JPH0648436B2 - Data processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an office computer, a word processor, and other data processing devices having a ruled line display function, and particularly simplifies block editing and tabulation editing operations. As a result, the present invention relates to a data processing device that reduces the burden on the operator and improves the operation efficiency.

[Conventional technology]

In general, a display device such as a CRT is connected to an office computer, a word processor, and various other data processing devices, and an operator performs necessary operations in an interactive manner with a display screen.

In such a data processing device, in general, a device having a ruled line display function is often used so as to enable tabulation processing.

By the way, in a conventional data processing device such as a word processor, when performing a tabulation operation, it is necessary to perform a ruled line setting operation, a tab position setting operation, a data input operation, and the like.

FIGS. 1 (1) to 1 (3) are an example of a screen display for explaining a tabulation operation in a conventional word processor. (1) is a state after setting ruled lines, and (2) is a tab position. The state, (3) shows the state where data is being input. In the drawing, SC indicates a scale, TS indicates a tab set, and TM indicates a tab mark.

In the representative operation, first, as shown in FIG. 1 (1), a required number of ruled lines are set.

Next, as shown in Fig. 1 (2), at the set position of the vertical ruled line,
Set the tab skip position.

Then enter the corresponding data in each column in the table and
I had created a table as shown in Figure (3).

In addition, the conventional data processing device requires ruled line setting operations, tab position setting operations, data input operations, and the like when performing tabulation operations, and the data input order is also restricted. was there.

FIGS. 2A to 2C are display examples showing an example of the ruled line setting order and the data input order in the conventional data processing apparatus. In the drawing, ~ indicates the order of data input.

In FIGS. 2A to 2C, the ruled lines are set in the order of setting the vertical ruled lines first and then the horizontal ruled lines.

In such a setting order, the data input order is
As shown in FIG. 2 (3), in the vertical direction, ~, ~,
Becomes.

Next, FIGS. 3A to 3C are display examples showing another example of the ruled line setting order and the data input order in the same conventional data processing apparatus. In the drawing, ~ indicates the order of data input.

In the display examples of FIGS. 3 (1) to (3), the ruled line setting order is
Unlike the previous FIG. 2 (1) to (3), the horizontal ruled lines are set first, and then the vertical ruled lines are set.

In this case, the input order of data is, as shown in FIG.

As described above, in the conventional data processing apparatus, the data input order is determined in accordance with the ruled line setting order.

Therefore, the operator cannot input data in an arbitrary order, and is forced to operate in a predetermined order according to the model.

Therefore, in the conventional data processing device, when setting a ruled line, it is necessary to perform an operation for block editing, or a ruled line setting method, that is, a ruled line setting order, encloses a plurality of set ruled lines. However, there is a problem that the order of inputting data to each partitioned field is changed, and the operability is not always good.

It is also known that a certain word processor edits a table by determining only vertical ruled line information without the need to set a tab skip position as shown in FIG. 1 (2). .

However, in this type of word processor, it is necessary to select the ruled line information related to the line currently being edited from the ruled line information dispersed in the page, so that the configuration for that purpose only becomes significantly complicated. In addition, the processing time becomes long, and there is an inconvenience that system performance and operability are unavoidable.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the data processing device of the present invention, such inconvenience in the tabulation operation of the conventional data processing device having the ruled line display function is solved, and only the operation of setting, erasing and moving the ruled line is performed. In-line formats like this are configured to be set, deleted, and moved automatically.
It is intended to simplify the tabulation operation by allowing the format in these lines to be used for block edit and multi-column edit.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

According to the present invention, firstly, in a data processing device having at least an input device and a display device and having a ruled line processing function for setting, deleting, moving, etc. of ruled lines in accordance with an instruction from the input device, the start column is used as ruled line information. , The ruled line information storage means for storing information such as start line, stop column, stop line, line type, etc., and format information consisting of information such as page, start line, left margin, right margin, tab set position of binary code, A format information storage unit that stores the format information for each change location of the format information, and a format information search unit that searches the format information stored in the format information storage unit according to a ruled line processing instruction from the input device. Prepared, the newly set ruled line when setting the ruled line Information is stored in the ruled line information storage means, and among the newly set ruled lines, for the vertical ruled lines, the format information is searched in accordance with the ruled line setting processing instruction from the input device, and the corresponding format information is searched. “Turn on” tab set for column
It is configured to.

Secondly, in the data processing device according to the first aspect of the invention, when the ruled lines are erased, the erased ruled line information is deleted from the ruled line information storage means, and the vertical ruled lines among the erased ruled lines are deleted. With respect to (1), the format information is searched for in accordance with the ruled line erasing processing instruction from the input device, and the tab set of the column of the corresponding format information is turned off.

