JPS6121570A - Sentence generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form quickly a sentence ease of reading by allowing a search means to search drawing XX and table XX in a sentence from a sentence memory and a drawing data moving means to arrange the corresponding table and figure in the same page as an explanation sentence. CONSTITUTION:In generating a sentence, when a keyboard 1 is operated and sentence data and drawing data are inputted, then each data is displayed on a display device 5 by the operation of a processor 2 and the edited and generated sentence is stored in the sentence memory 3 and a diagram and a table are stored respectively in the drawing memory 4. In such a case, a data representing the size corresponding to the diagram number is stored. In arranging figure XX and table XX in the sentence is searched by the command of the board 1 from the memory 3, the drawing/table corresponding to the command from the keyboard 1 searches characters corresponding to figure and XX character in the oscillation device, the drawing type data moving means 22 reads the corresponding figure and table are read from the memory 4 and the sentence is arranged in a page the same as an explanation sentence.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a text creation device K that is installed on a keyboard and that creates texts and figures by operating character keys, editing keys, numeric keys, etc. be.

(Prior Art) A text creation device generally inputs text data and figure data from a keyboard, edits and creates texts and figures while displaying them on a display device, stores them in memory, and outputs the stored text and figures. If you want to display a figure or table on a display device and insert a figure or table into a text that is being created as necessary, you can now set a blank area within the text and create the figure or table there. ing. However, in this case, the explanation of the figure or table in the text and the figure or table created in the blank area are created independently of each other, and there is no line of communication between the two. For this reason, when text is shifted by inserting, deleting, or moving text, or adding or deleting blank areas during text editing, the explanation of figures and tables in the text and the corresponding figures and tables are placed on different pages. However, there was a problem in that it created figures that were difficult to read and text that was difficult to read.

(The problem that the invention seeks to solve).

The present invention was made in view of the problems with conventional devices, and its purpose is to relate the explanation of a figure or table in a text to the position of the figure or table that corresponds to the explanation, and to In addition to shifting the explanatory text related to the figure or table, the present invention aims to realize a device that allows the figure or table to be automatically placed in a predetermined position, thereby quickly creating text with easy-to-read figures or tables. It is something to do.

(Means for Solving Problems) The device according to the present invention inputs text data and graphic data using a keyboard, edits and creates text and graphics while displaying them on a display device, and stores them in a memory.
This is a text creation device that displays stored texts and figures on a display device so that the texts, figures, etc. can be re-edited and re-proofreaded, and includes a text memory for storing text data and a figure memory for storing figure data. Then, there is one figure XX” or one table Xx' in the text-data stored in the text memory.
A means to search for the characters (XX indicates a number), and a means to read the graphical data corresponding to the corresponding number of the figure or table searched by this shortcut means and place this graphical data in the same page as the text data. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with means for moving graphic data for arranging.

(Function) With this configuration, the device of the present invention allows the search means to search for "Figure XXJ or [[
The text memory is searched for the characters in table XXJfi, and the graphic data transfer means reads out the corresponding figure or table from the graphic memory and places it on the same page as the explanatory text.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an example of a device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is text data.

Input of Graphic Data 1. A keyboard for issuing instructions such as insertion, correction, deletion, etc. of sentences; 2, a text memory 5 in which the keyboard is stored; and a graphic memory 4 in which graphic data to be inserted into a document is stored. They are connected to each other, and are also connected to a display device 5 for displaying text data and graphic data input from the keyboard 1, various data stored in each memory, and the like. As the display device 5, a CRT or a liquid crystal display device is used.''6 is an output device such as a printer that outputs the created sentences and figures on paper.

In the processor 2, 21 indicates 1 figure XX'' or 1 table XX in the text data stored in the text memory 3.
A search means 22 searches for the character ty-" (XX indicates a number), and 22 searches the figure data corresponding to the corresponding number (figure number) of the figure or table searched by the search means 21 from the figure memory 4. Read 1 This is a figure data moving means that moves this figure amount. Each of these means is shown as a functional block, but
This is actually accomplished by a program.

゛The operation of the device configured in this way will be explained next.

1. Editing the text 2. To start the process, the keyboard 1 is operated to input text data and graphic data. Each data inputted from the keyboard 1 is displayed on the display device 5 according to the operation of the processor 2, and edited and created sentences are stored in the text memory 3, and figures, tables, etc. are stored in the figure memory 4. . Here, in the graphic memory 4, data indicating the thickness of the figure or table is also stored at the same time in correspondence with the figure number of the figure or table.

The automatic placement operation of drawings and tables is performed by the search means 21 in the processor 2 according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
and the graphic data moving means 22.

That is, 'fzu,? - The search means 21 sequentially searches backwards from the beginning of the text memory 3 for characters in 1 figure XX'' or 1 table XX1 (step 1). Inside, 1 figure XX- or 1 table x
It is determined whether or not the character x' is found, and if it is found, in step 5, the graphic data moving means 22 allocates the figure or table with the corresponding number so that it is placed on the same page. This layout is arranged in the order of discovery, for example, upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right of the page. Here, for the page size, 1 figure 1 or 1 table 1
The size of the explanatory text may be large, or the explanatory text and the diagram related to the explanatory text may be on the same page. In this case, for example, an operation signal from the keyboard 1 may cause This will force a page break and remove the explanatory text and figure on the next page, or place the figure on the next page.

Next, in step 4, it is determined whether the search is completed, and if the search is not completed, the process returns to step 1 and the same operation is repeated. Further, such an operation is performed in the same manner when the explanatory text is shifted due to insertion or addition of text during text editing.

In addition, in the above explanation, the case where the explanatory text and related figures or tables are placed on the same page was exemplified, but multi-column
When creating text, explanatory text and figures can be placed in the same column using a similar method.

(Effects of the Present Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, an explanatory text and a figure or table related to the explanatory text are automatically arranged on the same page or in the same column, and easy-to-read texts can be created quickly. It is possible to realize a text creation device that can perform the following tasks.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of its operation. 1...Keyboard, 2...Prosep, 21...
length means, 22... figure data moving means, 3...
Text memory, 4... Graphic memory, 5... Display device. Chest 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Text data and graphic data are entered from the keyboard, and while these data are displayed on the display device, the text and figures are edited and created, and stored in memory to create text with figures and tables. The text creation device includes a text memory for storing text data, a graphic memory for storing graphic data, and a "diagram XX" or "table XX" from among the text data stored in the text memory.
A means for searching for the characters (XX represents a number), and reading graphic data corresponding to the corresponding figure number of the figure or table searched by this search means from the graphic memory, and making the graphic data the same as the text data. 1. A text creation device comprising: means for moving graphical data to be arranged on a page or in the same column.