KR100238814B1 - Data processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus which performs layout processing of data within an arbitrary range on a page.

When the user designates an arbitrary range on the display for the displayed document data, the layout information within the corresponding range of the document data within the specified range is stored, and the user further inputs or designates the data for the display portion corresponding to the specified range. When editing such as enlargement is performed, the stored layout information is changed with the action, and the document data is displayed again on the basis of the changed layout information.

Description

DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD}

The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus which performs layout processing of data within an arbitrary range on a page.

Conventionally, in the document processing on a page on which data is arranged, there is an area editing function that designates an arbitrary area range and performs editing within this range. For example, insert a framed region anywhere in the document, such as a layout frame or text box in some kind of WarProsoft, and use the text in the region without affecting anything else. There is a function for editing.

In the conventional region editing function, there is no function to automatically collect characters in a frame without changing the size of the frame, for example, when adding a string into the frame and the added string cannot fit in the frame. .

For this reason, it is necessary for the user to perform a work to collect all the characters in the frame, for example, by changing the format setting in the frame.

In addition, when the size of the frame is changed (for example, when the frame is enlarged), the formatting of the character string in the frame does not change. Therefore, there is unbalance between the size of the frame and the size of the text. There was a problem of unbalanced strings in the whole frame.

In addition, there is no function to automatically change the layout of the table with the addition or change of the frame size.

An object of the present invention is to add a character string or a table, or to change the frame size of a document in a frame arranged in an arbitrary area of a base document so that the document is arranged in the same layout suitable for the frame after the change.

The layout processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a document data storage means for storing document data, display means for displaying document data stored in the document data storage means, and arbitrary ranges on the display with respect to the document data displayed by the display means. The area designation means for designating, the layout storage means for storing layout information in the corresponding range of document data within the range designated by the area designation means, and the display portion corresponding to the range designated by the area designation means are edited. A data processing apparatus having an editing means, changing means for changing the layout information of the layout storage means based on the edited contents of the editing means, and control means for redisplaying the document data based on the changed layout information; A display process for displaying document data stored in a memory; An area designation process for specifying an arbitrary range on the display for the document data displayed in the sea process, a layout storage process for storing layout information in the corresponding range of document data within the range specified by the user in the area designation process; An editing process for causing a user to edit a display portion corresponding to a range specified in the area designating process, a change process for changing layout information stored in the layout storage process based on the edit contents of the editing process; And a storage medium on which the program code is recorded, which executes a control process for redisplaying document data on the basis of the changed layout information.

If the data in the area is table data, the size of the table can be freely changed by changing the size of the area while maintaining the arrangement balance of the original table.

1 is a data processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

2A, B, and C are data structure diagrams of the document memory 24 of FIG.

3A and B are flowcharts showing processing in the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base document displayed on a display unit.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a display example when a part of the area of the base document is designated.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a display example when a part of the base document is designated.

7 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the designated area is enlarged.

8 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the designated area is enlarged.

9 is a diagram showing a display example when a character string is added in a designated area;

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a display example when a character string is added in a designated area.

Fig. 11 is a table in the case where the area size changing processing of the first embodiment is performed with respect to the table;

Drawing showing an example.

12 is a table in a case where the area size changing process of the first embodiment is performed with respect to the table;

Drawing showing an example.

13A and 13B are flowcharts for explaining processing of the second embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a display example of a table changed by the second embodiment.

15 is a display example of a table changed by the second embodiment.

※ Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing

10: Personal Computer 11: CPU

12: input unit 13: display unit

14: printing unit 15: storage device

16; Storage medium controller 17: storage medium

20: RAM 21: Work Memory

22: Prememory 23: CG

24: Document memory 25: Base document format information area

26: layout data area 27: base document data area

28: Location information 29: Point interlocking property

30, 32: Form information 31: Document data

33: In-cell data 40, 42, 60, 80: Display screen

47: Character input window 48: Mouse pointer

49: Input window 62, 72, 92: Table

71: layout frame

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In addition, in this specification, "document processing" means the creation, printing, and storage of documents electronically using a computer, and the "document" includes drawings, tables, etc. in addition to sentences composed of character strings. do. In addition, "format" or "format information" means information such as lines, digit pitch, and character size in a sentence, information such as the number of columns in a table, the number of rows, the line pitch, the column width, and the like. Arrangement, pitch, etc. shall also be included.

