JPH1083391A - Document processor, its method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To vertically and horizontally extend and reduce plural cells by one operation. SOLUTION: A desired cell is selected from plural cells 26 displayed on CRT 1. Selected cells are reverse-displayed in order to identify from the other cells. When an operator moves a cursor pointer to indicate the cursor pointer to the corner of the reverse-displayed cell, display is changed to such a cursor pointer as is show at a cell 263 and this changed cursor pointer is moved to vertically and horizontally extend and reduce the plural cells by one operation.

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 more particularly to a document processing apparatus for performing spreadsheet calculation and typesetting / editing of a table format document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when scaling up or down a plurality of cells, it is necessary to select a cell, perform processing in either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, and then specify the scaling in another direction again. there were.

[0003]

According to the present invention, as described in the prior art, the enlargement / reduction processing which requires the user to set twice in the vertical and horizontal directions can be performed only by the user once. By doing so, the burden on the operator is reduced.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a display means for displaying a table composed of a plurality of cells constituted by ruled lines, and a display means for displaying a table composed on the display means. Selecting means for selecting a cell, for the cell selected by the selecting means, instructing means for instructing enlargement or reduction both vertically and horizontally, based on an instruction of the instructing means,
Control means for controlling the cell selected by the selection means to be enlarged or reduced. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is preferably characterized in that the selection means selects a plurality of cells. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that a cell selected by the selection means is displayed while being distinguished from other cells.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a display means for displaying a table composed of a plurality of cells constituted by ruled lines, and a selecting means for selecting a cell of the table displayed on the display means. Instruction means for instructing a position with respect to the cell selected by the selection means, judgment means for judging the position of the cell indicated by the instruction means, and according to the judgment result by the judgment means, Control means for controlling a selected cell to be enlarged or reduced both vertically and horizontally. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is preferably characterized in that the selection means selects a plurality of cells. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that a cell selected by the selection means is displayed while being distinguished from other cells.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines, a selecting step of selecting a cell in the displayed table set, An instruction step of instructing the cell selected in the selection step to enlarge or reduce both vertically and horizontally, and a control step of controlling to enlarge or reduce the selected cell based on the instruction in the instruction step. And a document processing method comprising: In order to solve the above problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that a plurality of cells are selected in the selecting step. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that the selected cell is displayed while being distinguished from other cells.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines, a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set, An instructing step of instructing a position with respect to the selected cell; a determining step of determining the position of the instructed cell; and enlarging or reducing the selected cell both vertically and horizontally according to the determination result in the determining step. And a control step of controlling the document processing. In order to solve the above problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that a plurality of cells are selected in the selecting step. In order to solve the above problem, the present invention is preferably characterized in that the cell selected in the selection step is displayed while being distinguished from other cells.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines, a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set, An instruction step of instructing the cell selected in the selection step to enlarge or reduce both vertically and horizontally, and a control step of controlling to enlarge or reduce the selected cell based on the instruction in the instruction step. And a storage medium characterized by having the following.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display step of displaying a table set composed of a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines, a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set, An instructing step of instructing a position with respect to the selected cell; a determining step of determining the position of the instructed cell; and enlarging or reducing the selected cell both vertically and horizontally according to the determination result in the determining step. And a control step of controlling the storage medium.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT display device, which displays a document being edited, various message menus, and the like. 2
Is a video RAM (VRAM) that 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 denotes a keyboard provided with various keys for performing document editing and the like; 5, a pointing device (PD) used to indicate an icon or the like on a screen;
U controls each unit of the apparatus based on a control program stored in the ROM 7 (a program for implementing a process of the present invention described below, including a program for editing a document and an error processing program). I do.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM used as a work area when the above-described various programs are executed by the CPU 6 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 for storing application programs, data, libraries, and the like, 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 denotes an I / O bus (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 by a network.

[0014] The program of the present invention is a program for FD or HD.
It can be supplied to a system or an apparatus via a storage medium such as the above or a network.

