JPH08137839A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the document processor which is improved in the operability at the time of tabular work editing. CONSTITUTION: According to a control program stored in a ROM 7, a CPU 6 as a control means compares inputted character information with the size of a corresponding cell to decide whether or not the inputted character information can be displayed in the corresponding cell, and displays the character information in the cell when the character information can be displayed in the cell or information indicating that even one character can not be displayed in the cell when even one character can not be displayed in the cell. Consequently, it is distinctively indicated that even one character can not be displayed in the cell and the user is warned, thereby improving the operability of tabular work editing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In table editing in a conventional document processing device, even if character information cannot be displayed in a cell even if character information is input in the cell, it is the same as a cell in which no character information is input. , Nothing was displayed in the cell.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional document processing apparatus, since it is not possible to distinguish the cells that cannot be displayed even if the character information is input and the blank cells that are not input the character information on the display, the character information is not displayed. It was difficult to find a cell that could not be displayed even if it was entered, and missing items in the table sometimes occurred.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus which improves the operability when performing table editing.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a document processing apparatus uses a ruled line editing function to create a plurality of cells surrounded by vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines and uses the character editing function to create each cell. In a document processing device capable of editing a table in which character information is input, the size of the cell corresponding to the display means for displaying the table is compared with the input character information. Determine if it can be displayed in the corresponding cell,
If the textual information can be displayed in the cell, the textual information is displayed in the cell, and if the textual information cannot be displayed in the cell, it must have control means for displaying the information to that effect in the cell. It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the case where the control means cannot display even one character in a cell, the control means displays information to that effect in the cell.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the case where the control means cannot display all the character information in a cell, the control means displays information to that effect in the cell. .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus, comprising: selecting means for selecting display of the information to that effect, and the control means, when the display of the information to that effect is selected by the selecting means, It is characterized by displaying information to that effect.

According to another aspect of the document processing apparatus, a ruled line editing function is used to create a plurality of cells surrounded by vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines, and character information is input into each cell using the character editing function. In a document processing device capable of editing a table group, the size of the display means for displaying the table group and the size of the cell corresponding to the input character information are compared, and the input character information is displayed in the corresponding cell. If there is a cell that cannot display all of the text information, it is displayed in the cell, and if there is no such cell, the text information is displayed in the corresponding cell. And a control means for displaying that there is no such cell.

[0010]

According to the document processing apparatus of the present invention, can the control means compare the size of the input character information with the size of the corresponding cell and display the input character information in the corresponding cell? If the character information can be displayed in the cell, the character information is displayed in the cell. If the character information cannot be displayed in the cell, the information to that effect is displayed in the cell. . With this, by clearly indicating that it is a "cell that cannot display text information" and warning the user,
It is possible to easily find a cell that cannot be displayed even if the character information is input, so that the operability of table group editing can be improved.

According to the document processing apparatus of the second aspect, when no character can be displayed in the cell, the user is warned by clearly indicating that "the cell cannot display one character". The operability of group editing can be improved.

According to the document processing apparatus of the third aspect, when all the character information cannot be displayed in the cell, the user is warned by clearly indicating that "the cell cannot display all the character information". Therefore, the operability of editing the table group can be improved.

According to the document processing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the control means, when the display of the information to that effect is selected,
"Cells that cannot display text information", "Cells that cannot display a single character" or "Cells that cannot display all text information"
It is possible to improve the operability of editing the table group by explicitly indicating that the warning is given to the user.

According to the document processing apparatus of the fifth aspect, the control means can compare the sizes of the input character information and the corresponding cell and display the input character information in the corresponding cell. If there is a cell that cannot display all the text information, the information indicating that is displayed in the cell, and if no such cell exists, the text information is displayed in the corresponding cell. In addition to displaying, a display indicating that such a cell does not exist is displayed. Thereby, it is possible to clearly show to the user that there is no "cell that cannot display all of the character information".

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

This document processing apparatus uses a ruled line editing function to create a plurality of cells surrounded by vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines, and uses a character editing function to input character information into each cell. CRT display device 1 as display means for displaying a document being edited, various message menus, and the like, and a video RAM (VRAM) 2 for expanding and storing an image displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 1. A bit move unit (BMU) 3 for controlling data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device, and a keyboard 4 having various keys for editing a document.
And a pointing device (PD) 5 used for pointing an icon or the like on the screen, 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). Stored) ROM 7 and R
R is used as a work area when the CPU 6 executes the various programs described above and a temporary save area when an error is processed, and a control unit that includes a CPU 6 that controls each unit of the apparatus based on a control program stored in the OM 7.
AM8, a hard disk drive (HDD) 9 and a floppy disk drive (FDD) 10 which use a hard disk (HD) and a floppy disk (FD) for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc., which will be described later, and other document processing devices. Network interface (Net-I / F) 11 for performing data control and diagnosis on the network to perform data transfer between the units, and an address bus, data bus and control for connecting the above-mentioned units. The I / O bus 12 is a bus.

The control means controls each part of the apparatus and compares the size of the input character information with the size of the corresponding cell to determine whether the input character information can be displayed in the corresponding cell. If it is determined that the character information can be displayed in the cell, the character information is displayed in the cell, and if the character information (for example, even one character) cannot be displayed in the cell, the information to that effect (see FIG. 16). ) 301 is displayed in the cell.

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, and further. , May be stored on another device connected to the network.
Further, the program of the present invention may be supplied to another system or device via a storage medium such as FD or HD or a network.

Here, the "table set" means 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 (character information) in the cell is displayed after typesetting based on the cell attribute (information such as alignment). In this way, the table setting function makes it possible to represent a table that has undergone complicated editing. The "cell" refers to a rectangular area that is completely surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines.

Next, the data structure at the time of editing the table data processed on the apparatus of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

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, for convenience of processing, as shown in FIGS.
Present on M8.

Table setting control information in the edit data area 21 (see FIG. 2)
(Details will be described later.) A portion 24 excluding the area 23 holds temporary data that is 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,
When saving data after the editing is completed, data in a save format is created from the data in this area and the table control information 23.
In this local data area 22, work area management information 2
5, break information 26, break information free list 27, cell information 28, cell information free list 29, diagonal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 6) 30, horizontal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 7) 31, vertical ruled lines Information (detailed description in FIG. 8) 32, ruled line record free list 33, cell attribute information 34, cell attribute information free list 35, option cell attribute information 36,
The option cell attribute information free list 37 and the like are held.

Work area management information (detailed description with reference to FIG. 5) 25
Is information for managing each information in the edit data area 21 and the local data area 22.

The break information 26 and the break information free list 27 are the substance of break information (described in detail in FIG. 13).
A reserved area (same size as the break information) dedicated for creating new break information is a mixed area. Here, each piece of information is division information,
The reserved area has a format in which a pointer to the next information and a pointer to the previous information are held between the reserved areas, and all the information can be traced from the head information. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a “list structure”.

Cell information 28 and cell information free list 2
Reference numeral 9 is an area in which the entity of cell information (described in detail in FIG. 9) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the cell information) for creating new cell information are mixed together. This part also has a list structure.

The diagonal ruled line information 30, the horizontal ruled line information 31, the vertical ruled line information 32, and the ruled line record free list 33 include the substance of the diagonal ruled line information (described in detail in FIG. 6) and the horizontal ruled line information (described in detail in FIG. 7). The entity, the vertical ruled line information (described in detail in FIG. 8), and the reserved area dedicated to creating new ruled line information (same size as each ruled line information) are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. The diagonal ruled line information 30, the horizontal ruled line information 31, and the vertical ruled line information 32 all have the same size in order to commonly use a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information.

The cell attribute information 34 and the cell attribute information free list 35 are the substance of the cell attribute information (described in detail in FIG. 11) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the cell attribute information) for creating new cell information. ) Is a mixed area. This part also has a list structure.

