JPH04347766A - Table processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically shift a cursor between cells in a previously registered order and to considerbaly improve operability at the time of inputting data into the cells. CONSTITUTION:A system consists of a table controller 1 controlling a whole processor, an input controller 4 executing input control, a cursor shift order registration device 6 registering the cursor shift order in a cursor shift order table 7, a cursor shift controller 5 controlling cursor shift while the cursor shift order table 7 is referred to or udpated, a table structure controller 8 controlling the change of table structure by matrix editing while a table structure file 9 is referred to or updated, a command controller 10 controlling the command of matrix editing and a display controller 11.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cursor movement control device for controlling cursor movement between cells when data is input into each cell after creating a table using a word processor or the like.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when entering data into each cell by moving the cursor between cells using key operations defined for moving the cursor between cells, the order in which the cursor moves is cells in the next row or column, and so on. For this reason, if the user wanted to move the cursor to an arbitrary cell located at a remote location, the cursor was moved using cursor keys, a mouse pointer, or the like.

[0003] Although there is no known example of cursor movement control after table generation in conventional similar techniques, there are known examples of cursor movement control during table generation, such as the tabulation device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-200458. For example, in the table creation method of JP-A No. 63-225858, the cursor is moved sequentially to cells in the next adjacent column by pressing the execute key; There are methods such as sequentially moving the cursor to cells.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional technology, when data is input into a table such as a fixed table in which the order in which the cursor moves between cells in which data is input is determined to some extent,
The operator must use the cursor keys or mouse pointer to move the cursor in the same way each time, keeping in mind the cell in which data is to be entered, which is time-consuming and requires the same cursor movement control each time. There was a problem in that it was cumbersome to do.

An object of the present invention is to arbitrarily register the order of cursor movement between cells for each table, and to move the cursor between cells in the arbitrarily registered order by operating keys that define the cursor movement between cells. An object of the present invention is to provide an operator with a cursor movement control device having excellent operational performance and capable of inputting data into a cell in a short time.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide a table that holds the movement order of the cursor and a first device that controls the movement order of the cursor by referring to the table, and to input data into cells of the table. When there is an input indicating the end of , the first device refers to the table 1 and
This is accomplished by moving the cursor to the next cell.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the present invention, the operator registers the cursor movement order between cells in the cursor movement order registration table in advance, and simply operates the keys defined for cursor movement between cells. The cursor can be moved between cells in accordance with the order registered in the cursor movement order registration table.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a table control device in this embodiment, where 1 is a table control device that controls the entire device;
4 is an input control device that controls input such as the keyboard in 2 and the mouse in 3, and 5 uses a cursor movement order registration device in 6 to refer to or update the cursor movement order table between cells in 7 according to instructions from the operator. 8 is a cursor movement control device that controls cursor movement; 8 is a table structure control device that controls changes in the table structure due to matrix editing, etc. while referring to or updating the table structure table 9;
0 is a command control device for controlling commands such as matrix editing, and 11 is a display control device for displaying on a display 12 or the like.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the table structure table 9 managed by the table structure control device 8. 1. An item holding a cell ID which is an identifier for uniquely identifying each cell of 1.
It consists of an item that holds a pointer to cell data corresponding to cell ID 4 and an item that holds cell data 15.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the cursor movement order table 7 managed by the cursor control device 5. Cursor movement order between cells arranged in a certain order such as ascending or descending order 1
It consists of an item that holds 6 and an item that holds cell ID 17 that corresponds to the cursor movement order of 16.

The cursor movement process between cells in the above configuration will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when input is started from an input device such as a keyboard,
At 18, it is determined whether the input is a key defined for moving the cursor between cells or another input, and if it is a defined key input, the process goes to 19, and if it is any other key input, the process goes to 23. In step 19, the corresponding cursor movement order is determined by referring to the cursor movement order table 7 from the cell ID of the cell where the current cursor is located. At step 20, add 1 to the cursor movement order determined at step 19. In step 21, the cursor movement order table 7 is referred to from the cursor movement order obtained in step 20 to obtain the corresponding cell ID. In 22, cell ID1 obtained in 21
Move the cursor to the cell indicated by 7. At 18, if the input is other than the defined key input, the process goes to 23, if the input is a cursor key, the process goes to 24, and if it is anything other than the cursor key, the process ends and the cursor is not moved. At step 24, the cell ID to which the cursor is to be moved using the cursor keys is determined, and the process proceeds to step 22 to perform cursor movement processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the registration procedure in the cursor movement order table 7 of FIG. At 25,
Specifies the registration command to the cursor movement order table 7. At step 26, the cell to be registered in the cursor movement order table 7 is specified using the mouse or cursor keys. At step 27, a key or command for executing the registration is specified. At step 28, the cell ID 17 specified at step 26 is registered in the cursor movement order registration table 7. In step 29, this command is repeated until a key or command indicating the end of this command is specified.

FIG. 6 is an example in which tables and table structure tables 9 are associated with each other. Note that the numbers in each of the 30 cells indicate the cell ID.

FIG. 7 shows the cursor movement order determined by the cursor movement order table 7 of FIG. 3 in the table of FIG. The numbers in each cell of 31 represent the cursor movement order.

FIG. 8 shows a table of the table structure table 9 of FIG. 2, when the cursor movement key is used as an execution key and the cursor is moved between cells with reference to the cursor movement order table 7 of FIG. 3. An example of how the cursor moves between cells is shown. Note that 32 is a cursor.

Cursor movement order table 7 in FIG. 3, FIG.
A simple explanation using the flowchart is as follows.

First, assume that the cursor is in the name field (33). When the execution key is pressed here, since the execution key is the defined cursor movement key (18), the cell ID
The current cursor movement order is calculated from (19). 33
Since the cell ID at the cursor position is 6, referring to the cursor movement order table 7, it can be seen that the cursor movement order is 1. Next, add 1 to the current movement order (2
0), 2, and the cell ID for which the cursor movement order is 2 is determined (21). Referring to the cursor movement order table 7, it can be seen that the cell ID is 9. Next, the cursor is moved to the cell with cell ID 9 (22). At this point the cursor moves to the position shown at 34. Thereafter, each time the execution key is pressed, the above process is repeated and the cursor moves to the positions indicated by 35, 36, 37, and 38.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the order of cursor movement between cells is arbitrarily registered for each table, and the cursor movement between cells can be moved between cells in the arbitrarily registered order by operating the arbitrarily defined keys. The cursor can be moved and data can be entered into cells in a short time, improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a table control device in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a table structure table in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an inter-cell cursor order table in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a registration operation in a cursor movement order registration table in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a table structure diagram in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cursor movement sequence diagram in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operational diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Table control device, 2... Keyboard, 3... Mouse, 4... Input control device, 5... Cursor control device, 6... Cursor movement order registration device, 7... Cursor movement order table, 8... Table structure control device, 9... Table structure table, 10... Command control device, 11... Display control device, 12... Display.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: An apparatus for processing tabular data, comprising:
A table for holding the movement order of the cursor and a first device for controlling the movement order of the cursor by referring to the table are provided, and when there is an input indicating the end of data input to a cell of the table, the The first device is a cursor movement control device that refers to the table 1 and moves the cursor to the next cell. 2. The cursor movement control device according to claim 1, further comprising a second device that updates the table with data input to an input device.