JPS61145679A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize a character string range designated by a user without fail by installing a character string designating means and displaying the half of the lower part of respective character displays constitute different from the present display attribute. CONSTITUTION:A user inputs a command for which the designation of the character string is necessary, through an input means 10, continuously, designates a character string by means of a character string designating means 13, and then, a document editing means 11 outputs the range of the designated character string and the display changing command to a display means 12. The means 12 decides the display character by the command, and thereafter, if the display attribute is a usual display, the display of the half of the lower part is changed to the inverting display, and if the display attribute is the inverting display, the display of the half of the lower part of the character is changed to the usual display. The processing is executed concerning all designated characters, and finally completed and decided. By executing such a display, the user can recognize the character string range designated by the user without fail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention in the field of industrial application relates to a document editing device for creating and editing documents.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of computer technology, document editing devices that can easily create and edit documents have become popular.

An example of the above-mentioned conventional document editing device will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is an external view of a conventional document editing device. In FIG. 4, 40 is a keyboard for inputting characters and commands, 41 to 46 are parts of the keys installed on the keyboard 4o, 41 is a delete command key, 42 to 46 are cursor movement keys, and 46 is a keyboard for inputting characters and commands. This is a CRT display device for displaying editing results. The user uses the keyboard 40 to input characters and input necessary commands such as deletion and insertion into the document editing device. When editing is executed according to the input characters and commands, the results are sequentially displayed on the CRT display device 46. For example, when deleting a certain character string, the user first inputs a deletion command using the deletion command key 41, and then specifies the range of deletion using the cursor movement keys 42-45. For example, there is a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 13771/1983 to allow the user to confirm the range of a specified character string. As shown in FIG. 6, this allows the user to confirm the range by displaying the first and last characters of a specified character string in reverse video. FIG. 6 is an example of a display on the CRT display device 46 of a conventional document editing device, in which the user specifies the character string “Document editing device” and the first and last characters are “Sent” and “Setting”. is displayed inverted (in the figure, the inverted display is indicated by surrounding it with a rectangle).

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, when the range of a character string is displayed in the above manner, there is a problem in that the range is not clear because it can be confused with other reversely displayed characters.

Furthermore, even if there are no other characters that are highlighted, it is still difficult to understand the range of a long character string if only the beginning and end are clearly specified.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use document editing device that clearly indicates to a user the character string specified by the user and makes its range clear.

Regarding the display of means for solving problems, the lower half thereof is displayed with a display attribute different from the current display attribute.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention displays all the characters constituting the character string specified by the user using different display attributes in the upper and lower halves, and displays other characters in the upper and lower halves. Since they are displayed with the same display attributes, there is no confusion between the specified character string and other characters, and the specified character string is clearly presented to the user.

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document editing device in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is an input means for inputting characters and commands, 11 is a document editing means for editing a document according to the input from the input means 1o, and 12 is the editing result of the document editing means 11. 13 is a character string indicating means for indicating a character string in the document.

The operation of the document editing apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below. When the user inputs a command requiring the specification of a character string using the input means 1o, the document editing means 11 waits for the user to specify a character string using the character string instruction means 13. When the user specifies a character string using the character string specifying means 13, the document editing means 1
1 outputs the specified character string range and display change command to the display means 12. When the display means 12 receives the specified character string range and display change command, it changes the display according to the processing flow shown in FIG. That is, it is sequentially determined in step 20 whether each displayed character is a character constituting the specified character string;
If so, the current display attribute of that character is checked in step 21. If the current display attribute is normal display, step 2
In Step 2, change the display of the lower half of the determined character to reverse display, and if the current display attribute is reverse display, step 23
The display of the lower half of the determined character is changed to normal display. The above process is performed for all displayed characters, and in step 24 it is determined whether the process is complete or not. For example, the third
In the display state shown in Figure (a), if the user specifies the character string "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.", the display will change as shown in Figure 3 (
b) (The area surrounded by a rectangle in FIG. 3 is the highlighted portion).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user does not confuse the character string he or she has designated with other characters, and therefore can clearly know the range of the character string he or she has designated.

In this embodiment, an example has been explained in which there are two types of display attributes, normal display and reversed display, but this can be done by using other display attributes such as display with changed brightness or blink display. Good too.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention includes an input means for inputting characters and commands, a document editing means for editing a document based on the characters and commands input by the input means, A display means for displaying the contents of the document edited by the document editing means, and a character string instruction means for indicating a character string in the document when editing by the document editing means, and the character string instruction means Since the lower half of the display of each character constituting the specified character string is displayed on the display means with a display attribute different from the current display salience of each character, the user can This eliminates confusion between the specified character string and other characters, and provides the excellent effect of being able to reliably know the range of the specified character string.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of a display means according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
b) is a diagram for explaining how a character string specified by a user is displayed in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an external view of a conventional document editing device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating one method in which a range of character strings designated by a user is presented to the user in a conventional document editing device. 10... Input means, 11... Document editing means, 12... Display means, 13... Character string instruction means, 4o... Keyboard, 41...
. . . Delete command key, 42-46 . . . Cursor movement key, 46. River . . . CRTfi display device. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person
2 Cause Figure 3 (aJ Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input means for inputting characters and commands, a document editing means for editing a document based on the characters and commands input by the input means, and a display means for displaying the contents of the document edited by the document editing means. and a character string specifying means for specifying a character string in the document when editing with the text editing means, the lower half of the display of each character constituting the character string specified by the character string specifying means. is displayed on the display means with a display attribute different from the current display attribute of each character.