<Summary of Table Set> A table set is a form in which a table is expressed as a part of a document in a processing program on the apparatus shown in FIG. In the table set, a cell can be created using a ruled line editing function using various line types, and characters can be input into the cell using a character editing function using character modification or emphasized font. Further, a character string in a cell is displayed after performing typesetting based on a cell attribute (information such as alignment). With the function of such a table set, it is possible to express a table that has been subjected to complicated editing.

<Structure of Table Data> The data structure at the time of editing the table data processed on the apparatus shown in FIG.
It is shown in FIG.

At the time of editing a table set, as shown in FIG. 2, for convenience of processing, the table set data is divided into two areas, an edit data area 21 and a local data area 22, and exists on the RAM in FIG. Table control information section 23 of edit data area 21
The portion 24 excluding (detailed description in FIG. 3) holds temporary data to be created / erased only during editing.

The local data area 22 holds information such as ruled lines and characters constituting a table set for each element.
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.
The work area management information 25 (detailed description in FIG. 4) is information for managing each information in the edit data area 21 and the local data area 22. 26 and 27 are delimiter information (FIG. 12)
And a dedicated reserved area (same size as the delimiter information) for creating new delimiter information. Here, each piece of information has a format in which a piece of delimiter information is a piece of delimiter information, and a reserved area is a format that holds a pointer to the next information and a pointer to the previous information between the reserved areas. Information is trackable. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a “list structure”.

Reference numerals 28 and 29 denote cell information (described in detail with reference to FIG. 8).
And a dedicated reserved area (the same size as the cell information) for creating new cell information. This part also has a list structure. 30, 31, 3
Reference numerals 2 and 33 denote slanted line information (detailed description in FIG. 5), horizontal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 6), vertical ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 7), and new ruled line information. Is a region where dedicated reserved regions (the same size as each ruled line information) for creating the are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure.
Note that the inclined ruled line information, the horizontal ruled line information, and the vertical ruled line information all have the same size in order to commonly use a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information. Numerals 34 and 35 are areas in which the entity of the cell attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 10) and the dedicated reserved area (the same size as the cell attribute information) for creating new cell information are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. Reference numerals 36 and 37 are areas in which the entity of the optional cell attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 11) and the dedicated reserved area (the same size as the optional cell attribute information) for creating new cell information are mixed and gathered. . This part also has a list structure. In addition, the option cell attribute information has the same size regardless of the type of the option attribute in order to commonly use a dedicated reserved area for creating new option cell attribute information.

FIG. 3 shows the detailed structure of the table control information section 23 shown in FIG. 41 is a command indicating the start of table data,
Reference numeral 42 denotes a flag related to editing of the entire table set, such as information indicating whether to automatically expand a cell when a character is input. 4
3, 44, 45, and 46 are information indicating the version of each processing program when the tabulated data is created. 47
Indicates the last address of the cell, and 48 indicates the last number of the group used in the table data. Reference numeral 49 denotes a reserved area in preparation for a change in the data format due to a future function expansion or the like.

Reference numerals 50 to 53 denote information relating to a measure (grid). Reference numeral 50 denotes a flag indicating display / non-display of the grid and a grid designation unit. 52 and 53 are values indicating grid intervals. Reference numeral 53 denotes a reserved area in preparation for a change in the data format due to future expansion of functions.

Numerals 54 to 56 are information relating to the designated parent and child rule, and include an upper line width 54, a line interval 55, and an underline width 56.

FIG. 4 shows the detailed structure of the work management information 25 shown in FIG.

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

Reference numeral 67 denotes a local data area (2 in FIG. 2).
2) Area of information on ruled lines in (30 to 33 in FIG. 2)
Is a pointer to the first record of the list of the oblique ruled line information existing in the list. Similarly, 68 is a horizontal ruled line, and 69 is a pointer to the first record of each vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 76 denotes a pointer to the first record of the reserved area list for ruled line information.

Reference numeral 70 denotes management information of cell information, which holds the number of cells, a pointer to the cell information of the current cell, and the like. Reference numeral 71 denotes a pointer to the first record of the cell information list existing in the information area (28 to 29 in FIG. 2) relating to the cell in the local data area (22 in FIG. 2). Reference numeral 74 denotes 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).
Area of information on cell attributes in 2) (34 to 3 in FIG. 2)
This is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell attribute information existing in 5). Reference numeral 77 denotes a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas 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 the reserved area for the break information existing in the break information area (26 to 27 in FIG. 2) in 2). Reference numeral 75 denotes a pointer to the first record of the list of the reserved area for character data.

