JPH09297754A - Document processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] It is possible to automatically perform ON / OFF of kana-kanji conversion according to an attribute set in each cell, and remarkably improve operability in table editing. SOLUTION: Each cell of the displayed table being edited has cell information, and each cell information indicates that the kana-kanji conversion function is on,
It has a kana-han attribute flag 192 for instructing to turn off. When a desired cell is designated in the displayed table, the kana-han attribute flag 192 is referred to from the cell information corresponding to the cell. Then, the kana-han attribute flag 192
The kana-kanji conversion function is switched between the on state and the off state according to the setting contents of. The Kana-Kanji attribute flag 192 is set as one of the cell editing menus or according to whether the Kana-Kanji conversion function is used in the cell.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus and method suitable for performing spreadsheet and typesetting / editing a table format document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a document processing apparatus capable of editing a table group. In this type of device, it is possible to change the data in cell units. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of general table composition editing. As described above, in a general table, cells including only alphanumeric characters and cells including only Japanese are mixed.

The table as shown in FIG. 18 can be used as a standard format many times by rewriting a character string in a specific cell in the table once created.

[0004]

However, when processing such as writing or rewriting a character string is performed over a plurality of cells, the kana-kanji conversion function is turned ON / OF appropriately for each cell.
I had to start typing after pressing F. Especially,
In a case where a table created once is used many times by changing only the internal character data, this ON / OFF operation of kana-kanji conversion is troublesome, the operator's burden is increased, and the data input time is also required. There was a flaw.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and enables ON / OFF of kana-kanji conversion automatically according to the attribute set in each cell, and in table editing and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus and a method thereof that significantly improve operability.

[0006]

A document processing apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object has the following configuration. That is, a document processing device for editing a table, a display means for displaying the table being edited, and a holding means for holding control information for instructing ON / OFF of the kana-kanji conversion function for each cell of the table And a designating means for designating a desired cell in the table, and control information corresponding to the cell designated by the designating means from the holding means, and a kana-kanji conversion function based on the obtained control information. And a control means for controlling ON and OFF of the.

Further, it is preferable that the setting means for designating the cell of the table being edited to set ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function, and the control information indicating the switching set by the setting means, It further comprises registration means for registering in the holding means. Turn on the kana-kanji conversion function for each cell,
Off can be set as desired, and operability is improved.

[0008] Further, preferably, the setting means is one of editing operations at the time of cell editing.

Further, preferably, the setting means sets ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function of the cell based on whether or not the kana-kanji conversion function is used in editing the designated cell. This is because, for example, the control information of each cell can be set by operating the "Kanji key" that turns the Kana-Kanji conversion function on and off, which facilitates operability.

Further, preferably, the control information indicates to turn on the kana-kanji conversion function.

Preferably, the control information instructs to turn off the kana-kanji conversion function.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Description of Apparatus> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT display device for displaying a document being edited, various message menus, and the like. 2 is video RA
The image displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 1 is expanded and stored in M (VRAM). A bit move unit (BMU) 3 controls data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device. A keyboard 4 has various keys for editing a document. Reference numeral 5 denotes a pointing device (PD) used for pointing an icon or the like on the screen. Reference numeral 6 denotes a CPU, which is based on a control program stored in the ROM 7 (a program for editing a document, an error processing program, and a program for realizing the processing of the present embodiment described later are also stored). Control each part of.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM, which is used as a work area and a temporary save area during error processing when the CPU 6 executes the various programs described above. Reference numeral 9 is a hard disk drive (HDD), 10 is a floppy disk drive (FDD), and each disk is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, and the like described later. Reference numeral 11 denotes a network interface (Net-I / F), which performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data with another document processing apparatus via the network. Reference numeral 12 is an I / O bus (composed of an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus) that connects the units described above.

The program stored in the ROM 7 in this embodiment is also stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy disk (FD), and the HDD
9 or FDD 10 may be loaded into the RAM 8. In this case, the CPU 6 will execute the program loaded in the RAM 8. In addition, it is stored in another device connected by the network and is stored in the RAM 8
May be loaded into. Further, the program of this embodiment can be supplied to a system or an apparatus via a storage medium such as FD or HD or a network.

