JPS61211769A - Integrally forming system for external character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the burden of an operator and to shorten a forming operation time by designating the number of characters in the longitudinal direction and the number of characters in the lateral direction in an external character mode, displaying an external character forming area corresponding to it, and forming plural external characters integrally. CONSTITUTION:When inserting a trademark in an inputting document, a cursor moved to a head position in which the trademark is to be written, and an external character forming mode key 1a is pressed. A processing section 8 stores it in an address register 8a corresponding to the cursor position of a document memory 5, displays an external character forming menu on a CR display 2. Then, the integrally forming mode 2 is selected, an executing key 1b is pressed. When a start external character code and the numbers of characters in the longitudinal direction and characters in the lateral direction of the trademark are designated, an external character forming area 9 is displayed and the designated data is respectively stored in registers 8b-8d. When inputting a dot data constituting the trademark, it is written in a VRAM 4, and the trademark is formed in the external character forming area 9. Then, when pressing down the executing key 1b, the trademark is displayed on a display area 10 on the image plane of the CRT 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a method for creating custom characters in a document creation device.

(b) Many conventional technical document creation devices have a function to create external characters, but the word processor "Japan J 5WP-1000,
As disclosed on pages 115 to 116 of the T Verification Manual, custom characters have conventionally been created for each character separately.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In general, trademarks, marks, etc. are composed of a plurality of external characters, and in order to create these characters, it is necessary to match adjacent dot elements. However, in the conventional technology, since each external character had to be created separately, the burden on the operator to match the dot elements was extremely heavy, and the time required for creation was therefore long. .

B.) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a document processing device that is equipped with an input device and a display device and is capable of creating custom characters. means for displaying a specification field on the display device for specifying the number of characters in the vertical direction and the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the external characters to be created in a batch, and after specifying the number of characters from the input device, The present invention is constructed by providing an i-stage for displaying a custom character creation area corresponding to the number of characters entered on the display device.

(E) Function In the present invention, when the number of characters in the vertical direction and the number of characters in the horizontal direction are specified in the custom character creation mode, the custom character creation area corresponding to the specified number of characters is displayed on the display device. This makes it possible to create multiple external characters at once.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention (11 is a custom character creation mode key (11) for instructing creation of custom characters.
a) and a keyboard with an execution key (lb); (2)
is a CRT display as a display device, t3+ is a display control unit, (4) is a VRAM that stores display data, and (5) is a CRT display as a display device.
) is a document memo! Ji61 has a storage area corresponding to each private character code, and a private character memo IJ for storing dot patterns of private characters. (71 is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device, and (8) is a processing section.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of this embodiment;
Figures 3 (a) to 3) are explanatory diagrams showing display examples. 3. The non-implemented ρ operation will be explained below.

Assume that while inputting a document using the keyboard (1), it becomes necessary to include a certain trademark in the document. In this case, the operator first moves the cursor to the top position where the trademark is to be written, as shown in FIG. 3(a), and then presses the external character creation mode key (la). Then,
The processing unit (8) stores the address corresponding to the cursor position in the document memory (5) in the register (8a), and
A custom character creation menu as shown in FIG. 3 (b) is displayed on the screen of the CRT display (2).

Therefore, to select the batch creation mode, move the cursor to the number "2" and press the execution key (1b). The screen will change, and as shown in Figure 3 (c), you will be able to select the trademark to be created. A specification field for specifying the starting position, that is, the starting custom character code at the top left, and the number of characters in the vertical direction and the number of characters in the horizontal direction of the trademark to be created.
displayed on the screen.

For example, if you specify r 1004 J as the starting external character code, ``2'' as the number of vertical characters, and ``4'' as the number of horizontal characters, one screen will be further switched, and as shown in Figure 3), the specified number of characters, that is, 8 A rectangular custom character creation area (9) corresponding to the characters' worth of custom characters is displayed. This private character creation area (9) is composed of a plurality of consecutive private character input areas, and each private character input area is made up of a matrix of 24×24 dots. Further, each designated data is stored in registers (8b) to (8d), respectively.

Therefore, by operating the keyboard (11 cursor keys and control keys) and inputting the dot data that makes up the trademark, this dot data is written to the VRAM, +41, and the trademark is written in the external character creation area (9) on the screen. At the same time, the input dot data is sequentially written to the address corresponding to the specified custom character creation area (9) of the custom character memory (6). 6) is configured to store 100 characters worth of custom characters, and each storage area has a custom character code rl O00J~r.
l If it corresponds to O99J, according to the above specification,
The dot data that makes up the trademark has the external character code rlo04.
It is written to the storage area corresponding to J to "1O11".

When creating a trademark, even if the trademark is composed of a plurality of external characters, these external characters can be created all at once, making it easier to create a trademark such as aligning adjacent dots and overall layout.

In this way, we finish creating the trademark and run the execution key (l
When b) is pressed, the processing unit (8) stores the document memory (5).
The address where you want to write the trademark, i.e., Figure 3 (a)
The document memory (5
) address, the external character code r that constitutes the created trademark.
Lo04J to r1011J are stored in registers (8a) to (
8d] based on the address and number of characters stored.

When the writing of the custom character code is finished, the processing unit (8) returns the screen to the document creation mode before the custom character creation mode, and stores the corresponding custom character pattern in the custom character memory (6).
is read from the VRAM (41) via the display control unit (3).
Write to. Therefore, in the display area (10) of Figure 3 (A) of the 5CR,T screen, the created trademarks 1 to 1 are displayed.

After creating a custom character, if the user instructs to register the custom character from the keyboard (1), the created custom character will be registered in the custom character file in the external storage device (7).

By the way, when you select the -character creation mode in the external character creation menu, the address of the cursor position is memorized as in the batch creation mode, and the following processing is the same as before.
- It becomes possible to create external characters in character units. Since the content of this process is already well known, the details will be omitted. After the custom character is created, the custom character code of the created custom character is written to the stored address in the document memory (5), and the process ends.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, multiple external characters can be created at once, so it is difficult for the operator to express external characters such as trademarks and marks in text. This will reduce the burden on users and allow them to complete the creation work in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the present invention, and Figure 3 (
b) to b) are explanatory diagrams showing display examples. Explanation of main figure numbers (II...keyboard, (2)...CRT display, (5)...document memory, (6)...external character memory, (8)...processing unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a document processing device that is equipped with an input device and a display device and is capable of creating custom characters, an instruction means for instructing the creation of custom characters, and when the instruction means enters the custom character creation mode, the custom characters to be created in a batch. means for displaying on the display device a specification field for specifying the number of characters in the vertical direction and the number of characters in the horizontal direction, and after specifying the number of characters from the input device,
What is claimed is: 1. A method for collectively creating custom characters, comprising means for displaying a custom character creation area corresponding to a designated number of characters on the display device, thereby making it possible to create a plurality of custom characters at once.