JPH07168812A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To copy character data of plural cells which are selected in cell units to other plural cells at the same time by providing a copying process means which copies data to newly selected existent cells in the selection order one to one. CONSTITUTION:A RAM 8 is used a temporary stand-by area for work area error processing when a CPU 6 executes various programs. An HDD 9 is a hard disk drive and an FDD 10 is a floppy disk drive(FDD); and respective disks are used to store application programs, data, and libraries. All of information, held in the RAM 8 which is thus constituted, except information regarding ruled lines of cells is copied by the CPU 6 to the existent cells which are newly selected with a pointing device 5 in the selection order, cell to cell, and thus the character data in the cells which are selected in cell units can be copied to other plural cells at the same time.

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 capable of executing a table group editing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the table editing of a document processing apparatus of this type, since only character data is copied to other cells in cell units,
It was necessary to select all the characters in the cell, store them as copy character data, and paste the copied character data in the cells of the copy destination after selecting the whole text.

Further, in order to copy the character data including the attributes in cell units into another cell, there is only a method of copying all the information of the cell including ruled lines.

[0004]

As described above, since the copy processing of the table set data in the conventional document processing apparatus is performed as described above, in order to perform the copy processing in the cell unit, the ruled line information is However, there is a problem in that a considerable amount of operation is required until the desired copy processing is completed, the operation load on the operator is heavy, and a copy operation error is likely to occur.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a user-friendly document processing apparatus capable of collectively copying the in-cell information to a copy destination cell with a simple cell selection operation instruction. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

A first document processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises data processing means for creating / editing a table group,
Display means for displaying the table set created by the data processing means on a display device, selecting means for designating and sequentially selecting one or more cells on the display means, and the display device selected by the selecting means Selection display means for displaying a state in which the upper cell is selected, storage means for continuously holding information for specifying the cells selected by the selection means in a selection order, and ruled lines of cells held by the storage means And a copy processing unit for copying all the information except the information on the existing cells newly selected by the selecting unit in a one-to-one relationship with the cells in the order of selection.

In the second document processing apparatus according to the present invention, the copy processing means stores in the storage means when the number of cells newly selected by the selection means is larger than the number of cells stored in the storage means. The information of the selected cells is repeatedly copied until there are no newly selected cells.

The third document processing apparatus according to the present invention includes first determining means for determining whether the number of cells newly selected by the selecting means and the number of cells stored by the storing means are different, and And a first notification unit for notifying the display device of the determination result of the first determination unit.

A fourth document processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a second judging means for judging whether a cell newly selected by the selecting means and a cell stored by the storing means have an overlapping cell, and the second judging means. The second notification means for notifying the display device of the determination result of the determination means is provided.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the invention, all the information except the information about the ruled lines of the cells held by the storage means is transferred to the existing cells newly selected by the selection means by the copy processing means and the cells are selected in the order of selection. One-to-one copying is performed so that a plurality of character data of cells selected cell by cell can be simultaneously copied to a plurality of other cells.

In the second invention, the copy processing means is
When the number of cells newly selected by the selection means is larger than the number of cells stored by the storage means, the information of the cells stored by the storage means is repeatedly copied until there are no newly selected cells, Even if the number of cells at the copy source and the number of cells at the copy destination are different, all the information in the copy destination cell except the information about the ruled lines in the copy source cell can be copied continuously in one operation. is there.

In the third invention, the first notification of the determination result of the first determining means for determining whether or not the number of cells newly selected by the selecting means and the number of cells stored by the storing means are different from each other. The means notifies the display device so that the operator can recognize the status of the copying process in real time.

In the fourth invention, the second notifying means notifies the result of the determination of the second determining means for determining whether or not there is a duplicate cell in the cell newly selected by the selecting means and the cell stored by the storing means. This is notified to the display device to check the duplication of the copy source cell and the copy destination cell before the copying process, and to prevent the information of the copy source cell from changing by interrupting the process.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT display device for displaying a document being edited, various message menus and the like. Two
Is a video RAM (VRAM), which expands and stores an image displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 1. A bit move unit (BMU) 3 controls data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device.

Reference numeral 4 is a keyboard provided with various keys for editing a document, 5 is a pointing device (PD) used for pointing icons on the screen, and 6 is a CPU, which is stored in the ROM 7. Each unit of the apparatus is controlled based on a control program (a program for editing a document, an error processing program, and a program for realizing the processing of the present invention described later are stored).

Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM used as a work area when the CPU 6 executes the various programs described above and a temporary save area for error processing, 9 denotes a hard disk drive (HDD), and 10 denotes a floppy disk drive (FDD). Each disk is used to store application programs, data, libraries, etc., which will be described later.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a network interface (Ne
t-I / F), which performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data with other document processing devices via the network. Reference numeral 12 is an I / O bus (comprising an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus) that connects the units described above.

