JPH10162001A - Size changing method in document preparation device, and document preparation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a size changeing method that can collectively change the size of a character contained in a document block containing a table even if the table contains a format mark and the size of the format mark, and that can insert a necessary character string even if the paper size is small, and to provide a device used for the execution. SOLUTION: When an input device 2 designates the range of a copy object, a memory processing part 6 specifies a corresponding area in a document preparation memory 4, reads all data on the character of the specified area and the format mark from the document preparation memory 4 and stores them in a memory data storage buffer 7. A character size selection processing part 8 selects the character size and gives it to a character size change processing part 9. The character size change processing part 9 rewrites the character sizes of all data into selected character sizes. When the input device 2 designates the position of insertion/overwriting, a control part 1 stores all data in the memory data storage buffer 7 into the document preparation memory 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for changing the size of a character and / or a document mark included in a document stored in a memory of a document creation device, and a document creation device used for implementing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a document creating apparatus, a paper size is set in advance and characters such as characters and numerals,
Alternatively, a document is created so as to have a required layout by inputting format marks such as ruled lines and indents. Such a document creation device is provided with a size changing function that can change the size of a character to a required size, and is used for a block from a left margin to a right margin, a block from a left margin to a vertical ruled line, or a vertical ruled line. When a character string and a size of one or more lines to be changed are designated by the input unit in the block up to the right margin, the sizes of all the characters included in the designated character string are changed by the size changing function.

Also, after copying a character string of one or more lines from another document having a different paper size on which characters are to be developed, and inserting or overwriting the copied character string in the document being created,
The size of a character included in the character string is designated so as to have a required layout, and the size of each inserted or overwritten character is enlarged or reduced by using the above-described size changing function.

[0004]

However, in a conventional document creating apparatus having a size changing function, one or more lines of a character string in a block are to be changed.
There was a problem that the size of a table including format marks such as vertical ruled lines could not be changed. In addition, since the size of a character included in a required document block in the above-described block cannot be changed at a time, a range of a character string and a character included in a corresponding area are provided for each of a plurality of lines related to the document block. Must be specified, and the operation of changing the size is complicated.

On the other hand, when a character string in another document is used for a document being created, a character string copied from another document is inserted or overwritten in the document being created, and then the range and size of the character string are designated. And the operation of changing the size is complicated. Also, if a character string copied from another document with a large paper size is inserted or overwritten in a document that is being created with a small paper size, it may not be possible to insert or overwrite the table. Had to be created.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to specify an area in a memory of a specified document block, and to specify a character and / or a format mark included in the specified area. By reading from the memory, storing it in a buffer, and rewriting each size code included in each character and / or format mark to a size code corresponding to a specified size, even a table including format marks A size change method that can change the size of characters and format marks included in a document block including a table at a time and can insert a required character string even when the paper size is small, and is used for implementing the method. It is to provide a device.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for changing the size of a document creating apparatus, wherein a document created for each block is stored in a memory of the document creating apparatus, and characters and / or characters included in the document are stored. Or a method of changing the size of a format mark, wherein an area in the memory of a specified document block in a document in the block is specified, and characters and / or format marks included in the specified area are read out from the memory and read out The characters and / or format marks stored in the buffer are stored in the buffer, and each size code included in each of the characters and / or format marks stored in the buffer is rewritten to a size code corresponding to the designated size, and the size code is written. Read the replaced character and / or format mark from the buffer and Characterized in that to store the specified position of the memory.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for changing the size of a format mark included in a document stored in a memory of a document creating apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: The format marks included in the document in the specified range are read from the memory, the read format marks are stored in the buffer, and the size codes included in the format marks stored in the buffer are specified. The rewritten format mark is rewritten to a size code corresponding to the rewritten size, the rewritten format mark is read from the buffer, and the rewritten format mark is stored in a specified position in the memory.

A document creating apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention has a function that a document created for each block is stored in a memory and has a function of changing the size of characters and / or format marks included in the document. Means for specifying an area in the memory of a specified document block in a document in a block; means for reading out a character and / or a format mark included in the specified area from a memory; Means for storing a format mark in a buffer, means for rewriting each size code contained in each character and / or format mark stored in the buffer to a size code corresponding to a specified size, and rewriting the size code Means for reading characters and / or formatting marks from the buffer Characterized in that it comprises a means for storing the specified position of the serial memory.

A document creating apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a document creating apparatus having a function of changing the size of a format mark included in a document stored in a memory. Means for specifying, means for reading format marks included in the specified range of documents from the memory, means for storing the read format marks in a buffer, and each size code included in each of the format marks stored in the buffer. Means for rewriting to a size code corresponding to a specified size, means for reading out a rewritten format mark from a buffer, and means for storing the rewritten format mark at a specified position in the memory.

