JPH08137835A - Device and method for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the character display function of tabular work by setting an area where data is not outputted as a cell of the generated tabulation, determining an area where data can be arranged from the area, and displaying the data. CONSTITUTION: A CPU 6 controls respective parts of the device on the basis of a control program stored in a ROM 7 by using a RAM 8 as a work area. Then the CPU 6 generates cells by using a ruled-line editing function for the tabular work representing a table as part of a document and inputs characters to the cells by using a character editing function. Here, the CPU 6 determines the area where data is not outputted as a cell of the tabular work, determines the area where data can be outputted from the set area, and displays the data in the determined area. The data arrangeable area is found from the rectangle of the cell and top and bottom, and right and left margin values, and those margin values are plus inside the rectangle of the cell and minus outside the rectangle to give a margin for displaying a character which is not displayed just in the cell.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method capable of handling table editing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a table set editing in a conventional document processing apparatus, it is possible to set a margin in setting a cell attribute.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, since it was not possible to set a negative value in the margin setting of a cell, the size of the cell cannot be displayed when the characters are barely displayed in the cell. Had to change.

[0004]

[Means (and Action) for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a creating means for creating a table group and a setting for setting an area in which data is not output to a cell of the created table group. There is provided a document processing device comprising: a means and a display control means for arranging data in the set area and controlling the display in a cell.

In order to solve the above problems, setting means for setting an area where data is not output to a cell of a table group, determining means for deciding a data allocable area from the set area, and A document processing apparatus, comprising: a display control unit that controls to display data in a determined area.

In order to solve the above problems, it is preferable that the setting means can set a negative value.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a setting step of setting an area where data is not output is set for a cell of a table group, a deciding step of deciding a data allocable area from the set area, and the deciding step. And a display control step of controlling to display data in a designated area.

[0008]

【Example】

<Description of Apparatus> FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement 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 having various keys for editing a document, 5 is a pointing device (PD) used for pointing an icon on the screen, and 6 is a C
The PU controls each unit of the apparatus based on a control program stored in the ROM 7, for example, a program for editing a document or an error processing program, and a program for implementing the process of the present invention described later.

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 (Net-I / F), which performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data with another document processing apparatus via the network. Reference numeral 12 is an I / O bus that connects the units described above, and is composed of an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.

The program stored in the ROM 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 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 set, 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 grouping function, it is possible to represent a table that has undergone complicated editing.

<Structure of Table Set Data> FIGS. 2 to 1 show the data structure when the table set data processed on the apparatus of FIG. 1 is edited.
4 shows.

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 shown in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. A portion 24 of the edit data area 21 excluding the table setting control information portion 23 holds temporary data that is created / erased only during editing. Details of the table group control information unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG.

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 saved 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 is information for managing each information in the edit data area 21 and the local data area 22. Details of the work area management information 25 will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numerals 26 and 27 are areas in which the entity of the break information and a reserved area dedicated to creating new break information having the same size as the break information are mixed and collected.
Here, each piece of information has a format in which the delimiter information holds delimiter information, and the reserved area holds a pointer to the next information and a pointer to the previous information between reserved areas. Information is traceable. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a “list structure”.

Reference numerals 28 and 29 are areas in which the substance of the cell information and a reserved area dedicated for creating new cell information of the same size as the cell information are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. Reference numerals 30, 31, 32, and 33 indicate the diagonal ruled line information entity, the horizontal ruled line information entity, and the vertical ruled line information entity.
A reserved area (same size as each ruled line information) dedicated for creating new ruled line information is a mixed and gathered area. Details of each ruled line information will be described later. This part also has a list structure. Note that the diagonal ruled line information, the horizontal ruled line information, and the vertical ruled line information 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 and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the cell attribute information) for creating new cell information are mixed and collected. This part also has a list structure. Reference numerals 36 and 37 are areas where the substance of the option cell attribute information and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the option cell attribute information) for creating new cell information are mixed together. This part also has a list structure. The option cell attribute information has the same size regardless of the type of the option attribute because the dedicated reserved area for creating new option cell attribute information is commonly used.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the detailed structure of the table control information section 23 of FIG.

Reference numeral 41 is a command indicating the start of table group data,
Reference numeral 42 is a flag relating to the editing of the entire table set, such as information indicating whether or not the cell is automatically expanded when a character is input. Four
3, 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 reserve area to prepare for a change in the data format due to future function expansion.

Numerals 50, 51, 52 and 53 are information on majors (grids), and numeral 50 is a flag indicating grid display / non-display and grid designation unit. Reference numerals 51 and 52 are values indicating grid intervals. Reference numeral 53 is a reserve area in preparation for a change in the data format due to future function expansion or the like.

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

Next, the detailed structure of the work management information 25 shown in FIG. 2 is shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 61 denotes an ID for identifying data. Reference numeral 62 is the start address of the edit data area (21 in FIG. 2), 63 is the size of the secured edit data area (21 in FIG. 2), and 64 is the effective size of the edit data. 6
5 is a pointer to the table group control information edit data area (23 in FIG. 2), and 66 is a vacant portion of the edit data area (24 in FIG. 2).
Management information of the portion other than the portion occupied by the valid edit data).

Reference numeral 67 denotes a local data area (2 in FIG. 2).
2) area for information about ruled lines (30, 31, in FIG. 2,
32, 33) is a pointer to the first record of the list of diagonal ruled line information. Similarly, 68 is a horizontal ruled line, 69
Is a pointer to each top record of the vertical ruled line. Also,
Reference numeral 76 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for ruled line information. 70 is management information of cell information,
It holds the number of cells, a pointer to the cell information of the current cell, and so on. 71 is a local data area (2 in FIG. 2).
Area of information regarding cells in 2) (28 to 29 in FIG. 2)
Is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell information existing in. Reference numeral 74 is a pointer to the first record in the list of reserved areas for cell information.

Reference numeral 72 denotes a local data area (2 in FIG. 2).
2) area for information on cell attributes (34 to 3 in FIG. 2)
It is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell attribute information existing in 5). Reference numeral 77 is a pointer to the first record of the list of the reserved area for cell attribute information.

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

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

Reference numeral 79 is an Un for canceling 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 a selected ruled line (described in detail in FIG. 13), and 82 is a selected cell information header indicating a selected cell (described in detail in FIG. 14).

Reference numeral 83 is a work area, and reference numeral 84 is local data area free space management information for managing a free area (38 in FIG. 2) in the local data area (22 in FIG. 2).

FIG. 5 shows the detailed structure of the diagonal ruled line record.

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 hide-and-seek 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. 96 and 97 are information regarding the color of the line. 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 by the information of 100 and 101, and exists in the portions indicated by 30, 31, 32 and 33 in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the detailed structure of the horizontal ruled line record.

The horizontal 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 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 or color is changed even with continuous horizontal 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 managed by another record.

Reference numeral 111 is the coordinates of the starting point of the horizontal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point of the smaller x coordinate. Reference numeral 112 indicates 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 ruled line, a parent-child ruled line 1, a parent-child ruled line 2, a specified parent-child ruled line 1, and a specified parent-child ruled line 2. Is specified. 1
Reference numeral 13 is a line width, and 114 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 115 is information regarding rounded corners. 116,
Reference numeral 117 is information regarding the color of the line. 118 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 119 is a pointer to the next horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. 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 by the information of 119 and 120, and exists in the portions indicated by 30, 31, 32 and 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 shows the detailed structure of the vertical ruled line record.

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, but it is the information of the intersections 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, that part is regarded as another ruled line and is managed in another record.

Reference numeral 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 ruled line, a parent-child ruled line 1, a parent-child ruled line 2, a designated parent-child ruled line 1, and a designated parent-child ruled line 2. Is specified. 1
Reference numeral 33 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,
Reference numeral 137 is information regarding the color of the line. 138 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 139 is a pointer to the next vertical ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. 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 by the information of 139 and 140, and exists in the portions indicated by 30, 31, 32 and 33 in FIG. Reference numeral 141 is a pointer to the leading delimiter information of this vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 142 is a serial number sequentially assigned from the smallest 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 shows a detailed structure of cell information.

A cell is a rectangular area completely surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines. The number of ruled lines forming cells may be any number as long as it is four or more. One cell is managed by one cell information. In addition, the cell is a normal cell containing a character string,
There are two types of formula cells that contain calculation formulas.

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. 1
57 is information obtained by obtaining the maximum line width of each side based on the information of the ruled lines forming each of the four sides of the cell. Reference numeral 158 is a character record that is information regarding the characters belonging to the cell. Details of the character record will be described with reference to FIG.
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 that indicates 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 and 162, and the list structure of FIG.
It exists in the part shown by 4-35.

FIG. 9 shows the detailed structure of the character record.

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

Reference numeral 171 is an area for storing the number of bytes of the entire character record when the table 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 the cells are grouped, and indicates the number of member in the group. Here, the group is
In a processing mode unique to a table group in which a plurality of cells are regarded as one cell by grouping, the character string input thereto is sequentially assigned to each cell according to the group member number from the head 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. Reference numeral 179 is information specifying the leading 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. Reference numeral 180 denotes a character data count, which indicates the size of the entire area of 183 for a normal cell and 185 for a formula cell by the number of characters. Similarly to 180, 181 indicates the size of the character data buffer by the number of characters. Reference numeral 182 is a pointer to the character data buffer.

