JPH0656608B2 - Word processor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a word processor in which a printing font and a display font have different matrix sizes.

(B) Conventional technology A large number of Chinese characters are required for display and printing in a Japanese word processor, which is the main cause of becoming more complicated and larger than a European word processor. For general purposes, only JIS 1st and 2nd level kanji prepared in advance are sufficient, but some users require special kanji and symbols that are frequently used. Kanji and symbols are external characters (characters other than those prepared as standard specifications,
Those having a function that can be registered as (denoting a symbol) have been developed.

Furthermore, recently, in order to obtain high quality printing, it has been attempted to make the matrix size of the printing font larger than, for example, 32 × 32 which is the matrix size of the display font of 24 × 24. Therefore, in such a word processor, a character generator for printing and a character generator for display are separately provided.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention An object of the present invention is to easily perform external character registration in such a word processor in which the matrix sizes of the printing font and the display font are different.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes an input unit, a display unit for displaying a sentence input from the input unit on a screen, and a printing unit for printing the sentence, and the display unit A word processor in which the matrix size of the display font and the matrix size of the printing font in the printing unit are different from each other,
In order to superimpose and display the font matrix pattern for external character creation of the display font and the external character creation font on the display unit, and to edit and create the external character font for display based on the input from the input means in this display state. Of the external character creating font matrix pattern of the printing font and the external character creating font are superimposed and displayed on the display unit, and the external printing character font is input from the input unit in this display state. Second control means for editing and creating based on the above; storage means for respectively storing the display external character font and the printing external character font created by the first control means and the second control means; and the second control means. And a conversion means for converting the external character font for printing created in 1. into a size for display, wherein the converting means is a registered external character for printing. This is used when creating a display external character font based on the font, and the first control means superimposes the converted external character font on the external character creating font matrix pattern of the display font, and The external character font for display is edited and created in the display state.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a word processor according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a keyboard layout diagram.

In the figure, 11 is a keyboard as input means, 12 is a control unit that functions as the center of various controls, 13 is various memories, 14 is a CRT as a display unit, and 15 is a printer for printing. The text input from the keyboard is stored in the text memory 21 which constitutes the memory 13, and is displayed on the CRT 14. The stored content of the text memory 21 is stored in a floppy disk which is generally prepared as an external memory by a predetermined key operation. Is stored in the document storage area 22 or stored in the document storage area 22 or printed by the printer 15.

Further, the text once stored in the text storage area 22 is read into the text memory 21 by a predetermined key operation, and the text is displayed on the CRT.
14 and is printed by the printer 15.

Thus, a character generator is required for display on the CRT 14 and printing on the printer 15. In this embodiment, the display on the CRT 14 is a 24 × 24 dot matrix, and the printing on the printer 15 is 32 × 3.
Since a 2-dot matrix font is used, a character generator for each of display and printing is required. In the present embodiment, JIS non-kanji, first level kanji and special symbols prepared in advance,
A character generator 23 for displaying a special character on the CRT screen is provided in a predetermined area of the ROM chip, and a character generator 24 for printing these characters and JIS.
Character generators 25 and 26 for displaying and printing the second level Chinese characters are provided in a predetermined area in the floppy disk.

Storage areas 27 and 28 for display patterns and print patterns (hereinafter referred to as fonts) for registering external characters edited as described below are also provided on the floppy disk.

Thus, in the external character registration in the word processor according to the present invention, a pattern once edited and created (a pattern of a font already stored and registered as described later can be used) is saved and stored in another memory. The pattern that has been edited and created again (may be a diversion pattern) and the pattern that has been saved and stored are combined, and this combined pattern can be registered.

An explanation will be given below with reference to the state of the CRT 14 screen at the time of external character registration. When the product of the present invention is activated and an external character creation mode is commanded by a predetermined operation, the control unit 12 receives this and displays a screen edited by software as shown in FIG. [External character creation] is displayed in the upper left as the screen title. A display area 41 for a code instruction is provided on the right side thereof, and the upper row 4 having a heading of [reference code] is provided.
Reference numeral 11 indicates a portion for displaying a JISC 6226 punctuation mark code (4 digits) to be input when referencing an existing character and diverting it, as described below, and distinguishing a font to be referred to from the characters corresponding to the input reference code. In other words, it corresponds to the part that displays [for 32] (for printing) [for 24] (for display) and the input reference code that indicates the position at which the cursor is occupied when instructing whether to print or display. 20 including letters
A lower row 412 having a [Registration Code] heading is composed of a [List] indicating the position where the cursor should be occupied when instructing to display a list of character groups The part to display the code to be assigned to the specified external character (the 4-digit number of the blank number of the kuten code of JISC 6226 is used), when instructing to register with a completely new registration code to the created external character Indicates the position where the cursor should be occupied, the part displayed as [New], the registered external code that has already been assigned is registered with the created external character (that is, the external character corresponding to the registered number is changed. 2) Including the part corresponding to the registration code and the part displayed as [Change] indicating the position where the cursor should be occupied when instructing to register 2
It consists of a displayed portion [list] indicating the position where the cursor should be occupied when instructing to display a list of 0 kanji on the screen.

