COLORED KEY ON WHICH MARK AND CHARACTER OF WORD PROCESSOR AND PERSONAL COMPUTER ARE VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY CLASSIFIED BY ORDER BY USING DIFFERENT COLORS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a mark and a character to be printed next on a screen without being confused before pressing the mark and the character to be printed even when a key is pressed in any combination of a sign, a shift, a function, an alphanumeric character, a HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary), etc., when some marks and characters exist in one key in a word processor and a personal computer. ;SOLUTION: The marks and the characters to be printed are vertically classified into plural columns and horizontally classified into plural rows by different colors, the characters among various keys like the sign, the shift, the function, the alphanumeric character, the HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary), etc., or the same position of the various keys, or the various keys are classified by separate colors and the mark and the character to be printed next are displayed on the screen without being confused by sequentially pressing the key with the same color as the color of the order in the various keys by observing the order of color classification of the mark and the character to be printed and pressing the mark and the character to be printed next.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO