JPH0816906B2 - How to edit a table by computer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Object of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for editing a table by a computer.

(Prior Art) Devices such as word processors, CAD systems, and the like that use a microprocessor to create a table on a display device have become widespread. In these devices, the operator can make a predetermined input while looking at the screen on the display device to form ruled lines and assign character strings. After this, the operator performs editing work such as correction of the series (size) of the characters that make up the allocated character string, correction of the character spacing, etc. to complete the final table.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-mentioned conventional table editing method using a computer has a problem that a great deal of labor and time are required for work. That is, the operator calculates the intervals of each ruled line in consideration of the data such as the series of characters forming the unit character string and the character spacing in advance, and creates the ruled lines on the display device based on the calculation result. Display ruled lines. Subsequently, a unit character string is assigned to each grid surrounded by the ruled lines. However, if you change the series or character spacing of the unit character string in a specific grid after allocation, the unit character string may protrude from the grid or the grid may be too large.If you do not change the ruled line, Will not happen. For this reason, the above-described ruled line interval must be calculated again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a table editing method by a computer, which can create a desired table using a computer and easily change the series and character spacing of the created table. .

[Structure of Invention]

(Means for Solving Problems) According to the present invention, in a storage device of a computer, ruled line information indicating coordinates of ruled lines forming a table, and a unit character string to be assigned in each grid surrounded by the ruled lines In the method of importing the character string information indicating the, and creating a table on the display device based on this imported information, and then editing this table using a computer, Select the cell to be edited from among them, memorize it, and enter the instruction to change the series and character spacing for each unit character string assigned in the cell to be edited from the operator. Based on this, the character string information in the storage device is changed to change the series and character spacing of the unit character string, and the interval between the left end of the unit character string assigned to each grid and the left ruled line is the left interval, and the right end is the right side. With ruled lines The interval is defined as the right interval, the interval between the upper edge and the upper ruled line is defined as the upper interval, and the interval between the lower edge and the lower ruled line is defined as the lower interval, and the right interval of the grids belonging to the row in which the grid to be edited is located The smallest grid is the right reference grid, the smallest grid is the left grid, and the smallest grid among the grids that belong to the row where the grid to be edited is located is the top grid and the bottom grid. Define the smallest grid as the lower reference grid, and set the left ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located so that the left spacing in the left reference grid is the preset interval. Set the right ruled line position of the column where the grid is located so that the right spacing in the grid is the predetermined interval set in advance, the upper ruled line position of the row where the grid to be edited is located is the top reference Kamima in the grid Is set to a predetermined interval, and the lower ruled line position of the row where the grid to be edited is located is set so that the lower interval in the lower reference grid is the predetermined interval. At least one of the four setting operations of setting operation is performed to change the ruled line information in the storage device, and a table is displayed on the display device based on the changed ruled line information and character string information. , The series and spacing of characters in the created table can be easily changed.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the ruled line of the column / row where the grid where the series / characters are changed is located is automatically reset. At this time, the new ruled line position is set on the basis of the grid having the smallest space between the character and the ruled line. Therefore, the character does not extend beyond the ruled line, and the mesh is not too large. The operator does not need to calculate the ruled line spacing as in the conventional case, and can easily change the series and the space between the characters in the created table.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on illustrated examples.
FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an editing procedure using a computer table editing method according to the present invention. First, in step S1, a table is created. This is the ruled line information indicating the coordinates of the ruled lines that make up the table in the storage device of the computer,
Character string information indicating the unit character string to be assigned is given in each grid surrounded by this ruled line, the ruled line is displayed on the display device based on this information, and the unit character string is displayed in each grid. Just do it.

Next, in step S2, the grid to be edited is selected. An example of this selection operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display screen of the display device used for implementing the present invention. An allocation screen 1 and a menu screen 2 are displayed on this display device. The table that is actually being created or edited is displayed on the allocation screen 1, and the commands for this table creation and editing are displayed on the menu screen 2. The operator can input an instruction in the menu screen 2 by designating it with the cursor 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a table has already been created and a grid to be edited is being selected. Here, Table 4 having a size of 3 × 3 is prepared. In this figure, each character forming the unit character string assigned to each grid is represented by a rectangle. The selection of the grid in step S2 can be performed, for example, by pointing the desired grid with the cursor 3.