<Outline of Table Set> The table set is a form in which a table is expressed as a part of a document in the processing program on the apparatus of FIG. In the table set, a cell can be created using a ruled line editing function using various line types, and characters can be input into the cell using a character editing function using character modification or emphasized font. Further, the character string in the cell is displayed after typesetting based on the cell attribute (information such as alignment). With the function of such a table set, it is possible to express a table that has been subjected to complicated editing.

<Structure of Table Data> The data structure at the time of editing the table data processed on the apparatus of FIG. 1 is shown in FIGS.
4 shows.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of the structure of table-structured data in this embodiment. When editing the table set, the data of the table set is edited as shown in FIG.
1 and the local data area 22 are divided into two areas and exist in the RAM of FIG. In the portion 24 of the edit data area 21 excluding the table control information 23 (detailed description in FIG. 3),
Holds temporary data created and deleted during editing.

The local data area 22 holds information about each element such as ruled lines and characters that make up the table set.
When the data is to be saved after the editing is completed, the data in the save format is created from the data in the local data area 22 and the table setting control information 23. The following information is held in the local data area 22.

Work area management information 25 (detailed description in FIG. 4)
Is an edit data area 21 and a local data area 22.
This is information for managing each information in the. Reference numerals 26 and 27 are mixed with the entity of the delimiter information (detailed description in FIG. 12) and the delimiter information free list (same size as the delimiter information) which is a dedicated reserved area for creating new delimiter information. It is a gathered area. Here, each piece of information has a format in which the delimiter information holds delimiter information, and the reserved area holds a pointer to the next information and a pointer to the previous information between reserved areas. Information is trackable. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a “list structure”.

28 and 29 are cell information (described in detail in FIG. 8)
And a cell information free list (same size as the cell information), which is a dedicated reserved area for creating new cell information, are a mixed area. This part also has a list structure.

Reference numerals 30, 31, 32, and 33 denote the substance of the diagonal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 5), the substance of horizontal ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 6), and the vertical ruled line information (detailed description in FIG. 7). This is an area where a substance and a ruled line record free list (same size as each ruled line information), which is a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information, are mixed and collected. This part also has a list structure. Note that the diagonal ruled line information, the horizontal ruled line information, and the vertical ruled line information have the same size because a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information is commonly used.

Reference numerals 34 and 35 indicate the substance of the cell attribute information (described in detail in FIG. 10) and the cell information free list (same size as the cell attribute information) which is a dedicated reserved area for creating new cell information. It is a mixed and gathered area. This part also has a list structure. Reference numerals 36 and 37 represent the substance of the option attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 11) and the option cell attribute information free list (the same size as the option cell attribute information) which is a dedicated reserved area for creating new cell information.
Is a mixed and gathered area. This part also has a list structure. In addition, the option cell attribute information has the same size regardless of the type of the option attribute in order to commonly use a dedicated reserved area for creating new option cell attribute information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the table group control information section 23. Reference numeral 41 is a command indicating the start of table group data. Reference numeral 42 denotes a flag related to editing of the entire table set, such as information indicating whether to automatically expand a cell when a character is input. 43, 44, 45, and 46 are information indicating the version of each processing program when the table data is created. 47 denotes the last address of the cell, and 48 denotes the last number of the group used in the table data.
Reference numeral 49 is a reserved area in preparation for a change in data format due to future function expansion.

Reference numerals 50 to 53 are information relating to the measure (grid), and 50 is a flag indicating display / non-display of the grid and a grid designation unit. 51 and 52 are values indicating the grid interval. Reference numeral 53 denotes a reserved area for a data format change due to a future function expansion or the like.

Reference numerals 54 to 56 are information relating to designated parent-child ruled lines, and are composed of an upper line width 54, a line interval 55, and an underline width 56.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the work management information 25.

Reference numeral 61 is an ID for identifying edited data.
It is. Reference numeral 62 is the start address of the edit data area 21. 63 is the entire size of the secured edit data area 21. 64 indicates the effective size of the edited data. 65
Is a pointer to the table group control information 23. Reference numeral 66 is management information of an empty portion of the edit data area (a portion other than the portion occupied by valid edit data in the portion 24 in FIG. 2).

Reference numeral 67 is a pointer to the first record of the list of the diagonal ruled line information 30 existing in the information area (30 to 33 in FIG. 2) regarding ruled lines in the local data area 22. Similarly, 68 is a horizontal ruled line information 31 and 69 is a pointer to each top record of the vertical ruled line information 32. Also, 76
Is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for ruled line information.