In the description of the following embodiments, a character or a table is used as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the figure may be input-edited. In addition, although the layout processing apparatus of this invention demonstrates using a personal computer in description of the following Example, it is not limited to this, For example, you may apply to the war prop exclusive machine.

In the following description, the designation of an arbitrary area in a page is described as a layout frame. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be provided as long as the same function is provided (such as a text box).

In addition, in the following description, "character point" shall be a unit which shows the font size of a character. "Form information" is synonymous with "layout information".

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the entire apparatus including the layout processing apparatus of one embodiment, and here shows a block diagram of the personal computer 10 as an example.

In the same figure, the CPU 11 is a central processing unit that controls the entire personal computer 10.

The input unit 12 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, inputs letters, numbers, and the like from the keyboard, and designates and changes the layout frame area by the mouse.

The display unit 13 is a display which displays a document, a table, a graph, or the like as a base, displays a character, a table, a graph, etc. in the layout frame and the area designated by the frame, and also displays a character input window.

The printing unit 14 is a printer for printing characters, tables, graphs, and the like on paper.

The storage device 15 is, for example, an HDD (hard disk drive) storage device, and stores an OS, various application programs, and the like used for various controls by the CPU 11.

The storage medium controller 16 reads out the program stored in the storage medium 17 and passes it to the CPU 11, or controls to store the read program in the storage device 15.

The storage medium 17 stores at least an application program (e.g., a word processor) having a layout processing function according to the present invention in a form that can be read by the storage medium control unit 16 and executable by the CPU 11. It is a storage medium. The storage medium 17 is physically stored in a format readable magnetically, optically, or electrically by an FD (Profi disk), MO (Magnetic Magnetic Disk), CD-ROM, memory card, or the like. will be.

The application program (for example, word processor) having a layout processing function according to the present invention may be stored in the storage device 15. Alternatively, the program code of the program (with processor) of the application program (word processor) of the present invention may be read and used from the outside by, for example, personal communication or war pro communication, by a communication function not particularly shown.

The layout process according to the present invention is not limited to storing an application program in storage means such as the storage device 15, the storage medium 17, or the like. For example, the communication function may be used to connect to an external computer or the like while transmitting and receiving the program code of the application program as necessary.

The RAM 20 is a memory having a storage area such as the work memory 21, the preliminary memory 22, the CG 23, the document memory 24, and the like.

The work memory 21 is a work memory area for storing intermediate results of data processing.

The dictionary memory 22 is an area in which dictionary data such as Chinese characters, words, idioms, and the like used in document writing are stored.

CG 23 is a character generator and is an area in which a character pattern is stored.

The document memory 24 is a storage area related to the characteristics of the present invention, and stores document data as a base, document data of a region enclosed by a layout frame, position information, form information, etc. in addition to the format information of this document data. It is an area to do.

Hereinafter, the details of the document memory 24 will be described with reference to Figs. 2A to D.

2A is a data structure diagram of the document memory 24. As shown in FIG.

The storage area of the document memory 24 is composed of a storage area of the base document format information area 25, the layout data area 26, and the base document data area 27.

In the base document data area 27, data of the document (that is, normal document data) which is the base of the data of the layout data area 26 is stored. In the base document format information area 25, format information such as the number of lines, the number of digits, the size of characters, the line pitch, and the number of digits of the base document is stored.

The layout data area 26 is an area in which data such as text and tables input in the area designated by the layout frame, its positional information, format information, and the like are stored.

In the layout data area 26, data is stored in the structure shown in FIG. 2B in the case of document data, and data shown in FIG. 2C in the case of table data.

In the case of the document data shown in Fig. 2B, the layout data includes position information 28, point interlocking properties 29, form information 30, and document data 31.

The positional information 28 is an area for storing information such as the start position, end position, row direction size, digit direction size, and the like of the character string of the document data 31.

The point interlocking property 29 will be described later in detail, and is a graph showing whether or not the size of the character is changed in conjunction with the pitch change. For example, in the case of 0, the size of the character is changed in conjunction with the pitch change. 1 indicates no change. The point interlocking attribute may be set at any time by the user.

The format information 30 is an area for storing data such as the number of lines, the number of digits, the size of characters, the line pitch, the number of pitches, and the like for the document data 31.