Thirdly, in the data processing device according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the ruled lines are moved, the processing at the time of setting is performed on the ruled lines after the movement, and the processing at the time of erasing is performed on the ruled lines before the movement. A data processing device characterized by performing at least an input device and a display device, and is configured to set, delete, move, etc., a ruled line in accordance with an instruction from the input device.

[Work]

According to the present invention, when the tabulation operation is performed, only the operations such as setting, deleting, and moving the ruled lines are performed. Especially, the format in the line such as the tab is automatically set, deleted, and moved so that the tabulation can be performed. Simplify the operation.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

4 (1) to (5) are examples of screen display during tabulation operation in the data processing apparatus of the present invention, (1) is an example of display in the initial state,
(2) to (5) are display examples showing the order of setting ruled lines for the tabulation operation. SC, TS, and TM in the drawing are the same as in FIG.
SC indicates a scale, TS indicates a tuple, TM indicates a tab mark, LM indicates a left margin, and RM indicates a right margin.

In the data processing apparatus of the present invention, when a tabulation operation is performed, the vertical ruled line setting operation is performed in the initial state where the screen as shown in FIG. 4 (1) is displayed.

When setting the vertical ruled line, as shown in Fig. 4 (2),
The tab set TS is automatically performed on the same column as the vertical ruled line.

When the required number of vertical ruled lines have been set, the horizontal ruled lines are set next. In the case of this horizontal ruled line setting, Fig. 4 (3)
As shown in, tab setting is not performed.

Also, in this case, not only the tab set but also the leftmost or rightmost vertical ruled line is determined, and as shown in FIG. 4 (4),
The left and right margins may be automatically set.

When inputting data such as characters, the vertical ruled lines are moved by moving the display device of the tab mark TM as shown in FIG. 4 (5), for example, by moving tab keys to move from left to right. It will be easy to do.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the main configuration of the data processing device of the present invention. In the drawings, 1 is an input device, 2 is an input control unit, 3 is a ruled line control unit, 4 is a ruled line storage area, 5 is a line format control unit,
6 is a line format storage area, 7 is a character display control unit,
8 is a character generator, 9 is a display control unit, and 10 is a display device.

In the apparatus of FIG. 5, when an operation for instructing the setting of the vertical ruled line is given from the input device 1, the input control section 2 judges that fact and passes the ruled line setting data to the ruled line control section 3. .

The ruled line control unit 3 makes a vertical / horizontal determination on the input setting data of the ruled line, and sets the setting data in the ruled line storage area 4.
And stores the data in the row format control unit 5 and stores the data in the row format control unit 5.

The row format control unit 5 searches the row format storage area 6 for the corresponding row format data for only the vertical ruled line, sets the tab set to "on" in the ruled line setting column, and ends the process.

When displaying the stored characters, the logic circuit is configured such that the characters are arranged according to the data in the ruled line storage area 4.

Here, the row format storage area 6 is a format information storage unit that stores the format information for each changed portion of the format information, and the row format control unit 5 is a format information search unit that searches the format information.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a main part relating to setting of vertical ruled lines and tab sets in the data processing device of FIG. Reference numerals in the drawing are the same as those in FIG. 5, 31 is a ruled line setting data holding unit provided in the ruled line control unit 3, 32 is a vertical / horizontal determination unit for ruled line data, 33 is a comparison circuit, and 34 is A ruled line data storage unit, 35 is an erasing processing unit, 36 is a vertical ruled line data input control unit, and 51 is a line format change processing unit in the line format control unit 5.

In the ruled line control unit 3 of FIG. 5, as shown in FIG.
The inputted ruled line setting data is temporarily held by the holding unit 31, and the vertical / horizontal judging unit 32 of the ruled line data judges whether the ruled line is a vertical ruled line or a horizontal ruled line.

The operations such as setting, erasing and moving ruled lines are basically the same as those of the conventional data processing device. For example, in the case of erasing, the comparison circuit 33 causes the ruled line data storage unit 34 to store the ruled lines to be erased. By comparing the data with the ruled line data which has already been set and stored in the ruled line storage area 4, and outputs the coincidence output of the both to the erasure processing section 35, the ruled line to be erased stored in the ruled line storage area 4 is compared. Erase the data.

On the other hand, in the case of the vertical ruled line, the data of the vertical ruled line is passed to the row format control unit 5 via the input unit 36 for the vertical ruled line data.

In the line format change processing unit 51 of FIG. 6 provided in the line format control unit 5, when a vertical ruled line is newly set, a new tab set is added to the line format storage area 6 and the vertical format line is set. When deleting ruled lines, the tab set that has already been set is deleted.

