JPH0315552B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an output method that can retrieve a desired text together with an output format and output it in a desired manner.

[Prior art] Conventionally, for example, Toshiba Japanese word processor
Like JW-10, it was possible to instruct text to be interrupted at a desired time while it was being output.

However, if you wanted to interrupt the output in the middle of the text, you had to watch it while it was being output and give an instruction to interrupt when it reached the desired position.

In addition, even if you are watching the output one by one, it is difficult for the viewer to understand when to instruct to interrupt, so by the time you instruct to interrupt, the desired position has already been passed, etc. It was very difficult to reliably interrupt the process at the desired location.

Also, in the past, for example, as in JP-A No. 50-4945,
For a string of character codes separated by function codes that were entered from a key and recorded before the final recording, there was a system that converted the function codes into stop codes and used them.

However, what is once recorded is only a string of character codes, and the output format is not stored together.

Therefore, since there is no connection between the text and the format, there is a problem that when output is restarted after being interrupted by a stop code, the output mode will change.

[Objective] In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention pre-inputs data for instructing the interruption of output into the text to be output, and when the text is called and outputted together with the output format, according to the data, The purpose is to provide an output method that allows output to be interrupted.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an output method that allows output to be restarted from the interrupted position in the same output mode as before the interruption.

[Example] Next, the basic configuration of an electronic device that employs the output method of the present invention will be explained based on FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a platen knob, which is used when manually loading paper or finely adjusting the printing position in the vertical direction. When the knob 1 is pushed inward, it is disconnected from the internal drive pulse motor, allowing manual rotation of the knob 1. The paper support 2 is a guide plate for paper, and is used to ensure that the printed side faces the operator even when thin paper is used. The page end indicator 3 is an indicator that indicates the length to the end line of the paper, and the operator adjusts the indicator 3 vertically as shown by the arrow in advance according to the vertical length of the paper and places it on the platen 17.
The top edge of the paper that comes out after passing through is indicator 3.
When the scale position is reached, you can know the length to the end line of the paper. The release lever 4 is used to release a pinch roller located at the bottom of the platen from the platen and manually correct the inclination of the paper. The soundproof cover 5 is provided to suppress the impact sound of impact printing, and is made of transparent acrylic, so that the printed characters can be seen through the soundproof cover 5. When changing the typeface or replacing the ribbon cassette, open the upper cover 6 by rotating it backwards and replace the type wheel loaded in the carriage section or the ribbon cassette. This electronic typewriter has four types of horizontal printing pitch: 10, 12, and 15 characters per inch, and proportional spacing (hereinafter referred to as PS), in which the printing pitch changes depending on the size of the type. . The scale 8 has three graduations marked with a 10-character pitch, a 12-character pitch, and a 15-character pitch, and the carriage indicator 12 has three graduations.
It is composed of lamps such as LEDs, and is mounted on the carriage and lights up the lamp corresponding to the pitch specified from the keyboard 10 to indicate the carriage position on the scale 8.

The keyboard 10 includes a character key group 10a for inputting and printing characters, and a control key group 10 arranged on both sides of the character key group 10a.
The input key signals are read in the keyboard control unit and sent to the main control unit including the MPU. If the input key is a key to be printed, related data is sent from the main control unit to the printer control unit. If the key is to be displayed, the data is sent from the main control unit to the control unit of the display 94 and displayed on the display 94. In the case of a key input that changes the illumination of a lamp on the keyboard 10, such as a print pitch change, a line feed pitch change, or an illuminated key, data for controlling the lighting of the lamp is sent from the main control unit to the keyboard control unit. .

According to this embodiment, functions that cannot be achieved with conventional typewriters can be achieved. The functions obtained by this embodiment will be introduced below, and its usefulness will be demonstrated by describing its key operation procedure. It should be noted that even common keys found in conventional typewriters can achieve a unique function when used in combination with the keys according to this embodiment. First, the functions and operating procedures of each key will be described, and then a control method centered on specific keys will be described to satisfy each function. This makes the electronic typewriter according to this embodiment even clearer. FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation panel of the electronic typewriter of this embodiment. In the figure, the PITCH key specifies the number of characters to be printed per inch, as described above. Every time you press the PITCH key
The display section L1, which is composed of lamps such as LEDs related to PITCH, lights up in the order of 10, 12, 15, and PS in a cyclical manner. 10, 12, 15 are the number of characters/
inch, but in PS, the number of characters per inch varies depending on the characters printed. The LINE SPACE key indicates the line feed amount, and the basic unit length 1 of the feed amount is 1/6 inch. As before, the lamp L2 is lit cyclically by pressing the key. The KB SELECT key is used as an alternative for keys that cannot be selected using the SHIFT key, which specifies uppercase and lowercase letters, i.e. keys that correspond to three types of typeface with a single key such as K. In this example, the KBI lamp L
When 3 is lit, select "||", "§",
Furthermore, select either one using the SHIFT key.
Further, when the KB lamp is lit, the vertical line character "1" is selected. Each time the KB SELECT key is pressed, one of the lamps lights up.

