JPS59201129A - Document producer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the operating load when a document is produced by displaying the format information on a display device with shift of a cursor to display the document contents and at the same time displaying the contents of the format information in an area different from a display area. CONSTITUTION:A memory part 12 contains an area where the document information is stored and an area where the format information is stored in response to each line forming a document. The document information is read out of a document information memory area and displayed on a CRT20. Then an optional position of the document displayed in the document information memory area on a display screen is designated by cursor shift keys 40-43. At the same time, the space character intervals are designated by a space key 49 and a next candidate key 45. In such a way, a cursor is shifted to display the document information. While the contents of the format information are displayed in a format display area set separately from the document information memory area. Thus the load of an operator can be reduced for production of documents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a document creation device, and particularly to a format information display function.

"Technical Background of the Invention and its Problems" Document creation devices are rapidly gaining popularity throughout the world, and one of the reasons for this is that beautiful expenditures can be created freely by input from the operator. .

When creating beautiful documents using a document creation device, the important elements are print format settings such as the spacing between characters (character spacing), the spacing between lines (line spacing), and indentation. and tab settings (collectively referred to as document format information).
information must be able to be freely set according to the operator's intentions.

Now, in conventional document creation devices, the setting values for the inter-character spacing and the inter-line spacing are uniform throughout one document, and there are few that allow these setting values to be changed in the middle of the document. Therefore, these values may be set at the time of printing the document. Therefore, the document creation device can create a document or
There is no need to provide a means for informing the operator of the character spacing and line spacing settings at the proof editing stage.

However, with recent document creation devices, due to improved operability,
Consideration is being given to allowing operators to freely set character spacing and line spacing, and systems that allow character spacing and line spacing to be changed from the middle of a document have been developed. In this case, as mentioned earlier, conventional document creation devices do not have the technology to notify the operator of the 99 constant value at the stage of document creation or proofreading, so it is difficult to know which value is set for a certain line in the document. A technical issue was how to notify the operator of the situation.

On the other hand, when it comes to indentation and tab settings, the settings are often changed from inside the document. As a means of notifying the operator of what format 1 information is set in a given line, the operator draws a format line in the document when instructing the inden 1 to tab settings. (ignored when printing expenses), indentation and tab marks were displayed on the se line. However, with this method, (1) a format 1 line is drawn in the document;
A discrepancy occurs between the document image on the display device and the image actually printed. This becomes even more obvious as the number of indent/tab settings increases.

(2) When you move a document on the display device, the Format 1 to line also moves along with the document, so the A-Mat line may not exist on the display device, and the operator needs to know the format information. difficult to grasp.

There is a drawback. Therefore, there is a need for a means for accurately notifying the operator of the input tab designation information of arbitrary digits without affecting the document display image.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to accurately notify an operator of format 1 to information in an arbitrary line in a document on a display device without affecting the image of expenditure. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device equipped with means.

[Summary of the Invention] The document creation device of the present invention first includes a storage section having an area for storing document information and an area for storing format information corresponding to each line constituting an expenditure, and the document information storage area. means for reading out document information from and displaying it in the document information display area on the screen of the display device, and controlling the document position information of the displayed document information]! I! 'J' display means for displaying document information. Then, in order to notify the operator of Format 1-information in any line in Sentence J4 without affecting the image, specify an arbitrary position of the document displayed in the intersecting circle display area on the display device. detecting a specified line from the on-screen position information obtained from the position specifying means and the document position information held by the management means, and outputting format 1 information corresponding to this line; How to read out! , and means for displaying the format 1 to information specified in the line in a display area different from the document information display area based on the read format information ←=.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor (simply referred to as a word processor) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor according to an embodiment. Reference numeral 11 denotes a central processing unit (CPU), which is composed of a 1-deep microprocessor. The CPU 11 executes specific functions according to instructions sent from a program stored in the main memory (MMEM) 12. MMEM12
In addition to the above-mentioned program, there is an area where various data and parameters used by this program are stored, an area where document information being created or proofread and edited is stored, and 9J'd is stored in this document information. An area for storing flil control information is provided. Reference numeral 13 denotes a floppy disk driver (FDD), into which a floppy disk is inserted that stores programs such as a floppy disk for storing cross-circles, a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, programs to be loaded into the MMEM 12, external character patterns, etc. control b
Information is then transferred to and from the MMEM 12.

