JPS62274360A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily process other special European language character than English in a short time by constituting the titled word processor so that a character or a special character to which an accent mark has been put, and the corresponding character appears successively by depressing a conversion key. CONSTITUTION:An input part 1 is provided with an European language mode key 1a in addition to a usual English alphabet key, and it is depressed at the time of inputting a character for an European language. At the time of inputting a character of a Japanese language again, it can be returned by depressing KANA (Japanese syllabary), KATAKANA (square form of Japanese syllabary), and alphanumeric keys. A character pattern group file 2 has a pattern collection 2b of a character to which an accent mark has been put, in addition to a collection 2a of a usual character pattern. A control part 3 sends and receives a retrieving signal 101 to and from the file 2 in accordance with an input signal which is sent out by the input part 1 and retrieves a character pattern corresponding to the signal 100, and sends it out as a display signal 102. In this regard, after the key 1a has been depressed once, until the key of KANA, etc., is depressed, the collection 2b is retrieved, and by depressing the conversion key, the corresponding character is displayed 4 successively.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention Technical Field The present invention relates to a word processor, and in particular, to English characters as well as German O? J + This invention relates to a word processor that can also process other European characters such as French and Spanish.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Recently, among various OA (office automation) equipment, word processors have become extremely popular. In particular, Japanese word processors are generally capable of processing English characters in addition to Japanese, but they are beginning to have functions that can also process European characters other than English characters (eg, German, French, etc.).

Conventionally, in word processors such as those mentioned above, a special function key is usually provided when a special character is desired, and in operation, after pressing this special function key, the required character and accent mark are entered on the keyboard. I'm looking for it and keying in.

Therefore, there is a drawback that the operation becomes complicated and searching on the keyboard takes time.

Purpose of the Invention Therefore, the present invention was made to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional ones, and its purpose is to easily write special European characters other than English, such as German, French, and Spanish. Another object of the present invention is to provide a word processor that can process data in a short time.

Structure of the Invention The word processor according to the present invention includes a key input section having at least an English character input key, a European language mode key, and a conversion key, and accented characters and special characters in German, French, Spanish, etc. corresponding to each English character. Accent is extracted from the character pattern group file corresponding to the input English character by pressing the Roman mode key, inputting English using the English input key, and then pressing the conversion key. It is characterized by having a control unit that searches for and selects one of signed characters and special characters.

153 Hereinafter, a word processor according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the word processor of the present invention includes an input unit 1 having keys for inputting character data, a character pattern group file 2 that stores and holds a large number of character patterns,
It is comprised of a control section 3 that searches a character pattern group file 2 according to input character data and sends out a corresponding character pattern signal, and a display section 4 that displays the above-mentioned character pattern.

Input section 1 has Roman mode key 1 in addition to normal English character keys.
a, which is pressed when entering Roman characters. When entering Japanese characters again, you can return by pressing the kana, katakana, or alphanumeric keys. Character pattern group fu? In addition to a normal character pattern set 2a, the file 2 has a character pattern set 2b (Roman characters) with accent marks.

The control section 3 searches for a character pattern corresponding to the input signal 100 while transmitting and receiving a search signal 101 to and from the character pattern group file 2 according to the input signal 100 sent out by the input section 1, and sends it out as a display section @102. do. Note that after the Roman mode key of the input section 1 is pressed once, the accented character pattern set 2b of the character pattern group file 2 is used until the kana, katakana, or alphanumeric key is pressed.
Also search. The display section 4 receives the above display signal 102 and displays it as a visible pattern.

FIG. 2(a) shows examples of accented characters and special characters used in German, French, and Spanish. These characters are accommodated in the accented character pattern set 2b of the character pattern group file 2. FIG. 2(b) shows the correspondence between English characters and characters specific to German imperial commands, French, and Spanish at the time of conversion.

For example, it is defined so that by inputting the English letter A and pressing the conversion key, it can be converted into A, A, A, A, sequentially.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of the word processor of the present invention. Step 11 is a step for inputting characters for Roman languages, and the conversion key is valid for inputting English characters until the kana, katakana, or alphanumeric key is pressed in step 14. Step 12 shows the operation of pressing an alphabetic key.

In the word processor of the present invention, there are no Roman characters other than English, so when entering a character other than English, the corresponding English character key is pressed.

For example, when the 11 A 11 key is pressed, the output is displayed as shown in display 41. Step 13 is an operation when a character other than an English character is desired, and the conversion key is pressed until the desired character is displayed. Note that even if the conversion key is pressed for characters that are not prepared, the display will not change in any way.

The example in FIG. 3 shows a case where the desired character is “A 11.” For “A” input in step 12,
When the conversion key is pressed, the output is displayed as shown in the display 42a. Since it is not the desired character, when the conversion key is pressed again, it is output and displayed as 42a. In this way, the conversion key is pressed until the desired character is displayed, and once the prepared characters have been used, the display returns to the first input alphabetic character. If the desired character is found, the process returns to step 12 to input the next character.

By repeating the above operating steps in this way,
In addition to English characters, you can enter German characters, French characters, and Spanish characters.

If you want to stop inputting characters for Roman characters, you can return to Japanese input or English input by pressing the kana, katakana, or alphanumeric keys as in step 14. It is clear that by adding character patterns, input in multiple languages becomes possible.

As described in detail, the word processor of the present invention has accented characters or special characters, and when the conversion key is pressed, the corresponding characters appear sequentially, so the operator can use the special characters. There is no need to search for accent marks and special characters on the keyboard; all you need to do is press the conversion key after inputting an alphabetic character and check the characters displayed in the output.

Therefore, there is an effect that the operation is simplified and the work speed is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an actual flow of a word processor according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing patterns of accented characters and special characters used in German, French, and Spanish. The figure is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of the embodiment of FIG. Explanation of symbols of main parts 1...Input section 1a...Roman mode key 2...Character pattern group file 3...
Control unit 4...Display unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A key input section having at least an alphabet input key, a European mode key, and a conversion key, and a character pattern in which accented characters and special characters in German, French, Spanish, etc. are stored in advance for each English character. By pressing the conversion bar after inputting English text using the English input key after pressing the Roman mode key, accented characters and special characters are input from the character pattern group file corresponding to the input English characters. A word processor characterized by having a control unit that searches for and selects one of characters. (2) The word processor according to claim 1, wherein other accented characters and special characters corresponding to the English character are sequentially selected each time the conversion key is pressed down successively.