A 32 × 32 matrix pattern is displayed on most of the left half of the CRT screen.
Is displayed ([Print] is displayed). Also C
A 24 × 24 matrix pattern is displayed on most of the right half of the RT screen, which is a font editing unit 43 for CRT screen display (displayed as [for screen]).
Either one of the editing units 42 and 43 is selected as an editing target, but a star mark appears in the selected one as shown in FIG.

The area between the editing units 42 and 43 is the monitor unit 44, and the patterns that greatly appear in the editing units 42 and 43 are displayed in the upper 32, 24, and upper square display units 442 and 443. Is a portion to be printed and reduced to the size of each screen display.

When the memory key 111 of the keyboard 11 is touched, the data of the pattern relating to the screen display of the selected editing unit 42 or 43 enters the memory 30 for temporary storage, and the content of this memory 30 is the bottom side of the monitor unit 44. The image is reduced and displayed on the square display unit 440 labeled as a memory. On the upper side of this area 440, a square display portion 441 marked as registration is displayed.
This is the pattern data obtained by combining both the pattern stored in the memory 30 and the pattern edited and created in the editing unit 42 or 43 (stored in the memory 32 or 33 described later). Memory 31 for storing
Is a region in which the content of is displayed in a reduced size, that is, this composite pattern is displayed in a reduced size. In this state, the cursor K is at the most significant digit position so as to display the input waiting for the reference code.

Now, an explanation will be given for the case of performing external character registration using a pattern already registered.

First, by relying on the memory or referring to the JISC 6226 code for graphic characters, the division code of the pattern to be used is keyed in with the ten key 112. As an external character now When registering the symbol of, the key code is the kuten code 0194 of ◇ as a reference code, and first, the cursor is moved to the cursor move key 113 to edit the print font.
Is operated to position the code on the [32] display portion of the designated area 41, and the execution key 114 is touched.

With these inputs, the control unit 12 displays [0194] in the upper line 411 of the code designation unit 41 as shown in FIG.
Further, an asterisk is displayed on the head of the portion of the editing section 42 marked for printing, and a pattern for displaying ⋄ is read from the character generator 24 and written in the memory 32. The pattern in the memory 32 is displayed in the editing unit 42 in accordance with the matrix pattern. As described above, the display unit 44 of the monitor unit 44
The same pattern is reduced and displayed at 2,441. Further, the control unit 12 causes the editing cursor 42 to be displayed at a predetermined position on the editing unit 42. The cursor K'is configured by software so that it can be moved by touching the ten-key pad 112, and the "5" key is regarded as the position of the cursor K'in the direction of the eight keys surrounding it. Let them move. That is, by touching "8", "2", "4" or "6", the cursor K'moves up, down, left or right, and "7",
Touching "1", "3", "9" or the like moves the corresponding diagonal direction. Then, touching the "5" key causes black and white to be reversed. Therefore, for example, if the "8" key is continuously pressed from the state shown in FIG. 4, a black line (green display on the CRT) extending from the center of the diamond to the upper corner is added. After reaching the end of the cursor K'or the matrix pattern, the matrix pattern and the pattern displayed on the matrix pattern are scrolled in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the cursor K '. When the memory key 111 is touched as described above, the pattern data in the memory 32 displayed in the editing section 42 is moved to the memory 30,
Along with this, the ⋄ display of the editing section 42 disappears, and the ⋄ pattern appears on the display section 440 of the monitor section 44 (see FIG. 5).
RAMs for storing font data read from the areas 24 to 26 of the floppy disk at the time of inputting or printing are used as the memories 30, 31, 32 and 33.

Note that the display units 440, 441, and 442 need to display a 32 × 32 font, whereas the CRT 14 originally displays a 24 × 24 dot matrix, so a 24 × 24 dot matrix is displayed. 32 × 32 fonts are displayed in a mode in which four display areas are combined.

