Label data creating apparatus, label data creating method, and computer program product
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1. A label data creating apparatus comprising:
- a display having a display screen;
an application storage device that stores an application to edit data including text or image information by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium;
a display control unit that performs control so that the display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on the display, in a case where said application has been activated;
a window display unit that displays a window showing said application has been activated, on said display screen, and at the same time, having a drop area formed therein for dragging and dropping said data;
an input device that is used in inputting text;
a change unit that changes said drop area to an edit area displaying text which was entered through the input device; and
an output control unit that performs control so that text which was entered through the input device and was displayed on the edit area is outputted to a printer as print data, in a case where said drop area is changed to said edit area.
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Abstract
In a case wherein a drop area of a capture window is clicked with a mouse and text is entered through a keyboard, a CPU of a computer device changes the drop area of a capture window to an edit area which displays text characters that were entered from the keyboard. The CPU changes the capture button to a print button used to enter a command for text printing. If the print button is clicked with the mouse, the CPU outputs the text which is displayed on the edit area to a tape printer as print data.
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1. A label data creating apparatus comprising:
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a display having a display screen; an application storage device that stores an application to edit data including text or image information by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium; a display control unit that performs control so that the display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on the display, in a case where said application has been activated; a window display unit that displays a window showing said application has been activated, on said display screen, and at the same time, having a drop area formed therein for dragging and dropping said data; an input device that is used in inputting text; a change unit that changes said drop area to an edit area displaying text which was entered through the input device; and an output control unit that performs control so that text which was entered through the input device and was displayed on the edit area is outputted to a printer as print data, in a case where said drop area is changed to said edit area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A label data creating apparatus comprising:
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a display having a display screen; an application storage device that stores an application for editing data including text or image information by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium; a display control unit that performs control so that the display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on the display, in a case where said application has been activated; a window display unit that displays a window on said display screen showing that said application has been activated; and a display state change unit that displays the display state of the window by switching said state by a predetermined number of times at least at the initial display of said window; and wherein if said data is dropped at a position at which the window is displayed, the dropped data is inserted in said print area which is currently being edited. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A label data creating method comprising:
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a display control step of performing control, in a case where an application of editing data including text or image data by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium is activated, so that a display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on a display; a window display step of displaying a window that shows said application has been activated, on said display screen displayed in said display control step, and has a drop area formed therein for dragging and dropping said data; a changing step of changing, in a case where text was entered through an input device, said drop area displayed in said window display step to an edit area displaying text which was entered through the input device; and an output control step of performing control, in a case where said drop area is changed into said edit area in said changing step, so that text which was entered through the input device and was displayed on said edit area is outputted to a printer as print data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A label data creating method comprising:
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a display control step of performing control, in a case where an application of editing data including text or image data by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium is activated, so that a display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on a display; a window display step of displaying a window which shows that said application has been activated, on said display screen displayed in said display control step; a display state changing step of displaying a display state of said window by switching said state by a predetermined number of times at least when the window displayed in said window display step is initially displayed; and wherein if said data is dropped at a position at which said window is displayed in said window display step, the dropped data is inserted in said print area which is currently being edited. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A computer program product used and executed by a label data creating apparatus comprising:
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a computer readable recording medium; and a computer program stored in the computer readable recording medium, wherein the computer program includes; a display control step of performing control, in a case where an application of editing data including text or image data by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium is activated, so that a display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on a display; a window display step of displaying a window that shows said application has been activated, on said display screen displayed in said display control step, and has a drop area formed therein for dragging and dropping said data; a changing step of changing, in a case where text was entered through an input device, said drop area displayed in said window display step to an edit area displaying text which was entered through the input device; and an output control step of performing control, in a case where said drop area is changed into said edit area in said changing step, so that text which was entered through the input device and was displayed on said edit area is outputted to a printer as print data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product used and executed by a label data creating apparatus comprising:
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a computer readable recording medium; and a computer program stored in the computer readable recording medium, wherein the computer program includes; a display control step of performing control, in a case where an application of editing data including text or image data by inserting said data in a print area of a long print medium is activated, so that a display screen enabling a drag-and-drop operation of said data is displayed on a display; a window display step of displaying a window which shows that said application has been activated, on said display screen displayed in said display control step; a display state changing step of displaying a display state of said window by switching said state by a predetermined number of times at least when the window displayed in said window display step is initially displayed; and wherein if said data is dropped at a position at which said window is displayed in said window display step, the dropped data is inserted in said print area which is currently being edited. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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