JPS63145047A - Document processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the selection mistake of a printing pattern and to obtain a desired printing pattern by one selection, by selecting predetermined decoration from the menu displayed on a menu display means and displaying the display pattern corresponding to the printing pattern to which the selected decoration is applied. CONSTITUTION:When a decoration printing key 3 is pushed, a decoration printing menu and a decoration printing pattern are displayed on a display device 8 and an erected character is displayed by three kinds of a black character, a frame character and a broken character. Next, the key moving to the right from a cursor moving key group 4 is pushed, a cursor C2 is moved in the right direction. Herein, the display picture when the cursor moving key is pushed two times is displayed. Since the cursor C2 is present at the position of '30 deg.', the form of a character inclined by 30 deg. corresponding to the position of the cursor is selected and read from the display pattern part in ROM 1a to be displayed by three kinds of the same characters. When the form of a character is finished, a practice key 6 is pushed to perform decoration printing. By this method, since a decorated printing pattern can be visually confirmed by the display pattern, operation becomes easy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and particularly to a document processing device capable of modifying a print pattern.

[Prior Art] Print patterns in document processing devices are modified by displaying numerical values (angle for italic characters, magnification for variable magnification), names (shaded names), etc., corresponding to the type of modification. This is done by selecting the desired print pattern, but since it is impossible to confirm what the actual print pattern will look like until it is printed, it is possible to make a mistake in selection or to print it several times before getting the desired print pattern. There were inconveniences such as having to repeat the selection process.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, eliminates mistakes in printing pattern selection, and provides a document processing device that can obtain a desired printing pattern with a single selection.

[Means for Solving the Problem] As a means for solving this problem, the document processing device of the present invention is a document processing device that is capable of modifying a print pattern, and displays a menu of modifications. a menu display means; a selection means for selecting a predetermined decoration from the menu displayed by the menu display means; and a pattern display means for displaying a display pattern corresponding to a printed pattern to which the decoration selected by the selection means has been applied. Equipped with

[Operation] In such a configuration, during the printing process, the menu display means displays a menu for modifying the printing pattern,
When the selection means selects the menu, the pattern display means displays a display pattern corresponding to the print pattern.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

Reference numeral 1 is a CPU that controls the document processing device, 1a is a ROM that stores CPU processing programs, modification menus, and display patterns corresponding to print patterns, and 16 is a RAM for auxiliary storage. Reference numeral 9 denotes a keyboard for manually inputting documents and instructing the CPU to operate the document processing device.The keyboard 9 has a group of character input keys 2. Modified print key 3. Cursor movement key group 4. End key 5. There is an execution key 6, etc.

Here, the modification print key 3 is a key for instructing the display of a menu when modifying a print pattern. 7 is a fixed storage device for storing documents; 8 is a display device for displaying document contents and menus.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment stored in the ROM 1a, and FIGS. 3(a) to (C) are diagrams showing changes in the display screen of the display 8 when modifying the print pattern. It is.

According to the processing flowchart in FIG. 2, FIGS.
The operation of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the display screen in (C).

When creating a document using normal character input, step S1→
By repeating S2→S3→S1, characters are input from the character key group 2. An example of the display screen at this time is shown in Figure 3 (
Shown in a). In addition, Dl indicates a text display screen, and C1
indicates the cursor position. The character "1" is now being input.

Here, when the decoration print key 3 is pressed, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S4, and the decoration print menu and decoration print pattern shown in FIG. 3(b) are displayed on the display 8. still,
D2 indicates the modified print display screen, and C°2 indicates the cursor position. The cursor C2 is now at the "0 degree" position and the inclination angle of the characters is 0 degrees, so the upright characters are displayed in three types in this embodiment: black characters, framed characters, and white characters.

Next, press the right movement key from cursor movement key group 4.
Proceeding from step S5 to step S6, step S6
Check whether cursor S2 is at the right end. In this example, since it is not the right end, the process advances to step S7 and the cursor C2 is moved to the right.

Here, the table when the cursor movement key is pressed twice is the cursor position. In step S9, a font is selected according to the cursor position. In this example, since the cursor C2 is at a position of 30 degrees, a font tilted by 30 degrees is selected, and in step S
10, it is read out from the display pattern section in the ROM 1a,
They are displayed in the same three types as above.

After selecting the font, press the execution key 6 and proceed to step Sl.
At step 512, modified printing is executed. If it is not the execution key 6, the screen returns to the original text display screen in step 513. When the end key 5 is pressed, step S
Exit the loop from 2 and end.

As explained above, since the modified print pattern can be visually confirmed by the display pattern, the operation has become easier. - In this example, we have described italic characters as a modification, but the same effects can be achieved by changing the size of characters or by shading as shown in Figures 4 (a) and (b). A combination is also possible. Further, the display characters of the print pattern may be specific characters that can display the modified print pattern as imaged, or may be characters specified on the text screen or characters input using the character entry key.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a document processing device that eliminates mistakes in printing pattern selection and obtains a desired printing pattern with a single selection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the document processing device of this embodiment, Fig. 2 is a processing flowchart of the document processing device of this embodiment, and Figs. 3 (a) to (C) are the display screens when modifying the print pattern. Figures 4 (a) and 4 (b) showing changes are diagrams showing display screens when shading is applied. In the figure, 1...CPU, 1a...ROM, 1b
...RAM, 2...Group of character input keys, 3...Modification printing keys, 4...Group of cursor movement keys, 5...End key, 6...Execution key, 7...Fixed storage device, 8.
... Display unit, 9... Keyboard. Patent applicant: Canon Corporation Ghoko Figure 4 (0) Figure 4 (b)

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a document processing device capable of modifying a printing pattern, a menu display means for displaying a menu of modifications, a selection means for selecting a predetermined modification from the menu displayed by the menu display means, and a selection means for selecting a predetermined modification from the menu displayed by the menu display means; A document processing device comprising: pattern display means for displaying a display pattern corresponding to a selected modified print pattern. (2) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the modification to the print pattern is the inclination of italic characters. (3) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the modification to the print pattern is scaling of characters. (4) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the modification to the print pattern is shading of characters.