摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the character predicting method and document preparation device which show a character string that a user is to input to the user without providing a storage area or dictionary newly and improves the operability of document preparation by retrieving an inputted character string from a document being prepared at the time when the character string is inputted and outputting character strings behind parts which is retrieved successfully as candidates for a predicted character string. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a predicting operation start part 100 and a predicted character string selection control part 108 and when the character string is inputted, the inputted character string is retrieved from the document which is being prepared so far; when the same character string is found, character strings behind a plurality of retrieved character strings are taken out and outputted as a group of predicted character strings. |