JP3687564B2 - Text management method and text management apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a text management method and a text management device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A personal computer or word processor inputs and edits a character string (character string) in which one or more arbitrary characters, symbols, numbers, figures, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “character” or generically “character”) are arranged, Text management is performed with text as a control (management) target, such as creating a desired sentence (hereinafter referred to as “text”) and printing it arbitrarily on a print target. A tape printer or the like is also known as this type of small device. That is, even in the tape printer, text management is performed with text as a management target, such as creating a desired text by inputting / editing an arbitrary character string and printing it on a tape.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in this type of conventional text management, after inputting a plurality of documents (text), each text is saved in a file (text file) so that various processes such as editing and printing can be performed on any text at any time. ) Etc., and one of them is read out and displayed on a processing screen called a text editing screen (so-called editing screen). In this case, the editing target to be edited based on the input from the keyboard or the like is one text displayed on the editing screen, and the text to be printed by the print instruction is also the same as the one displayed on the editing screen. Become.
[0004]
For this reason, in order to edit or print another text, it is necessary to search for the text from a plurality of registered files, read it from the file, and display it. In addition, when editing such as correction is added to the displayed text, it is necessary to re-register (save) the displayed text in a file and then read and display the next text. is there. That is, it is necessary to frequently read and write each text for various processes such as editing and printing. Correspondingly, in recent personal computers, etc., an edit screen for a plurality of different texts can be displayed at one time. However, this method is applicable only to a device having a large display screen such as a personal computer. This method is not suitable for a device having a relatively small display screen such as a tape printer.
[0005]
In the present invention, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts can be associated with each other. An object of the present invention is to provide a text management method and a text management apparatus that can freely perform various processes such as editing and printing of the text by simple operations.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The present inventionTeKist management methods are subject to processing independently.LA text storage step for storing text data (L is an integer of 2 or more), and the stored text data of the L text dataJ pieces of text data (where J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) are arranged in a predetermined format that can be displayed entirely on a single line.At least a part of the display target, the display targetPaintingThe statue, JIn lineHas a display lineTableDisplay screenIn the tableA text display process to show,By specifying a part of the display object by relative line-to-line movement of the cursor,1 text dataWholeVs. processingWith elephantA processing object selection step to selectIn the text display step, the entire text data to be processed can be displayed on the display screen by relative movement of the cursor within the same line.
[0007]
  Also,The present inventionEach text management device is independently processed.LText storage means for storing pieces of text data (L is an integer of 2 or more), of the L pieces of text data storedJ pieces of text data (where J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) are arranged in a predetermined format that can be displayed entirely on a single line.At least a part of the display target, the display targetPaintingThe statue, JIn lineHas a display lineTableDisplay screenIn the tableText display means to display;By specifying a part of the display object by relative line-to-line movement of the cursor,1 text dataWholeVs. processingWith elephantProcessing object selection means for selectingThe text display means can display the entire text data to be processed on the display screen by relative movement of the cursor within the same line.
[0008]
  In this text management method and text management apparatus, L pieces of text data of one or more lines (L is an integer of 2 or more), which are each independently processed, are stored,J pieces of text data (where J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) are arranged in a predetermined format that can be displayed entirely on a single line.At least a part of the display target,ThatA predetermined display screen having J lines (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L).In the tableShowBy specifying a part of the display target by relative line-to-line movement of the cursor,1 text dataWholeVs. processingWith elephantTo select. in this case,The entire text data to be processed can be displayed on the display screen by relative movement of the cursor within the same line (hereinafter referred to as “in-line movement”). In other words, the relative movement between the cursors and the movement within the line allows you to select the text data to be processed and check the entire contents.Processing can be performed after confirmation by display.This alsoWhen managing multiple texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, the display and storage of each text can be associated with each other, and editing and printing of the desired text Various processes such as can be freely performed with simple operations. In the case of single-line display, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is inevitably selected as a processing target.
[0009]
  Also,AboveIn the text management method, in the text storing step, the L text data are stored as L lines of text data according to the predetermined format when displayed.Then, in the text display step, the J text data stored as the text data of the L lines is displayed as an image on the display screen.It is preferable to do.
[0010]
  Also,AboveIn the text management device, the text storage means stores the L text data as L lines of text data according to the predetermined format when displayed.The text display means expands and displays the J text data stored as the L-line text data on the display screen.It is preferable to do.
[0014]
In the text management method and the text management apparatus, since L lines of text data according to a predetermined format for display are stored, text data corresponding to J lines stored as L lines of text data are By developing and displaying an image on the display screen, it can be read and used as it is for display.
[0015]
  Also,AboveIn the text management method, in the text storing step, the L text data areIn the predetermined formatWhen displayingLEach of the text display steps is stored in association with the L items.TeOf the text dataAt least mth to m + J + 1th (m is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ m ≦ L, where L + 1 is the first) J + 2A text reading step of reading the text data into the text display candidate area prior to display;Of the J + 2 text data read out, JIt is preferable to include a display image expanding step of displaying text data on the display screen.
[0016]
  Also,AboveIn the text management device, the text storage deviceStage, The L text data,In the predetermined formatWhen displayingLThe text display means stores the L items in correspondence with the lines.TeOf the text dataAt least mth to m + J + 1th (m is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ m ≦ L, where L + 1 is the first) J + 2Text reading means for reading the text data into the text display candidate area prior to display;Of the J + 2 text data read out, JIt is preferable to have display image expansion means for expanding and displaying text data on the display screen.
[0017]
  In this text management method and text management apparatus, L text data areIn the prescribed formatStored individually in association with L lines when displayed, at least of the text data of L processing candidatesm + J + th (m is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ m ≦ L, where L + 1 is the first) J + 2Each text data was read and read to the text display candidate area prior to display.J + 2 piecesJ of text dataPiecesText data is displayed as an image on the display screen. In this case, since the L text data are individually stored, the storage area can be distributed and shared, while being stored in association with the L lines when displayed and read out prior to display. In addition, since it is not necessary to handle all L pieces at once, the processing load is reduced. In other words, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts can be associated with each other, and the desired text can be edited. Various processes such as printing and printing can be performed with simple operations.
[0018]
  Also,AboveIn the text management method ofThe text data to be processed is the kth of the L pieces (k is an integer satisfying m + 1 ≦ k ≦ m + J. However, k−1 when k = 1 is Lth, and when k = L. k + 1-th is the first text data), and in the display image development step, the m-th to m + J-1th J-th items are generated in accordance with the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k-1) -th side. The image data is expanded, and m + 2 to m + J + 1th J text data are expanded according to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line.The text reading stepIn the arrangement or allocation in the text display candidate area, the m + 1st to m + Jth J + 1 text data are transferred to the new m + 1st to the new m + 1th to the k−1th line movement in accordance with the movement of the cursor to the k−1th side. Change to the (m + J + 1) th J + 1 text data, and change the (m + 1) th to (m + J + 1) th J + 1 text data to a new mth to (m + J) th J + 1 in response to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line. Change to a piece of text data, and a display target changing step in which a part of each of m + 1 to m + J-th text data after the change is a new display target, and the text display candidate area, In accordance with the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k-1) th side, the (m-1) th text data is set as new mth text data. The next display preparation step of reading out the m + J + 2nd text data as new m + J + 1th text data in accordance with the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line, and preparing for the next display target And havingIt is preferable.
[0019]
  Also,AboveIn the text management device ofThe text data to be processed is the kth of the L pieces (k is an integer satisfying m + 1 ≦ k ≦ m + J. However, k−1 when k = 1 is Lth, and when k = L. k + 1-th is assumed to be the first text data), and the display image expanding means is adapted to move the cursor to the (k-1) -th side between the m-th to m + J-1-th J data. The image data is expanded, and m + 2 to m + J + 1th J text data are expanded according to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line.The text reading means includes:In the arrangement or allocation in the text display candidate area, the m + 1st to m + Jth J + 1 text data are changed to the new m + 1st to m + J + 1th in accordance with the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k−1) th side. To the (J + 1) th text data, and in response to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line, the (m + 1) th to (m + J + 1) th J + 1 text data are changed to the new (m + 1) th to m + Jth J + 1th text data. The display object changing means for changing to text data and changing a part of each of the m + 1-th to m + J-th text data after the change, and the cursor for the text display candidate area Read the m-1st text data as the new mth text data in response to the inter-line movement to the k-1st side. And a next display preparation means for reading out the m + J + 2nd text data as new m + J + 1th text data in accordance with the movement of the cursor between the k + 1th line and preparing for the next display target. HaveIt is preferable.
[0020]
  In this text management method and text management device,The text data to be processed is the kth of L pieces (k is an integer satisfying m + 1 ≦ k ≦ m + J), and the mth to m + J + 1th J + 2 pieces of text data read into the text display candidate area. Of these, one of the m + 1th to m + Jth. Also, since k−1 when k = 1 is Lth, and k + 1 when k = L is first, the numbering is cyclic, so that processing targets can be selected by circulation. It has become. For this reason, it is possible to select a processing target in a cycle by relative movement between the cursors, and it is possible to average and efficiently change the processing target from an arbitrary line to another arbitrary line, time and the like.
