JPS60181826A - Document producer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve considerably the degree of freedom in case a document including half-em characters is printed vertically by designating these half-em characters as composition or non-composition characters and performing printing according to said designation. CONSTITUTION:The numeric characters forming a character string ''December, 2'', for example, are equal to half-em characters designated as composition characters in case the vertical writing is designated for production of a document. In such a case, the fonts (basic character fonts) 61 read out of a KPM30 are converted into display fonts shown by codes 62 in a vertical writing display mode. (The display fonts 63 of a horizontal writing display mode are shown for reference.) Then the images of corresponding fonts are shifted to the em center position if said character string is not equal to the half-em characters. Then the fonts 71 read out of the KPM30 are converted into display fonts shown by codes 72 in the vertical writing display mode. (The display fonts 73 of the horizontal writing display mode are shown for reference.) Thus it is possible to have a screen display coincident with a print image even in a vertical writing display mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document creation device having horizontal writing and vertical writing printing functions.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Generally, this type of document creation device is capable of handling characters with various widths. Characters with standard width are called full-width (full-width) characters, and characters with half the width of full-width characters are called half-width (half-width) characters. Therefore, in conventional document creation devices, half-width characters are uniformly treated as typeface characters.

When manually printing out the document shown in display screen 1 in Figure 1 using such a conventional document creation device, there is no problem when printing horizontally, but when printing vertically there is a problem that it becomes unnatural. there were. This is l-1983J shown in Figure 1.
If you use half-width characters such as 1”
19 J.

This is because "83" is printed as a set.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a document creation device that can specify whether half-width characters should be handled as set characters or as set characters, and that can print according to this designation. Propose 1 (to do).

[Summary of the invention]

In this invention, pictogram/non-composition character designating means is provided for specifying whether input half-width characters are treated as composite characters or as non-composition characters.

When storing input half-width characters as constituent characters of a document, the storage means stores the input half-width characters in correspondence with pictograph/non-composition character designation information indicating the contents specified by the pictograph/non-composition character designation means. Further, when displaying the document on the screen, the display means displays an identification mark indicating the designation content of the half-width characters as set characters/non-set characters in accordance with the above-mentioned pictograph/non-set characters designation information. Further, in the present invention, a switching means is provided for specifying switching of input half-width characters between typed characters and non-typed characters. The changing means changes all pictograph/non-composition character designation information corresponding to the input half-width character in accordance with the designation of the switching means. Furthermore, the present invention is provided with printing means that is characterized by generating half-width fonts for printing during vertical printing. This printing means is vertically 1. If the character to be printed during printing is a half-width character, and the typed/non-typed character information corresponding to the character indicates that it is designated as a ``valve typed'' character, the image of the corresponding half-width character font is converted into an area equivalent to one full-width character. Move to the center and use the printing half-width 7on) k to print the corresponding character.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 2 is a CPU that is in full control of the entire apparatus, and executes processes such as document creation, editing, proofreading, etc. according to a flow program stored in an internal memory 22, which will be described below. Reference numeral 22 denotes an internal memory (hereinafter referred to as MMU) that stores each second program and all pages of alternating information @ in accordance with a predetermined format. 23 is an external storage for storing programs and document information loaded into the MMU 22, and is a floppy disk device (referred to as FDD).
, 24 is a disk controller (FDC) 70 that controls the FDD 23.

25 is various data keys for sentence 1 manual processing, half-width typed characters/non-typed character processing, pictograph/non-typed character specification key 2
6 (referred to as KBC).

28 is a CRT display device (CR) that controls the display of various work Sony-1 created documents and control information of documents being created.
29 is a CRT controller (referred to as CRTC) that controls the CRT 28. Further, 30 is a Kanji Setan Memo'J (referred to as KPM) that stores seven characters of characters used in this device, 31 is a printer device (referred to as PRT) that is responsible for printing created documents, document catalogs, etc.;
32 is a printer controller (referred to as PRTC) that controls the PRT 31 f iDl.

Next, the entire operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

First, when the power of the device shown in Fig. 2 is turned on, the FDC
Under the control of MMU 24, the program stored in FDD 23 is loaded into a predetermined program storage area of MMU 22. Then, according to the program loaded into the MMU 22, the CRTC, 24? is CRT 2B all drives f
u control. As a result, a work menu is displayed on the CRT display screen. The operator operates the KB25f,
From the work menu on the display screen, select the desired processing content (
work item). This operation will cause CPU 21
Under the control of , requests for inputting information necessary for the selected work are sequentially displayed. The operator performs a predetermined operation in response to the displayed content (request content). By doing this, the creation of a text store, the editing/proofreading of a document, the printing of a document, etc. are performed.Here, regarding the specification of half-width pictographs/bengumi characters of an input document, which is directly related to this invention, Fig. 3, Figures 4 and 6
The process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 and the display screen example shown in FIG. In the initial state, the device shown in FIG. When a document input operation is performed in the state and a half-width character is input, the input code is stored in the sentence 1 file as a half-width character specified as a set character.If (for example, for vertical printing) When the operator wishes to input a character as a valve character, the operator presses the pictograph/valve character designation key 26 on the KB 25 once, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
21 rewrites the pictograph designation information stored at a specific address in the MMU 22 into valve type character designation information. Thereafter, the device enters the valve group character designation mode. In this mode,
When a half-width character is input, the CPU 2 J stores the input code in the document file as a half-width character designated as a Benkumi character. In addition, if it is desired to return to the set character designation mode again, it is sufficient to press the pictograph/valve set character designation key 26 once more.

