JPH07182320A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a character processor which displays a list of respective pages in document data and switches the screen to a screen that an operator desires only by selecting them. CONSTITUTION:This character processor displays the list of page information on the respective pages of the document data by using a specified page list display means 6 in a page specifying means 3 and makes the operator to select them. The execution of a process for the selected specific page is prompted, a specific page screen display means 8 is used to display the specific page fully on the screen or by dividing the screen to optional size, and a specific page editing means 10 performs a document editing process for the specific page.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional character processing apparatus, editing processing of a document covering a plurality of files has been realized, but editing processing of a document covering a plurality of pages has not been realized. That is, in the editing process of a document over a plurality of pages, a character processing device having means for simplifying the screen switching to each page and simultaneously displaying and editing the document data of a plurality of pages has not yet been realized. Not not.

[0003]

Therefore, when an operator conventionally attempts to perform this type of document editing processing, the following (previous)
The only means provided is to switch the screen page by page to perform edit processing by pressing the page key or the like, or to input the number of pages to switch to and switch the screen to that page to perform edit processing. Therefore, when attempting to edit a document over multiple pages, the operator must press the page switching key multiple times, or must remember the number of pages to switch screens in advance, Such a troublesome and inconvenient operation was required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to display each page in the document data in a list and select the selected one to display the screen to the screen desired by the operator. It is to provide a character processing device that can be switched.

A further object of the present invention is to display partial information within a page, such as the first character string of each page, as additional information in a list, thereby supporting the selection operation by the operator and the page to be switched to. An object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device with a built-in function that enables document editing processing on a plurality of screens (a plurality of pages) by dividing the screen into arbitrary sizes and displaying the screen.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention comprises a document memory in which various data relating to document editing are stored and a process of designating each page of the document data in the document memory. A page designation instructing means for prompting activation, a page designating means activated by the page designation instructing means, and a designated page processing execution means for performing processing on a page designated by the page designating means. Characterize.

In the present invention, preferably, the page number of the document data is displayed in a list by the relative page number in the document memory, and the relative page designating means in the document memory for designating the listed page, or the document data. If page data for printing is added to the print mode, a list is displayed as absolute pages for printing based on the page data, and one of the print mode absolute page designating means for designating the listed page is specified. Alternatively, it has both means, and either the function of simply displaying only the number of pages to be designated in the list display or the function of additionally displaying partial information of the document data of the page to be designated. It can be characterized in that it is provided with a designated page list display means having the function or both.

Further, the present invention is preferably a designated page screen display means for displaying the document data on the page designated by the page designation means so as to fill the screen or divide the screen into arbitrary sizes, and the designated page. A specified page cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a specified position on the document data displayed by the screen display means, and a specified page edit starting means for activating the document edit processing for the document data on the cursor, In the case where the screen is divided into a plurality of screens and displayed by the document editing means executed by the designated page edit start processing and the specified page screen display means, each page data on the divided screens is controlled. It can be characterized by comprising a divided page screen control means.

Further, according to the present invention, preferably, the split page screen control means fetches a switching request when an editing mode switching request is issued from a designated page to be edited to another page of another screen. It can be characterized in that it has edit mode switching request receiving means and edit mode switching means for moving the cursor based on the fetched switching request to switch the edit mode.

[0010]

In the present invention, for each page in the document data,
Using the designated page list display means in the page designation means,
Display the page information of each page in a list and let the operator select it. Prompt execution of processing for the selected designated page, the designated page is displayed by using the designated page screen display means or by dividing the screen into arbitrary sizes, and the designated page is edited by the designated page edit starting means. Execute the document editing process for. As a result, it is possible to remove from the operator an operation that is conventionally troublesome and inconvenient.

Further, in the present invention, when the screen is divided into a plurality of screens, under the division page screen control means,
By executing the edit mode switching request receiving means and the edit mode switching means, it becomes possible to simultaneously edit the document data of a plurality of pages divided into a plurality of screens. This can provide the operator with a more convenient operation.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic construction of the character processing apparatus of the present invention. Here, 1 is a document memory in which various data related to document editing are stored. Reference numeral 2 is a page designation instruction means for urging the start of processing for designating each page of the document data in the document memory 1. A page designating unit 3 is activated by the page designating unit 2. 7
Is designated page processing execution means for performing processing on the page designated by the page designation means 3.

Further, 4 is a relative page designating means in the document memory for displaying a list of page numbers of the document data by the relative page number in the document memory 1 in the page designating means 3 and designating the listed page. is there. Also,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a print mode absolute page designating means for displaying a list of absolute pages for printing based on the page data when the page data for printing is added to the document data and designating the listed page. Is. Then, a function of simply displaying only the number of pages to be designated for the page information obtained by one or both of the means 4 and 5, and a portion of the document data of the page to be designated The designated page list display means 6 displays a list by using one or both of the functions of adding and displaying information.

Reference numeral 8 is the designated page processing execution means 7
It is a designated page screen display means for displaying the document data on the page designated in step 1 to fill the screen or divide the screen into arbitrary sizes. Reference numeral 9 denotes designated page cursor moving means for moving the cursor to an arbitrary position on the document data displayed by the designated page screen display means 8,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a designated page edit activation means that prompts activation of the document edit processing for the document data on the cursor. And
Reference numeral 11 denotes a document editing means executed by this edit start processing.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a screen displayed by the designated page screen display means 8 divided into a plurality of screens.
The divided page screen control means controls each page data on the divided screen. On the basis of the divided page screen control means 12, when a request to switch the edit mode is issued from the designated page to be edited to another page on another screen, the process of fetching the switch request is the edit mode switch 13 The editing mode switching means 14 is performed by the request receiving means, and moves the cursor based on the fetched switching request to switch the editing mode.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the character processing device of the present invention. Here, 111 is a keyboard,
It has a plurality of keys for instructing processing necessary for text input and other character processing. The keyboard 111 is also used for inputting an instruction for activating the page designating means 3 performed by the page designating means 2 described above. In addition, input information from the operator is input from the keyboard 111.

Reference numeral 112 denotes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) in the form of a microprocessor, for example, which follows a processing procedure stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 113.
Performs control necessary for character processing. ROM113 is
It is a memory that stores the processing procedures shown in FIGS. 7 to 11. The RAM 114 is a writable memory and includes a document memory 115, a cursor register 116, a head display register 117, and another memory area 118 necessary for character processing. The document memory 115 stores information related to stored character information such as character information based on character codes and block information. Cursor register 116
Stores the cursor position. The display head register stores the character position of the first digit of the displayed line.

Reference numeral 119 is a display device, for example, 48 digits * 1
Five lines of character information and a cursor are displayed. A bus line 120 transfers an address signal, a data signal, and a control signal necessary for controlling each unit.

A specific example of the page editing process performed by the above configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the number of pages to be edited is designated by the relative number of pages in the document memory 115 ((A) of FIG. 3). Here, since the number of pages from the beginning of the document is displayed in a list ((B) of FIG. 3), the displayed number of pages is selected. For example, if page 2 is selected, the second page of document data in the document can be edited ((C) in FIG. 3).

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the number of pages to be edited is designated by the absolute page designated at the time of printing. Here, the number of pages of each page is displayed in a list relative to the designated print first page of the document. For example, when there is a document whose first page to be printed is 101 pages ((A) of FIG. 4), the first page of the document is 101 pages, the next page is 102 pages, ... Are handled and displayed in the list ((B) of FIG. 4). When the 102nd page is selected here, the 102nd page (the second page in the document) of the document data can be edited ((C) of FIG. 4).

FIG. 5 shows an example in which detailed information of each page is also displayed in the list display. Here, the top character string of each page is displayed at the beginning of the detailed information ((B) of FIG. 5), but page format information such as the line / column of each page can be displayed as other detailed information. is there. Also,
In this example, detailed information is displayed for all pages, but it is also possible to display detailed information for only the specified page.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the display form of the page designated in FIG. 3 or 4 on the screen. For example,
If the first page (first page) of the document is already displayed ((A) in FIG. 6) and the editing process of the document data of the eighth page is attempted to be performed on that page, (B) in FIG. become that way. Here, the position of the execution cursor and the editing execution mode are switched, and the execution of the editing process on the document data of the eighth page is started. Here, an example in which the screen is divided into upper and lower two stages is shown, but the size of this screen can be arbitrarily specified, and any screen form can be displayed.