The RM CONTROL key in the upper right corner controls the electronic typewriter's functions in the right margin. Either JUST, AUTO, or OFF is RM
It is selected each time the CONTROL key is pressed. This is also indicated by the lighting of lamp L4. When the JUST lamp is lit, select the right alignment function, and when the AUTO lamp is lit, perform auto line feed.
OFF literally does not indicate anything. OP.
The CONTROL key is used to determine the print mode of an electronic typewriter. As before, each time a key is pressed, one of C, W, L, and STORE lights up to indicate the print mode. C prints each character, W prints each word, L prints each line,
STORE means registration in internal storage,
When STORE, the mode is L for printing every line.

SSW1 on the left edge is related to the decimal tab function and is related to the 3-digit scale. In other words, SSW1
When specifying SP, a 3-digit scale is used with a space, and when specifying ``,'', a 3-digit scale is used with a ``,''. If "XX" is specified, 3-digit scale is not performed. SSW2 indicates the type of character.
The DECTAB key is used to specify decimal tabs, etc. The LAYOUT key has a lamp to specify column layout, etc. The INDENT key also has a lamp to specify automatic indent mode, etc. The FORMAT key also has a lamp. When related to page format, the MEMORY key also has a lamp, and when related to memory,
The MARREL key is used when operating beyond the left and right margins, the NONPRT key is used when referring to text memory, the REPEAT key is used when printing or inputting the same character continuously, and the key or key is used to move the cursor position on the display 94. , the BACK SPACE key on the right side edge moves the print position toward the left margin, the 〓 key erases characters, the INDEX key advances the printing paper one line, and the REVINDEX key moves the printing paper backwards. Direction 1
When performing line feed, the COOE key has a lamp and can be used in conjunction with other keys to give special instructions.
The CENT key is equipped with a lamp and is used to instruct centering printing, while the ☆ key is used to instruct to stop printing, etc.
The LM key sets the left margin, the RM key sets the right margin, the SET key sets the tab stop,
The CLR key is used to erase tab stops, the RELOC key is used to move the carriage to the final print location, etc. The left SHIFT key is used in conjunction with other keys to enter lowercase letters or to specify special functions.
The LOCK key above it is used to lock the SHIFT key. The BACK/TRACE key is used to go back to the previous line and correct printing.

The character key CK is inside the dotted line. The SPACE key is executed every time the carriage is pressed to the right to set a blank digit. The RETURN key returns the carriage to the left margin and feeds one line of printing paper. As shown in the figure, the RETURN key and SPACE key are included in the character key CK.

FIG. 3 shows its control block diagram. 44 is a microprocessor MPU,
It interprets key signals from the keyboard 10 according to control sequences stored in the read-only memory ROM 53, and controls the printing mechanism 41, display 94 or text memory 54, speaker 42, etc. 45 is an address decoder, which receives control AB from MPU 44 and outputs SELROM,
SELBF, SELREG, SELM2, SELFF, SELM
1. Generate SELKEY, SELPRT, SELDSP, and SELBZ signals, respectively, ROM 53, row buffer 52, register group 51, auxiliary memory 57, flag group 50, text memory 54, keyboard control unit 24, printer control unit 16, display The control unit 9L and alarm control section 49 are designated and controlled. Note that addresses are assigned to the keyboard display, printing mechanism, memory, ROM, etc. for MPU processing.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a flag group, which stores the designated state of the typewriter, various modes, etc. A group of registers 51 is used to store intermediate results of processing operations. Reference numeral 52 is a line buffer that stores information regarding characters that have already been printed, and stores information that should be printed during word-by-word or line-by-line printing operations. MPU4
4, when making corrections, the character that has already been printed is known by searching this line buffer 52 in the reverse direction, and the carriage is controlled to automatically reach the final print position of the line that has already been printed. do. 54
is a character string or text memory that is registered by the operator according to the appropriate procedure.
Tab group information, etc. is stored with a title or without a title as the case may be. Sentence memory 5
4 is backed up by the battery 23, so the information in the text memory 54 is not lost even if the power switch is turned off. The battery 23 is connected to a power sensor 56,
The battery monitoring unit 55' monitors the battery as long as the power switch is turned on, and warns the operator when the voltage drops due to battery life or the like. 5
Like the text memory 54, the auxiliary memory 7 is backed up by 23 batteries, and stores various operating modes immediately before the power switch is turned off.