Next, the editing unit 4 is operated by operating the ten-key pad 112 as described above.
A black circle is drawn in 2 as shown in FIG. Since this shape is regulated by the matrix pattern, it goes without saying that the peripheral edge has irregularities as shown in the figure. Numeric keypad 1
During the operation of 12, the original pattern of ◇ is the editing unit 42
Although not displayed in the control unit 12, the control unit 12 controls the memories 30, 32.
Is displayed on the display unit 441 of the monitor unit 44, the size of the black circle can be monitored by the display unit 441.
Eccentricity from the center, extreme irregularities on the peripheral edge, etc. can be seen at a glance, and their correction is extremely easy.

After the pattern appearing on the display unit 441 has a desired shape in this way, the execution key 114 is touched. As a result, the cursor K moves to the most significant digit of the reference code in the upper line 411 of the code designating section 41. A registration code (a four-digit code that is not specified in the JIS division point code, for example, a registration code to be added when the pattern displayed on the display unit 442, that is, stored in the memory 31 is registered in the printing font memory 28. 8805) is moved by moving the cursor K to the most significant digit of the registration code in the lower row 412 of the code designating section 41, and then input with the ten keys 112. Then, the cursor K is moved by the key 113 so as to position it in the portion where the [new] of the lower row 412 of the code designating section 41 is displayed as shown in FIG. When the execution key 114 is touched again after doing this, the pattern data in the memory 31 is moved to the memory 28 and registered there. As a result, the display of the editing units 42 and 43 and the monitor unit 44 is the third display.
It becomes the same as the initial screen shown in the figure. However, the display of the contents of the reference code and the registration code remains unchanged.

As described above, the external character can be registered. In this state, the cursor movement key 113 is operated to move the cursor to the position of [List] in the lower row 412 of the code designating section 41, and the execution key 114 is touched. Then, the control unit 12 causes the registration code (8 in this case) designated by the memories 27 and 28.
A character group of 20 characters including the character (symbol) according to (805) is read out and displayed in the form shown in FIG. That is, the punctuation mark code, the print font and the display font associated with each code are displayed in a combination of 20 codes (that is, the fonts are both 40 characters for 20 characters in total).

The example of FIG. 6 shows a state in which a printing font is simply stored in the division code 8805. Such a list is displayed on the reference code display portion, that is, in the upper line 4 of the code designation portion 41.
Key-in and display the required code in 11, and then move the cursor to the [List] display area of that line, and then execute key 11
The same can be done by touching 4.

In the lower right corner, the code numbers for reference or registration and [List]
Although the characters "Delete" and "Recover" are displayed, the cursor K is at the "List" position in the state shown in FIG. By such an operation, it is possible to confirm that the external character has been reliably registered or the registered state can be confirmed.

By the above operation and the processing of the control unit 12 executed in response to this operation, the registration of one printing font is completed. By the way, in the above-mentioned example, the pattern registered in the memory 24 as JIS non-kanji is diverted to the creation of ◇, but without using this, the required ◇ of the ◇ can be operated by operating the ten-key 112 as in the case of the pattern creation of the black circle. Of course, a pattern may be created. In this case, the reference code column of the code designation area 41 is set to 0000.

Thus, in a word processor equipped with a CRT for monitoring input text, it is meaningless to register an external character for a printing font, so the same registration code is assigned to input a 24 × 24 screen display font. There is a need to. Therefore, the same operation as that described above for the printing font is performed by the editing unit 43, the display units 440, 441, and 4.
The control unit 12 is configured so that the registration can be performed by referring to the pattern appearing at 43. The only difference in operation is that the execution key 114 is touched for the first time with the cursor K being positioned on the [24] display section in the upper row 411 of the code designation area 41.

By the way, in this embodiment, a 32 × 32 font is 24 × 2.
A program for compressing and converting to font No. 4 is prepared, and this program is executed when the following operation is performed.

That is, the previously registered printing font is keyed in as a reference code (for example, 8805), the cursor is set to the position of [24] in the upper row 411 of the code designating section 41, and the execution key 114 is touched.

The control unit 12 reads data from the screen display font storage area 27, but since there is no write data,
Start executing the conversion program. That is, first, the print font data for the input code is read from the storage area 28, a predetermined compression conversion process is performed on this data, and the data is written in the memories 31 and 33. As a result, the editing unit 43 and the display units 441 and 443 of the monitor unit 44 display the pattern in which the registered 32 × 32 printing font is compressed and converted into 24 × 24. Since an unnatural compression conversion is performed depending on the pattern, this may be corrected by the operation of the ten key 112, and then the same operation for registration as described above may be executed.