When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer is a character string 1 of a character editing command and character code.
It is occupied by only 84.

When the cell is a formula cell, the character data buffer is divided into 186, 187, 188, 189, 190 and 191 parts. 187 is a character string (command and character code of character editing process) processed by referring to the calculated value display attribute that holds the calculation result as an option cell attribute, and 186
Is the number of characters. 188 is an area for storing information of calculation results, and 189 is an area for storing information necessary for calculation.
Used by the calculation processing program during processing. 191 is the formula body held by the cell, which is the data in reverse Polish format.
90 is the number of characters.

FIG. 10 shows a detailed structure of cell attribute information.

The cell attribute information must be 1 for each character record.
There is a case where one cell attribute information is referred to by a plurality of character records with only one piece of information.

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 about a typeface used when Japanese is input in a cell, 206 is European typeface information about a typeface used when inputting alphanumeric characters in a cell, and 207 is information about a background color of a character. Two
Reference numeral 08 denotes a space between lines, 209 a left margin, 210 a right margin, 211 an upper margin, and 212 a lower margin. Reference numeral 213 is information indicating which type of optional attribute this cell attribute has. The option attributes not included here use default option attributes. 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 shows the detailed structure of the option attribute information.

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 224 by the type specified by the option attribute flag (213 in FIG. 10) of the cell attribute information. 2 in the option attribute information
Reference numeral 21 indicates the type of the option attribute. The types of option attributes are Japanese emphasized typefaces 1-5 and European emphasized typefaces 1- 1.
5. There are 12 types of expression calculation value display attributes and tab information. Two
Reference numeral 22 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 shows the detailed structure of the break information.

Reference numeral 231 is a pointer to the next break information, which is NULL when the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 232 is a pointer to the previous break information, which is NULL in the case of the top information. Cell information is 23
A list structure is formed by the information of 1 and 232.
It exists in the part shown by 6-27. Reference numeral 233 is a flag indicating the crossing direction, 234 is the coordinate of the break position, and 235 is a pointer to the ruled line record of the intersecting partner.

FIG. 13 shows the detailed structure of the selected ruled line information.

The selected ruled line information header is information on the selected ruled line and is held in the work area management information (81 in FIG. 4) in the local data area. Reference numeral 241 indicates the upper left coordinate of the entire ruled line range being selected, and 242 indicates the lower right coordinate thereof. Reference 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 selected ruled line information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is re-allocated. Two
44 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 246
.About.249. A ruled line type 246 is one of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ruled lines. Reference numeral 247 is a pointer to the ruled line record. 248 and 249 are information for specifying a part of the ruled line (in the unit of division) when the part is selected.

FIG. 14 shows the detailed structure of the selected cell information.

The selected cell information header is information on the cell being selected and is held in the work area management information (82 in FIG. 4) in the local data area. 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 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.

<Set Negative Margin for Cell Attribute to Expand Character Placement Area> The operation according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 15A shows the arrangement of characters when the top, bottom, left and right margins of the cell are set to 0. In this figure, cells have "A", "B", "C", "D", "E".
, But the remaining allocable area is smaller than the character width of "E" when "D" is arranged, so "E" cannot be arranged in the cell.

(2) of FIG. 15 shows a case where a negative margin value is set on the left and right of the cell. Since the width of the area in which characters can be arranged is wider than in the case of (1), all the characters "ABCDE" are in the cell It can be placed inside. Since the areas protruding from the cells of "A" and "E" are blank portions of the respective character fonts, it seems that the characters are contained in the cells on the display. Also, even if the character part is placed at a position outside the cell, the displayable area is the inscribed rectangle of the cell,
Characters will not be displayed outside the cell.

FIG. 16 illustrates the case where the character "A" is placed in the cell.

16 (1) -A shows the font of the character "A", which is arranged in the cell in FIG. 16 (1). When the margin value (upper, left, right) of the cell attribute is 0, the maximum number of characters (1) -A can be arranged in the cell (1). However, by setting a negative value in the margin of the cell attribute, larger characters can be displayed in the cell as in (2) and (3). This function is more effective as the space in the font data (the space around the character data) is larger.

FIG. 17 shows a CPU in the device according to the present invention.
It is a flowchart of the character display process of the cell of No. 6.