Reference numeral 70 is cell information management information, which holds the number of cells, a pointer to the cell information of the current cell, and the like. Reference numeral 71 is a pointer to the first record of the cell information list existing in the cell information area (28 to 29 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22. Also,
Reference numeral 74 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for cell information (cell information free list 29).

Reference numeral 72 is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell attribute information existing in the area (34 to 35 in FIG. 2) of the information on cell attributes in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 77 is a pointer to the head record of the list of reserved areas for cell attribute information (cell attribute information free list 35).

Reference numeral 73 denotes a list of reserved areas for the break information existing in the break information areas (26 to 27 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22 (break information free list 2).
It is a pointer to the first record of 7). Reference numeral 75 denotes a pointer to the first record of the list of the reserved area for character data.

Reference numeral 78 denotes a local data area (2 in FIG. 2).
2) Optional cell attribute information area in (2)
37) List of reserved areas for option cell attribute information existing in (37) (optional cell attribute information free list 37)
Is a pointer to the first record of.

Reference numeral 79 is an Un for canceling processing during table group editing.
The do control information 80 is table operation information indicating current information being edited (e.g., the type of menu being processed). 81
Is a selected ruled line information header indicating the selected ruled line (detailed description in FIG. 13), and 82 is a selected cell information header indicating the selected cell (detailed description in FIG. 14).

Reference numeral 83 is a work area, and reference numeral 84 is local data area management information for managing an empty area (38 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22.

FIG. 5 shows the detailed data structure of the diagonal ruled line record. Such a diagonal ruled line record constitutes a list structure and becomes the diagonal ruled line information 30. 91 is the coordinate of the start point of the diagonal ruled line. Here, the starting point is an end point of the smaller y coordinate. Reference numeral 92 denotes a line type, and any one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long broken line, and a hidden line is designated. Reference numeral 93 is information indicating the line width. Reference numeral 94 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 95 denotes information on rounded corners. Reference numerals 96 and 97 are information relating to the color of the line and the color of the background. 98 is the vertical length of the line, 99 is the horizontal length of the line, and the horizontal length 99 can take a negative value. Reference numeral 100 denotes a pointer to the next oblique ruled line record, which is NULL when there is no next record. The diagonal ruled line record forms a list structure by the information of 100 and 101, and exists in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the detailed data structure of the horizontal ruled line record. The horizontal ruled line is expressed by one record as one ruled line as long as it is continuous. On screen operation,
The unit divided at the intersection of the vertical ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, which is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (called "separation information",
(Details will be described with reference to FIG. 12). However, if the line type or color is changed even with continuous horizontal ruled lines, or if a rounded corner is specified at the intersection with another ruled line, it is regarded as another ruled line from that part and managed by another record.

Reference numeral 111 is the coordinates of the starting point of the horizontal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the smaller end point of the x coordinate. Reference numeral 112 denotes a line type, which is one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a dashed line, a long dashed line, a hidden line, a double pillar rule, a parent-child rule 1, a parent-child rule 2, a designated parent-child rule 1, and a designated parent-child rule 2. Is specified. 1
Reference numeral 13 is information indicating the line width. Reference numeral 114 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 115 denotes information on rounded corners. Reference numerals 116 and 117 are information on the color of the line and the color of the background. 118 is the length of the line.

Reference numeral 119 is a pointer to the next horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 120 denotes a pointer to the previous horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The horizontal ruled line record forms a list structure from the information of 119 and 120, and becomes the horizontal ruled line information 32 of FIG. Reference numeral 121 is a pointer to the head delimiter information of this horizontal ruled line. 122
Is a serial number assigned in ascending order of the y-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same numbers are assigned to all horizontal ruled line records having the same y coordinate.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the vertical ruled line record. The vertical ruled line is expressed by one record as one ruled line as long as it is continuous. On screen operation,
The unit divided at the intersection of the horizontal ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, but it is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (called "separation information",
(Details will be described with reference to FIG. 12). However, if the line type or color is changed even in a continuous vertical ruled line, or if a rounded corner is specified at the intersection with another ruled line, it is regarded as another ruled line from that part and managed by another record.

Reference numeral 131 is the coordinates of the starting point of the vertical ruled line. Here, the starting point is an end point of the smaller y coordinate. Reference numeral 132 indicates a line type, which is one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long dashed line, a hide-and-seek line, a double pillar line, a parent-child ruled line 1, a parent-child ruled line 2, a designated parent-child ruled line 1, and a designated parent-child ruled line 2. Is specified. 1
33 is information indicating the line width. Reference numeral 134 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. 135 is information on rounded corners. 136 and 137 are information regarding the color of the line and the color of the background.

138 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 139 denotes a pointer to the next vertical ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 140 denotes a pointer to the previous vertical ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. Vertical ruled line records are 139,14
A list structure is formed by the information of 0 and becomes the vertical ruled line information 33 of FIG. Reference numeral 141 is a pointer to the leading delimiter information of this vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 142 denotes a serial number assigned in ascending order of the x-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same numbers are given to all the vertical ruled line records having the same x coordinate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of cell information.

A cell is a rectangular area completely surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines. The number of ruled lines forming a cell may be any number as long as it is four or more. One cell is managed by one cell information. There are two types of cells: normal cells containing character strings and formula cells containing calculation formulas.

Reference numeral 151 is a pointer to the horizontal ruled line record of the leftmost ruled line among the horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell. Reference numeral 152 denotes a pointer to a vertical ruled line record of the uppermost vertical ruled line among the vertical ruled lines forming the left side of the cell. 153 is the upper left coordinate of the cell, and 154 is the size of the cell. 155 is the number of horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell, and 156 is rounded corner information of each of the four corners of the cell. 1
Reference numeral 57 denotes information obtained by calculating the maximum line width of each side based on information of ruled lines forming each of the four sides of the cell. 158 is a character record (detailed description in FIG. 9) which is information on characters belonging to the cell.

Reference numeral 159 is a pointer to information such as the character position of the result of typesetting the character string in the cell. 160 is
This pointer is valid only when the cell is a normal cell, and is a pointer to information indicating the value of the cell to be passed to the calculation processing program when the cell becomes a calculation target during calculation. Reference numeral 161 is a pointer to the next cell information, and NU if the next information does not exist.
It is LL. Reference numeral 162 denotes a pointer to the previous cell information, which is NULL for the head information. The cell information forms a list structure with the information of 161, 162, and becomes the cell information 28 of FIG.

FIG. 9 shows the detailed data structure of a character record. The character record 158 is information about the character in the cell that has a one-to-one correspondence with the cell information, and is stored in the cell information.

Reference numeral 171 is an area for storing the number of bytes of the entire character record when the table data is stored as a file, and is not used during editing. A flag 172 indicates cell lock, heading designation, and cell type (normal or formula). Reference numeral 192 denotes a flag (referred to as a kana-kanji attribute flag 192) indicating the initial setting of the kana-kanji conversion function when this cell starts to edit characters, which is initially 0 and indicates no setting. Reference numeral 173 denotes a group number when cells are grouped. Reference numeral 174 is valid only for the first member cell of the group, and indicates the number of group members. 175
Is valid only when the cells are grouped and indicates the number of members in the group. Here, the group is a processing method unique to the table grouping in which a plurality of cells are regarded as one cell by grouping, and the character string input to the group is the cells in order from the first member of the group according to the group member number. Assigned to and displayed.

Reference numeral 176 is a cell address, and the formula serves as an index for identifying the cell during the calculation process. Reference numeral 177 denotes a pointer to cell attribute information (detailed description in FIG. 10). 178
Is information specifying the top horizontal ruled line of the cell to which this character record belongs. Reference numeral 179 denotes information for managing a character string for each member cell in the case of a grouped cell. Reference numeral 180 denotes a character data count, which indicates the size of the entire area of the character data buffer 183 for a normal cell and the character data buffer 185 for a formula cell by the number of characters.
Reference numeral 181 denotes the size of the character data buffer, which indicates the size of the character data buffer by the number of characters as in the character data count 180. 182 is a pointer to a character data buffer.

When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer is a character string (character editing command and character code).
184 only. On the other hand, in the case of the formula cell, the character data buffer is divided into 186 to 191 parts. 1
Reference numeral 87 is a character string (command and character code of character editing process) processed by referring to the calculated value display attribute that holds the calculation result as an option cell attribute (detailed description in FIG. 11).
6 is the number of characters. Reference numeral 188 is an area for storing information on calculation results. An area 189 stores information necessary for calculation, and is used by the calculation processing program during processing. 191
Is the formula body held by the cell and is the data in reverse Polish format, and 190 is the number of characters.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of cell attribute information. The cell attribute information is information that each character record always has only one, and one cell attribute information may be referred to from a plurality of character records.

