Word processor with decorative character printer

Claim 1

A word processor for editing and printing out word data in a document in a prescribed format according to format data, comprising: means for selecting one of format data input mode and word data input mode; means for inputting word data in response to word data input mode being selected by said selection means, said word data being input to form lines, each line having a head and tail, said means for inputting also inputting format data in response to the selection of the format data input mode, said format data controlling said word data; means for storing the inputted format data and word data; means for determining whether said word data stored in said means for storing includes decorative character-related data, said decorative character-related data being at one of the head and tail of a line of word data; and means for developing decorative characters from the word data in said line of word data when said determination means determines that the format data which controls the word in said line of word data has decorative data, an amount of word data being controlled by said format data being smaller than or equal to said line of word data, and when said word processor prints out the word data stored in said means for storing and said means for determining determines that the head or tail of a line of word data includes said decorative character-related data, said means for developing causes said word processor to print out said line of word data in a changed format from word data without decorative character-related data at the head or tail of the line thereof, said line of word data being printed out according to said decorative data in said which controls said line of word data format data in at least one of stereoscopically decorated black characters, stereoscopically decorated white characters, white decorative characters and thick decorative characters, whereby lines of said document can be in different formats while said document is continuously printed out by said word processor.