JPH02297186A - Managing method for user definition character in word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the work of the generation, the updating, the printing, and the copying of a document in which a user definition character is used by providing a user definition character area, and registering the pattern of the user definition character used in the document to the vacant area of the user definition character pattern dictionary of the document floppy of a copying destination. CONSTITUTION:The document floppy is provided with one or plural pieces of document main body areas to store a document main body, a document item storage area corresponding to each document main body area one to one, and one piece of a user definition character pattern dictionary storage area to store the pattern of the user definition character. The document item storage area is provided with the user definition character area, and the number of the kinds and the character codes of the user definition characters to be used in the corresponding document are stored in this area. In the case to copy the document to another document, the user definition character area is referred to, and the pattern of the user definition character used in this document is registered to the vacant area of the user definition character pattern dictionary of the copying definition document floppy. Thus, the work of the generation, the updating, the printing and the copying of the document in which the user definition character is used can be facilitated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Summary) Regarding a method for managing user-defined characters when creating documents using a word processor, the present invention facilitates the creation, updating, printing, and copying of documents that use user-defined characters. The document floppy contains one or more document body areas for storing the document body, a document specification storage area that corresponds one-to-one to each document body area, and a user-defined character pattern. In addition to providing one user-defined character pattern dictionary storage area for storing the user-defined character pattern dictionary, a user-defined character area is provided in each document specification storage area, and the user-defined character pattern dictionary used in the corresponding document is stored in the user-defined character area. Stores the number of character types and character codes of defined characters, and when copying a document to another document, refers to the user-defined character area of the document and copies the user-defined character patterns used in the document to the copy destination. The document is registered in the free space of the user-defined character pattern dictionary on the floppy disk.

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to the management of user-defined characters in document creation using a word processor. As the functionality of word processors has improved in recent years, the number of characters that can be used has also tended to increase. For this reason, many character pattern sets are built-in or supplied on dedicated disks, but in order to meet various demands, a user-defined character function is required.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in office word processing devices,
When a character required by a user is not available, the character is defined in a user-defined character pattern dictionary and used. User-defined statement -? The pattern dictionary is registered by selecting either ① the built-in hard disk in the main body or ② the document floppy disk. Until now, documents registered on document floppy disks and user-defined character pattern dictionaries were managed separately, and when a document was copied, only the document was copied.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, when you create a document that uses user-defined characters, if you print the document on a different device from the word processor that created it, the user-defined characters in the document will be
It becomes undefined. Furthermore, when a single device is shared by multiple people, the problem arises as to how to manage user-defined characters.

In the case of ■ If you register the user-defined characters on your personal document floppy disk, the problem in ■ will be solved, but when you copy the document to another floppy disk, the document will be copied but the user-defined characters will be Not copied. There is also a function that allows you to copy all the user-defined characters registered on a personal floppy disk to another floppy disk, but this will erase the user-defined characters registered on the document floppy disk to which you are copying. A problem arises.

The present invention was created in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to facilitate the creation, updating, printing, and copying of documents using user-defined characters.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1(a), the word processor includes a keyboard 1, a printer 2, a Fronbi device 4 in which a document floppy disk is set, and is used to create and update documents.

It is equipped with a control section 3 for copying and a display 5.

The document floppy has one or more document body areas for storing the document body, a document specification storage area corresponding to each document body area, and one user area for storing user-defined character patterns. It has a definition character pattern dictionary storage area. Further, the document specification storage area is provided with a user-defined character area, in which the number of user-defined character types and character codes used in the corresponding document are stored.

When copying a document to another document, refer to the user-defined character area of the document and register the user-defined character pattern used in the document in the free space of the user-defined character pattern dictionary on the copy destination document floppy. [Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a document disk of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2(a), a document disk (document floppy
There are a storage area for document specifications, a storage area for the document body, and a storage area for a user-defined pattern dictionary. A document disk can have a plurality of storage areas for document specifications, and similarly, a plurality of storage areas for document bodies can exist in a document disk. However, the user-defined character pattern dictionary is stored in one file on the document disk.
Only one exists. There is one document specification storage area for one document body storage area. The document specification storage area contains the document name, left margin, right margin when printing,
There is an area where the number of characters is stored and a user-defined character area.

