Telematic terminal which produces and edits mixed mode document
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNozomi Sawada, Yukikazu Mori
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Abstract
A telematic terminal produces a mixed mode document in which characters and figures are mixedly arranged on the same page thereof, and transmits them to another communication apparatus. The characters can be written down on the mixed mode document when the telematic terminal is set at a first mode, while the figures can be written down on the mixed mode document when the telematic terminal is set at a second mode. Since the telematic terminal is set at a first mode, it is not necessary for the operator who attempts to input the characters to initially set the telematic terminal at the first mode.
Claims19
A communication apparatus comprising:
- text-block allocating means for initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text block, in which text block characters may be arranged so that an operator may arrange characters of said entire page occupied by said text block;
- raster-block forming means for forming a raster block in which figures may be arranged according to the operation performed by the operator onto said communication apparatus so that the operator may arbitrarily arrange the figures within the entirety of said page;
- abnormal-format defining means for defining an area of either said raster block or said text block, said area comprising a respective one of the figures and characters with an abnormal format;
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- discriminating means for discriminating said area defined by said abnormal-format defining means from the remaining area with the entirety of said page.
An apparatus for producing and editing a mixed mode document, comprising:
- a controller;
- text-block allocating means controlled by the controller for initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text-block, in which text block characters may be arranged on said entire page occupied by said initially set text block;
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- raster-block forming means controlled by the controller for forming raster-blocks to be arranged in the mixed mode document after the initial setting of the text block by the text allocating means.
A method for producing and editing a mixed mode document, comprising the steps of:
- initially setting an entire page of a mixed mode document as being occupied by a text-block, in which text block characters may be arranged on said entire page occupied by said initially set text block;
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- forming raster-blocks to be arranged in the mixed mode document after the initial setting of the text block by the text allocating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.