JPH03192464A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a suitable document starting the new paragraph of an itemized sentence for each item level by discriminating the item level of the itemized sentence based on an itemizing symbol and inserting the prescribed number of spaces to the head of the itemized sentence corresponding to the item level. CONSTITUTION:An itemizing symbol storing means 1 stores the itemizing symbol to be added to the head of the itemized sentence and a discriminating means 2 discriminates whether data inputted to the head of a line are itemizing symbols or not. Then, a write control means 3 writes the prescribed number of spacesdata determined in advance into a text corresponding to the itemizing symbol before writing the itemizing symbol into the text when the data are discriminated as the itemizing symbol. Thus, when the document is prepared, it is not necessary to put the head of the line in order for each item level, and the suitable document can be prepared to automatically start the new paragraph of the itemized sentence for each item level.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to a document creation device such as a word processor. If the data entered at the beginning of the line is a bullet point symbol, before writing this bullet point symbol into the text, add a predetermined number of blank data corresponding to the bullet point symbol to the text. By writing inside, it is possible to easily align the beginnings of bullet points (paragraphs) according to item levels such as large items, medium items, and small items.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a word processor, when a bulleted text is divided into paragraphs according to its item level, the left margin and indentation are set in advance according to the item level at the time of formatting. In other words, when there are two item levels, the starting position of the bullet point text corresponding to the large item level is set by the left margin, and the starting position of the bullet point text corresponding to the small item level is set by indentation. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with this setting method, it is not possible to deal with items in which the item levels are divided into many branches such as 3rd level, 4th level, old, etc. Therefore, in such cases, the user operates the space key or the like in the same way as usual to break up the bulleted text into paragraphs for each item level. As a result, it is extremely tedious to input documents while always being aware of the size relationship at the item level and considering how many blank spaces should be provided at the beginning of the bullet points to be input. Ta.

By the way, generally, a bullet point symbol such as "9" or "r(i)" is added to the beginning of a bullet point sentence depending on the item level.

If you can determine the item level of a bullet point text based on this bullet point symbol and insert a predetermined number of spaces at the beginning of the bullet point text accordingly, even if the item level is divided into many branches, it will be possible to It is clear that there is no need to perform alignment at each item level, and it becomes possible to create an appropriate document in which bullet points are automatically arranged into paragraphs at each item level.

An object of the present invention is to determine the item level of a bulleted list based on the bulleted point symbol, and to insert a predetermined number of blanks at the beginning of the bulleted list accordingly.

[Means to solve the problem J The means of this invention are as follows.

The bullet point symbol storage means l (see the functional block diagram in Figure 1; the same applies hereinafter) is a memory that stores bullet point symbols such as "9" and "r(i)" added to the beginning of bullet points, and its contents are The data may be set arbitrarily by the user or may be fixed data provided by the manufacturer.

The determining means 2 determines whether the data input at the head position of a line is a bullet point symbol.

When the discrimination means 2 determines that the bullet point symbol is a bullet point symbol, the writing control means 3 inserts a predetermined number of blank data into the text corresponding to the bullet point symbol before writing this bullet point symbol into the text. Write to. Note that 4 is a text memory for storing recently created document data.

[Work] The operation of the means of this invention is as follows.

Currently, the bullet point symbol storage means 1 has "9" as the bullet point symbol for the "large item" and rl-1, 1-2, rl-1, 1-2, as the bullet point symbol for the medium item, corresponding to the item levels of large items, medium items, and small items.
1-3...10-1...'', bullet point symbols for small items are r (i), (ii),...
...(X)..." is stored.

Here, when inputting a bullet point sentence for a major item, a bullet point symbol "9" is added to the beginning of the bullet point sentence. Then, since the determining means 2 determines that the data input at the beginning of the line is a bullet point symbol, the writing control means 3 determines whether the data corresponding to the bullet point symbol corresponds to the bullet point symbol before writing this bullet point symbol to the text memory 4. A predetermined number of blank data determined in advance is written into the text memory 4.

As a result, each bullet point symbol "9" in the bullet point symbol storage means l
", rl-1,1-2...", "(f),
(ii) If the number of blank data corresponding to ``...'' is ``0'' for the large item, ``2'' for the medium item, and ``4'' for the small item, then the bullet point symbol ``9'' is input. No blank data is written before the bullet point symbol rl-1.
, 1-2...'' is input, blank data of a two-character sentence is inserted into the text memory 4 in front of it,
Also, bullet points r (i), (if)...
'' is input, four characters worth of blank data are inserted into the text memory 4 in front of it.

Therefore, it is possible to determine the item level of a bulleted point sentence based on the bulleted point symbol, and to insert a predetermined number of blanks at the beginning of the bulleted point sentence accordingly.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a word processor.

The CPU II controls various operations of this word processor according to the system program stored in the ROM 12, and its peripheral devices, such as the key input section 13, display section 14, and printing section 15, are the corresponding input/output interfaces, that is, It is connected to the CPU II via a key control section 16, a display control section 17, and a print control section 18.

The key human power section 13 is a normal keyboard device for inputting document data and various commands, and the document data input from the key human power section 13 is sent to the CPU via the key human power control section 16.
It is taken into I. In this case, when the C'PUII writes the input document data to the display memory (video RAM) 19, the display control section 17 outputs the document data in the display memory 19 to the text screen of the display section 14 (CRT display device). let

In addition to the document memory 20-1, the RAM 20 has a bullet point symbol storage section 20-2, a group file storage section 20-3, and an input symbol level storage section 20-4.
The document memory 20-1 is a normal text memory that stores input and created document data in code format. Also,
The bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 is a memory that stores in advance bullet point symbols, etc. added to the beginning of bullet point sentences for each item level, and the contents thereof are arbitrarily set by the user. The group file storage section 20-3 is a memory that stores bullet point symbols of the same type (same level) as the bullet point symbols stored in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 in groups, and its contents can also be set arbitrarily by the user. It is what was done. The input symbol level storage unit 20-4 is a memory that temporarily stores the item level of the input bullet point symbol when the bullet point symbol is input.

FIG. 3 shows the specific settings arbitrarily set in the bullet point symbol storage unit 20-2, and the bullet point symbols "9", rl-IJ, r (i) J, and "φ" are listed in descending order of item level. They are set sequentially, and the number of blank characters "0", "2", "4", and "6" are set corresponding to each bullet point symbol.

Figure 4 shows the specific settings arbitrarily set in the group file storage unit 20-3, and shows only the bullet point symbol "9" for the first group at the 1-item level, and the bullet point symbol for the second group. In addition to the bullet points rl-IJ set in the storage unit 20-2, rl-2J, rl-3J...
... rl O-IJ ...... is included, and the third-ranked group contains r ( ii) J, r
(iii) J・・・・・・r (X)J・・・・・・
Furthermore, the fourth-ranked group includes "O" and "☆" in addition to the bullet point symbol "." set in the bullet point symbol storage unit 20-2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing document creation processing.

First, when data is input from the key input unit 13, it is checked whether the first character of the current line has been input (step 5).
1) At first, the first character of the current line is input, so check whether the input data is a bullet point symbol (step S
2) In this case, the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 is searched based on the input data, and the determination is made based on whether the corresponding data is set as a bullet point symbol in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2; At that time, rl-IJ, r (i
) When a bullet point symbol is composed of multiple characters, such as J, the decision is made when all the characters constituting the bullet point symbol have been input.

If it is determined that the bullet point symbol is not currently set in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2, the process proceeds to step S3, and the group file storage section 2 stores the bullet point symbol based on the input data.
0-3 to check whether the corresponding change data exists in the group file storage section 20-3. Here, if there is no corresponding data in the group file storage section 20-3, the input data is not a bullet point symbol, and the process proceeds to step S8, where the input data is written into the document memory 20-1.

