Help processor, and medium where help process control program is stored

Patent

Help processor, and medium where help process control program is stored

- 17 Aug 1999

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TL;DR: In this article, a help processor which has a help function for displaying an explanation regarding a function conforming to the purpose of operation by an operator through easy operation and makes it easy to use the help function even when more than one explanation is displayed is presented.

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a help processor which has a help function for displaying an explanation regarding a function conforming to the purpose of operation by an operator through easy operation and makes it easy to use the help function even when more than one explanation is displayed SOLUTION: A document editing device 1 stores the latest key history of an input part 3 in a key storage part 5 every time a key of the input part 3 is operated When a 1st help key 18 of the input part 3 is operated, a 1st help part 8 starts a 1st help process In the 1st help process, a search part 14 selects one or more explanations out of all explanations relating to processes that can be executed by the document device 1 from a data base part 6 according to the said key history A sorting part 16 determines the display order of the selected explanations according to the latest key history and the selected explanations are displayed at a display part 11 in the display order

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Electronic equipment in which function setting is made possible

Chigusa Mochizuki, +1 more

- 27 Feb 2008

TL;DR: In this paper, the problem of providing electronic equipment capable of displaying an auxiliary screen (help screen) desired by a user is addressed, on the assumption that this electronic equipment includes a display means for displaying a setting screen for setting a plurality of functions; and a setting means for performing this setting.

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