The document data 31 is an area in which document data (characters, figures, ruled lines, etc.) in an area designated by the layout frame is stored in the same data structure as that of the base document, for example.

On the other hand, in the case of the table data shown in Fig. 2C, the layout data area 26 includes position information 28, format information 32, and intra-cell data 33.

The positional information 28 is the same as that shown in Fig. 2B.

The format information 32 is an area for storing data of the number of columns, the number of rows, the row pitch, the column width (for each column), and the character point size (character size) of the table.

Intra-cell data 33 is an area in which character data and the like for attachment and display in each cell in the table are stored for each cell.

The operation of the layout processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described below with reference to the drawings.

3 is a flowchart showing processing of the first embodiment of the present invention. 4-10 is a figure which shows an example of the document displayed on the display part 13 by the said process.

3 shows the function obtained by reading the program code of the application program stored in the memory | storage device 15 of FIG. 1, or the storage medium 17, and interpreting and executing in CPU11.

When the user inputs or selects a document file name for creating or modifying a document by using the keyboard or mouse of the input unit 12, or designates the base document (step S1), the contents of the base document are displayed on the display unit 13. (Step S2). For example, as shown in the display screen 40 of FIG.

Next, until the instruction operation for designating the layout frame is carried out (steps S3, NO), processing is performed in accordance with the instruction operation from the user, such as addition, correction, and deletion of characters, etc. for the base document (step S10). The process of displaying the result on the display unit 13 is repeated (steps S2, S3, S10).

When the designation operation of the layout frame is performed (steps S3 and YES), the area designation operation is detected (step S4), and the position and area size of the area are stored as the positional information 28 of the layout data area 26, and the characters in the frame are stored. Data such as the number of digits, the number of rows, the character points, the digit pitch, the row pitch, and the like relating to the data are stored as the format information 30 in the layout data area 26 (step S5). The designation operation of the layout frame is specified by enclosing a predetermined area using, for example, a mouse.

Next, the data in the region designated by the frame is taken out and stored as document data 31 in the layout data area 26 (step S6). Subsequently, a character input window is displayed on a part of the display screen of the display unit 13 (step S7), and the ejection data stored in step S6 is displayed on the character window (step S8).

For example, when the area is designated as shown in Fig. 5 in step S4, the character string data of the "layout processing apparatus" "layout processing method", which is data in the area enclosed by the layout frame, is displayed on the character input window 47 on the display screen 42. ) (Fig. 6). Cursor "-" is also displayed in the character input window 47, and it is possible to add a character at the cursor position or to correct or delete the extracted data.

The presence or absence of point linkage is set by the user, and the setting contents are stored in the storage area of the point linkage attribute 29 (step S9). This point linkage continuity designates whether or not the size of the character is also changed when the pitch is changed in accordance with an operation of changing the area size described later.

In the above state, the user enters the standby state until either the area size change or the character input editing instruction or the end instruction is issued (step S11).

If there is an instruction (step S11, YES), the instruction content is determined (step S12), and each process according to the instruction content is executed.

If the instruction content is an area size change, an area size change operation by the user is detected, and the area size information (position information 28) in the layout data area 26 is changed from this detection result (step S13). For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the mouse pointer 48 is moved to the left and right to enlarge the layout frame, the end position coordinate of the position information 28 is changed accordingly, and the layout frame after the change is made. The horizontal size and the vertical size of the frame are calculated from the start position coordinates and the end position coordinates, and the size is the row direction size and the digit direction size of the position information 28.

Subsequently, in order to arrange the character strings in a balanced manner according to the area size after the change from the calculated horizontal frame size, vertical frame size information and the number of lines and digits of the character string stored in the format information 30, The pitch is changed (step S14). It calculates the digit pitch and the row pitch after the change by the formulas of (digit pitch = horizontal size / digit) and (row pitch = vertical size / line), and stores it in the form information 30.

Next, with reference to the contents of the point interlocking attribute 29, it is determined whether there is point interlocking or not (step S15), and in the case of point interlocking (step S15, YES), the value of the character point is changed to the digit pitch after the change, The maximum point set to the row pitch is changed (step S16). As a result, the display shown in FIG. 8 is obtained.

The process in the case of area size change is complete | finished above, and it returns to the process of step S11.

