Patent ID: 6424423
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A character information processing apparatus for printing at least one line of an input character string on a printing medium having a size limited at least in width thereof, the character information processing apparatus comprising:attribute information storage means for storing information of settings concerning at least one attribute of a first kind of predetermined attributes concerning a layout of characters of said input character string and a second kind of predetermined attributes which can be set to said characters of said input character string on character-by-character basis, in a manner correlating said information of said settings with said input character string; first modification process-starting means for generating a first instruction signal to start a modification process for modifying said information of said settings; first information modification means responsive to said first instruction signal generated by said first modification process-starting means, for modifying said information of said settings stored in said attribute information storage means by using menu screens containing, as menu options, information of all settings which can be set to said first kind of said predetermined attributes and said second kind of said predetermined attributes; second modification process-starting means for generating a second instruction signal for directly instructing modification of said information of said settings stored in said attribute information storage means; and second information modification means responsive to said second instruction signal generated by said second modification process-starting means, for modifying said information of said settings stored in said attribute information storage means according to a cyclic order assigned to a plurality of settings of said first kind of said predetermined attributes and said second kind of said predetermined attributes.