In the first and third inventions, when the user specifies the range of the document block whose size is to be changed using the display screen, the corresponding area is specified in the memory storing the document. Then, characters and / or format marks included in the specified area are read from the memory, and the read characters and / or format marks are stored in the buffer. As a result, all characters and format marks included in the document block specified by the user are subjected to size change.

On the other hand, when the user inputs a size to be changed, such as full-width or half-width, a size code corresponding to the size is selected, and each size code included in the character and / or format mark stored in the buffer is selected. Replace with the size code you have set. As a result, the sizes of all characters and format marks included in the document block specified by the user are changed collectively.

The rewritten character and / or format mark is read from the buffer and stored at a specified location in the memory. At this time, the paper size of the document being created is small, and the characters read from the buffer and / or
Or, when the format mark cannot be stored, the user inputs a small size such as half-width or lower ruby as the size to be changed, and causes each size code of the character and / or the format mark in the buffer to be rewritten again. Thus, a required document can be stored in the memory even when the paper size is small.

In the second and fourth inventions, for example, when a document is specified in units of lines, the area of the specified line in the memory is specified, and the format code included in the specified area is read out. Is stored in the buffer. And
Rewrites each size code included in each format code stored in the buffer to a size code corresponding to the specified size, reads out the rewritten format mark from the buffer, and stores it in the specified position in the memory. .
Thus, the size of the format mark can be changed in the same manner as the character.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document creation apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of changing the size by the document creation apparatus shown in FIG. A character or a format mark input from an input device 2 having a keyboard is provided to a document creation memory 4 by a control unit 1 and stored therein, and is converted into a corresponding character, symbol, or the like, and is displayed on a CRT or a liquid crystal display or the like. It is given to the device 3 and displayed there.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams for explaining the data structure in the document creation memory 4 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3A shows the data structure of a format mark, and FIG. 3B shows the data structure of a character. I have. As shown in FIG. 3, both the format mark and the character are composed of 16 bits.
The second bit is set to character type data, and the fourth bit is set to high luminance data for displaying an underline indicating unconverted. The third bit is a bit for setting arbitrary data.

The size of the format mark or character is set in the fifth to seventh bits. Incidentally, the size of the format mark is usually set by 2 bits. On the other hand, FIG.
As shown in (a), in the format mark, the 8th to 14th bits set the coordinate position of the format mark. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3B, the eighth to first characters are used for the character.
A first character attribute such as inversion or underline is set to one bit, and a second character attribute indicating the head position of the reading / notation is set to the twelfth to fourteenth bits. Note that FIG.
In (a) and (b), the 15th bit is an empty bit, and 0 is set.

When a command for referring to another document is input from the input device 2, the control unit 1 drives the disk drive 10 to read a document list and display it on the display device 3. When a document is designated, The designated document is read into a predetermined area of the document creation memory 4 and is displayed on the display device 3 together with the document being created.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a screen displayed on the display device 3 shown in FIG. 1, and shows a case where two documents are displayed. As shown in FIG. 4, the screen is divided into upper and lower parts, and a document being created is displayed on the upper side, and another document is displayed on the lower side. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the paper size of the document being created is smaller than the paper size of another document. The created character string and table are displayed in the other document. The character string and table displayed in the other document are copied by being designated by the input device 2 (see FIG. 1). Can be inserted or overwritten.

The keyboard of the input device 2 includes a character copy key for instructing copying of a plurality of characters, a line copying key for instructing copying of all characters and format marks included in one or more lines, and an appropriate area. A block copy key is provided for instructing copying of all included characters and format marks. When copying a table as shown in FIG. 4, the user operates the row copy key or the block copy key. When the block copy key is operated and a block copy command is given from the input device 2, the memory type selection processing unit 5 for selecting a memory type to be stored in the memory data storage buffer 7, which will be described later, From the memory type of the memory “2” or the block memory “3”, the block memory “3” is selected in accordance with the given command (Step S1), and is supplied to the memory processing unit 6.

When the range of the document block to be copied is designated by the input device 2, the memory processing unit 6 determines the corresponding document in the document creation memory 4 according to the memory type given from the memory type selection processing unit 5. The area of the block is specified (step S2), all data relating to the characters and format marks in the specified area are read out from the document creation memory 4 (step S3), and are stored in the memory data storage buffer 7 (step S4). .