[0021]
  Also, when the movement of the cursor between lines is on the (k−1) th side (that is, when the cursor moves to the smaller number side), the mth to m + J−1th (that is, smaller number side) J text data, the k + 1th side Sometimes (that is, when moving to the larger side), m + 2 to m + J + 1th (that is, the larger number side) J text data are expanded (that is, set as display targets). In this case, if the cursor moves relatively between lines, the display scrolls accordingly, so the line on which the cursor is located is the fixed (predetermined) line of the displayed lines of the J line. The position where the text data is displayed is also a fixed line. As a result, it is easy to confirm the contents of the processing target without losing sight of the cursor.
[0022]
  Further, in the arrangement or assignment in the text display candidate area, when the cursor moves to the smaller number side, the m + 1 to m + Jth (smaller number side) J + 1 numbers are changed to the new m + 1th to m + J + 1th J + 1 numbers, and the larger number is assigned. When moving to the side, m + 1th to m + J + 1th (larger number side) J + 1 are changed to new mth to m + Jth J + 1, and part of each of the m + 1th to m + Jth J text data after the change Is a new display target. For this reason, conceptually, when the cursor moves to the smaller number side, the text data is moved to the larger number side, leaving one space on the smaller number side in the text display candidate area, and the cursor moving to the larger number side. Then, the text data is moved to the smaller number side, and there is room for one on the larger number side in the text display candidate area.
[0023]
  Therefore, when the cursor moves to the smaller number side, the (m−1) th text data corresponding to the smaller number is read to the smaller number side (mth region) in the text display candidate region, and the cursor is large. When moving to the number side, the (m + J + 2nd) text data corresponding to the larger number is read on the larger number side (m + J + 1th region) in the text display candidate region. This makes it possible to read out the newly required text data on the side where there is room.
[0024]
  That is, when the J line to be displayed is moved to the J line including the adjacent line, the adjacent line becomes the display object, and the text data that may be the next display object, that is, the next text display candidate Read the text data before display. For this reason, when actually becoming a display target, the text data can be quickly displayed on the display screen by developing the image. Further, in this case, since it is sufficient if the text display candidate area has an area of J + 2 lines (J + 2 text data), memory can be saved, and one line (one text data) prior to display. Since it suffices to read the text display candidate area as much as possible, it can be processed quickly.
[0036]
  Also,Each of the aboveThe text management method preferably further includes an editing step of editing the text data to be processed.
[0037]
  Also,Each of the abovePreferably, the text management device further includes an editing unit that edits the text data to be processed.
[0038]
In this text management method and text management apparatus, editing (modification of data: addition, deletion, change, etc.) can be performed on text data to be processed.
[0039]
  Also,Each of the aboveThe text management method preferably further includes a printing step of printing at least a part of an image corresponding to the processing target text data on a print target based on the text data to be processed.
[0040]
  Also,Each of the abovePreferably, the text management device further includes a printing unit that prints at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be processed on the print object based on the text data to be processed.
[0041]
In this text management method and text management apparatus, based on text data to be processed, at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data can be printed on a print target.
[0042]
  Also,AboveIn the text management method, it is preferable that the print object is a tape.
[0043]
  Also,AboveIn the text management apparatus, the print object is preferably a tape.
[0044]
This text management method and text management apparatus can be applied to a tape printing apparatus because the object to be printed is a tape.
[0047]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a tape printer to which a text management method and a text management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0048]
FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the overall configuration of the tape printer and the external configuration when the opening / closing lid is opened, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of its control system. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tape printer 1 includes an upper case (opening / closing lid) 21 in which an outer shell is formed by a device case 2 divided into upper and lower parts, a keyboard 3 and a display 4 are disposed, A lower case 22 in which a mechanism portion such as a pocket 6 is disposed is provided.
[0049]
As shown in FIG. 3, the basic configuration includes an operation unit 11 that has a keyboard 3 and a display 4 to interface with a user, a print head (thermal head) 7, and a tape feeding unit 120. A printing unit 12 for printing on a printing tape (hereinafter simply referred to as “tape”) T of a tape cartridge C mounted in the pocket 6, a cutting unit 13 for cutting the tape T after printing, and various sensors. And a drive unit 270 that has various drivers to drive each circuit, and a control unit 200 that controls each unit in the tape printer 1. For this reason, a circuit board (not shown) is housed in the apparatus case 2 in addition to the printing unit 12, the cutting unit 13, the detection unit 14, and the like. In addition to the power supply unit, each circuit of the drive unit 270 and the control unit 200 is mounted on this circuit board, and is connected to a battery such as a non-illustrated AC adapter connection port or a nickel-cadmium battery detachable from the outside.
[0050]
In the tape printer 1, the user installs the tape cartridge C in the pocket 6, and then checks the input / editing result on the display 4 and confirms desired characters and the like (characters such as letters, numbers, symbols, and simple figures) with the keyboard 3. ) Is input and printing is instructed, the tape T is fed from the tape cartridge C by the tape feeding unit 120, and desired printing is performed on the tape T by the print head 7. The printed portion is the tape discharge port 22 Sent out from time to time. When the desired printing is completed, the tape feeding unit 120 feeds the tape T to the position of the tape length including the margin, and then stops the feeding.
[0051]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the printing unit 12 is provided with a pocket 6 for mounting the tape cartridge C. The tape cartridge C is placed in the pocket 6 with the opening / closing lid 21 opened. Detachable. The tape cartridge C accommodates a tape T and an ink ribbon R having a certain width (about 4.5 mm to 48 mm) inside the cartridge case 51, and is attached to the head unit 61 disposed in the pocket 6. A through hole 55 for insertion is formed. A plurality of small holes are provided on the back surface so that the types of the tapes T having different widths can be identified, and the pocket 6 is provided with a tape identification sensor 142 such as a micro switch for detecting the presence or absence of the holes. Thus, the type of tape T and arbitrary setting information can be detected.
[0052]
The tape T has a configuration in which an adhesive surface is formed on the back surface and is covered with release paper. The tape T and the ink ribbon R run in a state where they overlap each other at the position of the through hole 55, and only the tape T is discharged to the outside, and the ink ribbon R is wound up inside.
[0053]
The head unit 61 incorporates a print head 7 formed of a thermal head, and the print head 7 is exposed from the through hole 55 of the tape cartridge C in a state where the tape cartridge C is mounted in the pocket 6. It hits the back of the ribbon R. A desired character or the like is printed on the surface of the tape T by driving the print head 7 to generate heat. The pocket 6 is provided with an ambient temperature sensor 143 such as a thermistor for detecting and reporting the environment (ambient) temperature, and detects the ambient temperature and reports it to the control unit 200.
[0054]
Further, a tape discharge port 23 that communicates the pocket 6 with the outside of the device is formed on the left side of the device case 2 (lower case 22). The tape discharge port 23 is a tape cutter that cuts the tape T that has been fed out. 132 is approaching. The pocket 6 is provided with drive shafts 62, 63 and the like to be engaged with the driven portions of the mounted tape cartridge 4, and the feed motor 121 is used as a drive source to drive the drive shafts 62, 63. Printing is performed by feeding the tape T and the ink ribbon R in the tape cartridge C and driving the print head 7 in synchronization therewith. Further, after the printing is completed, the feeding of the tape T is continued and the predetermined cutting position is fed to the position of the tape cutter 132.
[0055]
A head surface temperature sensor 144 such as a thermistor is provided in close contact with the surface of the print head 7 to detect the surface temperature of the print head 7 and report it to the control unit 200. A disc having a detection opening (not shown) is fixed to the tip of the feed motor 121, and a rotation speed sensor 141 having a photo sensor or the like is provided so as to face the detection opening. The speed is detected and reported to the control unit 200.
[0056]
The cutting unit 13 includes a tape cutter 132, a cut button 133 that manually cuts the tape cutter 132 in the case of arbitrary length printing, and a cutter motor that automatically cuts the tape cutter 132 in the case of constant length printing. 131. Thereby, in the tape printer 1, automatic / manual can be switched by mode setting. For this reason, in the case of manual cutting, when printing is completed, the user presses the cut button 133 provided on the apparatus case 2 to operate the tape cutter 132 and cut the tape T to a desired length. The In the case of automatic cutting, printing is completed and the tape is fed by the margin, and at the same time, the cutter motor 131 is driven and the tape T is cut.
[0057]
The detection unit 14 includes the rotational speed sensor 141, the tape identification sensor 142, the ambient temperature sensor 143, and the head surface temperature sensor 144 described above. In addition, it can also be set as the structure which abbreviate | omitted these according to the actual condition.