The option cell attribute information 36 and the option cell attribute information free list 37 are the substance of the option cell attribute information (described in detail in FIG. 12) and a dedicated reserved area (option cell attribute) for creating new cell information. The same size as the information 36) is a mixed area. This part also has a list structure. The option cell attribute information 36 is the new option cell attribute information 36.
All have the same size regardless of the type of option attribute in order to commonly use the dedicated reserved area for creating.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of the table group control information 23. The table group control information 23, as shown in FIG.
A command 41 indicating the start of table group data, a flag 42 for editing the entire table group such as information indicating whether or not to automatically expand cells at the time of character input, and each process when the table group data is created Information 43 to 46 indicating the version of the program, the final address 47 of the cell, the final number 48 of the group used in the table data, and the reserved area for the data format change due to future function expansion. 49, a flag 50 indicating the grid display / non-display and the grid designation unit regarding the measure (grid),
It is composed of values 51 and 52 indicating grid intervals, a reserve area 53 prepared for a data format change due to future function expansion, and an upper line width 54, a line interval 55, and an underline width 56 related to a designated parent-child rule. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of the work management information 25. The work management information 25, as shown in FIG.
ID 61 for identifying data and edit data area 2
1 start address 62 and secured edit data area 2
1 overall size 63 and effective size 64 of edited data
A pointer 65 to a table group control information edit data area (area in which the table group control information 23 of FIG. 2 is stored), and a vacant portion of the edit data area 21 (effective edit data of 24 in FIG. 2). Management information 66 of a portion other than the portion occupied by
A pointer 67 to the first record of the list of diagonal ruled line information existing in the information area (30 to 33 in FIG. 3) related to ruled lines in the local data area 22, a pointer 68 to the first record of the horizontal ruled line, and a vertical Pointer 69 to each head record of the ruled line, management information 7 of cell information holding the number of cells, points to cell information of the current cell, etc.
0, a pointer 71 to the first record of the cell information list existing in the area of information about cells in the local data area 22 (28 and 29 in FIG. 3), and an area of information about cell attributes in the local data area 22 (34 in FIG. 3,
35) a pointer 72 to the first record of the list of cell attribute information and a list of reserved areas for break information existing in the break information areas (26 and 27 in FIG. 3) in the local data area 2. 73 to the first record of
, A pointer 74 to the first record of the list of reserved areas for cell information, a pointer 75 to the first record of the list of reserved areas for character data, and a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for ruled line information. 76, a pointer 77 to the first record of the list of reserved areas for cell attribute information, and option cell attribute information existing in the option cell attribute information areas (36 and 37 in FIG. 3) in the local data area 22. A pointer 78 to the first record in the list of reserved areas and an Un for canceling processing during table group editing.
do control information 79, table operation information 80 indicating current information being edited (menu type being processed, etc.), selected ruled line information header (detailed description in FIG. 14) 81 indicating the selected ruled line, and selection From a selected cell information header (detailed description with reference to FIG. 15) 82 indicating a cell inside, a work area 83, and local data area free space management information 84 that manages a free space (38 in FIG. 3) in the local data area 22. It is configured.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the detailed structure of the diagonal ruled line record. As shown in the figure, the diagonal ruled line record includes the coordinates 91 of the starting point of the diagonal ruled line (here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller y coordinate), the solid line, the dotted line, the one-dot chain line, the two-dot chain line, and the broken line. , A long broken line, a hidden line, a line type 92, a line width 93, a flag 94 indicating information such as ruled line lock, information about a rounded corner 95, and information about a line color 96 and 97. , The vertical length 98 of the line, the horizontal length 99 of the line that can take a negative value, and NULL if the next record does not exist. Pointer 100 to the next diagonal ruled line record. And NU for the first record
Pointer 1 to the previous diagonal ruled line record that is LL
01, a list structure is formed by the information of the pointers 100 and 101, and the list structure exists in the area of information regarding ruled lines (30 to 33 in FIG. 3).

FIG. 7 shows the detailed structure of the horizontal ruled line record. 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”). 26,
The detailed determination will be made with reference to FIG. 13). 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. The horizontal ruled line record includes the coordinates 111 of the start point of the horizontal ruled line (here, the start point is the end point of the smaller x coordinate), the solid line, the dotted line, the one-dot chain line, the two-dot chain line, the broken line, the long broken line, the hidden line, and the double line. A line type 112 in which any one of column rule, parent-child rule 1, parent-child rule 2, designated parent-child rule 1, and designated parent-child rule 2 is designated, a line width 113, a flag 114 indicating information such as ruled line lock, and a corner. Circle information 115, line color information 116 and 117, line length 118, and NU if no next record exists
Pointer 1 to the next horizontal ruled line record that is LL
19 and NULL for the first record,
The pointer 120 to the previous horizontal ruled line record, the pointer 121 to the leading delimiter information of the horizontal ruled line, and the serial number 122 assigned in ascending order of the y coordinate of the horizontal ruled line, and the information of the pointers 119 and 120. A list structure is formed by using the area (30 to 3 in FIG. 3) related to ruled line information.
It exists in 3). Therefore, the same number is assigned to all horizontal ruled line records having the same y coordinate.

FIG. 8 shows the detailed structure of the vertical ruled line record. The vertical 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 with the horizontal 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”). 26,
The detailed determination will be made with reference to FIG. 13). 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. The vertical ruled line record includes coordinates 131 of the start point of the vertical ruled line (here, the start point is the end point of the smaller y coordinate) and the solid line, the dotted line, the one-dot chain line, the two-dot chain line, the broken line, the long broken line, the hidden line, and the double line. A line type 132 in which any of the pillar ruled line, the parent-child ruled line 1, the parent-child ruled line 2, the designated parent-child ruled line 1, and the designated parent-child ruled line 2 is designated, the line width 133, the flag 134 indicating information such as ruled line lock, and the corner. Circle information 135, line color information 136, 137, line length 138, and NU if no next record exists
Pointer 1 to the next vertical ruled line record that is LL
39, and NULL for the first record,
The pointer 140 to the previous vertical ruled line record, the pointer 141 to the leading delimiter information of the vertical ruled line, and the serial number 142 sequentially assigned from the x coordinate of the horizontal ruled line in the ascending order. A list structure is formed by and exists in the information area (30 to 33 in FIG. 3) related to ruled lines. Therefore, the same number is assigned to all vertical ruled line records having the same x coordinate.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of cell information. 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 28. There are two types of cells: normal cells containing character strings and formula cells containing calculation formulas. The cell information 28 includes a pointer 151 to the horizontal ruled line record of the leftmost horizontal ruled line of the horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell, and the vertical ruled line at the top of the vertical ruled lines forming the left side of the cell. A pointer 152 to the vertical ruled line record and the upper left coordinate 153 of the cell
, The cell size 154, the number of horizontal ruled lines 155 constituting the upper side of the cell, and rounded corner information 156 for each of the four corners of the cell
Information 157 in which the maximum line width of each side is obtained based on the information of the ruled lines forming each of the four sides of the cell, and a character record (detailed description in FIG. 10) 158 that is information regarding the characters belonging to the cell, A pointer 159 to information such as the character position of the result of formatting the character string in the cell, and is valid only when the cell is a normal cell, and the value of the cell to be passed to the calculation processing program when the cell becomes the calculation target at the time of calculation. Pointer 160 to information indicating the value, and NU if the next information does not exist
Pointer 161 to the next cell information, which is LL
And a pointer 162 to the previous cell information, which is NULL in the case of the information at the beginning.
A list structure is formed by the information 61 and 162, and the list structure exists in the information area (34 and 35 in FIG. 3) regarding the cell attribute.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the detailed structure of a character record. The character record 158 is information about characters in a cell that has a one-to-one correspondence with the cell information 28.
8 shows the area 171 that is not used during editing and holds the number of bytes of the entire character record when table data is saved as a file, and cell lock, heading specification, and cell type (normal or formula) A flag 172, a group number 173 when cells are grouped,
The number of group members 174 that is valid only for the first member cell of the group, the member number 175 in the group that is valid only when the cells are grouped, and indicates the number of members in the group, and the calculation process A cell address 176, which is an index for identifying a cell, a pointer 177 to cell attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 11) 34, information 178 for identifying the top horizontal ruled line of the cell to which this character record belongs, and a group Information 179 for managing a character string for each member cell in the case of a converted cell, a character data buffer (normal cell) 183 in the case of a normal cell, and a character data buffer (expression cell) 185 in the case of a formula cell Character data count that indicates the size of the entire area by the number of characters 18
0, a character data buffer size 181 indicating the size of the character data buffer in the same way as the character data count 180, and a pointer 182 to the character data buffer
It consists of and. 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, and a character string input thereto is
The cells are displayed in order from the first member of the group according to the group member number. When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer is occupied only by the character string (command and character code of character edit processing) 184.
Further, in the case of the formula cell, the character data buffer is divided into the portions indicated by 186 to 191 in FIG. In the character data buffer (formula cell) 185, a character string (command and character code of character editing process) 187 processed with reference to the calculated value display attribute that holds the calculation result as an option cell attribute (detailed description in FIG. 12). Area 188 for storing display character string information including the number of characters and the number of characters 186, and calculation result information
And an area 189 for storing information necessary for calculation to be used at the time of processing by the calculation processing program, and expression information including data 191 in reverse Polish format in the expression body held by the cell and the number of characters 190 thereof. There is.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of cell attribute information. As shown in the figure, the cell attribute information 34 is information that each character record always has only one, and one cell attribute information 34 may be referred to by a plurality of character records. The number of bytes 201, a value 202 indicating how many character records refer to the cell information, and a set flag 20 that is information such as a set direction.
3 and a character flag 204, which is information such as character type (full-width, half-width, etc.), and alignment of top, bottom, left, and right, and standard typeface information 20 about the typeface used when Japanese is input in a cell
5, the European typeface information 206 regarding the typeface used when an alphanumeric character is input in the cell, the information 207 regarding the background color of the character, the line spacing 208, the left margin 209, and the right margin 21.
0, an upper margin 211, a lower margin 212, information 213 indicating which type of optional attribute this cell attribute has by using default optional attributes not included here, and cell face information 214
The number of bullet indentation characters 215, the number of paragraph indentation characters 216, the amount of baseline adjustment 217 for displaying Japanese and European mixed sentences neatly, and NULL if no option attribute is held. And a pointer 21 to the option attribute information held by this cell attribute
And 8.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of the option attribute information. Option attributes are held in the form of one option attribute list for one cell attribute information. Here, the optional attribute list is an optional attribute flag whose optional attribute information is cell attribute information (see FIG. 1).
1) 224 of FIG. 12 for the type specified in 213
It is connected as shown in. The option attribute information has the same size for each type as the data type 221 of 12 types of optional attributes such as Japanese emphasized typefaces 1 to 5, European emphasized typefaces 1 to 5, formula calculation value display attributes, and tab information. And a pointer 223 to the next option attribute information, which is NULL when there is no next option attribute and which is NULL when there is no next option attribute. .

