JPH0683831A - Document creating apparatus and document saving method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and surely perform preservation control processing by auto matically storing information, which is stored in a first storage means, into a second storage means after the lapse of prescribed time. CONSTITUTION:Based on prescribed input instruction information from a keyboard 44, document information preserved in a floppy disk drive FDD 74 is read into a document area 30b of a RAM 30, image information is read into an image area 30c of the RAM 30 and further, the other various information is read into the prescribed area of the RAM 30 and presented for editing and correction or the like. In this case, when a central control processing part 10 judges there is no key input from the keyboard 44 for prescribed time, the document information or image information presented for preparation, editing or correction by using a work area 30a of the RAM 30, document area 30b of the RAM 30 or the image area 30c is automatically preserved from the RAM 30 to the FDD 74.

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 and a document saving method in which a method of saving document information or image information created, edited or proofread is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, document information or image information created, edited, or proofread by a document creation device is stored in a floppy disk drive (FDD) as an external storage device based on predetermined instruction information. It was something to do.

That is, for example, a key input of a save instruction is made by a keyboard so as to store the document information and the image information in the FDD. Then, when saving, the system inquires about various condition settings such as a save file name, so that the operator makes a key input to satisfy the inquiry information. After this, the information to be saved is FDD.
Are stored in.

[0004]

Conventionally, in storing the document information or the image information created, edited or proofread by the document creation device in the FDD, the operator inputs a save instruction from the keyboard. Therefore, it is necessary to set the system to the save mode by using the keypad and enter the key to satisfy the inquiry information in response to various condition setting inquiries from the system.

However, the above-mentioned saving operation is performed only when the operator inputs an instruction.
If the operator does not perform the save operation immediately after creating, editing, or proofreading, or forgets to perform the save operation, other operators delete the created or edited or proofreading information or other information without knowing the circumstances. There was a lot of fear that it would be overwritten. In such a situation, the previous operator needs to create, edit, and calibrate again to obtain similar information, which requires a very troublesome operation and significantly reduces work efficiency. Is. In addition, since the save operation may not know whether the save operation has been performed later, it is necessary for the operator to make a habit of performing the save operation immediately after the creation or editing / calibration process.

Further, as described above, the saving operation requires various complicated operations, and the operator himself has to execute the saving operation each time, so that the work efficiency is significantly reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a document storage method that facilitate and ensure storage processing in an external storage device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting various kinds of control information and data, and a predetermined control process based on the information from the input means and timing. A control unit having a function; a first storage unit for storing information controlled by the control unit and input information from the input unit; and the first storage unit based on predetermined input information from the input unit. Second storage means for storing information stored in the storage means, and the control means stores the information stored in the first storage means in the second storage means after a lapse of a predetermined time. The document creating apparatus is characterized by performing control processing so as to perform.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
Various control information and data are input, predetermined control processing is performed on the basis of this input information, the control-processed information and the input information are stored in the first storage means, and when the predetermined time elapses, the first In the document storing method, control processing is performed so that the information stored in the storage means is stored in the second storage means.

[0010]

In the present invention, the information stored in the first storage means is automatically stored in the second storage means after a lapse of a predetermined time, so that the storage control process is easily and surely performed.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a document creating apparatus according to this embodiment. That is, the document creation apparatus includes a central control processing unit 10, a ROM 20 and a RAM 30,
An input device 40, a display device 50, a printer device 60, an external storage device 70, and a communication device 80 are provided.

The central control processing unit 10 controls various controls of the entire system and the control as shown in FIG. 2 according to predetermined program information stored in the program area 20a of the ROM 20 and various commands based on the input instruction information. To execute. Further, the central control processing unit 10 has a kana-kanji conversion processing function and a timekeeping function.

That is, the kana-kanji conversion processing function of the central control processing unit 10 uses the work area 30a of the RAM 30 to input the character string information (reading information) from the input device 40 on the basis of predetermined instruction information to the ROM 20. Dictionary area 20b
The kana-to-kanji conversion is performed by referring to the dictionary information in which the reading information, the conversion word information, and the grammar information stored in are associated in accordance with a predetermined rule, and the conversion result is obtained by referring to the character pattern area 20c in which the font data is stored. Display device 5
It is a function to output to 0. Further, the central control processing unit 1
The clock function of 0 is a so-called clock function for counting time.

