| 摘要 |
<p>A personal computer (20) connected to a display and touch screen panel (15) is provided with a form entry system integrated therewith. The form entry system is adapated to display a predefined form (e.g. 30), and to automatically display a predefined tool, such as a keyboard, menu, calculator, etc., (40,50,60,70,80,100,110) to facilitate inputting information in a respective field of the form or chart. Specifically, the user is prompted as to which field is to be filled in by highlighting the field (e.g. 41), and concurrently displaying as an overlay (window) the tool (e.g. 40) that the user will use to input the information identified in the highlighted field. In the case where a field calls for, for example, the insertion of a name, the system may be adapted to display a menu of names as the tool for filling in that field. The user selects the name that he or she desires to be inserted in the field by touching that name. The system responsive thereto inserts the name in that field, highlights the next field to be filled in and displays the tool for filling in that field. They system may also be adapted to communicate with a host computer (140) to obtain the information that is to be inserted in one or more fields. Also, the user may erase the tool that is displayed by the system an direct the system to display another tool, such as the aforementioned keyboard.</p> |
