JPH05210666A - Table preparation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the simple table preparation system which can change and adjust the position of a ruled line after data input so that the ruled line corresponds to the inputted data volume. CONSTITUTION:This system consists of a table data input and editing mechanism 1 which inputs and edits data of a table and the title of the table in accordance with indication and input from an operator, a table ruled line input preparing mechanism 2 which inputs ruled lines, a CRT picture display mechanism 3 which displays inputted and edited data and ruled lines on the picture of a CRT, a ruled line position adjusting mechanism 4 which automatically determines positions of ruled lines in accordance with the indication from the outside based on the reference preliminarily determined correspondingly to inputted data volume and data attributes (the size of input characters or the like), a storage control mechanism 5 which controls storage of inputted table data, title, and ruled lines, a table title storage mechanism 6 where the inputted title of the table is stored, a table data storage mechanism 7 where inputted data of the table is stored, and a ruled line position storage mechanism 8 where positions of ruled lines are stored.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a table preparation system,
In particular, the present invention relates to a table creating system that changes and adjusts the positions of ruled lines according to input data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional table creation system, a ruled line is input and created by estimating the amount of data to be input before entering the table data. However, when the amount of data is larger than the estimated amount, the ruled line is entered. Usually, because you have to fix it,
I entered the ruled line with the table frame larger than the estimate.

[0003]

In the conventional table creating system described above, the ruled lines are input and created by estimating the amount of data to be entered before entering the data of the table, but when the amount of data is larger than the estimated amount. Since it is necessary to re-enter the ruled lines in, the ruled lines were usually entered with the table frame larger than the estimate. For this reason, when the amount of data is abnormally smaller than expected, the table frame may be much larger than the number of digits in the data, and the appearance may be very bad. In such a case, since the ruled line is input again to adjust the size of the table frame, there is a problem that the work is very troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple table preparation system capable of changing and adjusting the position of a ruled line after inputting data so that the ruled line matches the amount of input data.

[0005]

A table creating system of the present invention is a table data input / editing mechanism for inputting and editing data and titles of the table for creating a table as document processing, and ruled line data of the table. A ruled line input creation mechanism for the table to be created and the CRT
CRT screen display mechanism to display on the screen of the device, and the ruled line position adjustment that automatically determines the position of the ruled line according to the instruction from the outside based on the predetermined standard corresponding to the data attributes including the input data amount and the size of the input character Mechanism, storage and storage control mechanism for controlling storage and storage of input table data, titles and ruled lines, table title storage mechanism for storing input table titles, and input table data And a ruled line position storage mechanism for storing the positions of the ruled lines.

In the table creating system of the present invention, the ruled line position adjusting mechanism detects the maximum amount from all the data amounts contained in the columns of the table and the size of the input character, and narrows the interval between the ruled lines accordingly. The position of the ruled line may be changed and adjusted so that

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

The table creation system of the present invention includes a table data input editing mechanism 1 for inputting and editing table data and a table title, and a ruled line input creating mechanism 2 for entering a ruled line according to an operator's instruction and input. And a CRT screen display mechanism 3 for displaying the input and edited data and ruled lines on the screen of the CRT,
A ruled line position adjusting mechanism 4 for automatically determining the positions of ruled lines according to an instruction from the outside based on a predetermined standard corresponding to the input data amount and data attributes (size of input characters, etc.), and input table data, A storage / storage control mechanism 5 for controlling storage and storage of titles and ruled lines, a table title storage mechanism 6 for storing input table titles, and a table data storage mechanism for storing input table data 7
And a ruled line position storage mechanism 8 for storing the positions of the ruled lines.

FIGS. 2 to 5 show the transition of the state of creating a table in which the ruled lines are automatically adjusted according to the number of digits of input data and an instruction from the outside based on a predetermined standard in the embodiment of the present invention. It is an explanatory view for explaining.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the shape of a ruled line-only table in which the ruled lines are input by predicting the number of digits in the table data and dividing the table into large 6-digit units. Figure 3 is a table with only the ruled lines shown in Figure 2,
It is explanatory drawing which shows having input the title of the table.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing that a 1 to 2 digit number having a smaller number of digits than the input data estimated as the table data is input.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining a state in which the ruled line is adjusted so as to match the number of digits of the table data shown in FIG. Figure 6
6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the ruled line position adjusting mechanism.

Next, the operation of the ruled line position adjusting mechanism will be described.

When the table creator checks the CRT screen and tries to adjust the position of the ruled line in consideration of the balance between the ruled line interval and the data amount, the table creator instructs the ruled line position adjusting mechanism 4 to adjust the ruled line. The ruled line position adjusting mechanism 4 first obtains the maximum number of lines in the total number of lines of the corresponding table in step (hereinafter referred to as S) 401, and then, in step S402, calculates the maximum number of lines of the vertical title of the table. Find the maximum number of rows and S4
The number of rows in the table is determined to be the maximum number of rows. Then S40
In step 4, the number of moving lines of the horizontal ruled lines of the entire table is calculated according to the maximum number of lines obtained in S403, and the position of the horizontal ruled lines of the entire table is determined. Next, in S405, the maximum number of digits of all the data in the table is calculated, then in S406, the maximum number of digits of the horizontal title of the table is calculated, and in S407, they are compared. Find the maximum number of digits in the table. Next, in step S408, the number of moving digits of the vertical ruled line of the entire table is calculated according to the maximum number of digits obtained in step S407, and the position of the vertical ruled line of the entire table is determined. Then S4
In 09, if the position of the ruled line determined in S408 is changed, the ruled line movement value is notified to the ruled line position storage mechanism 8 via the storage / storage control mechanism 5. Even if there is no movement, the ruled line position storage mechanism 8 is notified of no change, and the processing of the ruled line position adjustment mechanism 4 ends.

Next, description will be given with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1 and explanatory diagrams for explaining the transition of the creation status of the tables of FIGS. First, the approximate number of digits of input data is predicted, and a ruled line of a larger table frame is input and created using the table ruled line input creation mechanism 2 (FIG. 2). The created result is C
It is displayed on the screen of the CRT through the RT display mechanism 3 in the same format as that shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the screen of the CRT through the RT display mechanism 3). The table frame input and created through the ruled line input creation mechanism 2 of the table is stored in the ruled line position storage mechanism 8 via the storage / storage control mechanism 5 as to whether or not a ruled line is drawn for each number of input data digits. Next, when the table title is input as shown in FIG. 3, the table title is input through the table data input / editing mechanism 1, and since the title is also within 3 digits, it is within the expected number of digits, and the memory storage control mechanism 5 Via the table title storage mechanism 6
Just remember the table title.

Next, in the case of inputting table data as shown in FIG. 4, first, 1 or 2 digits of the schedule are input through the table data input / editing mechanism 1, so that it is within the predicted number of data digits, The data is simply stored in the data storage mechanism 7 via the storage / storage control mechanism 5 as it is. Next, FIG.
In order to adjust the table frame according to the number of digits of the input data to make it look good, the table creator gives a ruled line adjustment instruction. Whether the position is changed or not is determined, and when the number of digits in the data is smaller than the ruled line interval, the ruled line interval is adjusted so as to reduce the column of the corresponding table. In this case, since the position of the ruled line is changed when the interval between the ruled lines is narrowed, the updated position of the ruled line is stored in the ruled line storage mechanism 8 via the storage storage mechanism 5. As described above, since it is possible to create a table adjusted to fit the amount of input data without re-creating ruled lines when creating a table, the time and effort required to create the table are reduced. It will be.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a table data inputting / editing mechanism for inputting and editing table data and a title for creating a table as document processing, and a table for creating and drawing ruled line data of the table. CR's ruled line input creation mechanism and CR that displays the data and ruled lines of the input and edited table on the CRT screen
A T-screen display mechanism and a ruled line position adjusting mechanism that automatically determines the position of ruled lines according to instructions from the outside based on predetermined criteria corresponding to data attributes including the amount of input data and the size of input characters are input. A storage / storage control mechanism that controls storage and storage of table data, titles, and ruled lines, a table title storage mechanism that stores an input table title, and a table data storage mechanism that stores input table data By having a ruled line position storage mechanism that stores the position of the ruled line, it becomes possible to easily change and adjust the position of the ruled line after the data is input so that the ruled line matches the input data amount. There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the shape of a table with only ruled lines in which the ruled lines are input by predicting the number of digits of the table data and dividing the table into large 6 digits.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing that a table title is input to the table with only ruled lines shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing that a 1-2 digit number having a smaller number of digits than the input data estimated as table data is input.

5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which a ruled line is adjusted so as to match the number of digits in the table data illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the ruled line position adjusting mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 table data input editing mechanism 2 table ruled line input creation mechanism 3 CRT screen display mechanism 4 ruled line position adjustment mechanism 5 memory storage control mechanism 6 table title memory mechanism 7 table data memory mechanism 8 ruled line position memory mechanism

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Seiichi Yajima 2-17-11 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Software Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A table data input / editing mechanism for inputting and editing data and titles of the table to create a table as document processing, and a ruled line input creating mechanism for a table for inputting and creating ruled line data of the table. CRT screen display mechanism that displays edited table data and ruled lines on the screen of CRT, and automatically according to external instructions based on predetermined criteria corresponding to data attributes including the amount of input data and the size of input characters A ruled line position adjusting mechanism that determines the position of the ruled line, a storage storage control mechanism that controls the storage of the input table data and the title and ruled lines, and a table title that stores the input table title A storage mechanism, and a table data storage mechanism for storing the input data of the table,
A table creation system comprising: a ruled line position storage mechanism for storing the position of the ruled line. 2. The ruled line position adjusting mechanism detects the maximum amount from all the data amounts and the sizes of input characters included in the columns of the corresponding table, and adjusts the positions of the ruled lines so as to narrow the interval between the ruled lines accordingly. The table creation system according to claim 1, wherein