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Character information processor

  • US 6,593,948 B1
  • Filed: 10/06/1999
  • Issued: 07/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A character information processor for a tape printing apparatus including display means having a display area in which a limitation is imposed on an allowable number of lines of a character string to be displayed, comprising:

  • means for dividing the display area into at least a function display region and a guidance display region in a function mode in which a function is selected; and

    means for displaying, at the function display region, options of a function menu in a hierarchical manner, and for displaying, at the guidance display region, an explanatory sentence corresponding to an option designated out of the options displayed at the function display region;

    said explanatory sentence describing the designated option.

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