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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Yoshinori Hatayama, Ogaki, JP;
Masahiro Ishiba, Ogaki, JP;
Tetsuo Takeyama, Ogaki, JP;
Takashi Hazui, Ogaki, JP;
Kimio Nagasawa, Komaki, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
A text editing apparatus includes a display for displaying text including words, and an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of the text displayed on the display. A processing unit of the apparatus includes a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing word data and label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words. Each word data is paired with its corresponding label data. Data of a first word designated by an user is identified from text data stored in the first memory. Label data associated with word data matching with the first word data is identified from the second memory. The processing unit produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with the identified label data and selected from words stored in the second memory. The words of the list is displayed on a screen of the display.