JPH08171560A - Document data editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the document data editing device which facilitates setting operation for a character format when a document in uniform character format is created again. CONSTITUTION: A CPU 2 controls respective parts in a word processor 1 according to various control programs stored in a ROM 5 to execute a sequence as the word processor 1, extracts all character strings to which character formats are set from an edited document file through character format extraction processing, and stores the character formats and character codes in a character format memory 11a in a document file storage part 11 so that they correspond to each other. Further, when a character format editing key is operated at the time of document creation processing, the CPU 2 lists the character format data stored in the character format memory 11a through the character format extraction processing, prompts the operator to select a character format, and sets the selected character format for a specified character range that is currently edited.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a function of editing a character format (character size, character points, typeface, decoration, etc.) of a document in a document data editing apparatus suitable for application to a word processor or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, electronic devices such as word processors and computer systems have a function of editing a character style (character size, character points, typeface, decoration, etc.) in a text as an additional function of a text data editing function. Is widely used, and when specifying a character style while editing a document, a character string for setting the character style by displaying the setting list of the character style by a predetermined key operation and selecting the setting contents. It is possible by specifying the range of.

Further, when creating a document in which the format and character style are the same as those of the created document, the characters are created by referring to the created document and using the same operation method as that of the newly created document described above. Was newly set.

[0004]

However, when recreating such a conventional document having a unified character format, the same character format is newly set while referring to the created document. Therefore, there is a problem that the setting operation of the character style is complicated.

That is, as a method of adding a character style such as a character size, a character point, a typeface, and a decoration, there are, for example, the following two methods. 1. A method of inputting characters after setting the character format of the characters to be input. 2. When editing, specify the character you want to change and change the character format for this specified character.

The method of setting these two character styles is as follows:
In either case, it is necessary to repeatedly set the character size, the character point, the typeface, the decoration, etc. separately, which makes the setting operation complicated. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily perform a character style setting operation when a document having a unified character style is created again.

[0007]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The designation means designates an arbitrary character string in the document file. The extracting means extracts from the document file a character style in which the character size, the character points, the typeface, the character modification, etc. for the character string designated by the designating means are combined or a combination thereof is used.

The storage means stores the character style information extracted by the extraction means. The selection means performs a list display and selection of the character style information stored in the storage means. The editing means performs character input and character editing in the character style selected by the selecting means.

[0009]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When an arbitrary character string in the document file is designated by the designating means, the character format of the character size, the character point, the typeface, the character modification, etc. for the designated character string or a combination of a plurality of character patterns is extracted by the extracting means. When the character format information stored in the storage means is displayed and selected by the selecting means, the editing means stores the selected character format information stored in the storage means. Enter characters and edit characters according to the style.

Therefore, the character format of any character string (character size, character point, font,
(Each modification, etc.) can be easily extracted and used for editing or the like.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a word processor to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the word processor 1. In this figure, a word processor 1 includes a CPU 2, an input unit 3, an input control unit 4, a ROM 5,
It is composed of a document memory 6, a display drive unit 7, a display unit 8, a print control unit 9, a print unit 10, a document file storage unit 11 and a Kana-Kanji conversion unit 12, and a CPU 2, an input control unit 4, a ROM 5, and a text memory. 6, display drive unit 7, print control unit 9, document file storage unit 11 and Kana-Kanji conversion unit 1
2 is connected to the bus 13.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2
Controls each part in the word processor 1 according to various control programs stored in the ROM 5 to execute the sequence as the word processor 1, and
All character strings in which the character styles are set are extracted from the edited document file by the character style extraction processing described later, and stored in the character style memory 11a in the document file storage unit 11 in association with the character styles and the character codes. . Also, CPU2
When the character style edit key is operated in the document creation processing described later, the character style data stored in the character style memory 11a by the character style extraction processing is displayed in a list to prompt the selection of the character style, and the selected character is selected. Performs processing to set the style to the specified character range being edited.

The input unit 3 is provided with keys for inputting alphanumeric characters, kana, etc., a cursor movement key, an execute key, a stop key, function keys for various functions, and the like, as shown in the figure. An extraction designation key 3a for instructing execution of extraction processing is provided, and an instruction signal for each key is output to the input control unit 4. When various keys are operated in the input unit 3, the input control unit 4 outputs a signal corresponding to the key input to the CPU 2 via the bus 13.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 5 is an IOCS (Input Output Control System) program for controlling input / output of the input unit 3, the display unit 8, the printing unit 10, etc., a kanji dictionary, and a character style extraction process described later. Also, each control program for controlling the document creation processing is stored.

The text memory 6 is a memory for temporarily storing the document file being edited. The display drive unit 7 is a CP
The display unit 8 is driven by the display data input by U2 to display the document data being edited or the document data being edited on the display unit 8. The display unit 8 is a CRT (Cath
ode ray tube), a liquid crystal display device, and the like, and is drive-controlled by the display drive unit 7 to display document data being edited or document data being edited.

The print control unit 9 is connected to the CPU via the bus 13.
The text data transmitted from 2 is output to the printing unit 10,
The printing unit 10 is drive-controlled. The printing unit 10 is driven and controlled by the printing control unit 9 and prints the sentence data and the like written in the sentence memory 6 on a predetermined sheet.

