Prompt line display in a word processing system
First Claim
1. In a word processing system having a keyboard, visual display and a processor responsive to said keyboard for controlling said visual display, the combination comprising:
- first means controlled by said processor for displaying on a first predetermined area of the display information entered through the keyboard to be processed by the processing system, andsecond means controlled by said processor for displaying on a second predetermined dedicated area of the display prompt instructions to inform the operator of desired or required actions to be taken via said keyboard, said second means also for displaying on said second predetermined dedicated area all information input by said operator in response to said prompt instructions.
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Abstract
The specification discloses a word processing system having a keyboard (10), a display (20), a processor (14) and a random access memory (22) for storing data and programs. The display (20) includes a first text area (24) wherein text entered through the keyboard is displayed. The display also includes a prompt line (26) through which all input between the operator and the word processing system occurs. The system provides deadkey compression wherein the depression of selected deadkeys on the keyboard causes the automatic generation of a required backspace in order to enable the construction of a diacritic character and the display of the constructed diacritic character in either the text display area (24) or the prompt line (26).
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32 Claims
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1. In a word processing system having a keyboard, visual display and a processor responsive to said keyboard for controlling said visual display, the combination comprising:
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first means controlled by said processor for displaying on a first predetermined area of the display information entered through the keyboard to be processed by the processing system, and second means controlled by said processor for displaying on a second predetermined dedicated area of the display prompt instructions to inform the operator of desired or required actions to be taken via said keyboard, said second means also for displaying on said second predetermined dedicated area all information input by said operator in response to said prompt instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A prompt display in a word processing system having a keyboard and a display comprising:
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a first area on said display designated to display data input through the keyboard to be processed by the system, a second area on said display designated to display prompt instructions to the operator regarding action to be taken on the keyboard, said second area further displaying prompt information for the processing system input through the keyboard by the operator, and processing means for generating said prompt instructions and responsive to the prompt information entered by the operator for controlling word processing functions by the system, said processing means also serving to generate said first and second area on said display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A word processing system comprising:
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a keyboard for allowing the operator to enter data, a display for displaying in a first predetermined area data to be processed which is entered through said keyboard, data processing means responsive to said keyboard for controlling the display of data on said display, storage means connected to said data processing means for storing data input through said keyboard, said storage means containing stored program instructions for generating prompt instructions to the operator regarding action to be taken via said keyboard, said data processing means operable to display said prompt instructions on a second predetermined area of said display, said keyboard operable by the operator to generate system interface data, and said data processing means operable to display said system interference data on said display in said second predetermined area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of word processing comprising:
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inputting data to be processed, displaying said input data in a first area of a display, generating prompt instructions to the operator regarding necessary action by the operator, displaying said prompt instructions on a second area of the display, and displaying operating instructions and responses to said prompt instructions from the operator on said second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. In a word processing system having an input keyboard, a display and a printer, deadkey compression apparatus comprising:
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means for storing a table of code points representing characters, means responsive to actuation of a plurality of keys on the input keyboard for searching said table for unique code points represented by actuation of at least two keys on the keyboard, means connected to said means for searching responsive to the location of a unique code point for performing deadkey compression to combine characters represented by the keys into a desired diacritic character, means for displaying the desired diacritic character on the display, and means for printing the desired diacritic character on the printer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for deadkey compression in a word processing system comprising:
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actuating a predetermined deadkey on a keyboard representing a first character, displaying a representation of the first character, automatically generating a backspace upon actuation of the deadkey in order to prevent spacing of the display past the displayed first character, actuating a second key on the keyboard which represents a second character, displaying a representation of the second character in combination with the first character in order to construct a diacritic character, and printing out the constructed diacritic character.
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30. In a word processing system having a keyboard, visual display and a processor responsive to said keyboard for controlling said visual display, the combination comprising:
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first means controlled by said processor for displaying on a first predetermined area of the display information entered through the keyboard to be processed by the processing system, second means controlled by said processor for displaying on a second predetermined dedicated area of the display all interface information transferred between the operator and the word processing system, said interface information controlling the performance of the functions of the word processing system, and means responsive to the keyboard for displaying control characters on said second predetermined area while suppressing the control functions represented by the displayed control characters.
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31. In a word processing system having a keyboard, visual display and a processor responsive to said keyboard for controlling said visual display, the combination comprising:
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first means controlled by said processor for displaying on a first predetermined area of the display information entered through the keyboard to be processed by the processing system, second means controlled by said processor for displaying on a second predetermined dedicated area of the display all interface information transferred between the operator and the word processing system, said interface information controlling the performance of the functions of the word processing system, and a third predetermined area of the display for displaying error exception messages to the operator to note errors made by the operator on the keyboard.
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32. In a word processing system having a keyboard, visual display and a processor responsive to said keyboard for controlling said visual display, the combination comprising:
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first means controlled by said processor for displaying on a first predetermined area of the display information entered through the keyboard to be processed by the processing system, second means controlled by said processor for displaying on a second predetermined dedicated area of the display all interface information transferred between the operator and the word processing system, said interface information controlling the performance of the functions of the word processing system, and means for enabling the operator to revise only information displayed on said second predetermined area on the display entered through the keyboard.
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