JPH0442688B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a character processing device for realizing a merge printing function in a character processing device such as a word processor.

[Explanation of conventional technology and its problems] Conventionally, in merged data such as letters,
There was a character processing device that displayed a symbol indicating that the data was to be inserted at a designated position, and printed data such as a name and address while inserting the data at that position.

However, in conventional devices, the symbol attached to the insertion position is simply to indicate the position where data is inserted, and has no other function.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a document storage means for storing document information, an insertion information storage means for storing character string information to be inserted, and a document storage means for storing character string information to be inserted. In the document information stored in the means, a storage means for storing the insertion position of the character string information stored in the insertion information storage means, and a storage means for storing the insertion position of the document information stored in the storage means, the insertion information according to the insertion position of the document information stored in the storage means. A character processing device comprising: a print control means for controlling the character string information stored in a storage means to be inserted into the document information and printed; a display means for displaying the document information stored in the storage means; , comprising instruction means for instructing to move a cursor to the insertion position, and control means for controlling to search for the insertion position in the document information and display the cursor at the position in response to the instruction. A character processing device is provided.

[Example] One embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The CPU is a microprocessor that performs calculations, logical judgments, etc. address bus AB, which will be described later;
Via the control bus CB and data bus DB,
Controls equipment connected to AB, CB, and DB.

AB transfers signals indicating the control target using the address bus.

CB is a control bus that applies control signals to each control target.

DB transfers various data using a data bus.

The ROM is a control memory that stores the control procedures shown in FIGS. 3 to 6.

RAM is random access memory and is used for temporary storage of various data. For example, it has registers P, N, and Q that store parameters P, N, and Q.

KB is a keyboard consisting of a group of keys used by the operator to give instructions to the device. The KB consists of a key group CK for character input and a key group FK for commanding various functions. FIG. 2 shows details of the keyboard.

The key group CK includes, for example, character keys and underline keys. Key group FK includes registration key RK, name key NK, print key PK, call key
CLK, save key MK, start key SK, B tab set key BTK, B tab execution key BTEK, and various other editing keys such as cursor movement keys, tab keys, etc.

DISP is a display device that includes refresh memory, cursor register, CRT controller,
This includes CRTs, etc. The CRT controller is responsible for displaying character code information written in the refresh memory and cursor position information stored in the cursor register on the CRT. The contents of buffer BUF1, which will be described later, are displayed on the CRT according to instructions from the CPU.

DISP also has an underline display function. That is, it is determined whether or not the character is underlined based on the high-order 1 bit of the 8-bit character code, and the result is displayed on the CRT.

The PRT is a printing device, and plays the role of printing information stored in a buffer BUF 3, which will be described later, according to instructions from the CPU.

DISC is a storage device that stores documents created by this device.

NAME REG is a register for temporarily storing a name given to each document, that is, a file name when saving the document etc. to the DISC.

BUF1 is a buffer for storing information such as characters input from the keyboard KB, and here,
Documents such as letters and lists are created. The information stored here represents one character with 8 bits, the lower 7 bits represent the character type, and the upper 1 bit represents whether or not the character is underlined. The contents of buffer BUF1 are generally BUF1N
Let it be expressed as That is, BUF1N represents the Nth information in buffer BUF1.

BUF2 is a buffer that stores information to be inserted. The information to be inserted as described later is first created using BUF1,
By either of the two routes described below,
Moved to BUF2. One is the route directly transferred from buffer BUF1 to buffer BUF2,
The other path is to temporarily transfer the data to the buffer BUF2 via another recording medium, such as a storage device DISC. Also, the information stored in the buffer BUF2 consists of a plurality of records delimited by certain delimiter information. Alternatively, it may be a plurality of fixed length records. The contents of buffer BUF2 are generally expressed as buffer BUF2N. That is, buffer BUF2N represents the Nth information in buffer BUF2. Another way of expressing
Let it be expressed as BUF2P,Q. That is, BUF2
Let P and Q represent the Q-th information of the P-th record in buffer BUF2. Batsuhua
Once the information in BUF2 is confirmed, BUF2N can be easily
This corresponds to BUF2P and Q. Especially when the buffer BUF2 is composed of fixed-length records, the correspondence is obvious.

BUF3 is a buffer for temporarily storing information to be printed, and information to be inserted such as a list stored in buffer BUF2 is stored in the buffer.
This is used to store the information that is inserted into the information that should be inserted, such as letters stored in BUF1.