The keyboard control unit 24 generates key information via a matrix 88 having lattice points corresponding to each input key, and also generates key information via a cathode driver 64 for displaying lamps or pitch indicators of illuminated key switches on the keyboard 10, operating mode, etc. It also controls the lighting of the lamp 89. The printer control unit 16 controls the printing mechanism 41 via the MD to perform printing. A display control unit 9L of the display section 9 controls information displayed on the display 94. The alarm control unit 49 generates an alarm sound through 42 speakers according to instructions from the MPU 44. 13 is a power supply unit as mentioned above;
Supplies power to each part.

Each unit, memory, register group, flag group, etc. is connected to the MPU 44 via a data bus DB, receives control from the MPU 44, and sends various data to the MPU 44, where predetermined calculation control is performed.

FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the flag group 50.
The role of each flag is as follows.

KB2 is set when the KB SELECT key is pressed (KB2=1). Therefore, when KB2=1, K in FIG. 2 becomes effective as a character key for the vertical line character "1". KB
2 is cleared when the KB SELECT key is selected. INDENT sets INDENT=1 when automatic indent mode is started. When moving the carriage back toward the left margin,
It is always monitored, and when INDENT=1, it operates with the temporary left margin as the left margin. INDENT is cleared when automatic indent mode is canceled. When STORE is selected using the OP.CONTROL key, STR is set to 1, and when a selection other than STORE is selected, STR is set to 0. TR is set to 1 when the title name is entered using a character string reference operation and the RETURN key is pressed, and TR becomes 0 when the character string reference is canceled. NP is
When the NONPRT key is pressed, set NP = 1,
When the reference to the character string is released, NP becomes 0. SC indicates that a search character string has been input, such as by character string reference. Therefore, when the reference character string is input, SC=1, and when the reference to the character string, etc. is released, SC=0. The CMV becomes 1 when the centering mode (any of the 4 types) is established, and becomes 0 at the same time as the centering is released. TCNT = 1 when centering between tabs is specified
, MCNT becomes 1 when centering between margins is specified, PCNT becomes 1 when centering between specified positions is specified, and WCNT becomes 1 when centering between words is specified.

FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the register group 51. Register PRTEPT indicates the final point of characters stored in row buffer 52. register
PRTEPT indicates the printing end point within the characters stored in the line buffer 52. register
CRGPT indicates the position of the carriage from the left margin of the printing paper, and the distance traveled by the carriage from the left margin is stored. For register DCRGPT, the carriage does not move immediately when a character key is input during word-by-word printing, line-by-line printing, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to know and monitor the temporary carriage position.
At this time, DCRGPT is used to store the actual quantity to be moved. PITCH stores information about each print pitch when the PITCH key is pressed to specify the character size, that is, the print pitch. MPU4
4, refer to PITCH when knowing the print pitch. Like PITCH, LNSP stores the current paper feed amount, that is, the operating state of the LINE SPACE key.
RMC is the RMCONTROL key, OPCNT is the OP.
Remember the state of the CONTROL key. LM, RM are
It stores the positions of the left margin and right margin at that point in the same unit as CRGPT, etc. SSW1 and SSW2 store the states of SSW1 and SSW2 on the operation panel, respectively. DLM is a save register for the left margin LM when in automatic indent mode.

TAB1 to TABn store the position of the tab stop at that time and have the same dimensions as LM, etc.
WORK is temporary storage of information during control or processing.
Used for saving information, etc. CPT refers to a certain point on the line buffer 52, corresponds to the character where the carriage is located, and is used when making corrections. That is, for each character printed, the state of the printed character type, printing pitch, etc. at that time is memorized, and when correction is necessary, this is stored in order from the oldest character digit to the youngest character digit, like a first-in-first-out stack.
The MPU 44 decodes the characters in the order in which they are taken in and reversely reproduces the past carriage movement state and printing paper feeding state, thereby making it possible for the carriage to reach the final character position of the line printed in the past.

LC stores the number of lines of printing paper fed.

FIG. 6 shows the internal structure of the row buffer 52. The unit memories of the row buffer 52 are numbered from 0 to n. The character type, print pitch, and print type can be stored at the address of each unit storage area. This information will be used for corrections and other purposes. The character type of the address is printed character information taken in from the keyboard control unit 24 in FIG. 3, that is, character key information. Also, the slide switch at the time of this key input (SSW2 in Figure 2)
The state (SSW2 in the register group 51) corresponds to the type of address printing. Also, Figure 2
The state of PITCH is also in PITCH in the register group 51, and this is stored at the address as a print pitch. The length of the line buffer 52 is greater than the maximum number of characters to be printed per unit line, and is so long that it can store, for example, 300 characters for two lines. BACK
When the TRACE key is pressed and the carriage is moved backwards and the carriage is located at the left margin, that is, when CRGPT=LM, CPT=0 is not present, so the carriage can be moved to the final printing position of the previous line. That is, the final print position of the previous line is calculated based on the carriage movement command stored in the line buffer 52, the carriage movement distance, and the paper feed amount.
Can be reproduced in reverse. Even if the previous line is printed with a blank digit from the left margin, the line buffer 52
In this case, the character type that corresponds to the space is stored in the address in the digit before the first printed character in the previous line, the printing pitch at that time is stored in the address, and the information of non-printing is stored in the address as the printing type. Since it is memorized, the MPU 44 can move the carriage to the final printing position of the previous line by decoding it in the reverse order of the key input order.

In such a system configuration, the control sequence begins when power is applied to the electronic typewriter. Immediately after turning on the power, the control units 24, 16, 9L, 49, etc. shown in FIG. 3 are initialized. After this, all the registers 51 in FIG. 3 are cleared, the row buffer 52 is cleared, and the flags 50 are cleared. After this, all the information in the register group 51 is saved in the non-volatile memory 57 shown in FIG. 3 in order to reproduce the previous usage state, so it is recalled to the register group 51. At this time 51
PITCH in Figure 2 according to the information in each register,
LINE SPACE，RM CONTROL，
Re-light the OPERATING CONT lamps and also turn on the carriage indicator lamp. Also, flag KB2 is also auxiliary memory 5.
7, so do the same and KB
The SELECT lamp can also be lit.

As described above, no matter when the power is turned off or there is a power outage, the state immediately before the power is turned off can be reproduced after the power is turned on. Next, when any key is pressed, the process moves to a key determination sequence. In other words, a distinction is made between character keys and control keys. The determination is made based on the value of the key information. In other words, when wiring each key on the key matrix 88 in FIG. Boundary values occur between groups of . Therefore, by comparing the boundary value and key information, it can be determined which category it belongs to. When the half-cut result is a character key, management processing for the line buffer 52 is performed. In addition,
The SPACE key and RETURN key belong to the character keys as shown in Figure 2. If the determination result is a control key, it is checked which control key it is, and a control sequence corresponding to each control key is executed.

7 and 8 show the basic control sequence of row buffer processing. In FIG. 7, when the character type, print pitch, and print type are stored in the line buffer 52 shown in FIG. 6 by character key input, the register LEPT shown in FIG. 5 is increased by one unit. Also DCRGPT
is also increased by one character. Next, the register in Figure 5
Refer to OPCONT and branch accordingly. If the contents of register OPCONT in register group 51 are C, each character is printed, so immediately
Moving on to the printing process called BFPRT, the display 9
4 will be displayed sequentially. However, in the case of W or L, it is checked whether the type of character key is SPACE or RETURN, and if the general character key is neither, printing is not executed yet and only sequential display is performed. Now W, when printing each word, RETURN and SPACE
Printing is started by pressing either of the keys, and in the case of L, that is, printing by line, printing is started by pressing only the RETURN key. This realizes printing for each character, displaying and printing for each display word, and displaying and printing for each line.

If a new character is input after the character type, print pitch, and print type have been written to the storage area 0 to n of the line buffer 52, the entire line buffer 52 is shifted to the left three times and LEPT and PRTEPT are set to 1.
only decreases. As a result, the three types of information in the leftmost 0th digit of the row buffer 52 are removed, and the nth information area becomes empty. Therefore, it is sufficient to store a new (n+1)th character type, print pitch, and print type in the nth information area. Also, SPACE key,
Even when the RETURN key is pressed, these related information are sequentially stored in the line buffer 52 as shown in FIG. 6, so that characters can be corrected at any time as long as the information is stored in the line buffer 52. That is, as mentioned above, when there is a space as character type information, the print pitch information and non-print information are stored, and similarly in the case of the return key, the carriage movement amount and paper feed amount are stored, so in any printing form. Even if it is, it becomes possible to make accurate retroactive corrections.

Printing is performed by the print processing control sequence BFPRT shown in FIG. Figure 8 LEPT=
PRTEPT? Compare LEPT and PRTEPT, and if they do not match, print characters, then increase PRTEPT by 1 unit and CRGPT by 1 character. Is this operation LEPT=PRTEPT? This continues until a match is reached. In other words, BFPRT processes the unprinted portion of the line buffer 52. Of course, when this process is finished, PRTEPT and LEPT are equal,
CRGPT and DCRGPT are equal.

Next, we will explain how to register a character string (sentence), display it as a reference, and print it.

Key operations when registering a character string or sentence in memory are performed as shown in FIG.

Operate the OP.CONTROL key so that the STORE lamp is lit. Next, press the MEMORY key, the MEMORY key lamp will light up,
Informs the operator that the character string is being registered in memory. Next, a title name is input as a heading, the entire contents are displayed on the display 94, and when the title name input is completed, the RETURN key is pressed. At this time, the title name just entered is printed, the carriage returns, and the printing paper is line-fed. Also, at this time, if the same title name exists elsewhere, a warning is generated. After that, input the character string to be registered and display it one after another, and print and register the character string by pressing the RETURN key. When you press the MEMORY key, the title name is registered corresponding to the character string (sentence),
The MEMORY key lamp turns off. If you press the ☆ key while inputting a character string, it will serve as a temporary stop instruction for printing when a character string is called up from memory and printed.

Next, the operation of registering a character string (sentence) will be explained with reference to FIG.

In Figure 10, MPU44 in Figure 3 is the first
MEMORY when you know that the MEMORY key has been pressed
The key lamp is lit, then the flag STR of flag group 50 is checked, and the character string is registered (STR
=1) or reference (STR=0). Flag STR is OP.CONTROL
It is set by selecting STORE. In the case of a character string reference, the control sequence is transferred to the MRD in FIG. 12. In the case of character string registration, the next KEY INT, that is, the state of waiting for the key. After this, since neither the MEMORY key nor the RETURN key has been pressed yet, proceed to the next step and enter the title name using the character keys for registration. An operation of storing the data and sequentially displaying it on the display 94 is performed. After entering the title name, the RETURN key is pressed as shown in Figure 9, and in Figure 10, the RETURN key is pressed.
RETURN? Proceed to YES. As shown in the figure
Check the flag TR by pressing the RETURN key. In the initial state, the flag TR is reset, so the process proceeds to the print processing routine BFPRT, and the title name is printed. then flag
TR is set to 1, the title name in the row buffer 52 is saved in the WORK register, and the MPU 44 compares the title name in the WORK register with all the title names in the text memory 54 to perform a title name check.

If the same title name is already registered in the text memory 54, an error sound is emitted at 42 to warn. The MEMORY lamp also turns off.

If there is no same title name, the next character string (sentence)
Wait for key for registration Enter KEY INT and wait. When the title name is saved from the row buffer 52 to the WORK register, the title name in the row buffer 52 is cleared. However, since the title name in the WORK register is now sent to the display buffer in the display control unit, the display of the title name on display 94 is maintained.

Further, when the RETURN key is pressed, the printing paper on which the title name is printed is fed one line, and the carriage returns to the left margin position.

At this time, the carriage return command, the carriage movement distance from the left end reference position, and the paper feed amount at that time are stored in the row buffer 52 in the order of key operations as shown in FIG.

Also, when the carriage is moved to the right using the SPACE key, the space, print pitch, and print type (no print) information are stored as shown in Figure 6. These pieces of printing-related information are successively moved to the WORK register and text memory 54 together with the title name and character string (text) information. Furthermore, when this is called up for display or printing, the above-mentioned related information is removed and only character information is displayed or printed.

