JPH0498451A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select required name card information and to print the name cards of various kinds of formats by editing displayed bit image data at a one bit unit and transferring the bit image data of the result of it to a developing means. CONSTITUTION:Name card information which consists of plural character codes is inputted from an input means 100 and is stored in a storing means 101 and a name card data base which consists of the many pieces of name card informa tion is prepared. The character code of the required name card information selected by a selecting means 102 is developed into the bit image data of the respective characters to correspond to the respective character codes by a developing means 103. A display means 104 displays a bit image to correspond to the bit image data and the displayed bit image is edited at a one bit unit at least by an editing means 105 and is printed by a printing means 106. Thus, the name card of various kinds of formats is printed from the inputted name card information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a document processing device having a business card database consisting of business card information.

(b) Conventional technology Conventional document processing devices, especially Japanese word processors, configure a database with address book information including postal codes, addresses, names, etc., and select desired data from the database to send summer greetings and New Year's cards. There are known postcards that have the function of printing addresses on postcards.

Normally, such address printing has two printing formats: one in the vertical direction of the postcard and one in the horizontal direction.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Currently, the function of printing data using the data in the database described in 1 above is only printing in a preset layout format.

In such a configuration, if a database is created using business card information such as the name, company name, and address written on business cards, and business cards are printed from the data in that database, only business cards with a uniform layout can be printed. It was difficult to reflect individuality on business cards.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that can print business cards in various layouts by editing data to be printed bit by bit.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides an input means 10 for inputting business card information consisting of a plurality of character codes.
0, a storage means 101 for storing the business card information inputted from the human power means 100, a selection means 102 for selecting desired business card information from among the business card information stored in the storage means, and a business card information selected by the selection means 102. A developing means 103 for developing character codes of business card information into bit image data of corresponding characters; a display means 104 for displaying a bit image corresponding to the bit image data; and a display means 104 for displaying a bit image corresponding to the bit image data; Editing means 105 that edits in units and transfers the resulting bit image data to the expansion means; Printing means 106 that prints the bit image data edited by the editing means 105 and transferred to the expansion means. This is a document processing device.

(E) Operation Business card information consisting of a plurality of character codes is input to the input means 100.
, and is stored in the storage means 101. As a result, a business card database consisting of a large number of business card information is created. The character code of the desired business card information selected by the selection means 102 is the expansion means! 03, the data is expanded into bit image data of each character corresponding to each character code. Display means 104 displays a bit image corresponding to the bit image data. The displayed bit image is edited by editing means +05 at least 1
Edited bit by bit. The edited f-picture image is printed by printing means 106.

Therefore, business cards in a wide variety of formats are printed based on the input business card information.

(F) Examples Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the invention is not limited to the following examples.L)5 In FIG. It is equipped with funk keys, cursor keys, execution key conversion keys, etc., and is connected to the gate array 2. The gate array 2 transmits signals from the keyboard 1 to CPt, '3, and also transmits bit image data from the CPU 3 to the CRT 4 and printer 5. Connected to the CPU 3 are a ROM 6 that stores programs, data for predetermined screen display, basic character fonts, etc., and a RAM 7 that stores bit image data to be displayed and printed.

8 is a floppy disk (FD) device, and the keyboard l
A large amount of business card information consisting of a plurality of character codes input from the computer is stored on a floppy disk. Business card information includes name, company name, affiliation name, position, company location and postal code, fax number, backup number (night direct call, etc.)
It also includes items such as the location of other business offices (such as the head office), their postal codes, telephone numbers, fax numbers, backup numbers, and notes (other personal data). The floppy disk device 8 receives CPL! via the gate array 2. Connected to 3. 9 is an optional device such as a modem.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9.

First, when stamping a business card 1G11, the business card function is activated by operating the fun key on the keyboard 1 before inputting business card information and creating a business card database. As a result, the business card function selection screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the CRT 4 (Step St). On this screen, the user moves the cursor on the screen to the desired mode and then presses the execution key to select the mode (
Step S2).

When you select to create a new database, the fifth
A data input screen as shown in Figure A is displayed (step S3). On this data input screen, each item of the aforementioned business card information is displayed in order.

Then, data corresponding to the item at the position of the cursor 10, that is, the name in FIG. 5A, is input (step S4). As shown in FIG. 5B, when the input for the necessary items is completed, the input data is stored (registered) on the floppy disk by pressing a function key instructing registration. Once registered, C.
As shown in FIG. 6, the screen of RT4 switches to a data list screen in which the data registered in the order of the first letter of the name data is restored, and the registration status in the floppy disk is displayed (step S5).

As described above, when different business card information is registered one after another, the CPU 3 determines the name data in alphabetical order and stores the input data on the floppy disk (for example, "Blue and White" is "A"). , ``Kinyen'' is stored in ``Ka line'' respectively).