On the other hand, if the data input as the first character of the current line is set in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 or is a bullet point symbol set in the group file storage section 20-3, the process proceeds to step S4. Next, the input symbol level storage unit 20-4 is referred to, and the item level of the bullet point symbol input last time is compared with the item level of the bullet point symbol input this time to determine continuity of the item levels. That is, the input symbol level storage section 20-4 stores the number of blank spaces in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 corresponding to the bullet point symbol input last time to indicate the item level of the bullet point symbol input last time. Here, for example, in a state where the number of blanks "O" of the first item level is stored in the input symbol level storage unit 20-4, and the bullet point symbol input this time is r (i) J, this bullet point Since the item level of the symbol is 3rd and the number of blanks is "4", there is no continuity between the bullet point symbol input earlier and the bullet point symbol input this time, and they are skipped. Therefore, in such a case, the process advances to step S9 and an alarm is generated.

It is now assumed that the bullet point symbol "9", which ranks first in the item level, has been input. Initially, no data is stored in the input symbol level storage unit 20-4, so the process proceeds to step S6, and the number of spaces “0” corresponding to the item level of the input bullet point symbol is stored from the bullet point symbol storage unit 20-2. Read and set in the input symbol level storage section 20-4. Then, the blank data for the number of digits corresponding to the number of blank spaces is stored in the document memory 201.
(Step S7). In this case, blank data is written from the left margin position of the current line, but the number of blanks corresponding to this bullet point symbol "9" is rOJ, l, so in this case, blank data is written. is not performed, so the process advances to step S8 and the input bullet point symbol "
9'' is written into the document memory 20-1.

After inputting the first character of the current line in this way, when inputting the following characters, steps S1 to S8
The input data is written into the document memory 20-1.

As a result of similar operations being executed, if rl-IJ, etc., which is in the second position at the item level, is input as a bullet point symbol, two characters worth of blank data, r (i ) If J etc. is input, 4 characters worth of blank data is stored in the document memory 20-1, and if the item level 4th item level "J" etc. is inputted as a bullet point symbol, 6 characters worth of blank data is stored in the document memory 20-1. written.

When the bulleted sentences in the document memory 20-1 created in this way are displayed or printed out, the bulleted sentences are arranged into paragraphs according to the item level as shown in FIG.

In addition, in the above embodiment, arbitrary bullet points, etc. desired by the user are set in the bullet point symbol storage section 20-2 and the group file storage section 20-3, but these can be set as standard equipment on the manufacturer's side in advance. You can leave it there.

In addition, if you add a function to search the bullet point symbol corresponding to the item level from the bullet point symbol storage unit 20-2 etc. by inputting the item level numerically, you can add the appropriate bullet point symbol to the bullet point sentence that has already been created. can do.

[Effect of the invention] This invention can determine the item level of an itemized sentence based on the bulleted point symbol and insert a predetermined number of blanks at the beginning of the itemized sentence accordingly, so that the item level can be multi-branched. Even if they are separated, there is no need to perform alignment at each item level when creating a document, and an appropriate document can be created in which bulleted sentences are automatically paragraphed at each item level.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 6 show embodiments, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a document creation device, and FIG. 3 is a bullet point symbol storage unit. 20-2
FIG. 4 is a diagram specifically showing the settings of the group file storage unit 20-3, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the document creation process, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the document creation process. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an output example of a bulleted list sentence. 11...CPU, 12...
ROM, 13...Key personnel department, 20...
・RAM, 20-1...Document memory, 20-2
・・・・・・Bullet point symbol storage section, 20-3・・・・・・
Group file storage. Patent sponsor Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Factor 5 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A bullet point symbol storage means for storing a bullet point symbol added to the beginning of a bullet point sentence; a determining means for determining whether data input at the beginning position of a line is a bullet point symbol; and this determining means. writing control means for writing a predetermined number of blank data corresponding to the bullet point symbol into the text before writing the bullet point symbol into the text when the bullet point symbol is determined to be a bullet point symbol; A document creation device characterized by comprising: