Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hirofumi Yanaru

Junji Tanaka

Kenji Hirano

Masaaki Kurata

Kozo Kitamura

Kiyoshi Kakuda

Hiroki Maruido

A data input system useful in a data base such as an address data management system. This data input system can reduce the number of key operation and the possibility of erroneously inputting data. This system comprises: a display for displaying input data; a first memory for storing data displayed on the display, a second memory for temporarily storing the displayed data; and a control unit for displaying the data stored in the second memory.

Data input system with automatic duplication of repetitive data to a

A word processor for setting print out format for each line of a document to be printed by a decorative character printer. The word processor can format data by using various format data bits. The decorative character printer uses decorative character font-identifying bits. The word processor has a device for selecting either a format data input mode or a word data input mode. The format data or word data can be input and stored in the word processor. It will then be determined whether the format data includes decorative character-related data at the head or tail of a line of word data. Decorative characters can then be developed if such data is present in a line of word data. If decorative characters are to be printed, they can be printed in stereoscopically decorated black characters, stereoscopically decorated white characters, white decorative characters and/or thick decorative characters such that lines of a document can be in different format while the document is continuously printed out by the word processor.

Word processor with decorative character printer

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Nara, Japan

Hirofumi Yanaru