JP2972791B2 - Editing and correction system for document creation devices - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus (Japanese word processor) which has been edited and has been edited. (Right-justified).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The method of editing and correcting in a conventional Japanese word processor is as follows, which is a manual operation, not an automatic editing and correcting.

First, the centering processing function will be described. As shown in FIG. 8A, in the format setting, the number of characters per line is set to, for example, 30 characters, for example, the character "a" is input in a certain line, and then the line feed key is operated, and then the centering key is set. By performing the operation, the centering processing function, which is one of the editing functions, is activated, and the layout is performed so that the letter a of the "note" is in the center of the line.

Since the number of characters in one line is 30 characters, the middle digit corresponds to the 30/2 = 15th character, and even if the character "a" is entered by a key in any digit of the line, the centering process is performed automatically. Thus, the center position of the fifteenth character is moved. If the number of characters in one line is not an even number but an odd number, the quotient obtained by dividing the number of characters by 2 is rounded up to the nearest whole number to obtain an integer. For example, if there are 29 characters, 29/2 = 14.5, so the 15th character is also the center position.

[0005] Hereinafter, a desired document is created by inputting characters one after another from the next line while performing necessary editing.

[0006] For a document that has been created and edited in this way, the format is often changed to correct the layout of the entire document.

For example, if the number of characters per line was changed from 30 characters to 40 characters in the original format setting, and the format processing was performed, as shown in FIG. Is still located at the fifteenth character, and the centering processing function, which is the editing function performed on the line, is invalidated. Because the "note"
This is because the character a should come to the 20th character in the middle of the line in the layout. However, the centering function disappears, and only a space for 10 characters expands to the right of the character. In other words, to the right of the character
Initial centering to insert a space for 10 characters
In this case, the processing remains unchanged.
The centering process does not correspond to the form of the letter, and the document is changed to a form different from the intended form.

[0008] Therefore, once again, the character a
By moving the cursor to a certain line and operating the centering key, as shown in FIG.
The centering process is performed on the character a, and the character is moved to the center position of the twentieth character, and the layout is corrected as originally intended. Of course, this is done manually.

Next, the right-justification processing function will be described.
As shown in FIG. 9A, in the format setting, the number of characters per line is set to, for example, 40 characters, and for example, the character b
Is input to a certain line, and the right-justification key is operated to activate the right-justification processing function, so that the character “b” or more is laid out at the right end of the line. The “more” of “more” is located at the 38th character, and the “upper” is located at the 39th character.

Next, if the number of characters per line was changed from 40 characters in the original format setting to 30 characters in order to correct the layout of the entire document, and the format processing was performed, the "more than"
As shown in FIG. 9B, the rightmost 10 characters including the character b move to a position a few characters later from the left end (head of line) of the next line, and the character b The line immediately before the line with the line becomes a completely blank line, and the right-justification processing function, which is an editing function performed on the line where “or more” is located, is invalidated. That is, also in this case, the document is changed to a form different from the form originally intended.

Then, the cursor is again moved to the line where the character "b" is located and the right-justified key is operated, thereby performing right-justified processing as shown in FIG. 9 (c). As shown in FIG. 9D, a completely blank extra line on one line is deleted, and the layout is corrected to the originally intended layout. Of course, this is also performed manually.

Note that even in the case of a centering line, if the number of characters per line decreases beyond a certain level, a completely blank line may occur due to the format processing after the format change. Sometimes the position is constant and there is some space to its right.

[0013]

As described above, in the conventional Japanese word processor, when the format of a document that has been created and edited is changed again and the format processing is performed, the original editing process is performed. Since the state of centering or right-justified state collapses, the centering processing and right-justified processing have to be performed again by manual operation in order to return to the originally intended layout.

However, manual centering processing operation and right-justification processing operation are considerably troublesome even if they are simply performed on one line. Furthermore, if there are many centering lines and right-justified lines in one document, it is difficult to find the relevant lines in the document that need to be manually corrected first, and after that, it is necessary to correct them one by one. It was extremely tedious to do, and would require a great deal of effort and time.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when a document that has been created and edited is changed in format and subjected to format processing, a complicated manual operation for correction work is performed. Is unnecessary, and the centering or right-justified processing which is the editing processing performed on the original document can be automatically realized.

[0016]

According to the present invention, there is provided an editing / correcting system for a document creating apparatus, comprising: a centering line or a right-justified line based on the length and arrangement of space information and character information in a sentence. Means for searching, means for storing a centering row or right-justified row as row information for a row identified by the search, and determining a centering row or right-justified row for each row in the format change processing based on the row information. Means and means for executing a centering process or a right-justified process on the determined row.