The input device 40 controls the reception of input information and sends it to various areas of the central control processing unit 10 and the RAM 30, and a large number of inputs for outputting various input information to this input control unit 42. Keyboard 44 with keys
Composed of and. Here, a large number of data keys 4 for inputting data such as reading information of character strings are input to the keyboard 44.
, And a [conversion] key 44 for inputting instruction information for converting the input reading information into sentence information containing kanji.
b, a [save] key 44c for setting a mode for storing the created or edited / calibrated document information or image information in the external storage device 70, an instruction for confirming selection of homonyms, and various control processes. [Select / Execution] key 44d for executing / confirming, [Cancel] key 44e for instructing to cancel / stop the specified control processing, if there is a homonym objection or other output candidate, the next candidate is selected. [Next candidate] key 44f for displaying or moving the cursor to the next candidate, cursor key 44g for controlling the movement of the cursor, input reading character string (that is, hiragana) when the kana-kanji conversion result is not what is desired Various other function keys (not shown), such as a [re-conversion] key 44h for giving an instruction to return to and re-convert, are provided.

On the other hand, under the control of the central control processing unit 10, various information that has undergone kana-kanji conversion control processing and the like is displayed on the display control unit 5.
2 is output and displayed on a display unit 54 having a liquid crystal display (LCD) as a display screen. Here, the display unit 5
A guide area 54a for outputting and displaying various guide messages is provided at a lower portion of the table 4.

Further, various information which has been subjected to the kana-kanji conversion control processing and the like under the control of the central control processing unit 10 is stored in the printer device 6.
0, that is, the printer control unit 6 that constitutes the printer device 60.
Printer unit 6 which constitutes the printer device 60 via
It is configured to be printed out at 4.

Further, the various information thus controlled, created, edited, calibrated, etc. is based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44, and a floppy disk device (FDD) constituting the external storage device 70. The data is stored in the FDD 74 constituting the external storage device 70 via the control unit 72. Then, based on the predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44, the document information stored in the FDD 74 is read into the document area 30b of the RAM 30, the image information is read into the image area 30c of the RAM 30, and other various information is also stored in the RAM 30. It is read into a predetermined area of and used for work such as editing and proofreading.

Further, if desired, the above-mentioned various types of information are configured to be able to communicate with other document creation devices or the like by the communication device 80 via a telephone line or the like based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44. There is.

Here, when the [Save] key 44c is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent through the input control unit 42, and the RAM 3
0 work area 30a and RAM 30 document area 30
b or the document information or image information created, edited or proofread using the image area 30c is the FDD74.
The mode stored in is set. That is, when the system is set to the save mode in response to the pressing of the [Save] key 44c, the central control processing unit 10 first identifies whether or not the information to be saved has a save file name. If the file has a save file name, inquiry information as to whether the save process can be performed with the same file name, that is, whether overwrite can be performed is displayed in the guide area 54 of the display unit 54.
The output is displayed on a. In response to this inquiry message, the operator will key-in the information indicating that overwrite is permitted, and if it is not overwritten, the operator will perform a key-input to save the file under a different file name. Thereafter, in response to the key input, the central control processing unit 10 stores the information to be stored in the FDD 74 from the RAM 30. On the other hand, if the information to be saved does not have a save file name, an input request message for the file name to be added to the information to be saved is output and displayed in the guide area 54a of the display unit 54, so that the operator can select the appropriate information. When a file name is keyed in, the information to be saved with the file name is stored in the FDD 74 from the RAM 30.

By the way, the work area 30 of the RAM 30
a and the document area 30b or the image area 30 of the RAM 30
Regarding the document information or image information created or edited / proofed by using c, the central control processing unit 10 automatically stores the information in the FDD 74 if there is no key input from the keyboard 44 for a predetermined time. Is configured to process.

