JPS62245287A - Document generator - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a document creation device having a single document creation function.

In general, document creation devices such as personal word processors and electronic typewriters are equipped with a color printing function that prints characters with this color in the set color by setting a color as an attribute of one character. There is something.

By the way, when it is possible to set the color of the text in this way, it is desirable to be able to check the color of the text when creating and editing a single document, since the operability is not good if the color cannot be determined until it is printed.

Therefore, in conventional document creation devices, for example, a mark of red, blue, etc., which is distinguished from the character indicating the color of the character, is added and displayed next to the character.

However, in this case, one mark is required for each character to display the color of the character. Therefore, for example, if the seven characters of "British car" in the sentence "My car is a British car" are specified as "red", the display will show "British car" as shown in Figure 15 (a). A total of 14 characters are displayed, including 7 letters for ``British-made cars'' and 7 marks M indicating that each letter is ``red.'' When printed, as shown in the same figure (b), ``British-made cars ” are printed in red.

In this way, it is not possible to add and display a red, blue, etc. mark next to the character that indicates the color of the character.
Unlike the g-book rough format printing format, when creating and editing a document, characters must be input while taking into consideration the print result, resulting in poor operability.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to improve operability.

1-Precept In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a function of displaying only characters of specified attributes.

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be given based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of a personal word processor as a document creation device embodying the present invention.

This document creation device uses characters (Hiragana 2 Serikana).

a keyboard 1 as an input device for inputting information necessary for creating and editing documents (including alphabets, symbols, etc.), and a liquid crystal display device i! as a display device having a multi-line display area for displaying documents, etc. (LC:D) 2, a thermal transfer printer 3 for printing documents, etc., and a floppy disk drive device (FDD) 4 as an external storage device for storing documents and character patterns.

The keyboard 1 includes a group of 10 keys, including character keys for inputting characters, conversion keys for instructing kana-kanji conversion, shift keys for switching characters input with character keys, line feed keys, etc.
a function instruction key 11 that instructs various functions in combination with and a single character key; an execution key 12 that instructs execution of various processes; a print key 13 that instructs printing; A group of cursor movement keys 14 for instructing the movement of the print head, a group of various mode setting keys 15, a color setting key 16 for setting color attributes of characters, and a color selection key for selecting the color of characters to be displayed. It is equipped with 17th mag.

Moreover, the liquid crystal display device 1i (LCD) 2 is.

As shown in FIG. 3, there is an editing area ED in which characters, K-line, etc. that have been input after Kana Ikkuji conversion are displayed.

A scale display area SC that displays information such as the number of digits or characters, key manual characters, candidate kanji, input mode, and the current position of the cursor I! (page 2 lines, 2 digits), paper size, maximum number of characters, Ik large line count, full/half-width, printing conditions (9-line character spacing, print mode, vertical/horizontal writing), etc. are displayed in the guidance area GA. has.

Furthermore, this liquid crystal display device 2 has a layout display area that displays a layout in which the format of characters on one page of the document currently being edited, characters with specified attributes, or lines, etc. is reduced, and patterns created when creating external characters. L.A.
and has.

In the case 2a of this liquid crystal display device [2, there is a color type side identification character on the right side of the layout display area LA for identifying and displaying the color of the characters of the layout displayed in the layout display area LA. Attach group 18 to 1
A layout type display mark CM indicating the identification character of the color type side identification character group 18 is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display device 2 according to the color of the character of the displayed layout.

The input modes include a hiragana input mode, a katakana input mode, and an alphanumeric/symbol input mode, and for the hiragana and katakana input modes, there are a kana input mode and a romaji input mode. Furthermore, regarding the size of characters, there are a full-width character input mode and a half-width character input mode.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control section of this document creation device.

A microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "microcomputer") 21 of this control unit 20 includes a CPU and a ROM.

Consists of RAM, Ilo, etc., and performs document creation/editing, display control of text and layout, etc., and printing control.

Controls the overall control of this device, including character enlargement control.

The ROM 22 stores various fixed information such as a control program necessary for controlling this apparatus, standard format (paper size, paper direction one character pitch, line pitch) information and one character code.

The RAM 23 includes an input buffer area for storing data input from the keyboard 1, a text storage area for storing input character data, a character generator area for storing character patterns read from the FDC 4, which will be described later, setting format information, and a text storage area for storing input character data. It is used as a data area for storing 31'ill data, including an area for storing setting mode information, etc., and a working area for program execution.