Next, referring to the flow charts of FIGS. 7 to 11, the procedure of the processing operation of the divided page edit processing performed according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In this apparatus, when the power is turned on, first, as shown in FIG. 7, the process proceeds to step S1 and is initialized.

In step S2, a mode is selected. If it is determined that the document edit processing mode has been selected, the process proceeds to step S3, and the document edit processing described below is divided page edit processing. Is performed. If it is determined to select another mode, the process branches to step S4 and normal document processing is performed.

In the case of the document editing process of step S3, as shown in FIG. 8, first, the type of key input is determined in step S3-1, and if it is determined that the end key is pressed here. , The document editing process is finished as it is. If the key input is the page edit designation key, the designated page list display processing is performed in step S3-2, and the designated page determined by this list display is processed in step S3.
In 3-3, edit start processing of the designated page is performed. If the input key is the edit mode switching key, step S
In 3-4, edit page switching processing is performed. If the input key is any other key required for document editing, the document editing process is performed in step S3-5.

Next, in the designated page list display process in step S3-2, as shown in FIG. 9, first, in step S3-2-1, it is determined whether or not a print page is designated, and the print page is designated. If is not specified, step S3-
In 2-2, an in-document relative page number creating process for creating a page number relative to the top of the document memory 115 is performed. If a print page is designated, a print absolute page number creation process is performed to create the page number based on the absolute page number of the document based on the print page designated in step S3-2-3.

Then, in step S3-2-4, a detailed page information creating process is performed in which detailed information of each page having the created number of pages is taken out and detailed information is created. Then, in step S3-2-5, when there is a request for the number of created pages, page list display processing for displaying detailed page information is also performed. And finally, step S
A designated page confirmation process is performed to confirm a designated page from the number of pages listed in 3-2-6.

Next, in the designated page edit start processing of step S3-3 of FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 10, first, it is executed before the page edit designation key is pressed in step S3-3-1. In addition, the pre-designated edit page edit end process of ending the page edit process is performed. continue,
A designated page document edit screen creation process is performed to create the document edit screen of the specified page confirmed in step S3-3-2. Next, in step S3-3-3, designated page execution cursor setting processing for setting the execution cursor on the created edit screen is performed. And step S3-3-4
The specified page edit start processing for starting the edit processing of the specified page for which the execution cursor is set is executed.

Next, in the edit mode switching process of step S3-4 in FIG. 8, first, as shown in FIG.
In step S3-4-1, the execution edit page edit end process for ending the page edit process that was executed before the edit mode switching key was pressed is performed. Then, in step S3-4-2, a designated edit page search process is performed to search for a designated page that has already been designated and has been registered, which is a destination for switching the edit mode. Then, in step S3-4-3, a search edit page screen creation process is performed to create an edit screen of the page searched from the registered designated pages. As an example of the search order at this time, the search order can be increased by searching in the order in which the designated pages are registered. Then, a search edit page execution cursor setting process for setting an execution cursor on the edit screen searched and created in step S3-4-4 is performed. Then, in step S3-4-5, a search edit page edit start process for starting the edit process of the designated page for which the execution cursor is set is performed.

According to the flow of the processing shown above, each page in the document data is displayed in a list, and the screen is switched to the screen of the page desired by the operator only by the selection of the operator, and the document editing of the page is performed. Is possible. Furthermore, a function of referring to the detailed page information as additional information and a function of changing the screen size of the editing screen to be edited can be added to this.

(Other Embodiments) In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the procedure up to the execution of the document edit processing for the designated page has been described, but the processing procedure of this embodiment is expanded. As a result, the examples shown below can be provided.

(1) For each page data displayed in a list, the operator is allowed to mark the page data of the page to be printed, and the document of the marked page data is printed to simplify the partial printing function of the document. Operation can be provided.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, page items (pages 2, 3, and 7) in the page list are marked (FIG. 12B), and the page data of the marked items are partially printed. (FIG. 12C).

To this end, the following steps in the first embodiment described above may be expanded. First, a function for marking and designating a plurality of pages is added to the designated page confirmation process of step S3-2-6 shown in FIG. 9, and step S3-3 of FIG. The designated page print process may be changed to execute the designated page print process.

