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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitoshi Hayama, Suwa, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Kameda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimmura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 1/14 ;
Abstract
An external character creating method is provided for an image forming apparatus having a display screen. The external character creating method includes the steps of displaying at least a portion of image data in a specifying area on the display screen, displaying a dot-shaped cursor on the display screen, and creating an external character on the displayed image data using the cursor. The cursor is fixed at a position in the specifying area, so that the image data is scrolled in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction to create an external character.