The dictionary g memory 24 includes a dictionary area that stores the dictionary necessary for kana-kanji conversion, and a character pattern storage area (character generator) that stores character patterns of characters in a predetermined typeface, such as Gothic or Mincho. Configure.

The keyboard controller 2S is in charge of determining input data from the keyboard 1 and transferring lighting control data for LEDs (not shown) attached to the keys, etc., and the LCD controller 26 has a video memory (VRAM) etc. inside it and controls the display of the liquid crystal display device 2. A floppy disk controller (FDC) 27 controls the FDC 4 .

ft. The floppy disk loaded in the FDC 4 includes a floppy disk storing character patterns in a predetermined typeface, such as a Mincho font, and a floppy disk storing character patterns in a Gothic font (3).

The microcomputer 21 that controls the printer 3 is
Head drive data corresponding to the characters to be printed is output to 1028, and each heating element of the thermal head (print head) 30 is driven and controlled via the driver 2 to print the desired characters.

In addition, the microcomputer 21 outputs the space drive data to ■1028 and sends it to the space motor 3 via the driver 31.
2 to move the carriage 33, and output line feed drive data to drive and control the line feed motor 35 via the driver 34 to move the platen 3.
Turn 6.

Furthermore, the ribbon feed drive data is output and the ribbon feed motor 3 is driven and controlled via the driver 37 to feed the ribbon 3.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram functionally showing a portion of this control section related to color attribute character display control.

The input section 51 corresponds to the keyboard 1, and inputs various key data KDE such as characters, gray lines, and cursor movement, as described above.

The input data determining unit 53 determines whether the key data KDE from the input unit 51 is character code CCD or color attribute setting information COD, and determines whether the input key data KDE is the character code CCD or the color attribute setting information COD according to the result of this determination.
Send DE to each part. Note that this input data discriminator 5
1 also determines whether it is various types of function data or not, and if it is function data, it is sent to a function control section (not shown).

The character input section 54 receives the character code CCD from the input data discrimination section 53, performs kana-to-kanji conversion, etc., and stores the converted character data CDD in the text storage area 55 as text data.

The text storage area 55 stores character data CDD given from the single character input section 54.

The format information storage area 56 stores information regarding the document format (iF format information), such as the specified or standard paper size, character spacing, 2-line spacing, and 9-line spacing for all lines of the document. ) is stored.

The text development section 57 cuts out the text that should constitute one line based on the text data TED given from the text storage area 5S and the format information FAD from the format information storage area 56, and sends the information to each section as text information TED. do.

The character pattern storage area 58 stores a character generator for converting a single character code into character pattern data.

The text display data creation section 5th is the text development section 5th.
In response to the text information TED from 7, the character code is converted into character pattern data PAD using the character pattern storage area S8 to create text display data, and this display data TDD is displayed on the liquid crystal display device [(LCD) 2
It is output to the display section 52 corresponding to .

The mode setting unit 61 determines which color mode should be set based on the color attribute setting information MOD from the input data determining unit 53 and the current color mode stored in the mode information storage area 62, Mode information MDD indicating the mode of the corresponding color is sent to the mode information storage area 62.

The mode information storage area 62 stores mode information 111MDD from the mode setting section 61.

The curse cursor position import unit 63 stores the current cursor position (row 2
digit) and use this recognition result as curse cursor position information CP.
Send as A.

The cursor position character import unit 64 imports information such as the size and color attributes of the character at the current cursor position based on the current cursor position information cpA from the current cursor position import unit 63, and converts this imported information into character information. Send as CPD.

The color attribute setting section 65 sets the character at the current cursor position based on the character information CPD from the cursor position character importing section 64 and the currently set color mode information M L) D from the mode information storage area 62. color attribute is set, and color attribute information CBD indicating the set color attribute is added to the character at the current cursor position in the text storage area 55 and stored.

The color attribute determination unit 66 determines each character for one line of text information based on the text information TED from the text development unit 57 and the currently set color mode information MDD from the mode information storage area 62. The color attribute is determined, only characters matching the color of the currently set mode are extracted, and only the extracted characters are sent as text information TMD.

The layout display data creation unit 67 is a one-color discrimination unit 6.
Display data necessary for one-line layout display is created based on the text information TMD from 6, and this layout display data LDD is output to the display section 52.

The layout type display data creation unit 68 reads out the mode information MDD of the currently set color from the mode information storage unit 62 and displays the layout type, that is, displays the layout type display mark CM in FIG. This layout display data LMD is output to the display unit 52.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIG. 5 and subsequent figures. In addition, Figures 5 to 9
The figure is a flow diagram of each process executed by the microcomputer 21,
FIG. 10 to FIG. 14 are explanatory diagrams that provide a specific explanation of each process.

