JPH0589100A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When specifying a print font for a character in a document creation device that can specify and print a print font for each character, print the characters for which you want to specify the print font. By displaying only a typeface having a pattern as a candidate, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is a print pattern of a designated character in a desired typeface without performing printing. [Structure] When the font designating key is pressed (S5), the printing pattern information table 13A corresponding to the character code of the character on the cursor is referred to, and the font having the printing pattern corresponding to the character code is searched (S8). ), The typeface name is written in the typeface candidate buffer 122A (S9), these are displayed as candidates for designating the print typeface, and the operator is allowed to select from them (S11).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a document creating and editing function, and more particularly to a document creating apparatus capable of printing with a typeface selected from a plurality of printing typefaces.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document preparation apparatus having a plurality of printing fonts and capable of printing with a font selected from among them has been constructed so that various fonts can be designated and printed in character units. When printing with this device, if there is no print pattern corresponding to the character to be printed in the specified typeface, a space is output instead of that character, or another typeface is used for printing. It was

[0003]

In the above-described conventional document creating apparatus, the print typeface name designated for the input character is displayed at the time of inputting and editing the character. However, even if there is no print pattern of the input character in the designated print face, the designated print face name is displayed. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is impossible to know whether or not the input character is in the designated typeface and whether or not it is printed unless the character is actually printed.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in a document creating apparatus capable of designating and printing a print typeface from a plurality of typefaces for each character, the print typeface is designated for a character. Sometimes, by displaying only the typefaces that have a print pattern for the characters for which you want to specify the print typeface as candidates, it is possible to check whether or not there is a print pattern of the specified character in the desired typeface without printing. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device capable of performing the following.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document creating apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, displays input means for inputting a document and at least the input document and print typeface candidates. In a document creation apparatus that includes a display unit for displaying and a designating unit for designating characters in an input document, and in which a print typeface can be specified in character units, the presence or absence of print pattern data corresponding to the characters is stored for each print typeface. Only the table, the discriminating means for discriminating the typeface in which the print pattern data exists for the character designated by the designating means based on the contents of the table, and the typeface name indicating the typeface discriminated by the discriminating means are displayed. And means for displaying on the means.

[0006]

The document creating apparatus of the present invention having the above structure is
The documents and print typeface candidates input by the input unit are displayed on the display unit. Then, when the character in the document input by the designating means is designated, the discriminating means determines the character designated by the designating means based on the table storing the presence or absence of print pattern data corresponding to the character for each printing typeface. On the other hand, the typeface in which the print pattern data exists is determined.
Then, the control means displays only the typeface name indicating the typeface discriminated by the discrimination means on the display means.

[0007]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment. The document creation device includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a RAM 12, a ROM 13, a key input device 14, a display device 15, a printing device 16, and a readable / writable nonvolatile hard disk device 17. The RAM 12, the ROM 13, the key input device 14, the display device 15, the printing device 16, and the hard disk device 17 are controlled by the CPU 11.

The RAM 12 has a data area 122 for storing various data, a working area 123 for executing a program, and a display memory 1 for writing display data.
It consists of 24 mag. The data area 122 includes a typeface candidate buffer area 122A for writing the selected typeface candidates and a document buffer 122B for writing the data of the created document.

The ROM 13 has a system program for controlling the entire system and built-in print typeface pattern data 1
A print pattern information table 13A that stores the type and the presence or absence of print pattern data corresponding to the character code for each print typeface is stored. An example of the print pattern information table 13A is as shown in FIG. Figure 3
In the print pattern information table 13A indicated by, the data FFFF (H) indicating that there is no data corresponding to the character code is stored for the character code having no pattern data. On the other hand, the start address of the pattern data stored in the hard disk device described later is stored. The print pattern information table 13A constitutes the table of the present invention.

The key input device 14 is a typeface designating key 141 for designating a print typeface, a cursor key 142 for moving a cursor in a character input editing screen, an execution key 143 for executing a function, and an end key for each function. End key 14
4. Other various keys required for document creation and editing. The key input device 14 constitutes the input means of the present invention, and the cursor key 143 constitutes the designation means of the present invention.