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

Reference numeral 79 denotes Un for cancellation processing during editing of the table set.
The do control information 80 is table operation information indicating current information being edited (e.g., the type of menu being processed). 81
Is a selected ruled line information header indicating the selected ruled line (detailed description in FIG. 13), and 82 is a selected cell information header indicating the selected cell (detailed description in FIG. 14).

Reference numeral 83 denotes a work area; and 84, local data area free 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 oblique ruled line record.

Reference numeral 91 denotes the coordinates of the starting point of the oblique ruled line. Here, the starting point is an end point of the smaller y coordinate. Ninety-two line types are indicated, and 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 hidden line is designated. Reference numeral 93 denotes a line width, and 94 denotes a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock.
Reference numeral 95 denotes information on rounded corners. Reference numerals 96 and 97 are information on the color of the line. 98 is the vertical length of the line, 99 is the horizontal length of the line, and only the horizontal length 99 can take a negative value. Reference numeral 100 denotes a pointer to the next oblique ruled line record, which is NULL when there is no next record. Reference numeral 101 denotes a pointer to the previous oblique ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The oblique ruled line records form a list structure based on the information of 100 and 101, and exist in portions indicated by 30 to 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 screen operation, the unit divided at the part that intersects the vertical ruled line and the oblique ruled line is treated as one ruled line, which is the information of the intersection with the other ruled line stored in each horizontal ruled line record (“break information”). And will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12). 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 denotes the coordinates of the starting point of the horizontal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the smaller end point of the x coordinate. Reference numeral 112 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 dashed line, a long dashed line, a hidden line, a double pillar rule, a parent-child rule 1, a parent-child rule 2, a designated parent-child rule 1, and a designated parent-child rule 2. Is specified. 1
Reference numeral 13 denotes a line width, and 114 denotes a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 115 denotes information on rounded corners. 116,
Reference numeral 117 denotes information on the color of the line. 118 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 119 denotes a pointer to the next horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 120 denotes a pointer to the previous horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The horizontal ruled line records form a list structure based on the information 119 and 120, and exist in portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG. 12
Reference numeral 1 denotes a pointer to the head break information of the horizontal ruled line. Reference numeral 122 denotes a serial number assigned in ascending order of the y-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same numbers are 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 screen operation, the unit divided at the intersection with the horizontal ruled line and the oblique ruled line is treated as one ruled line, which is the information of the intersection with the other ruled line 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 in a continuous vertical ruled line, 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 131 denotes the coordinates of the starting point of the vertical ruled line. Here, the starting point is an end point of the smaller y coordinate. Reference numeral 132 denotes a line type, one of a solid line, a dotted line, a dashed line, a two-point thin line, a dashed line, a long dashed line, a hidden line, a double pole rule, a parent-child rule 1, a parent-child rule 2, a designated parent-child rule 1, and a designated parent-child rule 2. Is specified. 1
Reference numeral 33 denotes a line width, and 134 denotes a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. 135 is information on rounded corners. 136,
137 is information on the color of the line. 138 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 139 denotes a pointer to the next vertical ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 140 denotes a pointer to the previous vertical ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The vertical ruled line records form a list structure based on the information of 139 and 140, and exist in portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG. 14
Numeral 1 is a pointer to the head break information of the vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 142 denotes a serial number assigned in ascending order of the x coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same numbers are given to all the vertical ruled line records having the same x coordinate.

FIG. 8 shows a detailed structure of the cell information.

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

Reference numeral 151 denotes a pointer to the horizontal ruled line record of the leftmost horizontal ruled line among the horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell. Reference numeral 152 denotes a pointer to a 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 size of the cell. 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
Reference numeral 57 denotes information obtained by calculating the maximum line width of each side based on information of ruled lines forming each of the four sides of the cell. 158 is a character record (detailed description in FIG. 9) which is information on characters belonging to the cell. Reference numeral 159 denotes a pointer to information such as a character position as a result of formatting the character string in the cell. Reference numeral 160 denotes a pointer to information indicating the value of the cell to be passed to the calculation processing program when the cell becomes a calculation target at the time of calculation when the cell is a normal cell. 161
Is a pointer to the next cell information, and is NULL when the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 162 denotes a pointer to the previous cell information, which is NULL for the head information. The cell information forms a list structure by the information of 161 and 162, and exists in portions indicated by 34 to 35 in FIG.

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

A character record is information on characters in a cell that has a one-to-one correspondence with cell information and is held in the cell information.

An area 171 stores the number of bytes of the entire character record when the table data is stored as a file, and is not used during editing. A flag 172 indicates cell lock, heading designation, and cell type (normal or formula). Reference numeral 192 denotes a flag for initial setting of the kana-kanji conversion function when character editing of the cell is started, which is initially set to 0, indicating no setting. Reference numeral 173 denotes a group number when cells are grouped. Reference numeral 174 is valid only for 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 the member in the group. Here, a group is a unique processing form of a table in which a plurality of cells are regarded as one cell by grouping, and a character string input thereto is entered in order from the head member of the group to each cell in accordance with the group member number. Assigned to and displayed. Reference numeral 176 denotes a cell address, which is used as an index for specifying a cell in a calculation process. Reference numeral 177 denotes a pointer to cell attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 10). 179 is
This is information for specifying the top horizontal ruled line of the cell to which this character record belongs. Reference numeral 179 denotes information for managing a character string for each member cell in the case of a grouped cell. 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. 182 is a pointer to a character data buffer.

When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer stores a character string (character edit processing command and character code).
184 only.

In the case of a formula cell, the character data buffer is 18
It is divided into 6-191 parts. Reference numeral 187 denotes a character string (command and character code of a character editing process) processed with reference to a calculated value display attribute which holds a calculation result as an optional cell attribute (detailed description in FIG. 11), and 186 denotes the number of characters. Reference numeral 188 denotes an area for storing information of calculation results, and 189 denotes an area for storing information necessary for calculation, which is used by the calculation processing program during processing. 191 is the formula body held by the cell, which is data in the reverse Polish format, and 190 is the number of characters.

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

In the cell attribute information, each character record must be 1
With only one piece of information, one cell attribute information may be referred to from a plurality of character records.

Reference numeral 201 denotes the number of bytes of the entire cell attribute information, and reference numeral 202 denotes a value indicating how many character records refer to the cell information. Reference numeral 203 denotes a set flag, which 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.), alignment of up, down, left and right. Reference numeral 205 denotes standard typeface information on a typeface used when Japanese is input in a cell, 206 denotes European typeface information on a typeface used when an alphanumeric character is input in a cell, and 207 denotes information on a background color of a character. 2
08 is line spacing, 209 is left margin, 210 is right margin, 211
Indicates an upper margin, and 212 indicates a lower margin. Reference numeral 213 denotes information indicating which type of optional attribute the cell attribute has. Optional attributes that are not available here use default option attributes. Reference numeral 214 denotes cell surface type information, 215 denotes the number of indented characters in the itemized list, 216 denotes the number of indented characters in the paragraph, and 217 denotes a baseline adjustment amount for clearly displaying mixed Japanese and European sentences. Reference numeral 218 denotes a pointer to option attribute information held by the cell attribute, and is NULL when no option attribute is held.

FIG. 11 shows a 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 option attribute information is linked as indicated by 224 for the types specified by the option attribute flag (213 in FIG. 10) of the cell attribute information. In the option attribute information, 2
21 indicates the type of the option attribute. The types of optional attributes include Japanese emphasized fonts 1 to 5 and European emphasized fonts 1 to 5.
5. There are 12 types of expression calculation value display attributes and tab information. 2
Reference numeral 22 denotes an optional attribute data body, which stores data in a format corresponding to the type. The size of the data is the same for all types for convenience of processing. 223 is a pointer to the next option attribute information. If there is no next optional attribute, NULL is entered.

