Apparatus and method for editing text

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device and having a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with said identified label data and selected from words stored in said memory;
• and
• D) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• A display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device and having a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, said processing unit incorporating a control program,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with said identified label data and selected from words stored in said second memory;
• D) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen;
• E) identifies a second word designated by the operator using said input device, from among the displayed words on said screen;
• and
• F) replaces said first word data in the text data of said first memory with data of said second word.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device and including a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data;
• and
• said input device allowing an operator to manually replace a label with another label,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an user using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) allows said display to display the identified label on the screen;
• and
• D) replaces the identified label data stored in said second memory with data of a label input by an operator using said input device.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device, said processing unit including a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, and a third memory for storing a user defined database and a first table, said user defined database including data of items and records, said first table indicating the correspondence of said item data with said label data, said items defining the headings of said records, each record consisting of a plurality of words,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) identifies data of an item associated with a label matching with the identified label data, from the first table of said user defined database;
• D) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words of records, the heading of each record being specified by said identified item data;
• and
• E) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device, said processing unit including a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, and a third memory for storing a user defined database and a first table, said user defined database including data of items and records, said first table indicating the correspondence of said item data with said label data, said items defining the headings of said records, each record consisting of a plurality of words,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) identifies data of an item associated with a label matching with the identified label data, from the first table of said user defined database;
• D) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words of records, the heading of each record being specified by said identified item data;
• E) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen;
• F) identifies a second word designated by an operator using said input device, from among the displayed words on the screen;
• and
• G) replaces said first word data in the text data of said first memory with data of said identified second word.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device, said processing unit including a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, and a third memory for storing a user defined database and a plurality of tables, each of the tables containing a title that distinguishes its table from other tables, said titles serving as an index of said user defined database, said user defined database including data of items and records, each of said tables indicating the correspondence of said item data with said label data, said items defining the headings of said records, each record consisting of a plurality of words,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) identifies data of items associated with a label matching with the identified label data, from said tables;
• D) selects the titles of the tables in which said identified item data are included;
• E) causes said display to display the selected titles on the screen;
• F) identifies a title designated by an operator using said input device, from among the displayed titles on said display;
• G) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words of records, the heading of each record being specified by said identified item data;
• and
• H) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen.

An apparatus for editing text in a document, comprising:

• a display for displaying text including words on its screen;
• an input device operable by an operator to designate a word from the words of said text displayed on said display;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to said display and said input device, said processing unit including a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, and a third memory for storing a user defined database and a plurality of tables, each of the tables containing a title that distinguishes its table from other tables, said titles serving as an index of said user defined database, said user defined database including data of items and records, each of said tables indicating the correspondence of said item data with said label data, said items defining the headings of said records, each record consisting of a plurality of words,
• wherein said processing unit:
• A) identifies data of a first word designated by an operator using said input device, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifies label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory, by referring to said identified first word data;
• C) identifies data of items associated with a label matching with the identified label data, from said tables;
• D) selects the titles of the tables in which said identified item data are included;
• E) causes said display to display the selected titles on the screen;
• F) identifies a title designated by an operator using said input device, from among the displayed titles on said display;
• G) produces a list of data regarding a plurality of words of records, the heading of each record being specified by said identified item data;
• H) allows said display to display the words of said list on the screen;
• I) identifies a second word designated by an operator using said input device, from among the displayed words on said display;
• and
• J) replaces said first word data in the text data of said first memory with data of said identified second word.

A data processing apparatus for inputting and editing data regarding words, patterns and images, said apparatus comprising:

• data storage means for storing label data indicating meaning of each data to be edited;
• data analyzing means for analyzing edition data to be edited, to identify label data based on the result of analyzing, and for supplying said data storage means with the identified label data, wherein said analyzing means has a rule for inferring a label corresponding to first edition data, based on the label of second edition data adjacent to said first edition data, wherein said analyzing means:
• identifies second edition data adjacent to the first edition data, when the first edition data has no label data;
• identifies data of a label associated with the second edition data, referring to the identified second edition data;
• and
• infers a label associated with the first edition data, based on the identified label data, according to said inferring rule.

A data processing apparatus for inputting and editing data regarding words, patterns and images, said apparatus comprising:

• first data storage means for storing data;
• second data storage means for storing label data indicating the meaning of each data;
• and
• a processor, coupled to said first and second data storage means, for identifying editing data that matches with the data stored in said first data storage means and identifying label data associated with the matching data from said second data storage means.

A method of editing text in a document by using a computer system including a display, an input device operable by an operator, a processor, a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individuals words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, said method comprising the steps of:

• A) identifying data of a first word designated by an operator, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifying label data associated with word data matching with said identified first word data, from said second memory;
• C) producing list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with said identified label data and selected from word stored in said second memory;
• and
• D) displaying the words of said list on a screen of said display.

A method of editing text in a document by using a computer system including a display, an input device operable by an operator, a processor, a first memory for storing text data including data of a plurality of words, and a second memory for storing plural pieces of word data and plural pieces of label data indicating meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data, said method comprising the steps of:

• A) identifying data of a first word designated by an operator, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) identifying label data associated with word data matching with said first word data, from said second memory;
• C) producing a list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with said identified label data and selected from words stored in said second memory;
• D) displaying the words of said list on a screen of said display;
• E) identifying a second word designated by the operator, from among the displayed words;
• and
• F) replacing said first word data in the text data of said first memory with data of said second word.

A computer program product for use in editing text in a document comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer system, which includes a display, an user operable input device, a first memory storing text data and a second memory storing word data and label data,
• A) to identify data of a first word designated by an operator, from text data stored in said first memory;
• B) to identify label data associated with word data matching with said identified first word data, from said second memory, wherein label data indicate meaning suggested by individual words, each word data being paired with its corresponding label data;
• C) to produce a list of data regarding a plurality of words associated with said identified label data and selected from words stored in said second memory;
• and
• D) to display the words of said list on a screen of said display.