JPS61286923A - Document forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stop printing temporarily at an optional line on the way of printing and to set up and change the printing format optionally after stopping the printing by forming a printing stop line retrieving means, a printing stop controlling means and a document format setting means. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 11 retrieves a line position in which 'printing stop' is set up on the basis of line modifying information in a line property buffer. After finding out the number of lines to be printed, the CPU 11 executes printing processing up to a line position to be printed on the basis of the information of a printing information holding part formed in a RAM 14. When the printing is stopped at the line position in which 'printing stop' is set up, a printing menu is displayed again, so that the printing format after the stopped line can be changed. Thus, printing can be temporarily stopped at an optional line on the way of printing and the printing format after stopping the printing can be optionally set up and changed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of invention] The present invention relates to a document creation device having a line modification function.

C. Technical background of the invention and its problems Conventionally, document creation devices such as Japanese word processors have used a CRT display as a document display mechanism and an external storage such as a floppy disk device as a document file mechanism. As a result, the equipment configuration became larger and the price was higher. However, in recent years, various innovations and improvements have been made, such as using an LCD (liquid crystal display) for the display mechanism and a CMT (cassette magnetic tape device) for the document file mechanism, and small, lightweight, and low-cost devices have been realized. It has come to pass.

In such low-cost and compact document creation devices, for example, there are major constraints on the display screen size of the LCD that serves as the input mechanism, and it is necessary to use a small screen size of 1 to 2 lines and 10 characters. things are used.

In a low-cost and compact document creation device that is limited by its input and output mechanisms, it is important to make effective use of its input and output mechanisms to create highly functional, multifunctional, and easy-to-use devices. The big question is whether to realize the device.

For example, conventional low-cost and compact document creation devices of this type with a small number of display character digits do not have a function that can temporarily stop printing at an arbitrary line during printing.

For this reason, in the past, for example, when an operator wants to change the print format in the middle of printing, or when the operator wants to change the print ribbon color and print colors from a line position that is halfway through printing, or when the operator wants to print colors from a line position that is halfway through printing, When you want to shift the position, or because the number of characters that can be displayed at one time is severely restricted, you want to type out a part of the document and check or refer to it, and you can easily do this with a simple operation. I couldn't do it.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is a low-cost and compact document creation device with a small number of displayed character digits, which does not require complicated operations and can be used to print documents in the middle of printing. It is possible to temporarily stop printing at any line, and to change the printing format after that line, allowing the operator to intervene in the print operation at any line position during printing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that can easily perform various types of document creation, such as partial printing of line-specified document areas that cannot be displayed at once on a display unit, color printing, multi-column printing, etc. shall be.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides a line attribute setting means for setting an attribute including a print stop instruction for each line of a document, and storing attribute information set by this means in association with the line of the document. a line attribute storage unit; a print stop line search unit that searches for print stop instruction information in the line attribute storage unit in response to an instruction to print the document; and stop printing at the line position searched by the print stop line search unit. a print stop control means for restarting printing from a line position next to the print stop line upon receiving an instruction to print a document again after the print stop control means stops printing; a document format setting means for setting a document print format for lines subsequent to the line following the stop line when printing is stopped by the means; and a document format setting means for setting a document print format for lines subsequent to the line following the stop line according to the document print format set by the document format setting means. and means for selectively printing a portion of an arbitrary area of an output target document up to a designated line position when printing a document, and selectively printing a print form for subsequent printed documents at each middle column stop line position. This allows you to temporarily stop printing at any line in the middle of printing a document without the need for complicated operations, and also allows you to change the printing format after that line. This allows the operator to intervene in the print operation at any line position during printing, allowing for example printing of parts of a line specified document area that cannot be displayed at once on the display, color printing, multi-column printing, etc. This makes it easy to create a wide variety of documents, such as set printing.

[Embodiments of the invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a keyboard (KB), a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device serving as external storage, a liquid crystal display (LCD),
The input/output l1I111 circuits that control the input/output of each mechanical unit such as a serial printer (PRT) are connected to ilJ.
The processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire device
), furthermore, it is a large-scale integrated circuit device integrated into a single chip with an internal storage section consisting of ROM and RAM that has a dictionary area, character font area, program area, etc., and the actual device has a terminal structure of 100 bins. It is realized based on the semiconductor integrated circuit technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204455, Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204456, Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204462, etc.

Hereinafter, this large-scale integrated circuit device will be referred to as superintegration or SI.

11 to 19 are internal components of the above 5IIO, respectively. Of these, 11 is the CPU that controls the entire device, and in addition to processing such as key manual recognition, kana-kanji conversion, and proofreading of documents, it also performs character modification on a line-by-line basis according to line attribute information, and print stop control. Executes line modification processing including

In the actual machine, this CPU 11 has a logical structure equivalent to Z80.

The figure also shows external buses connected to the internal system bus of the 5110, connection terminals, and even S! Logic such as a counter/timer provided inside 10 is omitted from the illustration.

12 to 18 are 5IIO internal components connected to the internal system bus of the CPU 11, respectively.

Of these, 12 are peripheral control circuits (bidirectional interface circuits), and one port of the three ports is used to output keyboard scan data (4 bits) and cassette write data (1 pit), and the other One port inputs the keyboard return signal (8 bits)
used for. This peripheral control circuit is hereinafter referred to as PPI. In the actual machine, this PP112 has a logical structure equivalent to 8255.

13 is a decoder (DC) that receives the keyboard scan data output (4 pits) from the PP 112, decodes the data, and sends it to the keyboard as 9 types of scan signals.
E).

14 is a RAM, in which a document buffer area, line modification information area, external character pattern area, provisional dictionary area, etc. are secured, and a line image buffer (D-BUF) 1
40 areas are secured, the details of which will be described later with reference to the memory map shown in FIG.

15 is a ROM, in which system programs,
Dictionaries, character fonts including English fonts, conversion tables, messages on multiple screens, etc. are stored.

16 is a cassette interface circuit (CMT-INTF) which performs read/write control of a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device serving as an external storage under the control of the CPU It; Before starting writing, the reader outputs all "1" data for about 10 seconds, and then outputs bit serial cassette write data (line modification area data/document area data/external character pattern area) from the PP112. data/H-phrase registration am data/temporary dictionary area data, etc.), and then outputs all "O" data for about 2 seconds as a trailer section.

17LtLCDliilJIllI circuit (LCDC) F
a5, the row image buffer 140 provided in the RAM 14 is accessed and LCD display data is output.

18 is a printer controller (PRTC),
Print image data is output via RAM 14 under the control of IJ if.

A clock generator (CG) 19 receives a basic clock output from an external oscillator C08G>20 and outputs a predetermined frequency-divided clock, timing signal, etc.

20 is an oscillator (O20) that generates a basic clock and supplies it to the clock generator 19 inside 8IIO, 30 is a keyboard (KB) connected to the PP112 and decoder 13 inside the same <8IIO, and 40 is capable of recording write data. A D/A converter that converts into an analog signal and A that converts the reproduced analog signal into a digital signal.
3 through a CMT adapter 41 having a /D converter.
110 is a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device connected to the cassette interface circuit 16 inside; 50 is an LCD driver (L
CD-DRV) Internal TS110 via 51e (7) LCD
A liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LC) connected to the control circuit 11
60 is a serial printer connected to the same printer controller 18.

Here, as shown in Figure 5, the display size of the LC050 is set to 1 line x 10 digits (1 digit; 24 x 24 dots), of which 9 digits excluding the rightmost digit are used as actual character display digits, and the rightmost digit One digit is used to indicate the shift mode. Further, at the bottom of each digit, there is provided a guide display section consisting of a small number of dots (8 x 24 dots) including a line modification indicator for indicating the presence or absence of line modification. Furthermore, the serial printer 60 enables forward/reverse paper feed control, and when printing a line for which a reverse line feed (line feed B/line feed O (enlarged characters only)) is set in the line modification setting described later. Then, feed the paper in the opposite direction.

FIG. 2 is a memory map of the RAM 14 shown in FIG.
, a document buffer 14 that stores document information (character code string)
1. For each line of the document stored in the document buffer 141, check whether or not to stop printing, as well as character spacing, line pitch,
A line attribute buffer 142 that stores various line modification information such as character size, rotation/italics, and outline designation, a custom character pattern buffer 143 that stores registered custom character patterns, a provisional dictionary area, a control information area, a phrase registration area, etc. will be provided. Here, 3888 bytes (54 x 72 bytes) are allocated to the line image buffer 140, and the document buffer 14
Allocate 3200 bytes (1600 characters x 2 bytes) to line attribute buffer 142, allocate 198 bytes (99 lines x 2 bytes) to line attribute buffer 142, and assign external character pattern buffer 14
3 is allocated 216 bytes (3 characters x 72 bytes).