In step S12, when it is determined that the instruction content is character input, the input character data is stored in the layout data area 26 (step S17). The input character is displayed in the character input window from the stored character data (step S18). For example, when the character string of the "layout processing method" is inputted as shown on the display screen 45 of FIG. 9, it is displayed as shown in the character input window 49. As shown in FIG.

The processing in the case of character input is thus completed, and the processing returns to the processing of step S11.

If it is determined in step S12 that the instruction content is "ended", the flow proceeds to step S19 to determine whether character input has been performed. If there is character input, the number of lines of the character string in the layout area is counted (step S20).

If the instruction content here is only the size change of the area and no character input is performed, the number of lines of the character string in the layout area is not changed, so the processing of S20 to S24 is skipped.

Next, based on the number of rows counted in step S19 and the vertical size (digit size) of the layout frame stored in the positional information 28, the row pitch is changed so that the character strings are well-balanced in the frame (step S21). . This row pitch is obtained by a calculation formula of (row pitch = vertical size / count rows) and stored in the storage area of the format information 30.

Subsequently, with reference to the point interlocking attribute 29, it is determined whether there is a point interlocking or not (step S22). If it is determined that there is point interlocking, the character point is changed to the maximum point settled in the pitch (step S23).

Finally, the character string data stored in the storage area of the document data 31 in the layout data area 26 is converted into the number of rows, digits, character size (character point), row pitch, and digit pitch stored in the form information 30. Therefore, it is attached to the designated area (in the layout frame) on the base document and displayed (step S23). As a result, the display of FIG. 10 is obtained.

Therefore, when it is determined in step S19 that there is no character input, the data in the layout area does not change. Therefore, when changing the size of the area, as shown in the display screen 43 of FIG. As shown in the display screen 44, the size of the lines, the digit pitches, and the characters are changed and displayed so that the character strings are well-balanced in the enlarged frame. In the same drawing, an example in which the setting of " with point interlocking " If "No point interlocking" is set, the character size does not change even if the line and digit pitch are changed.

In the case of character input, as shown in the character input window 49 of FIG. 9, when the character string "layout processing method" is additionally input and the size of the layout frame is not changed, as shown on the display screen 46 of FIG. The line pitch and the text point are changed and displayed so that all the characters in the frame can be solved.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when the size of the layout frame is changed by using a mouse or the like, the character strings in the frame are arranged in a balanced manner according to the size of the frame. In addition, when a character string is added in the frame, the size and pitch of the character are changed so that the string in the frame containing the added string is collected in the frame.

Therefore, the user can freely make any desired modifications and changes without having to change the formatting of the documents in the frame as in the prior art, or without being aware of the influence on the base document due to the expansion and contraction of the frame. .

The processing in the case of the area size change in the first embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the case of the character string, and can be applied in substantially the same way to the case of the table.

In this case, however, since the information of the form information 32 of FIG. 2C is used instead of the form information 30 of FIG. 2B, the processing of the flowchart of FIG.

That is, if the area designation of step S4 of FIG. 3 is performed on the table, the position and area size of the frame are stored in the storage area of the positional information 28, and the number of columns, rows, The information of the row pitch and column width (for each column) is stored. After the area size change instruction is issued and the area size information (position information 28) is changed in step S13, the process in step S14 replaces the column width for each column instead of the digit pitch calculation process (new row width = column width × The calculation is performed by the calculation formula (the horizontal size of the new area / the horizontal size of the old area), and in the case of the table, the point intercontinental property is not stored in the layout data area 26. We shall not perform.

11 and 12 show display examples when the area size change of the first embodiment is performed with respect to a table.

First, the display screen 60 of FIG. 11 displays a table 62 of three rows and four columns.

In this state, when the user wishes to perform correction, for example, adding a circle graph to the area on the right side of the display screen, the area of the entirety of the table 62 is specified in the layout frame 61, and then the mouse pointer ( The horizontal size of the layout frame 61 is reduced by moving 63) to the left side of the drawing. As a result, the layout frame 61 becomes like the layout frame 71 shown in FIG. 12. The new row width for each column is calculated by the processing in step S14, and Table 72 is displayed.

By changing the size of the area by a simple operation using a mouse or the like in this manner, only the size can be changed without affecting the structure of the original table. For example, the modification of adding the circle graph 73 can be easily performed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs.

In the second embodiment, the user can change to a desired table by instructing the specified table to increase or decrease the number of rows and columns (the number of increase / decrease and insertion positions, the column to be deleted, etc. can be specified).

