JPH06168235A - Document preparing device and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically secure an irreducibly minimum space while considering influences from characters, to which variable magnification is designated, to the surrounding at the document preparing device provided with a character magnifying function. CONSTITUTION:A document buffer 31 of a RAM 11 stores document information containing characters to which the variable magnification is designated, and when an editing mode is designated by operating an 'editing' key 16b of a keyboard 16, a CPU 10 retrieves the magnification designated character from the document information and judges whether this magnification designated character is overlapped with the other character at the time of printing or not. When the character is overlapped with the other character as a result, the CPU 10 inserts this character into the document information while calculating the space not to overlap it, and displays this information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus having a character magnification function and a display control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document creating apparatus having a character magnification function, by designating a character magnification, the magnification of the designated character can be arbitrarily changed. Character magnification is ¼ double, ½ double, full-width, double-width, quadruple-width, n
Xm double angle, etc.

Here, when a character magnification other than n × m double-width is designated, the character is displayed in the state at the time of printing.
Therefore, the user can create a document while grasping the state at the time of printing. However, when the character magnification of n × m double angle is specified, the state in which the character magnification is specified by reverse display or the like is known, but the size of the character itself is not changed, so the state at the time of printing cannot be grasped. .

[0004]

As described above, n ×
With a character magnification that does not change the character size, such as m times double, the state at the time of printing cannot be understood. For this reason, when you apply a character magnification, you do not know how much space you need to leave to avoid overlapping with the surrounding characters. For example, you can use the print image function (the function that displays the print image by entering a specific key) many times. It was very troublesome to edit the document while checking the print status each time by using.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a document creation apparatus and a display control method for automatically securing a minimum necessary space in consideration of the influence on the surroundings of a character for which a magnification is designated. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is determined whether or not a character designated by a magnification is overlapped with another character at the time of printing by searching a character for which a magnification is designated from document information. In the case of overlapping, a space that does not overlap is calculated and inserted into the document information, and this is displayed.

[0007]

With the above arrangement, when the character magnification is specified,
If the magnification designation character overlaps with another character at the time of printing, a space that does not overlap is automatically inserted. Therefore, it is possible to easily edit a document without requiring a troublesome work.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment. In the figure, 10 is a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 11 and 12 are CPUs.
A memory (RAM, ROM) accessed by 10.

The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus, and executes the document creation processing and the display control processing as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 by accessing the RAM 11 and the ROM 12 and starting a program according to the input instruction. .

The ROM 12 has a program area 1 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
3, a character pattern area 14 in which font data is stored, a dictionary area 15 in which a standard dictionary for converting reading information input in kana or romaji into kanji information is provided, and the like. There is.

The RAM 11 is provided with an area for storing various kinds of information necessary for creating a document, and here, a document buffer 31 for storing the document information is provided.

Reference numeral 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display, 19 is a display controller (display-CNT), 20
Is a dot memory for display, 21 is a floppy disk device (FDD), 22 is an FDD interface (FDD-).
IF), 23 is a printer device (PRT), and 24 is a printer interface (PRT-IF).

A keyboard (KB) 16 receives input information necessary for creating a document and the like, and a keyboard interface (KB-).
IF) 17 to CPU 10. This keyboard 16 includes "character" key, "numerical value" key,
In addition to function keys such as a "function 1" key and a "function 2" key, a "character magnification" key 16a for designating a character magnification and an "edit" key 16b for designating an edit mode described later are provided here. Has been.

The display unit 18 is composed of, for example, a 40-character, 20-line liquid crystal display with a backlight, and the bottom line (20th line) is set as an area (guide line) dedicated to guide display. The display-CNT 19 controls the display of the display device 18 using the display dot memory 20 under the control of the CPU 10.

Floppy disk drive (FDD) 21
Under the control of the CPU 10, saves the created document, stores external characters and second level characters, etc., via the FDD interface (FDD-IF) 22. The printer device (PRT) 23 is, for example, a serial printer. Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the operation of the "character magnification" key 16a of the keyboard 16 in the document information such as "the weather is fine today / it will be clear tomorrow". Thus, it is assumed that a character magnification of n × m is designated for the character 41 “weather”. When the character magnification is designated, magnification designation information is added to the character code. Normally, the character 41 is highlighted by this magnification designation and a state in which the character magnification is designated is shown, but the size of the character itself is not changed. In this state, "Edit" key 16b
When the edit mode is designated by the operation of, the space 42 as shown in FIG. 4B is automatically inserted. Hereinafter, the operation of the edit mode will be specifically described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, the edit mode is designated by operating the "edit" key 16b (step S1). The edit mode may be specified after one document is created or after the character magnification is specified. After the edit mode is specified, the edit range is specified (step S2). Here, it is assumed that the page or part is designated as the editing range. In this case, the page to be edited specifies a page to be edited, and the partial designation specifies a range to be edited.