[0058]
The drive unit 270 includes a display driver 271, a head driver 272, and a motor driver 273. The display driver 271 drives the display 4 of the operation unit 11 according to the instruction based on the control signal output from the control unit 200. Similarly, the head driver 272 drives the print head 7 of the printing unit 12 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 200. The motor driver 273 includes a feed motor driver 273d that drives the feed motor 121 of the printing unit 12, and a cutter motor driver 273c that drives the cutter motor 131 of the cutting unit 13, and similarly, an instruction from the control unit 200 Each motor is driven according to
[0059]
The operation unit 11 includes a keyboard 3 and a display 4. The display 4 displays arbitrary characters, symbols, numbers, figures, etc. (hereinafter, representatively “characters” or generically referred to as “characters”) for six full-width characters (for six characters) in the horizontal direction (X direction). Display screen 41 that can be displayed only, the character string to be processed is selected, the user inputs data and various commands / instructions from the keyboard 3, the character string is edited, and the results are displayed. It is used for visual recognition.
[0060]
The keyboard 3 includes an alphabet key group, a symbol key group, a numeric key group, a kana key group such as hiragana and katakana, a character key group 31 including an external character key group for calling and selecting an external character, and various types of character keys. A function key group 32 and the like for designating an operation mode are arranged.
[0061]
The function key group 32 includes a power key (not shown), a print key 322 for instructing a printing operation, a selection key for instructing selection of various modes in data confirmation and line feed and selection screens when text is input, Decoration setting keys for setting decorations such as so-called character decorations such as underline and outline, and background patterns (including ground patterns and illustrations), and colors such as text color, background color, decoration color (shading, saturation, Color setting keys for setting color gloss, transparency, etc., and upward (“↑”), down (“↓”), left (“←”), right (“→”) directions Four cursor keys 330 (330U, 330D, 330L, 330R: “cursor“ ↑ ”key 330U”, etc.) for moving the cursor and moving the display range of the display screen 41 are included.
[0062]
The function key group 32 further includes a cancel key for canceling various instructions, a shift key used for changing the role of each key, correction of drawing registration image data, a text input screen, a selection screen, and print image data. An image key for switching between the display screen (image screen), a ratio change (zoom) key for changing the ratio of the size of the print image data and the display image data displayed on the image screen, and a character font Contains form keys for setting various forms.
[0063]
Of course, like a general keyboard, these key inputs may be input by providing a key for each key input, or by using a smaller number of keys in combination with a shift key or the like. You may enter. Here, it is assumed that there are as many keys as described above for easy understanding. As shown in FIG. 3, the keyboard 3 inputs various commands and data as described above to the control unit 200.
[0064]
The control unit 200 includes a CPU 210, a ROM 220, a character generator ROM (CG-ROM) 230, a RAM 240, and a peripheral control circuit (P-CON) 250, which are connected to each other by an internal bus 260. The ROM 220 has a control data area 222 for storing control data including a color conversion table and a character modification table in addition to a control program area 221 for storing a control program processed by the CPU 210. The CG-ROM 230 stores font data such as characters, symbols, and figures prepared in the tape printer 1 and outputs corresponding font data when given code data specifying the characters. .
[0065]
Even if the power is turned off by the operation of the power key 321, the RAM 240 is supplied with power by a backup circuit (not shown) so as to retain stored data. 3, a text data area 242 for storing text data such as characters input from 3, a display image data area 243 for storing display image data on the display screen 41, a print image data area 244 for storing print image data, and a drawing registration image data In addition to the drawing registration image data area 245 to be stored, it has areas such as a print history data area 246 and various conversion buffer areas 247 such as other color conversion buffers, and is used as a work area for control processing.
[0066]
In the P-CON 250, a logic circuit that complements the function of the CPU 21 and handles interface signals with peripheral circuits is configured and configured by a gate array, a custom LSI, or the like. For example, a timer 251 that performs various timings is incorporated as a function in the P-CON 250. For this reason, the P-CON 250 is connected to various sensors of the detection unit 14 and the keyboard 3, and the internal bus is processed as it is or by processing the above-described various detection signals from the detection unit 14 and various commands and input data from the keyboard 3. The data and control signals output from the CPU 210 and the like to the internal bus 260 are output to the drive unit 270 as they are or after being processed in conjunction with the CPU 210.
[0067]
With the above configuration, the CPU 210 inputs various detection signals, various commands, various data, etc. via the P-CON 250 according to the control program in the ROM 220, and the font data from the CG-ROM 230 and the various data in the RAM 240. And the like, and by outputting a control signal to the drive unit 270 via the P-CON 250, the print position control, the display control of the display screen 41, and the like are performed, and the print head 7 is controlled to perform predetermined print conditions. The entire tape printer 1 is controlled such as printing on the tape T.
[0068]
Next, the processing flow of the entire control of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the process is started by turning on the power, etc., as shown in FIG. 1, first, the initial setting such as restoring each control flag that has been saved in order to return the tape printer 1 to the previous power-off state. Next, the previous display screen is displayed as an initial screen (S2). The subsequent processing of FIG. 4, that is, the determination branch (S 3) for determining whether or not the key is input and various interrupt processing (S 4) are processing conceptually shown. Actually, in the tape printer 1, when the initial screen display (S2) ends, the key input interrupt is permitted, and the state is maintained until the key input interrupt is generated (S3: No). When any key input interrupt occurs (S3: Yes), the process proceeds to the respective interrupt process (S4), and when the interrupt process ends, the key input interrupt standby state is again entered (S3: No). .
[0069]
Next, the character processing method employed in this embodiment will be described in principle. In the character processing method here, each text is managed so that editing or printing can be performed for each document (each text), so that it can also be applied (or called) as a text management method.
[0070]
First, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the first line of the first paragraph is "Ah", the second line is "Eokaki Kukeko", the first line of the second paragraph is "Sa", the second When a print image G1 of a document (text) composed of a character string (character string) having a line “shi” and a third line “suse” is printed on a tape (print target) T, the print image G1 is expressed. Print image data is required.
[0071]
In creating the print image data in this case, for example, each character image such as “A”, “A”, “I”, “U”, etc. is set in a preset position in the print image data area 244 and set in advance. Arrange with the specified character size. Each character image is a font such as a dot map or outline from CG-ROM 230 or the like (in addition, a memory area (in ROM 220 or RAM 240) previously registered by external character registration or the like) based on code data representing each character. It is obtained by reading out the data and developing the image. Hereinafter, the data necessary for creating the print image data is referred to as text data.
[0072]
In this case, the text data includes the character size of each character (image). For example, the character size can be manually set in advance by the user, or the tape width of the tape T to be printed is detected, It can be automatically set according to the number of lines, or can be selected and set depending on the mode or the like. In the following description, it is automatically determined according to the tape width and the number of lines, and the description is omitted (simplified). For example, each print example shown in FIG. 5 is also based on the automatically determined character size. In FIG. 5A, “A” in the first paragraph corresponds to the tape width because the first paragraph has two lines. In the character size for the second line, “sa” in the second paragraph is set to the character size for the third line because the second paragraph has three lines.
[0073]
In addition, the text data includes so-called format data including typefaces such as Gothic and Mincho when printing each character (image), and style data indicating so-called styles such as italic and outline. In addition, format data for determining so-called formats such as data of various modes including decoration information such as emphasis and shading are included, and these format data can be changed in the editing work. A print image that reflects the preferences can be printed based on elaborate text data, and the description thereof will be omitted below. On the other hand, of course, in the text data, a code representing each character image such as “A”, “I”, “U”, etc. of “A” for the purpose of creating print image data, that is, for printing the print image G1. Contains data.
[0074]
  Here, in this embodiment, the first line of each paragraph includes○ Circle number with “1” in (circle) (hereinafter indicated as (circle 1), etc.), second line (circle 2),... (See Fig. 6)A description will be given with a circled character indicating a line number. An attribute character indicating this type of attribute (for example,(Circle 1)Etc.) is used only for explanation, and in fact, the attribute (here, line number) information can be included (in the text data) by other methods, but in this embodiment, the character string ( For example, it is actually added immediately before “that”. In this case, an attribute character (for example,(Circle 1)Etc.) holds the attribute information of each character string. As a result, it can be handled in the same manner as other characters, so that it is easy to handle, and by displaying with the attribute information attached, the user can easily grasp the attribute information of each character string.
[0075]
  For example, for FIG.(Circle 1)"That", "(Circle 2)A character string such as “Eokaki Kekko” indicates that the first line of the first paragraph is “Ah” and the second line is “Eokak Keko”.(Circle 1)Is attached(Circle 1)The character string “sa” indicates that the first line of the next paragraph (second paragraph) is “sa”,(Circle 2)""(Circle 3)A character string such as “suse” indicates that the second row is “shi” and the third row is “suse”. In this case, by these (when viewing the display screen 41 displaying them), the user can easily imagine that it is printed like the print image G1 when printing.
[0076]
Next, with regard to a method for handling text data as described above, that is, a text management method, a conventional method will be described first, and then a method according to the present embodiment will be described.