First, input processing will be explained with reference to FIG.

In this input process, when there is a key force from the keyboard 1, it is determined whether or not this key force is for character input.

Note that "character input" here means character input displayed in the editing area ED of the LCD 2. In other words, the characters entered manually are displayed in the guidance display area GA of the LCD2.
, performs Kana-Ichi-Kanji conversion of Tokoratsu, and treats the converted characters as input characters.

If the key input is character input, insert the input character at the address corresponding to the current cursor position in the text storage area, perform text expansion processing on the line where the character was inserted (corresponding line), and then create the corresponding character pattern. is read out to create text display data and displayed on the editing area ED of the LCD 2.

Thereafter, after creating layout display data for the corresponding row and displaying the layout in the layout display area, the process returns to the key manual standby mode.

On the other hand, if the keyboard does not require human power to input characters.

It is determined whether or not the color setting key 16 is pressed, and if it is the color setting key 16, a color attribute setting process is performed to set the color attribute of the character at the current cursor position, and then the process returns to the key manual standby state.

If it is not the one color setting key 16, it is determined whether it is the color selection key 17 or not, and if it is the one color selection key 17, after performing color selection processing to display only the characters of the selected (specified) color in the layout, Return to key manpower standby.

Next, text expansion processing in this input processing will be specifically explained with reference to FIG.

Text development calculates the development width of one line based on format information such as paper size, character spacing, line spacing, left edge and right edge position information, and extracts the text that fits within that width, that is, the group of characters that make up one line. , is the process of creating a digit correspondence address table.

In this case, in this document creation device, in order to handle half-width characters, it is necessary to manage them in units of half-width, that is, single digits.

In order to treat each character as a kanji code, each character in the text data is held as a 2-byte character code.

Then, the address of the text storage area for each character (character address information) is set in the 1-digit correspondence address table. This address indicates a relative address from the beginning of the text data, and the beginning is "0", the primary is [2], the next is "4", etc. This digit correspondence address table is all 2 bytes per digit so that the characters can be half-width characters.

At this time, full-width characters are twice as large as half-width characters, so they require 2 digits, but the character address information itself is 2 bytes (1 digit).
, so the 2 bytes of the second digit are empty.

Furthermore, since a double-width character is four times as large as a half-width character, it requires four digits, and since the character address information can fit in 2 bytes (1 digit), the remaining 3 digits (6 bytes) are free.

Therefore, expansion information (2-byte configuration) indicating the predetermined character attributes shown in Table 1 is added to this empty area.

Table 1 Next, we will explain the creation of this digit correspondence address table in Table 1.
This will be explained with reference to 0.

In this example, the format information is as shown in the same figure (a), paper size...A4. Character spacing: Medium 2-line spacing: Medium.

The left end...11th digit (11th digit), the right end...40th digit (40th digit), and the text data as ``Aiueo ABCD Kaki Kuke Koshi Suse Sotatsu'' as shown in the same figure (b). rABcDJ is a half-width character, "Kaki" is a double-width character, and the others are full-width characters.

At this time, an expanded width of 30 digits for one line is obtained based on the format information.

Therefore, if you start expansion from the character "A" in the text data, the 1-digit address table will have character attributes up to the 10th digit, as shown in the same figure (c). Stores expansion information "-1" indicating outside the left edge.

The full-width character "a" requires two digits, so the first
The first digit (first digit) contains 2 bytes of character address information (represented by the character "A" in the figure for convenience).

The same applies to other characters), and 2-byte expansion information r indicating that the character attribute is a full-width character is stored in the 12th digit (second digit).
-2J (full-width skip information) is stored. Other full-width characters "Iueo" are similarly expanded to the 13th to 20th digits.

Also, for the half-width character rAJ, one digit is sufficient, so
The 2-byte character address information is stored in the 21st digit. Other half-width characters rBcDJ are similarly expanded to the 22nd to 24th digits.

Furthermore, since the double-width character "ka" requires four digits, the character address information is stored in the 25th digit (first digit) of the 25th to 28th digits.

The remaining 26th digit (2nd digit) to 28th digit (4th digit)
Explanation information r-3J (double-width skip information) indicating that the character attribute is a double-width character is stored in the first three digits (digit 1).

Similarly, for other double-width characters "ki", numbers 29 to 32
Expand into digits.

Then, add the full-width character “Kukeko…chitsu” to the 33rd character.
~40th digit is stored in the same way, and the 41st digit that exceeds the 40th digit
After the digit, a character attribute of "-1" indicating outside the right edge is stored.

By performing text expansion in this way, the expanded text data ``Aiueo ABCD power 1 kikukekosa'' as shown in Figure (d) is obtained (since the expansion width of one line is 30 digits, the character ” ends the line).

Next, the color attribute setting process in the input process will be explained with reference to FIG.

In this color attribute setting process, the character at the current cursor position is fetched based on the digit correspondence address table created by text expansion and the current cursor position, and then the currently set color mode is fetched.

Then, it is determined whether or not the imported character already has color attribute information, and if it does not already have color attribute information, the attribute information of the currently set color is inserted and stored in the text storage area. Furthermore, if color attribute information already exists, the existing color attribute information is replaced with the currently set color attribute information.

Thereafter, the cursor is moved to the next character, and layout display data for one line of that line is created and displayed in the layout display area LA of the LCD 2.

Next, this color attribute setting process will be specifically explained with reference to FIG.

This color attribute setting is a process of extracting the character at the current cursor position based on the current cursor position information and the digit correspondence address table, and adding the currently set color attribute information to this character.

And here, the colors that can be set are "red" and "blue".

The seven colors are ``yellow,''``green,''``peach,''``purple,'' and ``black.''
Color attribute data (attribute information) for each color as shown in Table 2
has been established.

As shown in Table 2, the current cursor position is set to row No. 1, as shown in FIG. Digit No.

9, and at this time, the digit correspondence address table of the line (first line) at the current cursor position is 1.2 as shown in the same figure (b).
``Me'' in the digit and ``no'' in the 3rd and 4th digits.

5th and 6th digits are ``r car'', 7th and 8th digits are ``ha'', 9th ゜10
Assume that "i" is stored in the digit, "gi", etc. are stored in the 11th and 12th digits.

Therefore, as shown in the same figure (c), the current cursor position can be determined from the information of the current cursor position and the character address information of the digit correspondence address table. ! It is obtained that the character (9th digit) is "i".

At this time, if the current mode information indicating the currently set color mode is "red" as shown in the same figure (d), then the character "A" is By inserting rlJ, which is the color attribute data (attribute information) of "red", [1] (with a square frame) is inserted before the letter "i" as shown in the same figure (G). ) is added to the text data.

In this case, if color attribute information "2" indicating that the color is "blue" has already been added to one character "i", the color attribute information "2" is replaced with the color attribute indicating "red". Replace with information "1".

Next, the color selection process in the input process will be explained with reference to FIG.

In this color selection process, the mode information indicating the currently selected (specified) color mode is read from the mode information storage area, the current color type is determined, and then the color type (mode) to be set this time is determined. Then, the mode for one color is set and the mode information is stored again in the mode information storage area.

After that, create layout type display data and display it on the LCD.
After displaying the layout type display mark CM on the LCD 2, create layout display data of only the characters set in the color indicated by the newly selected mode information and display the layout display data on the LCD 2.
is displayed in the layout display area LA.

The layout display data creation process in this color selection process will be explained with reference to FIG.

In this layout display data creation process, first set rQJ in the row counter, then create one row's worth of layout display data, and continue to use this one row's worth of layout display data until the maximum row (last row) is reached. Repeat the creation process.

Then, after executing the layout display data creation process for one line up to the last row, display data for the layout frame is created, and the created layout display data for each row and the frame display data are combined and displayed on the LCD 2. is displayed in the layout display area LA.

The layout display data creation process for one line in this layout display data creation process will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

In this one-line layout display data creation process, the format information is first imported, one line of text is developed in the same way as described above, the color attribute is determined for each character, and the currently specified (selected) color attribute is determined for each character. ) is extracted, and layout display data for the extracted characters is created.

Next, this color selection process will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14.

In color selection, first, each time the color selection key 17 is pressed, the current color mode is determined based on the currently set color mode. Here, the two-color mode is assumed to rotate in the order of "red → blue → yellow → green → pink → purple → black → red" each time the color selection key is pressed.

For example, if the one color selection key 17 is pressed when the current color mode is yellow, "green" is set.

At this time, the layout type display mark CM shown in FIG.
Move and display from the position pointing to the character "green".

Therefore, layout display data is created, but in this case, the format information is the same as shown in FIG. 12, for example. As shown in I (a), the paper size is A4. Character spacing...
Middle 9th line spacing...Middle, left edge...1st digit (1st digit).