Now, among the cells 11 to 33 in Table 4 shown in FIG. 3 (a),
Select grid 21 as the grid to be edited and select grid 21
Consider the case where the series of the unit character string in is changed to a larger series. This change input of the series corresponds to the procedure of step S3 in the flowchart shown in FIG.
It can be performed by instructing a series change command in the cursor 3 with the cursor 3. By making such changes, Table 4 on the display device is changed to Table 4L as shown in FIG. 3 (b).
Becomes That is, the ruled line widths on the left and right of the cells 11, 21, 31 belonging to the column (first column) in which the cell 21 to be edited is located are expanded to cells 11L, 21L, 31L, and the row where the cell 21 is also located. The upper and lower ruled line widths of the cells 21, 22, 23 belonging to (second line) are expanded to cells 21L, 22L, 23L. The extended display of the ruled lines is automatically performed as follows.

First, in step S4, the character string information is changed. This character string information is the information stored in the storage device of the computer when the table to be edited is created in step S1, and is the character code data that forms the unit character string to be assigned to each cell of the table. , Series data, character spacing data, layout coordinate data, and the like. This character string information is changed on the storage device based on the series change instruction input in step S3. However, at this stage, the ruled line information has not been changed yet. Therefore, at this stage, the enlarged character string in the grid 21 on the storage device may be out of the grid 21.

Subsequently, in step S5, each reference grid is determined. Now, as shown in FIG. 4, the interval between the left end of the unit character string assigned to each grid and the left ruled line is the left interval l, the interval between the right end and the right ruled line is the right interval r, and the upper end and the upper ruled line. Is defined as the upper space u, the space between the lower end and the lower ruled line is defined as the lower space d, and each space is defined as a negative value when the unit character string extends over each ruled line. . Then, each standard cell is determined as follows.
That is, at the time after changing the character string information regarding the series and the character spacing, among the cells belonging to the row in which the cell to be edited is located, the cell with the smallest right spacing r is the right reference cell and the left spacing. The smallest grid with l is the left reference grid, and among the grids that belong to the row where the grid to be edited is located, the smallest grid with the upper interval u is the upper grid and the smallest cell with the lower space is the lower grid. It is defined as the standard grid. In the example of FIG. 3, all the four reference grids are grids 21. Since the unit character string in the grid 21 is enlarged, the vertical and horizontal intervals in this grid 21 are minimized.

Then, in step S6, the ruled line information is changed. This is to reset the ruled line as follows. That is, the left ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located is set so that the left interval l in the left reference grid is a preset predetermined interval, and the right ruled line position in the row in which the grid to be edited is located. Is set so that the right spacing in the right reference grid is a preset spacing, and the upper ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located is the predetermined spacing in which the upper spacing u in the upper reference grid is preset. And the lower ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located is set so that the lower spacing d in the lower reference mesh is a predetermined spacing. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, all the standard grids on the left, right, top and bottom are the grids 21, so that the ruled lines should be reset so that the vertical, horizontal and horizontal intervals for these grids are set to predetermined intervals, as shown in FIG. become. Here, the predetermined interval set in advance is half-width of the character, that is, as shown in FIG. 5, the horizontal interval is 1/2 of the horizontal width p of the character, and the vertical interval is 1/2 of the vertical width q of the character. . Therefore, the upper, lower, left and right ruled lines 51 to 54 are reset to the positions shown in FIG. 5, and the grid 21 is expanded to the grid 21L. This ruled line 5
By resetting 1 to 54, the cells 11, 31, 22, 23 are also expanded to the cells 11L, 31L, 22L, 23L, respectively, as shown in FIG. 3 (b).

The above operation is a process on the storage device of the computer. Finally, in step S7, the display device shown in FIG. 3B is displayed on the display device based on the character string information and the ruled line information changed on the storage device. The table shown in is displayed. After all, the operator can obtain a table automatically corrected to ruled line intervals as shown in FIG. 3 (b) simply by inputting an instruction to expand the unit character string in the grid 21 to a predetermined series. it can. The operator does not need to calculate the ruled line interval as in the conventional method.

Next, among the cells 11 to 33 in Table 4 shown in FIG. 6 (a),
Select grid 21 as the grid to be edited and select grid 21
Consider the case where the series of the unit string in is changed to a smaller series. By making such changes, Table 4 on the display device becomes Table 4S as shown in FIG. 6 (b). That is, the ruled line widths on the left and right of the cells 11, 21, 31 belonging to the column (first column) in which the cell 21 to be edited is located are reduced to cells 11S, 21S, 31S, and the row where the cell 21 is also located. The upper and lower ruled line widths of the cells 21, 22, 23 belonging to (second line) are reduced to cells 21S, 22S, 23S. The reduced display of this ruled line is
It is automatically performed like the enlarged display described above. That is,
First, in step S4, the character string information is changed,
Then, in step S5, each reference grid is determined. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the left reference grid and the right reference grid are the grids 31, and the upper reference grid and the lower reference grids are the grids 23. Since the unit character string in the grid 21 has been reduced, the grid with the smallest left and right spacing among the grids in the first row is grid 31, and the grid with the smallest vertical spacing among the grids in the second row is the grid. 23. Then, in step S6, the ruled line information is changed. This is done by setting the vertical ruled lines 51, 52 so that the grid 31S is formed such that the horizontal interval is p / 2 as shown in FIG. 7 (a), and the horizontal ruled lines 53, 54 are arranged. For the above, the position may be set so that the mesh 23S is formed such that the vertical interval is q / 2 as shown in FIG. 7 (b). When the ruled line information is changed in this manner, a table as shown in FIG. 6 (b) is displayed in step S7.

In the above-described embodiment, all the ruled line positions on the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the grid to be edited are reset, but only some of the four ruled line positions may be reset. For example, when a change is made to increase the series, it is also possible to reset only the ruled line in which the character protrudes vertically or horizontally. Also, if you change the character spacing,
In horizontal writing mode, it is not necessary to reset the ruled lines in the horizontal direction, and in vertical writing mode, it is not necessary to reset the ruled lines in the vertical direction.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in the method of editing a table by the computer, when the series or the character spacing of characters in a specific grid is changed, the vertical and horizontal intervals for the reference grids of the vertical and horizontal directions are set to predetermined values. Since a new ruled line position is set so as to automatically correct the ruled line, the table can be easily edited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a procedure of a table editing method by a computer according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a screen during execution of the table editing method according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a method according to the present invention. Figure showing a state in which the characters in a specific grid are enlarged by
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the definition of each interval in the method according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the enlargement procedure shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing characters in a specific grid by the method according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a reduced state, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the reduction procedure shown in FIG. 1 ... Allocation screen, 2 ... Menu screen, 3 ... Cursor, 4 ... Table, 4L ... Enlarged table, 4S ... Reduced table,
11-33 …… Each grid, 51-54 …… Rules.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Kiyotaka Nakagawa 4-30-22 309 Minamioizumi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo (56) References JP-A-57-60380 (JP, A) JP-A-59-128683 (JP) , A) JP 52-115126 (JP, A) JP 57-30838 (JP, A) JP 60-2398 (JP, A) JP 61-138375 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer stores a ruled line information indicating coordinates of ruled lines forming a table and character string information indicating a unit character string to be allocated in each grid surrounded by the ruled lines. A method of creating a table on a display device based on the captured information and then editing the table using a computer, in which the cells to be edited are selected from the above-mentioned cells based on an operator's selection instruction. Select and memorize, and input the instruction to change the series and character spacing for each unit character string assigned in the grid to be edited by the operator, and based on this change instruction, enter the unit character string Change the character string information in the storage device to change the series and character spacing, and set the interval between the left end and the left ruled line of the unit character string assigned to each grid to the left, and the interval between the right end and the right ruled line. Right spacing, top And the upper ruled line is defined as the upper interval, and the lower ruled line and the lower ruled line are defined as the lower interval, and the smallest grid with the right space is the right grid among the grids that belong to the row in which the grid to be edited is located. The standard cell, the cell with the smallest left spacing is the left reference cell, and among the cells belonging to the row where the cell to be edited is located, the cell with the smallest upper spacing is the upper reference cell, and the smallest cell with the lower spacing. Is defined as the lower reference cell, and the setting operation for setting the left ruled line position of the column in which the cell to be edited is located so that the left interval in the left reference cell is a predetermined interval set in advance, Setting operation for setting the right ruled line position of the column in which the grid is located so that the right interval in the right reference grid is a predetermined interval set in advance, the upper ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located Superior A setting operation for setting the upper interval in the grid to be a predetermined interval, and the lower ruled line position of the row in which the grid to be edited is located is the predetermined lower interval in the lower reference grid. The ruled line information in the storage device is changed by performing at least one operation out of the four setting operations of setting so that the intervals are set, and based on the changed ruled line information and the changed character string information. A method of editing a table by a computer, characterized in that the table is displayed on the display device.