When displaying a document input in this way on the i7 CRT 2B, the character code of the displayed content and the attached control information (pictogram/valve type character designation is also one of this control information) are the same as the display screen. MMU 22 to correspond to 1
is stored in. In this example, when displaying a document, it is determined whether or not the character at the cursor designated position is a half-width character, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

If a half-width character is specified with the cursor, the CPU 21 refers to the control information of the character, and if it is a set character, the 5th
Guide line 4 on the display screen of CRT 2g as shown in the figure
Control is performed so that the times are displayed at 1. On the other hand, if the Bengumi character is specified, 田 is displayed in the guide line 41. In the display screen contents shown in FIG. 5, the half-width characters (number part) of the character string "December 22, 1983" in document line 42 are designated as set characters, and the character string "December 22, 1983" in document line 43 is
The half-width characters (number part) of "22nd day of the month" are designated as bentumi characters. "'Next, switch the specified content of half-width characters (
(change) will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this case, by operating the cursor keys, the operator moves all the way to the beginning of the character string to be switched to the specified contents (specified mode) of grouping characters/valve grouping characters, and then presses the cedar specific key on KB25 ( First, press the function selection key 26, and then press the pictograph/valve character designation key 26. As a result, an area designation message "How far?" is displayed on the guide line on the display screen of the CRT 2B. Then, when the operator moves the cursor all the way to the final position of the character string to be changed and presses the pictograph/valve character designation key 26 again, the state of the designation mode for half-width characters in the designated area is reversed.

Next, printing of the branch name input in this way will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7, the character font processing explanatory diagram of FIG. 8, and the printing example of FIG. 9. In the document file to be printed, the character code and control information input in the above-described procedure are stored for each character. The CPU 21 executes KP based on the above information.
The corresponding character font (basic character font) is read from M30, a font image for printing is created according to the following procedure, and it is transferred to PRTC32. That is, the CPU
21, when a character to be printed (its character code and control information) is extracted from a document file, it is determined whether or not it is a half-width character.

If this determination is NO, the processing is the same as before, so the explanation will be omitted. On the other hand, in the case of a YES determination, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the character is a half-width character designated as a set character.

If this determination is YES, the CPU 21 uses KPM s
The character font of the character on the left side of the set is read from o and is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the MMU 220.

Next, the CPU 21 reads out the character phono)k of the character (located on) the right side of the set from the KPM 30, and
The data is temporarily stored in another predetermined area. In this example, a half-width character font (half-width font) is read out in a form in which the left half of one full-width character is a pattern area, as shown by reference numerals 51 to 54 in FIG. Therefore, in the case of a half-width character designated as a set character, the CPU 21 moves the entire font image of the stored character font of the right character to the right side and combines it with the character font of the left character. The character font indicated by reference numeral 55 in FIG. 8(a) is a composite font created in this way. On the other hand, if it is not a half-width character designated as a grouping character, that is, in the case of a half-width character designated as a Ben-kumiji character, the KP
Processing is performed to move the half-width font read from M30 to the center position of the double-width character area. Figure 8 (b
) indicates this state, and the character font 53 of the half-width character 11 is converted to the character phono).56, and the half-width character ``
9'' character font 54 is converted to character font 57.

The font image synthesized or converted according to the flowchart in FIG. 7 is transferred to the PRTC 32. Then, vertical printing is performed by the PRT 31 under the control of the PRTC 32. FIG. 9 shows the vertically written printout result of the document shown on the display screen of FIG. In addition,
In the case of horizontal printing, half-width characters are treated as grouped characters (as in the past) regardless of the pictograph/valve grouped character designation contents.

In this manner, in this embodiment, when all half-width characters are used on the premise of vertical printing, it is possible to specify whether or not to print the half-width characters as set characters, and vertical printing can be performed in accordance with this designation. Moreover, when specifying Benkumi characters, the half-width characters are printed in the center of the line, so they look good.

Next, another embodiment of the invention will be described. Note that this embodiment differs from the previous embodiment only in the processing (processing program) of character fonts for display. Therefore, for convenience, explanation will be given according to the configuration shown in FIG. In the above embodiment, as is clear from the double-sided display in FIG. 5 and the vertical printing result in FIG. It's different. In this case, it is difficult to view the vertically printed image on the display screen. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
This allows for a screen display that matches the printed image even when the printer is in portrait orientation.

