Text processing apparatus having a frame preparation function

Claim 1

A text processing apparatus for providing a frame in which character information is superposed on a prepared frame, said apparatus comprising: input means for inputting character information including characters, marks, symbols and a space adjacent to a character, and for inputting instructions including frame location information for locating the position of character information superposed on the frame; mode setting means for setting a frame mode for preparation of a frame in response to an instruction from the input means; character storage means for storing the character information from the input means to use for frame component information; selection means for selecting desired frame component information from the character information stored in the character storage means in response to an instruction from the input means when the frame mode is set; frame preparation means for preparing and storing a frame having superposed character information; addition means for appending control information to a space input as character information by the input means; character string storage means for storing character strings for frame component information, the character strings including a space input as character information with the appended control information from the addition means; frame means for providing frame component information for a prepared frame; synthesis means for partially replacing frame component information of the prepared frame with a character string from the character string storage means to form a synthesized frame having character information superposed on the prepared frame wherein a space input as character information is preserved as a space in the synthesized frame; and output means for outputting the synthesized frame.