JPS62107367A - Document generating device with line modification setting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set line modifying information in a lump, and to set a line modification by a line unit by providing a storage means having a line modifying information area in which line modifying information for showing the first document form containing a character size and a quasi-field by a line unit is set so as to correspond to each line of a document. CONSTITUTION:When an operation input of a line modification key is discriminated, a CPU 11 fetches line modifying information in a line modifying area 22 corresponding to a line to which a line modification has been designated, to a line modifying information temporary storage area in a RAM 20, and switches a display mode of an indicator 34 from a document display mode to a line modification display mode. In order to the line modification, not only a character interval/line pitch screen, but also a character size screen, a rotation.quasi-field/void screen for designating the rotation.quasi-field/void, etc. are prepared, and when the screen is switched by a key operation, the CPU 11 updates the set contents of the item concerned in the line modifying information which has stored temporarily in the line modifying information temporary storage area in the RAM 20, to its selected contents, and sets them to a line modifying information field corresponding to the designated line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a document creation device with a line modification setting function.

[Technical Background of the Invention] Recently, document creation devices such as Japanese word processors are required to have a line modification setting function that allows various document formats such as font size to be set on a line-by-line basis. This type of document creation device is useful when, for example, it is desired to selectively enlarge or reduce character strings in arbitrary lines in a document.

1. Problems with background technology] However, the method of setting (specifying) line decoration on a line-by-line basis is
When it is desired to line-modify a large part of a document, the amount of work involved is large, which makes it inefficient, and is particularly problematic when dealing with documents containing English text that requires italic characters.

[Purpose of the Invention] This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to set the number of characters per line of a document (・° - In the case of an honorable mention, the document format including the font size and italics can be changed as a whole document. To provide a document creation device with a line decoration setting function that can automatically set line decoration information for each line of a document by simply specifying it as a document format, and can also set line decorations on a line-by-line basis. be.

[Summary of the Invention] According to the present invention, a storage means is provided which has a line modification information area in which line modification information indicating a first document format including font size and italics on a line-by-line basis is set in association with each line of the document. The setting of line modification information in the line modification information area is performed by instructing the setting of a second document format, which forms at least a part of the first document format and includes font size and italics, for each document by the first instruction means. In this case, the second indicating means further causes the first
The document format is set when the document format is specified for each line of the document. In the case of the former instruction, information indicating the second document format is set as at least part of the line modification information (first document format) in association with each document line. On the other hand, in the latter case, information indicating the first document format is set as line modification information in association with the specified document line. With such a configuration, it is possible to set line decoration information all at once, and it is also possible to set line decoration information on a line-by-line basis.

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a document creation device, for example, a Japanese word processor, according to an embodiment of the invention.

In FIG. 1, 11 is a CPU that controls the entire device;
12 is a ROM. The ROM 12 includes a program area 13 in which system programs and the like are stored, a character pattern area 14 in which character patterns (including English fonts) corresponding to character codes including kanji handled by the device are registered, and "kana" or " It has a dictionary area 15 etc. in which various dictionaries for converting readings input in "Romaji" into Kanji are registered.

20 is R where the document area, print image area, etc. are placed.
The details thereof will be described later using the memory map shown in FIG.

31 is a keyboard controller (KBC), and 32 is a keyboard (K B ). 33 is a display controller (
34 is a display device; 35 is a display dot memory for storing a display pattern to be displayed on the display device 34; In this embodiment, the display 34 is 32 (vertical) x 64
0 (Horizontal) This is a liquid crystal display with a dot configuration. Display 37
The upper 16 x 640 dots are 11 rows x 40 (1 digit, 1
The lower 16x640 dots are used as a guide display area of 1 line x 40 columns.

By switching the guide display area to the document display area as needed, you can display 2 lines x 40 columns (40 characters, 2
It is also possible to display documents in rows. Further, a part of the display area of the display 34 can also be used for layout display.

3G is a printer controller (PRTC), and 37 is a printer (PRT) for printing Kanji characters, etc.

The printer 37 is, for example, a thermal transfer printer with a 24-dot print head. 38 is a cassette ink face (CMT-IF), and 39 is an audio cassette magnetic tape device (CMT) used as a data recorder for storing documents and the like. Further, 41 is a floppy disk controller (FDC), and 42 is a floppy disk drive (FDD).

FIG. 2 shows a memory map of RAM 20 shown in FIG.

The RAM 20 has a document area 21 that stores (character code strings of) input documents. Here, the sentence, i!
For example, an area for 9,600 bytes, that is, 4,800 characters (one character is 2 bytes) starting from address B of R'AM 20 is allocated to the f area 21. The RAM 20 also includes a line modification area 22 that stores, for example, 3-byte line modification information indicating the document format for each line of the document stored in the document area 21.
have. This row modification area 22 is A of RAM2Q.
Allocated to the area starting from address.

The RAM 20 also has a document table area 23 that stores, for example, 3-byte document format information that specifies a document format.

The document format information stored in the document format area 23 includes a line character value specifying the number rn of characters per line (number of characters per line) of the document, as will be described later. Furthermore, RAM2D is
Print image area 2 as a line buffer that stores print image data printed out by the printer 37
4, and a print format area 25 for storing print format information specifying a print format. Print image area 2
4 is allocated to the area starting from address T in the RAM 20.