On the other hand, the keyboard of the input device 2 has a full-width designation key, a half-width designation key for changing the character size,
A double-width designation key, a lower-ruby designation key, and an upper-ruby designation key are provided. When any of the keys is operated and a character size designation command is given from the input device 2, the character size selection processing unit 8 is given. Recognizing the type of the specified command, it selects full-width "1", half-width "2", double-width "3", lower ruby "4" or upper ruby "5" (step S5), and changes the character size. Give to Part 9. When, for example, full-width “1” is given, the character size change processing unit 9 rewrites the fifth to seventh bits of all data in the memory data storage buffer 7 to “010” which is a full-width identification code (step S6) Change the size of the character and the format mark. Similarly, the character size change processing unit 9 sets the fifth to seventh bits of all data in the memory data storage buffer 7 to “001” when a half-width “2” is given,
Rewritten to "011" when double-width "3" is given, to "100" when lower ruby "4" is given, or to "101" when upper ruby "5" is given. . As a result, all the character sizes of the characters or format marks in the designated document block are changed collectively.

When an insertion / overwrite position is designated by the input device 2, the control unit 1
Is inserted / overwritten at the designated position in the document creation memory 4 (step S7).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a screen in which a character string and a table included in another document having a different paper size are copied, and the character size is changed and inserted into the document being created. FIG.
The document being created is displayed at the top of the screen, and another document is displayed at the bottom, as shown in FIG.
Characters / line, and the paper size of the other document is 40 characters / line. A character string and a table are displayed in the other document, and the right end of the table is the 40th character. Therefore, for example, the block copy key and the cursor 20 provided on the keyboard are operated to designate a character string and a table displayed in another document, and the half-width designation key provided on the keyboard is operated to
As shown in FIG. 5, by executing “20” at the upper left corner of the document being created, the document being created has a size that is half the size of the character strings and tables in other documents. Character strings and tables are displayed.

The computer program for changing the size as described above is written in the ROM of the document creating apparatus having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and, as shown in FIG. The storage medium RM may be stored in an RM, and the storage medium RM may be loaded into a disk drive of a personal computer, loaded, and resized.

In the above-described embodiment, the size of characters and format marks included in a document copied from another document is changed and inserted / overwritten in the document being created. Not limited to this, specify any document block or line of the document being created, change the size of the characters and format marks included in the specified area, and store them at the original location in memory or at a different location. It goes without saying that you get it.

[0027]

As described in detail above, in the first and third aspects, the sizes of all characters and format marks included in the document block specified by the user can be changed collectively. If the paper size is too small to store the characters and / or format marks read from the buffer, enter a smaller size and rewrite each size code of the characters and / or format marks in the buffer again. The required document can be stored in the memory.

In the second and fourth aspects of the present invention, the size of the format mark can be changed substantially in the same manner as the character, and the present invention has excellent effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for changing the size by the document creating apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a data structure in a document creation memory shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display device illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen in which a character string and a table included in another document having different paper sizes are copied, and the character size is changed and inserted into a document being created.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 4 Document creation memory 5 Memory type selection processing part 6 Memory processing part 7 Memory data storage buffer 8 Character size selection processing part 9 Character size change processing part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for changing the size of a character and / or a format mark included in a document in which a document created for each block is stored in a memory of a document creating apparatus. Specifying an area in the memory of the specified document block, reading out characters and / or format marks included in the specified area from the memory, storing the read out characters and / or format marks in a buffer, and storing the read out characters and / or format marks in the buffer Rewrite each size code included in each character and / or format mark to a size code corresponding to a specified size, read out the character and / or format mark whose size code has been rewritten from the buffer, and read it out of the memory. A document creation device characterized in that it is stored in a specified location. How to change the size. 2. A method for changing the size of a format mark included in a document stored in a memory of a document creation apparatus, comprising: specifying a range of a specified document in the memory; The format marks included are read from the memory, the read format marks are stored in a buffer, and each size code included in each of the format marks stored in the buffer is rewritten and rewritten to a size code corresponding to a specified size. A size changing method in a document creating apparatus, comprising reading a changed format mark from a buffer and storing the read format mark in a specified position in the memory. 3. A document created for each block is stored in a memory, and characters and / or characters included in the document are stored.
Or a document creation device having a function of changing the size of a format mark, comprising: means for specifying an area in the memory of a specified document block in a document in a block; and a character and / or format included in the specified area. Means for reading the mark from the memory; means for storing the read character and / or format mark in the buffer; and each size code included in the character and / or format mark stored in the buffer corresponds to the designated size. Means for rewriting to a size code to be rewritten, means for reading out a character and / or format mark from which a size code has been rewritten, and means for storing the same in a specified position in the memory. Creating device. 4. A document creating apparatus having a function of changing a size of a format mark included in a document stored in a memory, comprising: means for specifying a range of a document specified in the memory; Means for reading a format mark included in the document from the memory, means for storing the read format mark in a buffer, and each size code included in the format mark stored in the buffer corresponding to a designated size. A document creating apparatus comprising: means for rewriting to a size code; means for reading out a rewritten format mark from a buffer; and means for storing the rewritten format mark at a specified position in the memory.