JPH0113127B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention automatically determines and notifies an economical paper size when creating (printing) a document using a text editing device.

Generally, a text editing device is configured to input and edit a text to be created, and print this text using a printing device.

In this case, the text size is set in advance when inputting a document, and the text is edited according to this size. Also, once you have edited text in one document size, you can change to another document size, but if you change to another size, the original text format will be destroyed and you will have to edit again. Ta.

The present invention allows an operator to edit texts as desired, and automatically instructs the operator to select the optimal paper size for the document format obtained, thereby allowing the operator to create optimal texts. .

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The text editing device of the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard device having character input keys and function keys, from which encoded signals of the corresponding keys are output and supplied to the editing control section 2.

The editing control section 2 performs text editing generally known as a word processor, stores the input text in a text memory 5, supplies it to a CRT display device 3 for display, and supplies it to a printing device 4 to create a document. conduct.

The text memory 5 includes a storage area 51 for multiple pages,
52, 53 to 5n, and each area is provided with an area _M1 for storing the maximum line length of the page, and an area _M2 for storing the number of lines (vertical print length).

Reference numeral 6 denotes an optimum paper determination control unit, which includes a counter It has a buffer Buf that stores the maximum value.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a table in which size data of each standard paper is stored in advance, and data of B5, A4, and B4 sizes are stored.

Here, the prescribed sheets will be explained. In FIG. 4, each sheet is arranged vertically. B5 version is 257 (vertical) mm
×182 (horizontal) mm, A4 version is 297 × 210,
B4 is 364mm x 257mm. These lengths are stored in table 7 after subtracting about 10 mm from the peripheral margin of the document.

Also, for counters X and Y, the pixels of one character are approximately 6 mm.
(vertical) x 4 mm (horizontal), and count the pixel size for each input. In addition, if the size differs depending on the character, the number is counted according to the size.

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be explained according to the operational flows shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, in the operation flow shown in FIG. 2, each time a character is input, a sentence introduced and stored in the sentence memory 5 or a sentence to be printed at the time of printing is read out from the memory 5 (step 100). The time of input is shown here.

The character count counter X counts each character according to its size until the line break code or page break code is read out (101 to 103). When the line feed code is read, one line ends, and the line feed amount (for example, 6 mm) is completed.
is counted by line number counter Y (110). Furthermore,
The value of the character number counter X is compared with the value of the buffer Buf (initially "0" state), and the magnitude relationship between the value of the character number counter X and the value of the buffer Buf is determined (111). If the value of the character number counter X is larger, the value of the buffer Buf is rewritten to the value of the character number counter X, and then the value of the character number counter X is reset (113).
If the value of the buffer Buf is larger, the character number counter X is reset (112). By operating in this way, only the maximum value of the number of rows is stored in the buffer Buf.

By repeating the above operations, the buffer Buf stores the longest line length of the page, and the counter Y stores the feed amount required to print one page.

When the page break code is read, one page ends and the buffer Buf data for storing the maximum line length is stored in _M1 of the corresponding text memory areas 51 to 5n, and the feed amount to be stored in Y is stored in _M2. is memorized.

Next, the flow advances to the flow shown in Fig. 3, and the size data is read from the B5 data 71 of the paper size data table 7 (120), and the B5 horizontal data (width data in Fig. 4) is compared with the above _M1 , and the B5 Vertical data (4th
(figure length direction) and M ₂ are compared.

If the data of M ₁ and M ₂ are each smaller than the size data, the process advances to step 122 and the "B5 vertical"
In order to display this message, a character code for guidance is sent to the display device and displayed.

This display allows the operator to view the edited text as B5.
It is confirmed that it fits within the vertical direction of the printing paper. Therefore, the B5 size paper is placed vertically in the printing device and printed.

Also, if the size is larger than the above, please proceed to step 1.
Proceeding to step 23, the B5 vertical data is compared with M ₁ and the B5 horizontal data and M ₂ are compared. If M ₁ M ₂ is smaller, the process proceeds to step 124 and a guidance character code is sent to the display device to display "B5 horizontal". Send out. here
It is confirmed that the image fits within the horizontal direction of B5 paper. Therefore, the B5 plate shown in FIG. 4 can be placed horizontally on the printing device and printed.

Thereafter, the size is compared with the larger size in the same way (steps 125 to 135). If the text does not fit within B4 size, priority is given to the line length of the text, and the B4 width or height that fits this line length is output. Therefore, the lower rows of one page span the second page. At this time,
In addition to displaying this size, it is also displayed that the size is over.

As described above, the text editing device of the present invention selects the optimal paper size for this text format, such as B5, based on the text format in which characters are input and edited.
Since it automatically determines the height, B5 width, etc. and notifies the operator of this, it is easy to create documents and is extremely convenient without the waste of having to print out a sample.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing the structure of the apparatus of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the operation of the structure of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various paper sizes. 1: Keyboard device, 2: Editing control unit, 3:
CRT display device, 4: Printing device, 5: Text memory, 6: Optimum paper determining control unit, 7: Size data table for various papers (storage device).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A text editing device configured to edit text information input from a character input section and output the edited text information to a printing device, comprising: means for inputting text information; an editing control unit for text information input by the input means; a text memory for storing edited text information; and detecting the maximum line length (horizontal length) of one page of edited text. means for detecting the length (length in the vertical direction) corresponding to the number of lines of text for one page; and means for holding predetermined vertical and horizontal size data of the paper; selection means for selecting a paper size suitable for edited text information by comparing the length and width data of one page detected by the detection means with the size data of the stored standard paper; A text editing device comprising: means for externally notifying paper size information selected by the selection means.