Character processing system having editing function

Claim 1

A character processing system having an edition function, the system comprising: input means for entering text data and edition data, text-edition data memory means for storing the text data and the edition data for the text data, the edition data corresponding to items including formats, justification and character expansion; display means for displaying said text data in a format and said edition data; text-edition data temporary storage means for temporarily storing the text data and the edition data for the text data to be fed to the display means; said input means inputting an instruction to display text and edition data; display control means for controlling of reading text and edition data; display control means for controlling of reading text edition data out from the text-edition data temporary storage means in response to said instruction from the input means to display text and edition data collectively on the display means, said edition data being displayed only at a head of text data lines, while maintaining the display of said text data format unaltered, and checking the data shown on said display means from line to line for recognition of edition data; said input means inputting a display change over instructions; edition data erasing means for erasing edition data on display, when the edition data is recognized by the display control means, in response to said display change-over instruction from the input means while maintaining the display of said text data format unaltered, and edition data analyzing means for searching the text data stored in the text-edition data memory means from line to line for edition data and outputting the recognized edition data corresponding to the text data on display at each line concerned, when the display control means recognized no edition data on display in response to the display change-over instruction from the input means.

Claim 8

A method, in a character processing system for editing text data, comprising the steps of: a. inputting text data; b. storing said text data; c. displaying said text data in a line by line format; d. inputting edition data corresponding to each line; e. storing said text data and its corresponding edition data in the form of a data table; f. displaying all lines of inputted text data and corresponding edition data concurrently, said edition data being displayed with corresponding lines of text data at a beginning of each line display of the text data; g. inputting a display change-over instruction; and h. erasing all of said displayed edition data in response to said inputted display change-over instruction, said format display of text data remaining unaltered.

Claim 9

A method, in a character processing system for editing text data, comprising the steps of: a. inputting text data; b. storing said text data; c. displaying said text data in a line by line format; d. inputting edition data corresponding to each line; e. storing said text data and its corresponding edition data in the form of a data table; f. displaying all lines of inputted text data and corresponding edition data concurrently, said edition data being displayed with corresponding lines of text data at a beginning of each line display of the text data; g. inputting a display change-over instruction; and h. erasing all of said displayed edition data in response to said inputted display change-over instruction, said format display of text data remaining unaltered.

Claim 13

A method, in a character processing system, for editing text data, comprising the steps of: a. inputting text data in a line by a line process; b. storing each inputted line of text data sequentially and cumulatively; c. displaying each line of text data, sequentially and cumulatively in a format; d. checking each sequentially displayed line of text data for the presence of edition data; e. setting a flag off upon finding no edition data is displayed; f. inputting edition data, in a line by line process, corresponding to each line of text data; g. storing each line of text data and its corresponding edition data in the form of a data table; h. displaying each of said lines of text data and their corresponding edition data, sequentially and cumulatively upon completion of said data table, the edition data being at the head of the lines, said edition data being displayed with each while maintaining the display of said text data format unaltered.

Claim 14

A method, in a character processing system, for editing text data, comprising the steps of: a. inputting text data in a line by a line process; b. storing each inputted line of text data sequentially and cumulatively; c. displaying each line of text data, sequentially and cumulatively in a format; d. checking each sequentially displayed line of text data for the presence of edition data; e. setting a flag off upon finding no edition data is displayed; f. inputting edition data, in a line by line process, corresponding to each line of text data; g. storing each line of text data and its corresponding edition data in the form of a data table; h. displaying each of said lines of text data and their corresponding edition data, sequentially and cumulatively upon completion of said data table, the edition data being at the head of the lines, said edition data being displayed with each while maintaining the display of said text data format unaltered.