7 (1) and 7 (2) are examples of ruled line and line formats used in the data processing apparatus of the present invention, in which (1) shows ruled line data and (2) shows line format data.

As shown in FIG. 7 (1), the format of the ruled line data is arranged as a start column, a start line, a stop column, a stop line, and a line type.

The ruled line data of FIG. 7 (1) is stored in the ruled line storage area 4 of FIG. 5 or 6 only for the main line of the ruled line.

The line format data is arranged in the order of page, start line, left margin, right margin, and tab set position of binary code, as shown in FIG. 7 (2).

The line format data of FIG. 7 (2) is stored in the line format storage area 6 only for the line format change points.
It is stored.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation at the time of tabulation operation in the data processing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

Next, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 8, the operation at the time of tabulation operation by the data processing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described.

After the ruled line data is set in the ruled line storage area 4, the line format storage area 6 is searched for the line format of the line by the start line of the vertical ruled line.

If there is a row format in the row format storage area 6, the tab set is turned "on" to that format.

On the other hand, if there is no line format, it is determined that the line format is to be changed, and line format data to be inserted at that position is generated and inserted.

Such processing is similarly repeated until the end line of the ruled line.

Even when there is no line format data in the end line of the ruled line, new data is similarly generated and inserted.

In addition, in the case of deleting the ruled line, it can be easily deleted by setting the position where the tab set is "on" to "off".

In the case of moving the ruled line, since the old position is deleted and the new position is set, the old position of the tab set may be "off" and the new position may be "on".

Furthermore, as a method of replacing the left edge and the right edge with the left and right margins, search the leftmost or rightmost tab set position in the line format and rewrite the margin data when the ruled lines have been set. Good.

In this case, it goes without saying that the range of the changed line can be easily determined depending on the position of the horizontal ruled line.

〔The invention's effect〕

The data processing device of the present invention is configured such that the line format such as a tab is automatically set, erased and moved only by performing operations such as setting, erasing and moving ruled lines. For block editing and multi-column editing,
The formats within these lines can be used.

Therefore, according to the data processing device of the present invention, the line format data for editing the character data is automatically updated by the ruled line setting operation at the time of tabulation,
Since the representative operation is simplified, the burden on the operator is remarkably reduced, and the tabulation process can be performed quickly.

In addition, since the configuration for that is extremely simple, it is possible to obtain excellent effects such that it can be easily implemented in many data processing devices.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (1) to 1 (3) are examples of screen displays for explaining a tabulation operation in a conventional word processor, and FIGS. 2 (1) to 3) are ruled lines in a conventional data processing device. A display example showing an example of the setting order and the data input order is shown in FIGS. 3 (1) to (3), which shows another example of the ruled line setting order and the data input order in the same conventional data processing apparatus. Display examples shown in FIGS. 4 (1) to 4 (5) are screen display examples at the time of tabulation operation in the data processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the main configuration of the data processing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 7 (1) is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the data processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 6 and 5 showing a detailed configuration of a main part related to vertical ruled line setting and tab setting. And (2) are examples of ruled line and line formats used in the data processing device of the present invention, respectively. The figure is a flow chart for explaining the operation at the time of tabulation operation in the data processing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. In the drawings, 1 is an input device, 2 is an input control unit, 3 is a ruled line control unit, 4 is a ruled line storage area, 5 is a line format control unit, 6 is a line format storage area, 7 is a character display control unit, and 8 is a character. Generator, 9 is a display controller,
10 is a display device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. At least an input device and a display device are provided,
In a data processing device having a ruled line processing function that sets, deletes, moves, etc. ruled lines in accordance with instructions from an input device, information such as start column, start line, stop column, stop line, line type, etc. is stored as ruled line information. Format information storage means for storing ruled line information storage means and format information consisting of information such as page, start line, left margin, right margin, tab set position of binary code, etc. for each change location of the format information And format information search means for searching the format information stored in the format information storage means in accordance with a ruled line processing instruction from the input device. When setting a ruled line, the newly set ruled line information is used as the ruled line information. Newly set ruled lines stored in the storage means Among them, the vertical line is to explore the format information according to an instruction of the ruled line setting process from the input device, the tab set of columns of the corresponding format information "on"
A data processing device characterized by: 2. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the ruled lines are erased, the erased ruled line information is deleted from the ruled line information storage means, and the erased ruled lines have a vertical length. Regarding the ruled line, the data processing device is characterized in that the format information is searched by an instruction of the ruled line erasing process from the input device, and the tab set of the column of the corresponding format information is turned off. 3. The data processing device according to claim 2, wherein when the ruled line is moved, the setting process is performed on the moved ruled line and the ruled line before the movement is deleted. A data processing device characterized by performing.