[0077]
First, in the conventional method, for example, when six types of print images G1 to G2 shown in FIG. 5 can be printed at an arbitrary time point, an arbitrary text is input at an arbitrary time point after inputting a plurality of documents (text). For example, as shown in FIG. 6, each text is registered (stored) as a file (text file) 01 to 06, and one of them is stored so that various processes such as editing and printing can be performed. The data is read out and displayed on a processing screen (a so-called editing screen) called a text editing screen.
[0078]
Here, to facilitate comparison with a text management (character processing) method in the present embodiment described later, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, one of the rows and columns of the virtual matrix (in this example, the row direction) is X. Consider a virtual matrix EM that can arrange one full-width character (two half-width characters) in one section with the direction and the other (in this example, the column direction) as the Y direction. That is, consider a virtual matrix EM having one full-width character (two half-width characters) as an element. Here, it is possible to have a maximum of M × L characters as elements in the M direction (M is an integer of 1 or more) in the X direction and L (L is an integer of 2 or more) in the Y direction. Matrix EM.
[0079]
In the conventional method, when the text (text 01) described above in FIG. 5A and shown in the file 01 in FIG. 6 is to be edited, an area for holding text data to be edited (hereinafter referred to as “text editing area”). ) EA corresponds to the above-described virtual matrix (hereinafter “text matrix”) EM, for example, text data (file) read (copied) to EA as shown in FIG. The image of (data) F1 is conceptually (virtual) as shown in FIG.
[0080]
Further, an area (hereinafter referred to as “text display area”) DA that holds text data (to be displayed) displayed on the editing screen (specifically, the display screen 41 of the display 4) in the above case is a text matrix EM. Corresponds to a so-called partial matrix of the text editing area EA that can be imaged by the number of characters (number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 in the X direction (N is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ N ≦ M) and in the Y direction. J (where J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) corresponds to a virtual matrix (hereinafter referred to as “display target matrix”) capable of having N × J characters as elements at maximum.
[0081]
For example, if the number of characters (number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 is 2 rows (X direction: N = 2) × 6 characters (Y direction: J = 6), the text display area (corresponding to the display target matrix) D1 The image of is as shown in FIG. Further, if one line (X direction: N = 1) × 6 characters (Y direction: J = 6), an image of the text display area (corresponding to a display target matrix) D1s is as shown in FIG.
[0082]
Further, when the display content is scrolled up and down and left and right in accordance with a scroll instruction using a cursor key or the like on the display screen 41, that is, the text display area DA, as shown in FIG. 11, the text display area DA is within the text editing area EA. The display content changes, but only changes within the same text. That is, in the conventional method, the editing target to be edited based on the input from the keyboard 3 or the like is one text displayed on the editing screen. In addition, the text to be printed by instructing printing by pressing the print key is also the text being displayed on the editing screen.
[0083]
For this reason, in order to edit or print another text, it is necessary to read it from a file and display it. For example, in order to set the text (text 02) of the file 02 to be edited or printed after the text (text 01) of the file 01 is set to be edited or printed, as shown in FIG. It is necessary to read (copy or load) the text data (file data) F2 of the text 02 from the area F2A of the FA file 02 to the text editing area.
[0084]
In addition, when editing such as correction is added to the displayed text, it is necessary to re-register (save) the displayed text in a file and then read and display the next text. is there. For example, in the above-described example, before loading (reading out) the text data F2 of the text 02, it is necessary to write (save) the text data F1 of the text 01 being edited, for example, in the area F1A of the original file 01. That is, it is necessary to frequently read and write each text for various processes such as editing and printing.
[0085]
In recent operating systems (OS) (such as personal computers), editing screens for a plurality of different texts can be displayed (multi-window) at a time, but this method uses a large display screen such as a personal computer. This method can be applied only to a device having the same, and is not suitable for a device having a relatively small display screen 41 such as the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment.
[0086]
Therefore, in the tape printer 1, it is one of the partial matrices of the text matrix EM, and at most M pieces in the X direction of any k-th (k = 1, 2, 3,..., L) in the Y direction. Consider a virtual matrix (kth processing candidate matrix) PM (k) that can have characters as elements. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the text data TD (k) of the text (kth text) of the document number k as the processing candidate is stored in the same manner that the text editing area EA can be imaged by the text matrix EM. An image of the area (hereinafter “kth process candidate area”) PA (k) is as shown in FIG.
[0087]
For example, in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the above-described text 01 to text 06 are changed from the first text to the sixth text, and the text data are set as text data TD (1) to TD (6). Each processing candidate area PA (1) to PA (6) can be saved (stored).
[0088]
In FIG. 12, one of L processing candidate matrices from the first processing candidate matrix PM (1) to the Lth processing candidate matrix PM (L) is selected as the processing target matrix PM (0). Thus, the text data TD (0) of the processing target matrix PM (0) can be set as the processing target. In other words, by selecting one of the first processing candidate areas PA (1) to PA (L), the text data TD (1) to TD (L) stored (stored) in each of them is selected. One can be selected as text data TD (0) to be processed. That is, various processes such as editing and printing of a plurality of texts can be performed without frequently reading and writing each text.
[0089]
For example, in FIG. 13, if the first processing candidate area PA (1) (that is, the first processing candidate matrix PM (1)) is selected, the text data TD (1) is edited, or the print image G1 ( Various processes such as printing (see FIG. 5A) can be performed. Similarly, if the second processing candidate area PA (2) (that is, the second processing candidate matrix PM (1)) is selected, processing such as editing and printing (see FIG. 5B) of the text data TD (2). Can do. Similarly, the third processing candidate area PA (3) to the sixth processing candidate area PA (6) are selected, and the text data TD (3) to TD (6) are edited and printed (FIG. 5). (See (c) to (f)).
[0090]
  In FIG. 13, an area that is continuous in the Y direction from the first process candidate area PA (1) to the sixth process candidate area PA (6) is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a jump area is used. Also good. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the area where text data is not registered indicates the line number of the first line of the first paragraph.(Circle 1)May be stored in advance. In addition, the number of paragraphs and the number of lines that can be input may be stored in advance (see FIGS. 21 to 23, FIGS. 27 to 28, etc.). This eliminates the need for line breaks and paragraph breaks.
[0091]
In each example described above, the number of elements in the Y direction of the text matrix EM is set to L. However, the number may be appropriately determined in consideration of the memory capacity and the like, and the number may be increased or decreased as needed. (The same applies to the number M of elements in the X direction). In the following, as shown in FIG. 15, the description is simplified assuming that L = 8. Further, the illustration of the separation (dotted line) between elements is omitted from the viewability of the illustration as shown in FIG.
[0092]
By the way, also in the character processing (text management) as described above, the relationship of the display target matrix DM with respect to the text matrix EM is the same as the conventional one, but the display contents differ because the elements of the text matrix EM are different. For example, if the number of characters (number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 is 2 rows (Y direction: J = 2) × 6 characters (X direction: N = 6), the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) ) Is as shown in FIG. Further, if one line (Y direction: J = 1) × 6 characters (X direction: N = 6), the image of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) is as shown in FIG.
[0093]
Further, in the tape printer 1, as shown in FIG. 19, by pressing the four cursor keys 330 (330U, 330D, 330L, 330R), the text editing area EA of the text display area DA (display target matrix DM) is displayed. Since the position in (text matrix EM) can be changed (scrolled), the user can confirm the stored text data by displaying each part in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM). When processing such as editing is performed, the processing (editing) result can be confirmed.
[0094]
In this case, the scrolling by the cursor “←” key 330L or the cursor “→” key 330R, that is, the left-right scrolling, changes the display content (display range) in the same text as in the conventional case. In the scrolling by the cursor “↑” key 330U or the cursor “↓” key 330D, that is, the vertical scrolling, another text data is displayed.
[0095]
Therefore, for example, when the text display area DA (display target matrix DM) described above in FIG. 18 is one line, the displayed text data (text data TD (3) in the example in the figure) is processed text data TD. By setting (0), the text data TD (0) to be processed can be selected by operating the cursor key 330 (330U, 330D in this case). Therefore, for example, by pressing the print key in the state shown in FIG. 18, the text data TD (3) in the third processing candidate area PA (3) (corresponding to the third processing candidate matrix PM (3)) is processed. It can be selected as text data TD (0) of (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to processing target matrix (0)), and the print image G2 of FIG. 5B can be printed.
[0096]
This can be applied not only to the case of the one-line display as described above in FIG. 18 but also to the case of a plurality of displays. For example, when the text display area DA (display target matrix DM) has two lines as described above in FIG. 17, two (J =) text data displayed (text data TD (2), TD in the example in the figure). If the upper side of (3)) (first from the top of J) is determined as the text data TD (0) to be processed, the text data TD to be processed is operated by operating the cursor keys 330U and 330D. (0) can be selected (in the example shown, text data TD (0) = text data TD (2)). Therefore, for example, by pressing the print key in the state shown in FIG. 17, the text data TD (2) can be selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed, and the print image G1 in FIG. 5A can be printed. .