In the thus configured document processing apparatus, the CPU 6 stores all the information except the information about the ruled lines of the cells held in the RAM 8 into the existing cells newly selected by the pointing device 5 in the order of selection. One-to-one copy is made so that a plurality of character data of cells selected cell by cell can be simultaneously copied to a plurality of other cells.

When the number of cells newly selected by the pointing device 5 is larger than the number of cells stored by the RAM 8, the CPU 6 updates the information of the cells stored by the RAM 8 until the newly selected cell disappears. , Repeated copying, even if the number of cells of the copy source and the number of cells of the copy destination are different, all the information in the copy destination cell except for the ruled lines in the copy source cell is continuous in one operation. To be copied.

Further, the CPU 6 determines whether the number of cells newly selected by the pointing device 5 and the number of cells stored by the RAM 8 are different, notifies the CRT display device 1 of the determination result, and operates. The person can recognize the status of the copying process in real time.

Further, the CPU 6 determines whether or not an overlapping cell exists between the cell newly selected by the pointing device 5 and the cell stored by the RAM 8 and informs the CRT display device 1 of the determination result so that the copy source cell The duplication of the copy destination cells is checked before the copy processing, and the processing is interrupted to prevent the information of the copy source cells from being changed.

The program stored in the ROM 7 in this embodiment may be stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy disk (FD) directly connected to the apparatus. Further, it may be stored on another device connected to the network.

Further, the program of the present invention is FD or HD.
Can be supplied to the system or device via a storage medium such as or a network. <Outline of Table Set> The table set in the present embodiment is a form in which a table is expressed as a part of a document in the processing program on the apparatus of FIG. In the table group, a cell can be created by using a ruled line editing function using various line types, and a character can be input into the cell by using a character editing function using a character modification or an emphasized typeface.

Further, the character string in the cell is displayed after typesetting based on the cell attribute (information such as alignment). With such a table setting function, it is possible to realize a table in which complicated editing is performed. <Structure of Table Set Data> FIGS. 2 to 14 show the data structure when the table set data processed on the apparatus of FIG. 1 is edited.

When the table set is edited, the table set data is divided into two areas, an edit data area 21 and a local data area 22, and exists in the RAM of FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. Table group control information section 23 of edit data area 21
The portion 24 other than (detailed in FIG. 3) holds temporary data created / erased only during editing.

The local data area 22 holds information about each element such as ruled lines and characters that make up the table set, and when the data is held after the editing is completed, the data in this area and the table set control information 23 are used. Create save format data. The work area management information 25 (detailed in FIG. 4) is information for managing each information in the edit data area 21 and the local data area 22.

Areas 26 and 27 are collections of the entity of the break information (detailed in FIG. 12) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the break information) for creating new break information. Is.

Here, each piece of information has a format in which break information is held between pieces of break information, and a reserved area holds a pointer to next information and a pointer to previous information between reserved areas.
All information can be traced from the top information.

Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a "list structure".

28 and 29 are cell information (described in detail in FIG. 8)
And a reserved area dedicated to creating new cell information (having the same size as the cell information) are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. 30, 31, 3
Reference numerals 2 and 33 represent the diagonal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 5), horizontal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 6), vertical ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 7), and new ruled line information. A reserved area (same size as each ruled line information) dedicated for creating a is a mixed area. This part also has a list structure.

The diagonal ruled line information, the horizontal ruled line information, and the vertical ruled line information all have the same size because a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information is commonly used.

Reference numerals 34 and 35 are areas in which the substance of the cell attribute information (described in detail in FIG. 10) and a reserved area dedicated to creating new cell information (same size as the cell attribute information) are mixed together. is there. This part also has a list structure. 36,
Reference numeral 37 denotes an area in which the substance of the optional cell attribute information (detailed description with reference to FIG. 11) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the optional cell attribute information) for creating new cell information are mixed and collected. This part also has a list structure. 38
Is a reserve area to prepare for changes in the data format due to future function expansion.

The option cell attribute information has the same size regardless of the type of the option attribute information, because a dedicated reserved area for creating new option cell attribute information is commonly used.

FIG. 3 is a table group control information section 23 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the detailed data structure of.

In the figure, reference numeral 41 is a command indicating the start of table group data, and 42 is a flag relating to the editing of the entire table group such as information indicating whether or not to automatically expand cells at the time of character input. Reference numerals 43, 44, 45 and 46 are information indicating the version of each processing program when the table data is created. 47 indicates the final address of the cell, and 48 indicates the final number of the group used in the table data. Reference numeral 49 is a reserved area in preparation for a change in data format due to future function expansion.

Numerals 50 to 53 are information relating to the measure (grid), and numeral 50 is a flag indicating the grid display / non-display and the grid designation unit. 51 and 52 are values indicating the grid interval. Reference numeral 53 is a reserved area in preparation for a change in data format due to future function expansion.