More specifically, when the central control processing unit 10 judges that there is no key input from the keyboard 44 for a predetermined time due to its timing function, the above-mentioned creation or editing /
RAM for the information provided for calibration with an appropriate file name
The storage process from 30 to the FDD 74 is performed. If the information to be stored / saved has a saved file name in advance, the saved process is performed with the same file name. If the information to be stored / saved does not have a save file name, the central control processing unit 10
Is configured so that an appropriate file name is given, for example, a random seven-digit numerical value is given and the saving process is performed.

When the automatic saving process is performed by the central control processing unit 10 as described above, when there is a key input for the first time after the process, a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 54. It is configured to be output and displayed in the guide area 54a. The operation of the above configuration will be described below.

Work area 30a of RAM 30 and RA
With respect to the document information or the image information that has been created or edited / proofed using the document area 30b or the image area 30c of the M30, if there is no key input from the keyboard 44 for a predetermined time (see step S2 in FIG. 2). Y), the information is stored in the FDD 74. Here, if the information to be stored has a save file name in advance, the save process is performed with the same file name (Y and S6 in step S4 of FIG. 2).

On the other hand, if the information to be stored does not have a save file name, a random seven-digit numerical value is given to perform the save process (N in step S4 in FIG. 2,
S8, S6).

When the saving process is performed as described above, when there is a key input for the first time after the saving process, a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 5.
4 is output and displayed in the guide area 54a.

In the above embodiment, when the central control processing unit 10 determines that there is no key input from the keyboard 44 for a predetermined time, the work area 30a of the RAM 30 and the document area 30b or the image area 30c of the RAM 30 are used to create or edit. Since the document information or the image information provided for proofreading is automatically stored in the RAM 30 to the FDD 74, unlike the conventional case, the operator does not perform the save operation immediately after the creation or editing / calibration processing, or It is possible to prevent a situation in which, if the save operation is forgotten, another operator deletes or overwrites the created or edited / calibrated information without knowing the circumstances. .
Further, in the case of overwriting as described above as in the conventional case, the previous operator had to perform the creating, editing, or proofreading process to obtain similar information again. This completely eliminates the troublesome operation.

Further, in the conventional save operation, it may not be known whether the save operation has been performed later. Therefore, it is necessary for the operator to make a habit of performing the save operation immediately after the creation or editing / proofreading process. However, in the above-described embodiment, since the saving process is automatically performed, the operator can be freed from unnecessary work and the work efficiency can be improved.

Moreover, in the past, the saving operation was forced to perform various complicated operations and the operator himself had to execute it each time, so that the work efficiency was remarkably reduced. According to this, since the saving process is automatically performed, the operator can be relieved from such a troublesome situation and the work can be remarkably improved.

In the above embodiment, the saving process to the external storage device is automatically performed if there is no key input for a predetermined time, but this saving process is configured to be selectable by the operator's mode setting. May be.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the information to be stored has a file name to be saved in advance, the save process is performed with the same file name during the save process to the external storage device. Needless to say, the saving process may be performed with a different file name.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the information stored in the first storage means is automatically stored in the second storage means after a lapse of a predetermined time, which facilitates the save control process. And it is certainly done. Thus, the working efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Central control processing unit, 20 ... ROM, 30 ... RAM,
30a ... Work area, 30b ... Document area, 30c ... Image area, 40 ... Input device, 44 ... Keyboard, 44c ...
[Save] key, 50 ... Display device, 54 ... Display unit, 54a
... Guide area, 70 ... External storage device, 72 ... FDD control unit, 74 ... FDD.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting various control information and data, a control unit for performing a predetermined control process based on the information from the input unit and having a timekeeping function, and a control process performed by the control unit. First storage means for storing information and input information from the input means, and second storage means for storing information stored in the first storage means based on predetermined input information from the input means The document creating apparatus, wherein the control means performs control processing so as to store the information stored in the first storage means in the second storage means after a predetermined time has elapsed. 2. Various types of control information and data are input, predetermined control processing is performed based on this input information, and the control-processed information and the input information are stored in a first storage means for a predetermined time. A document storing method, characterized in that when the time has passed, a control process is performed so that the information stored in the first storage means is stored in the second storage means.