JPH08470B2 - How to create a table - 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 processing method in a table creating apparatus capable of creating a table having arbitrary plural columns.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional word processor or office computer having a table creating function, table functions such as the position of each vertical and horizontal ruled line and the interval between ruled lines are set using each function for creating a table. It is required to edit the table format while displaying the created table on the display screen and to print the created table with a printer as needed.

[0003]

However, generally, the area displayed on the display screen is different from the area that can be printed by the printer. In particular, the number of horizontal digits that can be printed by the printer depends on the size of the paper to be printed, and the number of horizontal digits that can be displayed on the display screen is equal to the maximum number of horizontal digits that can be printed by the printer.
Often more than that. Therefore, when creating a table on the display screen and printing it with a printer, it is difficult to directly understand whether the number of columns in the table created on the display screen is within the size of the paper printed by the printer. I had to try a test print, and if the number of horizontal lines in the created table exceeded the maximum number of print columns, I had to edit the table format again and create a new table.

A possible editing of this table format is
It is to perform output processing such as deleting the columns from the table by specifying the columns that do not require output among the columns of the table that was initially set. However, since the entire size of the table created according to this modified format is unknown, the output-processed table may not be printed to fit on the printing paper.

The object of the present invention is to determine the number of columns in the table to be created,
And the number of digits in each column can be set as a table format, and its setting
You can change the contents and re-set the table format.
It is to be able to create the same table.

The means of the present invention are as follows. A table creation method for creating a table with multiple columns .
The number of columns in the elephant table and the number of digits in each column are assigned as a table format.
The table format set above is set by the user.
Calculate the total number of digits in each column, and calculate the number of digits in each column
Determines whether the sum of the numbers exceeds the number of digits that can be output.
However, the total number of digits in each column above exceeds the specified number of digits that can be output.
When it is determined that the number of digits exceeds the table format setting above.
Displayed so that it can be seen that each of the above columns set
It was determined that the total number of digits exceeds the number of digits that can be output.
Later, by changing the number of columns set above
Reset the above table format and set or reset the above table format.
Depending on the setting, the total number of digits in each set column is displayed above.
The table format is set so that it is within the allowable number of digits.
In the closed state, create a table with the number of columns set above and each column with a width corresponding to the set number of digits .
That, as it is characterized in that the.

[0007]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. Create
As the table format, the number of columns in the target table and the number of digits in each column
You can set it to any value you like and
The total number of digits in each column is automatically calculated and
Whether the total number of digits in each column exceeds the predetermined number of digits that can be output
It is determined whether or not. And the total number of digits in each column above
If it is determined that the number of digits that can be output is exceeded, the above table format
Is displayed so that you can see that the setting of
It is. The total number of digits set in each of the above columns can be output as above.
After it is determined that the number of digits is exceeded, the above set
You can reformat the table above by changing the number of columns.
It Then, by setting or resetting the above table format,
The sum of the number of digits in each column set in
In the state that the above table format is set as in the
I, the number of columns in the set, and the table Ru created taken frame in width that each column corresponding to the number of the set of digits.

Therefore, the number of columns in the table to be created and each column
When the number of digits of is set as a table format,
The total number of digits in each column is automatically calculated, and the calculated
The total number of digits in each column exceeds the number of digits that can be output.
Whether or not it is immediately determined.
When the total number of digits in the column exceeds the number of digits that can be output above
Check that immediately before creating the actual table.
Can be

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a table format editing device according to the present invention. The key input unit 5 is a table format setting unit 2 and a column digit number calculation unit 1.
Connected to. The table formatter 2 is connected to the controller 3 and the column digit number calculator 1. The control unit 3 has a table creation unit 31 and a table data storage unit control unit 32, is mutually connected to the table data storage unit 4, and has a display control unit 61 and a print control unit 81.
Connected to. The column digit number calculation unit 1 outputs the column digit number cumulative output S
The remaining column digit number output R is displayed on the display control section 61, and the column digit number overflow output C is displayed on the display control section 61 and the sound output control section 71.
Is output to The display control unit 61 is connected to the display unit 62, the report sound control unit 71 is connected to the report sound unit 72, and the print control unit 81 is connected to the printing unit 82.

