Device for editing document in colors

Claim 1

A device for editing a document in colors, comprising: character information storing means for storing character identification information as to each of a number of characters included in a document which is to be displayed on a display screen; color information storing means associated with said character information storing means for storing color information as to at least one of the display color and background color of each of said characters; display means for displaying a document on said display screen in a predetermined color, including dot pattern refresh memory means for storing dot pattern data based on information stored in said character information storing means and said color information storing means; editorial area specifying means for selectively specifying a desired character or character string in the document displayed on said display screen, as an editorial area, by referring to said desired character or character string on the display screen; editorial area storing means for storing positional information corresponding to the editorial area specified by said editorial area specifying means; color specifying means for specifying and storing at least one of the display color and background color of characters in said specified editorial area of said document in the form of color specifying information in response to an operator command; and color information processing means coupled between said editorial area storing means and said color specifying means for updating the contents of a portion of said color information storing means which corresponds to said editorial area, on the basis of color specifying information from said color specifying means, whereby dot pattern data stored in said dot pattern refresh memory means is modified in response to said updating of said color information storing means.

Claim 2

A device for editing a document in colors, comprising: character information storing means for storing character identification information as to each of a number of characters included in a document which is to be displayed on a display screen; color information storing means associated with said character information storing means for storing color information as to at least one of the display color and background color of each of said characters; display means for displaying a document on said display screen in a predetermined color, including dot pattern refresh memory means for storing dot pattern data based on information stored in said character information storing means and said color information storing means; editorial area specifying means for selectively specifying a desired character or character string in the document displayed on said display screen, as an editorial area, by referring to said desired character or character string on the display screen; editorial area storing means for storing positional information corresponding to the editorial area specified by said editorial area specifying means; color specifying means for specifying and storing at least one of the display color and background color of characters in said specified editorial area of said document in the form of color specifying information in response to an operator command; and color information processing means coupled between said editorial area storing means and said color specifying means for updating the contents of a portion of said color information storing means which corresponds to said editorial area, on the basis of color specifying information from said color specifying means, whereby dot pattern data stored in said dot pattern refresh memory means is modified in response to said updating of said color information storing means.

Claim 9

A device for editing a document in colors, comprising: character information storing means for storing character identification information as to each of a number of characters included in a document which is to be displayed on a display screen; color information storing means associated with said character information storing means for storing color information as to the display color and background color of each of said characters; display means for displaying a document on said display screen in a predetermined color, including dot pattern refresh memory means for storing dot pattern data based on information stored in said character information storing means and said color information storing means; means for displaying a cursor on said display screen; cursor control means for controllably moving said cursor on said display screen; start position specifying means for selectively specifying a first position where said cursor is located by said cursor control means as the start position of a desired editorial area; end position specifying means for selectively specifying a second position where said cursor is located by said cursor control means as the end position of the desired editorial area; first storage means for storing positional information as to the start position of an editorial area specified by said start position specifying means; second storage means for storing positional information as to the end position of the editorial area specified by said end position specifying means; color specifying means for specifying and storing in the form of color setting information the display color and background color of characters included in an editorial area of said document in response to operator selection, said editorial area being specified by the positional information stored in said first storage means and the positional information stored in said second storage means; and color information processing means for updating the contents of a portion of said color information storing means which corresponds to said editorial area of said document, on the basis of color setting information stored in said color specifying means, whereby dot pattern data stored in said dot pattern refresh memory means is modified in response to said updating of said color information storing means.

Claim 10

A device for editing a document in colors, comprising: character information storing means for storing character identification information as to each of a number of characters included in a document which is to be displayed on a display screen; color information storing means associated with said character information storing means for storing color information as to the display color and background color of each of said characters; display means for displaying a document on said display screen in a predetermined color, including dot pattern refresh memory means for storing dot pattern data based on information stored in said character information storing means and said color information storing means; means for displaying a cursor on said display screen; cursor control means for controllably moving said cursor on said display screen; start position specifying means for selectively specifying a first position where said cursor is located by said cursor control means as the start position of a desired editorial area; end position specifying means for selectively specifying a second position where said cursor is located by said cursor control means as the end position of the desired editorial area; first storage means for storing positional information as to the start position of an editorial area specified by said start position specifying means; second storage means for storing positional information as to the end position of the editorial area specified by said end position specifying means; color specifying means for specifying and storing in the form of color setting information the display color and background color of characters included in an editorial area of said document in response to operator selection, said editorial area being specified by the positional information stored in said first storage means and the positional information stored in said second storage means; and color information processing means for updating the contents of a portion of said color information storing means which corresponds to said editorial area of said document, on the basis of color setting information stored in said color specifying means, whereby dot pattern data stored in said dot pattern refresh memory means is modified in response to said updating of said color information storing means.