As shown in Figure 2(b), the user-defined character area is 2
It has a size of 56 bytes. The first 2 bytes of this area store the number of types of user-defined characters used in the document (in other words, the number of user-defined characters used is counted as one), and the following 254 The byte stores character codes (1 character type; 2 bytes) of user-defined characters for the number of character types used. The character code of a user-defined character indicates the position in the user-defined character pattern dictionary where the corresponding user-defined character pattern is stored.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data on the document disk of the present invention. When you finish creating or updating document A and record document A on the document disk, search for user-defined characters used in document A, and check the number of character types and character codes in the user-defined text of document specifications. Store in character area. In the illustrated example, document A uses four user-defined characters *- to *4, so "04" is written at the beginning of the user-defined character area, and the area that follows is filled with user-defined characters. Character addresses ★1 to ★4 are entered.

The address ★l indicates the position in the user-defined character pattern dictionary where the pattern of the defined character *l is stored.

The same applies to others.

If more than 128 types of user-defined characters are used in one document, a message will be output to the screen and the first 12 characters will be displayed.
Only 7 types are stored.

When copying a document to another disk, check the user-defined character area of the document, check the free space in the user-defined character pattern dictionary at the copy destination, and register the user-defined characters used in the document in order. I will do it. Therefore, even when copying a document using user-defined characters, the necessary user-defined character patterns will also be automatically copied.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the process of copying a document containing user-defined characters to another disk.

As shown in FIG. 4(a), the main body of the document α on the source document disk is copied to the destination document disk.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4(b), the document specifications of the source document disk are copied to the destination document disk.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4(C), the number of user-defined character types and character codes existing in the user-defined character area in the document specifications of the copy destination document disk are checked, and the user-defined character codes of the copy destination document disk are checked. Find empty areas (a, b, c in the illustrated example) in the character pattern dictionary. At this time, the contents of the user-defined character area of the copy destination document disk are also rewritten.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4(d), a pattern A of user-defined characters used in document α on the copy source document disk is created.
, B, and C are copied to a, b, and c of the user-defined character pattern dictionary on the destination document disk.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4(e), user-defined characters are searched for in the document α on the copy destination document disk, and these are converted into character codes in the user-defined character pattern dictionary on the copy destination document disk. . The contents of the destination document disk after copying is completed are shown in FIG. 4(f).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a word processor. In the figure, l is a keyboard, 2 is a Japanese printer, 4-1 and 4-2 are floppy devices, and 5 is a C
RT display, 6 is central processing unit, 7 is ROM, 8
9 is a RAM, 9 is a hard disk controller, IO is an internal hard disk device, 11 is an I10 controller, 12 is a Fronbi controller, 13 is a CRT controller, 14 is a VRAM, and 15 is a keyboard controller.

The central processing unit 6 executes programs in the ROMT. There are various work areas, buffers, etc. in the RAM 8. The hard disk controller 9 is
It controls the internal hard disk device 10 according to instructions from the central processing unit 6. I10 controller 1
1 controls the Japanese printer 2 according to instructions from the central processing unit 6. Floppy controller 1
2 controls the floppy device 4-1.4-2 in accordance with instructions from the central processing unit 6. The floppy device 4-1 is the source floppy device, and the floppy device 4-2 is the destination floppy device. The CRT controller 13 controls the VR according to instructions from the central processing bag W6.
It controls AM14. Data read from the VRAM 14 is sent to the CRT display 5.

The keyboard controller 15 controls sending data input from the keyboard l to the central processing unit 6.

When a copy command is input from keyboard 1, the ROM
The document copy processing program in B is executed, data is read from the copy source document floppy, and is copied to the copy destination document floppy.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, even when a document using user-defined characters is copied to another document disk, the necessary user-defined character pattern can also be copied.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the document disk of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data on the document disk of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing user-defined characters. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a word processor. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Keyboard, 2... Printer, 3... Control unit, 4... Floppy device, 5... Display. Patent Applicant: Fujitsu Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Kyotani Shibu (shi) 4th month p 41 A 1 ε sun/moon diagram Figure 1 type sun/month sentence 1 yelsk (shi) 4-complete May sentence fi' chair 7 Figure 2 Wording Te≧Sc

Claims (1)

[Claims] A keyboard (1), a printer (2), one or more document body areas for storing a document body,
a floppy device (4) set with a document floppy disk having a document specification storage area corresponding one-to-one to each document body area and one user-defined character pattern dictionary storage area for storing user-defined character patterns; A method for managing user-defined characters in a word processor equipped with a control unit (3) for creating, updating, copying, etc. of documents, and a display (5). A defined character area is provided, and the number of character types and character codes of user-defined characters used in the corresponding document are stored in the user-defined character area. When copying a document to another document, the user-defined character area of the document is A user-defined character pattern in a word processor is characterized in that the user-defined character pattern used in the document is registered in an empty area of a user-defined character pattern dictionary of a document floppy as a copy destination by referring to a character area. Management method.