[0097]
Of course, if (J =) the lower side of the two pieces of text data (the second from the top of the J pieces) is determined as the text data to be processed, the text is similar to the above example in FIG. The data TD (3) can be selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed, and the print image G2 shown in FIG. 5B can be printed.
[0098]
17 to 19, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to the processing target matrix PM (0))) is (L =) eight processing candidate areas PA (1) to PA. (8) J (corresponding to the processing candidate matrices PM (1) to PM (8)) at least partially overlaps the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) (two in FIG. 17, FIG. 18 is selected from among the processing candidate matrices, and can be selected as a processing target after confirming at least a part of the processing target matrix by display. In addition, since the processing target is also displayed, it is easy to confirm the result in the case of processing such as editing, which is convenient.
[0099]
Further, in the tape printer 1, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to the processing target matrix PM (0)) is a predetermined number of the J processing candidate matrices (first or second in FIG. 17). , The first in FIG. 18). That is, by changing the position of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM), the J processing candidate matrices also change, but since it is a predetermined number, the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) By changing the position, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to processing target matrix PM (0))) is automatically determined. That is, the processing target matrix can be selected by changing the position of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM).
[0100]
As described above, in the character processing method in the tape printer 1, first, M is an integer of 1 or more, L is an integer of 2 or more, N is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ N ≦ M, and J is 1 ≦ J ≦ L. , An arbitrary k-th k = 1, 2, 3,..., L, and the maximum (X direction) M × (Y direction) L arbitrary (text) as described above with reference to FIG. ) A virtual text matrix EM having characters as elements and a text editing area EA corresponding to the virtual text matrix EM (see FIGS. 7 and 12, etc.), at most (X direction) N × (Y direction) J (display target) Display target matrix DM having characters as elements and text display area DA corresponding thereto (see FIGS. 17 to 20 and the like) and a maximum of (M in the X direction) × 1 (in the Y direction) (kth processing candidate) ) K = 1st to Lth process candidate matrix with character as element Scan PM (k) and a k candidate processing areas PA corresponding thereto (k) (see FIGS. 12 to 15 etc.), considered as a virtual matrix and the region corresponding to it.
[0101]
In this character processing method, the text data representing the text character is stored in the text editing area EA in association with the text matrix EM, and the display target character is based on the text data of the display target character among the text characters. And selecting one of the L processing candidate matrices from the first processing candidate matrix PM (1) to the Lth processing candidate matrix PM (L) as the processing target matrix PM (0), Each character existing in the processing target matrix PM (0) is determined as a processing target character.
[0102]
That is, if different character groups (for example, documents (texts)) are assigned to L process candidate matrices from the first process candidate matrix PM (1) to the Lth process candidate matrix PM (L), Can be selected as the processing target matrix PM (0), and a character group (for example, text) in the processing target matrix can be determined as the processing target.
[0103]
In this case, for example, as described above with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15 and the like, in the X direction of the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), in other words, the first to L-th L-th k-th processing candidate areas PA. (K) Character groups that can become documents (text) in the X direction of each of the k-th processing candidate matrices PM (k), rather than simply a set of disjoint characters (character groups) (the k-th text described above) Are allocated (assigned), so that one of them is selected as a processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))), and the text in the processing target is selected as the processing target. It can be confirmed.
[0104]
For this reason, in this character processing method, even when various processes such as editing and printing are performed on any one of a plurality of documents (texts), reading and writing of each text is not performed. Can be selected for processing. In this case, since it is not necessary to display a plurality of texts at a time, a large display screen is not required. Therefore, in this character processing method, even if a small display screen 41 is used, various processes such as editing and printing of a plurality of texts can be freely performed without frequently reading and writing each text.
[0105]
The selection of the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))) in this case is not limited to the method described above with reference to FIGS. Other methods such as numerical input of an arbitrary k are also possible.
[0106]
  In each of the above examples, the first line of each paragraph is an attribute character.(Circle 1)In the second line(Circle 2), ..., etc., with a circled number character indicating the line number, but with a square number indicating the document (text) number at the beginning of each text, that is, before the first line of the first paragraph (inside the square) Can also be numbered. In this case, the line number of the first line of the first paragraph(Circle 1)Is attached immediately before, for example, as shown in FIG. 20 corresponding to FIG. 18, immediately before the first line of the first paragraph.(Circle 1)Can be omitted. In addition, immediately before the first line of each paragraph (after the second paragraph when used together with the document number)(Circle 1)Instead of, an attribute character indicating a paragraph number can be added by another type of character.
[0107]
In these cases, the attribute character holds the attribute information of each character string and can be handled in the same way as other characters. It becomes easy to grasp attribute information (document number, paragraph number, line number, etc.). In particular, attribute characters such as document number, paragraph number, and line number hold the arrangement information of each character string, so that the user can arrange the character string arrangement information, that is, the displayed character string is what document, what number This makes it easier to understand what is included in the first paragraph and what number line.
[0108]
  Next, an operation example of editing and printing processing performed based on the character processing method of the present embodiment will be described. First, in the following, as shown in FIG. 21, the number of documents to be handled (number of texts) is 20, and in FIG. 20, similarly to the above, a number with a square indicating a document (text) number is attached, and the first paragraph Line number just before one line(Circle 1)Is omitted. Further, even if the number of paragraphs increases, the explanation is complicated, and processing can be performed in the same manner as described above with reference to FIG. In addition, the number of rows is limited to 3 for the same reason (the above (1) to (3) in FIG. 20A). Others follow (a) in the figure ((5) to (9)).
[0109]
  In FIG. 22 and subsequent figures, it is illustrated as shown in the notation format of FIG. Further, the display state of the display screen 41 of the display 4 corresponding to the text display screen DA is represented by a screen Dxx, and the reference number is represented only by Dxx. In the initial state, for convenience of explanation and ease of understanding, all document numbers 1 (first text) to document number 20 (20th text) are document numbers (first paragraph, first line).(Circle 1)And the line number in the same paragraph(Circle 2) (circle 3)Is already registered (stored). Of course, the number of documents (number of texts) can be arbitrarily increased. For example, when a new document number is first input, the processing candidate area (processing candidate matrix) may be prepared. Here, it is assumed that the first to twentieth text areas (first processing candidate area PA (1) to twentieth processing candidate area PA (20)) and their attribute characters are already prepared.
[0110]
For example, as shown in FIG. 22, it is assumed that the initial state of the first text is displayed in the initial screen display described above in FIG. 4 (D10). In this initial state, even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed, so that it is turned off instantaneously (for example, 0.75 seconds) to indicate that (instruction error), and then returns to the current state. Also, from this state (D10), when the cursor “↓” key 330D is pressed by the user, for example, the initial state of the second text is displayed (D11). Similarly, the state of the third text to the twentieth text is displayed in accordance with the depression of the cursor “↓” key 330D (D12 to D14).
[0111]
In this case, the text data of each character that is an element of the text matrix EM stored in the text editing area EA is used as a background, and the first processing candidate matrix PM (1) stored in the first processing candidate area PA (1) is stored. From the state (D10) in which the text data TD (1) is selected as the text data TD (0) of the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))), the twentieth processing candidate area PA ( 20) According to the pressing of the cursor “↓” key 330D until the text data TD (20) of the 20th processing candidate matrix PM (20) stored in 20) is selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed (D14). It means that the state (screen) is changed (by scrolling the display). That is, one of the (L =) 20 processing candidate text data TD (1) to TD (20) of the first text to the twentieth text is converted into the text data TD (0) to be processed by the cursor operation. ) Can be easily selected and confirmed.
[0112]
In this example, the display of the 20th text is followed by the display of the 1st text (circular display, rotate), and the cursor is further moved from the state (D14) in which the initial state of the 20th text is displayed. When the “↓” key 330D is pressed, the initial state of the first text is displayed (D15: same as D10). From this state (D15), that is, from the state where the cursor K is at the position of the text number and there is no further left side (no character) (the same applies from D10 to D14), the cursor “←” When the key 330L is pressed, the light is instantaneously turned off (D16) to indicate that (instruction error), and then the current state is restored (D17).
[0113]
  Also, from this state (D17: same as D10 and D15), when the cursor “→” key 330R is pressed, the cursor moves to the right relatively, that is, the cursor K is a fixed position, so the displayed character is left. The line number that moves to the second line(Circle 2)The cursor K moves downward (D18: common to FIGS. 22 and 23). Similarly, as shown in FIG. 23, when the cursor “→” key 330R is pressed from this state (D18), the line number indicating the third line is displayed.(Circle 3)The cursor K moves downward (D19). Similarly, when the cursor “→” key 330R is pressed from this state (D19), that is, from the state where there is no character on the right side any longer, the light is instantaneously turned off to indicate that (indication error) ( After D20), the current state is restored (D21).
