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(11) | EP 0 345 088 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Character processing apparatus |
(57) There is provided a character processing apparatus such as an electronic typewriter
which can erase the recorded characters on a word unit basis. The apparatus comprises:
a keyboard (1) to input a plurality of character strings such as English words; a
memory to store the character strings input by the keyboard; a printer head (3) which
can record the character strings stored in the memory onto a recording paper and can
delete the recorded character strings; a deletion instructing device to instruct to
delete one of the character strings recorded on the paper (7) by the printer head
(3); and a control which is constructed in a manner such that in response to the deletion
instruction, when the printer head exists at the position corresĀponding to the character
string recorded on the paper (7), this character string is deleted, and when the printer
head (3) does not exist at the position corresponding to the character string recorded
on the paper (7), the printer head (3) is moved to the position of the nearest character
string and this character string is deleted. The printer head (3) is a head of the
type wheel printer mechanism. |