Further, the print format information stored in the print format area 25 includes a left margin value U indicating a print start position (ie, print left margin) that is a reference for the entire document during standard printing.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the correspondence between the document line field secured in the document area 21 of FIG. 2 and the line modification information field secured in the line modification area 22.

As shown in FIG. 3, the document area 21 and the line modification area 2
2 is managed in units of lines with the number of characters m indicated by the number of characters per line information. Therefore, in this embodiment where 9600 bytes, or 4800 characters, are allocated to the document area 2I of the RAM 20, the maximum number of lines n of a document that can be stored in the document area 2I of the RAM 20 is:
It becomes 4800/m. In FIG. 3, L and C indicate the first column position of the character to be displayed by the cursor, and Lε indicates the last line position of the document stored in the document area 21. The next document line is (B+ (L-1)
It is stored in an area of 2 m bytes (m characters) starting from the address (B is the starting address of the document area 21). Also in the second row (
The line modification information (corresponding to the document line) is stored in fA+ of the RAM 20.
(L-1)x3) (A is the starting address of the row modification area 22) and is stored in a 3-byte area.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the row modification information stored in the row modification area 22 of FIG.

The line modification information includes a white outline specification flag that specifies the white outline (and shading) of characters, 2-bit rotation/italic information that specifies rotation/italics, and character size (here, 24 x 24 dots full-width characters are the standard). A 4-bit character size value that specifies the print size (magnification), a print stop specification flag that specifies printing to stop midway through printing, a 2-bit character spacing value that specifies the character spacing, and a line pitch (based on standard printing with double-byte characters). It consists of a 4-bit line pitch value that specifies the line feed amount), a paper exchange designation flag that specifies paper exchange, and a 7-bit left margin value (2) that specifies the left margin by the number of digits.

The white designation flag indicates "1" indicating designation, and "0" indicating no designation. For rotation/italic information, "OOO" indicates no rotation/oblique, 001" indicates rotation 1 (90 degrees clockwise), 010" indicates rotation 2 (180 degrees counterclockwise), and "011" indicates rotation 3 (27 degrees).
0 degrees counterclockwise), "100" indicates italics.

Font size values range from "0001" to "1001°, size 1 (magnification; IXI) to size 9 (magnification; approx. 24 x
24), size Q (magnification, 1/2) with "1111"
X 1/2). The print stop designation flag is "1" indicating that the print stop is designated, and "0" indicating that the print stop designation flag is not designated. The character spacing value is
Character spacing is 0. (0 characters) in the range of “00” to “11°”
Character spacing 3 (1/2 of the character with the magnification specified by the character size value)
(characters).

The line pitch value is "1111" for line feed B (line feed amount - 10 inches/120), "ooo" for line feed O (line feed amount: 0 inches), and "0001" for line feed H (line feed amount: 10 inches/120).
120), "0010" is a line feed K (line feed amount: 16 inches/120), "0011" is a line feed E (line feed amount: 20 inches/120), and "0100" to "0111" is a line feed 1 (line feed amount). ; 30 inches/120) to line feed 4 (line feed amount; 60 inches/120).

The paper exchange designation flag is used to request the operator to exchange paper at the end of printing of the corresponding line in order to set page boundaries, and "1" indicates designation, and "O" indicates no designation.

The left margin value V specifies the print start position of the corresponding line as a relative position (here, number of digits) with respect to the left margin value U (print start position) determined by print format settings. In this embodiment, the specified range of the left margin value V is -9 to 63 digits.

In addition, the initial values of line modification information (this is called standard line modification information) are: outline specification flag -〇 (no specification), rotation/italic information -〇〇〇 (no rotation/italic), and font size value - 0
001 (size 1), print stop designation flag - ○ (no specification), character spacing value - 01 (character spacing 1), line pitch value -
0010 (line feed K), paper exchange designation flag -0 (no designation), and left margin value V-θ (digit), which are automatically set in the line modification area 22 when the power is turned on.

Figure 5 shows the sentence TL stored in the document format area 23 in Figure 2.
The structure of F format information is shown.

The document format information includes a line character value specifying the number m of characters per line (number of characters per line) of the document, rotation/italic information, character size value, character amount spacing value, and line pitch value. The bit configuration and specification contents of these rotation/italic information, character size value, character spacing value, and line pitch value are
This is the same as the row modification information shown in the figure.

Note that the initial values of the document format information (this is called standard document format information) are the number of characters per line m - 40, rotation/italic information - 0.
00 (no rotation or italics), character size value -0001 (size 1), character spacing value -01 (character spacing 1), line pitch value -0010 (line feed K), and the text is displayed in the document format area 23 when the power is turned on. Automatically set. As is clear, the initial values of the rotation/italicization information, character size value, character spacing value, and line pitch value are the same as those of the line modification information (standard line modification information).

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the above-mentioned figures as well as FIGS. 6 to 19 as appropriate.

(1) When inputting a document or a Japanese document, the CPU 11 performs a kana-to-kanji conversion process by indexing the dictionary area 15 in the ROM 12, for example, for a kanji specified part of a kana character string input from the keyboard 32. After performing this, the input character code string including the converted kanji code is stored in the document area 21.
Store in.

During the above-described document input, the input characters stored in the document area 21 are developed into a pattern on the display dot memory 35 in the display controller 33 under the control of the CPU II, and are displayed on the display 34.

