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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1987
Akira Hirami, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Taguchi, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An editing system for use in a word processor includes a letter code producer for sequentially producing letter codes, a document memory having a plurality of memory elements aligned in vertical and horizontal directions with each memory element capable of storing one letter code, and an arrangement for setting vertical and horizontal boundaries within the document memory to divide the document memory into a plurality of columns or blocks, each column or block, having a plurality of lines, and different priorities being assigned to the columns or block. A column buffer is provided for storing line addresses from top to bottom in each of the columns or blocks and in the order of columns or blocks having a higher priority, and an address data producer is provided for sequentially producing address data of the memory elements in each line and in the order of lines as stored in the column buffer. A CPU is provided for controlling the depositing of the letter codes from the letter code producer to the document memory in compliance with the address data produced from the address data producer.