JPH0682365B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device represented by a word processor, and more particularly, to a document creation device capable of efficiently inputting bullets of text.

(Prior art and its problems) A document creation device that inputs characters from a character input device such as a keyboard and edits a document while displaying intermediate results on a display device such as a CRT is a Japanese word processor. Currently widely used in the center. The user can create a document using various layouts, decorative characters, etc. according to his or her preference.

Bullets are often used as a method of more clearly describing the content and structure of a document. When making a sentence into bullets, usually, put a letter or symbol that means bullets at the beginning of the item, such as ◎ item 1 ◎ item 2 ◎ item 3 or item 1 item 2 item 3. Also, as the character to put here, normally,
Symbols such as ∘∘ * and characters / numbers that define the order such as I (a) are used, and arbitrary characters are not used. However, the document creation device currently used treats the document as a mere set of characters,
It does not specify the meaning in the document such that the character is the beginning of a bullet. For example, in the case of Just System Co., Ltd. word processor software "Ichitaro", when using ◎ as the first character of the bullet, the user uses the cursor key and the line feed key from the set of commonly used symbols. You have to enter it by selecting it and do not use the information that it is the beginning of the bullet (reference: Just System Co., Ltd. "Japanese word processor Ichitaro REFERENCE MANUAL"). For this reason, when the user wants to make bullets, it is necessary to select and use the desired character from the commonly used character set, not from the candidates for the first character used in bullets. there were.

Ordinarily, when itemizing items, the indent is determined according to the leading symbol, such as ◎ Large item ◆ Medium item ・ Small item ・ Small item ◆ Medium item ・ Small item ・ Small item. However, in the conventional system, it is necessary for the user to specify the indent position by moving the cursor or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a document creation device provided with a user-friendly itemized input system, and more specifically, a user's burden of indentation. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device equipped with a bulleted input method that does not apply the above.

(Means for Solving Problems) According to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus for creating a document by editing while input characters and the like are displayed, a bullet specifying means for instructing start of bullets, A head character table that stores a head character indicating the head of a bullet, a selected character buffer that stores information about a code and a character position of the previously selected head character, and contents of the selected character buffer and the head character table A presentation candidate determining means for presenting a first character candidate based on the above, a first character selecting means for selecting a desired first character from the first character candidates, and a character position determination for obtaining the desired position of the desired first character. It is possible to obtain a document creation device characterized by having means.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1
Is a control unit for controlling the whole, 2 is an input unit for inputting characters and editing commands constituting a document, and 3 is a document buffer for storing a document formed by the input characters. Yes, 4 is a display unit for displaying the document being edited, 5 is a head character table that contains candidates for the head character of the bullet, and 6 is a bullet designating means for designating the start of bullets. And 7 is a leading character selecting means for selecting a desired leading character from the leading character candidates in the leading character table 5, and 8 contains information on the code and the character position of the leading character selected previously. A selected character buffer, 9 is a leading character candidate creating means for creating and presenting a leading character candidate based on the contents of the selected character buffer 8 and the leading character table 5, and 10 is a selected desired leading character. A character position determining means for determining indicate position. Further, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining an example of a series of operations for inputting itemized items in the embodiment of FIG.
3 (a) to 3 (h) are conceptual diagrams showing screen display examples of the display unit 4 when inputting itemized documents using the embodiment of FIG. The present embodiment will be described below by taking the work of inputting a bulleted document as an example.

FIG. 3 (a) shows a state immediately before the user enters itemized input. In the figure, □ indicates the current cursor position. At this point, it is assumed that no character has been registered in the selected character buffer 8. Here, when the user specifies that the sentence is input into the itemized list by the itemized list designating unit 6, the presentation candidate creating unit 9 displays the first itemized item in the first item character table 5 and the information in the selected character buffer 8. After obtaining the bulleted character candidate, the character is displayed on the display unit 4. An example of the leading character table 5 is shown in FIG. In the first character table 5, in addition to simple character symbols such as ○ ● ◎ (hereinafter referred to as simple symbols),
(I) Character symbols indicating serial numbers such as a. (Hereinafter referred to as serial number symbols) are also stored. The presentation candidate creation means 9 first checks the selected character buffer 8 and outputs itself if the character is a simple symbol, and if it is a serial number, it checks the inside of the head character table 5 to find the serial number. Next, the symbol corresponding to the number is output. Further, the leading character candidates existing in the leading character table 5 but not in the selected character buffer 8 (not yet selected) are output as they are. Fifth example of procedure for creating leading character candidate in presentation candidate creating means 9
Shown in the figure. These characters obtained by the head character presenting means 9 are sent to the display unit 4 and displayed as selection candidates for the user. At the time of FIG. 3 (a), since no character is registered in the selected character buffer 8, the presentation candidate creation means 9
Outputs the first character candidate (leftmost column) in the first character table 5 for display on the display unit 4. The screen of the display unit 4 at this time is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3B, the first character candidate (the character on the leftmost column in FIG. 4) is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Here, it is assumed that the user uses the leading character selecting means 7 to select a serial number symbol from the displayed leading character candidates. The control unit 1 first obtains the position where the selected first character should be set by the character position determining means 10. When the selected first character exists in the selected character buffer 8, the character position determining means 10 outputs the character position so that the first character can be set at the same indent position.
At this point in time, no character is registered in the selected character buffer 8, so no special character position is determined. Therefore, the control unit 1 sets, for example, the first character at the position where the cursor is (the first column is assumed). Next, the control unit 1 updates the contents of the display unit 4 and the document buffer 3 (writes the first character), and selects the symbol selected in the selected character buffer 8 and its column position 1.
To register. An example of the screen of the display unit 4 at this time is shown in FIG.

