Word processor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKouji Fukunaga
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Abstract
A word processor comprises a keyboard for inputting characters, a text compiling unit for compiling a text by the characters inputted from the keyboard, a memory for storing the text compiled by the text compiling unit, a designation unit for designating ends of chapters or phrases of the text when the text is compiled by the text compiling unit, and a table of contents compiling unit for compiling a table of contents corresponding to the chapters or the paragraphs of the text in accordance with the designation of the ends of the chapters or the paragraphs by the designation unit.
Claims15
A method of processing text comprising the steps of:
- inputting a plurality of characters into a word processor;
- compiling a text including chapters or paragraphs from the inputted characters and designating boundaries between the chapters or paragraphs of the compiled text;
- storing the compiled text in a memory;
- and
- reading the compiled text from the memory and compiling a table of contents from the read, compiled text, wherein the table of contents comprises a plurality of titles each corresponding to one of the chapters or paragraphs of the text stored in the memory, wherein said step of compiling the table of contents comprises the step of compiling each title of the table of contents from the contents of its corresponding chapter or paragraph.
A method of processing a text comprising the steps of:
- inputting a plurality of characters into a word processor;
- compiling a text including a plurality of chapters from the inputted characters and compiling a table of contents comprising a plurality of titles each corresponding to one of the chapters, in accordance with the compiled text;
- storing the compiled text and the table of contents in a memory;
- and
- reading and editing the contents stored in the memory, wherein said reading and editing step comprises the steps of:
- editing one of the chapters of the text stored in the memory;
- and
- correcting the table of contents by correcting the number of the edited chapter and the number of pages of the edited chapter and by correcting the number of the other chapters and the number of pages of the other chapters, in accordance with the edited text.
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