201 is the number of bytes of the entire cell attribute information, and 202 is a value indicating how many character records refer to the cell information. Reference numeral 203 denotes a set flag, which is information such as a set direction. Reference numeral 204 denotes a character flag, which is information such as a character type (full-width, half-width, etc.), alignment of up, down, left and right. Reference numeral 205 is standard typeface information regarding a typeface used when Japanese is input in the cell, and reference numeral 206 is European typeface information regarding a typeface used when inputting alphanumeric characters in the cell. Reference numeral 207 is information regarding the background color of the character. 208 is a space between lines, 209 is a left margin, 210 is a right margin,
211 indicates an upper margin and 212 indicates a lower margin.

213 is information indicating which type of optional attribute this cell attribute has. Note that default option attributes are used for option attributes not specified here. Reference numeral 214 is cell face type information, 215 is information indicating the number of indented characters, and 216 is information indicating the number of indented characters. Reference numeral 217 is a baseline adjustment amount for neatly displaying mixed sentences in Japanese and European. Reference numeral 218 denotes a pointer to option attribute information held by the cell attribute, and is NULL when no option attribute is held.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the option attribute information. Option attributes are held in the form of one option attribute list for one cell attribute information. Here, the option attribute list is a list in which the option attribute information is connected as shown by 224 in FIG. 11 by the kind specified by the option attribute flag (213 in FIG. 10) of the cell attribute information.

In the option attribute information, 221 indicates the type of the option attribute. There are 12 types of optional attribute types, which are Japanese typefaces 1-5, European typefaces 1-5, formula calculation value display attributes, and tab information. 222 is a data body of option attributes, in which data in a format according to the type is stored. The size of the data is the same for all types for convenience of processing. 223 is a pointer to the next option attribute information. If there is no next optional attribute, NULL is entered.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the break information. Reference numeral 231 is a pointer to the next division information, and is NULL when the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 232 denotes a pointer to the previous delimiter information, which is NULL for the first information. The cell information forms a list structure by the information of the pointers 231 and 232.
It is stored as the break information 26 in FIG. 233 is a flag indicating the crossing direction, 234 is the coordinate of the break position, 235
Is a pointer to the ruled line record of the intersecting partner.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the selected ruled line information. The selected ruled line information header is information about the selected ruled line and is held in the work area management information 81 in the local data area.

Reference numeral 241 indicates the upper left coordinates of the entire ruled line range being selected, and 242 indicates the lower right coordinates thereof. Reference numeral 243 is a value indicating how many pieces of selection ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected ruled line information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is re-allocated. 244 is the number of ruled lines being selected, and 245 is the head address of the array of selected ruled line information. Each selected ruled line information is composed of the contents indicated by 246 to 249. A ruled line type 246 indicates any of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ruled lines. 247 is a pointer to the ruled line record. 248 and 249 are information for specifying a part of the ruled line (in units of division) when the part is selected.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of the selected cell information. The selected cell information header is information regarding the selected cell and is held in the work area management information 82 in the local data area.

Reference numeral 251 is a value indicating how many pieces of selected cell information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected cell information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is reserved. Reference numeral 252 denotes the number of cells being selected, and reference numeral 253 denotes a head address of an array of selected cell information. Each selected cell information is configured with the contents shown in 254 to 255. Reference numeral 254 denotes a work flag used during processing, and reference numeral 255 denotes a pointer to cell information.

<Kana-Kanji conversion function ON according to the present embodiment
/ OFF processing> The relationship between the selection of each cell and the ON / OFF control of the kana-kanji conversion function will be described using the data structure for editing and creating the table as described above. The character input position is selected by the pointing device 5 or the keyboard 4.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen display example in the table editing of the present embodiment. 268 is a cursor,
It is a blinking rectangle showing the selected cell. Further, ON / OFF switching of kana-kanji conversion is executed by the user pressing the “kanji” key on the keyboard 4. On the program, by pressing the Kanji key
A function for performing N / OFF will be called.

