JPS6075919A - Document producer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a document producer by inserting automatically a blank space equivalent to a prescribed number of characters between each adjacent two characters of a series of input characters. CONSTITUTION:A blank space insertion mode key 12 and a blank space number designation key 13 are newly provided to a keyboard 1 in addition to a conversion key group 11 for alphabet, numeric characters, KANJI (Chinese character), etc. The key 12 displays 3 a sentence including KANJI fed in by keys in a mode interposing a blank space equivalent to a prescribed number of characters between characters. The key 13 feeds the blank space between characters in the form of numeric value. A central processing part 2 performs processing in a conventional way when both keys 12 and 13 are not pushed. While tha blank space fed drom a blank data generating part 6 is inserted automatically between characters of words converted into KANJI when both keys 12 and 13 are pushed. Then the display 3 and the storage 5 are executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (δ) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a document creation device, and in particular, it is capable of creating sentences by automatically creating a space between keyed-in characters by a predetermined number of characters. The present invention relates to a new document creation device.

(bl) Prior Art and Problems Recently, document creation devices called word processors have become extremely popular.As is already well known, these document creation devices are capable of inputting kana characters (or romaji) using keys. The system is configured to create a document while executing the process of converting the kana character display into the kanji character display by pressing the kanji conversion key.

By the way, in such document creation devices, sentences expressing the title (ti the) of the document to be created are often created with appropriate spacing between each character.
The interval is formed by inputting blank data. When creating such a title sentence, if it is all in hiragana or katakana, it is not inconvenient because you only need to input the number of spaces equivalent to the character spacing for each character input, but if the title sentence is mixed with kanji, the following troublesome operations are required. This method had the disadvantage of requiring a lot of processing time. In other words, for example, if you want to create a title called ``Minutes'' with a space of one character, first enter the ``Gishiroku'' character, then press the Kanji conversion key to create ``Minutes''. ” is converted into kanji and displayed. Next, by sequentially inserting blank data between each character of ``chi'' and ``ji'' and between ``ji'' and ``record'', the ``minutes'' are corrected and displayed, and the creation is completed. Apart from this, there is also a method of repeatedly performing kana-kanji conversion processing for each character and inputting blank data, but with this method there is no guarantee that the corresponding kanji can be obtained with a single kanji conversion key operation.

As described above, according to the conventional document creation device, creating a sentence with blank spaces requires a large number of key operations, which is inconvenient.

(11.1 Purpose of the Invention In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new document creation device that is capable of creating sentences with blank spaces by a small number of key operations.

+d) Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the document creation device of the present invention is provided with means for automatically inserting a predetermined number of blank spaces between each character of a series of input characters. It is characterized by:

(cl. Embodiment of the Invention Hereinafter, one embodiment of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing such an embodiment, in which 1 is a keyboard, 2 is a central processing unit, 3 is a CRT display, 4 is a dictionary file, 5 is a document file, and 6 is a blank data generator.

The keyboard 1 is newly provided with a blank insertion mode key 12 and a blank number designation key 13 in addition to the conventional key group 11 including English, numerical, katakana, symbol, and kanji conversion keys.

The blank insertion mode key 12 is used to create sentences with spaces between characters, such as the title name mentioned above. When pressed, the blank insertion mode key 12 inserts a predetermined number of characters between each character in the text containing kanji that has been keyed in. will now be displayed with a blank space between them.

Further, the blank number designation key 13 is used to numerically input the amount of blank space between the characters, and may also be used as the conventional numeric key 11. When the blank insertion mode key 12 and the blank number designation key 13 are not pressed, the central processing unit 2 simply searches for the corresponding kanji in the dictionary file 4 for the word keyed in as a Gana character, as in the conventional case, and then displays the word on the CRT display 3. is displayed and stored in the document file 5, and when the blank insertion mode key 12 and blank number specification key 13 are pressed, blanks are automatically inserted between the characters of the word converted into kanji before display and storage. It is configured as follows.

On the other hand, the CRT display 3, dictionary file 4, and document file 5 are no different from conventional ones.
It will not be detailed here. Further, the blank data generating section 6 generates the number of blank data requested by the blank insertion mode key 12 and the blank number designation key 13.

Now, we will explain the kana-kanji conversion process when the above-mentioned document ``minutes'' having one character's space between characters is created using the document creation device configured as described above. First, press the blank insertion mode key 12 and the blank number specification key 13 to set a blank space for one character to be inserted between characters. Next, the character "Gishiroku" is input using the Gana character key 11. As a result, the central processing unit 2 displays those Gana characters on the CRT display 3 as shown in FIG. As a result, the kanji "minutes" corresponding to "gishiroku" is extracted from dictionary file 4.
This kanji data and the blank data of 1 (prisoner) inputted from the blank data generation unit 6 are combined between "1" and "koto" and between "koto" and "roku". are inserted between the two and output to the CRT display 3 and document file 5.
Data reception for ``Agreement,'' ``, ``Job,'' ``, and ``Record'' is done by input.
The desired text ``minutes'' is displayed on the CRT display 3 as shown in Figure 2 (bl), and the document file 5 is displayed.
The data will be stored in .

In addition, in the above embodiment, blank data is inserted between characters at the same time as the kana-kanji conversion operation, but blank data can be automatically inserted by specifying the kanji word after the kana-kanji conversion operation. It is also possible to configure it so that it can be inserted into.

(fl) Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the document creation device of the present invention is useful in improving operability because it can very easily create sentences with spaces between characters.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram sequentially showing how texts created by this device are displayed. 1: keyboard, 2: central processing unit, 3: cRT display, 4: dictionary file, 5: document file, 6: blank data generation unit. Figure 1 Figure 2 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation device in which characters inputted from a keyboard are displayed on a display unit and stored in a storage unit, a blank space corresponding to a predetermined number of characters is automatically inserted between each character in a series of inputted characters. A document creation device characterized by being provided with means.