JPH09212496A - Document processor and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To copy a cell with the higher degree of freedom by copying only constitution information to be copied to a cell at a copy destination as to constitution information of a cell at a copy source when the cell in a table frame is copied. SOLUTION: A cell copying function is selected out of table frame editing functions and a cell copy mode is selected; and the cell in the displayed table frame is regarded as a copy source and another cell in the displayed table frame is specified as a copy destination. As for the constitution information of the cell at the copy source, constitution information to be copied is decided and on the basis of the decided constitution information, the contents of the cell at the copy source are copied to the cell at the copy destination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method suitable for typesetting and editing a document having tabular format data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when copying the contents of a cell in table group editing, since the entire contents of the original cell including the character string and attributes have been copied to the destination, it is desired to copy only the character string of the cell. In this case, the cell copy process is performed by the operator making a note of the copy destination attribute before performing the copy process, or by copying the copy destination cell once to another unnecessary cell. After that, it was necessary to manually input the attribute of the cell of the copy destination again to change the attribute of the copy destination to the state before the copy processing.

Alternatively, all the character strings in one cell of the copy source are selected, the character string is once saved, the cell of the copy destination is selected, and the saved character string is pasted. .

Also, when it is desired to copy only the attributes of a cell, the operator may make a note of the character string of the copy destination or copy the copy destination cell to another unnecessary cell before performing the copy process. It is necessary to change the character string of the copy destination to the state before the copy processing by manually inputting the character string of the copy destination cell again after performing the copy processing of the cell. It was

When copying the attribute of a cell, another function called attribute change is used to save the trouble of re-inputting a character string. One of the cells (attribute change destination cell) is specified, and the attribute of the attribute change destination cell is changed to the attribute of the attribute change source cell.

[0006]

Therefore, in the conventional document processing apparatus and method, when it is desired to copy only a character string in a cell, the attribute of the copy destination cell is reset after copying, which is an unnecessary unnecessary work. Such a process occurs, and the single process of copying the character string becomes twice the process of saving and pasting the character string, and only one cell can be selected at a time. When copying a character string in a cell, there has been a problem that the processing of saving and pasting must be performed as many times as there are cells.

If only the attributes in the cell are to be copied, an unnecessary and time-consuming process of re-inputting the character string of the copy destination cell after copying occurs, and the conventional attribute changing process is not possible. Since only one cell can be selected at a time, there is a problem that when copying the attributes in a plurality of cells, the attribute changing process needs to be performed for the number of cells.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a document processing apparatus according to the present invention, a display means for displaying document information including a table set, and a table set displayed on the display means. A first selecting means for selecting a cell in the table, and a second selecting means for selecting another cell in the table set displayed on the display means.
Selecting means for selecting the configuration information to be copied among the configuration information of the cell selected by the first selecting means, and the configuration information specified by the designating means, There is provided copying means for copying the contents of the cell selected by the first selecting means to the cell selected by the second selecting means.

Further preferably, the cell configuration information is
At least the character information in the cell is included.

Further, preferably, the cell configuration information is
At least the attribute information in the cell is included.

Further preferably, instead of the copying means, the contents of the cell selected by the first selecting means are selected by the second selecting means based on the configuration information specified by the specifying means. A moving means for moving to the stored cell is provided.

[0012] Preferably, instead of the copying means, the contents of the cell selected by the first selecting means is changed by the second selecting means on the basis of the configuration information specified by the specifying means. A replacement means for replacing the contents of the selected cell is provided.

Also, a first recognition means for recognizing a cell selected from within the table set, a second recognition means for recognizing another cell selected from within the table set, and the first recognition means. Third recognizing means for recognizing selectively specified configuration information to be copied among the cell configuration information recognized by
Copy means for copying the contents of the cell recognized by the first recognition means to the cell recognized by the second recognition means based on the configuration information recognized by the third recognition means; A control means for controlling the display of the table set after copying by the copying means is provided.

In order to solve the above problems, in the document processing method according to the present invention, a display step of displaying document information including a table group and a cell in the table group displayed in the display step are selected. A first selection step for selecting, a second selection step for selecting another cell in the table set displayed in the display step, and a copy of the configuration information of the cell selected in the first selection step. In the second selecting step, the contents of the cells selected in the first selecting step are selected based on the specifying step for selectively specifying the configuration information to be selected and the configuration information specified in the specifying step. And a copying step of copying the cells into the prepared cells.

