JPH05314111A - Document preparing device and edit control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and quickly perform the edit (transfer or copying) of table information in a document preparing device provided with an automatic table generating function. CONSTITUTION:When one point in the table information that is a target object is designated by a cursor in the edit of the table information consisting of ruled line information and character information, a CPU 10 detects the ruled line information comprising the maximum rectangle out of the ruled line information enclosing a designated position as the edit target by referring to the ruled line map 32 of a RAM 11, and also, detects the character information in the ruled line information from a document buffer 31 by converting the coordinate information of the ruled line information to the line and digit information of the character information. In such a case, the CPU 10 edits the ruled line information and the character information simultaneously at a designated position by designating an edit destination by the cursor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having an automatic table creating function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document creating apparatus can create a table by using a ruled line function. There are two types of ruled line functions: normal ruled lines that can be drawn regardless of the text and table ruled lines that are edited in conjunction with the text. If you draw a table ruled line, you can automatically fold the text within the ruled line and enter it. For example, a table for inputting numerical data used in graphs and spreadsheets is created by a table ruled line.

By the way, when a table is created using such a ruled line function, in order to move or copy the table to another position, it is necessary to move or copy the ruled line information and the character information separately. .. In this case, regarding the ruled line information, the whole point can be moved or copied by designating one point on the target ruled line. However, regarding the move or copy of the character information, the start point of the target character information can be moved. And the end point (target range) must be specified.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally, when editing (moving or copying) table information composed of ruled line information and character information, it is necessary to edit ruled line information and character information separately. In addition, there is a problem in that it is very troublesome to specify the edit target range and it takes time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and an editing control method capable of easily and quickly editing (moving or copying) table information. To do.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a table creating means for creating table information consisting of ruled line information and character information and an object to be edited when editing the table information created by the table creating means. An edit designating means for designating one point in the table information, and a ruled line detecting means for detecting the ruled line information forming the largest rectangle among the ruled line information surrounding the one point designated by the edit designating means. A character detecting means for detecting the character information existing in the ruled line information detected by the ruled line detecting means, the ruled line information detected by the ruled line detecting means and the character information detected by the character detecting means And a editing control unit for simultaneously editing the document.

Further, according to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus having a table creating means for creating table information consisting of ruled line information and character information, when editing the table information, one of the table information to be edited is By designating a point, the ruled line information forming the largest rectangle is detected from the ruled line information surrounding this one point, the character information existing in the ruled line information is detected, and the ruled line information and the above ruled line information are detected. This is an edit control method characterized by simultaneously editing character information.

[0008]

According to the above construction, by specifying the table information to be edited by only one point, the ruled line information and the character information which form the table information are detected, and both the information are edited at the same time. Therefore, for example, when moving or copying the table information to the designated destination, the ruled line information and the character information are separated,
Moreover, it is possible to easily or quickly move or copy without specifying the target range such as the start point and the end point.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment. In the figure, 10 is a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 11 and 12 are CPUs.
A memory (RAM, ROM) accessed by 10.

The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus. The CPU 11 accesses the RAM 11 and the ROM 12 and starts a program according to an input instruction to create a document, an automatic table creating process as shown in FIG. Edit table information, etc.

The ROM 12 has a program area 1 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
3, a character pattern area 14 in which font data is stored, a dictionary area 15 in which a standard dictionary for converting reading information input in kana or romaji into kanji information is provided. There is.

The RAM 11 is provided with an area for storing various kinds of information necessary for creating a document. Here, a document buffer 31 for storing the document information and a ruled line map 32 for storing the ruled line information are provided. Is provided. Here, control information is added to the document information stored in the document buffer 31, and the ruled line information stored in the ruled line map area 32 can be subtracted from this control information.

Further, 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display, 19 is a display controller (display-CNT), 20
Is a dot memory for display, 21 is a floppy disk device (FDD), 22 is an FDD interface (FDD-).
IF), 23 is a printer device (PRT), and 24 is a printer interface (PRT-IF).

The keyboard (KB) 16 is a keyboard interface (KB-
IF) 17 to CPU 10. This keyboard 16 has a "character" key, a "numerical value" key,
Here, an "automatic table creation" key 16a for designating an automatic table creation function is provided.

The display unit 18 is, for example, a liquid crystal display with a backlight of 40 characters and 20 lines, and the bottom line (20th line) is set as an area (guide line) dedicated to guide display. The display-CNT 19 controls the display of the display 18 by using the display dot memory 20 under the control of the CPU 10.

Floppy disk device (FDD) 21
Under the control of the CPU 10, saves the created document, stores external characters and second level characters, etc. via the FDD interface (FDD-IF) 22. The printer device (PRT) 23 is, for example, a serial printer. Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. First, a method of creating a table in the embodiment will be described.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 2, when the automatic table creation function is specified through the "automatic table creation" key 16a of the keyboard 16 (step A1), an item selection screen as shown in FIG. (Step A2). This item selection screen, "automatic table creation", "retrofit table creation", "table input", "table correction", "table move",
It has respective selection items of "table copy" and "line type change". Here, when the item of "automatic table creation" is selected with the cursor 41 (step A3), the automatic table creation mode is set, and the table (ruled line of table information including ruled line information and character information according to the user's designation is set. Information) is created automatically.