A table 82 of three rows and four columns displayed on the display screen 80 of FIG. 14 is designated by the layout frame 81, and then an additional two columns are instructed, as shown on the display screen 90 of FIG. An example in which the table 92 of three rows and six columns is displayed will be described.

The user designates a file in which the table data to be corrected is stored using the keyboard or the mouse of the input unit 12 (step S30). The table data which is the contents of the base document is read out and displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in Fig. 14 (step S31).

Next, another process is performed until a layout frame is specified (step S33). Other processing is, for example, correction of data.

When the layout frame is designated by a mouse operation or the like (step S32, YES), the area designation operation is detected (step S34), and the position and area size of the area are stored as the positional information 28 of the layout data area 26, The number of columns, the number of rows, the row pitch, and the column width (for each column) are stored as the format information 32 of the layout data area 26.

Next, the cell data of each table in the area designated by the frame is taken out and stored as the intra-cell data of the layout data area 26.

Next, an operation for changing the number of rows and columns by the user is detected (step S37). This detects, for example, when a row, a column, and the number of rows or columns to be deleted, or a designation of a row, a column, and the like are input from the keyboard for a table designated by a user.

Next, from the detection result of step S37, it is determined whether or not the instruction content is a change in the number of columns (step S38). If it is determined that the instruction content is a change in the number of columns (step S38, YES), it is subsequently determined whether the change is thermal increase (step S39). If the heat is not increased (step S39, NO), the designated heat is deleted as indicated by the heat deletion command (step S40). In the case of thermal increase (step S39, YES), the specified number of rows are inserted at the designated position (step S41). In addition, the column width of the column to insert at this time may be used as the average value of the total column widths of the original table, for example.

The size of the column width for each column is changed in accordance with the ratio between the total column width of the original table and the column width after deletion or insertion and insertion (step S42). That is, a new column width size is obtained by a calculation formula for each column (new column width = column width x (all column widths before change / all column widths after change)).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S38 that the number of columns is not changed (step S38, NO), it is determined that the row number change instruction has been executed, and it is then determined whether or not the row number has been given (step S45). In the case of row increase (step S45, YES), the specified number of rows are inserted at the designated position (step S46). If the row is not incremented (step S45, NO), the row is designated as being instructed to delete the row (step S47).

Then, the row pitch is changed from the vertical size of the area (layout frame) and the number of rows after the insertion or deletion (step S42). That is, a new row pitch is obtained by the calculation formula (row pitch = vertical size / number of rows).

When the column width or row pitch is changed by the processing of step S42 or step S48, the data after the change is stored in the original data stored in the storage area of the format information 32 in the layout data area. On the basis of the data stored in the format information 32, a table of the changed number of rows and columns is created and displayed in the area on the display screen (step S43).

Finally, if there are document and number value data in each cell, the intra-cell data for each cell stored in the intra-data 33 is attached and displayed in each cell (step S44).

As described above, when changing the created table according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the user can change the desired table by simply specifying the number of rows to be changed, the number of columns, and specifying the target rows and columns.

In the first embodiment, the process of adding characters in the layout frame (steps S17 to S20 in Fig. 3) has been explained on the premise that the number of digits in the frame is fixed and only the number of lines is changed. It is not limited and may change together with the number of digits and the number of lines. In this case, the digit count and the digit pitch change processing are performed in addition to the processing in step S21.

In the second embodiment, the sizes of the rows are the same, but the description is not limited thereto. The length of each row may be calculated.

In addition, the layout processing apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the processing of the characters and tables as in the first and second embodiments, and may be, for example, related to graphic processing, or designates an arbitrary range on a page on which data is arranged. This applies to processing for editing (or changing the range) of data within this range.

