PURPOSE: To make it unnecessary to execute a setting operation to a soft key, and to simplify an operation by automatically setting a function selected and executed by a user at a function setting key or the like, and operating and executing the function setting key or the like when the same function is executed.
CONSTITUTION: The setting of function setting keys SF1-10 is automatically attained by the start of the execution of the functions. When a user presses the soft key SF1, a state to designate a range to be edited is obtained, and the designation of the range is operated by moving a cursor 3a by a cursor movement key 1a. When the range is decided, an execution key 1e is pressed, and a processing is executed. When an edition is continued afterwards, and the execution of the plural functions is operated, the executed functions are successively and automatically set at the soft keys SF2.... Then, the name of the automatically set functions is successively registered and displayed also at soft menu parts SM1.... Then, the cursor display 3a is moved to the function display areas, and the click operation of a mouse is performed, so that the execution of the functions can be attained.
HATAYAMA YOSHINORI
NAGASAWA KIMIO
NONAKA YUICHIRO
TANAKA TSUTOMU
