JP4759874B2 - Table pattern generator - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a table pattern creating apparatus necessary for creating a table group in the editing layout work of printed matter performed by so-called DTP.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when creating a table with DTP layout software, it has been necessary to create it manually.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When manually assembling a table, it is necessary to specify the appearance of the table, and the burden on the worker was high both when creating the first school and when correcting it. In order to simplify the table composition work, a method for easily specifying the format of the table composition and a table composition creation program for formatting the actual table based on the format specification are required. The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily specifying the appearance of a table composition to be given to a table composition creation program. The document data is a native format data file of editing layout software to be used, and includes a character box object representing characters, various graphic objects representing various graphics, and the like.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention for solving the problems inputs two types of data files, text data for a table composition and a table composition pattern for designating a table composition, and generates document data formatted as a table. A table pattern generation device for creating a table pattern by designating input to a table composition program, wherein a table format to be created is formed according to a title line part and a data amount by a table format decomposition designation input. and table format decomposing means for decomposing the data line portion to, the fixed column variable vertical partition designated input, each column forming the table, a fixed stationary string part is column widths, equally column in accordance with the number of data is divided in the variable sequence part for dividing a width, a variable column portion of each row, actually fixed column Allowed formed as respective single cell irrespective of the number of data to be displayed in the variable sequence part And varying string divider, the borders drawn specified input, facilities and borders drawing means for drawing the borders required in at least one of said data lines portion and the title line portion, the dummy character arrangement designated input, the formatting of the finished appearance Dummy character placement means for placing the character box of the dummy character in a cell formed by the ruled line of the title row portion and the data row portion , thereby providing the table composition as document data formed as a part of the table. A table pattern creating apparatus characterized by creating a pattern.
[0005]
Since the table pattern draws only the necessary and sufficient part to form the specified table appearance, the specification of the table appearance is simplified accordingly.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a table pattern specifying method in the table pattern generation apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0008]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of a table composition operation based on the method of the present invention. Hereinafter, the flow of the table assembly work will be described with reference to FIG. First, the original data 200 is obtained or created (S01). The original data is text data in which a cell character string displayed for each cell of the table to be created is configured in units of lines as tab-delimited text data (new line characters are entered for each group of data in one line). As shown in FIG. 3, a table created with commercially available spreadsheet software can be created as a text file. Next, the operator creates one document file by editing the format of a part of the table using the dummy characters and ruled lines with the editing layout software (S02).
[0009]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an image of a part of the table subjected to the typesetting edit. In FIG. 4, the cell characters “A”, “B”,... Are dummy characters. One line composed of four cells in which the characters “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” are arranged is a title row, and characters “E”, “F”, “G”, “H” are One row composed of four arranged cells is called a data row. This document file is a table pattern 201. In other words, the formatting set as a dummy character on this pattern is applied to the cell characters in the table. In addition, the layout shape of the table pattern 201 (the height of each row of the title row and the data row, the width of each column, etc.) and the ruled line are used as a reference for the cell size of the table to be created later. It becomes a ruled line forming a cell. (In actuality, as shown in FIG. 6, the table pattern 201 includes a comment display portion in addition to the original table appearance portion, which will be described below with the comment portion omitted.)
[0010]
The worker creates a table using the table creation means 110 (S03). The table creation means 110 is a computer program. This is output (S04) and the operation is terminated. An editing image of the table composition output in step S04 is shown in FIG.
[0011]
Next, the process of step S02 for creating a composition pattern will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the title part and data part of the table format to be created are grasped, and the title line and data line of the typesetting pattern are determined (S11). FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the table format, the title line of the composition pattern, and the data line. The title part may have multiple lines. It is only necessary to create one data line of the composition pattern. The height of the title line and data line is created according to the actual appearance.
[0012]
Next, the fixed column portion and the variable column portion in one row are grasped (S12). FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the appearance and the fixed column portion and variable column portion of the composition pattern. The fixed row portion is fixed as the width of each row is determined by the typesetting pattern. On the other hand, the variable column portion is later formatted as n columns whose widths are equally divided by an integer n. The integer n is a number obtained by subtracting the number of columns in the fixed column portion from the number of columns determined by the original data. On the table pattern, the variable column portion of each row is always formed as one cell.
