthesis information displayed on the display means, and a predetermined instruction information input from the input means. And a parenthesis information search unit for searching the parenthesis information corresponding to a part of the parenthesis information designated by the parenthesis information designation unit by referring to the various parenthesis information in the storage unit and displaying the search result on the display unit. The document creating apparatus is characterized by the above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
In the above document creating apparatus, the parenthesis information designated by the parenthesis information designating means and the corresponding parenthesis information retrieved by the parenthesis information retrieving means are paired next based on predetermined instruction information from the input means. The feature is that candidate bracket information is displayed on the display means.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention inputs a reading information of a character string and data such as various parentheses, and the reading information and the conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule. Information and various bracket information associated with each other according to a predetermined rule are stored, and the reading information of the input character string is referred to the stored dictionary information and subjected to predetermined conversion control processing to create document information such as kana-kanji mixed document information. The desired parenthesis information is created and controlled by referring to the stored various parentheses information based on the input parentheses data, and the created parentheses information and the kana-kanji mixed document information are output and displayed. , Partial parenthesis information corresponding to the specified partial parenthesis information is specified by referring to the stored various parenthesis information when a part of the output parenthesized information is specified and predetermined instruction information is input. Search and in the display control method being characterized in that to output displays the search results.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the display control method, wherein the designated parenthesis information and the retrieved corresponding parenthesis information are paired based on predetermined input instruction information. The feature is that the next candidate bracket information is output and displayed.

[0010]

In the present invention, when the predetermined instruction information is input, various stored bracket information is referred to, the bracket information corresponding to a part of the specified bracket information is searched, and the search result is output and displayed. It This makes it possible to quickly and easily detect a desired pair of parentheses and improve the modification work.

[0011]

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 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.

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, [Search] key 44d for collectively searching for similar information in a document file using designated information as a key, for instructing selection confirmation of homonyms and opposition words, and for executing / confirming various control processes [Selection / execution] key 44e, and [cancel] key 44 for instructing to cancel or cancel the specified control processing
f, a cursor key 44g for controlling the movement of the cursor, a [next candidate] key 44h for displaying the next candidate or moving the cursor to the next candidate when there are homonyms and other output candidates, etc. 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 bracket 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 can be communicated with other document preparation devices 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 bracket information created / edited by referring to the bracket setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 is associated with the document information corresponding to the bracket information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 together with the position information. It is configured to be stored.

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 correcting and changing desired bracket information is set. This parenthesis mode generally focuses on the fact that parentheses are used in pairs, such as "", and R
Parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of OM20
As shown in FIG. 3, the information stored in the predetermined area of, that is, a pair of angle brackets that are generally used for conversational sentences, etc., and various other brackets such as brackets, braces, and brackets used in mathematical expressions and the like are shown in FIG. The processing is configured with reference to the information stored in pairs.

More specifically, based on the signal information, the central control processing unit 10 first sets the system in the parenthesis mode. After this, the guide area 54 of the display unit 54
The message "Please specify the parenthesis to be modified or changed 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 / The execution key 44e 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 information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and determines that the parenthesis information designated by the cursor C is a front parenthesis. In that case, 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 refers to the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 and the parenthesis information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and determines that the parenthesis information designated by the cursor C is a rear parenthesis. In that case, a pair of parentheses is searched from the parenthesis in the direction toward the beginning of the sentence.

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 section 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 reverse video.

At this time, although there is a corresponding one, when a key other than the [next candidate] key 44h is pressed, the processing in the parenthesis mode ends. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding item and the [next candidate] key 44h is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 refers to the parenthesis setting / search logic information storage area 20d of the ROM 20 to identify the leading parenthesis and the trailing parenthesis. It is configured to display the next candidate in pairs. If desired parentheses are displayed in pairs, the [select / execute] key 44e may be pressed. If the desired parenthesis is not displayed, if the [next candidate] key 44h is further pressed, the next parenthesis candidate is displayed in a pair.

The parenthesis information determined as described above is stored in the parenthesis information storage area 30d of the RAM 30 and learned so that candidates are preferentially output and displayed in the case of the next similar processing. The information storage area 30e is also configured to be stored.

The operation of the above structure will be described below with reference to FIG. 2 and also FIGS. 4 to 8. [Parenthesis] key 4
When 4c is pressed (Y in step S2 in FIG. 2), the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent via the input control unit 42, and the document information currently being created or edited and corrected is displayed. Therefore, a mode for modifying / changing desired parenthesized information created / edited is set.