If it is necessary to change the registered data, select the database change mode on the business card function selection screen. When this mode is selected, the CPU 3 displays a data list on the screen of the CRT 4 (step S6). The cursor is moved on the data list screen to select the 50-syllabary row of name data whose contents are to be changed (step S7). C.P.
U3 reads the business card information corresponding to the selected name data from the floppy disk and displays each input item on the CRT 4 screen in the same format as when inputting data (
Step S8). Then, on that screen, when the cursor is moved to the data item that needs to be changed and the data to be changed is input, the CPU 3 stores the data on the floppy disk and changes the data (step S9).
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Next, when printing a desired business card, select a business card printing mode on the business card function selection screen.

When this mode is selected, the CPU 3 displays a data list of registered business cards on the screen of the CRT 4 (step 510). Move the cursor on the data list screen to select the 50 yen row of name data that corresponds to the business card you want to print, and then select the name data (Step 5)
). Here, it is assumed that "Part of Blue and White" is selected. When the data is selected, the CPU 3 displays the screen of the CRT 4 as shown in FIG. 7 in order to set the paper orientation of the business card.
A paper orientation setting screen is displayed (step 512).

The paper direction is set by moving the cursor to either "horizontal direction" or "vertical direction" and pressing the execution key (step 513). When paper direction is selected, CP
U3 sets an image buffer on the RAM 7 corresponding to the selected paper direction. In the image buffer, the data start address to data end address of each row of the bitmap are set via the bit data separator of each row. If the vertical direction is selected, the width of the vertical paper is smaller than that of the horizontal paper, so the range of allocation from the data start address to the data end address of one line is smaller than that of the horizontal paper. On the other hand, if horizontal orientation is selected, the width of horizontal paper is larger than that of vertical paper, so the range of allocation from the data start address to the data end address of one line will be larger than that of vertical paper. . Here, it is assumed that a sheet of paper in the horizontal direction has been selected.

Next, the CPU 3 reads the bit image data of the character corresponding to the character code of the selected business card information from the R○M 6, expands the bit image data into an image buffer as a standard business card image, and displays the bit image data on the screen of the CRT 4. is displayed (step 514). On this screen, first, in order to set the outer frame of the selected paper direction, the print direction of the name data, and the character type (size, font), the CPU 3 displays these items in a window (step 515). . This state is shown in FIG. In this window display, select the printing direction, move the cursor to the character size, and select the point type using the conversion key. Each time you press the conversion key, the CPU increases the point type (for example, 10.5.11.0.12.0
...) Display it. When the cursor is moved to the font item, the CPU 3 temporarily stores the point type displayed at that time as having been set. The font is set in the same way, and the position where the name data is inserted on the business card image is set using the cursor keys, and the execution key is pressed to specify the position (step 51).
6).

When the position is specified, the CPU 3 displays a bit image corresponding to "partial blue and white" in the set position with the set character type (FIG. 9).

In this case, the position can be specified and edited in 1-bit units in both the vertical and horizontal directions. Also, if you want to move several dots at a time instead of dot by dot, you can do so by specifying the area of the "part blue and white" bit image in the upper left and lower right parts. Based on the result of this editing, bit image data is allocated on the image buffer (step 517).

Next, the CPU 3 determines whether there is the next data (
step 518). Here, the following data refers to "company name", "affiliation name", etc. If there is next data, steps S15 to S17 are executed; if there is no next data, the final allocation of each data in the image buffer is in the state that is, the edited bit image of the desired business card is displayed (step 519). This bit image is confirmed by the user by pressing the execution key (step 520), and the CPU 3 transfers the bit image data in the image buffer to the printer 5, so that the desired business card is printed on the paper set in the printer 5. is printed (step 521).

In the above embodiments, a CRT was used as the display device, but a liquid crystal display device may also be used, and a pointing device such as a mouse may be used in addition to a keyboard as the input device.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, desired business card information can be selected from a business card database based on accumulated character codes, and business cards in a wide variety of formats can be printed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram clearly showing the configuration of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of this invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an implementation example. FIG. 5A is a screen explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the business card function selection screen in the example. FIG. 5A is a screen explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the data input screen when inputting business card information in the embodiment. A screen explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the screen after data is input to the data input screen, Figure 6 is a screen explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the data list screen of registered data in the embodiment, and Figure 7 is the paper orientation in the embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory screen diagram showing the configuration of the setting screen. FIG. 8 is an explanatory screen diagram showing the configuration of the window display screen for setting the printing direction and character type of data in the embodiment. FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a screen showing a display after setting a character type. 100...Input means, 101...Storage means, 102...Selection means, 103...
・Development means, 104...Display means, 105...
...Editing means, 106...Printing means. Figure Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Input means for inputting business card information consisting of a plurality of character codes; Storage means for storing business card information input from the input means; and desired business card information stored in the storage means. a selection means for selecting business card information; a development means for developing the character code of the business card information selected by the selection means into bit image data of a corresponding character; and a display means for displaying a bit image corresponding to the bit image data. , editing means for editing the bit image data displayed by the display means in units of at least one bit and transmitting the resulting bit image data to the expansion means; and the bit image edited by the editing means and transferred to the expansion means. A document processing device comprising: printing means for printing data;