[0013]
A ruled line of the title row is drawn (S13). A ruled line of the data row is drawn (S14). A dummy cell character is subjected to a format setting for the cells formed in the typesetting pattern and arranged in an appropriate cell (S15). In this way, the table pattern shown in FIG. 4 is obtained, and the pattern file is generated by saving this as an original format file (document data) of the editing layout software. Therefore, FIG. 4 should be exactly the display image on the display when the document data is read and drawn by the editing layout software, and the editing layout software handles the entity of the pattern file. It is a collection of character graphic objects. The table pattern and the pattern file are used synonymously, but the former is called with emphasis on the display image on the display or the output result from the output device, and the latter is called as a kind of data file. It is.
[0014]
Next, the table composition creating means 110 which is a computer program for composition of the table format of FIG. 5 from the original data of FIG. 3 and the composition pattern of FIG. 4 will be described. The table composition creating means 110 will be described below as a specification for combining cells when cell character strings in adjacent tables are the same.
[0015]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the table composition creating means 110 of the present invention. Hereinafter, the function of the table creation means 110 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The most important thing in creating a table is how to handle cell merging. Here, as an embodiment, processing is performed using a combined array describing the combined state of cells. The combined array (i, j, k) is a three-dimensional array, and i and j indicate the position (row, column) of the sheet cell (cell before being combined). If the depth of k is 3, (i, j, $ FLAG) is the cell at the top (upper left corner), (i, j, $ END column) is In the rightmost column of the merged cell starting from the cell, (i, j, $ END row) indicates the lowermost row of the merged cell starting from that cell when that cell is the first. In the initial stage, all cells (i, j) are (i, j, $ END columns) = j and (i, j, $ END rows) = i at the head. When cells are combined and no longer at the head, an invalid flag is set in (i, j, $ FLAG).
[0016]
In step S40, the above-described combined array is initialized. That is, all cells are first at the beginning. In the case of row priority designation, a combined array creation process (S48) by row priority designation is executed, and in the case of column priority designation, a combined array creation process (S50) by column priority designation is executed.
[0017]
The meanings of row join priority and column join priority are as shown in FIG. Since ordinary tables handled in commercial prints do not perform L-shaped or T-shaped joins, it is necessary to specify either row join priority or column join priority in advance to avoid this. There is. Details of the merged array creation processing (S48) with priority on row merge will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0018]
When the combined array has been created, the ruled lines necessary to form the appearance are drawn, and the individual cell character string data existing in the original data 200 is set to the dummy character corresponding to the table pattern 201. The formatted formatting is performed, and the table is formatted at each position (S52). At this time, if the table pattern has a variable column part, the width of the variable column part is equally divided by an appropriate integer n. First, the title lines are formatted, and data lines are repeatedly created by the number obtained by subtracting the number of title lines from the number of original data lines. At this time, the actual cell size of the table is determined based on the height of one row, the width of each column, and the ruled line defined in the table pattern 201. Cell character string data is arranged at the position of the merged cell derived from the table pattern 201 in accordance with the created merged array, and necessary ruled lines corresponding to the merged cells are drawn. In this step, document data generated by the editing layout software 100, that is, character / graphic object data handled by the editing layout software 100 is directly handled. That is, the object data is copied and property values are set.
[0019]
The above is the outline of the table creation process shown in FIG.
[0020]
Next, the algorithm of the row combination priority process will be described with reference to FIG. Steps S70 to S76 are repetitive processes performed in units of rows (each horizontal row of the table). From the start line to the last line, if there are adjacent cells having the same cell character string in the line, these are combined (S72). That is, for such cells that can be combined, one end thereof (for example, the left end, ie, the cell with the smallest column number) is set as the leading cell, and all other cells to be combined are set as non-starting cells. Then, for the first cell (i, j), the rightmost column number of the cell to be coupled to the coupled array (i, j, $ END column) is set.
[0021]
Steps S78 to S88 are repetitive processes performed for each column (for each vertical column of the table). In step S82, it is determined whether or not there is an adjacent cell or cell band that satisfies the combining condition in the column (j column). Join condition is
1) Combined array (i, j, $ FLAG) = Combined array (i + 1, j, $ FLAG) = Lead 2) Combined array (i, j, $ END column) = Combined array (i + 1, j, $ END column)
3) It means that the three conditions that the cell character strings corresponding to the respective cells are equal are satisfied. In step S84, a pair of cells adjacent in the vertical direction satisfying this combination condition or a set of three or more continuous cells in the vertical direction is set as a cell band starting from the cell (k, j). Combine with the cell band starting with (i, j). For example, if j rows to i rows can be combined in the j column, the combined array (k, j, $ FLAG) is updated to a non-first cell, and the combined array (i, j, $ END row) = q And update. However, i + 1 <= k <= q.