The document file storage unit 11 stores a plurality of edited document files and, as shown in FIG.
A character style memory 11 that stores the character styles extracted from the document file in the document file storage unit 11 by the character style extraction processing of the CPU 2 described above in association with each other.
a.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 12 recognizes the reading of kana characters transmitted from the CPU 2 via the bus 13 and reads out corresponding kanji information candidates from the kanji dictionary stored in the ROM 3 according to the reading. Displayed on the display unit 8,
When the Chinese character information corresponding to the reading is confirmed by the confirmation instruction from the input unit 3, the reading and the corresponding relation are learned and stored in a learning memory or the like having a built-in relation.

Further, FIG. 2 shows a block configuration showing a functional configuration portion related to the character style extraction processing of the CPU 2 described above. That is, in the word processor 1 of this embodiment,
In the character style extraction processing of the CPU 2, the character style extraction unit 2a of the CPU 2 extracts all the character styles from the edited document file stored in the document file storage unit 11 and stores them in the character style memory 11a. When creating a document file, simply displaying a list of character form data stored in the character form memory 11a and selecting candidates, the character creation unit 2b in the CPU 2 performs character input and character edit in the selected character form. Then, the edited document file is stored in the document memory 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First,
The character style extraction processing executed by the CPU 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the document file stored in the document file storage unit 11 is selected and read by the key input operation of the input unit 3 and the extraction designation key 3a is pressed, the character style extraction process is started and By reading the start position and the end position of the document content from the header portion (step S1) and setting the read pointer at the start position (step S2), a predetermined character string is designated.

Next, the character styles set in the document file are sequentially extracted from the start position where the read pointer is set (step S3), and the extracted character styles and the character styles stored in the character style memory 11a are extracted. Are compared (step S4). As a result of the comparison, if the contents do not match, that is, the character format memory 11a
If the character style is not stored in the character style, the extracted character style is newly stored in the character style memory 11a (step S5). In this case, if there are a plurality of character formats for the predetermined character string in the document file, such as character size and character modification, a plurality of character formats are stored.

Next, the read pointer is updated (step S6), and it is checked whether or not the read pointer has reached the end position read in step S1 (step S7). If the end position has not been reached, step S
Returning to step 3, the character style extraction is repeatedly executed, and when the end position is reached, this processing ends.

Next, the document creating process executed by the CPU 2 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. First, waiting for a key input operation in the input unit 3 (step S11), the key input operation is performed, and when a signal corresponding to the key input operation is input via the bus 13 by the input control unit 4, the key input operation is performed. The type of signal is determined (step S12). When the key input signal is the "input character style setting key", the content of the character style data stored in the character style memory 11a is read (step S13), and a list of character style candidates is displayed (step S).
14).

Then, when the desired character form is selected from the list display with the cursor key or the like (step S1)
5) The selected character format is stored in the register A in the CPU 2 (step S16), and the process returns to the key input waiting state of step S11. Then, when the character key is operated, the character format stored in the register A and the input character are written in the document memory 6 in association with each other as shown in FIG. 2 (step S17).

When the character style edit key is operated in FIG. 5, the content of the character style data stored in the character style memory 11a is read (step S18),
A list of character style candidates is displayed (step S19). Then, when a desired character format is selected from the list display with a cursor key or the like (step S20), the selected character code and character format are registered in the register B in the CPU2.
(Step S21). Then, when the character range to be edited is designated (step S22), the contents of the character style portion in the document memory 6 corresponding to the designated character range (corresponding to the character code stored together with the selected character style) The character format content of the character in the document memory 6) is rewritten by the character format data stored in the register B (step S23), and the process returns to the key input waiting state of step S11.

When any other key is operated,
Execute the process corresponding to the other key (step S2
4) Return to the key input waiting state of step S11. When the extraction designation key 3a is operated, the character style extraction process shown in FIG. 3 is performed (step S25), and the process returns to the key input waiting state of step S11.

As described above, in the word processor 1 of the present embodiment, the character style used in the document once created is extracted only by operating the extraction designation key 3a, and extracted when creating a new document. Since the character style contents are displayed as a list and can be selected, a document using the same character style (character size, character point, typeface, decoration, etc.) can be created by a simple operation. Therefore, it is possible to easily create a document that has a sense of unity with an existing document.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the word processor has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a document editing process such as a personal computer. .

[0029]

According to the present invention, the character style of an arbitrary character string can be easily extracted from a document file and stored, and by using the character style, a document using the same character style can be created. It can be created with a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration portion related to a character style extraction process of the CPU of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a character style extraction process executed by the CPU of FIG.

4 is a flowchart of a document creation process executed by the CPU of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a document creation process following FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 word processor 2 CPU 3 input unit 3a extraction designation key 4 input control unit 5 ROM 6 text memory 7 display drive unit 8 display unit 9 print control unit 10 print unit 11 document file storage unit 11a document format memory 12 Kana-Kanji conversion unit 13 bus

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A designating means for designating an arbitrary character string in a document file, a character size for the character string designated by the designating means,
Extraction means for extracting from the document file character styles such as character points, typefaces, and character modifications, or a combination thereof, storage means for storing the character style information extracted by this extraction means, and storage means for storing the character style information. A document data editing device comprising: a selection unit for displaying and selecting a list of existing character style information; and an editing unit for performing character input and character editing in accordance with the character style selected by the selection unit.