15 is a Kanji pattern memory controller (K P MC
) is read out from the MMEM 12 by the CPU 11 and sent to -C character code data (including control information for historical studies), and is displayed and output by various commands.
Controls print output. 16 is Kanji pattern memory (
K P M ) and Kanji Pattern Memory Bus (KP
MB) 17 via K P M C1! Connected to i. Kl-'M16 stores character (including symbols) font pattern data, and KP MC15 stores character (including symbols) font pattern data.
6 and read out the desired pattern data T.
Display control device (CRTC) 18 or printer control 1
] Output to the device (PRTC) 19. CRTolg controls the output of display signals to the display device (CRT) 20.

The CRT C18 is equipped with a video RAM (not shown) for storing display driver 1 patterns. The display character pattern data outputted from the KPMI 6 described above is written to this video RAM. Video RAM
As for the other internal configurations of cR1-c1g, existing techniques are applied, so explanations thereof will be omitted. The PRTC 19 controls the output of print data to the printing device (PRT) 21. P
RTC19 is equipped with a buffer for one line, and K
The printing character pattern data read from the PM 16 is stored in this buffer. 22 is c p u
II data bus (DBUS), MMEM12
, K P MC15 are connected. The DBUS 22 is further connected to a controller 1 to a roller (KBC) 23, and a controller KB 24 is connected to the control terminal of the K8C23 as a data input device.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the document storage area of the MMEM 12.

In this figure, information regarding the 0th page of the document is extracted and expressed.

25 is an area (document information storage area) in which the 11th page character code is stored. In each memory location 251 constituting the document information storage area 25, a 2-byte character code and attributive code information such as underlining (printing, plinking) of this character are stored. Position 251 is
The number of characters constituting one line (a) and the number of lines constituting one page (1)) are set in advance at the time of writing.
has been done. This means that for the values of a and b, c p u
1i manages the address of MMEM12. FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which a number of storage locations 251 are arranged horizontally and a number of storage locations 251 are arranged vertically.

2G is an area ()A-matte information storage area) in which indent/tab information, character amount spacing, and line spacing information ()A-matte information) for each line of the 11th page is stored.

The configuration of each storage location 2 [31 forming the format information storage area 26 will be described later. 27 is a storage area for indent/tab information.

FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the 74-mat information storage location 261,
This is a diagram showing the storage format 271, 272, 213, etc. of the tab information stored in the area 27. It is used as a storage location for character amount spacing information, which will be described later. Similarly, the second and third bits are used as storage locations for line spacing information, which will be described later. Similarly, a storage position pointer for inden 1/tab information is stored in the fourth to seventh bits. This pointer to information! l
Defined indent/tab information is accessed. Each indent/tab information 271.272...
is the first number (111 indicates the indent position, and the following numbers indicate the tab position. For example, +13 is in the inden 1-/tab information 272, and the number “'3” stored at the first storage position indicates the indent position. Indicates the digit position and the subsequent memory position U
Numerical values stored in “1/I”, “20”, “”
30" and "40" indicate the tab digit position. Also,
Indens 1 to 7/Tab information 271 are set as initial values (default values) and are stored in the area 27 as constants.Indens 1 to 7/Tab information 271 are stored as constants in the area 27.Indens 1 to 7/'Format information corresponding to lines where tab information is not specified The fourth memory location 261
Indent/tab information 27 for bit to 7th bit
Pointer information specifying the starting position of 1 is set as a constant.

FIG. 4 illustrates keys directly related to the present invention among the keys arranged on the KI 324.

40 to 43 are cursor movement keys. By pressing the cursor movement keys 40 to 43, the C
When P U 11 receives the corresponding key code, CI
]U11 sends cursor movement information to C via DBUS22.
RT 018, and the value of the cursor address register provided in CRT 018 is transferred in the cursor movement direction.
Zuru. As a result, the cursor displayed on the screen of the CRT 20 moves in the direction specified by the cursor movement keys 40 to 43. 44 is a format key, 45 is a next candidate key, and 4G is a selection execution key. 47 is an indent key, 48 is a tab key, and 49 is a space key. What happens when these keys are pressed is below).

