Method and apparatus for merge processing in a text processing system
US4445795A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1981 |
| Grant date | May 1, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/174
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus in an interactive text processing system for creating documents by selectively merging text data from two or more text records by signalling the location in a document at which the insert of text data is to be added, displaying a Merge Tasks Menu which provides an option for executing a merge operation in response to either Switch Code or Named Variable control codes, specifying the identification and location of the text data comprising the Shell Document and the Fill-In Document, and executing the Merge operation based on the specified data and Merge control mode.
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