JPS61175761A - Recording form converting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select a conversion mode in response to the purpose of application of document information and to convert the selected mode to a desired recording form, by supplying selectively only a specific code of the document information to a deletion means and a conversion means and converting the recording form. CONSTITUTION:A flexible disk recorded on a recording form A is set to an FD of the source side; while a flexible disk to be written in a recording form set after conversion is set to an FD of the other side. Then a replacement mode for conversion into a recording form B or a deletion mode for conversion into a recording form C is designated. Then coincidence is checked between a read-out character code and an input code within a TBL3a in a RAM3. when the coincidence is obtained, the input code is converted into an output code of the TBL3a in response to a designated mode. Otherwise the character code is read out with nothing done and converted into the data on the recording form B or C.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention provides a recording format conversion method that can obtain compatibility between document information in different recording formats, for example, document information created with electronic typewriters, word processors, etc. Regarding.

[Prior Art] In order to obtain document compatibility between document processing devices with different recording formats, a processing device that converts the recording format of sentences according to specific rules is required. Conventionally, in this type of device, when converting document information recorded in a first recording format to a second recording format, 1. Performs conversion processing from the first recording format to a function code compatible with the second recording format, and if standard functions such as spaces and carriage return codes are common to both formats, they will be converted as they are. It had been sent out.

Here, the first recording format is the final format, that is, the document creation device inserts software space codes and return codes in the editing process based on input information from input means such as a keyboard, and converts the already edited format into a final format. In this case, if this soft space code and return code are simply converted into a space return code that is the same as the input information and sent to the second recording format, the document print image of the first recording format can be realized in the second recording format. can do. However, if it becomes necessary to edit the document information after converting to the second recording format, the software space return code inserted during the editing process in the first recording format will be changed to the normal space return code. It has been converted into a code, so it cannot be distinguished from other space return codes when editing, and even if you change the left and right margins, it is difficult to re-edit to a new format.

[Objective] The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and provides a recording format conversion method that allows converting document information to be arbitrarily converted to the desired recording format by selecting a conversion mode depending on the purpose of use of the converted document information. The purpose is to make suggestions.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) which is in charge of the main control of this embodiment, via a system bus.

Controls each component that is connected to each other and will be described later. Reference numeral 2 indicates a read-only memory (ROM) used as a control memory for storing CPU processing procedures, and a 3gf random access memory (RAM), which is used as a work memory for temporary storage of programs and various data. The RAM 3 also includes a conversion table (TBL) 3a, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 4 indicates a CRT for displaying data such as text and specifying character processing positions using a cursor; 5a and 5b are external memories (hereinafter referred to as FD) consisting of flexible disk devices for storing and storing created and edited texts, etc.; Reference numeral 6 denotes a keyboard (hereinafter referred to as KB) on which various keys for giving instructions to the CPUI are arranged. 7 is a VRAM that holds display data to be displayed on the CRT 4, 8 is a CRT controller (hereinafter referred to as CRTC) that controls the display of the CRT 4, and 9 is a control device for the FD 5! (hereinafter referred to as FDC), l
O is a keyboard controller (hereinafter referred to as KB) that controls KH2.

Currently, document recording format A is recorded on floppy disks.
and document recording format B, it is not possible to read and process both with the same document processing device as is.To achieve this, as shown in Figure 2, a floppy disk FA of recording format A and a recording format It is necessary to convert the data into a B floppy disk FB or a recording format C floppy disk FC.

Hereinafter, differences in recorded data according to each recording format with respect to the output format shown in FIG. 3 will be explained.

In FIG. 3, LF indicates the left margin position and RM indicates the right margin position, and the word is output (indented) at the center of the LF and RM.

Recording format C corresponds to the text character code input by the operator from KH2 without any processing, and the details of the actual recorded data according to this recording format C are shown in FIG.

Next, recording format A (final format) has already been edited by the document creation device, and software spaces and return codes are inserted into the document information according to the margin settings etc. at the time of document creation, and this editing is done at the time of printing. This is a recording format in which data is recorded in accordance with the format A, and details of actual recorded data according to this recording format A are shown in FIG.

In the figure, 51 is a soft space inserted during editing, 52 is a space input from a keyboard, etc., 53 is a soft return inserted during editing, and 54 is a return input from a keyboard, etc. This recording format A is a recording format subjected to IJ4'J by a document processing device that does not have a left margin function or a right margin function.

Also, recording format B is a recording format that is the same as the output format shown in Figure 3, and there are no special codes such as soft spaces and soft returns. This is the recording format converted to .