Next, FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of the column digit number calculation unit of FIG. First, the output of the column digit number register 21 in the table format setting unit 2 (see FIG. 1) is connected to the addition data input terminal of the addition / subtraction circuit 11. The load signal LOAD and the addition / subtraction signal SUN / SUB are input from the key input unit 5 to the control input terminal of the addition / subtraction circuit 11. The output of the adder / subtractor circuit 11 is connected to the input terminal of the column cumulative digit number register 12,
The output terminal of the column cumulative digit number register 12 is fed back to the added data input terminal of the addition / subtraction circuit 11, and
The column digit number cumulative output S is output to the display control unit 61, and is also connected to the subtraction input terminal of the subtraction circuit 13. Also,
The maximum print digit number register 14 is preset with the maximum print digit number, and its output is connected to the subtracted input terminal of the subtraction circuit 13. The output of the subtraction circuit 13 is connected to the “0” or less detection circuit 15 and is also output to the display control section 61 as the remaining column digit number output R. The output of the detection circuit 15 equal to or less than “0” is displayed as the column digit number overflow output C in the display control unit 6
1 and the sound report control unit 71. The operation of the table format editing device as described above will be described in detail below.

First, the position of each ruled line of the table and the instruction of the number of digits between each ruled line are input from the key input unit 5, and the table format setting unit 2 performs each setting by this input. And
The table creating unit 31 in the control unit 3 creates table data based on the table format setting. At this time, each item data in the table is also input from the key input unit 5 at the same time, and the table creating unit 31 sets each item data in a predetermined position in the table.
The table data created in this way is stored in the table data storage unit 4 via the table data storage unit control unit 32, and at the same time, output to the display control unit 61 and displayed on the display unit 62. Further, it is output to the print control unit 81 as needed, and printing is performed in the print unit 82.

Next, the operation of the column digit number calculation unit 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 to 8. First, assume that a table as shown in FIG. 4 is created first. In that case, the key input unit 5 instructs the table format setting unit 2 (see FIG. 1) that the number of digits in the first column of the table shown in FIG. 3 is 20. As a result, the numerical value 20 is set in the column digit number register 21 in the table format setting section 2. At the same time, the load signal LOAD is input from the key input unit 5 to the addition / subtraction circuit 11 by the first table format setting key operation, and the numerical value 20 of the column digit number register 21 is set in the addition / subtraction circuit 11. As a result, the numerical value 20 appears in the output of the adder / subtractor circuit 11, and the value is set in the column cumulative digit number register 12. Next, the key input unit 5 instructs the table format setting unit 2 that the number of digits in the second column of the table shown in FIG. As a result, the column digit number register 2
The numerical value 10 is set to 1, and at the same time, the addition signal SUM is input from the key input unit 5 to the addition / subtraction circuit 11 by the key operation. As a result, in the adder / subtractor circuit 11, the numerical value 15 of the column digit number register 21 and the numerical value 20 of the column cumulative digit number register 12 are cumulatively added, and the output result value 35 is newly set in the column cumulative digit number register 12. . Similarly, from the key input unit 5 to the table format setting unit 2, as shown in FIG.
Each time the number of digits in the third, fourth, and fifth columns of the table shown by, is designated, the number of digits in each column is cumulatively added by the adder / subtractor circuit 11.

Simultaneously with the above operation, the table creating section 3 is arranged in the order of the table formats set in the table format setting section 2 (→→ ...).
1 (see FIG. 1), table data is created and displayed on the display unit 62 via the display control unit 61. Further, the output of the column cumulative digit number register 12 of FIG. 2 is output to the display control unit 61 as the column digit number cumulative output S at any time.

On the other hand, the maximum print digit number register 14 is preset with the maximum value of the horizontal digit number of the paper to be printed in the printing section 82, and the subtraction circuit 13 is used by using this value.
At, the difference from the column digit number cumulative output S is calculated.
Therefore, this output becomes the remaining column digit number output R that can be further set in the table format setting section 2, and is output to the display control section 61.

The above-mentioned cumulative column digit number output S and remaining column digit number output R are displayed on the display control section 61 by the control section 3 by inputting a specific function key from the key input section 5.
Is controlled and the output value is displayed in a specific area of the display unit 62.