[0114]
  Also, from this state (D21: same as D19), when the cursor “↑” key 330U is pressed, the state of the 20th text is displayed (D22). From this state (D22), that is, the row number indicating the third row(Circle 3)When the cursor “←” key 330L is pressed from the state where the cursor K is under (D22), the cursor K moves relatively to the left (the displayed character moves to the right), and the second line The line number to indicate(Circle 2)The cursor K moves downward (D23). Similarly, when the cursor “←” key 330L is pressed from this state (D23), the cursor K moves to the position of the text number, and there is no character on the left side (D24). When the cursor “←” key 330L is further pressed from this state (D24), it is turned off instantaneously (D25) to indicate that (instruction error), and then returns to the current state (D27).
[0115]
  Next, from the state described above in FIG. 22 (D10: common to FIGS. 22 and 24), as shown in FIG. 24, the “A” key (hereinafter referred to as “character”) of the character key group 31 by the user as shown in FIG. When the key 31 is pressed, all the characters on the left side of the position where the cursor K is located (here, the position below the character with the text number “1”) are pressed. Is moved to the left, and the character “A” keyed in at the position of the cursor K is inserted (D30). Of course, in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), this position (right of the text number “1”: line number)(Circle 2)Code data of the character “A” is inserted as a part of the text data. Therefore, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D30), the print image G30 of one character “A” is printed.
[0116]
Similarly, when the “7” key 31 is pressed from this state (D30), the display on the left side from the position where the cursor K is located (here, the position below the character “A”) is moved to the left. The character “7” keyed in is inserted (D31). Of course, since the character “7” is inserted even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D31), a print image of “A7” of 2 characters × 1 line is displayed. G31 is printed.
[0117]
  When the cursor “→” key 330R is pressed from this state (D31), the cursor K moves relatively to the right, and the row number indicating the second row(Circle 2)The cursor K moves downward (D32). In this state (D32), since the text data does not change at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same 2 characters × 1 line “A7” print image G32 as the print image G31 is printed.
[0118]
  From this state (D32), when the "f" key 31 is pressed, the position where the cursor K is located (the character of the line number)(Circle 2)The display on the left side is moved to the left from the lower position), and the character “f” keyed in is inserted at that position (D33). Of course, since the character “f” is inserted even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D33), the first line is “A7”, The second line prints a print image G33 in which a one-character “f” image is developed.
[0119]
Similarly, when the “G” key 31 and the “8” key 31 are sequentially pressed from this state (D33), the display on the left side is moved to the left from the position where the cursor K is located, and the key is moved to that position. The input characters “G” and “8” are inserted (D34 to D35). Of course, since text data is also inserted, when the print key 322 is pressed in these states (D34, D35), the first line is an image of two characters “A7” and the second line is an image of two characters “fG”. Alternatively, the print image G34 or the print image G35 in which the image of the three characters “fg8” is developed is printed.
[0120]
When the cursor “←” key 330L is pressed from this state (D35), the cursor K moves relatively to the left, and the cursor K moves under the last character “8” on the second line (D36: 24 and FIG. 25). Since the text data has not changed at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same print image G36 as the print image G35 is printed.
[0121]
Next, from the state shown in FIG. 24 (D36: common to FIGS. 24 and 25), as shown in FIG. 25, when the user presses the cursor “↓” key 330D, the state of the first text is displayed. The state (D36) is shifted to the state (D37) for displaying the initial state of the second text. In this case, the cursor K is originally a position corresponding to the position of the original cursor K (position below the character “G” corresponding to the sixth character of the first text) (corresponding to the sixth character of the second text). The second text has no character at the corresponding position (there is no position corresponding to the sixth character), so the end of the second text (end of sentence: here, the third of the second text) (Position below the character) (D37). Of course, in this initial state (D37), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed, so that it is turned off instantaneously to indicate that (instruction error) and then returns to the current state (D37).
[0122]
  When the cursor “↑” key 330U is pressed from this state (D37), the state (D37) displaying the state of the second text is shifted to the state (D38) displaying the state of the first text. . In this case, the position of the cursor K is the original cursor K position (the line number corresponding to the third character of the second text).(Circle 3)(Position below the character “7” corresponding to the third character of the first text) (D38). Of course, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D38), the same print image G38 as the above-described print image G35 corresponding to the first text is printed.
[0123]
  When the cursor “↑” key 330U is pressed from this state (D38), the state (D38) displaying the state of the first text is shifted to the state (D39) displaying the state of the 20th text. . In this case, the position of the cursor K is the line number corresponding to the same third character as the original.(Circle 3)Move to the lower position. Of course, in this initial state (D39), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed, so that it is turned off instantaneously to indicate that (indication error) and then returns to the current state (D39).
[0124]
  When the “T” key 31 is pressed from this state (D39), the position where the cursor K is located (line number)(Circle 3)The display on the left side is moved to the left, and the character “T” keyed in is inserted at that position (D40). Of course, since the character “T” is also inserted in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D40), the character “T” in the third line is displayed. A print image G40 obtained by developing the image is printed.
[0125]
From this state (D40), when the cursor “←” key 330L is pressed three times, the cursor K is relatively moved to the left by three characters, and the cursor K is moved under the text number “20” ( D41). Since the text data has not changed, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same print image G41 as the print image G40 is printed.
[0126]
When the “9” key 31 is pressed from this state (D41), the display on the left side (only the character with the text number “20”) from the position where the cursor K is located (the position below the character with the text number “20”). Move to the left and insert the character “9” keyed in at that position (D40). Of course, since the character “9” is also inserted in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D40), the character “9”, 3 A print image G42 in which an image of one character “T” is developed on the line is printed.
[0127]
  When the cursor “↑” key 330U is pressed from this state (D42), the state of displaying the state of the 20th text (D42) to the state of displaying the state of the 19th text (D43: FIG. 25). (Common to FIG. 26). In this case, the position of the cursor K is the line number corresponding to the same second character as the original.(Circle 2)Move to the lower position. Of course, in this initial state (D43), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed. Therefore, after the light is turned off instantaneously to indicate that (instruction error), the current state is restored.
[0128]
  Next, when the “Z” key 31 is pressed from the state described above in FIG. 25 (D43: common to FIGS. 25 and 26), as shown in FIG.(Circle 2)The display on the left side is moved to the left from the lower position of the character (2), and the character “Z” keyed in is inserted at that position (D44). Of course, since the character “Z” is inserted even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D44), the character “Z” is displayed on the second line. A print image G45 obtained by developing the image is printed.
[0129]
  Also, from this state (D45), when the cursor “→” key 330R is pressed, the cursor K moves to the right and the line number(Circle 3)The cursor K moves downward (D45). Since the text data has not changed at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same print image G45 as the print image G44 is printed.
[0130]
  From this state (D45), when the space key 31 is pressed, the position where the cursor K is located (line number)(Circle 3)The display on the left side is moved to the left from the position below (the character below), and the character “” (space: SP) keyed in is inserted at that position (D 46). Of course, since the character “” (space: SP) is also inserted in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D46), one character is displayed on the second line. “Z”, a print image G46 in which an image of one character “” (space for one character) is developed on the third line is printed.
[0131]
Further, when the cursor “↓” key 330D is pressed from this state (D46), the state (D46) displaying the state of the 19th text is shifted to the state (D47) displaying the state of the 20th text. . In this case, the position of the cursor K shifts to a position below (in this case, the end) of the character “T” on the third line corresponding to the same fifth character as the original. Of course, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D47), the same print image G47 as the above-described print image G42 is printed.
[0132]
When the cursor “↓” key 330D is pressed from this state (D47), the state (D47) displaying the state of the 20th text is shifted to the state (D48) displaying the state of the first text. . In this case, the position of the cursor K shifts to a position below the character “f” on the second line corresponding to the same fifth character as the original. Of course, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D48), the same print image G48 as the above-described print image G35 or the like is printed.
[0133]
As described above, in the character processing (or text management) method of the tape printer 1 according to this embodiment, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))) is set as the editing target matrix. By adding, deleting or changing the text data TD (0) of the character to be processed, the text character in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM) can be edited.
[0134]
Further, in this character processing method, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))) is set as a printing target matrix, based on the text data TD (0) of the processing target character. At least a part of the image can be printed on the tape (print target) T. As described above, when an attribute character is included in the processing target character, particularly when an attribute character such as a document number, paragraph number, or line number is included, the attribute character itself is not printed. Other attached character strings can be printed according to the attribute character (for example, in a specified paragraph or line).
[0135]
From another point of view, in the character processing (or text management) method of the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment, the text data TD (k) to be processed independently is used as each row and becomes a processing candidate. L pieces of text data TD (1) to TD (L) (L is an integer of 2 or more) are stored as text data TD (1) to TD (L) of L rows. Further, at least a part of at least one of the stored L line of text data TD (1) to TD (L) is set as a display target, and the text data in the display target (for example, TD (2) in FIG. 17). And TD (3) and an image showing TD (3) in FIG. 18 and FIG. 20 are displayed.