To explain the procedure, first, FIG.
As shown in (b) and (b), the table creation range is specified by specifying the starting point (step A4). Figure 5
As shown in (a), when the upper left position (starting point) of the table information is designated by the cross cursor 42, 2 × 2 ruled line information is displayed by a broken line. The position of the starting point determines the line spacing / character spacing, character spacing / character spacing, line spacing / character spacing, and character spacing / character spacing.
The position of the crosshair cursor 42 is between the lines ← → between the characters and above the characters ← →
Each time the space between characters changes, the ruled line information displayed with broken lines also changes between line spaces ← → characters, and above characters ← → characters.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the vertical column number (Y), the horizontal column number (X), the column row number (b), and the column digit number (a) are entered. By doing so, the size of the table information is determined (step A4). In this case, the cursor 4
Select the item to be input with 3, and press the "Number" key
Enter that value. As the initial values, the number of vertical columns (Y) is 2, the number of horizontal columns (X) is 2, the number of rows in a column (b) is 1, and the number of columns in a column (a) is 2. ..

When the required parameters are input and the size of the table information is determined in this way, ruled line information corresponding to the input is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (step A).
6). By displaying the ruled line information, it is possible to confirm the created table information. Further, a block cursor 44 is displayed at the upper left portion of the ruled line information, and various editing processes can be performed in addition to the input of character information through the block cursor 44. Next, an edit method for moving or copying the display information after the display information is created by the automatic table creation function as described above will be described.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG.
When "Move table" is selected with the cursor 41 on the item selection screen shown in (step B1), the CPU 10 is shown in FIG.
The movement mode screen as shown in is displayed. On this movement mode screen, the user designates the table information to be moved with the block cursor 44 (step B2). In this case, it is not necessary to specify the range (start point and end point) of the ruled line information that forms the table information, or the range of character information (start point and end point) that also forms the table information together with the ruled line information. One point may be designated by the block cursor 44.

When the moving object is designated, the CPU 10 executes R
Of the ruled line information surrounding the position designated by the block cursor 44 with reference to the ruled line map 32 of AM 11,
Ruled line information forming the largest rectangle is detected as a movement target (step S3). In this case, the ruled line information detected as the movement target is displayed as a broken line as shown in FIG. 8B, and moves as it is along with the movement of the block cursor 44. If the corresponding ruled line information is not detected due to the user's designation error, an error message is displayed (step B4). When the ruled line information is detected, the CPU 10 detects the character information existing in the ruled line information from the document buffer 31 of the RAM 11 by converting the coordinate information of the ruled line information into the line / digit information of the character information (step). B5).

When the destination is designated by the block cursor 44 (step B6), the CPU 10 simultaneously moves the ruled line information and the character information to the designated position, as shown in FIG. 8C.

As described above, when the table information including the ruled line information and the character information is moved, 1 of the table information to be moved is moved.
The ruled line information and the character information can be moved at the same time only by specifying a point. Therefore, as compared with the conventional method in which ruled line information and character information are separated and the target range is specified such as a start point and an end point, moving editing can be performed easily and quickly.

In the above embodiment, the case where the display information is moved to the designated position has been described, but the same applies to the case of copying. FIG. 9 shows the state of the display screen in the copy mode. Also in this case, the table information to be copied is designated by one point with the block cursor 44 and the copy destination is designated with the cursor 44, whereby the ruled line information and the character information can be simultaneously copied to the designated destination.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, by only specifying the table information to be edited by one point, the ruled line information and the character information which form the table information are simultaneously edited (moved or moved). Can be copied). Therefore,
As compared with the conventional art, the editing operation of the table information is simplified, the table information can be edited quickly, and the efficiency of creating the table can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an automatic table creating operation of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a table copy operation of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an item selection screen of an automatic table creation function in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a display screen for explaining an automatic table creating operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a display screen for explaining an automatic table creating operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a display screen for explaining an automatic table creating operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a display screen for explaining a table moving operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a display screen for explaining a table copy operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CPU, 11 ... RAM, 12 ... ROM, 16 ... Keyboard (KB), 16a ... "Automatic table creation" key, 18
... Display, 31 ... Document buffer, 32 ... Ruled line map, 4
1 ... Cursor, 42 ... Cross cursor, 43 ... Diamond cursor, 44 ... Block cursor.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A table creating means for creating table information composed of ruled line information and character information, and one point in the table information to be edited when the table information created by the table creating means is edited. An edit designating means for designating, a ruled line detecting means for detecting the ruled line information forming the largest rectangle among the ruled line information surrounding the one point designated by the edit designating means, and the ruled line detecting means. And character control means for detecting the character information existing in the ruled line information, and edit control means for simultaneously editing the ruled line information detected by the ruled line detection means and the character information detected by the character detection means. A document creation device comprising: 2. A document creating apparatus having a table creating means for creating table information composed of ruled line information and character information, when editing the table information, one point in the table information to be edited is designated. As a result, of the ruled line information surrounding this one point, the ruled line information forming the largest rectangle is detected, the character information existing in the ruled line information is detected, and the ruled line information and the character information are simultaneously detected. An edit control method characterized by editing.