Text processing apparatus

Claim 2

A text processing apparatus comprising: input means for entering information; memory means for storing said information entered from said input means; display means for displaying the information stored in said memory means; printing means for printing the information stored in said memory means; judging means for judging, when the information read from said memory means overflows an area of visualization by said display means or said printing means, whether to visualize said information in a next line or to insert a hyphen within said information; and notice means for giving a notice to the operator when said judging means determines to insert the hyphen.

Claim 3

A text processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means comprises a keyboard for entering character information and hyphen information.

Claim 4

A text processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means comprises control means for displaying a cursor for defining the position of entering character information into said text processing apparatus.

Claim 5

A text processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said judging means comprises control means for discriminating whether said character information moved to the next line is located to the left of a boundary positioned to the left of the right-hand end of said area.

Claim 6

A text processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for moving the cursor for entering the hyphen according to the judgement of said judging means.

Claim 7

A text processing apparatus comprising: input means for entering character information and hyphen information; memory means for storing said information entered from said input means; display means for displaying the information stored in said memory means; first control means adapted, when the information read from said memory means overflows an area of visualization by said display means, for displaying said overflowing information in a next line; second control means for deriving, from the character information displayed in the next line by said first control means, the character information that can be transferred to the original and enabling the insertion of hyphen information by said input means at a position immediately succeeding thereto; and third control means adapted, when the hyphen information is entered by said input means into said enabled position of hyphen insertion, for returning a part of said character information, moving the hyphen information to the top of the next line, and displaying said transferrable information immediately succeeding to said hyphen.

Claim 8

A text processing apparatus comprising: input means for entering character information and hyphen information; memory means for storing said information entered from said input means; display means for displaying the information stored in said memory means; first control means adapted, when the information read from said memory means overflows an area of visualization by said display means, for displaying said overflowing information in a next line; second control means for deriving, from the character information displayed in the next line by said first control means, the character information that can be transferred to the original and enabling the insertion of hyphen information by said input means at a position immediately succeeding thereto; and third control means adapted, when the hyphen information is entered by said input means into said enabled position of hyphen insertion, for returning a part of said character information, moving the hyphen information to the top of the next line, and displaying said transferrable information immediately succeeding to said hyphen.

Claim 9

A text processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said input means comprises a keyboard provided with plural keys for entering character information and hyphen information.

Claim 10

A text processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display means comprises fourth control means for displaying a cursor for determining the position of entering the character information into said text processing apparatus.

Claim 11

A text processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said second control means comprises control means for discriminating whether said character information moved to the next line is positioned to the left of a boundary defined to the left of the right-hand end of said area.

Claim 12

A text processing apparatus, comprising means for entering text; means for storing the text as it is entered; means for displaying text as it is entered in lines; means for determining when a word of entered text would bridge a line; means responsive to such a determination to request an operator to indicate a separation of the bridging word; and means to store such an indication with the bridging word.

Claim 13

A text processing apparatus, comprising means for entering text; means for storing the text as it is entered; means for displaying text as it is entered in lines; means for determining when a word of entered text would bridge a line; means responsive to such a determination to request an operator to indicate a separation of the bridging word; and means to store such an indication with the bridging word.