Reference numerals 54 to 56 are information relating to designated parent-child ruled lines, which are composed of an upper line width 54, a line interval 55, and an underline width 56.

FIG. 4 shows the work area management information 2 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the detailed data structure of No. 5.

In the figure, reference numeral 61 is an ID for identifying data. 62 is the start address of the edit data area (the edit data area 21 in FIG. 2), 63 is the size of the secured edit data area (the edit data area 21 in FIG. 2),
64 indicates the effective size of the edited data. Reference numeral 65 is a pointer to the table group control information edit data area (table group control information section 23 in FIG. 2), and 66 is a vacant section of the edit data area (out of the portion 24 in FIG. 2 occupied by valid edit data). Part)) is the management information.

67 is an area for information about ruled lines in the local data area (local data area 22 in FIG. 2) (FIG. 2).
30-33), the pointer to the first record of the oblique ruled line information list.

Similarly, 68 is a pointer to each head recorder of a horizontal ruled line, and 69 is a pointer to each head recorder of a vertical ruled line.

Reference numeral 76 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for ruled line information.

Reference numeral 70 is management information of cell information, which holds the number of cells, a pointer to the cell information of the current cell, and the like. Reference numeral 71 is a pointer to the first record of the cell information list existing in the information area (28 to 29 in FIG. 2) regarding the cell in the local data area (22 in FIG. 2). Reference numeral 74 is a pointer to the first record in the list of reserved areas for cell information.

Reference numeral 72 is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell attribute information existing in the area (34 and 35 in FIG. 2) of the information about the cell attribute in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 77 is a pointer to the first record of the list of the reserved area for cell attribute information.

Reference numeral 73 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for break information existing in the break information areas (26 and 27 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 75 is a pointer to the first record in the list of reserved areas for character data.

Reference numeral 78 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for option cell attribute information existing in the option cell attribute information areas (36 and 37 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22.

Reference numeral 79 is Un for cancel processing during table group editing.
do control information, and 80 is table operation information indicating current information being edited (such as the type of menu being processed). 81
Is a selected ruled line information header indicating the selected ruled line (detailed in FIG. 13), and 82 is a selected cell information header indicating the selected cell (detailed in FIG. 14).

Reference numeral 83 is a work area, and 84 is local data area free space management information for managing the free area 38 in the local data area 22.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the record of the diagonal ruled line information 30 shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 91 is the coordinates of the start point of the diagonal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller Y coordinate. Reference numeral 92 indicates a line type, and any one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long broken line, and a hiding line is designated. Reference numeral 93 is a line width, and 94 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 95 is information regarding rounded corners.

Reference numerals 96 and 97 are information relating to line colors.
98 is the length of the line in the vertical direction, 99 is the length of the line in the horizontal direction, and only the horizontal length 99 can take a negative value. Reference numeral 100 is a pointer to the next diagonal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 101 is a pointer to the preceding diagonal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The diagonal ruled line record forms a list structure based on the information of the pointers 100 and 101, and is present in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the horizontal ruled line information 31 shown in FIG.

The horizontal ruled line is expressed by one record as one ruled line as long as it is continuous. In the screen operation, the unit divided at the intersection of the vertical ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, but it is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (“break information”). Figure 1
2 will be described in detail).

However, if the line type and color have changed even with continuous horizontal ruled lines, or if the rounded corners are specified at the intersections with other ruled lines, it is regarded as another ruled line from that part and another record is used. to manage.

Reference numeral 111 is the coordinates of the starting point of the horizontal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller x coordinate. Reference numeral 112 denotes a line type, which is a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line,
One of the long broken line, the hiding line, the double-column ruled line, the parent-child ruled line 1, the parent-child ruled line 2, the specified parent-child ruled line 1, and the specified parent-child ruled line 2 is specified.

Reference numeral 113 is a line width, and 114 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 115 is information regarding rounded corners. Reference numerals 116 and 117 are information regarding the color of the line. 1
18 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 119 is a pointer to the next horizontal ruled line record, and is N if the next record does not exist.
It is ULL. Reference numeral 120 is a pointer to the previous horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record.

The horizontal ruled line record forms a list structure based on the information 119 and 120, and is present in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG.

Reference numeral 121 is a pointer to the head delimiter information of this horizontal ruled line. Reference numeral 122 is a serial number that is added in order from the smallest y-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same number is assigned to all horizontal ruled line records having the same y coordinate.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the vertical ruled line information 32 shown in FIG.

The vertical ruled line is represented by one record as one ruled line as long as it is continuous. In the screen operation, the unit divided at the intersection of the horizontal ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, which is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (“break information”). Figure 1
2 will be described in detail).