Hereinafter, new character font processing for displaying half-width characters on the screen will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11, and the explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 12 and 13. 7. If "vertical 1 size" is specified when creating a large size, the display mode becomes the vertical writing display mode, and 8t'i, font processing is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 11. ffc,
When editing or proofreading a document created with "vertical writing" specified, the document will be displayed in vertical writing display mode. In addition,"
It is also possible to change the designation to "all 1-horizontal writing". In vertical writing@display mode, CP[J 21 is MMU
22 to one character of the document to be displayed (character code,
and control information), first it is determined whether it is a half-width character or not. If this determination is No, the CPU 2
1 is KPM, 9 (reads the corresponding full-width font from 7, and transfers it as it is to the CRTC 29 as a display font.

On the other hand, if the determination is YES (half-width character), the CPU 27 determines whether the character is a half-width character designated as a set character, and if YES, the CPU 27 determines whether or not it is a single half-width character.

In the case of one half-width character, CPU 21 is KPM, ? After reading out the corresponding half-width font ' from θ, move the font image of the font to the right. And the CPU
21 generates a display image i for one full-width character in which the left half is blank data and the right half is a font image of the corresponding half-width font, and transfers it to the CRTC 29. On the other hand, if there is not one half-width character, that is, if there are two half-width characters, the CPU 21 reads the corresponding first half-width font from the KPM 30 and stores it in a predetermined area of the MMU 22, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. Store temporarily.

Next, the CPU 21 reads the second half-width font from the KPM 30 and temporarily stores it in another predetermined area of the MMU 22. Then, the CPU 2 J performs the above storage (,,
The font image of the second half-width font is moved to the right and combined with the half-width font of the first character into one full-width character. This composite font is CR as a display font.
It is transferred to the TC 29 and displayed on the CRT 2B. Therefore, for example, if the numbers constituting the character string "December 2nd" are half-width characters designated as grouping characters, as shown in FIG. Character 7 on)) 61 is vertical 1
In the display mode, the display font is converted to a display font indicated by reference numeral 62. For comparison, a display font 63 in horizontal writing display mode is shown.

Next, an explanation will be given of the operation when the determination as to whether or not the character is a half-width character designated as a set character results in a NO determination. In this case, CPU 21
reads the corresponding half-width font from the KPM 30, moves the font image of the font to the center full-width position, and transfers it to the CRTC 29 as a display font. Therefore, for example, if the numbers constituting the character string "1983" are half-width characters designated as Benkumi characters, the KPM 3 corresponding to this character string is shown in FIG.
The read font 71 from 0 is converted to a display font indicated by reference numeral 72 in the vertical writing display mode.

Note that the display font 73 in the horizontal writing display mode is shown for comparison.

By displaying the screen using the display font '1 created in this way, it is possible to display the screen that matches the print image even when writing vertically.

Note that in the above embodiment, character font processing is performed using MMU
Although the description has been made assuming that the CPU 27 executes the process according to the program stored in the CPU 22, the process is not limited to this, and can also be executed by the CRTC 29 or PRTC 32, for example.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to specify whether half-width characters are treated as set characters or as set characters, and printing can be performed according to this designation, so documents containing half-width characters can be written vertically. The degree of freedom when printing is significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram explaining the problem of conventional vertical writing printing, rA
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure for specifying kumimoji/benkumi bungai, and Fig. 4 shows the identification mark of kumimoji/benkumimoji. Flowchart showing the display procedure; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen on which the identification mark is completely displayed according to the flowchart in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for switching the half-width character designation mode; FIG. is vertical 1@Flowchart showing the procedure for generating character fonts for printing, No. 8
The figure shows the correspondence between the basic character font and the printing character font, Figure 9 shows an example of vertical printing using the character font created according to the flowchart in Figure 7, and Figure 10 shows the correspondence between the character font for printing. 1. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating display character fonts that enable the screen display shown in FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 and FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the basic character font and the display character 7 ont. 21...CPU, 22...Internal memory (MMU)
, 25...Keyboard (KB), 26...Kumimoji/bengumoji specification key, 28...CRT display device (C
RT), 30...Kanji pattern memory (KPM),
3. Printer device (PRT). Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation device that has horizontal and vertical printing functions for created documents, whether input half-width characters are handled as typed characters or
Or a combination character/non-composition designation means for specifying whether to treat it as a single character of a single full-width character, and the input half-width character,
A storage means for storing the text 1.0 constituent characters in correspondence with pictograph/non-composition designation information indicating the contents specified by the above-mentioned composition/non-composition designation means; Half-width character pictograms/
means for displaying an identification mark indicating the content of non-composition designation;
A switching specification means for specifying switching of pictograph/non-composition character specification contents of the input half-width characters, and according to the specification of this switching specification means, changing the above-mentioned pictograph/non-composition character specification information corresponding to the corresponding input half-width characters. When printing vertically, refer to the pictograph/non-composition character specification information corresponding to the half-width character to be printed, and if the information indicates a special character designation to be treated as a single character equivalent to one full-width character, the corresponding half-width character 1. A document creation device comprising: a printing unit that uses a half-width character for printing obtained by moving a font image of a font to the center of an area corresponding to one full-width character.