JPH0520019A - Document data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To quickly move the cursor position to a desired position in a document that contains data with different processing methods. When the "character head" key 15a or the "graphic head" key 15b is input in the key input unit 15 in a state where character data and graphic data are mixed and held in the document data storage unit 16, The cursor movement control unit 17 uses the cursor position storage register 18
The cursor position stored in is updated to the beginning of the character data or the beginning of the graphic data, whereby the cursor is moved and displayed at the desired position of the desired data type.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing device such as a word processor, and in particular, a plurality of types of data having different processing methods such as character data and graphic data are mixed on a display and held in a memory. In case of moving the cursor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a data processing device such as a microcomputer or a word processor using a keyboard as a data input device, a plurality of data of different processing methods such as character data and graphic data are mixed and held in a memory. There is.

As such a data processing device, there is a document data processing device which handles the above-mentioned document data composed of, for example, character data and graphic data.

In this document data processing apparatus, it is necessary to frequently move a cursor for displaying the work position to a desired position in the document data in order to edit the document.

The following keys are provided on the keyboard as keys for moving the cursor to a desired position.

[0006] First, it is a cursor movement key that can move the cursor character by character in any of the up, down, left, and right directions. Second, it can move the cursor to the beginning of a line within the same line. The "start of line" key and the "end of line" key that can move to the end of the line. Third, the "start of line" key that can move the cursor position of the beginning of the input data within the range of multiple pages and the end of the sentence of the data. Is the "end of sentence" key that can move the cursor position within the range of multiple pages, and fourth, the "head of page" key that can move the cursor to the top of the page and the end of the page. Fifth, "Page end" key, fifth, "Page line digit call" key, which can move the cursor position by specifying the page, line and digit by key input, and sixth , Move the cursor to the beginning of the next screen It can be moved to the beginning of a sentence of movement "next screen call" key and the previous screen, which can be a "pre-screen call" key.

By operating each of the above keys, the cursor can be moved and displayed at a desired position.

[0008]

However, in order to move the cursor to a desired position in a document in which a plurality of data of different processing methods such as character data and graphic data are mixed and held, the above various keys are used. Had to be used in combination.

Therefore, the operation becomes complicated and it takes a lot of time to edit the document data.

The cause is that the cursor cannot be moved in various data units in a document in which a plurality of data having different processing methods are mixed.

Therefore, if the cursor can be moved within each data type unit, the position of the cursor can be swiftly moved to a desired position in a document in which data having different processing methods are mixed. it is obvious.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to move the cursor within each data type unit.

[0013]

The means of the present invention are as follows. A storage unit 1 (see the block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores position information of a cursor indicating a data input position and document data including a plurality of types of data. The display unit 2 displays the document data stored in the storage unit and also displays a cursor according to the position information.
The cursor movement instructing means 3 gives an instruction to move the cursor within each data type unit. The movement control means updates the position information of the cursor within each data type unit in the plurality of types of data stored in the storage means according to the instruction of the cursor movement instruction means.

[0014]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. The storage unit 1 stores the position information of the cursor indicating the data input position and the document data composed of plural kinds of data, and the display unit 2
Displays the document data stored in the storage means 1 and displays a cursor according to the position information.
Then, the cursor movement instructing means 3 instructs the movement of the cursor within each data type unit, and the cursor movement controlling means 4 follows the instruction of the cursor movement instructing means 3 and the plurality of types of data stored in the storage means 1 In, the cursor position information is updated in each data type unit. Therefore, the cursor can be moved within each data type unit, and the position of the cursor can be swiftly moved to a desired position in a document in which data having different processing methods are mixed and held.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the document data processing apparatus of the embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 11 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that controls the entire control. 12 is a program memory, 13 is a data display control unit, 14 is a display unit,
Reference numeral 15 is a key input unit, 16 is a document data storage unit, 17 is a cursor movement control unit, and 18 is a cursor position storage register.

Here, the CPU 11 controls the entire document data processing apparatus.

The program memory 12 is a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) in which a control program for operating the CPU 11 is stored.

The data display control unit 13 operates according to a control signal from the CPU 11, stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 14 such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), and supplies the display data to the display unit 14.

The key input unit 15 including a keyboard is, for example, "cursor movement", "line beginning", "line end", "text beginning", "statement end", "page head", "page end", "page line digit call", "next screen call" (not shown). In addition to the "Call previous screen" key, "Character head" key 15 for instructing to move the cursor to the character data head
a, a "graphic head" key 15b for instructing the cursor movement to the head of the graphic data, and the like, and supplies a key input signal to the CPU 11 according to the key operation.

The document data storage unit 16 stores the document data input from the key input unit 15 under the control of the CPU 11.

The cursor movement control unit 17 includes the CPU 1
1 and the cursor position storage register 18, and the CPU 11 is operated in response to a key operation from the key input unit 15.
The stored contents of the cursor position storage register 18 are rewritten and read by the data sent from the.

Next, the operation of the document data processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Here, the document data in which the character data and the graphic data are mixed is already created and stored in the document data storage unit 16, and the CPU 11 executes the document according to the control program stored in the program memory 12. Data storage unit 16 and data display control unit 13
And the document as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13.

The operator first determines the desired cursor movement destination by looking at this screen, for example, the cursor movement to the beginning of the document data or the cursor movement to the beginning of the graphic data. Then, a key input for setting a destination is made from the key input unit 15 (step S2).
1).

Here, when the key input is the "character head" key 15a for instructing the cursor movement to the character data head (step S22), the cursor position stored in the cursor position storage register 18 is set. The information is updated to the position corresponding to the beginning of the character data (step S
23). As a result, for example, the cursor 31 shown at the position of the character "L" in FIG. 4 is moved and displayed at the position 32 of the character "A" in FIG. 4 which is the head of the character data (step S24).

Further, the "graphic start" for instructing the cursor movement to the top of the graphic data by the key input.
If it is the key 15b (step S22), the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage register 18 is updated to the position corresponding to the beginning of the graphic data (step S25). For example, the cursor 31 shown at the position of the letter "L" in FIG. 4 moves to the start position 33 of the graphic in FIG. 4, which is the start of the graphic data (step 24).

As described above, the cursor movement to the desired position is completed on the document data in which data of different processing methods are mixed and held.

In the above embodiment, the movement of various data to the head position was explained, but the movement of various data to the last position and the head of various data in each line,
It is possible to move to the last position by providing those instruction keys and performing the same processing.

As described above in detail, the document data processing apparatus according to the present invention provides a plurality of unique cursor movement keys according to the type of data even if a plurality of data having different processing methods are mixed. It is possible to easily and quickly move the cursor to a desired position when rewriting or editing a part of the.

[0031]

According to the present invention, the cursor can be moved within each data type unit.

Therefore, the position of the cursor can be swiftly moved to a desired position in a document in which a plurality of data having different processing methods are mixed and held.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of a document data processing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the document data processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the document data processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... storage means, 2 ... display means, 3 ... cursor movement instruction means, 4 ... cursor movement control means.

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. Storage means for storing cursor position information indicating a data input position and document data composed of a plurality of types of data, and displaying the document data stored in the storage means. In addition, display means for displaying a cursor according to the position information, cursor movement instructing means for instructing movement of the cursor within each data type unit, and stored in the storage means according to the instruction of the cursor movement instructing means. A document data processing device, comprising: cursor movement control means for updating cursor position information within each data type unit in a plurality of types of data.