However, if the line type or color has changed even with continuous vertical ruled lines, or if a rounded corner is specified at the intersection with another ruled line, it is regarded as another ruled line from that part and another record is recorded. to manage.

In the figure, 131 is the coordinates of the starting point of the vertical ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller Y coordinate. Reference numeral 132 denotes a line type, which is one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long dashed line, a hide-and-seek line, a double-column rule, a parent-child rule 1, a parent-child rule 2, a specified parent-child rule 1, and a specified parent-child rule 2. Is specified. Reference numeral 133 is a line width, and 134 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 135 is information regarding rounded corners. 136 and 137 are information regarding the color of the line. 1
38 is the length of the line. 139 is a pointer to the next vertical ruled line record, and if there is no next record, N
It is ULL.

Reference numeral 140 is a pointer to the previous vertical ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record.
The vertical ruled line record forms a list structure based on the information of 139 and 140, and exists in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG.

Reference numeral 141 is a pointer to the head division information of this vertical ruled line, and 142 is a serial number given in ascending order of the X coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same number is assigned to all vertical ruled line records having the same X coordinate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the cell information 28 shown in FIG.

A cell is a rectangular area completely surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines. The number of ruled lines that form a cell is 4
Any number may be used as long as it is more than the number. One cell is managed by one cell information. There are two types of cells: normal cells containing character strings and formula cells containing calculation formulas.

In the figure, reference numeral 151 is a pointer to the horizontal ruled line record of the leftmost ruled line among the horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell. Reference numeral 152 is a pointer to the vertical ruled line record of the uppermost vertical ruled line among the vertical ruled lines forming the left side of the cell. 153 is the upper left coordinate of the cell, and 154 is the cell size. 155 is the number of horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell, and 156 is rounded corner information of each of the four corners of the cell.

Reference numeral 157 is information in which the maximum line width of each side is obtained based on the information of the ruled line forming each of the four sides of the cell.
Reference numeral 158 is a character record (detailed in FIG. 9) which is information on the characters belonging to the cell. Reference numeral 159 is a pointer to information such as the character position of the result of typesetting the character string in the cell. Reference numeral 160 is a pointer that is valid only when the cell is a normal cell, and is a pointer to information indicating the value of the cell to be passed to the calculation processing program when the cell becomes a calculation target during calculation.

Reference numeral 161 is a pointer to the next cell information, which is NULL when the next information does not exist. 162 is a pointer to the previous cell information, which is NULL in the case of the head information. 16 cell information
A list structure is formed by the information of 1, 162, and the list structure of FIG.
It exists in the part shown by 4-35.

FIG. 9 shows the character record 158 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the detailed data structure of.

The character record is information on the character in the cell which has a one-to-one correspondence with the cell information and is held in the cell information.

In the figure, reference numeral 171 is an area for storing the number of bytes of the entire character record when the table setting data is stored as a file and is not used during editing. Reference numeral 172 is a flag indicating cell lock, heading designation, and cell type (normal or formula). Reference numeral 173 indicates a group number when cells are grouped. Reference numeral 174 is valid only in the first member cell of the group and indicates the number of group members.

175 is valid only when cells are grouped, and indicates the number of member in the group. Here, a group is a processing method unique to a table group in which a plurality of cells are regarded as one cell by grouping,
On the other hand, the input character string is sequentially assigned to each cell according to the group member number from the top member of the group and displayed.

Reference numeral 176 is a cell address, and the formula serves as an index for identifying the cell during the calculation process. Reference numeral 177 is a pointer to cell attribute information (detailed in FIG. 10). 178
Is information specifying the top horizontal ruled line of the cell to which this character record belongs.

Reference numeral 179 is information for managing a character string for each member cell in the case of grouped cells. 1
80 is the character data count, 18 for normal cells
In the case of formula cell 3, the size of the entire area 185 is indicated by the number of characters. 181 is the size of the character data buffer, which is indicated by the number of characters as in the character data count 180.

Reference numeral 182 is a pointer to the character data buffer. When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer 1
83 is occupied only by the character string (command and character code of character edit processing) 184.

When the cell is a formula cell, the character data buffer 185 is divided into 186 to 191.

Reference numeral 187 is a character string (character editing command and character code) processed by referring to the calculated value display attribute that holds the calculation result as an option cell attribute (detailed in FIG. 11), and 186 is the number of characters. .

Reference numeral 188 is an area for storing information on the calculation result (Value information), and 189 is an area for storing information necessary for formula calculation, which is used by the calculation processing program at the time of processing.
Reference numeral 191 is a formula body held by the cell, which is described in reverse Polish format data. 190 is the number of characters.

FIG. 10 shows the cell attribute information 3 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the detailed data structure of No. 4.

The cell attribute information is information that each character record always has only one, and one cell attribute information may be referred to by a plurality of character records.