Preferably, the cell configuration information is
At least the character information in the cell is included.

Further preferably, the cell configuration information is:
At least the attribute information in the cell is included.

Also preferably, instead of the copying step, the contents of the cell selected in the first selecting step are selected in the second selecting step based on the configuration information specified in the specifying step. A moving step of moving to the cell is provided.

Further preferably, instead of the copying step, the contents of the cell selected in the first selecting step are selected in the second selecting step based on the configuration information specified in the specifying step. A replacement process is provided to replace the contents of the stored cells.

A first recognition step of recognizing a cell selected from within the table set, a second recognition step of recognizing another cell selected from within the table set, and the first recognition step. A third recognition step of recognizing selectively the configuration information to be copied out of the cell configuration information recognized in the above, and the third recognition step based on the configuration information recognized in the third recognition step. There is provided a copying step of copying the contents of the cell recognized in the first recognizing step to the cell recognized in the second recognizing step, and a display step of displaying the table set after the copying in the copying step. .

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(Structure of Apparatus) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, as long as the functions of the present invention are executed, it may be a single device, a system composed of a plurality of devices, or a system in which processing is performed via a network such as a LAN. It goes without saying that the present invention is applied.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a system bus, and each constituent block to be described below is connected to the system bus. 2 is a CPU (Central)
Processing Unit). A program memory (PMEM) 3 selects / reads a program for editing processing, which will be described later, from the hard disk 14 and executes the program by the CPU 2. Also, keyboard 8
The data input from the PM is also a text memory
It is stored in EM3 as code information. 4 is an image
A memory (IMEM), 5 is an image scanner, 6 is an image input / output control unit, 7 and 17 are printers, and image data read from the image scanner 5 is an IM of 4
After being expanded in EM, expanded in VRAM11, CR
It is displayed at T13.

Reference numeral 8 is an input control unit, which is a keyboard 9
Input devices such as ten pointing devices (PD) are connected. The operator operates the keyboard 9 to issue operation commands for the system. PD1 is 1
This is for selecting and instructing image information, graphic data, character data, and numerical data on the CRT 3 and a mouse is used in the present embodiment. This allows CRT13
Move the mouse cursor in the X and Y directions arbitrarily to select menus, image data, graphic data, character data,
Select and edit numerical data.

11 is a video image memory (VRA
M) and 12 are display output control units, and 13 is a CRT. 1
The data displayed on the CRT 3 is developed as bitmap data on the 11 VRAM. For example, in the case of graphic data, a graphic pattern corresponding to the position and attribute information is developed on the VRAM 11, and a cursor can be directly generated and displayed in the display area of the VRAM 11 by software control. 14 is an external storage device control unit,
Reference numerals 15 and 16 are disks for data files in which image data, graphic data, character data, numerical data, etc. are stored. For example, 15 is a hard disk (HD),
Reference numeral 16 is a floppy disk (FD).

FIG. 2 is an external view of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 20 is the system bus 1 described in FIG.
It is a main body of a document processing apparatus having a built-in CPU, CPU 2, PMEM 3, IMEM 4, and the like. Similar to FIG. 1, 13 is a CRT
Then, 9 is a keyboard, 10 is a PD, and 21 is an FD drive.
Is set to write image data, graphic data, character data, or numerical data in the FD 22, or read graphic data, character data, or numerical data recorded in the FD 22. The present invention can be realized not only in the document processing apparatus, but also in the FD drive 21 of another document processing apparatus, the FD 22 in which the program realizing the present invention is recorded is set, and the program is stored in the hard disk 15. The present invention can be implemented in another document processing device by loading the program into the document processing device and executing the loaded program.

(Outline of Table Set) A table set is a form in which a table is expressed as a part of a document. In the table set, a cell can be created by using the ruled line editing function using various line types, and a character string can be input into the cell by using the character editing function. In addition, the text in the cell is a cell attribute (eg right justified,
It is also possible to perform typesetting based on information such as left justification, head justification, tail justification, and shading), and display and print. With such a table grouping function, it is possible to represent a table that has undergone complicated editing processing.

(Cell Copying Process) FIGS. 3 to 8 show
It is a figure explaining the operation content of the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing one screen of the CRT 13 in this embodiment. Reference numeral 30 is one page of a document, and reference numerals 31 and 32 are text data. Reference numeral 31 is headline data, and 32 is text data. 33 is table data.

FIG. 4 shows a window displayed when the cell copy function is selected in the table editing, and 40 is a cell copy mode window. The cell copy mode window 40 has three modes 41 to 43. Reference numeral 41 is a function of copying the entire contents of the cell, 42 is a function of copying only the character string of the cell, and 43 is a function of copying only the attributes of the cell. By selecting one of the functions 41 to 43 and executing the copy function, only the information corresponding to the function is copied.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a selected state of cells of the table data 33. Reference numeral 50 is a cell which is a unit forming a table set, and 51 is a character string described in the cell. 5
Reference numeral 2 indicates a state in which the cell of the copy source is selected, which means that the inverted cell is selected.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the all content copy function 41 in the cell copy mode window 40 is selected and the copy process is executed. Reference numeral 60 denotes a mouse cursor which moves on the CRT 13 following the movement of the mouse (PD10),
When the mouse cursor 60 is moved to the cell in the figure and the mouse button is clicked, the entire contents of the selected 52 cell group are copied to the cell group with the cell at the position of the mouse cursor 60 as the upper left. . As shown in the figure, not only the character string but also the attribute is copied. In addition,
Normally, the inverted display disappears after the copying process is executed, but here, for convenience of explanation, the inverted state of 52 is left as it is.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the character string copy function 42 in the cell copy mode window 40 is selected and the copy process is executed. By moving the mouse cursor 60 into the cell in the figure and clicking the mouse button, only the character string of the selected 52 cell group is moved to the mouse cursor 6
The cell at the position of 0 is copied to the cell group with the upper left corner. As shown in the figure, only the character string is copied. The attributes set in the cell of the copy destination remain as they are. Note that normally, after the copying process is performed, the reverse display disappears, but here, for convenience of description, the reverse state of 52 is left as it is.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the attribute copy function 43 in the cell copy mode window 40 is selected and the copy process is executed. By moving the mouse cursor 60 into the cell in the figure and clicking the mouse button, only the attributes of the selected 52 cell groups are displayed.
The cell at the position of is copied to the upper left cell group. As shown in the figure, the character string remains as it was before the copying process, and only the attributes are copied. Normally, the inverted display disappears after execution of the copying process, but here, for convenience of explanation, the inverted state of 52 is left unchanged.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the embodiment.

First, in step S1, the cell copy function is selected from the table group editing functions. When the cell copy function is selected, the cell copy mode window 40 is displayed.

Next, in step S2, information to be copied is selected from the displayed cell copy mode window 40.

Next, in step S3, the cell to be copied in the table set is selected. The selected cell is in the inverted state to clarify the selected state.

In order to copy the cell selected in step S3, the copy destination is designated in step S4.
The designation method is to move the mouse cursor to the cell position to be copied and click the mouse button, whereby the cell group at the copy source is copied with the cell at the click position as the upper left.

The next step S5 is a step of determining which information is to be copied according to the mode selected in step S2 when executing the copying process.

If it is determined in step S5 that all the contents are to be copied, then in step S6, the entire contents of the copy source cell are copied to the copy destination designated position.

If it is determined in step S5 that only the character string is to be copied, then in step S7 only the character string of the copy source cell is copied to the designated copy destination position. In this case, since the attribute of the cell of the copy source is not copied, the attribute of the cell of the copy destination remains the same as before the execution of the copy process.

If it is determined in step S5 that only the attributes are to be copied, then in step S8, only the attributes of the copy source cell are copied to the copy destination designated position. In this case, since the character string of the copy source cell is not copied, the character string of the copy destination cell remains as it was before the execution of the copy process.

Although the above embodiment describes cell copying, it is the same as cell copying because the only difference is that the cell data is moved or not when the cell is moved.

The table group editing has a function called cell replacement. The cell replacement function is a function of replacing the copy source cell and the copy destination cell in the above embodiment. Even when this function is executed, the contents of cells can be selectively replaced by displaying the cell replacement mode window in which all contents, character strings, and attributes can be selected, based on the same idea as in the above embodiment. it can.

In the above-described embodiment, the copy destination is copied in the same arrangement as that of the cell group selected in the copy source, but the shape of the copy destination area may be changed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation contents when the shapes of the copy destination area and the copy source area are different.