[0017]

When the editing / modifying system is operated for a document which has been created and edited, first, a centering line and a right-justified line are searched for as a preparatory work, and a centering line or a right-justified line is obtained for the corresponding line. Line information is added and stored. In the next step, but it is performed to form varying Sarasho management, together with the row based on the row information and determines whether neither is the or one that is right justified line whether a centering line for each row, the centering A centering process is automatically performed on a row determined as a row, and a right-aligned process is automatically performed on a row determined as a right-justified row. At that time, insert the space to
Data that is exactly the same as the previous data format that performs
The above processing can be performed in the data format.

[0018]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an editing and correcting system in a document creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of a document creation device (Japanese word processor). In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a CPU that controls the entire system.
(Central processing unit), 4 is a ROM (read only memory) storing a program for its control, 6 is
A RAM (random access memory) which functions as a working memory and a user memory which assists control and stores data, 8 is an external storage device such as a floppy disk or hard disk, 10 is an input device such as a keyboard, 12 is a CRT or liquid crystal Display (LC
A display device such as D), and 14 is a printer (printing device).

FIG. 2 shows a character string X in one line displayed on the screen of the display device 12. Length of one line (in characters per line )
In the claims, the length is expressed as Lm, the length of the character string X being edited is Lc, and the length from the beginning of the line to the character string X is Ls.

Centering processing and right-justification processing on tab lines or indent lines have little meaning.
Therefore, when determining whether the line where the character string X exists is a centering line or a right-justified line, the tab line and the indented line are excluded.

If neither the tab line nor the indent line is used, and the character string X has been subjected to the centering processing, the following expression is established.

Lm− (Ls + Lc) = Ls or (Ls + 0.5) (1) When the character string X is right-justified, the following equation is satisfied.

Lm− (Ls + Lc) = 1 or 0.5... (2) The principle of (1) and (2) when searching for the relevant line for editing and correction It is an expression.

Next, the operation of automatic editing and correction will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

In FIG. 3, the CPU 2 operates in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 4, and waits for the operation of the format key of the input device 10 in step S1 and then proceeds to step S1.
Proceed to 2 to display a format setting menu screen on the display device 12. Then, in step S3, a key input is waited, and in step S4, it is determined whether the key input is an automatic editing correction. If it is not an automatic edit correction, the process proceeds to step S5 to execute a normal format process. If the automatic edit correction is selected, the process proceeds to step S6 to execute an edit state recognition process subroutine. The detailed operation of this editing state recognition processing subroutine is shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this will be described.

In step S6-1, the row number register R
Is set to "1" as an initial value. Step S6-2
Determines that the current line is either an indented line or a tab line. In the case of an indent line or a tab line, the centering processing or right-justification processing does not make sense, and therefore, the processing directly skips to step S6-8. If it is neither an indented line nor a tab line, the flow advances to step S6-3 to determine whether conditional expression (1) for a centering line, that is, Lm- (Ls + Lc) = Ls or (Ls + 0.5) is satisfied. Judge. If this is true, the flow proceeds to step S6-4, where "centering line" is set as the line information for the line, and stored in the RAM 6, and then the flow proceeds to step S6-8.

If the conditional expression (1) is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S6-5, and the conditional expression (2) for right-justified row, that is, Lm- (Ls + Lc) = 1 or 0.5 is satisfied. Determine if you are. If this is the case, the flow advances to step S6-6 to determine whether there is a line feed or page break at the end of the line. Since it is considered that the non-line feed or page break is a part of the sentence following the next line and is not right-justified, the process proceeds to step S6-8. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S6-7, in which "right-justified line" is set as the line information for the line, stored in the RAM 6, and then the process proceeds to step S6-8.

In step S6-8, it is determined whether or not the current line is at the end of the sentence.
9, the content of the row number register R is incremented by +1. Then, the process returns to step S6-2 to search the next row for the centering row and the right-justified row for each row as described above, and for the row information. The setting storage process is repeated for the entire document. When the end of the sentence is reached by this repetition, the determination in step S6-8 becomes affirmative, and the process proceeds to step S7 in FIG.

In step S7, a new format value is set on the format setting menu screen by operating the input device 10, and then the operation proceeds to step S8 by operating the enter key.
In step S8, a format automatic correction subroutine is executed. The detailed operation of the automatic format correction subroutine is shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this will be described.