The already input document input in this manner can be arbitrarily displayed on the display 34 with a character string of up to 40 digits (characters) by operating the cursor keys, and is used for proofreading, correction, etc. of the document.

(2) Line decoration setting FIG. 6 shows each selection screen (line decoration setting screen) and the order of screen switching operations when setting line decoration.

In this example, if you want to specify document formats such as rotation/italics, character size, character spacing, line break pitch, paper exchange for setting page boundaries, and left margin for the input document on a line-by-line basis, That is, if you want to set a line modification, select and display the character string at the line position you want to modify using the cursor keys, and press the [Function 1] key and other specific keys (here [- ] key) to specify line modification. Note that [[
It is also possible to provide a [row modification] key to replace the above combination key operation.

When the CPU II determines the operation input of the [Function 1] key + [-] key (herein referred to as the [Line Modification] key for convenience), the CPU II displays the row modification information in the row modification area 22 corresponding to the line specified for the row modification. is taken out to a line modification information temporary storage area (not shown) in the RAM 20, and the display mode of the display 34 is switched from the document display mode to the line modification display mode.

In the line decoration display mode, as shown in Figure 6, first there are items for selecting line decoration settings and line decoration leading/backwarding (this will be described later with reference to Figures 9 to 13). A selection screen is displayed, and a cursor is displayed on the line modification setting item (in this case, the cursor is displayed by inverting the characters). When the [Select/Execute] key is operated in this state, a selection screen for selecting character spacing and line pitch (line feed pitch) is displayed. Switching between each item (item switching) on this selection screen is performed by operating the [Next Item] key, and selection (specification) of setting candidate values (in this case, character amount spacing and 1-line pitch value) within an item is performed in the horizontal direction. This is done by moving the cursor left and right using the (left/right) cursor keys.

Now, when the above selection screen is displayed, the screen state is such that the character spacing can be selected, and the cursor is placed on one of the setting candidate values for the character spacing (character spacing θ to character spacing 3). is displayed. The setting candidate value that is displayed first with the cursor includes the existing settings (default values) of the corresponding item (in this case, character amount interval) in the line modification information temporarily stored in the above-mentioned line modification information temporary storage area. will be adopted. In FIG. 6, a selection screen in which character spacing is specified as an item is shown as a character spacing screen, and a selection screen in which line pitch is specified is shown as a line pitch screen for differentiation. Therefore, in the following explanation, item switching will also be referred to as screen switching.

In this embodiment, in order to set line decoration, in addition to the above-mentioned character spacing/line pitch screen, as shown in Figure 6, there is a character size screen for specifying character size, rotation/italic/outline specification. rotation/italic/outline screen for , print left margin/print suppression screen for specifying left margin value V (print left turn margin)/print stop (print suppression), and paper exchange screen for setting page boundaries. Provided. Switching between the above selection screens including the character spacing/line pitch screen is performed by operating the [Next Item] key or the up/down cursor keys.

When the screen is switched by these key operations, the CPU II assumes that the setting candidate value at the cursor position immediately before switching has been selected, and changes the line modification temporarily stored in the line modification information temporary storage area in the RAM 20. The settings for the relevant item in the information are updated to the selected contents.

In addition, on the print margin screen, the preset left margin value V is displayed, and if a numerical value is not input using the numeric keys, the preset value will be changed to a numerical value (within the range of -9 to +63). If an input is made, the input value becomes the selection content.

In the line modification display mode, the operator selects and specifies setting candidate values for necessary items by operating the keys described above, and then operates the [Select/Execute] key. CPU
When II determines the operating force of the [Select/Execute] key in the line modification display mode, the data in the temporary storage area is Update row qualification information. CP
U11 sets this updated line decoration information in the line decoration information field corresponding to the line specified for the line decoration in the line decoration area 22, and changes the display mode of the display 34 from the line decoration display mode to the document display mode. Return to

(3) Document format setting FIG. 7 shows each selection screen (format setting screen) and the screen switching operation sequence when setting a document format, and FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of document format information setting processing.

In this example, the number of characters per line of the document, as well as the document format such as rotation/italics, font size, character spacing, etc., are set for the document that is to be input manually, the document being input, or the low input document. , can be set all at once as described below. In this case, the operator specifies the document format settings by operating keys in combination with the [Function I] key and another specific key (here, the [1] key), as shown in FIG. Note that it is also possible to provide a dedicated [format setting key] in place of the above combination key operation.

When the CPU II determines the operation input of the C function key + [j] key (herein referred to as the C format setting key for convenience), the CPU II transfers the document format information set in the document format area 23 in the RAM 20 to the RAM 20. The document format information is taken out to a temporary storage area (not shown) in the document format information, and the display mode of the display 34 is switched from the document display mode to the format setting display mode.

In this formatting display mode, 1
The selection screen for specifying the number of line characters (by operating the numeric keys), the selection screen for specifying character spacing/line pitch, the selection screen for specifying font size, and the selection screen for specifying rotation/italics are shown above. The display is switched by operating the /down cursor key or the like in the same manner as in the line modification display mode shown in FIG. At the time of this switching display, the preset contents of the corresponding item in the sentence 8 format information temporarily stored in the temporary storage area are displayed with a cursor (or numerically). Then, by operating the left/right cursor keys (or operating the numeric keys), selection and designation of setting candidate values (or setting value input) is performed.

