JPH03250360A - text processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the integrated feeling on a screen and also to simplify the operation in order to improve the operating efficiency of a sentence processor by arranging the soft keys necessary for editing in accordance with the horizontal and vertical writing systems respectively. CONSTITUTION:A character input means 5 is provided together with a setting means 5 which decides a horizontal or vertical writing system based on the characters inputted via the input means 5, a display means which displays the horizontal writing soft keys F1 - F4 arranged on a horizontal line set along a horizontally written sentence when the horizontal writing system is set and then displaying the vertical writing soft keys F5 - F8 arranged on a vertical line set along a vertically written sentence when the vertical writing system is set respectively, and a group 5 of keys corresponding to the soft keys Fl - F8 which are displayed by the display means. In such a constitution, the operations are simplified and unified for a sentence processor in both horizontal and vertical writing systems.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a text processing device that can input data in both horizontal and horizontal modes.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, there have been text processing devices that can input data in both horizontal and horizontal apertures, for example,
In Japanese word processors, soft keys are displayed in a row horizontally on the screen, and keys corresponding to the soft keys are arranged horizontally in a row on the keyboard.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in both the horizontal and vertical display systems, there is a problem in that the operations are not consistent and the operations are sluggish.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a text processing device that solves the above-mentioned problems and allows easy and uniform operation in both horizontal and vertical display formats.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting characters, and a text composed of characters input by the input means that can be written horizontally or vertically. If horizontal writing is set by the setting means, the horizontal writing soft key is displayed in line with the horizontal text, and if vertical writing is set, it is displayed in vertical line with the vertical text. a display means for displaying vertically written soft keys side by side;
and a group of keys corresponding to the soft keys displayed by the display means.

[Function] According to the present invention, by configuring as described above, it is possible to achieve ease of operation and uniformity in both horizontal and vertical display systems.

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

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the present invention.

CPU1. ROM2, CRT3, RAM4, keyboard (KB)5, etc. are connected to the pass line (BL). A part of the RAM 4 includes a memory called FLAG, and this memory stores the state of horizontal writing or vertical writing. "0" when writing horizontally
However, when writing vertically, "1" is stored. This storage is instructed by the horizontal writing key and vertical writing key on the KBS. In addition to this, KB5 has soft keys F1 to F4 for horizontal writing,
There are soft keys F5 to F8 for vertical writing. The key arrangement of this KB5 is shown in FIG. Soft key Fl-F for horizontal writing
4 are arranged horizontally, and the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 are arranged vertically.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure according to a program stored in the first ROM shown in FIG.

When the power is turned on, the process proceeds to step S1, and the key human power waiting state is maintained. Then, when the key is pressed, step S2
Proceed to , and determine which key was pressed.

(1) As a result of the determination in step S2, if the pressed key is a horizontal writing soft key F1 to F4, the process advances to step S3, and in step S3, a horizontal stripe flag (FLA
See G).

If FLAG is “1”, that is, the current display is
In the case of vertical writing as shown in the figure, the horizontal writing soft keys Fl-F4 do not play the role of soft keys, and normal character editing is performed in step S7.

Then, return to step l.

If FLAG is rOJ, that is, the current display is
In the case of horizontal writing as shown in the figure, the horizontal writing soft keys F1 to F4 function as soft keys, and soft key processing is performed in step S8. Then return to step 1.

(2) As a result of the determination in step S2, if the pressed key is a vertical writing soft key F5 to F8, the process advances to step S4, and in step S4, the horizontal stripe flag FLAG
I see.

When FLAG is "1", that is, when the current display is vertical writing, the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 function as soft keys, and soft key processing is performed in step s8. Then return to step 1.

When FLAG is rOJ, that is, when the current display is horizontal writing, the vertical writing soft keys F5 to F8 do not play the role of soft keys, and normal character editing is performed in step S7. Then return to step].

(3) As a result of the determination in step S2, if the pressed key is a horizontal writing key, the process advances to step S5, where the vertical/horizontal flag is set to rOJ, and the process returns to step SL.

(4) As a result of the determination in step S2, if the pressed key is a vertical writing key, the process proceeds to step S6, where the vertical/horizontal flag is set to rlJ, and the process returns to step S1.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the soft key processing procedure of step 8 shown in the third diagram.

The soft key is determined in step Sol.

(a) As a result of the determination, the pressed key is soft key F1
Alternatively, if it is F5, the process advances to step S82, and a document is called in step S82.

(b) As a result of the determination in step S81, if the pressed key is soft key F2 or F6, the process advances to step S83, and the document is saved in step S83.

(C) As a result of the determination in step S81, if the pressed key is soft key F3 or F7, the process advances to step S84, and document printing is performed in step S84.

(d) As a result of the determination in step S81, if the pressed key is soft key F4 or F8, the process advances to step S85, and communication is performed in step S85.

In this embodiment, since the meaning of the key can be changed depending on the screen, the soft key for vertical writing when horizontal writing is displayed can be used as another key, and the key can be effectively used.

In this embodiment, an example having four soft keys has been described, but the intended purpose can be achieved even if there are more than four soft keys.

Further, although an example has been described in which the soft keys are displayed on the left side of the screen in the case of vertical writing display and on the bottom side in the case of horizontal writing display, they may be displayed on the left side or the upper side, respectively.

Further, although a CRT is used as a display device, an LCD display device may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the arrangement of soft keys required for editing is arranged to match each horizontal stripe in both horizontal and vertical writing formats, so there is a sense of unity when viewing the screen, and operation is easy. This has the effect of being simple and improving operational efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a keyboard key arrangement, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the key arrangement of a keyboard.
Flowchart showing the control procedure by the program stored in M. FIG. 4 shows an example of soft key display during vertical writing. FIG. 5 shows an example of soft key display during horizontal writing. FIG. 6 shows the steps shown in the third diagram. 8 is a flowchart showing the soft key processing procedure of step 8. 1 ・ 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5... CPU, ROM, CRT, RAM, keyboard. Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) An input means for inputting characters; a setting means for setting whether to write horizontally or vertically a sentence made up of characters input by the input means; and a setting means for setting horizontal writing by the setting means. a display means for displaying a horizontal writing soft key in line with a horizontal text when vertical writing is set, and displaying a vertical writing soft key in line with a vertical text when vertical writing is set; 1. A text processing device comprising: a group of keys corresponding to the soft keys displayed by . 2) In claim 1, the key group corresponds to a horizontal writing soft key when a horizontal writing soft key is displayed by the display means, and corresponds to a vertical writing soft key when a vertical writing soft key is displayed. A text processing device that does this. 3) In claim 1, the key group consists of keys corresponding to horizontal writing soft keys and vertical writing soft keys, respectively, and the keys corresponding to horizontal writing soft keys are arranged in a horizontal row,
A text processing device characterized in that keys corresponding to vertical writing soft keys are arranged in a vertical line.