JPH05266015A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a document creating apparatus capable of distinguishing and displaying objects to be edited having different editing modes such as a figure and a ruled line. [Structure] A graphic is input in the graphic edit mode, and a ruled line is input in the ruled line edit mode. Each editing mode is performed by the "figure" key 16a or "ruled line" of the keyboard 16 respectively.
It is set through the key 16b. The input figure or ruled line is displayed on the display unit 18. Here, if a ruled line is input while the figure is displayed on the edit screen of the display 18, the CPU 10 displays the ruled line differently by a display method different from that of the figure, such as thinning out dots or changing the brightness. .. Similarly, when a figure is input while the ruled line is displayed, the CPU 10 distinguishes and displays the figure by a display method different from the ruled line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a function of editing, for example, figures and ruled lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some document creation apparatuses have a graphic editing function for inputting a graphic and a ruled line editing function for inputting ruled lines. Each of these figures and ruled lines is input in a specific mode. That is, the figure is input in the figure edit mode, the ruled line is input in the ruled line edit mode, and “delete”, “correct”,
Editing such as "move" and "copy" is performed.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional document creating apparatus, the figure and the ruled line are always displayed by the same display method. For this reason, if the figure and ruled lines are mixedly displayed on the screen, it is not possible to distinguish between them, and when editing such as "Delete", "Correct", "Move", "Copy", etc. It was very inconvenient because I didn't know whether to set the mode.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creating apparatus capable of distinguishing and displaying edit objects having different edit modes such as a figure and a ruled line.

[0005]

The present invention provides a first editing pair.
The first to set the first edit mode for entering an elephant
A mode setting means and a second input for inputting a second edit target.
And a second mode setting means for setting the second edit mode.
In the document creating apparatus, the first or second mode
The first or second edit target is input by the mode setting means.
When input, the first or second input
Enter in the first or second edit mode above, which is different from the edit target.
The above-mentioned first or second edit target that has been input is displayed.
Or not, and as a result, the first or second edition is detected.
When the collection target is detected, the detected first or
Or a different display method than the second edit target
To display the above-mentioned first or second edited object separately.
It is the one.

[0006]

According to the above configuration, when the second edit target is input while the first edit target is being displayed, the second edit target is displayed differently by a display method different from that of the first edit target. To be done. Similarly, when the first edit target is input while the second edit target is being displayed, the first edit target is displayed differently by a display method different from that of the second edit target. Therefore, even if the first and second edit targets are displayed in a mixed manner,
It can be easily distinguished and can be edited efficiently.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment. In the figure, 10 is a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 11 and 12 are CPUs.
A memory (RAM, ROM) accessed by 10.

The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus. The CPU 10 accesses the RAM 11 and the ROM 12 and starts a program according to an input instruction to execute a document creation process and an edit target display control process as shown in FIG.

The ROM 12 has a program area 1 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
3, a character pattern area 14 in which font data is stored, and a dictionary area 15 in which a standard dictionary for converting a kana or romaji input reading into kanji is stored.
Etc. are provided.

The RAM 11 is provided with an area for storing various kinds of information necessary for creating a document. Here, the graphic buffer area 31 for storing edited graphic information and the edited ruled line information are stored. A ruled line buffer area 32 for storing is provided.

Further, 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display, 19 is a display controller (display-CNT), 20
Is a dot memory for display, 21 is a floppy disk device (FDD), 22 is an FDD interface (FDD-).
IF), 23 is a printer device (PRT), and 24 is a printer interface (PRT-IF).

A keyboard (KB) 16 receives input information necessary for creating a document and the like, and a keyboard interface (KB-).
IF) 17 to CPU 10. This keyboard 16 has a "character" key, a "numerical value" key,
In addition to various editing keys such as a "move" key, a "delete" key, and a "copy" key, here, a "figure" key 16a for setting the figure editing mode and a "ruled line" key for setting the ruled line editing mode 16b is provided.

The display 18 comprises, for example, a CRT display device. The display-CNT 19 controls the display of the display device 18 using the display dot memory 20 under the control of the CPU 10.