FG is a flag for notifying that information has been transferred directly from one of the two routes described above, that is, from buffer BUF1 to buffer BUF2.

CPTER is a register for storing the position of the cursor to be displayed on the CRT, and its value is also associated with the address of buffer BUF1. That is, as mentioned above, when displaying the contents of buffer BUF1 on the CRT, the register CPTER establishes a correspondence between the position in buffer BUF1 and the position on the CRT.
The operator can see the correspondence as a cursor on the CRT.

The operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained.

After turning on the power, the operator starts operation by pressing the start key. Furthermore, pressing the start key is always performed when starting a task. By pressing the start key, the screen on the CRT is cleared and a new document is ready to be created. Here, the operator operates the keyboard KB to create a new document or modify a previously created document stored in the storage device DISC.

First, I will briefly explain the B tab function.

The operator can freely set the B tab at the desired position in the input sentence.
The setting method is to press the B tab set key BTK. This is exactly the same as the method of inputting characters. The operator can move the cursor by pressing a cursor key (not shown), but by pressing the B-tab execution key BTEK, the cursor can be moved all at once to the position where the B-tab is set. This function greatly assists in inputting documents, etc. Thus,
Text data, insert data such as lists, insert data such as letters, etc. are created by using the character keys or many other editing keys.

Next, the operating method when attempting to perform mail merge printing will be explained.

The operator first creates the information to be inserted.
An example is shown in FIG. 62. Here, the 〓 mark is a delimiter mark for each record, and each record has a name written therein. You can temporarily save the created list on the DISC and retrieve it when necessary, or you can directly register the list you just created as information to be inserted.

Saving to the storage device DISC is done as follows.
First, enter the file name you want to save. To enter, press the name key NK and then enter the file name from the keyboard KB. After that, the data is saved by pressing the save key MK. The saved list can be used later as an insert file. On the other hand, you can also use the list you just created as data for insertion without saving it to a storage device such as DISC. At that time, the operator only has to press the registration key RK. Prepare the data to be inserted next. Of course, it may be created anew, or it may be recalled from the storage device DISC.
To recall from the storage device DISC, press the name key NK, then input the file name from the keyboard KB, and press the recall key. Create the data to be inserted using a known method, such as a letter,
Finalize. An example is shown in FIG. The mark "Here" can be input by pressing the B tab set key BTK. When insert printing is executed, insert data is inserted one after another at this position and output. Next, execution of merge printing will be explained. If insert data such as a list has been previously registered using the registration key RK, insert printing will be executed simply by pressing the print key.
If no registration has been made before, and if the insertion data such as a list is stored on the storage device DISC, first press the name key NK,
Next, enter the file name using the keyboard KB. Next, by pressing the print key PK, merge printing is executed using the merge data such as the list stored on the storage device DISC.

Next, using the flowcharts in Figures 3 to 5,
The operation of this embodiment will be explained in detail.

FIG. 3 is a main flowchart of this embodiment. By turning on the power, this flow is executed and the above-mentioned operations are executed. Each step will be explained below.

Wait for data to be input from 1 KB. If it has been entered, proceed to step 2.

2 Read input data from KB.

3 If the input data is from a character key, tab set key, etc., proceed to step 4.
Proceed to. If not, proceed to step 5.

4 Write the input data to the position corresponding to the cursor pointer in BUF1 and increment the value of the cursor pointer. As a result, the input data is displayed at the position where the cursor is located on the CTR screen, and the cursor advances by one.

Step 4 will be explained in further detail.

(1) Write the input data to BUF1.

If the input data is underline data, turn ON the upper 1 bit of the memory contents corresponding to the cursor position in BUF1.

If the input data is character data or output data from the tab set key, move that data to the position corresponding to the cursor position in BUF1.

(2) Increment the cursor pointer.

(3) Write the contents of BUF1 and the contents of the cursor pointer to the refresh memory and cursor register and display them.

5 If the input data is from the start key, proceed to step 6. If not, proceed to step 7.

6 Initialize buffers, flags, etc.

Clear refresh memory (fill with space code) Clear NREG Clear BUF1 Clear BUF2 Clear BUF3 Reset FG Initialize cursor pointer Initialize cursor register 7 If the input data is from the tab execution key, step Proceed to step 8. If not, proceed to step 9.

8 Move the cursor to the position where the B tab is set. To do this, the contents of BUF1 from the position where the cursor exists are sequentially read to find the position where the B tab code exists, and the address corresponding to that position is written to the cursor pointer. Finally, take the value of the cursor pointer into the cursor register,
Display on CRT.

9 If the entered data was entered from the registration key, proceed to step 10. If no, step 11
Proceed to.

10 Move all contents of BUF1 to BUF2 and set FG.

11 If the input data was input from the name key, proceed to step 12. If not, proceed to step 13.

Register the next input data from 12 KB.
Input to NREG.

13 If the input data was input from the print key PK, proceed to step 14. If no, step
Proceed to step 15.

14 Perform mail merge processing. Details will be described later.

15 If the input data was input from the save key MK, proceed to step 16. If no, step
Proceed to 17.

16 Save the data stored in BUF1 to DISC. The keyword (file name) at that time shall be the name stored in the register NREG.

17 If the input data was input from the call key, proceed to step 18. If not, proceed to step 19.

18 Retrieve document data etc. from DISC and put it in BUF1. The keyword (file name) used at that time is the name stored in the register NREG.

19 If the entered data is any other editing key, proceed to step 20. If no, step
Proceed to 21.

20 Perform various editing processes.

21 Discard the entered data.

Next, the aforementioned step 14 will be explained in more detail. (Figure 4).

14.1 If FG=1, proceed to step 14.3.

If FG=0, proceed to step 14.2.

14.2 Recall the document from the DISC using the data stored in the register NREG as a keyword (file name) and store it in BUF2.

14.3 Reset FG.

14.4 Set the current parameter P to 1.

14.5 Execute the merge process. (Details will be described later) 14.6 Execute print processing. (Output the contents of BUF3 to the printer.) 14.7 Increment the current parameter P.

14.8 If P=P _MAX (that is, if the insertion is completed), return.

If not, proceed to step 14.3.

Here, P= _MAX indicates that insertion has been completed for all records of insertion data.

Next, step 14.5 will be explained in detail. (Figure 5) 14.5.1 Move all contents of BUF1 to BUF3.

BUF3(N)←=BUF1(N) N=1, 2, 3... 14.5.2 Set N to 1.

14.5.3 If BUF3N is a B tab set code, proceed to step 14.5.4. If no, step
Proceed to 14.5.7.

14.5.4 If BUF3N is an underlined code, proceed to step 14.5.5. If no
Proceed to 14.5.6.

14.5.5 Perform inset editing with underlining.

BUF(N+Q-1)←=BUF2(P,
Q)+>80 Q=1, 2, 3...Q _MAX where > indicates a hexadecimal code.

14.5.6 Perform insert editing without underlining.

BUF(N+Q-1)←=BUF2(P,
Q) Q=1,2,3...Q _MAX 14.5.7 N←=N+1 14.5.8 If N=N _MAX , return. If not, proceed to step 14.5.3.

That is, the insertion process is completed for all data stored in BUF3.

Other Application Example 1 In this embodiment, internal FG is used to distinguish between registration-based merge printing and non-registration merge printing. , the user may also be able to make a clear decision.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the movement of the cursor to the data insertion position in the document information that is the data to be inserted is performed by searching for the insertion position and performing the search for the insertion position in response to a movement instruction. By displaying the cursor, you can easily find the insertion position hidden in the document, and it is very easy to edit data near the insertion position and check the insertion position.
Become certain.

In addition to printing merge data using merge data, when you want to input something that is not included in the merge data, you can also use it to input data in a straight line without having to create or update the merge data. This has the effect of making input easier because the insertion position can be easily identified.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the keyboard, and Figs. 3 to 5.
The figure is a diagram showing a control procedure, and FIG. 6 1, 2, and 3 are diagrams for explaining the operation. NREG...Register, BUF1-3...Batsufua.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Document storage means for storing document information; Insert information storage means for storing character string information to be inserted; In the document information stored in the document storage means, the insertion information storage means a storage means for storing an insertion position of the stored character string information; and a storage means for inserting the character string information stored in the insertion information storage means into the document information according to the insertion position of the document information stored in the storage means. A character processing device comprising: a print control means for controlling printing in a detailed manner; a display means for displaying document information stored in the storage means; and an instruction means for instructing to move a cursor to the insertion position. . A character processing device comprising: a control means for searching the insertion position in the document information in response to the instruction, and controlling the cursor to be displayed at the position.