Now, when formatting work is performed according to the operation order shown in Figure 7 and the [Select/Execute] key is operated, the CPU
I sets the line modification information in the row modification area 22 and the statement 4
! Processing for setting document format information in the j format area 23 is performed. This setting process will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

c p ty tt first points to the line pointer [
is set to 1 (first row position) (step 5ll), the row modification information of the first row, that is, the 3-byte row starting from address lA+ (i-1)X31 of the RAM 20 (row modification area 22 prepared within). The row modification information set in the modification information field is retrieved (step 512). Next, the CPUI
I determines whether or not the accompanying modification information has been set according to the row modification setting operation shown in FIG. 6 (whether there is a row modification setting or not) (step 513).

The determination in step S13 is performed according to steps S21 to S28. That is, CPUIL determines that the white outline designation flag in the retrieved line modification information indicates no white outline designation, the printing stop designation flag indicates no printing stop, the paper exchange designation flag indicates no paper replacement designation, and the left margin value V is 0. (in other words, the whiteout designation flag, print stop designation flag, paper replacement designation flag, and left margin value ■ are all standard values), and the new value temporarily stored in the above document format information temporary area is The rotation/italic information, character size value, character spacing value, and line pitch value in the document format information are currently
If it is equal to that set in the document format area 23 (inside M 20), it is determined that no line decoration is set.

On the other hand, if even one item does not meet the conditions, C
PUIL determines that line modification is set. That is, CPU II
If the line decoration information retrieved in step SL2 is standard line decoration information or is set by formatting, no line decoration is set, otherwise, line decoration is set. Determine. Note that it is also possible to provide a specific bit in the line decoration information that indicates the presence or absence of the line decoration setting, and to make the determination in step S13 (that is, the determination of the presence or absence of the line decoration setting) by referring to the bit. However, in this case, it is necessary to set the above-mentioned specific bit when setting the line decoration information according to the line decoration setting operation shown in FIG.

If the determination in step S13 is No, the CPU II transfers the rotation/italics information, character size value, character spacing value, and line pitch value in the document format information stored in the document format information temporary storage area to the line modification area. 22, set in the row modification information field (corresponding position) of the i-th row, and set it to the i or maximum row n
A determination is made as to whether it is smaller than that (step 515).

On the other hand, if the determination in step S13 is YES, that is, if row modification is set, the CPUIL skips step S14 and performs the determination process in step S15. As a result, the line decoration information set on a line-by-line basis according to the line decoration setting operation shown in FIG. 6 is saved.

If the determination in step S15 is YES, the CPU II
The row pointer i is advanced by one (step 816) and the process returns to step S12. On the other hand, if the determination in step S15 is No, the CPU II determines that the processing up to the maximum line n has been completed, and sets the document format information stored in the temporary storage area in the document format area 23 in the RAM 20. (Step 517) The formatting process ends. At this time, the CPU
I returns the display mode of the display 34 from the formatting display mode to the document display mode.

As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the rotation/italicization information, font size value, character spacing value, and line pitch value can be set in the line modification information for each line of the document at once by the document formatting operation. . Also, in this example,
The line decoration information set on a line-by-line basis according to the line decoration setting operation shown in FIG. 6 is saved. Therefore, no matter when the document formatting operation is performed, there is no risk of affecting the line modification information that has already been set for each line.

(4) Line modification front-justification 1 backward-feeding FIG. 9 shows the order of operations when line modification leading-justification and rear-feeding are specified. 10(a) and 10(b) show the state of the line modification area 22 before and after line modification front-filling in correspondence with the document area 21, and FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the line modification front-filling process. Also, FIG. 12(a).

(b) shows the state of the line modification area 22 before and after line modification and forwarding, corresponding to the document area 21, and FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of the line modification and subsequent forwarding process.

In this embodiment, as described above, line modification information indicating the row modification contents of each line of the document in the document area 21 is stored in the document area 21.
By making settings corresponding to each document line in the line modification area 22 provided independently from 1, line modification settings for each line can be applied to the document in the document area 21 not only during document creation but also during proofreading. It is designed to be easy to perform without causing any adverse effects. However, if you insert (add) or delete a character or character string after setting the line decoration, the document line and line decoration (
The correspondence with the row modification specification line) may be misaligned.

Therefore, in order to adjust the above-mentioned deviation, a front-justification/backward-adjustment function for line modification is provided.

When the operator needs to move forward or backward the line modification, specify the first line position to be moved forward or backward using the cursor keys, and then press the r line modification key ([
Function l] key + [-] key). As a result, the CPUfl switches the display mode of the display 34 from the document display mode to the line modification display mode as described above. As a result, an item selection screen for selecting any one of line decoration setting, line decoration front-justification, or line decoration post-adjustment is displayed, and a cursor is displayed on the R line decoration setting items.

In this state, use the horizontal cursor keys to specify the ``Front Justify'' or ``Last Feed'' item and click [Select/
By operating the [Execute] key, it is possible to specify front-justification of line decorations or feed-back of line decorations. And CPUI
When I determines that the operation input of the [select/execute key] has been specified with the cursor specifying "justify left," it executes the line modification front fill process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, and selects "
If it is determined that the ``Select/Execute'' key has been operated with the cursor specifying ``Next Feed'', the line modification later feed process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13 is executed.

