JP3077359B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus typified by a Japanese word processor, a workstation and the like, which relates to a document creating apparatus having a tab setting function and a cursor moving function using a tab key.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional document creation device, a configuration as shown in a schematic block diagram of FIG. 4 is known.

[0003] As shown in FIG.
Enter kanji, alphanumeric characters, etc. The proofreading and editing of the character string input from the input unit 1 are performed while the document editing unit 2 displays the character string on the display unit 3. The setting of tab positions used when editing this document is performed by the tab setting means 4. The document created in this way is stored in the document storage unit 5, and necessary documents are printed out using the printing unit 6.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. Conventionally, this type of document creation apparatus can set one type of tab position, and sets and uses a tab position at a digit position with a high input frequency. If the input digit position frequently changes during document creation, document creation is performed while resetting tab positions. In FIG. 3, the input digit positions of characters are different between (Chapter 1), (Chapter 2) and (Chapter 3). When the document of (Chapter 1) is input, a tab position is set by the tab setting means 4 in the fourth and eighth digits in advance, and the document is created. When inputting, proofreading, and editing a document expressed in a table format using the ruled lines of (Chapter 2) and (Chapter 3), the character input digit position is (1
Therefore, the cursor keys are operated multiple times to move the cursor to the target digit, and then characters are input. When the tab key is used, for example, when inputting the document of (Chapter 2), the tab position set in (Chapter 1) by the tab setting means 4 is reset to the second and seventh digits, and the tab key is set. By operating, the cursor can be moved to the target digit with one touch.

As described above, in the above-described conventional document creation apparatus, even if the tab setting means 4 is used, the input digit is stored in advance as tab position information, and then the tab key operation is performed to move the cursor to a target position. Can be transferred. Also,
If the input digit position changes during document creation, the set tab position is changed, and the tab key operation is performed, so that the cursor can be moved to a target position.

[0006]

However, in the above-described conventional document creation apparatus, since the character input position is different between the document and the table, the tab position information must be reset by the tab setting means 4 and the operation is not performed. There was a problem that was complicated.

[0007] The present invention solves such a conventional problem. The tab operation can be easily switched between editing a sentence and editing a table. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device capable of creating a document.

[0008]

The technical means of the present invention for achieving the above object includes input means for inputting kana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, etc., document editing means for editing a character string, and Display means for displaying an input character string and a document to be edited, printing means for printing the document, document storage means for storing the created document, and tab setting means for setting the position of a tab used when editing the document. Depends on the position of the ruled line
A table recognition unit for detecting a table Ri, detection by the table recognition unit
Character position recognizing means for detecting a character position in the table for each table issued, tab position information set by the tab setting means,
Any information of character position information detected by the more the detected border position information and character position recognizer Table recognizing means is that a tab operation switching means for switching the movement of the tab to the original.

Another technical means of the present invention for achieving the above object is the above technical means, further comprising a tab operation storing means for storing a tab operation used at the time of table creation for each table.

[0010]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the tab operation is performed based on any of the tab position information set by the tab setting means, the ruled line position information detected by the table recognizing means, and the character position information detected by the character position recognizing means. Since the tab operation can be selected and switched by the tab operation switching means, the tab operation can be easily switched.

Further, if the tab operation once switched is stored in the tab operation storage means, when the document is recalled and edited again, the trouble of switching the tab operation can be saved.

[0012]

【Example】

Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a document creating apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, an input unit 1, a document editing unit 2, a display unit 3, a tab setting unit 4, a document storage unit 5, and a printing unit 6 are the same as those in the conventional example. In this embodiment, in addition to the above functions, a character position recognizing unit 7, a table recognizing unit 8, and a tab operation switching unit 9 are provided.
Whether the tab operation is performed based on the position information of the ruled line of the line where the cursor is detected, or the tab operation is performed based on the position information of the character in the table where the cursor is detected by the character position recognizing means 7. Another feature is that the tab operation switching means 9 can selectively switch whether to perform tab operation based on the tab digit position information set by the tab setting means 4.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG.
When a document composed of (Chapter 1) to (Chapter 3) and including a table made of ruled lines is created, when the text of (Chapter 1) is input for the first time, the fourth digit is set by the tab setting means 4. A document is created by setting a tab position at the eighth digit. Next, when inputting the document of the table of (Chapter 2), the table recognizing means 8 detects the ruled line position of the table of the row where the cursor is located, and immediately after the ruled line, that is, the second and seventh digits. The tab operation is switched by the tab operation switching means 9 so that the cursor is positioned by the tab key. Next, when inputting the document of the table of (Chapter 3), the character position recognizing means 7 detects the character position in the table of the line where the cursor is located, and places it in the third, sixth and ninth digits. The tab operation is switched by the tab operation switching means 9 so that the cursor is positioned by the tab key. If there is no character in the table of the line where the cursor is located, the tab operation is performed by detecting the position of the existing character by searching above and below the corresponding ruled line in the same table.

