JPH05314174A - Document preparing method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the input of characters by a user by displaying the concrete example of a content to be inputted, integrating the content inputted according to the example, thereby preparing a document. CONSTITUTION:A user key-inputs a character string while looking at an input promoting sentence and the concrete example displayed at a display 3. A CPU (central processing part) 1 stores a sentence prepared by integrating the inputted character string into the blank part of the sentence in a prepared document storage area 49. Then, the CPU 1 erases a display for the input by the user, that is, the display of the input promoting sentence and the concrete example from the display 3. Also, the sentence in which an input part corresponding to the definite example is blank, pointer indicating the definite pointer and pointer indicating the sentence for an input promoting display are stored. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the same concrete example and the sentence for the input promotion while overlapping them so that a storage capacity can be saved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation apparatus which requires a user to input a character string.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application No. 3-172632 discloses a document preparation device for converting a sentence prepared by a user in Japanese into English. This document creation device is provided with a Japanese sentence table in which a plurality of sentences in Japanese are registered in advance, and an English sentence table in English corresponding to this Japanese sentence table. The sentences in the English sentence table can be partially selected in units of words or sentences. When the user selects a word or sentence in the sentence of the Japanese sentence table, the English sentence table can be selectively selected according to this selection. An English document is created by selecting the word or sentence in the sentence.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above-described document creation device, a portion where a user needs to input a character string (for example, proper nouns such as store name and product name, depiction) such as a blank portion of a sentence. Then, only the input prompt sentence that explains the contents to be input is displayed.

In this case, generally, the user can easily input the name and place name, etc., but in many cases, it is difficult to input the description and reason of the situation, professional or special contents, etc. Or you will have to refer to specialized books. ..

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to facilitate a user's input of a character string.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the method for creating a document according to claim 1, an input prompting display explaining the contents to be input (for example, the display "Enter the details of the discount rate" in the embodiment) Is performed to display a specific example of the content to be input (for example, “5% per 100 dollars” in the embodiment), and the content input according to this is incorporated to create a document.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creating apparatus, which includes display means (for example, the display 3 of the embodiment) and storage means for storing a specific example of contents to be input (for example, R of the embodiment).
The specific example storage area 45 of AM4) and the display means are provided with an input prompting display (for example, "Please input the details of the discount rate" in the example) that explains the contents to be input, and input this. A specific example (for example, “5% per 100 dollars” of the embodiment) corresponding to the prompting display is read out from the storage means and is displayed on the display means (for example, the CPU 1 of the embodiment). It is characterized in that the document is prepared by incorporating the input contents.

According to another aspect of the document creation apparatus of the present invention, the storage means stores the concrete example together with a sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank (for example, "The count count that we" as in the embodiment). can
offer you is_ [details of discount rate / 10
5% for $ 0 for an ordero
f 100 dollars] ”is stored).

According to another aspect of the document creation apparatus of the present invention, the sentence storage means (for example, the first and second sentence tables 41 and 42 of the embodiment) for storing a sentence having a blank input portion corresponding to a specific example. It is characterized in that it is provided separately from a storage means for storing a concrete example (for example, a concrete example storage area 45 of the RAM 4 of the embodiment), and the sentence storage means stores a pointer indicating a concrete example together with a sentence. To do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creating apparatus, and a sentence storing means (for example, first and second sentence tables 41 and 42 in the embodiment) for storing a sentence having a blank input portion corresponding to a specific example. The input-prompting-sentence storage unit (for example, the input-prompting-sentence storage area 44 of the RAM 4 of the embodiment) that stores a sentence for input prompting display is a storage unit that stores a specific example (for example, a specific example of the RAM 4 of the embodiment The sentence storage means is provided separately from the storage area 45) and stores, together with the sentence, a pointer pointing to a specific example and a pointer pointing to a sentence for input prompting display (for example, "T" as in the embodiment).
he discount that we can o
“Fer you — [# 10 / # AA]” ”(where # 10 is the details of the discount rate, and #AA is the
5% per 100 dollars 5% percent for
an order of 100 dollars, respectively).

[0011]

In the document creating method of the first aspect, a concrete example of the contents to be input is displayed. Therefore, the user can easily input a character string without having to refer to a collection of sentence examples or a specialized book.

In the document creating apparatus having the structure of the second aspect, a specific example of the contents to be input corresponding to the input prompting display is read from the storage means and displayed on the display means. Therefore, the user can easily input a character string without having to refer to a collection of sentence examples or a specialized book.

In the document creating apparatus of the third aspect, the concrete example is stored together with the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank. Therefore, since the specific example can be displayed together with the sentence in which the input part corresponding to the specific example is blank, the user can more easily input the character string.

In the document creating apparatus of the fourth aspect, the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the specific example is blank is
It is stored together with a pointer pointing to a specific example. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the same specific example in duplicate, and the storage capacity can be saved.

