JPS6324457A - Composite document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and rapidly carry out the forming operation of a table by forming and displaying a basic table by the maximum number of rows and the maximum number of columns in an area at the time of setting a table area. CONSTITUTION:A table area calculation mechanism 13 calculates the number of the rows and the number of the columns according to the size of the area and delivers to a basic table setting mechanism 14. The basic table setting mechanism 14 decides the structure of the basic table and informs to a CPU. According to this information, an area control mechanism 12, when a processing media is the table, informs the number of dots (row X column) of the area and the number of dots (row X column) of one character to the table area calculation mechanism 13. The basic table setting mechanism 14 forms the basic table of a table structure according to the number of the rows and the number of the columns inputted from the table area calculation mechanism 13 and transmits the basic table data via the area control mechanism 12 to a display mechanism. Thereby, the basic table is displayed on the set area on the display picture of the display mechanism.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention utilizes a window, a boat, and a frame icon to create a compound document in which a text, a figure, a graph, an image, etc. are mixed. Conventionally, in the compound document processing device to be created,
When creating a table in any area within a document (paper), the operator uses the mouse to create an area within the document for creating the table, and then the operator himself/herself determines the size of the table that can be used in that area. The basic table was displayed within the above area by setting the maximum number of rows and columns.

For this reason, in the past, the workload placed on the operator was large when creating tables, and a lot of time and effort was required from creating the table area to displaying the basic table.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the conventional compound document processing device,
When creating a table in any area within a document, the workload is heavy on the operator, and it takes a lot of time and effort from the creation of the table area until the basic table is displayed. There was a problem that it was necessary.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it reduces the amount of work time and effort required from creating a table area to displaying a basic table when creating a table in an arbitrary area within one document in a compound document processing device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound document processing device which can greatly reduce the amount of time required to create a table in a document, thereby easily and quickly creating a table within a document.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving Problems) The present invention provides an area control mechanism that notifies all table area area sizes and font sizes set on a document, and an area size received from this area control mechanism. A tablespace calculation mechanism that calculates the number of rows and columns in the above tablespace based on the text and font size, and a basic table that generates a basic table with a table structure according to the number of rows and columns calculated by this tablespace calculation mechanism. 9 (for f'F-) The table area calculation mechanism is configured to include a table setting mechanism, and when input from the set table area area size and font size total area control mechanism, this area size and font size Based on this, the number of rows and columns in the table area is calculated, and the calculated number of rows and columns are sent to the basic table setting mechanism. The basic table setting mechanism generates a basic table with a table structure according to the number of rows and columns inputted from the table area calculation mechanism, and sends the basic table data to the display channel via the area control mechanism. As a result, the basic table is displayed in the setting area on the display screen of the display mechanism.

In this way, when a table area is set, a basic table with the maximum number of rows and columns within that area is immediately created and displayed, so when creating a table in any area within the document, The work time and labor required from creating a table area to displaying a basic table can be greatly reduced, and the work of creating tables within a document can be done easily and quickly.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of essential parts of an apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 11 is the basic display control mechanism of the compound document processing device, including the CPU and display device 1 that control the entire device.
0 and automatically draws a basic table in the table setting area under the control of the CPU.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an area control mechanism, which performs all settings of media information to the display device 10, transfer control, etc. under the control of the CPU.Here, for convenience of explanation, the basic table display control mechanism 11 is It is shown as a component. 1
3 and 14 are components of the basic table display control mechanism 1, respectively, 13 is a table area calculation mechanism, and 14 is a basic table setting mechanism. The table area calculation mechanism 13 calculates the number of rows and columns according to the size of the area, and passes it to the basic table setting mechanism 14. The basic table setting mechanism 14 determines the structure of the basic table, and
Notify PU.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a basic table generated by the basic table display control mechanism 11.

The operation of one embodiment will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the CPU notifies the basic table display control mechanism 11 of the size of document paper to be created and the number of dots for one character (F! x number of horizontal dots, usually 24 x 24). The size of the area created by the user is notified to the area control mechanism 12 in the number of bits.

With this notification, if the processing medium is a table, the area control mechanism 12 notifies the table area calculation machine 13 of the number of area knots (vertical x horizontal) and the length of one character (length x horizontal). Here, the basic table is created within the area as shown in FIG. The table area calculation mechanism 13 calculates the number of rows and the number of digits by the following calculation.

Number of lines = [area/vertical size (number of dots) 71 character vertical size (number of dots)] number of digits = [area/horizontal size (number of dots)
/Horizontal size of one character (number of dots)] The number of lines and number of digits obtained by the above calculation are passed to the basic table setting mechanism 14Vc. The total number of rows and columns is determined, the area control mechanism 12 is notified, and the display device 10 is instructed to display the basic table. Man,
Notify the CPU of the number of rows and columns of the set basic table.

By having such a basic table generation processing mechanism, the work required for the operator to create basic tables is greatly simplified, and basic tables can be created quickly and easily.
The CPU, which controls the entire compound document processing device, does not need to calculate the size of an area or the number of dots in table processing, and the processing load can be reduced. Further, the process from creating a table area to displaying a basic table can be performed instantly without using any other media (for example, CPU; software). In addition, it can be easily applied to the modification of character nano to a compound document processing device, and there is no need for software.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, the compound document processing device of the present invention includes a means for reading all the area sizes and font sizes of table areas set on a document, and a means for reading all the area sizes and font sizes of table areas set on a document. It is equipped with means for originally calculating the number of rows and columns in the tablespace, and means for generating a basic table with a table structure according to the calculated number of rows and columns, and upon establishment of the tablespace, By making sure that the configuration is such that a basic table is created and displayed with the maximum number of rows and columns within that area, from the creation of the table area when creating a table in any area in the document until the basic table is displayed. The working time and labor can be greatly reduced, and the work of creating tables in a document can be done easily and quickly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a basic table in the above embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Display device, 1)... Basic table display control mechanism, 12... Area control mechanism, 13... Table area calculation mechanism, 14... Basic table setting mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for notifying the area size and font size of a table area set on a document; a means for calculating the number of rows and columns in the table area based on the area size and font size; A compound document processing device comprising: means for generating a basic table having a table structure according to the number of rows and the number of columns.