As described above, according to the first embodiment,
The tab operation is performed based on the tab digit position information set by the tab setting means 4 or immediately after the ruled line (± n digit positions on the left and right are also determined based on the ruled line information of the table detected by the table recognizing means 8). The tab operation switching unit 9 makes a selection between tab operation and tab operation based on the character position information in the table detected by the character position recognizing unit 7. The cursor can be moved to the head of the character by one touch, and the cursor movement for character input and editing can be efficiently performed.

(Embodiment 2) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a document creating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, input means 1, document editing means 2, display means 3, tab setting means 4, document storage means 5, printing means 6, character position recognition means 7, table recognition means 8, tab operation switching means 9 Is the same as in the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, in addition to the above functions, a tab operation storage unit 10 is provided for storing, for each table, a tab operation switched at the time of creating a table input. The present embodiment is characterized in that the cursor can be moved to a target digit with one touch by a previously selected tab operation for each table based on the tab operation information stored at 10.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG.
In the tables of (Chapter) and (Chapter 3), the tab column positions are different based on the ruled line positions. So, when entering each table,
Information on the creation of a document by selecting a tab operation by the tab operation switching unit 9 is stored in the tab operation storage unit 10. In the example of FIG. 3, the table of (Chapter 2) performs tab operation on the digit immediately after the ruled line based on the ruled line position, and the table of (Chapter 3) performs tab operation on the character position after the ruled line. Is stored as the digit position. When this document is recalled and edited, the same cursor movement as before is performed by the tab key operation according to the table in which the cursor is located and according to the tab operation method of the table stored in the tab operation storage means 10. be able to.

As described above, according to the second embodiment,
When editing a document that has been created once, it is possible to retrieve the previous tab operation from the tab operation storage unit 10 without switching the tab operation each time, and efficiently create a document with a tab operation that matches the table. it can.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, any one of the tab position information set by the tab setting means, the ruled line position information detected by the table recognition means, and the character position information detected by the character position recognition means is used as a reference. Can be switched by selecting the tab operation by means of the tab operation switching means, so that when inputting or editing a document, the cursor can be easily moved by one-touch operation with the tab key operation,
Therefore, a document can be created efficiently.

When a document including a table created using ruled lines is created, the tab operation is stored for each table by the tab operation storage means, and the second and subsequent times are stored based on the stored information. The same tab operation as before can be performed in document editing, and efficient document creation can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a document creation device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the document creation device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 2 Document editing means 3 Display means 4 Tab setting means 5 Document storage means 6 Printing means 7 Character position recognition means 8 Table recognition means 9 Tab operation switching means 10 Tab operation storage means

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-63-93066 (JP, A) JP-A-63-106067 (JP, A) JP-A-2-81263 (JP, A) "Keybooks Easy Word Processor Operating method, Shin Ichitaro, edited by Shoyosha Co., Ltd. 43 Issued November 10, 1986 (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/21-17/27

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. Input means for inputting kana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, etc., document editing means for editing a character string, display means for displaying the input character string and a document to be edited, and printing for printing the document Means, document storage means for storing the created document, tab setting means for setting the position of a tab used when editing the document, table recognizing means for detecting a table based on the ruled line position of the created document, and table recognizing means. Character position recognizing means for detecting a character position in the table for each table detected by the means; tab position information set by the tab setting means;
The more the detected border position information and character position recognition means
And a tab operation switching means for switching a tab movement based on any of the detected character position information . 2. Input means for inputting kana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, etc., document editing means for editing a character string, display means for displaying the input character string and a document to be edited, and printing for printing the document Means, document storage means for storing the created document, tab setting means for setting the position of a tab used when editing the document, table recognizing means for detecting a table based on the ruled line position of the created document, and table recognizing means. a character position recognition means for detecting a character position in the table for each table detected by means, tab position information set by the tab setting means, table recognition unit
The detected border position information and character position recognizer Ri
A document creation device comprising: a tab action switching means for switching a tab motion based on any of detected character position information; and a tab action storage means for storing a tab action used for creating a table for each table.