In the figure, 201 is the number of bytes of the entire cell attribute information, and 202 is a value indicating how many character records refer to the cell information. A set flag 203 is information such as a set direction. Reference numeral 204 denotes a character flag, which is information such as a character type (full-width, half-width, etc.) and alignment of top, bottom, left, and right.

Reference numeral 205 is standard typeface information on the typeface used when Japanese is input in the cell, 206 is European typeface information on the typeface used when alphanumeric characters are input in the cell, and 207 is information on the background color of the characters. Is. 208
Indicates a line space, 209 indicates a left margin, 210 indicates a right margin, 211 indicates an upper margin, and 212 indicates a lower margin. Reference numeral 213 is information indicating which type of optional attribute this cell attribute has.

Default option attributes are used for the option attributes not included here. Reference numeral 214 is cell face type information, 215 is the number of indented characters, 216 is the number of indented characters, and 217 is a baseline adjustment amount for neatly displaying mixed sentences of Japanese and European sentences. Reference numeral 218 is a pointer to the option attribute information held by this cell attribute, and is N if no option attribute is held.
It is ULL.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the option attribute information defined by the option attribute flag 213 shown in FIG.

The option attribute is held in the form of one option attribute list for one cell attribute information. Here, the option attribute list is a list in which the option attribute information is connected as shown in the option attribute information group 224 by the kind specified by the option attribute flag (option attribute flag 213 shown in FIG. 10) of the cell attribute information. Say.

In the option attribute information, 221 indicates the type of the option attribute. There are twelve types of option attributes, namely Japanese emphasized fonts 1-5, European emphasized fonts 1-5, formula calculation value display attributes, and tab information. 222 is a data body of option attributes, in which data in a format according to the type is stored. The size of the data is the same for each type for convenience of processing. 223 is a pointer to the next option attribute information. Contains NULL if there is no next optional attribute.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the break information 26 shown in FIG. In the figure, 231
Is a pointer to the next break information, and is NULL if the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 232 is a pointer to the previous delimiter information, and in the case of the leading information, NUL
It is L. The cell information forms a list structure by the information 231 and 232, and exists in the portions indicated by 26 to 27 in FIG. 233 is a flag indicating the crossing direction,
Reference numeral 234 is the coordinates of the break position, and 235 is a pointer to the ruled line record of the intersecting partner.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the selected ruled line information designated by the selected ruled line information header 81 shown in FIG.

The selected ruled line information header 81 is information about the selected ruled line, and is included in the work area management information in the local data area (selected ruled line information header 81 shown in FIG. 4).
Hold on. Reference numeral 241 indicates the upper left coordinate of the entire ruled line range being selected, and 242 indicates the lower right coordinate thereof.

Numeral 243 is a value indicating how many pieces of selection ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selection ruled line information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is secured again. 244 is the number of ruled lines being selected, and 245 is the start address of the array of selected ruled line information. Each selected ruled line information is composed of the contents indicated by 246 to 249. 246 is a ruled line type, which is one of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ruled lines.

Reference numeral 247 is a pointer to the ruled line record. Reference numerals 248 and 249 are coordinate information for specifying a part of the ruled line (in units of divisions) when the part is selected.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the selected cell information indicated by the selected cell information header 82 shown in FIG.

The selected cell information header is information on the cell being selected and is held in the work area management information in the local data area (selected cell information header 82 shown in FIG. 4). 251 is a value indicating how many pieces of selection ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected cell information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is reserved. 252 is the number of selected cells, and 253 is the start address of the array of selected cell information. Each selected cell information is
It is composed of the contents shown in 254 to 255. 254 is a work flag used during processing, and 255 is a pointer to cell information. <Cell Selection Processing> First, FIG. 15 shows an example of a screen displayed on the CRT 1 while table editing is being performed on the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of a table group editing processing screen in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 261 denotes a menu, which shows the state when "Edit" is selected in the Ezps menu displayed first. Note that the contents of the menu are partially omitted for convenience of explanation. Reference numeral 263 denotes a document sheet to be edited, which indicates that the table set is being edited by the button 264.

Reference numeral 262 denotes a tool panel displayed at the time of editing the table set, and the operator determines which mode of the table set is to be processed by this panel. Table setting modes include ruled line selection, cell selection, vertical / horizontal line drawing, rectangle drawing, character input, rounded corner specification, diagonal ruled line drawing, and table set enlargement / reduction. 269 is
It is an example of table group data created by table group editing.

In order to select a cell, it is necessary to enter the cell selection mode by editing the table. To do so, select button 267 on tool panel 262. In the cell selection mode, the pointing device 5 (hereinafter referred to as a mouse) of the apparatus of FIG. 1 can be used to select a single cell or a plurality of cells by cell-clicking / mouse-dragging on the CRT 1.