The display device 15 displays a document being input and edited, a typeface candidate to be selected, and the like, and the printing device 16 is for printing the edited document. This display device 15 constitutes the display means of the present invention.

The hard disk device 17 stores several types of print typeface pattern data.

The operation of the document processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5. The CPU executes the flowchart to configure the discriminating means and control means of the present invention. Hereinafter, Si (i = 1, 2, 3, ...) In the description represents each step.

When the power is turned on, the system program stored in the ROM 13 is activated and executed. A character input edit screen is displayed on the display device 15 by the system program (S1). When this display is made, the operator depresses the key of the key input device 14 to create and edit the document (S2). When the pressed key is a character key, character input processing is performed (S3), and when it is an edit key, editing processing is performed (S4). If it is a font designating key, a font designating key pressing process is performed (S5), and if it is a cursor key, a cursor key depressing process is performed (S6).
If it is the end key, it ends.

Before the typeface is designated by the operator, the built-in printing typeface in the ROM 13 is selected as a default.

Next, the process of pressing the font designating key in step S5 will be described. First, it is checked whether or not the cursor position is at the position corresponding to the character (S7). When it is determined that the cursor position is not at the position corresponding to the character, the process returns as it is (S7: NO), and then the key input of S2 is performed.
When it is determined that the cursor position is at the position corresponding to the character (S7: YES), the print pattern information table 13A is searched for whether or not the print pattern corresponding to the code of the character exists for each typeface ( Step S
8). If the print pattern exists, the typeface name is written in the typeface candidate buffer 122A (step S9). When the code FFFF (H) indicating that the print pattern does not exist is searched, it is determined that the print pattern corresponding to the character code does not exist.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the character on the cursor is "A" and the character code is 3021 (H). Searching the example of the print pattern information table shown in FIG. 3, when the character code is 3021 (H), the start address of the pattern data indicating that there is print pattern data is stored for “Ming type”. Therefore, the font name “Mincho” is written in the font candidate buffer 122A.

Similarly, when the print pattern information table is searched for the "line typeface", the data FF indicating that the print pattern does not exist for the character code 3021 (H).
Since "FF (H)" is stored, the "line typeface" is not written in the typeface candidate buffer 122A. In this example, since the start addresses of the pattern data are stored for "Mincho,""Gothic,""pen," and "cursive," these font names are written in the font candidate buffer 122A.

In S10, it is checked whether all the fonts have been searched. If all fonts have not been searched (S10: N0), the next font is similarly searched.
After searching for all fonts (S10: YE
S), the typeface name in the typeface candidate buffer 122A is displayed as a candidate for designating the typeface, and the operator selects the typeface from them (S11).

FIG. 6 shows an example of displaying typeface candidates. When the typeface is selected by the operator, the typeface name is written in a predetermined location of the document buffer 122B (S12).
Subsequent to S12, the operation moves to key input (S2).

As described above, when a print typeface is designated for a character, only the typeface having the print pattern for the character for which the print typeface is designated is displayed as a candidate, so that the desired typeface is not printed. You can check whether or not there is a print pattern of the specified character inside.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the RO table is a table storing the presence / absence of the system program and print pattern data.
Although the configuration stored in M is used, the same effect can be obtained by using a configuration in which the system program and the table are stored in an external storage device and read from the external storage device into RAM for execution.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a document creation apparatus capable of designating and printing a print typeface from a plurality of typefaces for each character, the print typeface is selected when designating the print typeface for a character. By displaying only a typeface having a print pattern for the character to be designated as a candidate, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is a print pattern of the designated character in the desired typeface without performing printing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an example of a document creation device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a print pattern information table in the document creation device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the document creation device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a font designating key pressing process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a typeface designation screen of the document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 13A Print pattern information table 14 Key input device 15 Display device 143 Cursor key

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for inputting a document, a display means for displaying at least the input document and candidates for a typeface for printing, and a designating means for designating a character in the input document. In a document creation device capable of designating a typeface, a table storing the presence or absence of print pattern data corresponding to a character for each printing typeface, and the presence of print pattern data for the character designated by the designating means based on the contents of the table A document creating apparatus comprising: a discriminating unit that discriminates a typeface to be displayed, and a control unit that displays only the typeface name indicating the typeface discriminated by the discriminating unit on the display unit.