Reference numeral 260 is a cell edit menu, in which basic edit items of in-cell data are registered. Each item of the cell edit menu 260 is valid for the cell where the cursor 268 is currently located. Here, if "Kana / Kan setting" of the cell edit menu 260 is selected, a Kana / Kan setting menu 261 is displayed. Kana-han setting menu 261
"Mode continuation button" for continuing the ON / OFF state of Kana-Kanji conversion until then, and "On button" 26 for turning ON Kana-Kanji conversion when the cell is edited.
5. An "Off button" 266 for turning off the kana-kanji conversion when the cell is an edit target is registered.

The specific flow will be described below by dividing it into <character input cell selection processing> and <kana-kanji ON / OFF default value setting>.

<Kana-Kanji ON / OFF Default Value Setting> A case where the CRT 1 is displayed as shown in FIG. 15 while the table editing is being performed by the document editing apparatus of this embodiment will be described. The edit menu 261 is a part of the menu displayed when inputting characters, and shows the state when "Kana / Kan setting" is selected (Kana / Kan setting menu 261).
Is displayed). Note that the contents of the menu are partially omitted for convenience of explanation. Reference numeral 263 denotes a document sheet to be edited, which indicates that the table set is being edited by the button 264. Reference numeral 262 denotes a tool panel displayed when editing the table group, and the operator determines which mode of the table group is processed by this panel. Table set modes include ruled line selection, cell selection, vertical / horizontal line drawing, rectangle drawing, character input, rounded corner designation, diagonal ruled line drawing, and table set enlargement / reduction. Two
Reference numeral 69 is an example of table group data created by table group editing.

In order to input characters, it is necessary to enter the character input mode by editing the table. To do so, select button 267 on tool panel 262. In the character input mode, the character input position can be specified by using the pointing device 5 (hereinafter referred to as a mouse) of the apparatus of FIG. 1 by mouse clicking / mouse dragging on the CRT 1.

The cell in which the cursor 268 is displayed is in the selected state. Kanahan setting menu 2 in this state
From 61, one of the On button 265 and the Off button 266 is selected. This selected state is held in the kana-han attribute flag 192 of FIG. 9 as the setting value of the cell.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a procedure for extracting the area of the kana-han attribute flag 192 for the selected cell.
When the cell is designated by the cursor 268 (hereinafter, the designated cell is referred to as the cell 270), the selection indicated by the start address 253 of the array of the selected cell information in the selected cell information header 82 in the work area management information 25. The cell information address of the cell 270 is set in the pointer 255 to the cell information cell information. Each cell information has a kana-han attribute flag 192 in the character record 158,
According to the contents of the operation on the Kana-Kanji setting menu 261, a flag indicating Kana-Kanji conversion ON, OFF, or mode continuation is set.

<Cell Selection Processing> FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure for cell selection in this embodiment. As described above with reference to FIG. 16, when a cell is selected, the kana-han attribute flag 192 is obtained from the cell information corresponding to the cell.
Is acquired (step S281). Then, it is determined whether or not the acquired kana-han attribute flag 192 is “kana-han On” (step S282). If it is Kana-Kanji On, the process proceeds to step S283, and the Kana-Kanji conversion function is turned on. On the other hand, when the kana-han attribute flag 192 is “kana-han Off”, the process proceeds from step S284 to step S285, and the kana-kanji conversion function is turned off. Note that if "mode continuation" is specified by the kana-kanji setting menu 261, or "mode continuation" is set as the initial value for cells for which no settings have been made, the kana-kanji conversion function is turned on. / OFF
Does nothing. That is, the ON / OFF state of the immediately preceding kana-kanji conversion function is continued.

In the above description, ON / OFF of the kana-kanji conversion function for each cell is set by the kana-kanji setting menu 261. However, when the ON / OFF of the kana-kanji conversion function is designated by using the “kanji key” or the like after selecting a certain cell to be edited, the designated state is held in the kana-kanji attribute flag 192. In this way, the kana-kanji conversion can be turned on / off using the kana-kanji setting menu 261 for each cell in advance.
Even if it is not set, the kana-han attribute flag is set in the process of sequentially inputting data to cells in the table.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the character input cell is selected, the kana-kanji conversion function previously set by the user for the cell is turned on / off.
The state is automatically set, and it is possible to omit the troublesome ON / OFF work of the Kanji conversion function each time the input cell is switched. As a result, by changing only the character string, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the input operation of the table set that is used many times.