When I enter a character string (sentence) for registration, is it a character?
The process advances to YES, and character strings are sequentially stored in the row buffer 52 starting from the first digit in the LBFSTR shown in FIG. 7, and are sequentially displayed on the display 94. When one character string (sentence) has been input and the RETURN key is pressed, the flag TR in FIG. It also enters LBFSTR, and the character information in Figure 7 = RETURN? Proceed to YES,
A character string (text) is printed using BFPRT.

The next character string registration is performed by repeating the above operations. During this time, the contents of the row buffer 52 are not cleared, and only disappear from the first digit when overflow occurs. This is useful when making corrections, etc., as described above.

When the MEMORY key is pressed at the end of character string (sentence) registration, a title name is registered in the text memory 54 in correspondence with the character string (sentence) registered this time, as shown in FIG. The MENORY lamp goes out and flags STR and TR are reset.

Next, a key operation method for reference display and reference printing of character strings is shown in FIG.

Start by operating the OP.CONTROL key so that the STORE lamp is not lit.
Press the MEMORY key. At this time
The MEMORY key lamp lights up to inform the operator that the operation of reference display and reference printing of character strings or sentences can be started. The operator selects between character string reference display and character string reference printing. That is, in the case of reference display, press the NONPRT key. When the NONPRT key is pressed, the NONPRT key lamp lights up, clearly indicating to the operator that the character string reference display state has entered.

The first operation performed upon entering the reference display state is to input a title name. It goes without saying that the title name to be entered must be the same as the title name entered at the time of registration. Thereafter, if the operator wishes to perform reference display from a specific character string in the text, he or she presses the ☆ key, then inputs the specific character string, and presses the RETURN key. If you want to display the text as a reference from the beginning, you can press the RETURN key after inputting the title name.

When the RETURN key is pressed, a string of, for example, 20 characters from the beginning of the sentence is displayed. At this time,
The cursor position on the display 94 can be shifted word by word by key operation.
At the same time, deletion, insertion, etc. can be performed using the BACKSPACE key and the 〓 key. If you want to end the reference display, just press the MEMORY key.
If the character string is referenced and displayed and the user wishes to erase all of the character string, the CLR key is pressed while the character string is displayed on the display 94.
The NONPRT key lamp and MEMORY key lamp turn off when the MEMORY key or CLR key is pressed.

Next, the state of selecting reference printing will be explained. There are at least three types of printing formats: the first type prints the entire string (sentence) corresponding to the title name without a title name, and the second type prints the entire string (sentence) corresponding to the title name, and the second type prints the entire string (sentence) that corresponds to the title name. Type 3 is a string (text) that prints all of the character strings (text) that correspond to the title name with a title name.
Only two lines are printed. These instructions include "/0", "/1", "/" after entering the title name.
2" and press the RETURN key. Of course, "/0" may be omitted in the first type of instruction. Printing starts immediately after pressing the RETURN key. As mentioned above, if you enter the ☆ key when registering a character string, you can pause the printing once it has printed up to that location. In addition, the operator can also temporarily stop printing at will by pressing the ☆ key during printing.
To resume execution, press the ☆ key again.
After printing a character string or sentence corresponding to a certain title name, if you want to print the same content again, simply press the RETURN key. Also, if you directly press "/" and "2" without inputting the third type of title name, all registered title names will be printed with two lines of text. To exit this mode, press the MEMORY key. At this time, the MEMORY key lamp goes out, indicating to the operator that the memory operation has been completed. Next, the internal operation based on the above-mentioned key operations will be explained.

When flag STR=0 in Figure 10, Figure 12
It was mentioned earlier that the control sequence is transferred to the MRD. The beginning of MRD is the key wait state KEY INT, as in the case of FIG. 10. After this, the type of key pressed is checked.

As shown in FIG. 11, the operator determines whether to refer to a character string or text on the display 94 or on the printing device 41.

That is, if you press the NONPRT key next time, the character string registered in the text memory 54 using the display 94 will be displayed.
Reference texts, etc. by entering the title name.

If a title name is entered without pressing the NONPRT key, a character string, text, etc. will be printed on the printing paper of the printing device 41 for reference. Since the contents of the registered character strings, sentences, etc. can be reproduced using these methods, it is possible to quickly determine whether or not they can be used for the current document creation. Also, partial corrections can be easily made on the display 94.

Especially when referring to text, it is difficult for operators to memorize all the text on displays with limited capacity.
Printing out the entire text is extremely convenient for further proofreading. Now, in order to refer to and display the registered character string (sentence) using the display device 94.
Press the NONPRT key. This sets flag NP to 1.

Next, use the keyboard 10 to input the title name of the character string (sentence) you wish to refer to, such as "NO3" or "NEW YEAR'S CARD."

When the title name is input, the process moves to the line buffer processing routine LBFSTR described above, and the title name is stored in the line buffer 52 as shown in FIG. 7, and the title name is displayed on the display 94.

This allows you to check whether the title name of the character string (sentence) to be referenced is correct, and if it is correct, press the RETURN key.

At this time, flag TR is checked. In the initial state
TR is reset to 0, so TR=1?
If this is the case, the answer is NO and TR is set to 1.

Next, the title name stored in the row buffer 52 and displayed on the display 94 is stored in the register group 51.
The data is saved to the WORK register for continuous display and the row buffer 52 is cleared. At this time, since the flag NP has been set to 1 by the RETURN key, the character string (text) corresponding to the title name is displayed on the display 94. This is the title name and text memory 54 stored in the WORK register.
The MPU 44 compares the title names inside.
The display device 94 has a display capacity for, for example, 20 characters,
It is possible to get a rough idea of whether or not a character string (sentence) can be used for the purpose. In addition, the display 9
When the title name is displayed in 4, the character string (sentence) corresponding to the displayed title name
If you want to erase everything, press the CLR key. At this time, CLR in Figure 12? Proceed to YES, and then
Since the flag TR is set to 1 by pressing the RETURN key, is TR = 1? Press to proceed to YES, and select text memory 5 corresponding to the displayed title name.
Clear all title names and character strings (sentences) in step 4.

In addition, the title name and character string (text) are displayed on the display unit 94.
You can also delete or correct the displayed character string word by word using the keys while the reference display is displayed. Also, after entering and displaying the title name,
Reference display can be started not only from the beginning of the character string (sentence) but also from the middle of the character string (sentence).

At this time, the operator first presses the ☆ key and checks the flag TR. Since the RETURN key is not pressed at this time, TR=0, and after setting TR to 1, the flag SC is also set to 1. Thereafter, the displayed title name is saved in the WORK register and the row buffer 52 is cleared. However, the title name display is maintained by the saved WORK register. Then the string (sentence)
When inputting a search character string for a mid-way search, it is stored in the line buffer 52 by LBFSTR as in the previous example, and the search character string is displayed on the display 94 in place of the title name.
When the RETURN key is pressed, the flag TR is checked and set to 1 by the ☆ key.
TR=1? Then it goes to YES, and the flag SC is also set to 1, so SC=1? Proceed to YES and enter the search string stored in row buffer 52.
Save it to the WORK register and keep it displayed.
The flag NP is set to 1 by the NONPRT key, so proceed to YES, and the corresponding character string (sentence)
The following character strings (sentences) are displayed on the display 94 starting from the middle string (sentences).

For example, if the search string stored in the WORK register is "NEW", the MPU 44 searches for a location that matches the character string starting with "NEW" from the beginning of the string (sentence) in the text memory 54, and searches for that location. The following string (sentence) will be displayed. This allows you to quickly reference the desired location. Continuing the same string “NEW”
If you want to display part way from another part starting with , press the ☆ key again, flags TR = 1, SC = 1, so proceed to YES, check flag NP, and since it is 1, display the text in the string (sentence). The following character strings (sentences) are displayed from other character strings starting with "NEW". Further, the above can also be done using the printing device 41. To do so, enter the title name without pressing the NONPRT key. The title name is displayed on the display 94, and after inputting it, the ☆ key is pressed.

As in the previous example, flags TR and SC are set to 1, the title name in the row buffer 52 is saved and displayed in the WORK register, and then when the search string is input, the title name on the display disappears and the string is displayed. , when you press the RETURN key, flag TR = 1,
Since SC=1, the search string is saved in the WORK register and displayed. At this time, the NONPRT key is not pressed, so the flag NP = 0 and the process advances to NO, and the printing device 41 prints the character string (sentence) starting from the search string among the character strings (sentences) corresponding to the input title name. Print it. During this printing,
Since the search character string continues to be displayed on the display 94, if a selection error is discovered, printing can be immediately stopped by pressing the ☆ key. Furthermore, when simply referring to a registered character string (text) using the printing device 41, the operator can select one of the three printing formats described above.