Floppy disk drive (FDD) 21
Under the control of the CPU 10, the FDD interface (FDD-IF) 22 is used to save the created document and to store external characters (characters other than JIS level 1 characters and level 2 characters, symbols, marks, etc.). )) And the second level character etc. are stored. The printer device (PRT) 23 is, for example, a serial printer. Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

It should be noted that, here, description will be made on the assumption that a figure and a ruled line are mixedly displayed as an object to be edited. A figure is input in the figure edit mode, and a ruled line is input in the ruled line edit mode. Each edit mode has its own keyboard 16
It is set through the "graphic" key 16a or the "ruled line" key 16b. The entered figure or ruled line is displayed on the display 18.
Displayed in.

Here, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 2, when an edit target of a figure or ruled line is input (step S1), the CPU 10 edits input in an edit mode different from the input edit target. It is detected whether or not the target is displayed on the edit screen of the display 18 (step S
2). For example, if the input edit target is a figure, it is detected whether a ruled line is displayed on the edit screen, and if it is a ruled line, it is detected whether a figure is displayed on the edit screen. ..

As a result, when the edit object input in another edit mode is detected, the CPU 10 distinguishes and displays the currently input edit object by a display method different from the detected edit object (step). S3). On the other hand, if the edit target input in another edit mode is not detected, CP
U10 normally displays the currently input editing target (step S4).

Here, as a specific method of the distinctive display in step S3, there is a method of thinning out dots of the line segment to be displayed as shown in FIG. FIG. 3A shows a normal display state, and FIG. 3B shows a display state when dots are thinned out. When the dots are thinned out, it looks grayish compared to the normal display.

When a CRT is used, there is a method of partially changing the brightness. That is, although the control method is different depending on the CRT, the electrons are accelerated only when scanning a portion for which high brightness is desired, and the fluorescent tube is made to shine brighter. In the case of a digital display, its brightness is given by a plurality of video signal lines. A digital display having three video signal lines can display eight gradations. In the case of an analog display, the number of video signal lines is one, but the brightness is changed by changing the voltage value.

In this manner, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the ruled line 42 is input while the graphic 41 is displayed on the editing screen, the ruled line 42 is displayed by a display method different from that of the graphic 41. It Similarly, if the figure 41 is input while the ruled lines 42 are displayed, the figure 41 is displayed by a display method different from that of the ruled lines 42. Therefore, even if the graphic 41 and the ruled line 42 are displayed in a mixed manner, the distinction can be easily made, and which mode is to be used when editing such as “delete”, “correct”, “move”, and “copy”. Do not hesitate to set it. The distinctive display of the present invention may be selectively activated.

The present invention can also be applied to the form overlay function and the master page function. The form overlay function is a function of printing a form document in a standard format including ruled line frames and an overlay document including data to be printed by superimposing the form document on top of each other. The master page function is for creating a form document and an overlay document in the same document, not separate documents, and includes a function of commonly overlapping all pages and a function of enabling only specified pages. These functions are generally created in another document or another page, and are superposed according to the designation at the time of printing. However, according to the present invention, by superimposing and distinguishing and displaying at the time of editing, the input position is not mistaken. ,Also,
It becomes possible to easily judge whether or not it is a character or ruled line that can be edited (whether it is data created as a form or data without overlay).

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the edit objects of different edit modes are displayed separately, the edit objects of different edit modes such as figures and ruled lines are displayed in a mixed manner. However, the two can be easily distinguished from each other due to the difference in the display method, which allows efficient editing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a distinguishing display method of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an editing screen of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CPU, 11 ... RAM, 12 ... ROM, 16 ... Keyboard (KB), 16a ... "Figure" key, 16b ...
"Rule" key, 18 ... Display, 31 ... Graphic buffer area, 32 ... Rule buffer area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first mode setting means for setting a first edit mode for inputting a first edit target, and a second mode for setting a second edit mode for inputting a second edit target. The second mode setting means and the first or second mode setting means.
Or, when a second edit target is input, the first or second input input in the first or second edit mode different from the input first or second edit target
Editing target detecting means for detecting whether or not the editing target is displayed, and the detected first or second editing target when the editing target detecting means detects the first or second editing target. 2. A document creation apparatus, comprising: a display control unit that distinguishes and displays the first or second edit target that is currently input, in a display method different from that of the second edit target.