Figure 5 shows the CRT20 during document creation or 11 proof editing.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the format of a display screen in FIG. The numbers on the left side of the figure indicate the number of lines on the display screen. The 8th line to the (m-1)th line of the display screen is used as a document display area. The first and second lines are used as format information display areas. In particular, the first line displays the character spacing of the line where the cursor 51 is located and the line spacing between it and the next line. Also, in the second line, indent and / tab positions are specified.
A line 52 is displayed. - indicates the inden 1- position, and ma indicates the tab position.・simply indicates the digit position. mqth
Information indicating where the expenditure information displayed on the screen corresponds to in the actual document, messages from the system to the operator, etc. are displayed.

Area management on the screen is performed by a display control program stored in the MMEM 12.

The operation of the word processor according to the embodiment will be explained below.

As a feature of the present invention, the format information of the line where the cursor is displayed is displayed in the format information display area on the CRT 20 screen. The cursor display position is set to C by CPU11.
It is detected by reading the value of the cursor address register addressed to RT 018. The line number in the document' at the cursor display position is extracted from the position information of the 7J-curse and the first line information (held in the MMEM 12) currently displayed in the right text enclosure display area. Furthermore, from the address correspondence relationship with the format information storage area 26, the address of the storage location 261 corresponding to the calculated line number is retrieved.3According to the calculated address, the CPU 1
1 accesses area 2G and reads format information. Next, c p u il uses the format information No.
Refer to bit and first bit. The information of the ○th bit and the first bit is defined in advance as shown in Table 1.

The following margin table 1 c p u ii sends a character string indicating the corresponding line spacing and display position information (18 digits of the first line in this embodiment) to the KPMC 15 according to the definition shown in Table 1. KPM C15
develops the pattern of the character string in the address corresponding to the display position of the lζ video RAM provided in the CRT018. Similarly, the CPU 11 refers to the second and third bits of the format information. Then, a character string indicating the character spacing value corresponding to this value is placed at a predetermined position (in this example, one line
E] 9 digits). The second and third bits of the format information are defined as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Next, the CPU 11 refers to the fourth to seventh bits of the format information and accesses the indent/tab information 271 according to the value of the pointer stored here. According to the indent/tab information obtained as a result, the CPU 11 determines the display position of the format line and the display information of the corresponding formats 1 to 1 through the KPMC.
Send on 15th. KPM15 receives this display information and
A format 1 line dot pattern is developed at a storage location corresponding to the second display line of the video RAM provided in RT018.

By the above operation, the format information of the line where the cursor 51 is present is displayed in the format information display area (first line, second line).
line).

Next, the operation of this embodiment when format information is set will be explained. First, the operator presses the cursor movement keys 40 to 4.
Press 3 to move the cursor 51 to the line where you want to set the format information. Next, the operator presses the format key 44. When the CPU 11 receives the key code corresponding to -C via the KBC 23 by pressing the format key 44, the CPU 11 uses the method described above to select the format corresponding to the line from the current cursor position information. 1 to the address of the information storage location 261 (start line address) is calculated. Then, the format information is read from this address and temporarily stored in the work area within the MMEM 12. Next, c p u ii is KP
Send the character string and display position information to the MC 15, and display the message ``How far can you specify the format?'' on the large screen above the CRT 20. In response to this message, the operator should move the cursor 51 to the last line of the format settings if the same format settings extend to multiple lines.
If the document does not exist, use the scroll function to move the document on the screen. When received, the address of the format information storage position 261 (referred to as the end line address) corresponding to the last line of format 1 to setting is calculated from the current position information of the cursor 51. Subsequently, the CPU 11 sets a value in the cursor address register of the CRTC 18, and moves the cursor 51 to the position "10" of "Character amount interval: O characters" shown in FIG. If the operator wishes to change the character spacing, he or she presses the next candidate key 45. Each time the next candidate key is pressed, an internal program changes the current display to "
O character 1-〉r1/8 character 8-11/4 character” → “1/
The display is updated in the order of 2 characters), and internally the 2-bit character spacing information changes from the current value to roOJ → "01" →
It is set to change in the order of "101" → "11". The operator only has to press the selection/execution key 46 when the display reaches the desired character spacing. C.P.
U1.1 is the key person signal of the selection/execution key 46,
When received via KBC23, the character spacing information at that time is stored in the second format information stored in the work area.
Write to bit, 3rd bit. Next, CPU 11
moves the cursor 51 to "Line spacing; 6'/2" in FIG.
Move it to 16" of 4". The operator selects the desired line spacing in the same manner as for the character spacing. In the case of line spacing, each time the next candidate key 45 is pressed, "4/24 inch" is displayed from the current display.
→ “6/24 inch” → r8/24 inch” → r12/
24 inches", internally the 2-bit line spacing information is changed from the current value to "OO" → "01" → "10" → "
111. CP [J 11 is selected/
When the pressing of the execution key 46 is detected by inputting a key code, the line spacing information at that time is stored in the Oth bit and the first bit of the format information held in the work area of the MMEM 12.
Write in Pitsu I~. Next, the CPU 11 uses the cursor 51
is displayed at the beginning of the format line 52.