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Document data storage means for storing document data; Display means for displaying document data stored in the document data storage means; Area designating means for designating an arbitrary range on the display with respect to the document data displayed by the display means; Layout storage means for storing layout information within a corresponding range of document data within a range designated by said area designating means; Editing means for performing editing on the display portion corresponding to the range designated by the area designation means; Changing means for changing layout information of said layout storage means on the basis of the edited contents of said editing means; And control means for redisplaying the document data on the basis of the changed layout information. The method of claim 1, And has range memory means for storing range information designated by said area designation means, The editing means includes data processing means for adding and deleting data within a range specified by the area designation means, And said changing means includes means for changing layout information so that the data processed by said data processing means is the most suitable layout in the range stored by said range memory means. The method of claim 2, The document data storage means includes sentence data storage means for storing sentence data, The layout storage means includes means for storing the number of rows, the number of digits, the row pitch, the number of digit pitch of the sentence data in the designated range, And the changing means includes means for calculating a row pitch and a digit pitch on the basis of the sentence data in which at least one of the number of rows or the digits has been changed by the processing means. The method of claim 3, wherein The layout storage means includes means for storing a size of a character in a designated range, And the changing means includes means for changing the size of the character accompanying the pitch change. The method of claim 2, The document data storage means includes table data storage means for storing table data, The layout storage means includes means for storing the number of rows, columns, row pitches, and column widths of the table data in a designated range, And the changing means includes means for calculating a row pitch and a column width on the basis of the table data in which at least one of the number of rows or columns has changed by the processing means. The method of claim 1, And a data storage means for storing document data within the range designated by the area designation means, The editing means includes range changing means for changing the size of the range designated by the area specifying means, And said changing means includes means for changing layout information so that the document data stored in said data storage means becomes the most suitable layout in the range changed by said range changing means. The method of claim 6, The document data storage means includes sentence data storage means for storing sentence data, The layout storage means includes means for storing the number of rows, the number of digits, the row pitch, the number of digit pitch of the sentence data in the designated range, And the changing means includes means for calculating a row pitch and a digit pitch on the basis of the range changed by the range changing means. The method of claim 7, wherein The layout storage means includes means for storing a size of a character in a designated range, And the changing means includes means for changing the size of the character accompanying the pitch change. The method of claim 8, The document data storage means includes table data storage means for storing table data, The layout storage means includes means for storing the number of rows, columns, row pitches, and column widths of the table data in a designated range, And the changing means includes means for calculating a row pitch and column width on the basis of the range changed by the range changing means. Program code that can be read by a computer. A display process for displaying document data stored in the memory; An area designation process for specifying an arbitrary range on the display to the user for the document data displayed in the display process; A layout storage process for storing layout information within a corresponding range of document data within a range specified by a user in said area designating process; An editing process for causing a user to edit a display portion corresponding to a range specified in said area designation process; A change process for changing the layout information stored in the layout storage process on the basis of the edit contents of the editing process; And a control process for redisplaying the document data on the basis of the changed layout information. The method of claim 10, And a range memory process for storing range information specified in said area designation process, The editing process includes a data processing process for processing data within a range specified in the area designation process to a user, And said change process includes a process of changing layout information such that data processed by said data processing process is a layout most suitable in a range stored in said range memory process. The method of claim 11, The document data is sentence data, The layout memory process includes a process of storing the number of rows, digits, row pitches, and digit pitches of sentence data in a designated range, And the change process includes a process of calculating a row pitch and a digit pitch based on the sentence data of which at least one of the number of rows or digits has changed by the data processing process. The method of claim 12, The layout storage process includes a process of storing the size of characters in a designated range, And the change process includes a process of changing the size of the character accompanying the pitch change. The method of claim 11, Document data is table data. The layout storage process includes a process of storing the number of rows, columns, row pitches, and column widths of the table data in a designated range, The change process includes a process of calculating a row pitch and a column width on the basis of table data in which at least one of the number of rows or columns has changed by the data processing process. The method of claim 10, And has a data storage process for storing document data within a range specified in the area designation process, The editing process includes a range changing process for changing a range designated in the area designating process, And said change process includes a process of changing layout information so that document data stored in said data storage process is the most suitable layout in the range changed by said range change process. The method of claim 15, The document data storage process includes a sentence data storage process for storing sentence data, The layout memory process includes a process of storing the number of rows, digits, row pitches, and digit pitches of sentence data in a designated range, And the change process includes a process of calculating a row pitch and a digit pitch based on the range changed by the range change process. The method of claim 16, The layout storage process includes a process of storing the size of characters in a designated range, And the change process includes a process of changing the size of the character accompanying the pitch change. The method of claim 17, The document data is table data, The layout storage process includes a process of storing the number of rows, columns, row pitches, and column widths of the table data in a designated range, And the change process includes a process of calculating a row pitch and a column width based on the range changed by the range change process.

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