The keyboard 4 of the apparatus shown in FIG.
Toggle selection is possible by operating the mouse while pressing the ft key. Toggle selection is a selection method in which, with respect to the cell selected immediately before, additional selection is performed when an unselected cell is selected, and deselection is performed when a selected cell is selected. The selected cell is highlighted as shown in the selected cell area 268 (the cell color is gray) of FIG.

The information on the selected cell is stored in the format shown in FIG. At this time, the order in the cell selection information array indicates the selection order. The selection order is determined as follows.

The cells selected by specifying the range by dragging with the mouse are first sorted in ascending order of the y-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line, and then it is considered that cells are selected in order from the smallest of the x-coordinate of the vertical ruled line.

The direction of the mouse drag operation has nothing to do with the determination of the selection order. For example, when the selected cell area 268 shown in FIG. 15 is selected by one mouse drag operation, the cell selection information is stored in the order of “North, 65, South, 50”. The cells additionally selected by the toggle selection are added in the order of selection after the array of the immediately preceding selected cell information. <Outline of Cell Character Copy Process> In the cell character copy process, the cell character selection confirmation menu 265 and the cell character copy menu 266 in the edit menu 261 shown in FIG. 15 are used.

First, the basic operation of the cell character copying process will be described below.

First, the cell as the copy source is selected by the above-described cell selection operation. Then, the cell character selection confirmation menu 265 is designated. As a result, the information of the selected cell stored in the selected cell information header 82 in the work area management information 25 shown in FIG. 4 is copied on the memory in the format shown in FIG. 14, and the pointer to the information is copied. , And is stored in the table group operation information 80 in the work area management information 25 shown in FIG.
The information stored here is held until the cell character selection is confirmed again, the cell selection mode is ended, or an operation such as cell deletion that changes the state of the cell information is performed.

Then, the selected display of the selected cell is canceled, and the contents of the selected cell information header 82 in the work area management information shown in FIG.
No cells are selected on the screen.

Next, the cell as the copy destination is selected by the above-described cell selection operation. And cell character copy menu 26
By specifying 6, the cell character copy process is executed.

In the cell-by-cell copy processing of the cell character copy processing, the character record held in the cell information (shown in FIG. 8) which is the data for each cell is operated. Therefore, in FIG.
The flag 172, the pointer 177 to the cell attribute information, and the character data count 180 of the character record shown in are set as they are from the copy source cell to the copy destination cell.

Regarding the cell attribute, the copy destination cell refers to the same cell attribute information as the copy source simply by setting the pointer 177 to the cell attribute information. The character data buffer is duplicated, and the start address of the newly created buffer is set to pointer 1 to the character data buffer of the copy destination cell.
Set to 82. At this time, if the copy source cell is a formula cell, instead of simply copying the character data buffer,
The address included in the expression 191 is changed as necessary, the expression calculation information 189 that is information indicating the link relationship between expressions is rewritten, and recalculation is performed to display character string information 186 and 187.
And Value information 188 are rewritten to reconstruct the character data buffer. If necessary, the character data count 180 and the character data buffer size 181 in the character record are rewritten.

Since the information held in the copy destination cell before the cell character copy processing is overwritten by the cell character copy processing, all of that portion is cleared.

Next, the cell character copy processing operation in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the first cell character copy processing procedure in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (8) indicate each step.

First, the cell selected in the cell character selection confirmation menu 265 of FIG. 15 as the copy source cell in step (1) and the cell selected as the copy destination cell before executing the cell character copy overlap. And check the existence of the selected cell. If there is such a cell,
In step (8), the message panel 28 shown in FIG.
1 is displayed on the CRT 1 to notify the operator that the cell character copying process cannot be continued.

In FIG. 17, 282 is a confirmation button for deleting the message panel 281 from the CRT 1.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (1) that the cell does not exist, the head cells of the copy source cell and copy destination cell are processed in step (2).

The step (3) is a judgment as to whether or not there is an unprocessed copy destination cell. If all the cells selected as copy destination cells have been processed, the processing is terminated.

At this time, whether or not all the cells selected as the copy source cells have been processed does not affect the end of the processing.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that the unprocessed copy destination cell still exists, step (4)
Then, it is judged whether there is a copy source cell to be processed.

At this time, if all the cells of the copy source have been processed, the cell having the first selection order among the cells selected as the copy source in step (5) is the copy source cell to be processed. To do.

Then, in step (6), the cell character copying process for one cell is performed between the process target cells of the copy source and the copy destination. Next, in step (7), the cells to be processed at the copy source and copy destination are set to the next cells in the selection order,
Returning to the processing of step (3).

An example of actual cell character copy processing in the flow of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a first cell character copy processing state in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention.

First, on the table data 291, the cells indicated by the face type gray 292 are “A6”, “I7”, “U6”,
Additional selection is made in the order of "E7", and cell character selection is confirmed. Next, a range 293 indicated by a thick line is selected by dragging the mouse.

At this time, the selection order is "yes 1", "yes 2",
"I 3", "U 1", "U 2", "U 3", "E 1",
“E2” and “E3”. When the cell character copy is executed here, the state becomes 294, and the cell character copy process is performed on all the cells in the range 295 (indicated by the thick dotted line) corresponding to the range 293 selected as the copy destination. [Second Embodiment] In the above embodiment, the cell character copying process is repeatedly performed on all the copy destination cells regardless of the number of copy source cells. However, another method will be described here.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing an example of the second cell character copy processing procedure in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (9) indicate each step. A processing program including this processing method is also executed on the apparatus shown in FIG.

First, both the cell selected in the cell character selection confirmation menu 265 of FIG. 15 as the copy source cell in step (1) and the cell selected as the copy destination cell before the cell character copy is executed. Check if there are duplicate selected cells. If there is such a cell, in step (9), the message panel 281 shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the CRT 1 to notify the operator that the cell character copying process cannot be continued.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step (1) that the cell does not exist, the head cells of the copy source cell and copy destination cell are processed in step (2). In step (3), it is judged whether or not there is an unprocessed copy destination cell. If all the cells selected as copy destination cells have been processed, in step (4) all copy source cells have been processed. Determine if

At this time, if an unprocessed copy destination cell remains, the message panel 321 shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the CRT 1 in step (6), and processing is performed depending on the difference in the number of copy source and copy destination cells. Notify the operator that the process was terminated midway.

In FIG. 21, reference numeral 322 is a confirmation button for deleting the message panel 321 from the CRT 1. If no copy source cell remains, the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that the unprocessed copy destination cell still exists, step (5)
It is determined whether or not there is an unprocessed copy source cell. When it is determined in step (5) that the unprocessed copy source cell still exists, the process of step (6) is performed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in the determinations in steps (3) and (5) that there are unprocessed cells in both the copy source and the copy destination, the copy source and the copy destination are processed in step (7). The cell character copying process for one cell described in the above embodiment is performed between cells.

Next, in step (8), the cells to be processed at the copy source and copy destination are set to the next cells in the selection order, and the process returns to step (3).

An example of the actual cell character copying process in this process flow will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a second cell character copy processing state in the character processing apparatus according to the present invention.

First, on the table data 311, the range indicated by the face type gray 312 is selected by dragging the mouse. At this time, the selection order is "A7", "I7", "U7". On the other hand, the table data 315 shows the state when the cell character copy is performed by selecting the range 313 indicated by the bold line by mouse dragging (copy source cell number <copy destination cell number). Reference numeral 317 indicates a state when cell character copying is performed by selecting a range 314 indicated by a thick dotted line by mouse dragging (copy source cell number> copy destination cell number).

Here, the selection order of the cells in the range 313 is “I1”, “I2”, “I3”, “U1”, “U2”, “U3”, “E1”, “I”. E2 "," E3 ", range 31
The selection order of the cells of No. 4 is "A5" and "I5". In the case of the example shown in the table group data 315, the process is terminated up to the number of copy source cells having a small number, and the copy process is performed only in the range 316 indicated by the bold line in the range corresponding to the copy destination range 313.

In the case of the example shown in the table data 317, the processing is terminated up to the copy destination cell number, which is the smallest, and the copying processing is performed only in the range 318 indicated by the thick dotted line. Table set data 31
The message shown in FIG. 21 is displayed for both the case 5 and the table group data 317.

In the character copy processing for one cell described in the above embodiment, the pointer was operated so that the cell attribute also referred to the same attribute as the copy source, but the attribute of the copy destination was not processed. It is also possible to easily copy only the characters without changing them.

According to the above embodiment, there is provided means for simultaneously selecting a plurality of cells on a cell-by-cell basis, and means for copying only a part of the information of the cells selected by the means, copy source and copy destination. It is provided with a means for checking the presence or absence of cells selected in duplicate on both sides, a means for interrupting the processing, a means for absorbing the difference in the number of cells of the copy source and copy destination within the copy processing, or notifying the operator as appropriate. Therefore, if you want to copy the character data of a cell to another cell in cell units, you can process the selected text in cell units instead of selecting the character string. Since the copy source cell is used repeatedly until all the cells specified as are processed, for example, when copying a character string of one cell to multiple cells, only one copy operation is required. Compound The copying process of character data between cells in has become possible to carry out a batch process.

Further, by avoiding the duplication of the copy source cell and the copy destination cell, it is possible to prevent the contents of the copy source cell from changing, and when there is a duplicate, a message is displayed. The operator can recognize that there is duplication.

Further, the difference in the number of cells between the copy source and the copy destination in the copy processing is automatically judged in the copy processing, that is, the cell character copy is performed up to the number of cells having the smaller copy source cell or copy destination cell. In this situation, the operation can be performed without the operator having to be aware of the number of cells selected as the copy source and the copy destination, and the influence of the copy processing due to the difference in the number can be minimized. It has become possible to carry out the processing according to it.