The cell 100 inverted in black in FIG. 10 is the cell designated as the copy destination, and shows the state in which the entire contents of the copy source 52 are copied to the copy destination 100. After execution of the normal copying process, the reverse display disappears. However, in FIG. 10, the specified range of the copy destination is reversed in black and the specified range of the copy source is indicated by diagonal lines for convenience of explanation.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since you can select the information you want to copy when executing cell copy,
If you want to copy only the character string in a cell, you can save the unnecessary and troublesome process of resetting the attributes of the copy destination cell after copying, and save and paste the character string. Since there are no more and the character strings in a plurality of cells can be copied, there is an effect that the complicated work of saving and pasting as many cells as possible is eliminated. Further, when only the attributes in the cell are to be copied, the originally unnecessary and troublesome process of re-inputting the character string of the copy destination cell after copying can be omitted, and the attributes in a plurality of cells can be copied. Therefore, as many cells as there are cells, there is an effect that the complicated work of performing attribute change processing is eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display form of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a cell copy selection window.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing designation of a copy source.

FIG. 6 is a diagram when copying the entire contents of a cell.

FIG. 7 is a diagram when only a character string of a cell is copied.

FIG. 8 is a diagram when only the attributes of cells are copied.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.

[Explanation of reference symbols] 1 system bus 2 CPU 3 PMEM 4 IMEM 5 image scanner 6 image input / output control unit 7 printer 8 input control unit 9 keyboard 10 mouse 11 VRAM 12 display output control unit 13 CRT 14 external storage control unit 15 Hard disk 16 Floppy disk 17 Printer

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying document information including a table set, and first selecting a cell in the table set displayed on the display means.
Selection means, a second selection means for selecting another cell in the table set displayed on the display means, and a configuration to be copied among the configuration information of the cells selected by the first selection means. Designating means for selectively designating information, and the content of the cell selected by the first selecting means based on the configuration information designated by the designating means, the cell selected by the second selecting means A document processing device, comprising: 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cell configuration information includes at least character information in the cell. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cell configuration information includes at least attribute information in the cell. 4. The content of the cell selected by the first selecting unit is selected by the second selecting unit based on the configuration information specified by the specifying unit instead of the copying unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a moving unit that moves to a cell. 5. The contents of the cell selected by the first selecting unit are selected by the second selecting unit based on the configuration information specified by the specifying unit instead of the copying unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a replacement unit that replaces the content of the cell. 6. A first recognition means for recognizing a cell selected from within the table set, a second recognition means for recognizing another cell selected from within the table set, and the first recognition means. Of the cell configuration information recognized by the third recognition means for recognizing selectively specified configuration information to be copied, and the third recognition means for recognizing the configuration information recognized by the third recognition means. Copying means for copying the contents of the cell recognized by the first recognizing means to the cell recognized by the second recognizing means, and control means for controlling to display the table set after the copying by the copying means. A document processing apparatus comprising: 7. A display step of displaying document information including a table set, and a first step of selecting a cell in the table set displayed in the display step.
Selection step, a second selection step of selecting another cell in the table set displayed in the display step, and a configuration to be copied of the configuration information of the cell selected in the first selection step A designation step of selectively designating information, and based on the configuration information designated in the designation step,
The contents of the cell selected in the first selection step are
And a copying step of copying to the cell selected in the second selecting step. 8. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein the cell configuration information includes at least character information in the cell. 9. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein the cell configuration information includes at least attribute information in the cell. 10. Instead of the copying step, the contents of the cell selected in the first selecting step are selected in the second selecting step based on the configuration information specified in the specifying step. 8. The document processing method according to claim 7, further comprising a moving step of moving to a cell. 11. Instead of the copying step, the contents of the cells selected in the first selecting step are selected in the second selecting step based on the configuration information specified in the specifying step. 8. The document processing method according to claim 7, further comprising a replacing step of replacing the contents of cells. 12. A first recognition step of recognizing a cell selected from within the table set, a second recognition step of recognizing another cell selected from within the table set, and the first recognition step. A third recognition step of recognizing selectively the configuration information to be copied out of the cell configuration information recognized in step 3, and the third recognition step based on the configuration information recognized in the third recognition step. The method further includes a copying step of copying the contents of the cell recognized in the first recognizing step to the cell recognized in the second recognizing step, and a displaying step of displaying the table set after the copying in the copying step. A document processing method characterized by the above.