JPS60124728A - Character processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for input of a character and symbol for inhibiting the alteration to a space and to prevent page shift by edition by outputting a character or symbol representing the space while adding it to a remaining lines of one print page. CONSTITUTION:The input information from a keyboard 1 is coded, fed to a print control section 11, the print start head position is decided, a document data in a document buffer 5 is printed one by one line and the print paper is discriminated when all data or all print lines of one page are finished or a paper feed command is given. When the printed paper has a space line, the stored data in an additional print identification register 10 is read, no additional print is conducted to the space line when the data is logical 0, and one line of comment print as (space from this line) is given to the head line of each space line when the data is logical 1. Print of * marks is given to all space lines when the data is -1.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a character processing device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a character processing device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a character processing device. The present invention relates to a document processing device such as a lard processor that creates, edits, and outputs documents.

[Prior art]

In this type of document processing device, such as a word processor, when inputting a series of document information spanning multiple pages one page at a time, the structure of the document ((therefore, the number of lines of the input document information is one page in a prespecified format) It is very common for the remaining υ lines added to the total number of lines to become blank lines.

- In conventional word processors, the operator had to enter a number clearly indicating that the remaining blank lines were blank spaces and should not be altered.

In addition, if you edit text by deleting or inserting text after entering document information, the position of the margin line including the above-mentioned annotation after the edited part may change to the top of the next page, or Since the page shifts to an inappropriate location such as the middle of the page, so-called page misalignment occurs, the operator has to correct the position and number of margin lines after the edited part and the number of lines for the entire document. .

On the other hand, in this type of word processor, the printing of the page is ended at a desired line position on one page, the following is a margin, and the next line is updated and printed on the next page, which is a so-called page change instruction. In this case, there are devices that are configured so that even if a document is inputted and then edited and the line position shifts, the line position for page turning also shifts accordingly. In the case of such an apparatus, the above-mentioned page shift due to editing does not occur.

However, even in the case of devices like this, if the line before the page break line is in the middle of the page, the line below it becomes a pure blank line, so in order to clearly indicate that it is a blank line, As mentioned above, it was necessary to enter notes and symbols on the line before the page break and on the line before the page break.

The above disadvantages apply not only to word processors but also to other character processing devices such as electronic typewriters having nine functions similar to this one.

〔the purpose〕

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned achievements, and eliminates the need for the operator to input information such as characters and symbols indicating that tampering is prohibited for blank lines when inputting a document, and eliminates the need for page shift due to editing. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that allows easy and convenient input operations and that does not cause errors.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

Incidentally, here, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a word processor is used.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a word processor according to the present invention.

In the figure, the reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard on which input keys are arranged for inputting document information such as letters, numbers, symbols, etc., and instruction information related to document creation/editing processing. The input keys include the input key for instructing the above-mentioned page break.

In addition, in the keyboard 1 in this embodiment, when printing is finished or when changing pages, if the actual number of printed lines is insufficient for the total number of printed lines for one page specified in advance, the remaining unprinted lines are , an input key that instructs to print an additional line to add and print a comment line such as "(hereinafter referred to as a blank space)" indicating that it is a blank area and tampering is prohibited;
An input key is provided for instructing additional printing of all remaining lines to print annotation lines consisting of similar characters or symbols over all remaining lines.

Key information reversely input by key operations on the keyboard 1 is led to an encoder 2, where it is encoded and further led to a code discrimination section 3.

The code determination unit 3 determines the type of the input code, and determines whether it is a character/symbol/numeric code that is document information or insertion 1. If the input code is an instruction code related to document creation/editing such as deletion, the input code is supplied to the word processor control section 4.

The word processor control section 4 stores document data of characters, symbols, and numbers inputted from the code discrimination section 3 in a document buffer 5 connected thereto, and
Processing such as editing is performed on this stored data according to the input instruction code.

By the processing of the word processor control section 4, document data is sequentially stored in the document buffer 5 line by line, indicated by the reference numeral 5a, as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

A display control section 6 that controls the drive of a display device 8 is connected to this document buffer 5, and this display control section 6 refers to the contents of the document buffer based on display instructions sent from the word processor control section 4. , a character pattern corresponding to the code of the stored data is taken out from the character generator 7 and displayed on the display device 8.

On the other hand, if the input code is a code that instructs additional printing of one line or all remaining lines, the code discrimination unit 3 converts it into an additional printing command control unit at page change (hereinafter referred to as additional printing control unit). .) 9. This additional printing control section 9 analyzes the supplied code, and when the additional printing instruction code is not supplied to the additional printing register 10 connected thereto, a code is issued to instruct the additional printing of rob, -M. If it is, then "1" is stored, and if it is an instruction code for additional printing of all the remaining lines, "I'-1" is stored.

Further, if the input code is a normal printing instruction code, the code discrimination section 3 supplies it to the print control section 11. The print control unit 11 controls the printing device 1 according to the above instruction code. ll to print the contents of the document buffer as shown in Figure 2. - The number of lines to be printed for a page has been specified in advance - If the number of lines to be printed is insufficient for the total number of lines on the page and there are blank lines, additional lines are added. Refer to the data stored in print register 0 and perform additional printing accordingly.

If the input code is still an initialization instruction code, the code determination section 3 supplies it to the word processor control section 4 and the additional print control section 9, so that the word processor control section 4 reads the document buffer 5. The additional print control unit 9 initializes the stored data in the additional print identification register 0.

Next, the operation of the print control section 11 in the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG. Here, this figure is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the print control section 11.

In the first step 831 in the figure, a print start line is set based on the designation. That is, the starting position of the printing start of the document data in the document buffer 5 is set.

Next, the process proceeds to step 832, where it is determined whether or not all data in the document buffer 5 has been printed. If it has been completed, the process proceeds to step 83B; if not, step 83B.
Proceed to step 3.

In step 833, two kinds of determinations are made: whether printing of all the lines for one page specified in advance has been completed, and whether a page break instruction has been given. If either one is affirmative, the step is executed. The process proceeds to 836, and if both are negative, the process proceeds to step 834.

In step 834, the printing device 12 is made to print one line of the print line set in the document buffer 5, and then in the next step 835, the setting of the print line is updated to the line next to the previously set column. , return to step S32.

・In other words, through the above loop of steps 832 to S35, the document data in the document buffer 5 is printed line by line, and when all data or all children and characters of one page are printed, or when a page break is specified, Proceed to step 836.

In step 836, it is determined whether or not the number of printed lines has reached the pre-specified total number of lines for a page, that is, whether or not there are margin lines on the printed recording paper, and if there is, the step The process advances to step 837, and if there is none, the process advances to step 840.

In step S37, the data stored in the additional print identification register 10 is read, and if the data is "0", step S8
Proceed to 40. If the data is still "l", step 83
8, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a - line annotation of "(hereinafter referred to as margin)" is printed on the first line of the margin line (line 4 in the figure) of the recording paper, and then the process proceeds to step 840. move on.

If the data read in step 837 is "r-1", the process advances to step S3a, and for example, as shown in FIG.
After printing a "S" mark indicating a margin, the process advances to step 840.

That is, in the above steps 837 to S39, if there is a margin line on the recording paper, according to the data in the additional print register 10, no additional printing is performed on the margin line, or additional printing is performed on the - line, or the margin line is Additional printing is performed on all lines of , and the process then proceeds to step 840.

In step 840, it is determined whether printing of all data in the document buffer 5 has been completed, and if it has been completed, the printing operation is completed, and if it has not been completed, the process returns to step 835 described above and the above-described operation is repeated. .

According to the above operation, if an instruction for additional printing of - line or all remaining lines is given in advance using either of the two types of additional printing keys mentioned above, when all printing is completed or - page printing is completed. If the actual number of printed lines does not add up to the total number of printed lines for a page specified in advance at time or page change, it is prohibited to tamper with the margins of the remaining unprinted lines. A character or symbol indicating this is added and printed on one line or all remaining lines.

Further, since additional printing is always performed on the remaining lines, it will not be performed at an inappropriate position such as the first line of a page.

Note that the above-mentioned configuration in which characters or symbols indicating that the remaining lines of one page are margins are added and output can be applied not only to the printing section but also to the display section.

Furthermore, the configuration of the present invention is applicable not only to word processors but also to other character processing devices such as electronic typewriters that have similar functions.

〔effect〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the character processing device of the present invention, when the output of document information for -pages is finished, the document for actual = pages is output for the total number of lines for -pages specified in advance. When the number of lines is insufficient, we have provided a means for outputting the remaining υ lines by adding information indicating that tampering is prohibited by using blank lines, so that the operator can input the above information as necessary when inputting This saves you the time and effort of inputting the information one by one. In addition, since the above information is always output on the remaining lines of a page, even if you edit the information once it has been input, blank lines will not be formed in inappropriate places on a page, and pages will be shifted. will not occur, and there is no need to make any corrections accordingly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures explain the present invention in detail, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the storage state of document data in the document buffer in FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the print control section in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams showing different examples of additional printing according to the present embodiment, respectively. 1...Keyboard 4...Word processor control unit 5...Document buffer 6...Display control unit 8...Display device 9...Additional print command control unit at page change 10...Additional print identification Register...Print control unit 12...Printing device Patent applicant Canon Corporation Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) In a character processing device that outputs document information according to a specified total number of lines for a page, when the number of lines of document information for one page to be output is less than the total number of lines, A character processing device comprising means for adding and outputting specific information to at least a portion of the remaining line portion. 2) The character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is information indicating that alteration of the remaining lines is prohibited.