In the document creating apparatus of the fifth aspect, the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the specific example is blank is
It is stored together with a pointer pointing to a specific example and a pointer pointing to a sentence for input prompting display. Therefore, since it is not necessary to store the same specific example and the sentence for input promotion in duplicate, it is possible to further save the storage capacity.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a document creating apparatus according to the present invention. The CPU 1 is connected to the keyboard 2, the display 3, the RAM 4 and the magnetic hard disk device 5 via the bus.

The RAM 4 is a first text table storage area 4
It has a first and second sentence table storage area 42, an input prompt sentence storage area 44, a specific example storage area 45, and a created document storage area 49.

The first sentence table storage area 41 stores a first sentence table including a Japanese sentence in which an input portion corresponding to an input concrete example is blank, a pointer indicating an input concrete example, and a pointer indicating an input promotion sentence. Remember. The first sentence table is read from the magnetic hard disk device 5 and loaded into the first sentence table storage area 41 when the document creation device is activated.

The second sentence table storage area 42 stores a second sentence table including an English sentence in which an input portion corresponding to a specific input example is blank, a pointer indicating a specific input example, and a pointer indicating an input promotion sentence. Remember. The second sentence table is read from the magnetic hard disk device 5 and loaded into the second sentence table storage area 42 when the document creation device is activated.

The input prompting sentence storage area 44 stores an input prompting sentence explaining the contents to be input. The input prompt sentence is read from the magnetic hard disk device 5 and loaded into the input prompt sentence storage area 44 when the document creation device is activated.

The specific example storage area 45 stores specific examples of contents to be input. The specific input example is read from the magnetic hard disk device 5 and loaded into the input prompting sentence storage area 44 when the document creating apparatus is activated.

The created document storage area 49 is an area for storing the created document.

The RAM 4 also has a predetermined area for storing a document creation program read by the CPU 1 from the magnetic hard disk device 5 when the document creation device is activated.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation example of an embodiment of the document creating apparatus of FIG. When the document creation device is activated, the CPU 1 first reads the first sentence table, the second sentence table, the input prompt sentence, the input concrete example, and the document creation program from the magnetic hard disk device 5, and the area 41 of the RAM 4 is read. , 42, 44 and 45 as well as predetermined areas. Then, the CPU 1 performs a key input process (step S1) and determines whether or not there is a key input (step S2).

If there is a key input (YES in step S2), the CPU 1 determines whether the key is a user input start instruction key (step S3), and inputs the user input to a target portion indicated by, for example, a black / white reverse cursor. Is required (step S4).

Now, it is assumed that Japanese and English sentences are processing the following sentences. "We can offer you a discount on _.""The discount that we
can offer youis _. "

In this case, if the underlined blank portion is the target portion, this portion requires user input (YE in step S4).
S), the CPU 1 indicates the pointer for pointing the input-prompting sentence included in the English sentence stored in the second sentence table table storage area 42, that is, "The disco".
unt that we can offer you
_ [# 10 / # AA] "(however, # 10 is the details of the discount rate, #AA is 5% for 100 dollars 5% p
ercent for an order of 10
0 pointers indicating the input prompt sentence included in each of the 0 prompts are read, and the next input prompt sentence “detailed discount rate” corresponding to the pointer # 10 is read from the input prompt sentence storage area 44. Please input "" and display it on the display 3 (step S5).

Next, the CPU 1 checks whether or not the specific example data is attached (step S6). In the above example, 100
5% per dollar (Japanese) and 5% percen
tfor an order of 100 doll
Since the pointer #AA indicating ars (English) is attached, the CPU 1 reads the pointer #AA and reads the next specific example "$ 100" corresponding to the pointer #AA from the specific example storage area 45. 5% "" 5% pe
rcent for an order of 100
"dollars" is read out and displayed on the display 3 (step S7).

The user key-inputs an English character string while looking at the input-prompting sentence displayed on the display 3 and a specific example. The CPU 1 stores in the prepared document storage area 49 a sentence created by fitting the input character string into the blank portion of the sentence. Then, the CPU 1 erases the display for user input, that is, the input prompt sentence and the display of the specific example from the display 3 (step S
9).

In the above embodiment, the input concrete example displays not only English but also Japanese translation, so that the user can input the character string more easily.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a pointer for pointing a concrete example and a pointer for pointing a sentence for input promotion display are stored together with a sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the same specific example and the sentence for input promotion in duplicate, so that the storage capacity can be saved.

It should be noted that the pointer for pointing a concrete example and the pointer for pointing a sentence for input prompting are stored in the sentence, but the character string data of the concrete example and the character string of the input prompting sentence are stored in the sentence. The data may be stored, and these character strings may have the attributes of specific example display and input prompt sentence display, respectively. In this case, the contents of the second sentence table are as follows, for example. "The
discount that we can offer
r youuis [details of discount rate / 5% for every $ 100 5% for an order of 10
0 dollars] "

FIG. 3 shows an example of a display screen in the case where the portion requiring the user's input of a character string is displayed on the display 3 as the attention portion in the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.
In this example, a black-and-white inversion cursor is placed in the attention area.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a display screen when the input prompting sentence and a concrete example are displayed on the display 3 in the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. In this example, "Please input compliments." Is the input prompt sentence. A specific example is "Kindness.
It is displayed in Japanese and English, such as "kind / bright cheerful / compassionate associate".

FIG. 5 shows an example of English sentence data including an input concrete example registered in the second sentence table 42, and FIG. 6 shows an input concrete example registered in the second sentence table 42. Fig. 7 shows another example of the included English sentence data.
8 shows an example of Japanese sentence data registered in the first sentence table 41, including input concrete examples, and FIG.
Another example of Japanese sentence data registered in the sentence table 41, including input concrete examples, is shown. The Japanese data in FIGS. 7 and 8 correspond to the English data in FIGS. 5 and 6, respectively. In these examples, specific examples are given to those that are difficult to enter, such as product name and product type, but specific examples are not attached to those that are easy to enter, such as person name and date. ..

In the above embodiment, the document creation program is stored in the magnetic hard disk device, but it may be stored in the floppy disk device or ROM.

Further, in the above embodiment, the user inputs the character string while looking at the specific example, but the character string is displayed in a plurality of specific examples so that the user can select by the arrangement of the cursor and the key operation. May be.

Furthermore, not only the translation of the specific example but also the explanation may be displayed.

[0039]

According to the document creating method of the first aspect, since the specific example of the content to be input is displayed, the user can easily input the character string without referring to the sentence collection or the technical book. Can be input, and the efficiency of document creation is improved.

According to the document creating apparatus of the second aspect, since the specific example of the contents to be input corresponding to the input prompting display is stored, and this is read out and displayed on the display means, the user: You don't need to refer to a collection of textbooks or specialized books,
A character string can be easily input, and document creation efficiency is improved.

According to the document creating apparatus of the third aspect, since the concrete example is stored together with the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank, the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank is stored. At the same time, since a specific example can be displayed, the user can more easily enter the character string.

According to the document creating apparatus of the fourth aspect, since the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank is stored together with the pointer for pointing the concrete example, the same concrete example is redundantly stored. Since it is not necessary to do so, the storage capacity can be saved.

According to the document creating apparatus of the fifth aspect, the sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the concrete example is blank is stored together with the pointer indicating the concrete example and the pointer indicating the sentence for input prompting display. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the same concrete example and the sentence for input promotion in a duplicated manner, so that the storage capacity can be further saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a document creation apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of an embodiment of the document creating apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in a case where a portion requiring a user's input of a character string is displayed on the display 3 as an attention portion in the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when an input prompt sentence and a specific example are displayed on the display 3 in the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of English sentence data including specific input examples registered in a second sentence table 42.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of English sentence data including a specific input example, which is registered in the second sentence table 42.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of Japanese sentence data registered in a first sentence table 41 and including input concrete examples.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of Japanese sentence data registered in the first sentence table 41, which includes input concrete examples.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Keyboard 3 Display 4 RAM 5 Magnetic Hard Disk Drive 41 First Sentence Table Storage Area 42 Second Sentence Table Storage Area 44 Input Prompt Sentence Storage Area 49 Created Document Storage Area

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Hitoshi Yoshinobu 6-735 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input prompting display for explaining the contents to be input is displayed, a specific example of the contents to be input is displayed, and the contents input in accordance with this are created to create a document. How to create a document. 2. Display means, storage means for storing a specific example of contents to be input, and display means for input prompting for explaining contents to be input, and input corresponding to the input prompting display. A document creating apparatus comprising: a control unit that reads a specific example of contents to be read from the storage unit and displays the contents on the display unit, and creates a document by incorporating the input contents. 3. The document creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage unit stores the specific example together with a sentence in which an input portion corresponding to the specific example is blank. 4. A sentence storage means for storing a sentence having an input portion corresponding to the concrete example as a blank is provided separately from a storage means for storing the concrete example, and the sentence storage means comprises:
The document creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a pointer for pointing the specific example is stored together with the sentence. 5. The specific example is stored by a sentence storage unit that stores a sentence in which the input portion corresponding to the specific example is blank and an input prompt sentence storage unit that stores the input prompting display sentence. 3. The document creation according to claim 2, wherein the sentence storage unit is provided separately from the storage unit, and the sentence storage unit stores a pointer that points to the specific example and a pointer that points to the sentence for the input prompting display. apparatus.