FIG. 3 shows the structure and contents of the row modification information stored in the row attribute buffer 142 shown in FIG. 2 above.
Here, one pit ("1"; stop cloth / "O°: no stop") is assigned to the presence or absence of a stop for the mark i, and two bits ("00", two characters [0 (0 dot) to "11": Character spacing of 3 (12 dots)) is assigned, and the line pitch is set to 4 pits ("
1111″: Line feed B (line feed amount; -8 inches/120),
“oooo”: 0 line breaks (line break amount: 0 inch/120)
, “'0001”: Line feed H (line feed amount; +8 inches/12
o), “0010”: Line feed K (line feed amount; +16 inch/
120), “0011”; Line feed E (Line feed amount: +20 inches/120), “0100”; Line feed 1 (Line feed amount; +30
inch/120) ~ “”oil”; line feed 4 (line feed amount;
+60 inches/120)) and set the font size to 4 pits (00o1"; size 1 (24X24 dots) ~ "
1001"; size 9 (576 x 576 dots)), and 3 bits for rotation/slant ("000'": no rotation/slant designation, "0011": rotation 1 (90°), °"01").
0”; rotation 2 (igoo), “011”; rotation 3 (2
γ0°), "100": italic designation), and 1 bit ("1": present/"0": absent) is assigned to indicate the presence or absence of white outline.

Figures 4 (a) to (i) show each selection screen (line decoration setting menu screen) when setting the above line decoration and the order of screen switching operations. Switch the screen using the cursor keys, and move horizontally (left/
The configuration is such that items can be selected (designation of selected items using the cursor) by operating the cursor keys (right).

On the actual machine, switching the display to this line modification screen is done by [
The command for the line modification display mode is input by pressing the [W/-/-/II] key while pressing the [Function] key.To simplify the explanation, here, we will use the above-mentioned line modifications. The combination key operation for indicating the display mode is simply called the [line modification] key operation. Also, when setting the above line modification, by updating the selection screen using the up/down cursor keys, it is possible to indicate that the item selection on the selection screen before the update has been completed (the item at the cursor position has been selected). The line decoration information is written to the line attribute buffer 142, assuming that the line decoration setting has been completed by pressing the [Select/Execute] key. In addition, in the above line modification display mode, if it is not selected, it is in the selected state set by formatting or the state set by full text deletion (for example, the cursor (diagonal line) position state shown in the figure). Each setting value at this time is referred to as a row modification standard value.

FIG. 5 shows the display screen structure of the above-mentioned L CD 50. Here, the display size is 1 line x 10 digits (1 digit: 24 x
Of these, nine digits excluding the rightmost digit are used as actual character display digits, and one rightmost digit is used for shift mode display. Furthermore, a guide display section consisting of a small number of dots (8 x 24 dots) is provided at the bottom of each digit.
For the character string displayed in the character display column, the presence or absence of line modification (when the line is modified, [---] is displayed), line, digit, number of characters in one line, etc. are displayed. The mechanism unit that displays the presence or absence of line modification is referred to herein as a line modification indicator. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned guide display section, there is a battery consumption indicator (in this case, a row modification indicator) that displays the consumption status of the battery that is the operating power source of the device at a specific digit position (first digit in the figure) different from the row modification indicator. The same mark) will be provided.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the display control flow of the line modification indicator. The "row modification standard value" shown here is as described above, and its explanation will be omitted here.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the print processing flow when "print stop" is set in the line modification settings. still,
On the actual machine, document printing instructions are entered by pressing the [-/\/≧/...] key while holding down the [Function] key. Here, to simplify the explanation, the above-described combination key operation for instructing document printing will be simply referred to as the [41 in document] key operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the print menu shown in FIG. 7, and a similar menu is displayed even when printing is stopped at the line position of "Printing Stopped". here,
Using the same cursor key operations as when setting line decorations above, select "Vertical/Horizontal writing", "Left margin", "Japanese font (24x2
4 dots)/English font (18 horizontal dots, 24 vertical dots)
etc. can be set.

FIGS. 9(a) to 9(e) are diagrams showing various character forms set by the line modification/setting means, respectively. In the figure, U indicates the character li1 interval, and ■ indicates the line pitch.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the recording format of the data recorder 40 using the above audio cassette magnetic tape device. Under the control of the cassette interface circuit 16 in the above 8110, at the time of data writing, prior to the start of writing, All "1" data is written for about 10 seconds as a reader section, and then bit serial cassette write data (line modification information/
Document information/external character patterns/registered words/phrases/temporary dictionary, etc.) are written, and then all "O" is written for about 2 seconds as a trailer section.
” data is written.

Here, the operation of one embodiment will be explained with reference to the above figures.

When inputting a sentence containing kanji, the key input signal from the keyboard 30 is converted into kana and kanji under the control of the CPU 11 in the 8110, and is stored in the document buffer 141 in the RAM 14. At this time, the CPU 11 uses P
via P112 and further via the decoder 13 to the keyboard 3.
0, and output the return signal to PP1.
12 to perform key discrimination and generate a key code. Furthermore, the dictionary in ROM15 and furthermore RAM1 are used for the designated part of kana and kanji inputted manually based on the same key code.
After indexing the provisional dictionary etc. in 4 and performing kana-kanji conversion processing,
The input character code string including the converted Kanji code is stored in the document buffer 141.

During the above-described document input, the input characters stored in the document buffer 141 are sequentially developed into patterns on the line image buffer 140 under the control of the CP LJ 11.
Display control of the CD control circuit 17 and furthermore, the LCD driver 5
With a display drive of 1, a maximum of 9 digits are displayed on the LCD 5G.

The already inputted document thus input can be arbitrarily displayed as a character string of up to nine characters on the LCD 50 by operating the cursor keys, and can be used for proofreading, correction, etc. of the document.

If you want to modify characters or stop printing on a line-by-line basis for the above input document, use the cursor keys to select and display the character string at the line position you want to modify, then press the [Function] key Specify line decoration by operating the [Row Modification] key in combination with a specific key.

When the CPU 11 determines that the [line modification] key has been operated, the CPU 11 switches the display mode of the LCD 50 from the document display mode to the line modification display mode. The situation is shown in Figure 4. FIG. 4(a) shows the display state in the document display mode, and FIG. 4(b) shows the initial display state after switching to the line modification display mode by operating the [line modification] key. . Here, a selection screen for selecting the character amount interval is first displayed.

In this line modification display mode, the selection screen is switched by operating the cursor keys in the up and down directions, and items are selected by specifying the cursor by operating the cursor keys in the left and right directions.

For example, when the selection screen for selecting the character amount spacing mentioned above is displayed, if you do not select an item by operating the left/right cursor keys and switch the selection screen by operating the up/down cursor keys, the above selection screen appears. Assuming that the character amount interval displayed with the cursor has been selected, the next item on the newly displayed selection screen becomes the selection target.

Display the "Print Stop" selection screen by switching the selection screen above, move the cursor using the cursor keys and select "Print Stop", and then press the [Select/Execute] key to select "Print Stop". Line modification information having the control information "Printing Stopped" is stored in the line attribute storage area corresponding to the selected line position in the line attribute buffer 142. FIG. 3 shows the correspondence between the line attribute buffer 142 and the document buffer 141 and the setting contents of the line modification information at this time.

In the above line decoration setting means, the document buffer 141
After line modification settings have been made for any line position of the document stored in the document buffer 141, the guide display section on the LCD 50 can be displayed by displaying the already input document in the document buffer 141 on the LCD 50 by operating the cursor keys. The line of the displayed character string, digit, and number of characters per line are displayed, and
A row modification indicator is selectively displayed as well as a low battery indicator. The guide display form at this time is shown in FIG. 5, and the processing procedure for the lighting side of the line modification indicator is shown in FIG.

That is, in FIG. 6, when a display character string is selected by cursor operation, the line position, column position, and number of characters per line of the display character string specified by the cursor are displayed, and the line attribute buffer 142 is also displayed. The line decoration information for the corresponding row position stored in is referenced, and the same information is compared with the line decoration standard value to determine whether or not line decoration is set for the display line selected by the cursor. (Steps A11 to A15 in FIG. 6).

Here, if the line decoration is not set, that is, if the content of the above line decoration information matches the above line decoration standard value, the line decoration indicator will not be lit, and if the line decoration is set, i.e. If the content of the line modification information does not match the line modification standard value, the line modification indicator is turned on (steps A16 and A17 in FIG. 6). Such display control of the line modification indicator is performed for all lines of the displayed document selected by the cursor keys (steps A18 to A24 and A12 to A17 in FIG. 6).

In this manner, the line position where the line modification has been performed can be easily confirmed from the lit state of the row modification indicator.

Next, the printing processing operation of the above-mentioned document will be explained.

In this document middle field, document printing is specified by operating the [document middle 1i1] key in combination with the [function] key and another specific key.

When the CPU 11 determines that the [document print] key is operated, the CPU 11 switches the display mode of the LCD 5G from the document display mode to the print menu display mode. The situation is shown in Part 7.
and FIG.

When the CPU 11 determines that the [Document Print] key is operated, the CPU 11 initializes the count value of the line counter indicating the print line position, controls the LCD control circuit 17, and prints the eighth
Press the cursor key to display the print menu as shown in the figure.
The information is sequentially and selectively displayed on the CD 50 (step 311.B12 in FIG. 7). The screen switching and item selection at this time are performed by cursor key operation in the same way as the screen switching and item selection during the line modification setting described above. , “
Screens such as "Left margin" and "Japanese font (24 x 24 dots)/English font (horizontal 18 x vertical 24 dots)" are switched, and the document format on each screen is selected by operating the left and right cursor keys. Regarding the "left margin" setting, each time you press the right cursor key, the digit value is incremented (+1), and when you press the left cursor key 1
Each time the operation is performed, the digit value is decremented (-1).

After the document format selection operation according to the above display contents, the [Select/Execute] key is operated, so that this document format setting information is written to the print information holding section provided in the control information area in the RAM 14.

Next, the CP LJ 11 sequentially reads the row modification information in the row attribute buffer 142 starting from the row modification information of the first row, and reads "
After searching the line position where "Print Stop" is set and determining the number of lines to be printed, print processing is executed up to that line position based on the print information in the print information holding section (Step 7 in Figure 7). 813-B21).

When printing stops at the line position where "Print Stop" is set, the above print menu will be displayed again, and the settings such as "Vertical/Horizontal", "Left Margin", "Japanese/English", etc. after the stop line will be displayed. It becomes possible to change the printing format.

Furthermore, after setting the print format, by operating the Select/Execute key again, printing according to the newly set document format is started from the line position next to the stop line.

Furthermore, if it is detected that the document to be printed has ended (there is no document on line L+1) before the above-mentioned "stop printing" setting tube is searched, the number of lines to be printed up to that line position is calculated,
Execute the printing process up to the accompanying position (Step 8 in Figure 7)
13-B15.822-B24).

At this time, when printing is executed, the message [--Printing in progress] is displayed in the character display digit of the LCD 50. or,
When printing is executed, character decoration is optionally performed on a line-by-line basis according to the contents of the line decoration information in the line attribute buffer 142 corresponding to the print line. The contents of each character modification at this time are shown in FIG. 3, and examples of each character font are shown in FIGS. 9(a) to (e).

In FIG. 9, U indicates the character spacing, and ■ indicates the line feed pitch. In addition, (a) in the same figure is a full-width (size 1) character string without character modification, (b) is a character string with enlargement specified (size 3), and (C) is a character string with rotation specified (rotation 2). ) is a full-width character string, (d) is a full-width character string that is italicized (italic cloth), and (e) is a character string that is outlined and enlarged (with whiteout, size 5). It shows.

In this way, character modification processing is performed on a line-by-line basis according to the line modification information stored in the line attribute buffer 142.

Further, when saving the above-mentioned document information on a cassette tape, document storage is specified by operating the [save] key in combination with the [auxiliary] key and the specific key. CPU
11 determines the operation input of the above [Save] key, [
A message "Document Save" is displayed on the character display column of the LCD 50, and when it is determined that the "Select/Execute" key has been input, the save process is started. That is, CP tJ 11 is the above [selection/
Enter the Execute] key.
Recognizes that recording preparation for 0 is completed. First, when writing the data stored in the RAM 14, the data of the reader section is output. That is, here all "1"
" data is output for 1 second. After that, RAM 14
The data stored in the cassette is read out, converted to bit-serial cassette write data, and output. This write data order includes line modification information stored in the line attribute buffer 142, document information stored in the document buffer 141, custom character patterns stored in the custom character pattern buffer 143, registered words and phrases stored in the word/phrase registration area, provisional This is the order of the temporary dictionaries stored in the dictionary area. Furthermore, after outputting this cassette write data, all zero data is output as a trailer section for two seconds. These data are sequentially inputted to the CMT adapter 41 via the PP 112 and further via the cassette interface circuit 16, converted into analog audio signals, and then supplied to the data recorder 40 to record the cassette set in the recorder. Recorded on tape (
recorded).

The recording format on the cassette tape at this time is 10th.
Shown in the figure.

In this way, line modification information, external character patterns, etc. are stored in the external data recorder 40, separated from the document information.

As mentioned above, printing can be stopped at any line position in the document to be printed, so for example, the number of characters that can be displayed at one time is greatly restricted, so it is possible to type out a part of the document and check or refer to it. If desired, these can be easily achieved with simple operations. In addition, by combining the above-mentioned line-by-line printing stop instruction and changing the setting of the document form after the stopped line, if the operator wants to change the print form in the middle of printing, or if the operator wants to change the print form from the line position in the middle of printing, When you want to print by changing the print ribbon color, or when you want to perform multi-column printing, or when you want to shift the printing position from the line position where it is in the middle of printing, or when you want to print a mixture of vertical and horizontal writing on a line by line basis. Various document modifications can be easily realized with simple operations.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, in a low-cost and compact document creation device with a small number of displayed character digits,
a line attribute setting means for setting an attribute including a print stop instruction for each line of the document; a line attribute storage means for storing the attribute information set by this means in association with the line of the document; print stop line search means for searching print stop instruction information in the line attribute storage unit in response to a print 1 instruction;
A print stop control means stops printing at the line position searched by the print stop line search means, and after the print stop control means stops printing, the print stop line next to the print stop line is received by receiving a document print instruction again. a print stop control means for restarting printing from a line position; a document format setting means for setting a document print format for lines subsequent to the same stopped line when printing is stopped by the print stop control means; means for selectively printing a portion of an arbitrary area of the document to be output up to a specified line position when printing a document. In addition, the print format for subsequent print documents can be selectively changed for each printing stop line position, making it possible to print at any line in the middle of printing a document without the need for complicated operations. In addition to being able to temporarily stop the printing process, the printing format after the stopped line can be changed arbitrarily, and the operator can intervene in the print operation at any line position during printing, for example, display It is possible to easily create a wide variety of documents, such as partial printing of line-designated document areas that cannot be displayed at once in a copy, color printing (multi-column printing, etc.).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map in the RAM in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device in the above embodiment. Figures 4(a) to 4(e) showing the structure and contents of modification information.
) is a diagram showing various selection screens and their display order in the above embodiment, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the display screen in the above embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a line modification indicator in the above embodiment. 7 is a flowchart showing the print processing flow in the above embodiment, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the print menu and its display flow in the above embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the display control flow in the above embodiment. (a) to (e) are diagrams showing various modified character forms in the above embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the recording format of the data recorder in the above embodiment. 10...31,11...CPU112...PPI
, 13... Decoder, 14... RAM, 15...
ROM, 16...cassette interface circuit,
17...L CD III 11 circuit, 18...Printer controller, 19...Clock generator, 20...Oscillator, 30...Keyboard, 40...
・Data recorder, 41...CMT adapter, 50・
...LCD. 60... Serial printer, 140... Line image buffer, 141... Document buffer, 142... Line attribute buffer, 143... External character pattern buffer. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Diagram 2 procedural amendment (method) 1. Display of the case Japanese Patent Application No. 60-129237 2, Invention title document preparation device 3, Person making the amendment Relationship with the case Patent applicant (307) Toshiba Corporation 4, Agent 1-26 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 5 No. 17 Mori Building 〒1
05 Telephone 03 (502) 3181 (main representative)
7. Contents of the amendment (1) On page 30, line 7 of the specification, the words "Fig. 4 (a) to (e)" are corrected to "Fig. 4 (a) to (i)."

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A line attribute setting means for setting an attribute including a print stop instruction for each line of document information to be output, and a line attribute for displaying the content of the attribute information set by the line attribute setting means. a display means; a line attribute storage means for storing attribute information set by the line attribute setting means in association with lines of the document; and print stop instruction information in the line attribute storage section in response to an instruction to print the document. A print stop line search means to search, a print stop control means to stop printing at the line position searched by the print stop line search means, and after printing is stopped by the print stop control means, an instruction to print a document is received again. a print start control means for restarting printing from the next line position of the print stop line; and a document format setting means for setting a document print form for lines subsequent to the stop line when the print stop control means stops printing. and means for switching the document printing format for lines subsequent to the stop line according to the document printing format set by the document format setting means, and when printing the document,
A document creation device characterized by selectively changing settings of a print form for subsequent printed documents for each print stop line position set by the line attribute setting means. (2) The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the document printing format includes vertical writing/horizontal writing instruction information. (3) The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the document printing format includes information specifying a print position on the paper. (4) The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the document printing format includes font instruction information.