When the page is designated as the editing range (step S3), the CPU 10 causes the document buffer 3 of the RAM 11 to read.
Accessing 1 searches the document information stored in the document buffer 31 for the magnification designated character existing in the designated page (step S4), and moves the cursor to the character (step S6). Similarly, when a part is designated as the editing range (step S3), the CPU
Reference numeral 10 searches the document information for a magnification designation character existing in a designated range (step S5), and moves the cursor to the character (step S6).

Here, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the magnification designation character overlaps with another character at the time of printing (step S).
7). As the determination method, for example, the document buffer 31
By detecting the character code to which the magnification designation information (n × m magnification designation information in this case) is added, it is checked whether or not another character code exists around the character code. If another character code exists,
The CPU 10 displays the message indicating that the characters are overlapped at the time of printing, and asks whether or not to automatically edit (step S8).

When the user gives an instruction to perform automatic editing by the "select / execute" key or the like by this message display (step S9), the CPU 10 calculates the minimum space required for the characters not to overlap (step S10). ).
Specifically, the number of characters to be vacated in the digit direction and the number of lines to be vacated in the line direction are calculated for each line digit based on the magnification designation information added to the magnification designation character.

As a result, the CPU 10 inserts a space in which the characters do not overlap into the document information (step S16), but before that, whether the line including the magnification designation character fits within the same line due to the space insertion. It is checked whether or not (step S11). When the line including the magnification designation character does not fit in the same line, that is, in the example shown in FIG.
If the characters after the magnification designation character 41 are pushed to the next line by inserting 2, the CPU 10 displays a message to that effect and asks whether to change the magnification (step S12).

When the user gives an instruction to change the magnification with the "display / execute" key or the like by this message display (step S13), the CPU 10 changes the character magnification of the magnification designation character so that it is within the same row (step S13). S1
4) Re-calculate the space. If the user does not want to change the magnification (step S13), the CPU 10 displays a message to the effect that the image cannot be accommodated in the same row, and calls attention to the printing (step S15).

When the minimum required space for characters not to overlap is determined, the CPU 10 inserts the space into the document information (inserts a space code in the digit direction and a line feed code in the line direction). , Display this (step S1)
6). The above operation is performed for all the magnification designation characters existing within the designation range (step S17).

In this way, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, for example, it is determined that the magnification designation character 41 "weather" overlaps with other characters at the time of printing, and the necessary minimum value as shown in FIG. The limited space 42 is automatically inserted. Therefore, the document can be easily edited without checking the print state using the print image function.

When the space 42 is inserted, if the area 43 occupied by the magnification designation character 41 at the time of printing is displayed by a dotted line or the like, the influence on other characters can be easily understood and the document editing becomes very easy.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case of specifying the magnification for a character has been described as an example, but the same processing as described above can be performed on all characters including a symbol in addition to the character.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a character scaling factor is designated, if the scaling factor character overlaps another character at the time of printing, a space that does not overlap is automatically inserted. Therefore, it is possible to easily edit the document without checking the print state using the print image function as in the conventional case. As a result, the document creation efficiency is significantly improved in the document creation device having the character scaling function.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CPU, 11 ... RAM, 12 ... ROM, 16 ... Keyboard (KB), 16a ... "Character magnification" key, 16b
... "Edit" keys 16, 18 ... Display, 31 ... Document buffer.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A search means for searching a character with a magnification specified from document information, and an overlap judgment means for judging whether or not the magnification specified character searched by the search means overlaps with another character at the time of printing. As a result of this overlap determination means, when the above magnification designation character overlaps with another character, a space that does not overlap is calculated,
A document creating apparatus comprising: a space setting unit to be inserted into the document information; and a display control unit to display the document information into which the space is inserted by the space setting unit. 2. A line determination means for determining whether or not a line including the magnification designation character fits within the same line when the space is inserted by the space setting means, and a result of the line determination means is the magnification ratio. A document creating apparatus comprising: a magnification changing unit that changes a character magnification of the magnification designation character so that a line including the designated character does not fit in the same line. 3. In a character size that can be arbitrarily changed by specifying a magnification, it is determined whether or not the character for which the magnification is specified overlaps with another character at the time of printing, and if the character overlaps with another character, it does not overlap. A display control method characterized by calculating such a space, inserting it into document information, and displaying it. 4. When the line including the magnification designation character does not fit in the same line due to the insertion of the space, the character magnification of the magnification designation character is changed so that it fits in the same line. The display control method according to claim 3.