In the guide area 54a of the display unit 54, "correction /
Please specify the parenthesis to be changed with the cursor. "
The cursor C is positioned at a desired bracket among those displayed and displayed (see FIG. 4), and the [select / execute] key 44e is pressed. If the cursor C is positioned on the parenthesis (Y in step S4 of FIG. 2), the cursor C is positioned as follows.
A judgment is made as to whether it is on the opening bracket or the opening bracket.

If it is determined that the parentheses are the front parentheses (Y in step S6 of FIG. 2, see FIG. 5), the corresponding parentheses that form a pair in the sentence end direction are searched (see FIG. 2). Step S8). On the other hand, if it is determined that the parenthesis is a trailing parenthesis (N in step S6 of FIG. 2), a corresponding pair of parentheses that form a pair in the sentence head direction is searched (step S10 of FIG. 2).

Then, if there is no corresponding one by this search (N in step S12 of FIG. 2), a message to that effect is displayed in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54 (step S16 of FIG. 2), and the process ends. . On the other hand, if there is a corresponding one by this search (Y in step S12 of FIG. 2), the parenthesis designated by the cursor C and the parenthesis detected by the search are highlighted (step S14 of FIG. 2).

Here, when the [next candidate] key 44h is pressed (Y in step S18 of FIG. 2), a front bracket and a rear bracket are displayed in pairs as the next candidate (step S2 of FIG. 2).
0, see FIG. 6).

At this time, if the desired parentheses are displayed in pairs, the [select / execute] key 44e may be pressed (FIG. 2).
Step S22 Y). On the other hand, if the desired parenthesis is not displayed, press the [next candidate] key 44h,
The next bracket candidates are displayed in pairs (N in step S22, Y in step S18, and S20 in FIG. 2; see FIGS. 7 to 8).

According to the above-described embodiment, when the predetermined instruction information is input, the stored various bracket information is referred to, the bracket information corresponding to a part of the specified bracket information is searched, and the search result is obtained. The output is displayed. As a result, a desired pair of parentheses can be detected quickly and easily, and the modification work can be significantly improved.

In particular, as in the conventional case, since the operator has to visually correct and change the two parts independently in the modification work, there are many modification parts, or there are not many, but a pair of parentheses. If they are distant from each other, the operator is forced to perform a very troublesome work, but according to the present embodiment, such a thing can be solved. Moreover, in the past, the above-mentioned work required a great deal of time, which caused a significant decrease in efficiency in the original document creation / editing / proofreading work, and there were cases where the correction / change results did not match. According to (1), such a thing can be solved similarly.

[0032]

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. Since the retrieval result is output and displayed, the desired parentheses information can be retrieved and corrected / changed quickly and easily, and the working efficiency can be remarkably improved.

[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 view of a display screen in a state different from that of FIG. 7 according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Central control processing unit, 20 ... ROM, 20d ... Bracket setting / search logic information storage area, 30a ... Work area, 30b ... Document area, 30d ... Bracket information storage area, 4
0 ... Input device, 44 ... Keyboard, 44c ... [Bracket] key, 44e ... [Select / execute] key, 44h ... [Next candidate]
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. A 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 in 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 document creating apparatus comprising: parenthesis information search means for searching parenthesis information corresponding to parenthesis information and displaying the search result on the display means. 2. The parenthesis information designated by the parenthesis information designating means and the corresponding parenthesis information retrieved by the parenthesis information retrieving means are paired with the next candidate parenthesis information based on predetermined instruction information from the input means. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays. 3. Inputting character string reading information and various data such as parentheses, dictionary information in which reading information and conversion word information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule, and various types of information associated with each other according to a predetermined rule. Parenthesis information is stored, the reading information of the input character string is referred to the stored dictionary information, and predetermined conversion control processing is performed to perform creation control processing of kana-kanji mixed document information and the like, based on the input parenthesis data. The desired parentheses information is created and controlled by referring to the stored various parentheses information, and the created parentheses information and the kana-kanji mixed document information are output and displayed. When a part is specified and predetermined instruction information is input, the stored bracket information is referred to, the bracket information corresponding to the specified bracket information is searched, and the search result is output. A display control method characterized by displaying force. 4. The specified parenthesis information and the searched corresponding parenthesis information are such that the next candidate parenthesis information is output and displayed as a pair based on predetermined input instruction information. Display control method described.