Further, the kana-kanji conversion function for each cell is turned on / off.
The OFF state can be set, and the Kana-Kanji conversion function is automatically turned ON / OFF when the cell enters the character edit state for character input according to the contents of this setting. The input work efficiency of the table set is improved.

Even when the present invention is applied to a system including a plurality of devices (for example, host computer, interface device, reader, printer, etc.), a device including one device (for example, a copying machine, a facsimile). Device).

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to supply a computer (or CPU) of the system or apparatus.
And MPU) read and execute the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

When the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned storage medium, the storage medium will store the program code corresponding to the above-mentioned flowchart. Briefly, the memory map example of FIG. Each module shown will be stored in the storage medium. That is, at least the program codes of the “display processing module”, the “holding processing module”, the “designating processing module”, and the “control processing module” may be stored in the storage medium.

Here, the display processing module is a program module that performs display processing for displaying the table being edited. The holding processing module is a program module that performs holding processing for holding control information for instructing on / off of the kana-kanji conversion function for each cell of the table. The designation processing module is a program module that performs designation processing for designating a desired cell in the table. Further, the control processing module acquires control information corresponding to the cell designated in the designation processing from the holding processing, and performs control processing for controlling on / off of the kana-kanji conversion function based on the obtained control information. It is a program module to be realized.

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As described above, according to the present invention, kana-kanji conversion ON / O is performed according to the attribute set in each cell.
The FF can be automatically executed, and the operability in editing the table is significantly improved.

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of table-structured data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of a table control information section 23.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of work management information 25.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of a diagonal ruled line record.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of a horizontal ruled line record.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of a vertical ruled line record.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of cell information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of a character record.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of cell attribute information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of option attribute information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of break information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of selected ruled line information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed data structure of selected cell information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display in table editing according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16: Kana-han attribute flag 1 for the selected cell
It is a figure which shows the procedure which extracts the area | region of 92.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of cell selection in the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of general table editing.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a memory map of a storage medium that stores a control program according to the present invention.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for editing a table, comprising: display means for displaying a table being edited; turning on a kana-kanji conversion function for each cell of the table;
Holding means for holding control information for instructing OFF, designating means for designating a desired cell in the table, control information corresponding to the cell designated by the designating means is obtained from the holding means, and A document processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls on / off of a kana-kanji conversion function based on the acquired control information. 2. Setting means for setting ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function by designating a cell of the table being edited, and control information indicating the switching set by the setting means to the holding means. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising registration means for registering. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the setting unit is one of editing operations at the time of editing a cell. 4. The setting means sets ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function of the cell based on whether or not the kana-kanji conversion function is used in editing the designated cell. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2. 5. The control information indicates to turn on a kana-kanji conversion function.
The document processing device described in 1. 6. The control information indicates to turn off the kana-kanji conversion function.
The document processing device described in 1. 7. A document processing method for editing a table structure, comprising a display step of displaying a table structure being edited, and turning on a kana-kanji conversion function for each cell of the table structure.
A holding step of holding control information instructing to turn off, a designation step of designating a desired cell in the table, and control information corresponding to the cell designated in the designation step is obtained from the holding step, A document processing method, comprising: a control step of controlling on / off of a kana-kanji conversion function based on the acquired control information. 8. A setting step of setting ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function by designating a cell of the table being edited, and control information indicating the switching set in the setting step to the holding step. The document processing method according to claim 7, further comprising a registration step of registering. 9. The document processing method according to claim 8, wherein the setting step is one of editing operations during cell editing. 10. The setting step sets ON / OFF switching of the kana-kanji conversion function of the cell based on whether or not the kana-kanji conversion function is used in editing the designated cell. The document processing method according to claim 8. 11. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein the control information indicates to turn on a kana-kanji conversion function. 12. The document processing method according to claim 7, wherein the control information indicates to turn off the kana-kanji conversion function. 13. A computer-readable memory for storing a control program for editing a table, wherein a display process code for displaying a table being edited and a kana-kanji conversion function for each cell of the table are turned on. ,
A code of a holding step of holding control information for instructing OFF, a code of a designation step of designating a desired cell in the table, and control information corresponding to the cell designated in the designation step from the holding step. A computer-readable memory, comprising: a control process code that is acquired and controls ON / OFF of a kana-kanji conversion function based on the acquired control information.