In FIG. 17, in S1, an area where characters can be arranged is obtained from the cell rectangle and the top, bottom, left, and right margin values. The margin value takes a positive value inside the cell rectangle and a negative value outside the cell rectangle. For example, if the upper margin is set to 10 mm, then characters cannot be placed in the area 10 mm above the cell. On the contrary, if the left margin is set to -10 mm, the character can be arranged at a position further 10 mm from the left of the cell.

Next, in S2, it is checked whether all the characters in the cell have been displayed. If the display is completed, the character display processing of the cell is ended. If all are not displayed yet, go to S3. S
In step 3, the width of the character to be displayed next (in the case of horizontal writing mode, height in the case of vertical writing mode) is determined, and in S4 it is checked whether the character can be placed in the cell. If the cells cannot be arranged, the cell character display processing ends. If it can be arranged, the character is arranged at a predetermined position in S5, and the process goes to S2.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the "calculation processing of the character arrangement possible area of the cell" of S1.

In FIG. 18, whether or not the upper margin is 0 is checked in S6, and if it is 0, the process proceeds to S8, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to S7. In S7, the upper margin value is added to the Y coordinate of the cell position 153 in the cell information data of FIG. 8, and the upper margin value is subtracted from the height of the cell size 154. As a result, when the upper margin value is a positive value, the position of the character arrangeable area is lowered by the upper margin, and the height is reduced by the upper margin. Further, when the upper margin value is a negative value, the position of the character arrangeable area is moved up by the upper margin and the height is increased by the upper margin. Next, in S8, it is checked whether or not the lower margin is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S10, and if it is not 0, the lower margin value is subtracted from the height of the cell size 154 in FIG. 8 in S9. When the bottom margin value is a negative value, the height of the character arrangeable area is increased by the bottom margin. Similarly, in S10, it is checked whether or not the left margin is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S12, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to S11. In S11, the left margin value is added to the X coordinate of the cell position 153, and the left margin value is subtracted from the width of the cell size 154. As a result, when the left margin value is a negative value, the position of the character arrangeable area is moved to the left by the left margin, and the width is increased by the left margin. S12
Then, it is checked whether the right margin is 0. In the case of 0, the "calculation process of the character arrangeable area of the cell" is ended. If it is not 0, the right margin value is subtracted from the width of the cell size 154. When the right margin value is a negative value, the width of the character arrangeable area is increased by the right margin.

(Other Embodiments) In this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (1), since the displayable area is a cell area, even if a character is specified to extend outside the cell by setting a minus margin, the character is not actually displayed outside the cell. Here, it is possible to make the minus margin act not only on the character arrangeable area but also on the character displayable area. If this is done in the cell shown in FIG. 19 (1), the characters will be displayed outside the cell as shown in FIG. 19 (2), which is not particularly advantageous, but as in the cell shown in FIG. Effective in cells marked with. FIG.
Since the rounded corners are set in the cell of (1), the character displayable area is smaller than that in the case where the rounded corners are not set. Therefore, even if an operation is performed so that the character is contained in the cell due to the negative margin, if the character is out of the displayable area, that portion is displayed without being displayed. However, if the margin value of the cell attribute is applied to the character displayable area, the character displayable area itself expands when a negative margin is set, so that the characters are displayed up to the end of the cell with rounded corners. Is possible.

[0069]

As described above in detail, by allowing a negative value to be set in the margin of the cell attribute of the table group, it is possible to display a character that does not fit in the cell. It is possible to improve the character display function of the table set.

When the blank value of the cell attribute is applied to the character displayable area, the character displayable area itself is enlarged when a negative margin is set, so that the character is displayed up to the end of the cell in which the rounded corners are set. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of a table set.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a table group control information section.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of work management information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure of a diagonal ruled line record.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of a horizontal ruled line record.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a vertical ruled line record.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data structure of cell information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure of a character record.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a data structure of cell attribute information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a data structure of option attribute information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a data structure of break information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a data structure of selected ruled line information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a data structure of selected cell information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the device according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the device according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a calculation process of a character arrangeable area of a cell.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT 2 Video RAM 3 BMU 4 Keyboard 5 Pointing device 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 Working RAM 9 Hard disk 10 Floppy disk 11 Network interface 12 I / O bus

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A creation unit for creating a table set, a setting unit for setting an area in which data is not output to a cell of the created table set, and data is arranged in the set area to create a cell. A document processing device, comprising: a display control unit for controlling display within the document. 2. A setting means for setting an area in which data is not output to a cell of the table group, a determining means for determining a data allocable area from the set area, and data for the determined area. And a display control means for controlling to display the document processing apparatus. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit can set a negative value. 4. A setting step of setting an area in which data is not output to a cell of a table group, a determining step of determining an area where data can be arranged from the set area, and data is set in the determined area. A document processing method comprising: a display control step of controlling display.