[0022]
The combined array creation process (S50) by specifying the column combination priority shown in FIG. 8 may be performed in the same manner as shown in FIG. That is, processing similar to steps S70 to S76 in FIG. 9 is repeated for each column (for each vertical column of the table), and thereafter processing similar to steps S78 to S88 is repeated for each row (for each horizontal column of the table). To do.
[0023]
It supplements about the process of step S52 of FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the dummy character box on the table pattern and the cell character box of the created table. The variable column portion of the title row where the dummy character “D” is placed in the table pattern is a cell represented by four cell characters of the corresponding text “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” in the original data 200. Equally divided. The title line portions on which the dummy characters “B” and “C” are placed are connected and listed because the corresponding text is the same as “Division / Accommodation”. The dummy character “E” in the table pattern is replaced with the cell character string “Osaka city”, but the subsequent cell lines are replaced with the same cell character string, and are thus connected in the vertical direction. The same applies to the dummy character “F”. Since the dummy character “G” is replaced with a different cell character string in each row, no cell connection occurs. The dummy character “H” becomes a cell equally divided by an integer n (in this case, n = 4) in each row, and is replaced with a character string of text data.
[0024]
12 and 13 are diagrams for explaining how the ruled lines of the table pattern are used for the table composition in the process of step S52. FIG. 12 explains a horizontal ruled line. Horizontal ruled lines y1, y2, and y3 on the table pattern are used as horizontal ruled lines Y1, Y2, and Y3 in the table. The ruled line Y3 is repeatedly drawn based on the ruled line y3 by the required number of data lines minus one.
[0025]
FIG. 13 illustrates a ruled line in the vertical direction. Vertical ruled lines t1, t2,..., T5 on the table pattern are used as vertical ruled lines T1, T2,. The ruled line T4 is repeatedly drawn a number of times corresponding to an integer n that equally divides the variable column portion based on the ruled line t4.
[0026]
As described above, how the table composition of the desired appearance is generated from the original data 200 and the table pattern 201 by the table composition creation program 110 has been described in detail.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the method of the present invention, since only a part of the table appearance is edited and passed to the table creation program according to a certain rule, it is easy to specify a complicated table composition. There is a remarkable effect that it can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a flow of table composition creation that adopts a table composition pattern designation method of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a table pattern.
FIG. 3 is data that is the source of original data.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a table pattern.
FIG. 5 is a finished table.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a pattern file.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a table pattern and a completion table.
FIG. 8 is a schematic process flowchart of a table composition creating means.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining cell combination processing of the table composition creating means.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a fixed row portion and a variable row portion.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a table pattern cell and a completed table cell;
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a ruled line of a table pattern and a ruled line of a completed table;
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a ruled line of a table pattern and a ruled line of a completed table.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating row-first combination and column-first combination.
[Explanation of symbols]
110 Table creation program (table creation means)
200 Original data 201 Pattern file

Claims (1)

The table composition for a table composition creating program for generating document data formatted as a table by inputting two types of data files, text data for the table composition and a table composition pattern for designating the composition of the table A table pattern creation device that creates a pattern by designating input ,
The Table appearance degradation specification input, and table format decomposing means for decomposing the data line portion to be formed in accordance with the table style to be created in the title line portion and a data amount,
The fixed column variable vertical partition designated input, each column forming a table, on which the column width is divided into a fixed stationary column part, and a variable string portion that divides evenly column width in accordance with the number of data, Fixed column variable column dividing means for forming the variable column portion of each row as one cell regardless of the number of data actually displayed in the variable column portion ;
The ruled line drawing specified input, a Border drawing means for drawing ruled lines necessary for the title line portion and at least one of the data line portion,
Dummy character placement means for placing a dummy character text box that has been formatted in a finished appearance by a dummy character placement designation input in a cell composed of a ruled line of the title row portion and the data row portion ;
The table composition pattern creating apparatus is characterized in that the table composition pattern is created as document data formed as a part of the table.

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