Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Misao Kataoka

Manami Yamada

Yuri Usami

Chiharu Hori

Kayoko Harada

Noriaki Kabeya

In a document processing apparatus, upon selection of document-name registration in a main menu, a document-name register frame comprising a document-name input area and a document-name display area is displayed on a display. When a character key is manipulated to input the first character of the document name, a document-name search processing control is executed and a predetermined number of document names are successively displayed, from a document name having at least the same first character as the input document name, on the first and subsequent lines of the document-name display area.

Document processing apparatus having display

A data processing device has a data entry device for entering data, a display device for displaying the entered data and a data storage device for storing data as files. The data processing device also has an index actuator for initiating a display of an index of the stored files on the display. Each file has a filename and an extension. The index of the stored files is arranged in a plurality of windows, with each window containing an index of the files having the same extension. The windows are arranged to partially overlap each other. The window which contains an index of the files having an extension corresponding to files readable by a currently operating application, is displayed in front of the other windows.

Data processing device with means for displaying files in accordance

A document processing device and method performs print position setting of an item content to be printed on a paper sheet, while ascertaining the appearance (layout) that the selected print position setting will produce if printed, by displaying the appearance on a display screen. In the document processing method and device, upon operation of a print key after the size of a paper sheet is stored in memory, plural item-titles, item signs (representing the item-titles) and a block cursor are displayed on an item-title displaying area of the display screen. At the same time the title displaying area is displayed, a paper-imitating area having an outline is also displayed on the display screen. By operating, for example, a cursor shift key and a space key, the block cursor is shifted within the title displaying area to select an item-title, and then the cursor is displayed within the paper-imitating area. Upon operation of, for example, a return key after the cursor is shifted to a desired position by operating, for example, the cursor shift key, an item sign corresponding to the selected item-title is displayed at the display position of the cursor in the paper-imitating area. A selected item content can then be printed on a paper sheet at a position on the paper corresponding to the position where the item sign is displayed in the paper-imitating area.

Document processing device and method

A document processing apparatus, such as English word processor, displays layouts of several pages of the documents on page basis in the respective rectangular layout display areas on a display together with format information including top margin, bottom margin, print line numbers in each page of the documents. When the layout display mode is selected, at least the layout of the page of the documents pointed out by a cursor when the document data has been displayed is displayed on one part of the display and the associated format information is displayed on another part of the display by, for example, line numbers.

Layout display control system for document processing apparatus

A data processing apparatus comprises a keyboard having a plurality of keys assigned to a plurality of functions; an executing controller for executing the function assigned to a key when operated on the keyboard; an output device for outputting the result of execution performed by the executing controller; a self-repeat controller for controlling the executing controller in such a manner that the function assigned to a continuously depressed key is executed repeatedly; a selection routine setting controller for selecting a selection routine in which a desired processing routine is selected from among a plurality of processing routines; a transition effecting controller, when the selection routine is selected by the selection routine setting controller, for regarding as a command for transition to the selected processing routine the depression of a key corresponding to a certain function in another processing routine, thereby effecting transition to the selected processing routine; and an inhibiting controller for inhibiting the operation of the self-repeat controller if a key, which is regarded as one giving a processing routine selection command when operated, is kept depressed after transition to the selected processing routine. Thus, after the operator has operated a key to specify transition to a desired processing routine and the transition has been executed, the inhibiting controller inhibits the operation of the self-repeat controller so that depressing the same key continuously never leads to executing the function assigned thereto.

Data processing apparatus with self-repeat function

When a text name is selected on an index during editing other text data, the text data which is processed for editing is automatically stored in a text store area in a RAM. At this time, the text data corresponding to the newly selected text name is read out in the text store area and is displayed on the display.

Word processing apparatus

A layout display control system for a document processing apparatus wherein dimensional information of a table is displayed together with the layout of a table to allow the user to recognize specific dimensions of the outer profile of the table when the layout of the table is displayed. Ruled-line data including vertical and horizontal ruled lines are inputted to assemble a table through movement of a cursor on a display. The inputted data is stored in a memory in association with the display positions on the display. When a layout of the table is to be displayed, the data is read out of the memory and is converted to layout data to display the layout of the table. To simultaneously display the dimensional information of the table, at least width and height of an outer profile of the table is calculated based on the data stored in the memory and the dimensions of the outer profile of the table is displayed with specific numerals. Therefore, the user can readily determine whether the table can be printed on a sheet of print paper or not.

Layout display control system for displaying size of displayed table

A menu displaying apparatus includes a display which has a menu display region for displaying a plurality of main items and at least one sub item, and a message display region for displaying various messages. Normally the sub massages are displayed within the menu display region, however, if the number of the sub items is larger than the available number of the lines of the menu display region, the apparatus enables the undisplayable sub item to be displayed in the message display region.

Menu displaying apparatus for a word processor

A layout displaying apparatus has the capability to display a layout of a text in at least one layout display region of a display. The layout displaying apparatus includes a layout display control for displaying a single page of stored data in each layout display region and an extension layout display control for alternatively displaying two adjacent pages of stored data in each layout display region in the form of a double column display.

Layout displaying apparatus for a word processor

A dual screen control apparatus includes a display which has the capability to display a dual screen having a first display screen and a second display screen. One of the first display screen and the second display screen is a current screen in which a cursor is displayed and the other is a non-current screen. Setting information is displayed only on the current screen so as to enable discrimination of the current screen easily.

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Mie, Japan

Misao Kataoka