FIG. 13 shows the detailed structure of the break information.
The break information 26 is NULL when the next information does not exist, as shown in FIG.
6 for pointer 231 and NULL for the first information
232 is a pointer 232 to the previous break information 26.
, A graph 233 indicating the crossing direction, the coordinates 234 of the break position, and a pointer 2 to the ruled line record of the other party to cross.
35, a list structure is formed by the information of the pointers 231, 232, and an area of the break information (2 in FIG. 3).
6, 27).

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the detailed structure of the selected ruled line information. The selected ruled line information header 81 is information regarding the selected ruled line and is held in the work area management information (81 in FIG. 5) in the local data area. As for the selected ruled line information, how many selected ruled line information can be stored in the upper left coordinate 241 of the entire selected ruled line range, the lower right coordinate 242, and the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected ruled line information. , The maximum number of selected ruled lines 243 to reallocate a new area when the region is insufficient, the number of selected ruled lines 244, the start address 245 of the array of selected ruled line information, and the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ruled lines. Of any of the ruled line types 246, a pointer 247 to the ruled line record, and information 248, 249 for specifying the part of the ruled line (in units of breaks) when selected. It is configured.

FIG. 15 shows the detailed structure of the selected cell information. The selected cell information header 82 is information regarding the selected cell and is held in the work area management information (82 in FIG. 5) in the local data area. Selected cell information header 82
On the memory reserved for the array of selected cell information,
A value indicating how many pieces of selection ruled line information can be stored. When the area is insufficient, the maximum number of selected cells 251, the number of selected cells 252, and the start address of the array of selected cell information are newly secured. And 253. Each selected cell information has a work flag 254 used at the time of processing.
And a pointer 255 to cell information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 16 and according to the flowchart of FIG. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of displaying information to that effect in a corresponding cell when no character can be displayed in the cell. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of cell character display processing by the CPU 6 of the apparatus of this embodiment.

First, when the display processing of all cells is completed, the cell character display processing is completed (S1). If not, it is checked whether or not a character can be displayed in the current cell (S2). The size of the input character information and the size of the corresponding cell are compared. If the character information of the cell 300 cannot display one character, for example, as shown in FIG.
In the center of 00, a "mark indicating that one character cannot be displayed" (hereinafter, referred to as "character display impossible mark") 301 is displayed as a double circle in the center of 00 (S).
3) and returns to step S1. If the cell 300 can display characters, the characters are displayed in the cell 300 and the process returns to step S1.

According to this embodiment, the cell 300
If the character information entered in the text cannot be displayed,
Since the non-character display mark 301 is displayed in the corresponding cell 300, the operator has some reason why the cell 300 is for some reason (the character size is too large for the cell size, etc.).
Thus, it can be known that no character can be displayed in the cell 300.

The shape of the non-character display mark is shown in FIG.
It may be a triangle such as the marks 302 to 305 shown in FIGS. In particular, as shown in FIG. 21, by making the color in the mark 305 different from the outline color, the background becomes the mark 30.
Even the same color as that in 5 can be identified. The positions of the non-character display marks are as follows:
It may be lower left or lower right. Gray display inside the rectangle of the cell 300 as shown in FIG. 22 (any color is acceptable)
By performing 306, it is possible to indicate that the cell cannot display characters. Further, as shown in FIG.
The display may be such that the broken line 307 moves on a rectangle inscribed inside the rectangle.

Further, in the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 24, a button 308 as a selection means for selecting whether to display the character display disabled state is added to the environment setting panel, and this button 308 is ON, that is, The character non-displayable marks (or the display corresponding thereto) 301 to 307 may be displayed only when “display the character non-displayable state” is selected. In addition, the figure is "display"
It shows the state. Thereby, the operator can select ON / OFF of the display of the character display disabled state.

Further, in the present embodiment, the means for judging "a cell in which no character can be displayed in the cell" is provided, but instead of this, a means for judging "a cell in which all the character information cannot be displayed" is used. It is also possible to do so. Since this "cell that cannot display all the character information" includes "a cell that cannot display even one character in the cell", a more efficient operating environment can be provided to the operator. further,
A means to check "whether there is a cell that cannot display all text information" and a means that displays a message when there is no "cell that cannot display all text information" are added to the table by the above means. It is checked whether there is a "cell that cannot display all the character information", and if there is such a cell 300, the marks 301 to 307 as shown in the present embodiment are displayed, and such a cell 300 is displayed. If there is not, by displaying a message as shown in Fig. 25,
It is possible to explicitly indicate to the operator that there is no "cell that cannot display all the text information".

[0049]

According to the present invention described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the character information cannot be displayed in the cell, the user is warned by clearly indicating that the cell is a cell in which the character information cannot be displayed. Since a blank cell that has not been input can be distinguished in terms of display, it is possible to provide a document processing device that improves the operability when editing a table.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, 1 is provided in the cell.
If characters cannot be displayed, it can be distinguished from a blank cell in which no character information has been entered by displaying it by warning that the cell is a "cell in which no character can be displayed". It is possible to provide a document processing device that improves the operability when performing.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when all the text information cannot be displayed in the cell, the user is warned by clearly indicating that "the cell cannot display all the text information". Since it is possible to distinguish the blank cell in which no character information is input from the viewpoint of display, it is possible to provide a document processing apparatus which is improved in operability when editing a table.

According to the invention described in claim 4, when the display of the information to that effect is selected, "a cell in which no character information can be displayed", "a cell in which no single character can be displayed" or "all of the character information is displayed". The operability of table group editing can be improved by explicitly warning the user of "cells that cannot be displayed".

According to the invention described in claim 5, when there is no cell in which all the character information cannot be displayed, the fact can be clearly shown to the user, so that the operability in editing the table group can be improved. It is possible to provide a document processing device designed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of this embodiment.

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.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of table group control information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of work management information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of a diagonal ruled line record.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of a horizontal ruled line record.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of a vertical ruled line record.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of cell information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of a character record.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of cell attribute information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of option attribute information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of break information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of selected ruled line information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of selected cell information.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of a character display-disabled mark.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CRT display device (display means) 2 video RAM 3 BMU 4 keyboard 5 pointing device 6 CPU (control means) 7 ROM (control means) 8 working RAM 9 hard disk drive 10 floppy disk drive 11 network interface 12 I / O bus 300 cells 301 to 307 Character display impossible mark (information to that effect) 308 button (selection means)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document capable of table editing in which a plurality of cells surrounded by vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines are created by using the ruled line editing function, and character information is input in each cell by using the character editing function. In the processing device, display means for displaying the table set, and comparing the size of the cell corresponding to the input character information to determine whether the input character information can be displayed in the corresponding cell, If the textual information can be displayed in the cell, the textual information is displayed in the cell, and if the textual information cannot be displayed in the cell, it must have control means for displaying the information to that effect in the cell. A document processing device characterized by: 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means displays information to that effect in the cell when one character cannot be displayed in the cell. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when all the character information cannot be displayed in the cell, the control means displays the information to that effect in the cell. 4. The selection means for selecting the display of the information to that effect, and the control means, when the display of the information to that effect is selected by the selection means, displays the information to that effect. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, or 3. 5. A table-editable document in which a plurality of cells surrounded by vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines are created using the ruled line editing function, and character information is input into each cell using the character editing function. In the processing device, display means for displaying the table set, and comparing the size of the cell corresponding to the input character information to determine whether the input character information can be displayed in the corresponding cell, If there is a cell that cannot display all of the text information, the information to that effect is displayed in the cell, and if there is no such cell, the text information is displayed in the corresponding cell. And a control means for displaying that there is no such cell, the document processing apparatus.