Then, the formats 1 to 1 held in the work area are
Indent/tab information 471 specified by referring to the pointer of the 4th bit to the 7th bit of the information. ... is read and stored in the work area 4 of the MMEM 12. Here, if the operator presses the J: select/execute key 46 without making any changes, the format 1 to information at this point will be transferred from the start line address to the end line without changing the value of the pointer. It is re-entered into the format information storage device 261 between the addresses. When changing the position or tab position to [inden], the operator must
Move the cursor 51 on the line 52 and press the indent key 47, tab key 48, or space key 49
Press . Press the indent key 47.
ii is detected, the CPU 11 calculates the indent digit position from the position information 1, s + of the cursor 51, and changes the indent digit value located at the beginning of the indent tab information stored in the work area. Ru. Then, the indent mark 1 on the format line 52 is displayed up to the specified digit. The CPU 11 calculates the position of the tab key 41 and adds the calculated digit position to the tab information in the work area. At this time, the tab digit positions are always sorted and stored in ascending order. Furthermore, on the format 52, the display of digit marks is changed to the display of square marks. When the cursor 51 or the displayed tab markma is moved to the displayed position and the space key 49 is pressed, the CPU
11 deletes and overrides the value at that digit position from the tab information in the work area.

Then, the display of the tab mark on the format line 52 is changed to the display of a digit mark. After the following operations,
When selection execution key 4G is pressed by the operator, C
The PU 11 searches for a free area in the indent/tab information storage area 27 and stores the indent 1-/tab information in the work area there. Then, a pointer value specifying the stored start address is written into the first bit through seventh bit of the format information in the work area. And c p
u 1i reads the created format information into the format information storage location 261 located between the start row address and the end row address. Finally, the CPU 11 returns the cursor 51 to the Bungetsu display area, and
~ Ends the settings operation.

[9) Effects of the Invention] - As stated above, according to the present invention, a plurality of types of character spacing, line spacing, and indens 1 to 7 can be set in one document.
When using format information such as /tabs, the information in any line of the document can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the operator simply by displaying the format information on the display device and moving the cursor. This allows you to reduce the burden on A operator when finalizing a document by changing the character spacing and line spacing, and
You can improve efficiency when creating documents by setting formats.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the word processor of the embodiment, Figure 2 is a block diagram of the word processor of the embodiment.
The figure is a conceptual diagram of the document storage area, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of format 1 to information storage locations and the storage format of indent/tab information. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the key arrangement on the keyboard input device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the format 1 of the display screen on the display device. 11...Central processing unit 12...Main storage device 20...Display device 24...Keyboard input device 25...Document information storage area 2G...Format information storage area (7317
) Agent Patent attorney Aide Kensuke (and 1 other person) 11 figures 2 figures 3 figures

Claims (1)

[Claims] Sentence i1.1 In a document creation device that has the function of displaying information on a display device screen and creating a document or proofreading and editing based on instructions from an input device, an area for storing writing information and a document a storage unit having an area for storing formats 1 to information corresponding to each constituent line; and means for reading document information from the expenditure information storage area and displaying it in a document information display area on the display screen; ■ Tube the internal stomach information of the displayed document information! means for specifying an arbitrary position of the document displayed in the origin display area on the display device; and means for specifying an arbitrary position of the document displayed in the origin display area on the display device; A means for detecting a designated line from the device information and reading out the A-mat information corresponding to this line;
1. A document creation device comprising: means for displaying the content of format information specified for the document information in a display area separate from the document information display area based on the information.