TEXT EDITING SUPPORT DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a text editing support device that can present a candidate character string according with the purpose of use of the text editing support device. SOLUTION: The text editing support device comprises a table storage part, a candidate display part, a character string definition part, an environmental information acquisition part, a determination part and a first updating part. The table storage part stores a candidate table. The candidate display part, when a user inputs a character string, displays at least one candidate character string. The character string definition part selects one of candidate character strings displayed by the candidate display part as a defined character string according to the user's command. The environmental information acquisition part acquires environmental information. The determination part, when the character string definition part selects the defined character string, determines whether or not to update the candidate table according to the environmental information. The first updating part updates the candidate table only if the determination part determines updating. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI