Apparatus for numbering outline data and for selecting outline format data which corresponds to the outline position of a cursor

• US 4,751,674 A
• Filed: 05/31/1985
• Issued: 06/14/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1984
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Demura, Akihide, Amo, Tsutomu, Toyoda, Michie, Aoyagi, Kouji, Tanba, Yoshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Jr., Archie E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas C.
• Application Number:
  US06/739,883
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File, 364/518, 364/521, 340/750, 340/799, 340/735, 340/790, 400/63, 400/76, 400/279
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/258 Heading extraction; Automatic titling; Numbering

Abstract

An automatic numbering apparatus for use with a text processing system has first storage element for storing a starting position specified on a display screen of a display and the kind or type of a corresponding outline number, an outline number generator for sequentially generating, when the starting position of the specified item is specified on the display screen and a predetermined key is operated, outline numbers corresponding to the starting positions of the specified items, second storage element for storing the outline number generated by the outline number generator, the starting position thereof, and a corresponding page and text inputted by a data input device (keyboard), and an outline searching device for searching for the outline number, the corresponding position and the corresponding page of the stored contents in the second storage means, whereby the text containing the items can be printed out and a table of contents comprising a list of the items and the corresponding pages as searched by the outline searching device can be printed out on paper. Document data formed from character data inputted by the data input device is stored in a text memory and displayed on the display device. When a mode detector detects that a numbering mode has been selected, a data processor searches for previously specified outline numbers and generates a subsequent index number, the index number automatically being set on a document text specified by the text data.

Claims

1. A display editing apparatus for text processing pages of data and displaying outline data, comprising:

input means for inputting outline position data, outline format data, and data page numbers;

means for marking a head and tail of a portion of said outline data;

display means for displaying outline data in accordance with corresponding outline position data and outline format data;

storage means for storing said outline data, outline position data, and outline format data, said storage means having a first storage area for storing a starting position on said display of selected portions of said outline data and corresponding outline numbers;

an outline number generator for generating sequential outline numbers corresponding to starting positions of said selected portions of said outline data;

said storage means having a second storage area for storing an outline number generated by said outline number generator, a starting position thereof and a corresponding page number input by said input means;

means for searching for a selected outline number, a corresponding position and a corresponding page number stored in said second storage area in said storage means;

processing means connected to said storage means and receiving a command signal for determining outline data to be printed in accordance with corresponding outline position data; and

printing means connected to said processing means and said storage means for printing said selected portions with said sequential numbers and for printing a table of contents having said selected portions of outline data and corresponding page numbers as searched by said means for searching.

2. A display editing apparatus for text processing and displaying a pluraltity of items of outline data which includes outline format data and outline position data, said apparatus comprising:

display means for displaying the outline format data of the outline data;

storage means for storing said outline format data and said outline position data, each of said outline format data corresponds to different outline position on a text line, said outline format data including at least a plurality of different outline numbers; and

processing means connected to said storage means and receiving a command signal for determining the outline data to be displayed by said display means, said processing means comprising

(a) means for generating a positioning signal which corresponds to a cursor position on a text line,

(b) means for comparing said positioning signal with said outline position data and producing a resultant comparison output,

(c) means responsive to said comparison output for selecting one of said items of outline format data to be read out from said storage means, and

(d) means for supplying said selected outline format data from said storage means to said display means.

3. A display editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said display means comprises a display screen comprising a tab area and a text area.

4. A display editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said positioning signal is such as to indicate a horizontal position in said text area.

5. A display editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said positioning signal is such as to indicate a vertical position in said text area.

6. A display editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said outline numbers, can be selected from among a variety of types.

7. A display editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said outline format data further comprises an outline pattern to be combined with one of said outline numbers.

8. A display editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said outline format data comprises a label string to be combined with one of said outline numbers.

9. A display editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said processing means comprises means for positioning said cursor on a line which is the same as a line at which said outline format data is displayed.

10. A display editing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said means for positioning includes means for setting said cursor to be aligned vertically with a predetermined tab position.

11. A display editing apparatus according to claim 9, comprising a tab setting means for aligning a starting position of said cursor, said setting means to set the cursor at said starting position.

12. A display editing apparatus according to claim 2, further including means for marking a head and a tail of a portion of said outline data, and in which said processing means further comprises means for searching for all marked portions of outline data and assembling all marked portions of said outline data together for display by said display means.

13. A display editing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said assembled marked portions of outline data are stored in a selected area of said storage means.

14. A display editing apparatus according to claim 12, including means for attaching a sequential index number to all said marked portions of outline data, thereby automatically numbering outline data displayed on said display means.