(4-1) Line modification When proofreading a front-filling document, for example, delete one line in the 5th document line, as shown in Figure 10 (a), and as a result, the 6th
It is assumed that the following document lines shift forward one line at a time, and as a result, the correspondence between the document lines and the line decorations shifts one line at a time from the fifth line onward. In this case, the operator specifies the fifth document line with the cursor and specifies line modification front-justification in the above-described operation order. As a result, the CPU II executes the line modification front-filling process described below according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the CPU II selects the row modification information field (3 bytes) of the next row (in the row modification area 22) based on the line specified by the cursor (cursor row) L (L-5 in this case) when specifying front-justification of the row modification. ) start address (here A+ (L-
1) Calculate X3) and set it as the starting address a of the row modification information field (step 531). Next, the CPU
II is the number of line modification information to be padded as n (maximum line) - L
is calculated by the calculation, and set as the number C of remaining row modification information to be left-shifted (step 532). Next, CPU II determines whether it is C-0 (step 533).
.

If it is not c-0, CPU II is a+ of RAM20.
Contents of addresses 4 to a+6 (M (a + 4) to M(
a+6)), that is, the row modification information of the (i+1)th row (the initial value of i is L) is stored in the contents of addresses a+1 to a+3 of the RAM 20 (
M (a+1) to M (a+3)), that is, processing to make the first row row modification information (step 534) is performed. Next, C
PUIL advances a by three addresses to find the start address of the line modification information field of the next line (step 535), and
is decreased by one (step S3B) and the process returns to step S33. Then, the processing of steps S33 to S3G is repeated until c-0 is reached, that is, until the processing of shifting the row modification information from the (L+1)th row to the nth row (maximum row) forward one row at a time is completed. As a result, in this example of L-5, the row modification information in the 6th row is changed to the 5th row, as shown in FIG.
row, the row modification information on the 7th row is moved to the 6th row, and so on.The row modification information from the 6th row onward is sequentially shifted forward one row at a time.Finally, the row modification information on the 0th row is shifted forward by the (nth) row. -1) The deviation between the document line and the line modification is adjusted by shifting to the line.

When c-0 is obtained through the above processing, the CPU II outputs the first byte of mark line modification information (initial value of line modification information).
1) ~ 3rd byte I (3) in RAM20 a -a
+ Processing to set the contents of address 2 (step 537) is performed. As a result, the contents of the row modification information field of mn rows (maximum row) in the row modification area 22 are initialized.

(4-2) When proofreading a sent document after line modification, for example, add one line after the fourth line of the document as shown in Figure 12(a), and as a result, the text from the fifth line onwards It is assumed that the lines are shifted backward one line at a time, and as a result, the correspondence between the document line and the line modification is shifted one line at a time from the fifth line onwards. In this case, the operator specifies the fifth document line with the cursor and specifies feed after line modification in the above-described order of operations. As a result, the CPU II executes the line modification post-feeding process described below according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the CPU II calculates the start address of the line modification information field of the (n-1)th row, and sets it as the row modification information field start address a (step S41).

Next, the CPU II sets the number of line modification information to be postponed to n−L.
It is calculated by the calculation and set as the number C of remaining line modification information to be postponed (step 542). Next, the CPU II determines whether it is c-Q or not (step 843).
.

If it is not c-Q, CPU II is a of RAM20.
-a + 'Contents of address 11, ie, the first line (the initial value of i is n
-1) line modification information from a+3 to a+ of RAM 20
Processing to make the content of 5-douji, i.e., line modification information of the i+1th line (
Step 544) is performed. Next, the CPU II moves a back three addresses to obtain the start address of the line modification information field of the previous line (step 545), and decrements C by one (step 846), returning to step S43. Then, until the processing of steps S43 to S4B reaches C-O, that is, the (nth
-1) The process of shifting the line modification information from line to second line forward one line at a time is repeated until all the processes are completed. As a result, L
-5 in this example, as shown in Figure 12(b),
The row modification information of the n-1) row is moved to the 0th row, the row modification information of the (n-2) row is moved to the (n-1) row, and so on.The row modification information is sequentially shifted backward one row at a time. Finally, the line decoration information on the fifth line is shifted to the sixth line to adjust the deviation between the document line and the line decoration.

However, in the above process, if paper exchange is specified in the 5th line (th column) as shown in FIG. The second line modification information is copied to the 6th line. For this reason,
Paper exchange was originally required, and although the addition of one line makes it possible to correctly exchange paper for the document line that became the 6th line, there is an inconvenience that the additional line that became the 5th line is also specified for paper exchange. occurs. Therefore, in this embodiment, in order to prevent the above-mentioned inconvenience, the following processing is performed when c-0 is reached.

First, the CPU II advances a by 3 addresses and moves a to the next row (L-5
) to the start address of the row modification information field (step 547). And CPU II is RAM20 a+
The paper exchange designation flag in the contents of address 2, that is, the paper exchange designation flag in the line modification information of the second line (L-5) is reset (step 848). As a result, a new fifth
There is no longer a possibility that the additional line that has become a line will be designated for paper replacement.

The above can be applied not only to adding or deleting lines by line, but also to cases where the number of lines in a document changes due to addition or deletion of characters or character strings.

(5) Line copy Figure 14 shows a flowchart of the line copy process. By executing the flowchart, as described below, any document line can be copied to any line position, and the document line can be copied. It is possible to realize a function that automatically adjusts the misalignment of the correspondence between document lines and line decorations caused by copying.