(2) For each page data displayed in a list, it is possible to provide a document partial communication function of transmitting only the document of the marked page as communication data.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, page items (pages 2, 3, and 7) in the page list are marked ((B) in FIG. 13), and page data of the marked items are partially communicated. It is transmitted as a document ((C) in FIG. 13).

For this purpose, step S3-3 of FIG. 8 described above may be changed to the designated page partial communication process.

(3) By changing the order of the list-displayed page data, it is possible to provide a page change function capable of changing the order of the document data in the document.

For example, as shown in FIG. 14, page items (pages 2 and 8) in the page list are changed ((B) in FIG. 14), and the data in the document memory is also paged based on the changed items. Is changed ((C) of FIG. 14).

(4) For each page data of a plurality of documents displayed in a list on a plurality of screens, the page data is "copied" (moved) in the plurality of screens displayed so that the data can be transferred between documents. “Copy” of document data in page units
It will also be possible to provide a multi-document page editing function that can (move).

For example, when the document data of the second page in FIG. 15 ((A) of FIG. 15) is partially copied between pages 31 and 32 of the document of another file ((B of FIG. 15) )), It is copied to the document memory of another file in the form as shown in FIG. 16 ((A) and (B) of FIG. 16).

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of pages of document data is displayed in a list by the relative number of pages in the document memory, and the listed page is designated, or the document data is displayed. If page data for printing is added, a list of absolute pages for printing is displayed based on the page data, and the page displayed in the list is specified. Display only the number of pages, or add partial information of the document data of the page, and display the document data on the specified page in the full screen or by dividing the screen into arbitrary sizes. Then, the document data on the cursor is prompted to start the document editing process, and if the screen is displayed in multiple screens, each page on this split screen is displayed. Data is controlled, and when a request to switch the edit mode is issued from the specified page to be edited to another page on another screen, the cursor is moved based on the request to switch the edit mode. Therefore, for each page in the document data,
The page information of each page can be displayed in a list and the operator can freely select it, which can eliminate the troublesome and inconvenient operation from the operator.

Further, according to the present invention, when the screen is divided into a plurality of screens, the document data of a plurality of pages divided into a plurality of screens can be edited at the same time, and a more convenient operation can be performed by the operator. Can be provided to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which a list of pages is displayed by the relative number of pages of a document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a list of pages according to an absolute number of pages to be printed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a list of pages with detailed information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which data of a plurality of pages is displayed by dividing a document screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure in a document editing process in FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure in a designated page list display process in FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure in a designated page edit start processing in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure in an edit mode switching process in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of partially printing a document shown as another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in the case of partially communicating a document shown as another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of partial page exchange processing of a document shown as another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a state before copying when a document shown as another embodiment of the present invention is partially copied.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example showing a state after copying when a document shown as another embodiment of the present invention is partially copied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 111 keyboard 112 CPU 113 ROM 114 RAM 115 document memory 116 cursor register 117 display head register 118 other storage area 119 display

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A document memory in which various data relating to document editing are stored, a page designation instruction means for activating a process for designating each page of the document data in the document memory, and the page designation instruction means. A character processing apparatus comprising: a page designating means to be activated; and a designated page processing execution means for performing processing on a page designated by the page designating means. 2. A relative page designation means in a document memory for displaying a list of page numbers of the document data according to a relative page number in the document memory and designating the listed page, or page data for printing the document data. If is added, a list of absolute pages for printing is displayed based on the page data, and one or both of the print mode absolute page designating means for designating the listed page is provided. However, in the list display, either or both of the function of simply displaying only the number of pages to be designated and the function of additionally displaying partial information of the document data of the page to be designated The character processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a designated page list display unit having. 3. A designated page screen display means for displaying the document data on the page designated by the page designation means to fill the screen or divide the screen into arbitrary sizes, and is displayed by the designated page screen display means. Designated page cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a designated position on the document data to be read, designated page edit starting means for activating the document edit processing for the document data on the cursor, and designated page edit starting processing And a divided page screen control means for controlling each page data on the divided screen when the screen is divided into a plurality of screens and displayed by the designated page screen display means. The character processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The split page screen control means, when an edit mode switching request is issued from a designated page to be edited to another page of another screen, edit mode switching request receiving means for receiving the switch request. 4. The character processing device according to claim 3, further comprising: an edit mode switching unit that switches the edit mode by moving the cursor based on the fetched switch request.