JP3004161B2 - Table making device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table creating apparatus having a function of automatically setting a display position of data to be displayed in a cell of a table frame divided by vertical and horizontal ruled lines to a center position of the cell. It is.

[0002] In displaying a table, when data such as a character line is displayed in a cell, if the data is displayed in the center of the display range in the vertical direction in each cell, a table that is easy to read and has a good feeling can be obtained. The function of aligning and displaying data at the center position in each cell in this way is called the centering function, but if the thickness of the ruled line surrounding the cell differs depending on the location in the table, the size of the display area inside the ruled line will increase. Because of the change, the center position is shifted in the same table. The present invention provides means capable of performing center alignment without shifting the center position between cells in such a case.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows an example of a table frame into which data is input and displayed, which is displayed on a display screen of a table creating apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a thin ruled line, 2 is a thick ruled line, 3 is a cell surrounded by only a thin ruled line, and 4 is a cell surrounded by a thick ruled line.

FIG. 7 shows a cell 4 in FIG. 6 taken out. A hatched area inside the ruled line 2 is a data display range 5 in which the input data is displayed.
When the conventional centering function is used, if the data to be displayed in the cell is assumed to be a character line "data display range", the data display range 5 The balance is displayed at the center of each of the vertical and horizontal directions. Therefore, when the thickness of the ruled line 2 is different, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the data display range 5 are changed, so that the center display position is also changed.

FIG. 8 shows an example of center-aligned display in two cells having different ruled line thicknesses. (A) of the figure is a cell having a thin ruled line, and (b) of the figure is a cell having a thick ruled line. As a result, the vertical direction of the character lines "Aioeo" and "Kakikukeko" displayed in each cell is shown. A shift "d" occurs between the center positions at the positions.

However, if there is a vertical shift in the data display position between different cells in one table, especially when those cells are adjacent to each other, the appearance of the completed table deteriorates, and the user is disturbed. It also gives a sense of discomfort.
Therefore, in such a case, in the conventional table creation apparatus, after processing by the center alignment function, it is necessary to reset the upper margin using the ruler for the inconvenient portion using the ruler as shown in FIG. When the conditions are variously changed depending on the cells, it is troublesome, and it is difficult to properly arrange the display positions of all the cells at the center.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when a table created by a table creating apparatus includes various types of ruled lines having different thicknesses in a table frame, a data display in a cell is performed in consideration of the ruled line thickness. It is an object of the present invention to realize a centering means that does not need to be repositioned.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a table forming apparatus which has a function of centering data inside a ruled line in a cell as a data display range as in the prior art, In the case where the table contains cells with different ruled line thicknesses around the cells by providing a function to select the center of the data with the entire area of the cells independent of the data display range By selecting the latter function, the data display position in each cell can be centered at the same position regardless of the thickness of the ruled line. FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a table creating apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a table creation device.
Here, for simplicity, only blocks related to the centering function of display data in a cell are shown, but of course, general functions such as an editing function and an arithmetic function required for table creation are provided. is there.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an attribute setting processing unit which performs processing for internally setting a display attribute of a cell designated by a user in a table. Reference numeral 12 denotes a display format setting unit that performs processing for setting a display format attribute for displaying data to be displayed in a cell with the data centered.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a display range setting unit which, when the display format attribute of the center is set for the data to be displayed in the cell, further sets the attribute of the data display range which is the basis of the centering process. A process for setting whether or not the display range attribute does not consider the thickness of the ruled line, that is, ignores the thickness of the ruled line.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a display position calculation unit, which performs calculation processing for determining the position of data to be displayed in a cell from the display range and the height of the data. Reference numeral 15 denotes a display range analysis processing unit which analyzes the display range attribute set by the display range setting unit 13 and, when the display range attribute does not recognize the ruled line, ignores the ruled line and sets the entire cell area as the display range. Is output, and in the case of a display range attribute that is conscious of the ruled line, data is output with the area inside the ruled line as the display range.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a character string height analysis processing unit.
Analyze the character attribute of the input data to be displayed in the cell,
Find the character size and output the character height data. 17
Is a display position calculation processing unit. When the display format setting unit 12 has set the display format attribute with center alignment, the display position calculation processing unit executes the display position calculation process by centering the data and sets no display format attribute. If so, display position calculation processing for displaying data from the upper left corner of the cell is executed. In the display position calculation processing by center alignment, the display range data output from the display range analysis processing unit 15 and the character height data output from the character string height analysis processing unit 16 are used to calculate the vertical position of the cell. The display position of the character string in the direction is calculated, and the display position data is output. In this case, the display position of the character string, for example, the screen address of the upper left corner of the character string, is calculated by adjusting the center position in the height direction of the character string to the center position in the vertical direction of the display range.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a display processing unit which develops character string data in an internal screen memory (not shown) according to the display position data of the character string output from the display position calculation unit 14, Read it out and display it on the display.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a display, and in the figure, for ease of understanding, a display example of character string data in a cell when centering processing is performed without considering the thickness of a ruled line is shown. .

Reference numeral 20 denotes a printer, which is used, for example, when making a hard copy of a table displayed on the display 19. Reference numeral 21 denotes a keyboard, which is used as a command and data input unit when performing table creation processing in an interactive manner together with the display 19.

[0017]

According to the configuration of the table creating apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, cells can be selected according to the ruled line use state such as the thickness of the ruled line used in the table frame of the table to be created and the number of types of thickness. Since the attribute of the data display range when centering the inside display data can be arbitrarily selected and specified for each cell, the data display position can be easily adjusted even between cells with different ruled line thicknesses around the cell. it can.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a center-aligned display when a display range attribute in which the thickness of ruled lines is not considered according to the present invention is set, and corresponds to the display example of the conventional example shown in FIG. 2A shows an example of a cell having a thin ruled line, and FIG. 2B shows an example of a cell having a thick ruled line. The sizes of the ranges are the same, and as a result, the data display positions of both centers aligned can be matched as shown.

[0019]

FIG. 3 shows an overall flow of data center-aligned display processing in a table creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation procedure will be described according to the flow while referring to the configuration of FIG.

First, in order to perform data display with center alignment, cells on which display attributes need to be set are specified on a screen (not shown). Next, a cell attribute setting process is designated in the menu. Thereby, the attribute setting processing unit 1 of FIG.
1 is started, an interactive sheet described later with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 is displayed, and the user sets the display attribute of the cell.

Next, the display position calculation unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 is activated, and the data of the data display range in the cell is obtained in accordance with the display attribute of the cell set by the attribute setting processing unit 11, and the character attribute of the display data is obtained. The height data of the display data is obtained, and the data display position is calculated based on the data.

The processing for displaying the data at the display position calculated in this way is performed, and if it is necessary to perform the centering processing on the other cells, the above processing is repeated.
The process ends when the processing is completed for all necessary cells.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are dialog sheets for setting cell attributes of a table, which are displayed on the display screen and select cell attribute setting items and attribute value items indicated by blocks in the figure with a cursor. By doing so, attribute setting is performed.

In the figure, reference numeral 22 denotes a cell attribute setting item.
One of the two attribute setting items “display format” and “display range” is selected and designated. In FIG. 4, "display format" is designated and this item is displayed in reverse video (shown with diagonal lines in the figure). In this case, “left”, “center”, “equal”, and “right” are the attribute value items 23 for horizontal alignment.
In addition, “Yes” and “No” are displayed as the attribute value items 24 in the center of the vertical line. In the figure, “center” is designated as the attribute value item for horizontal alignment, and “do” is designated as the attribute value item for center alignment in the vertical direction. As a result, the center of the data displayed in the cell is specified in both the vertical and horizontal directions. The horizontal alignment attribute value "left" specifies left-aligned display of data, "equal" specifies display of characters in the data dispersed at equal intervals in the horizontal direction, and "right" specifies right-aligned display. (Detailed description is omitted).

Next, FIG. 5 shows an interactive sheet when "display range" is designated in the cell attribute setting item 22. As the attribute value item 25 of the display range in the cell, the ruled line is "conscious" and "not". "Can be specified. In the figure, "No" is designated, and this sets the display range of the cell size ignoring the ruled lines.

As described above, the data display attribute of an arbitrary cell can be easily set interactively in the interactive format.

[0027]

According to the present invention, it is easy to use a display range that is not affected by the ruled line thickness in the centering of the display data in the cells of the table, and it is possible to match the data display position between the cells of the table. Because it is possible, the table which looks good can be created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a center-aligned display example when a display range attribute is set without considering a ruled line according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall flow of a centering process of the table creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an interactive sheet for setting a display format attribute according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an interactive sheet for setting a display range attribute according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a table frame.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of cells in a table.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a center-aligned display example of cells having different ruled line thicknesses.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a centering process using a conventional ruler.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 table creation device 11 attribute setting processing unit 12 display format setting unit 13 display range setting unit 14 display position calculation unit 15 display range analysis processing unit 16 character string height analysis processing unit 17 display position calculation processing unit 18 display processing unit 19 Display 20 Printer 21 Keyboard

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A table creation device capable of inputting and displaying data in cells in a table frame, comprising: a display format setting unit for setting presence / absence of an attribute for displaying data in the center of the cell; A display range setting section that sets the attribute that the data display range does not depend on the ruled line thickness, and a display format for the attribute that displays data in the center of the cell, and the data display range in the cell is the ruled line thickness When the display range of the attribute that does not depend on is set, the data display range is calculated by ignoring the ruled line thickness, and the data display position is calculated so that the data is arranged at the center position. When the display range of the attribute whose data display range depends on the ruled line thickness is set, the data display range is set inside the ruled line and the data display position is calculated so that the data is arranged at the center position. Display position calculation A table creation device, comprising: 2. The display range setting unit according to claim 1,
A table creation device comprising means for selecting whether or not a data display range in a cell depends on the thickness of a ruled line.