Further, FIG. 3D shows an example of the screen of the display unit 4 at the time when the user continues to input a sentence and again inputs the item by the item specifying unit 6 to input the item. Since the serial number symbol is registered in the selected character buffer 8 this time, the presentation candidate creation means 9 is replaced with. If the user adopts ⊚ here, the simple symbol ⊚ is not registered in the selected character table 8. Therefore, as in the case of FIG. 3C, the position indicated by the cursor (the third column is assumed). Is set, the contents of the display unit 4 and the document buffer 3 are updated, and the first character ⊚ and its column position 3 are registered in the selected character buffer 8 (FIG. 3 (e)).

Further, when the user continues to input the character string and again inputs the bullets by the bullet specifying means 6, the selected character buffer 8 is registered with the simple symbol ⊚ and the serial number character. Therefore, the simple symbol ⊚ remains as it is, and the next serial number symbol is displayed as the serial number symbol (FIG. 3 (f)). If the user adopts ⊚ here, ⊚ is displayed in the third column which is the column position of ⊚ in the selected character buffer 8 (FIG. 3 (g)). On the contrary, when the user adopts, the first column which is the column position of (and its serial number) in the selected character buffer 8 is displayed (FIG. 3 (h)). In the case of FIG. 3 (h), since the serial number symbol is registered in the selected character buffer 8, the simple symbol ⊚ and the serial number symbol will be displayed at the next bullet designation. In this way, the first character in itemization can be efficiently input at a predetermined position.

In FIG. 1, the control unit 1, the input unit 2, the document buffer 3 and the display unit 4 can be realized by an editing program, a keyboard, a memory and a display in a word processor which is generally used at present. Further, the itemized designating means 6 and the leading character selecting means 7 can be easily realized by an action key, a cursor key, a line feed key, etc. on the keyboard. Further, the selected character buffer 8 only needs to be able to store the combination of the code of the selected first character and the column position for indentation, and can be easily realized. Also,
In the present invention, the first character is always displayed in the order of the first character table 5 as a method of displaying the first character, but a method of preferentially displaying the selected one is also possible.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, when a sentence is input in a bulleted list, the leading character is not a general symbol but a limited beginning character candidate. Since it is possible to select from among them, it is possible to facilitate the user's document creation work. In addition, the same indentation can be given if the first character to be entered was previously selected. At this time, even when a plurality of types of leading characters are used, it is possible to give an indent position suitable for each type according to the type of the leading character. Furthermore, when the first character is a serial number character, the serial number can be automatically updated and provided to the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the entire embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG.
(H) is a conceptual diagram showing a progress state of a series of operations in the FIG. 1 embodiment, FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific example of the leading character table 5, and FIG. 5 is a presentation in the FIG. 1 embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the candidate creating means 9. 1 ... control unit, 2 ... input unit, 3 ... document buffer, 4
........ Display section, 5 ... Leading character table, 6 ... Bulleting designation means, 7 ... Leading character selecting means, 8 ... Selected character buffer, 9 ... Presentation candidate creating means, 10 ... Character position determining means .

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus for creating a document by editing while displaying input characters and the like, and storing a bullet designating means for instructing the start of bullets and a head character indicating the beginning of bullets. Presentation of a first character table, a selected character buffer containing information on a code and a character position of the previously selected first character, and a presentation of a first character candidate based on the contents of the selected character buffer and the first character table. Document creation characterized by having a candidate creating means, a leading character selecting means for selecting a desired leading character from the leading character candidates, and a character position determining means for obtaining a position where the desired leading character should be apparatus. 2. The first character table contains at least one of a symbol that simply means the start of an item and a symbol that defines a serial number of the item. Document creation device. 3. The first character candidate presenting means, when the content of the selected character buffer is a symbol simply indicating the start of an item, the symbol itself is a symbol defining a serial number of the item. Presents a symbol that means a serial number that is the next to the symbol itself.
The document creation device according to item 2 or item 2. 4. The display position determining means obtains a correct indent position based on the information on the character position of the first character, according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The document creation device according to item 1.