Further, in the copying process, the information of the cell selected as the copy source can be prevented from changing. Further, by displaying a message indicating that the numbers of cells of the copy source and the copy destination are different, the operator can recognize this.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0144]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, all the information except the information about the ruled lines of the cells held by the storage means is newly added by the copy processing means by the selection means. Since the cells are copied one by one to the selected existing cells in the order of selection, it is possible to simultaneously copy a plurality of character data of the cells selected in cell units to a plurality of other cells.

According to the second invention, when the number of cells newly selected by the selecting means is larger than the number of cells stored by the storing means, the copy processing means stores information on the cells stored by the storing means. Is repeatedly copied until there are no more newly selected cells, so even if the number of cells at the copy source and the number of cells at the copy destination are different, information about the ruled lines in the copy source cells is excluded from the copy destination cells. All information can be continuously copied with one operation.

According to the third invention, the determination result of the first determining means for determining whether or not the number of cells newly selected by the selecting means and the number of cells stored by the storing means are different from each other is the first determination result. Since the notification means notifies the display device, the operator can recognize the status of the copying process in real time.

According to the fourth invention, the number of cells newly selected by the selection means and the determination result of the second determination means for determining whether or not there is an overlapping cell in the cells stored by the storage means are the second determination result. Since the notifying means notifies the display device, the duplication of the copy source cell and the copy destination cell is checked before the copying process,
It is possible to prevent the information in the copy source cell from being changed by interrupting the processing.

Therefore, there is an effect that the in-cell information can be collectively copied to the copy destination cell by a simple cell selection operation instruction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of table group data being edited on the document processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of a table group control information section of the edit data area shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of a work area management information section of the local data area shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing in detail the data structure of a diagonal ruled line record existing in the diagonal ruled line information portion of the local area shown in FIG. 2;

6 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of a horizontal ruled line record existing in a horizontal ruled line information part of the local data area shown in FIG. 2;

7 is a diagram showing in detail the structure of a vertical ruled line record existing in the vertical ruled line information part of the local data area shown in FIG. 2;

8 is a diagram showing in detail the data structure of 1-cell information existing in the cell information part of the cell area of the local data area shown in FIG. 2;

9 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of a character record existing in the cell information shown in FIG. 8 and a data structure of a character data buffer referred to by the character record.

10 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of cell attribute information existing in a cell attribute information section of the local data area shown in FIG.

11 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of option attribute information existing in an option cell attribute information section of the local data area shown in FIG.

12 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of break information existing in a break information part of the local data area shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing in detail the selected ruled line information header existing in the work area management information shown in FIG. 4 and the data structure of the selected ruled line information referenced by the header.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing in detail a data structure of a selected cell information header existing in the work area management information shown in FIG. 4 and selected cell information referred to by the header.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a table group editing processing screen in the character processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of a first cell character copy processing procedure in the character processing device according to the present invention.

17 is a diagram showing an example of a message window displayed on the display device in the process of the cell character copying process shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a state change of table group data when the cell character copying process shown in FIG. 16 is performed.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of a second cell character copy processing procedure in the character processing device according to the present invention.

20 is a diagram showing an example of a change in the state of table group data when the cell character copying process shown in FIG. 19 is performed.

FIG. 21 shows CR in the process of cell character copy processing shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the message window displayed on a T display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display device 2 VRAM 3 BMU 4 keyboard 5 pointing device (PD) 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 RAM 9 hard disk drive (HDD) 10 floppy disk drive (FDD) 11 network interface (Net-I / F)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data processing means for creating / editing a table set, a display means for displaying the table set created by the data processing means on a display device, and a single cell or a plurality of cells on the display means. Continuing the selection means for sequentially selecting, the selection display means for displaying the selected state of the cells on the display device selected by the selection means, and the information for specifying the cells selected by the selection means in the selection order. All the information except the storage means for holding the cell and the information about the ruled line of the cell held by the storage means is copied to the existing cell newly selected by the selecting means in the order of selection of cells one-to-one. A document processing apparatus comprising: a copy processing unit. 2. The copy processing means newly selects the cell information stored by the storage means when the number of cells newly selected by the selection means is larger than the number of cells stored by the storage means. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein copying is repeated until there are no cells left. 3. A first judging means for judging whether or not the number of cells newly selected by the selecting means is different from the number of cells stored by the storing means, and a judgment result of the first judging means is displayed. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first notification unit that notifies the apparatus. 4. A second judging means for judging whether a cell newly selected by the selecting means and a cell stored by the storing means have an overlapping cell, and a judgment result of the second judging means is displayed on the display device. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second notifying unit for notifying.