The right end...the 46th digit (46th digit), and the text data as shown in the same figure (b): ``My car is a British-made car. I bought it this year. Until now... Assume that color attribute information [1] indicating that the color attribute is ``red'' is added to each character of ``British car j'' as described above, for example.

By developing this text data into a single line with a development width of 46 columns determined based on the format information, the image shown in the figure (
A digit correspondence address table as shown in c) is obtained.

At this time, if the current mode information is "rred" as shown in the figure (d), the attribute is checked for each character in the digit correspondence address table as shown in the figure (e), and it is set to "red", that is, the color. Only characters with attribute data "1" are extracted. As a result, a table for the character string "British-made car" is obtained as shown in the figure (f).

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
-2'', r-3J) for digits without rO''9
For digits with characters, expand them into "1" data to create layout display data, and convert "0" and rlJ in this layout display data into r2x24 dot display dots with "0" hidden and "1". ” is displayed and expanded,
It is displayed in the layout display area LA as shown in FIG.

In this way, 1, for example, as shown in FIG.
When each character of the document whose part is displayed in the editing area ED is all black and the specified color is "black", the layout type display mark CM indicates the character "black" of the identification character 1118. The layout of all characters of the document is displayed in the layout display area LA.

For example, as shown in FIG. 14, only the character strings "British car" and "highway" among the characters of the document partially displayed in the editing area ED of the LCD 2 are set to red, and other characters are set to red. When all the characters are black and the specified color is "red".

The layout type display mark CM is displayed at the position indicating the character "red" of identification character group 18, and the layout display area LA only displays the layout of the character strings "British car" and "expressway" in the document. is displayed.

In this way, this document creation device displays only the characters of the specified attribute color on the layout screen, so it is possible to check the colors of the characters included in the document, and also to display the text on the editing screen. does not display the mark that indicates the color of the text separately from the text, so even if the editing format and print format match and one color is set, you do not have to consider the print results each time you create a document.

Improves operability.

By displaying only the characters with the specified attribute in the layout, it is possible to specify which colors are set for which characters throughout one page, especially in a personal word processor that has a display section that can only display multiple lines within a page. You will be able to check whether the

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was described in which only characters of a specified color are displayed using the layout screen.1 For example, when a color is specified, only characters of that specified color are displayed in the editing area. You can also display
In this case, for example, a tape made as shown in FIG.

The text display data may be created and displayed based on the file.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was described in which only characters with the same color setting are displayed at once, but for example, if a different identification pattern is prepared for each color and one color is set, the setting It is also possible to combine the color identification pattern and the character and display it as a single character.In this way, the color of the character can be checked in the editing area, and the editing format and print format can be the same. can do.

Furthermore, for example, the color attribute of the character at the cursor position is read out, and the layout type display mark of the above embodiment is read out to indicate the corresponding character of the identification character group according to the cursor position. It can also be displayed moving.

Furthermore, to set the color of two characters, for example, select the menu, for example, by pressing the color setting key, the guidance screen will display "1. Red 2. Blue 3. Yellow..." and input the number. It is also possible to set the color attribute by

Further, in the above embodiment, the color attribute is used as an example of one character attribute, but for example, half-width characters, full-width characters, nine-fold-width characters, and enlarged characters can also be selectively displayed.

Furthermore, in the above embodiments, an example was described in which the present invention is implemented in a personal word processor, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly implemented in other document creation devices such as an electronic typewriter.

As explained above, according to the present invention, operability is improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of a document creation device embodying the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display screen of the display device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control section. FIGS. 5 to 9 also show input processing executed by the control unit,
Color attribute setting processing in input processing. Color selection processing in input processing Layout display data creation processing in one color selection processing. A flowchart showing one line of layout display data creation processing in the layout display data creation process, FIGS. 10 to 14 are explanatory diagrams providing specific explanations of each process, and FIG. 15 is a conventional document creation process. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the device. 51... Input section 52... Display section 53...
- Input data discrimination section 5S...Text storage area 57...Text development section 61...Mode setting section 62...Mode information storage area 6S...Color attribute setting section 66...Color attribute discrimination section 6
F...Data creation section for layout display 68...Data creation section for layout type display Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 11 Fig. 12 ↓ (preliminary)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A document creation device capable of setting attributes for characters, characterized by comprising attribute character display control means for displaying only characters with specified attributes. 2. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein a color can be set as an attribute of a character, and the attribute character display control means displays only characters of a specified color. 3. The document creation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attribute character display control means displays characters of specified attributes in a layout.