FIG. 12 shows the detailed structure of the break information.

Reference numeral 231 denotes a pointer to the next break information, which is NULL when the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 232 denotes a pointer to the previous delimiter information, which is NULL for the first information. Cell information is 23
A list structure is formed by the information of 1, 2 and 232 of FIG.
It exists in the portions indicated by 6 to 27. 233 is a flag indicating the intersection direction, 234 is the coordinates 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 denotes the upper left coordinate of the entire ruled line range being selected, and reference numeral 242 denotes the lower right coordinate.
Reference numeral 243 denotes a value indicating how many pieces of selected ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected ruled line information.
If the area is insufficient, a new area is secured. 244
Is the number of ruled lines being selected, and 245 is the start address of the array of selected ruled line information. Each selected ruled line information is 246 to 2
49. 246 is a ruled line type vertical,
Either horizontal or oblique ruled line. 247 is a pointer to the ruled line record. Reference numerals 248 and 249 are information for specifying a part of the ruled line (in units of divisions) when the part is selected.

FIG. 14 shows a 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. Reference numeral 251 denotes a value indicating how many pieces of selected cell information can be stored in the memory reserved for the array of the selected cell information. If the area is insufficient, a new area is newly allocated. Reference numeral 252 denotes the number of cells being selected, and reference numeral 253 denotes a head address of an array of selected cell information. Each selected cell information is configured with the contents shown in 254 to 255. Reference numeral 254 denotes a work flag used during processing, and reference numeral 255 denotes a pointer to cell information.

Next, the cell enlargement / reduction processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the partial enlargement / reduction of a cell.

FIG. 15 shows a cell selected by using the pointing device 5 or the keyboard 4 in a state where a table composed of a plurality of cells is displayed on the CRT 1. Are selected. That is, the highlighted cell is the selected cell.

Here, the selection range calculated from the selected cell is stored in the memory of FIG.

Specifically, the selected cell information of FIG. 14 is stored in the direction of the lower right cell in order from the upper left cell, and the pointer to the cell information of the selected cell information 1 of FIG. 14 is used. The upper left position of the cell 153 in the cell information of FIG. 8 is derived from (255), and the coordinates of the left end of the selection range 271 and the coordinates of the upper end of the selection range 272 in FIG. 16 are set. Next, from the sum of the upper left cell position 153 and the cell size 154 of the cell information (FIG. 8) of the selected cell at the end of the selected cell information of FIG. Set the bottom coordinate of the range.

The designation method is the keyboard 4 in FIG.
As shown at 263 in FIG. 15, the shape of the cursor is changed near the lower right corner of the selected cell group, and mouse dragging is performed with the pointing device 5 in FIG.

The logic for changing the cursor shape is shown in FIG.
Is called every time the movement of the cursor is detected. In step S281, it is compared whether the absolute value of the difference between the current cursor position and the right end coordinate of the selection range 273 in FIG. 16 is within 3 or less. In step S282, the current cursor position and the lower end coordinate of the selection range 274 in FIG. It is compared whether the absolute value of the difference is within 3 or less. When both are true, the cursor is set as the enlargement / reduction cursor, and when not, the cursor is set as the normal arrow cursor. Here, the absolute value at the time of comparison is 3, which varies depending on the device and the unit system, and is merely appropriate in this system to indicate the peripheral portion at the lower right corner. Has no meaning.

In FIG. 17, only the case where the change in the shape of the cursor is enlarged and reduced simultaneously in the vertical and horizontal directions has been described. However, the display of the cursor for the enlargement and reduction in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction is described below. Since the same processing as in the related art is performed, detailed description will be omitted.

That is, in step S284, it is determined whether the enlargement / reduction in one direction in the vertical or horizontal direction or the enlargement / reduction in the vertical and horizontal directions is performed in accordance with the designated position of the cursor. Only when it is determined that scaling is performed at the same time, the cursor is changed to the scaling cursor.

The user specifies the enlargement or reduction by dragging the mouse with the enlargement / reduction cursor. Based on the position at the end of the drag and the coordinates of the selection range in FIG.
The scaling ratio width = (Drag end X coordinate-Selection range left end coordinate) / (Selection range right end coordinate-Selection range left end coordinate) and the scaling ratio of 276 in FIG. 16 = (Drag end Y coordinate-Selection range top coordinate) ) / (Selection range bottom coordinate-selection range top coordinate), and the maximum horizontal offset value of 277 in FIG. 16 = (right edge coordinate of selection range−left edge coordinate of selection range). Set the maximum offset value = (bottom coordinate of the selection range-top coordinate of the selection range) and vertical scale.

The control processing of the present invention is the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 18, 19 and 20. Generally, the necessary coordinate conversion and size conversion are performed for all the horizontal ruled lines, vertical ruled lines, and cell information. Is what you do.

In this embodiment, the vertical ruled line, the horizontal ruled line,
The enlargement / reduction processing of the cell information is described using different flowcharts. However, when the enlargement / reduction cursor is instructed simultaneously in the vertical and horizontal directions in the flowchart of FIG. Processing is being performed simultaneously.

That is, the two processes of the vertical ruled line record and the X-direction position data of the cell information and the horizontal ruled line record and the Y-direction position data of the cell information are continuously performed by specifying the enlargement / reduction ratio simultaneously in the vertical and horizontal directions. By performing vertical ruled line record conversion, horizontal ruled line record conversion, and cell information XY direction data processing, the user can change the vertical and horizontal directions simultaneously by specifying once.

The details of each will be described below.

<Conversion of Horizontal Ruled Line Record> FIG. 18 shows enlargement / reduction processing of horizontal ruled line data.

In step S291, the top record of the horizontal ruled line is obtained from the pointer to the 68 horizontal ruled line record list in the work area management information of FIG.

In step S292, it is determined whether the X coordinate of the starting point 111 in FIG. 6 is larger than the left end coordinate of the selection range 271 in FIG. 16. If smaller, the horizontal ruled line is not processed, and the determination in step S297 is performed. Jump to If the comparison result is true, it is affected by the enlargement / reduction, and it is determined in step S293 whether or not it is within the selection range.
If the X coordinate of the start point of the horizontal ruled line 111 in FIG. 6 is to the left of the right end of the selection range, that is, within the selection range, step S294 is performed.
Is used, the X-coordinate of the starting point = (X-coordinate of the starting point−the left end coordinate of the selection range).
Perform scaling ratio and update the value.

Further, as the processing of 296, the length of 118 in FIG. 6 is calculated by the formula of horizontal ruled line length = horizontal ruled line length / enlargement / reduction ratio, and the value is updated.

If the determination in step S293 is outside the selection range, the process proceeds to step S295 to use the maximum horizontal offset value set in 277 in FIG. Calculate with the formula of X coordinate of start point + maximum horizontal offset, and update the value.

Next, as a process of step S297, the pointer to the next record in the horizontal ruled line record of 119 in FIG. 6 is referred to. If 0, the process is terminated because it is the last data of the record. If there is, step S2
The process is repeated from the comparison within the selection range in step S292 while referring to this pointer as the horizontal ruled line next to 98, and a loop is performed for all the horizontal ruled line records.

<Conversion of Vertical Ruled Line Record> FIG. 19 shows an enlargement / reduction process of vertical ruled line data.

In step S301, the first record of the vertical ruled line is obtained from the pointer to the 69 vertical ruled line record list in the work area management information of FIG.

In step S302, it is compared whether the Y coordinate of the starting point of 131 in FIG. 7 is larger than the upper end coordinate of the selection range of 272 in FIG. 16, and if it is smaller, nothing is performed on this vertical ruled line, and the determination in step S307 is made. Jump to If the comparison result is true, it is affected by the enlargement / reduction, and it is determined in step S303 whether or not it is within the selection range.
If the Y coordinate of the start point of the vertical ruled line 131 in FIG. 7 is above the lower end of the selection range, that is, within the selection range, step S304
16 is used, the Y coordinate of the starting point = (Y coordinate of the starting point−the upper coordinate of the selection range)
Update the value by performing the scaling ratio lengthwise.

Further, as the processing of step S306, FIG.
138 is calculated by the formula: vertical ruled line length = vertical ruled line length / enlargement / reduction ratio, and the value is updated.

If the determination in step S303 is outside the selection range, the process proceeds to step S305 to use the maximum vertical offset value set at 278 in FIG. Calculate using the formula of Y coordinate of starting point + maximum vertical offset, and update the value.

Next, as the processing in step S307, the pointer to the next record in the vertical ruled line record 139 in FIG. 7 is referred to. Step S30
Referring to this pointer as a vertical ruled line next to 8, 30
The process is repeated from the comparison within the selection range of 2,
A loop for performing this processing is performed for all the vertical ruled line records.

<Conversion of Cell Information Record> FIG. 20 shows enlargement / reduction processing of cell information data.

In step S311, the head record of the cell information is obtained from the pointer to the cell information list of 71 in the work area management information of FIG.

In step S312, it is compared whether the Y coordinate of the upper left position of the cell 153 in FIG. 8 is larger than the upper coordinate of the selection range 272 in FIG. 16, and if it is smaller, nothing is done with respect to the vertical information of this cell. Instead of step S31
Jump to the judgment of 7. If the comparison result is true, it is affected by the enlargement / reduction, and it is determined in step S313 whether or not the cell is within the selection range. That is, if it is within the selection range, the process of step S314 is performed as shown in FIG.
The Y-coordinate of the upper left position of the cell = (Y coordinate of the upper left position of the cell−the coordinate of the upper end of the selection range).

Further, as the processing of step S316, FIG.
The cell size height of 154 is calculated using the formula of cell size height = cell size height / enlargement / reduction ratio, and the value is updated.

If the determination in step S313 is outside the selection range, the process proceeds to step S315 to use the maximum vertical offset value set at 278 in FIG. Coordinate = Y at upper left position of cell
Calculate with the formula of coordinate + maximum vertical offset and update the value.

Next, as the processing of step S317, the X coordinate of the upper left position of the cell 153 in FIG.
It is determined whether the coordinates are larger than the left end coordinate of the selection range 71. If the coordinates are smaller, the process jumps to step S322 without performing any information on the horizontal direction of the cell. If the comparison result is true, it is affected by the enlargement / reduction, and it is determined in step S318 whether or not it is within the selection range.
If the X coordinate of the cell upper left position is to the left of the right end of the selection range, that is, within the selection range, the X coordinate of the cell upper left position is used as the process of step S319 using the enlargement / reduction ratio of 275 in FIG. Update the value by performing (X coordinate of position-left end coordinate of selection range) and scaling ratio.

Further, as the processing of step S321, FIG.
The width of the cell size of 154 is calculated by the formula of the width of the cell size = the width of the cell size, the scaling ratio, and the value is updated.

If the determination in step S318 is outside the selection range, the process proceeds to step S320 to use the maximum horizontal offset value set in 277 in FIG. Coordinate = X at upper left position of cell
Calculate with the formula of coordinate + maximum horizontal offset and update the value.

Next, as the process of step S322, the pointer to the next cell information in the cell information record 161 in FIG. 8 is referred to. If 0, the process is terminated because it is the last data of the record. If so, step S
The process is repeated from the comparison within the selection range in step S312 with reference to this pointer as the cell information record next to H.323, and a loop is performed for all the cell information records.

These three records (horizontal ruled line, vertical ruled line,
The enlargement / reduction processing of the table set is completed by performing the enlargement / reduction processing on the cell information) and reflecting the result on the display means.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.) or may be applied to an apparatus composed of one device.

Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU) of the system or apparatus.
And MPU) by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

Examples of a storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, and CD.
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

When the present invention is applied to the storage medium, the storage medium stores program codes corresponding to the above-described flowcharts. Each module shown will be stored in a storage medium. In other words, at least the program code of each of the "cursor shape changing module", "horizontal ruled line scaling module", "vertical ruled line scaling module", and "cell information data scaling module" may be stored in the storage medium.

Here, the read processing module is a program module that realizes a read processing for reading the instruction information stored in the detachable storage medium mounted. The determination processing module is a program module that implements a determination process of determining a drive in which a file to be mapped exists based on the instruction information read in the reading process. Further, the mapping processing module
This is a program module that implements a mapping process of mapping a file of the drive determined by the determination process so that the file can be executed on the drive.

[0103]

As described above, according to the present invention, enlargement / reduction can be freely specified in the diagonal direction with respect to the selected cell group. Work can be performed once, and work efficiency can be improved.

Also, the fact that it is possible to designate at one time has an effect that it is easy to grasp the finished state,
Intuitive and comfortable operation was brought.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of table data being edited on the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing in detail the structure of a table control information section in an edit data area shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing in detail a structure of a work area management information section of a local data area shown in FIG. 2;

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

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

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

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

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

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing in detail a structure of cell attribute information existing in a cell attribute information section of a local data area shown in FIG. 2;

11 is a diagram showing in detail a structure of option attribute information existing in an option cell attribute information part of a local data area shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating in detail a structure of delimiter information existing in a delimiter information part of a local data area illustrated in FIG. 2;

13 is a diagram showing in detail a selected ruled line information header existing in the work area management information shown in FIG. 3 and a structure of the selected ruled line information referred to therefrom.

14 is a diagram showing in detail the structure of a selected cell information header existing in the work area management information shown in FIG. 3 and the selected cell information referred to therefrom.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a partial enlargement / reduction of a cell.

FIG. 16 is a structural diagram of an area on a memory in which information necessary for performing the processing of the present invention is stored.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of cursor shape change control.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of horizontal ruled line data enlargement / reduction control.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of vertical ruled line data enlargement / reduction control.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of cell information data enlargement / reduction control.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a memory map of a storage medium storing a control program according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT 2 VRAM 3 BMU 4 Keyboard 5 PD 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 RAM 9 HDD 10 FDD 11 NetI / F 12 BUS

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying a table set including a plurality of cells constituted by ruled lines; a selection means for selecting a cell of the table set displayed on the display means; and a cell selected by the selection means. And an instructing means for instructing enlargement or reduction in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a control means for controlling to enlarge or reduce the cell selected by the selecting means based on the instruction of the instructing means. A document processing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a plurality of cells. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cell selected by the selection unit is displayed while being distinguished from other cells. 4. A display means for displaying a table composed of a plurality of cells constituted by ruled lines, a selection means for selecting a cell of the table displayed on the display means, and a cell selected by the selection means Instruction means for instructing the position of the cell, determination means for judging the position of the cell instructed by the instruction means, and expansion and contraction of the cell selected by the selection means in both vertical and horizontal directions according to the judgment result by the judgment means A document processing apparatus comprising: control means for controlling reduction. 5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the selection unit selects a plurality of cells. 6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the cell selected by the selection unit is displayed while being distinguished from other cells. 7. A display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines; a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set; A command step of instructing enlargement or reduction in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a control step of controlling to enlarge or reduce the selected cell based on the instruction in the instruction step. Processing method. 8. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of cells are selected in said selecting step. 9. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein the selected cell is displayed while being distinguished from other cells. 10. A display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines; a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set; and an instruction of designating a position with respect to the selected cell. A determining step of determining the position of the designated cell; and a controlling step of controlling the selected cell to expand or reduce both vertically and horizontally in accordance with the determination result of the determining step. A document processing method comprising: 11. The document processing method according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of cells are selected in said selecting step. 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cell selected in the selecting step is displayed while being distinguished from other cells.
0. The document processing method described in item 0. 13. A display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines; a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set; An instruction step of instructing enlargement or reduction both vertically and horizontally, and a control step of controlling to enlarge or reduce the selected cell based on the instruction of the instruction step. Medium. 14. A display step of displaying a table set including a plurality of cells formed by ruled lines, a selecting step of selecting cells of the displayed table set, and an instruction of designating a position with respect to the selected cell. A determining step of determining the position of the designated cell; and a controlling step of controlling the selected cell to expand or reduce both vertically and horizontally in accordance with the determination result of the determining step. A storage medium characterized by the above-mentioned.