Assuming that the maximum number of printable digits is 85, as shown in FIG.
When a table is created and displayed as described above, the value of the column digit number cumulative output S is 75 digits, and therefore the remaining column digit number output R is 10 digits, which are displayed as shown in FIG. As a result, the number of horizontal digits in the entire table can be known to be 75, as shown in FIG. 4, and it can be seen that when printed by the printing unit 82, the number of horizontal digits fits well in the paper.

Next, in addition to the table of FIG. 3, the operator newly specifies the sixth column (15 digits) of the table shown in FIG. 5 from the key input section 5 to the table format setting section 2. Suppose In this case, the value of the column digit number cumulative output S in FIG. 2 becomes 90 digits, and the remaining column digit number output R becomes -5 digits. In this case, a negative output is detected by the “0” or less detection circuit 15, and the column digit number overflow output C is output to the display control unit 61 and the sound output control unit 71. As a result, on the display unit 62, as shown in FIG. 5, the value of the column digit number cumulative output S is displayed as 90 digits, and the remaining column digit number output R is, for example, reversed display and overflows by 5 digits. A buzzer sound indicating that the number of columns has overflowed is displayed in the sound output section 72 via the sound output control section 71. As a result, the operator can know that the created table has exceeded the maximum printing digit of the printing paper of 85 digits by 5 digits as shown in FIG.

Next, based on the above result, it is assumed that the operator gives an instruction from the key input unit 5 to the table format setting unit 2 to delete the second column of the table shown in FIG. In this case, first, the numerical value 10 corresponding to is set in the column digit number register 21 in the table format setting section 2, and further the delete key operation in the key input section 5 causes the addition / subtraction circuit 1 of FIG.
The subtraction signal SUB is input to 1.

As a result, the column in FIG. 5 is deleted, and the column digit number cumulative output S becomes a value obtained by subtracting the column digit number 10. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the display on the display unit 62 shows that the value of the column digit number cumulative output S is 80 digits and the remaining column digit number output R is 5 digits.

Therefore, the operator can know that the corrected table fits within the printing paper as shown in FIG. As described above, the operator can set the table format and at the same time know the cumulative value of the actual print digits of the created table and the remaining actual print digits for the maximum number of digits of the paper to be printed. it can.

The maximum print digit number of each printing paper can be freely set by changing the value preset in the maximum print digit number register 14.

[0022]

According to the present invention, the columns of the table to be created are
After setting the number and the number of digits in each column as a table format,
The total number of digits in each set column is automatically calculated and
The calculated total number of digits in each column is the specified number of digits that can be output.
Since it is immediately judged whether or not it exceeds the table format,
Depending on the setting, the total number of digits in each column exceeds the number of digits that can be output above.
If you do a bar, please do that before creating the actual table.
You can check immediately. Also, set digits like this
Even if the number is over, create the above immediately afterwards
Reset the above table format by changing the number of columns in the target table
Is possible. In addition, the above settings or resetting
When the table format is set within the range of printable digits
Is not notified when the number of digits exceeds the set digit
So, create a table in which each column is framed with a width according to the set number of digits.
Confirm immediately that it can be created at the stage of setting the above table format
You can also do it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a table format editing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of a column digit number calculation unit 1 of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram (1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a second operation explanatory diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram (3) of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view (4) of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram (5) of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram (6) of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 column digit number calculation unit 2 table format setting unit 4 table data storage unit 61 display control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Creating a table when creating a table having a plurality of columns
Method, the number of columns in the target table and the number of digits in each column
And set it arbitrarily, and by the setting of this table format,
The total is calculated, and the calculated total number of digits in each column is the number of digits that can be output.
It is determined whether the number of digits exceeds the maximum number , and it is determined that the total number of digits in each column exceeds the number of digits that can be output.
When you are separated, you can see that the number of digits is over
Displayed and determined that the total number of digits in each column exceeds the number of digits that can be output.
In case of separation, the table format can be changed by changing the set number of columns.
Is reset, and the setting is done by setting or resetting the above table format.
The total number of digits in each column is within the range of the number of digits that can be output above.
When the table format is set as above,
The number of columns in the set, and the table creation method that each column is characterized in that so as to generate and output tables taken frame in width corresponding to the number of the set of digits.