When the operator needs to copy a line, the operator specifies the line position of the desired document line to be copied by operating the cursor keys, and then presses the [Function 2 key] and the [$] key together. For convenience, this is referred to as the ``line copy'' key operation) to specify line copy.

When the CPU II determines that the [Line Copy] key has been input, the CPU II sets the line position designated by the cursor to Ls indicating the line position from which the line is to be copied (step 551), and, for example, displays the entire specified document line in reverse video and displays " Copy line Where?
” is displayed in the guide display area of the display 34 (step 552). In this state, the operator operates the up/down cursor keys to move the cursor to the row copy destination line position, and operates the [Select/Execute] key.

The CPU II scrolls the screen in conjunction with the up/down cursor key operations, and then performs a line copy of the line position of the document line currently designated by the cursor. It is set in the LD indicating the previous row position (step 856). Next, the CPU
11 searches the document area 21 to find the last line 1.1 of the manual document stored in the document area 21. Find = (step 5
57). The details of this step S57 are as follows.

First, the CPU II sets the line pointer i indicating the line position on the document area 21 to 1 (step S71).

Next, the CPU II determines the storage address on the RAM 20 of the first digit of the first line based on the number of characters per line m in the formatting information set in the document format area 23. Find (storage start address) J (step 572) and read 2 bytes (character code) starting from address J in RAM 20 (step 573)
. The CPU II stores the 2 bytes read from the RAM 20 (i.e. the character code of the first digit of the first line) in the system space (
system space code) (step 574). This system space code is
Unlike regular space hoods, which indicate white space characters, they do not constitute a document. That is, in step S74, the CPU II determines whether the first line does not constitute a document line.

If the determination in step S74 is No, that is, if the first line constitutes a document line, the CPU II determines that the number of characters in one line is m.
It is determined whether i matches the maximum line n of the document area 21 in the case of (step 575). If i does not match n, cptrii advances the row pointer i by one (step 57G) and returns to the process of step S72.

On the other hand, if i matches n, the first line is the last line of the document, so cPU 11 sets the value (-n) of the line pointer i at that time as LE ( step 577).

On the other hand, if the determination in step S74 is YES, that is, the first
If the line does not constitute a document line, the previous line (i-1) is the last line of the document, so the CPU II
sets the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the value of row pointer i as LE (step 878).

After searching for the last line LE of the document according to steps S71 to S78, the CPU II proceeds to step S58 and determines whether LE matches n (step 858).

If the determination in step S5g is YES, the CPU II determines that the document area 21 is full, that is, it is impossible to copy lines, and displays the "number of lines exceeded" message (step 559).
) to request line copy cancellation, and then click [Cancel]
The key is in a state of waiting for human power (step SH).

On the other hand, if the determination in step 358 is NO, cptrt
At step S61, it is determined whether LD is less than or equal to LP.

If the determination in step S61 is No, that is, if the line copy destination is beyond the last line of the document, the CPU II
1, the line feed code is supplemented by (LD-L, -1) lines from the (Ls+1)th line (step S G2>.Then, the CPU II copies the document line of the Lsth line to the LDth line in the document area 2I. (Step S83) and
In the row modification area 22, the row modification information of the Ls-th row is
Copy to the row (step 5B4), and end the row copy process.

On the other hand, if the determination in step Sol is YES, the CPU
I shifts the document lines from the LD line to the 2nd line one line back in the document area 21 (step 565), and also shifts the line modification information from the LD line to the mLE line one line back in the line modification area 22. After completing step 56B), it is determined whether D is less than or equal to t or s (step S87).

If the determination in step S87 is NO, that is, if the row copy destination is ahead of the row copy source, the CPU II executes the step S63. Se4 is executed and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S67 is YES, step 585. In the See movement process, the document line and line modification information of the Lsth line are also moved one line later (that is, to the (LS+1)th line)
Because of the misalignment, the CPU II copies the (LS+1)th document line to the LDth line in the document area 21 (
Step 868), the row modification area 22
The line modification information of the Ls+1) line is copied to the Lp-th line (step 589), and the line copy process ends.

Note that step 5I35. When executing S6B, the document line and line modification information of the LS line (line copy source) are RA
' By temporarily storing the information in a predetermined area in M20 and using this temporary storage information as the copy source information when copying to the LD row, steps 367 to S69 become unnecessary and are independent of the size of LD and Ls. A common copy process (steps S133.S64) can be applied to.

(6) Centering, right alignment Figures 15 (a) to (d) are diagrams for explaining centering and right alignment that take into account the line modification of character strings after any character column in any document line, and Figure 16 shows centering, It is a flowchart of right alignment processing.

For example, when the operator wants to center or right-justify cde of the character string abcde in the first document line shown in FIG. For centering, key operation is a combination of the [Function 1] key and the [“] key (for convenience, this is called [centering]).
For right alignment, a key operation is performed using a combination of the [Function 1] key and the [)] key (this is referred to as a [right alignment] key operation for convenience). This allows C.P.
The UII performs centering and right alignment processing described below according to the flowchart in FIG.

CPU II first determines the length of the document line (on the print image) determined by the format settings based on the character size value, character spacing value, and number of characters per line (m) indicated by the document format information set in the document format area 23. , that is, g , Iq row length l (first
5 (see FIG. 5(b))) is calculated (step 581). In other words, CPUII is (1 + character amount interval in document format information)
24 Multiply the character pitch of the full-width character (standard character) indicated by (dot) by the magnification indicated by the character size in Sentence 8 format information to find the character pitch of the character with the magnification specified in the formatting, and The pitch is multiplied by the number of characters per line (m) to find the dot.

Next, CPU II calculates the length of the leading character string on the print image, taking into account the line decoration of the character string (in this case, ab) that precedes the character string to be centered and right-justified in the first document line specified by the cursor. )l! 1 (Figure 15(b)
(see step 582). This J+ (
Unit; dot) is (1 + character interval in the line modification information of the first line) x 24 The character pitch of the full-width characters (standard characters) indicated by (dot) and the magnification indicated by the character size in the line modification information. , and the number of characters in the preceding character string indicated by (the character digit indicated by the cursor - 1).

Next, the CPU II determines whether or not 11 is greater than or equal to 1 (step 583), and if YES, it is assumed that centering and right alignment are impossible, and the process ends. On the other hand, if the determination in step S83 is No,
CPU II calculates the difference 12 between ノ and ノ.Step 5
84) Search and center the first document line in the document area 21.

Right-justified target character string (the first character after the character digit indicated by the cursor)
The number of characters f in the row character string is determined (step 585). Then, CPU U tl uses this f to perform centering,
The length of the target character string Jp (unit: dots) on the print image taking into account the line modification of the right-justified target character string (here, cde) is calculated (step 886).

Next, the CPU II determines whether Jl'p is greater than or equal to 12 (step 587), and if YES, it is assumed that centering and right alignment are impossible, and the process ends. On the other hand, if the determination in step S87 is NO, the CPU 11 calculates the difference E between 12 and ip (see FIG. 15(b)) (step 588), and determines whether or not L is specified to be right-aligned. (Step 589)
). If right alignment is specified, the CPU II sets the number of dots indicated by iB to is as the number of blank dots to be compensated for by right alignment (step 590); if centering is specified, CPU II sets the number of dots indicated by iB to 1/1 of the number of dots indicated by NoE. 2 as the number of blank dots to be compensated for by centering l! If the value is set to s (step 591), the process proceeds to step S92.

In step S92, the number of blank dots, l? s,
A process is performed to convert the number of blank characters (number of spaces) on the print image in consideration of line modification, that is, the number of blank characters (number of spaces) N to be inserted before the character string to be centered and right-justified. Next, the sum R of (the character digit indicated by the cursor - 1), N, and the number of target characters f is calculated (step 593
), it is determined whether or not R is less than the number m of characters per line determined by formatting (step 594).

If the determination in step S94 is YES, the CPU II
In the first document line of the document area 21, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, N spaces (space code) (for N characters) are inserted from the digit position indicated by the cursor (ie, the beginning of the target character string) (step 595). As a result, the first document line in the document area 2I is correctly centered and right-aligned on the print image in consideration of the line decoration.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S94 is No, the number of characters in the first document line will be greater than or equal to the number of characters per line if N spaces are inserted. A process of moving the character string to the right end is performed (step 89G). As a result, the first document line in the document area 21 is centered on the print image in consideration of line decoration.

The right alignment is reflected as much as possible without causing the disappearance of characters or character strings.

(7) Print start position setting during printing Figure 17 is a diagram explaining the print start position (left margin) set for each line and document, and Figure 18 (,!, Configuration and writing of the print image area 24 A diagram showing the relationship with the start position, Fig. 19, mainly shows the relationship between the print start position (
3 is a flowchart of a process for determining a writing start position in a print image area 24;

When the operator wants to print the input document (or edited document), he operates the [Print] key (actually, the [Function 1 key + [≧] key) on the keyboard 32. Thereby, the CPU 11 displays a print menu. In this state, the operator can specify the left margin value U, vertical/horizontal printing, Japanese/English printing, etc. In specifying this left margin value U, as shown in FIG. 17, a scale marked on a scale 51 provided at the paper feed section (paper insertion slot) of the printing mechanism is used as a guide. Here, a scale is provided from 0 to 56 in units of 27 dots (full-width character size: 24 dots, interval between cross characters: 3 dots), which is a standard character pitch. Thereafter, when the selection/execution key is operated, the designated print format is set in the print format area 25, and thereafter, a printing operation is performed in accordance with this print format. In this printing operation, the line modification information set in the line modification area 22 is also referred to.

Now, assume that the first document line is to be printed.

In this case, cptrii determines the write start address P in the print image area 24 corresponding to the left margin (print start position) on the print format based on the left margin value U in the print format information set in the print image area 24. (address on RAM 20) is calculated (step 5101). Here, the print image area 24 is used like a two-dimensional memory of 24 dots (ie, 3 bytes), which is the number of dots constituting the print head, x one line of print head drive operation range (unit dot). Therefore, the j-th dot row 2 in the print head drive operation range for one line (one zone printing area)
4 dots (3 bytes) include 3 in the print image area 24.
Addresses j to 3j+2 (relative address within print image area 24)
That is, 3 bytes at address T+37-T+3j+2 of the RAM 20 (T is the start address of the print image area 24 in the RAM 20) are allocated.

Therefore, the write start address P on the above-mentioned print format is determined by the calculation of T+ (27XuX3).