The operation of this embodiment for converting from recording format A to recording format B or C in recording formats having one or more configurations will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, wait for a key input from KH2 at Sl, and when the key is input, proceed to 32 to check whether the recording format conversion key was manually input. If the recording format conversion key is not manually operated, the processing corresponding to the key is executed, and if the recording format conversion key is manually operated, the process proceeds to S3, and the recording format to be converted, that is, recording format A, is recorded on the source side FD. Check whether a flexible disk is set. The FD on the source side may be either 5a or 5b, and can be set to either one in advance.

If the flexible disk is not set, an instruction to insert and set the disk is given in S4, and the process returns to S3. If the disk is set here, the process advances to S5, where it is checked whether or not a flexible disk to be written in the converted recording format is set on the other FD, and if it is not set, S5 is performed.
Step 6 instructs to insert the disk into the FD. When the disc is set, the process proceeds to step 57, where it is checked whether the conversion mode is either a replacement mode for converting to recording format B or a deletion mode for converting to recording format C. If so, the process advances to S8, and an instruction is given to input the conversion mode. If an instruction is input, the process advances to 59.

The above designations of the FD and conversion mode are displayed on the display screen of the CRT 4 and are controlled to prompt input from the KH 2 in a conversational manner.

In S9, data to be converted with a constant μ is read from the source side FD and written to the buffer in the RAM 3.

Then, in S10, the character code for one character is read from the buffer in RAM3, and it is checked whether the character code read out in SLL matches the input code in TBL3a in RAM3, and if it does not match, it is converted. Since there is no need to perform this, the process proceeds to step 314. Details of this TBL3 are shown in FIG.

In the figure, 81 indicates an input code before conversion, and 82 indicates an output code to be converted.

When it matches the input code in SLL, it advances to S12, checks whether the conversion mode is deletion mode or not, and if it is deletion mode, returns to SIO without doing anything to delete the code, and reads the next character from the next read buffer. The code is read. If the mode is not the deletion mode but the replacement mode, the process advances to S13 and the input code is converted into the output code of TBL3a. Then, in S14, this conversion code is written to the write buffer of RAM3, and in S15, it is checked whether the conversion process for the data read in S9 has been completed, and if it has not been completed, the process returns to S10, and if it has been completed, the process returns to S10. S16
The converted data in the write buffer is written to the flexible disk, and in S17 it is checked whether all conversion processing has been completed. If not, the process returns to S9 and the next data to be converted is written from the source FD. If the process has been completed, the conversion process ends.

Through the above processing, the data shown in Figure 5 in recording format A is converted to data in recording format C shown in Figure 4 when in deletion mode, and to data in recording format B shown in Figure 6 when in replacement mode. be done.

Examples of the case where the data shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are output (displayed or printed) using other document processing devices with different right margins and left margins are shown in FIGS. 9(A) and 9(B).
Shown below.

Figure 9 (A) is an example of outputting the data shown in Figure 4 for recording format 0 converted in delete mode, and Figure 9 (B) is shown in Figure 6 for recording format B converted in replacement mode. This is an example of outputting data.

In FIG. 9 CB), it is possible to output according to the output format before conversion shown in FIG. 3.

In addition, since the data converted in delete mode is the data that was actually input, even when re-editing with another document processing device, the editing process can be performed properly without adding any unnecessary parts and without any problems. .

Furthermore, in the above description, only soft returns and soft spaces are subject to conversion, but any character code can be subject to conversion simply by writing to TB3b.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording format conversion method that allows selective conversion to the optimal recording format depending on the purpose of use when converting the recording format.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing recording format conversion in this embodiment. Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of output data of a document processing device using the recording format before conversion, Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration in recording format C, and Figure 5 is an example of the data configuration in recording format A. , FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in recording format B, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the recording format conversion process of this embodiment, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of the arrangement of this embodiment, Figure 9 (A),
CB) is a diagram showing an example of data output after recording format conversion according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 1...Microprocessor CPU, 2...Read-only memory ROM, 3...Random access memory RAM, 3b...TBL, 4...Display device CR
T, 5...External storage device FD, 6...Keyboard K
B, 7... Video RAM, 8... Display control device CR
TC19...External storage device controller, 1o...
Keyho 1' controller, 11... system S
It is B. 1 Figures 58-11 Figure 2 Figure 3 964°0 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 8

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) a detection means for detecting a specific code in document information recorded in a first recording format, a deletion means for deleting the specific code detected by the detection means, and the specific code detected by the detection means and a selection means for selecting either the deletion means or the conversion means, and the selection means selects only the specific code of the document information recorded in the first recording format. A recording format conversion method characterized by converting into a second recording format by replacing it with the output of the selected deletion means or conversion means. (2) The recording format conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the specific code is an additional code added at the time of document editing.