[0136]
Then, one piece of text data (for example, TD (2) or TD (3) in FIG. 17), in which at least a part of L pieces of text data TD (1) to TD (L) is displayed. In FIG. 18 and FIG. 20, TD (3)) is selected as text data TD (0) to be processed. In this case, since the processing target is text data that can be confirmed at least partially by display, processing can be performed after confirmation by display. In the example shown in FIG. 18 and subsequent figures, since the display is one line, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is inevitably selected as the processing target.
[0137]
Further, in this text management method, the text data TD (0) to be processed is displayed at a predetermined number (first or second in FIG. 17 and one line in FIG. 18 and thereafter) of the lines to be displayed. 1st) text data. For this reason, if the line to be displayed is determined, the text data TD (0) to be processed is also determined. In other words, this makes it possible to change the processing target by changing the display target row.
[0138]
In the tape printer 1, since the cursor K is used as a processing target selection unit, the processing target can be easily changed and selected by operating the cursor K. In this case, since the display target portion of the L-line text data TD (1) to TD (L) can be changed, the user can change each part of the L-row text data TD (1) to TD (L). By displaying, the stored text data can be confirmed. In particular, since a row to be displayed (a predetermined number of them) is a processing target, the cursor “↑” key 330U or the cursor “↓” key 330D is operated to move the cursor K to the upper and lower rows. The processing target can be changed by moving to and changing the display target line.
[0139]
In this case, L text data TD (1) to TD (L) can be used as processing candidates at the same time, and a processing target can be selected without particularly reading and writing each text. In this case, since it is not necessary to display a plurality of text data at a time, a large display screen is not required. Therefore, in this text management method, even if a plurality of mutually independent texts are simultaneously processed as candidates for processing, even if a small display screen is used, each text is not read and written frequently without being frequently read and written. Various processes such as editing and printing can be performed freely.
[0140]
In the example described above with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, the display of the first text is followed by the display of the twentieth text (circular display or rotation). In these cases, the row adjacent to the first row of the L rows (the row on the first row in the drawing) is the Lth row, and is adjacent to the row after the Lth row (below the first row on the drawing). Since the line to be displayed is changed so that the display target line can be circularly displayed so that it is the first line, the labor and time when changing the display target line from an arbitrary line to another arbitrary line are averaged. And efficient.
[0141]
More specifically, in the text management method described above, at least one line of text data that can be printed in one or more paragraphs or a plurality of paragraphs is displayed when it is to be printed. Since a predetermined format that can be displayed is determined (see, for example, FIG. 5 and FIG. 17), one line at the time of printing / one paragraph of a plurality of lines / a plurality of paragraphs corresponds to one line at the time of display. Can be displayed. Here, in accordance with the predetermined format, L pieces of text data (L is an integer of 2 or more) of one or more lines that are each independently processed are stored. That is, these L pieces of text data are text data that can be displayed in one line.
[0142]
Further, at least a part of at least one of the L pieces of text data is displayed, and an image showing the text data is displayed on a predetermined display screen (text display area DA: display screen DA) (FIG. 17-FIG. 26 etc.). In this case, each text data is displayed as one line. The display screen (predetermined display screen) DA is a J line including a display line where the cursor K is located (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L: J = 2 in the example of FIG. 17, and FIGS. 18 to 26. In the example, it has a display line of J = 1).
[0143]
Then, as described above with reference to FIGS. 24 to 26, text data at least a part of which is displayed on the display line where the cursor K is displayed is printed as a tape (( Print on the printing object T. That is, the text data displayed as one line on the display line with the cursor K is printed as a print target.
[0144]
Of course, the text data to be printed in this case may correspond to one line / a plurality of lines of one paragraph / a plurality of paragraphs at the time of printing. Further, since at least the display line with the cursor K may be included, any display screen (predetermined display screen) DA may be used as long as it can display at least one line. That is, a small display screen may be used. Further, since the text data of the display line where the cursor K is located is to be printed, the text (data) to be printed can be designated by a simple operation without searching for a file or the like in which the text is registered.
[0145]
Further, as described above with reference to FIGS. 19 and 24 to 26, the text data to be printed can be changed to another text data by relatively moving the cursor K between the lines on the display screen DA. In this case, the cursor K is in a predetermined display screen having J display lines including the display line (since J = 1 in each of the above examples, the entire display screen DA becomes the display line with the cursor). Therefore, as relative line-to-line movement in this case, a cursor fixing method in which the position of the cursor K is fixed and the display line of the J line is changed (for example, scrolled) as in the above-described examples, Although omitted, any of the cursor movement methods in which the cursor K is literally moved between lines on the display screen DA may be employed.
[0146]
In any case, the text data to be printed can be designated and changed by a simple operation of relative movement of the cursor K between lines. Further, since the text data displayed on the display screen can be changed by a simple operation of the relative movement of the cursor K between the lines, the user can confirm the stored L text data by display. In addition, since the L text data is cyclically displayed by moving the cursor K in the same direction, the time and labor when changing the text data to be displayed from arbitrary 1 to arbitrary 1 are averaged. Can be done efficiently and efficiently. Further, the text data displayed on the display line where the cursor K is located can be edited, and the contents of the text data can be rewritten.
[0147]
  In the example described above with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, the number of paragraphs is 1, a number with a square indicating a document (text) number is added, and the line number immediately before the first line of the first paragraph is added.(Circle 1)Is omitted and the line number for the remaining number of lines that can be entered (3 lines)(Circle 2) (circle 3)Is stored in advance, but in the case of a plurality of paragraphs, the number of lines corresponding to the number of lines can be stored in advance. For example, the number of paragraphs is set to 2, the line number of the second paragraph is distinguished from the first paragraph as a number with a diamond “◇”, and the number of lines that can be input in each paragraph is set to 3 lines, corresponding to FIG. As shown in FIG. 27, the line number of each line of each paragraph is distinguished from the paragraph and stored in advance as a default (ie, as an initial state) as shown in the text data TD (4), TD (8). Can do.
[0148]
  Also, as in the above example in FIGS. 22 to 26, a square number indicating a document (text) number is attached, and the line number immediately before the first line of the first paragraph is added.(Circle 1)Is omitted and the line number for the remaining number of lines that can be entered (3 lines)(Circle 2) (circle 3)Can also be stored in advance. In this case, for example, FIG. 28 corresponds to the example of FIG.
[0149]
In the example described above with reference to FIG. 27 or FIG. 28, the illustrated first text data TD (1) is obtained by inputting only the first line of the first paragraph. Further, when the seventh text data TD (7) shown in FIG. 27 or FIG. 28 is printed as a processing target (if it is a printing target), a two-line print image G11 can be printed as shown in FIG. . Also, for example, only the line number without character (character) input after me is ignored, and the line with only input line number after is regarded as a blank line, and the sixth text data TD (6) in both figures is printed By doing so, as shown in FIG. 29B, the print image G12 in which the second of the three lines is a blank line can be printed.
[0150]
In each of the above examples, as described with reference to FIG. 19 and the like, the text editing area EA stores L text data as L lines of text data according to a predetermined format. Therefore, a predetermined display screen 41 (text display area DA) having display lines of J lines (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) has a predetermined format of one line corresponding to each text data. When displaying, the text data corresponding to the J line stored as the text data of the L line can be read out and displayed as it is by displaying the image on the display screen DA.
[0151]
As described above, when all the L pieces of text data are stored in the text editing area EA and handled collectively, the processing may become too heavy when the number of L pieces is large (the number is large). In such a case, for example, as shown in FIG. 30, only text data in a row in the vicinity (only adjacent in the drawing) of J text data (to be displayed) displayed on the display screen DA is stored in the text editing area EA. You may make it handle.
[0152]
In this case, the L pieces of text data are stored in individual files F1A to F8A and the like as in the conventional method described above with reference to FIG. Further, in the text editing area EA, text data of J + 2 lines (4 lines in the figure) including J lines (2 lines in the figure) to be displayed and lines adjacent to the display object are respectively 1 corresponding to each text data. Store the row so that it can be displayed in a predetermined format. That is, J + 2 (= 4) pieces of text data are stored in a predetermined format for each line.
[0153]
From this state, for example, when the cursor K is moved (relatively) one line by pressing the cursor “↑” key 330U, the display target line (display target text data) is shifted up by one line. The text data of the line adjacent to the upper side is read from the file accordingly. That is, the text data of the line to be displayed when the cursor K subsequently moves up is read in advance and stored in a predetermined format in the text editing area EA. Similarly, for example, when the cursor K is moved down (relatively) by pressing the cursor “↓” key 330D, the display target line (display target text data) is shifted down by one line. Read the text data of the line adjacent to the lower side from the file.
[0154]
Therefore, the text editing area EA in this case is a text display candidate area in which text data that may be the next display target, that is, text data of the next text display candidate is read and stored prior to display. . In addition, this makes it possible to quickly display the text data on the display screen by developing the image when it is actually displayed. Of course, since it is text data to be processed for editing or the like by being displayed (selected) in a predetermined line, it is an area that also serves as the text editing area EA described above. In this case, it is only necessary to display each line of text data in a predetermined format corresponding to each text data in the text editing area EA. But it ’s okay.
[0155]
As described above, the tape printer 1 (text management method) according to the present embodiment stores L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines to be processed independently. An image showing text data to be displayed is displayed on a predetermined display screen DA having J rows (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L), with at least a part of at least one of them being displayed. Each of the text data is displayed in a predetermined format corresponding to each text data, and one text data at least partially displayed is selected as the text data to be processed.
[0156]
In this case, since the processing target is text data that can be confirmed at least partially by display, processing can be performed after confirmation by display. For this reason, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts can be associated with each other. Various processes such as editing and printing can be performed with simple operations. In the case of single-line display, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is inevitably selected as a processing target.
[0157]
In the above-described embodiment, the tape printing apparatus has been described. However, as long as various processes such as editing and printing are performed on a character string (or text), various forms can be adopted, and printing that is not a tape. It can be applied to various printing devices that print images of character strings (or text) edited on objects, and other devices that perform various processes such as editing and printing on multiple texts using a particularly small display screen. Any change may be made as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0158]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the text management method and the text management apparatus of the present invention, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, a plurality of texts are displayed. And memory can be associated with each other, and various processes such as editing and printing of a desired text can be freely performed with a simple operation.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a tape printing apparatus to which a text management method and a text management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied.
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the tape printer of FIG. 1 in an open state.
3 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printer of FIG. 1. FIG.
4 is a flowchart showing a conceptual process of overall control of the tape printer of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a print image.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an image for registering each text as a text file in a conventional character processing method related to text management.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a text matrix and a text editing area.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of text data read from a text file to a text editing area in a conventional character processing method related to text management.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a display target matrix and a text display area in the case of FIG. 8;
10 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 9, showing another example. FIG.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a relationship among a text editing area, a text display area, and a file area in a conventional character processing method related to text management.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a text matrix and a text editing area, and a k-th processing candidate matrix and a k-th processing candidate area.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an image when each k text data is stored in each k-th processing candidate area in the case of FIG. 13;
FIG. 14 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 13, showing another example.
FIG. 15 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 13, showing yet another example.
16 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 15 and simplified FIG.
17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a text editing area and a text display area in the case of FIG.
18 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 17, showing another example. FIG.
FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram in which an example of a relationship among a text editing area, a text display area, and a k-th processing candidate area is imaged.
FIG. 20 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 16, showing another example.
FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing notes regarding the illustration of the operation examples shown in FIG.
FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation example for changing the positions of the text display area and the display target matrix in the text editing area and the text matrix.
FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG.
FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation example of various processes such as editing and printing.
25 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 24, following FIG. 24;
FIG. 26 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 24, following FIG. 25;
FIG. 27 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 17, showing yet another example.
FIG. 28 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 17, showing yet another example.
FIG. 29 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 5, showing another example.
30 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 19, showing another example when a file area similar to FIG. 11 is used.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Tape printer
3 Keyboard
4 display
5 Tape cartridge
7 Print head
11 Operation unit
12 Printing department
13 Cutting part
14 detector
31 character keys
32 Function keys
41 Display screen
141 Tape identification sensor
142 Rotational speed sensor
200 Control unit
210 CPU
220 ROM
230 CG-ROM
240 RAM
241 Various register groups
242 Text data area
243 Display image data area
244 Print image data area
270 Drive unit
DA text display area
DM Display target matrix
EA text editing area
EM text matrix
PA (k) k-th processing candidate area
PM (k) k-th processing candidate matrix
TD (k) Text data of kth text
T tape

Claims (11)

Text storage step of storing the text data of each independently processed and ing the L (L is an integer of 2 or more),
Of the L pieces of stored text data, J pieces of text data (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) are arranged in a predetermined format capable of displaying the whole in one line, and at least one of each is arranged. parts as display targets, the images of the display object, and table Shimesuru text display process in Table示画surface that have a display line of the J line,
A portion of the display target, by designating by the relative line spacing movement of the cursor, and the processing target selection step of the entire one text data in the specified row is selected as the processing Target,
Equipped with a,
In the text display step, the entire text data to be processed can be displayed on the display screen by relative movement of the cursor within the same line. In the text storing step, the L text data are stored as L lines of text data according to the predetermined format when displayed ,
2. The text management according to claim 1, wherein in the text display step, the J text data stored as the text data of the L lines is displayed on the display screen by developing an image. Method. In the text storage step, the L pieces of text data are individually stored in association with L lines when displayed in the predetermined format ,
The text display step includes
The L text at least m-th ~m + J + 1 th of the data (m is an integer comprised between 1 ≦ m ≦ L. However, L + 1 th to first.) The J + 2 pieces of text data, prior to display A text reading process for reading the text display candidate area;
A display image expansion step of displaying the J text data of the read J + 2 text data on the display screen by expanding the image;
The text management method according to claim 1, further comprising: The text data to be processed is the kth of the L pieces (k is an integer satisfying m + 1 ≦ k ≦ m + J. However, k−1 when k = 1 is Lth, and when k = L. k + 1 is the first, and the text data)
  In the display image expanding step, m-th to m + J−1th J text data are expanded according to the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k−1) th side, and the line spacing to the k + 1th side of the cursor is expanded. In response to movement, m + 2 to m + J + 1th J text data are expanded into images,
  The text reading step includes:
  In the arrangement or allocation in the text display candidate area, the m + 1st to m + Jth J + 1 text data are changed to the new m + 1st to m + J + 1th in accordance with the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k−1) th side. To the (J + 1) th text data, and in response to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line, the (m + 1) th to (m + J + 1) th J + 1 text data are changed to the new (m + 1) th to m + Jth J + 1th text data. Changing to text data, a display object changing step in which a part of each of the m + 1-th to m + J-th text data after the change is a new display object;
  In response to the inter-line movement of the cursor to the (k-1) th side with respect to the text display candidate area, the m-1st text data is read as new mth text data, and the (k + 1) th of the cursor A next display preparation step of reading out the m + J + 2nd text data as new m + J + 1st text data in accordance with the line-to-line movement to the side, and preparing for the next display target;
The text management method according to claim 3, further comprising: Text storage means for storing text data of each independently processed and ing the L (L is an integer of 2 or more),
Of the L pieces of stored text data, J pieces of text data (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) are arranged in a predetermined format capable of displaying the whole in one line, and at least one of each is arranged. parts as display targets, the images of the display object, and table Shimesuru text display means in Table示画surface that have a display line of the J line,
A portion of the display target, by designating by the relative line spacing movement of the cursor, the process target selection means the whole of a single text data in the specified row is selected as the processing Target,
Equipped with a,
The text management device, wherein the text display means can display the entire text data to be processed on the display screen by relative movement of the cursor within the same line. The text storage means stores the L text data as L lines of text data in accordance with the predetermined format when displayed ,
6. The text management according to claim 5 , wherein the text display means displays the J text data stored as the text data of the L lines on the display screen by developing an image. apparatus. Said text storage hands stage, the L number of the text data, stored separately in association with the L line when displayed in said predetermined format,
The text display means includes
The L text at least m-th ~m + J + 1 th of the data (m is an integer comprised between 1 ≦ m ≦ L. However, L + 1 th to first.) The J + 2 pieces of text data, prior to display Text reading means for reading the text display candidate area;
Display image expansion means for expanding and displaying J text data of the read J + 2 text data on the display screen;
The text management apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising: The text data to be processed is the kth of the L pieces (k is an integer satisfying m + 1 ≦ k ≦ m + J. However, k−1 when k = 1 is Lth, and when k = L. k + 1 is the first, and the text data)
  The display image expansion means expands the mth to m + J−1th J text data in accordance with the movement of the cursor to the (k−1) th line, and expands the line to the (k + 1) th line of the cursor. In response to movement, m + 2 to m + J + 1th J text data are expanded into images,
  The text reading means includes:
  In the arrangement or allocation in the text display candidate area, the m + 1st to m + Jth J + 1 text data are changed to the new m + 1st to m + J + 1th in accordance with the line-to-line movement of the cursor to the (k−1) th side. To the (J + 1) th text data, and in response to the movement of the cursor to the (k + 1) th line, the (m + 1) th to (m + J + 1) th J + 1 text data are changed to the new (m + 1) th to m + Jth J + 1th text data. Display object changing means for changing to text data and changing a part of each of the m + 1 to m + Jth text data after the change to a new display object;
  In response to the inter-line movement of the cursor to the (k-1) th side with respect to the text display candidate area, the m-1st text data is read as new mth text data, and the (k + 1) th of the cursor Next display preparation means for reading out the m + J + 2nd text data as new m + J + 1st text data in accordance with the line-to-line movement to the side, and preparing for the next display target;
The text management apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: Characterized in that said further comprising an editing means for editing on the text data to be processed, text management apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8. Based on the text data of the processing target, characterized by their in further comprising a printing means for printing the printing object at least a portion of the corresponding image, text according to any one of claims 5 to 9 Management device. The text management apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the print object is a tape.

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