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Word processing apparatus

US5091878A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 1988
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/174
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A word processor may be used in a plurality of languages such as Japanese and English. The word processor has a function of replacing a particular symbol added with an editing symbol with a described character in automatic editing text. The capability of adding of the preferred edit data (edit symbol) to a series of particular symbols is done by arranging newly inputted data in positions of the particular symbols so that the desired edit can be performed. Where a number of newly inputted characters is smaller than that of the particular symbols, they are replaced with space codes or they are deleted. This prevents unnecessary symbols or spaces from remaining in a simplified format.

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