When it is necessary to correct the font, delete the registered non-registered character, or replace the font after completing the registration in this way, the correction, deletion, or replacement can be performed by the following operations.

First, the code assigned to the external character to be deleted is input as a reference code, the cursor is positioned at the [List] portion of the code designating section 41, and the execution key 114 is touched. As a result, as described above, the external character related to the code is included.
A list of fonts for characters is displayed. As shown in Fig. 6, the lower column shows the reference code for the above input and [List] [Delete].
[Recovery] is displayed and cursor K is [List].
In the position. When the cursor K is moved to the [delete] position and the execute key 114 is touched, the external character data associated with the code is marked with a pit mark for deletion, and then CR is added.
It disappears from the T screen. Here, the data itself is not erased, and the deletion pit mark is added to avoid the trouble of re-registration operation when deleting due to mistaken operation (misregistration code etc.) This is because it is possible to easily perform re-registration as it is in consideration of the case of returning it, and after that, if the execution key is touched with the cursor at the [Recovery] position, the registration is restored as it was.

Next, when another external character is replaced by an already registered external character and registered (or when substantially the same pattern modification is performed), the pattern is edited by the same operation as in the case of new registration.
When registering, move the cursor to the bottom line 41 of the code display area 41.
The execution key 114 is touched after being positioned at the [change] part of 2. The control unit 12 processes the registered external character data in the same manner as in the case of [Delete] by such a key operation and writes the changed external character data. In this case as well, the old registered non-registered character can be recovered as in the case of [Delete]. If [Change] is specified despite the fact that it is a new registration, or in the opposite case, the registration is not performed and the part where the code is displayed blinks to display that it was an erroneous operation. Prompt for re-operation. This is because in the case of new registration, even if there is a registered external character in the registration code, the data is completely erased, and it is for avoiding duplicate registration due to a misunderstanding or for preventing the disappearance of the registered external character. If the kuten code entered as the registration code is not a numerical value allowed for external character registration, registration is prohibited and the code is blinked.

The other memory call key 115 is written in the memory 30,
The data of the pattern displayed on the display unit 440 and the data written in the memory 32 (or 33) are displayed on the display unit 442.
(Or 443) and the editing unit 42 (or 4
This is a key for instructing to exchange the data of the pattern displayed in 3), and enhances the convenience during editing. Further, the cancel key 116 is a key for returning to the state before that, that is, the state where the cursor K is in the code designating section 41, by a touch operation when the editing cursors K ′ are in the editing sections 42 and 43.

The external character registered in this way is associated with one of the keys in the margin portion 113 of the keyboard 11 which is predetermined according to the registration code, and the touch operation of the key causes the character to be exactly the same as other characters. Can be used.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a word processor having excellent operability when registering an external character. The present invention can be applied to a Japanese word processor of the Kana-Kanji conversion system and a European word processor.

(G) Effect of the Invention According to the word processor of the present invention, a display external character font and a printing external character font having different font matrix sizes can be individually created.
Once the external character font for printing is created, the corresponding display font is automatically created using it.
External character font creation time is reduced.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the display font automatically created as described above can be edited,
If necessary, the automatically generated external character font for display can be immediately corrected to a preferable one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a word processor according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a keyboard layout diagram, and FIGS. 3 to 6 are explanatory diagrams showing a screen of a CRT. 11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Control part, 13 ... Memory, 14
… CRT, 15… Printer

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means, a display section for displaying a sentence input from the input means on a screen, and a printing section for printing the sentence, the matrix size of a display font on the display section and the printing. And a matrix for the printing fonts in the display unit are different from each other, wherein the display unit superimposes and displays the font matrix pattern for creating the external character of the display font and the external character creating font in this display state. First control means for editing and creating an external character font for display based on an input from the input means, and an external character creating font matrix pattern of the printing font and the external character creating font are superimposed and displayed on the display section. In addition, in order to edit and create the external character font for printing based on the input from the input means in this display state. Second control means, storage means for respectively storing the display external character font and the print external character font created by the first control means and the second control means; and the print external character created by the second control means A conversion means for converting the font into a display size, wherein the conversion means is used when a display external character font is created based on a registered external character font for printing, and the first control means Is a word processor for displaying the converted external character font in a superimposed manner with the external character creating font matrix pattern of the display font, and for editing and creating the external character font for display in this display state.