Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Keiichi Hirata

Tomohiro Ban

Akihiro Furukawa

Yasushi Kawakami

Atsuko Kawasumi

Yoshinari Morimoto

Tomoko Miura

Shiro Yamada

Minoru Oishi

Satoru Tsuruki

Kazuko Nakagawa

Yukimi Mizutani

Miyako Mukai

Minoru Ooishi

Tokihito Furushima

Yoshie Ikeda

Miyuki Sato

Yoshimi Itagaki

Mizuho Kamisaka

A frame processing system is capable of expanding and contracting a frame having a plurality of frame lines to define a plurality of areas. One of the areas can be expanded or contracted without expanding or contracting the other areas. One of the frame lines is designated by a cursor, for example, and the designated frame line is moved together with the cursor on the display. At this time, all the other frame lines connected to the designated frame line are automatically expanded or contracted to maintain the connection therebetween.

Frame processing system capable of expanding and contracting a frame

A data processing device wherein messages are inputted for a plurality of recipients. The recipients' names are displayed along with the number of messages. When a message is inputted for a new recipient, the recipient's name as well as the message are automatically stored. In the event the recipient's name has already been stored only the message is stored.

Processing system for storing related information without modifying

A program processing system including a program input device for entering optional programs for performing an optional function, an optional-program memory for storing the optional programs, a standard-program memory which stores a standard program for performing a basic function; a commanding device for designating one of the optional programs, for execution of the designated optional program, and a controller for retrieving the designated optional program from the optional-program memory, to perform the corresponding optional function, if the designated optional program is stored in the optional-program memory, the control means retrieving the standard program from the standard-program memory, to perform the basic function, if the designated optional program is not stored in the optional-program memory means.

Program processing system having standard program for processing

A data processor for speedier processing of input data includes a data processing system for executing a text editing process and a text printing process by the time slice method and a preference control unit for selecting between the above processes. When data is entered into the processor, the entering process or text editing process is generally preferred to the text printing process. Therefore, no delay occurs in inputting data through a keyboard from data entry to its display. If desired, it is possible to prefer the text printing process to the text editing process.

Data processor enabling prioritizing of concurrent tasks

A data processing system capable of processing data in a plurality of modes including an input/edit mode is disclosed. The system includes a data name memory, start address memory and edit condition memory wherein the status of data being processed in the input/edit mode is stored when processing in the input/edit mode is interrupted to enable processing in a different mode and based upon which the system resumes processing in the input/edit mode.

Data processing system

In a text editing device, provided is an improved so-called wordout function, a word lying across two lines can be erased at one time with a single key operation. In case that a hyphen is located at the end of the line, it is determined that two divided parts of a single word are located on two lines. By detecting a hyphen between two character strings, these two strings are erased at one time as two parts included in a single word.

Text editing device for erasing hyphenated words located on two lines

In a printing device, it is possible to automatically place a print head on the peripheral positions of the print area without actual printing operation. By employing the above arrangement, an operator can exactly determine a proper size of print sheet for the text to be printed, with no waste of sheet and printing time.

Non-printing carriage movement to indicate margin size

In a text processing device, provided is an improved tabulation function. The vertical positions of horizontal ruled lines dividing two rows are calculated based upon the intervals existing between these columns. If the row interval is expanded or changed, the horizontal ruled lines remain consistent in a predetermined relationship with a character string.

Horizontal line position adjusting in frame processing device

A word processor with a merge print function which permits an insertion data file to be easily formed without troublesome operations an insertion data field can be adaptively expanded or has the capability to adaptively expand or contract an insertion data field to cope with either longer or shorter lengths of input data. The expansion or contraction is executed either manually by a specific key operation, or automatically according to the data length.

Word processor with a merge print function responsive to variable data

A word processor having attribute functions such as underline, boldface, superscript, etc., can produce or cancel those attribute effects on the display device by simple operations. The word processor with an attribute mode can either produce the attribute effect which is selected by an attribute key in response to the rightward or downward movement of the cursor, or cancel it in response to the leftward or upward movement. The word processor with an attribute cancel mode in addition to an attribute mode can set a mode among a non-attribute mode, an attribute mode and an attribute cancel mode independent of the direction of the cursor's movement.

Word processor with attribute functions

A word processor with display screen having a search and replace function wherein, when the cursor is positioned at the head of a character queue input area on the display screen in the search and replacement mode, a correction key stroke causes all the characters displayed in the character queue input area to be erased, so the character queues of the SEARCH and REPLACE WORDS can be easily and efficiently entered and the time required for text memorization and editorial operations by the word processor is reduced. Furthermore, the accuracy and ease of conversion of words or phrases in the text is improved, especially with regard to appropriate conversion between capital and small characters.

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Kuwana, Japan

Keiichi Hirata