In step S8-1, the row number register R
Is set to "1" as an initial value. Step S8-2
To determine if the current row is a centering row
Is determined based on the line information from. If the line information indicates a "centering line", the process proceeds to step S8-3 to execute the centering process on the line, and then proceeds to step S8-7. In this centering process, for example, after the character string of the line is once left-justified and brought to the beginning of the line, the character string corresponding to the new format setting is set (1).
If the format processing (processing such as space insertion ) that satisfies the formula is performed, the centering processing is performed. However, the character string does not necessarily need to be left-justified once, and the centering processing may be directly performed by a required operation.

If it is determined in step S8-2 that the line is not a centering line, the process proceeds to step S8-4, and it is determined whether the current line is a right-justified line based on the line information from the RAM 6. If the line information indicates "right-justified line", the process proceeds to step S8-5 to execute a right-justified process on the line, and then proceeds to step S8-7. In this right-justification processing, for example, after the character string of the line is once left-justified and carried to the beginning of the line, the format processing ( space
If processing such as insertion is performed, right-justification processing is performed. However, also in this case, the character string does not necessarily have to be left-justified once, and may be directly right-justified by a required operation.

If it is determined in step S8-4 that the line is not a right-justified line, the flow advances to step S8-6 to execute normal format processing, and then to step S8-7.

In step S8-7, it is determined whether or not the current line is at the end of the sentence.
8, the content of the row number register R is incremented by +1. Then, the process returns to step S8-2 to determine the row information for each row in the same manner as described above for the next row and perform the format processing (centering processing or (Including right justification) for the entire document. When the end of the sentence is reached by this repetition, the determination in step S8-7 becomes affirmative, and the process returns to the main routine of FIG. 3 and proceeds to the next process.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show specific examples of automatic editing and correction. FIG. 6 shows the case of centering processing, and FIG. 7 shows the case of right justification processing.

FIG. 6A shows a state before automatic editing and correction, in which the number of characters per line is set to 30 and the character a
Comes to the 15th character. FIG. 6B shows a state in which the automatic editing and correction have been performed. In the new format setting, the number of characters per line is set to 40, and the character "a" is automatically changed to 20 characters.
Centered on the letter. No layout correction by manual operation is required.

FIG. 7 (a) shows a state before automatic editing and correction. The number of characters per line is set to 40 characters, the character "b" is right-justified, and the 38th and 39th characters are reached. .
FIG. 7B shows a state in which automatic editing and correction have been performed, and the number of characters per line has been set to 30 in a new format setting.
The character "b" is right-justified at the 28th and 29th characters. Also in this case, it is unnecessary to correct the layout by manual operation. And this is it
Centering and right-justified editing
Conventional centering or right-justification, such as inserting a positive space
Of the data to be handled
The format is the same as the previous one, and data can be shared
You.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When changing the format of a document after editing, simply operate the editing and correction system to automatically find the line on which centering and right-justification should be performed, and also search for the relevant line in the actual formatting process. The required centering and right-justification processes are performed automatically, and there are few manual operations to be performed by the operator when changing the format, and all the rest is automatically edited and corrected. it is possible to greatly reduce the burden on the can make significantly improve work efficiency. Moreover, the form of data to be handled
Automatically during the format change process without changing the formula at all
Can be centered or right justified
And the format of the data handled is the same as the previous one,
Data can be shared.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of a document creation device (Japanese word processor) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for deriving a conditional expression for determining a centering process or a right-justified process in the embodiment.

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

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an editing state recognition processing subroutine in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a format automatic correction processing subroutine in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a screen display diagram showing automatic editing and correction for centering processing performed in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a screen display diagram showing automatic editing correction for right-justified processing performed in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a screen display diagram for explaining a method of editing and correcting a centering process in a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a screen display diagram for explaining a method of editing and correcting right-justified processing in a conventional example.

[Description of Signs] 2 CPU 4 ROM 6 RAM 8 External storage device 10 Input device 12 Display device 14 Printer S6 Edit state recognition processing subroutine S8 Format automatic correction processing subroutine

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Line length of space information and character information in a sentence
Means for retrieving a centering row or right-justified row based on the respective lengths and arrangement relations with respect to, means for storing the centering row or right-justified row as row information about the row identified by the search, and each row in the format change processing. Editing means for determining a centering line or a right-justified line based on the line information for each time, and executing a centering process or a right-justified process on the determined line. Correction system.