That is, this is a case where all character strings (text) corresponding to the title name are printed without the first type of title name.

In this case, after inputting the title name from the keyboard 10, press "/", [0], and then press the RETURN key. As in the previous example, the flag TR is initially 0, so proceed to NO, set the flag TR to 1, and save the title name to the WORK register. Of course the flag NP is not pressed now, so proceed to NO and enter the information of "/" and "0" after entering the title name.
When the MPU44 makes a determination, the character string (text) corresponding to the title name is printed on the printing paper without the title name.
and all print-related information are sent from the text memory 54 to the line buffer 52 and printed. At this time, since information such as space, carriage return, print pitch, paper feed amount, etc. was registered in the text memory 54 together with the character information at the time of character registration as described above, it is possible to reproduce exactly the same format as the format at the time of registration.

This allows the registered character string (text) to be used immediately for the task at hand.

Also, since the title name continues to be displayed on the display 94 during printing without a title name, if a mistake in title name selection or key input is found, the user can press the ☆ key to interrupt printing. This is extremely preferable since printing time and printing paper are not wasted. You can also make as many copies as you like by pressing the RETURN key the required number of times.

For type 2 and type 3 printing, input "/""1","/""2" after inputting the title name as in the previous example.
44 can be detected and discriminated, and the entire character string of the title name or only two lines can be selectively printed.
At this time, the title name continues to be displayed. Also, in the case of type 1 and type 2 printing, if you press the ☆ key at an appropriate delimiter when registering, printing will automatically stop after that point.

The processing is completed by pressing the MEMORY key. This allows MEMORY lamps and
The NONPRT lamp turns off. In addition, if a title name is not input in the third type, when the RETURN key is pressed to save the title name to the WORK register, the MPU 44 detects and determines the title name zero.
All the title names registered in the text memory 54 and only two lines of character strings (text) corresponding to them are printed along with each title name, so the current registration status can be quickly viewed and checked. Highly preferred. The amount of character strings (sentences) can be selected as appropriate using the number key next to the slash key "/".

As explained above, data to instruct the interruption of output is input in advance into the text, and when the text is called and output, the output is interrupted by interrupting the output according to that data. It becomes possible to reliably interrupt the process at the desired position.

Furthermore, as explained above, when calling and outputting text, it is possible to easily interrupt and resume output according to data that instructs to interrupt output that has been input in advance in the text.
It is also possible to confirm the output mode before outputting the entire text.

Also, as explained above, in the middle of the text,
For example, when it is desired to replace the ribbon set, by inputting data in advance in the text to instruct the interruption of output, the output is interrupted at the desired position, making it possible to replace the ribbon cassette.

Note that the output format information stored together with the text is not particularly limited, and it goes without saying that it may be part of the output format.

Note that although the present invention is an output method, it goes without saying that it may be a document processing device, but any system that achieves the functions of the present invention may be used, and the functions of the present invention can be achieved by supplying a program to a computer. Needless to say, it can also be applied to achieve the following.

[Effects] As explained above, according to the present invention, data for instructing to interrupt the output is input in advance into the text to be output, and when the text is called and output with the output format, the data is It is possible to provide an output method that can interrupt output depending on the situation.

Furthermore, it is possible to provide an output method that allows output to be restarted from the interrupted position in the same output mode as before the interruption.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall overview of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a detailed arrangement of a keyboard example, FIG. 3 is an overall block diagram, and
The figure is a detailed explanatory diagram of the flag group, Figure 5 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the register group, Figure 6 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the row buffer, and Figures 7 and 8 are flowcharts for managing the row buffer. Figure 9 is a key operation flowchart when registering a character string (sentence).
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation, FIG. 11 is a flowchart for key operations when referring to a character string (sentence), and FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. 10...Keyboard, 50...Flag group, 51...
Register group, 52... line buffer, 54... text memory, 94... character display, 41... printing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An output method in which, by specifying a text name, a text corresponding to the name is read from a memory together with an output format and output based on the output format, which includes: data may be input, and the output may be interrupted in response to data present in the text to indicate the interruption;
An output method characterized in that the interrupted output is restarted based on the output format.