After completing step 5101, the CPU II reads line modification information for the first line, which is the line to be printed, from the line modification area 22 (step 5102). Then, CPU II adjusts the horizontal dot length occupied by the digit (character digit) indicated by the left margin value V in the line modification information of the first line by centering it as described above, taking into account the line modification (character size, character spacing). , is obtained in the same way as for right alignment, and by multiplying this dot length by 3 (because one dot column requires 3 bytes in the print image area 24) and adding P to the result, the first document line is The writing start address S of the print image is calculated (step 5103).

After determining the write start address S, the CPU II determines whether S is equal to or greater than the first address of the print image area 24 (step 5104).

If the determination in step 5104 is No (because it is impossible to write a print image from the address indicated by S), the CPU II selects T as S without success and proceeds to step 8.
The process proceeds to step S 106, and if the determination in step S104 is YES, the process directly proceeds to step stoe.

In step 8106, the CPU II creates a print image in consideration of the line decoration of the character string in the first line (that is, enlarged according to the line decoration specification) in the area of the print image area 24 (on RAM 20) starting from the write start address S. /
Develop a one-zoon line pattern that has been reduced, rotated/italicized, or outlined. Next, in step 51, the CPU II executes printing for one zone (one print line) using the print image developed in the print image area 24.
07), after reading L, it is determined whether printing for the required number of zones has been completed for the first line (step 5IO).
II). Then, printing for the first line is completed by printing for the number of zones determined by the character size, etc. As a result, on the paper 52 shown in FIG. 17, the character string in the first line is specified by the line decoration in the first line from the print left margin (standard printing start position) determined by the format settings. Printing starts from a position shifted to the left or right by the number of digits (number of character digits) indicated by the left margin value V. In addition, the pitch of the above digits has the first
It goes without saying that the font size and spacing specified in the line decoration are reflected.

In this embodiment, if printing stop is specified by the print stop designation flag in the line modification information of the first line, the printing operation is temporarily stopped and the print menu is displayed. This allows the operator to switch between English/Japanese fonts and exchange color ribbons for printing. Further, if paper replacement is specified by the paper replacement designation flag in the line modification information of the first line, a message prompting paper replacement is displayed when printing of the first line is completed. If the paper is replaced in this state and the [Select/Execute] key is operated,
The print menu will be displayed. In this state, the operator
You can specify the switching of English/Japanese fonts, vertical/horizontal printing, etc. When the [Select/Execute] key is operated after this designation, printing is performed in the designated print format with the 1st+1st line as the first line.

Note that in the above embodiment, if the document format for the entire document is specified after setting line decoration for each line, line decoration information is set for the remaining lines excluding the line for which line decoration has been set for each line. However, according to the gist of the present invention, line modification information may be uniformly set for each line of a document, regardless of whether or not line modification is set for each line. However, in this case, it is preferable to specify the document format for the entire document before setting line decoration for each line.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail below, according to the present invention, during formatting operations such as setting the number of characters per line of a document, the document format including the font size and italics can be specified as the document format of the entire document. By simply doing this, the line modification information corresponding to the same document format can be automatically set for each line of the document, which is particularly convenient when dealing with a document containing English text that requires italic characters. Moreover, according to the present invention, it is also possible to set line modification on a line-by-line basis, so that a document in a desired document format can be efficiently created.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a memory map of the RAM 20 in FIG.
A diagram showing the correspondence between the document line field secured in the document area 21 in the figure and the line modification information field secured in the line modification area 22. A diagram showing the structure of information, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the sentence @ format information stored in the document format area 23 of FIG. 2,
Figure 6 is a diagram showing each selection screen and screen switching operation order when setting line decoration. Figure 7 is a diagram showing each selection screen and screen switching operation order when setting document format. Figure 8 is a diagram showing document format information setting. Processing flowchart, Figure 9 is a diagram showing the order of operations when line modification front-justification and rear-feeding are specified, Figure 10
The figure shows an example of the state of the line modification area 22 before and after line modification front-filling, corresponding to the document area 21, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of line modification front-filling processing, and FIG. Figure 13 shows an example of the state of the decoration area 22 corresponding to the document area 21. Figure 13 is a flowchart of line modification post-feed processing, Figure 14 is a flowchart of line copy processing, and Figure 15 is a centering process that takes line decoration into consideration. A diagram explaining right alignment, Figure 16 is a flowchart of centering and right alignment processing, Figure 17 is a diagram explaining the print start position (left margin) set for each line and document, and Figure 18 is the print image area. FIG. 19 is a flowchart mainly for determining the writing position in the print image area 24 during printing. 11... CPU, 12... ROM, 13... program area, 20... RAM, 21... document area,
22... Line modification area, 23... Document format area, 24
...Printing image area, 25...Ancient printing area, 3
2... Keyboard (KB), 34... Display, 37
...Printer (PRT). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue 1 M Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 7 (To SW-/7" SI4) (To λn#S15) No. 1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a storage means having a line modification information area in which line modification information indicating a first document format including font size and italics on a line-by-line basis is set in association with each line of the document, and forming at least a part of the first document format; and a first instruction means for instructing the setting of the second document format including the font size and italics for each document, and information indicating the second document format instructed by the first instruction means as the line modification information. a first setting means for setting the first document format in the row modification information area in association with each document line of the document, at least in part; and a second instruction means for instructing setting of the first document format for each line of the document. and a second setting means for setting information indicating the first document format instructed by the second instruction means in the line modification information area in association with the specified document line as the line modification information. Document creation device with line modification setting function.