JPH01142975A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a document including a ruled line by developing a line including a ruled line based on the information of the control part of processed line ruled line information when the ruled line information exists from an input part. CONSTITUTION:The character information and the ruled line information are stored from an input part 1 to a document memory part 2, a form is arranged for one output unit by an output control part 3 and the contents are outputted from an output part 4. Then, a judging part 5 judges whether or not the ruled line information is included in the processing line and when it is included, it is sent to a control part 6 of the ruled line information of the line. Based on the information, the document including the ruled line is temporarily developed to an arrangement buffer 7 and the connection shaping of the ruled line and the shaping processing such as the supplement to the space in the table are executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device for efficiently creating documents including ruled lines.

Conventional technology A unique feature of Japanese documents is the presence of ruled lines.

This is mainly used to create tables and clarify comparison items 1 to clarify the intentions of the document creator. When creating these ruled lines using a conventional word processor, it was necessary to first grasp the overall size of the ruled line and determine the size of the squares for each ruled line before creating it.

As a method of creating a table using ruled lines in a conventional document creation device, there is a method shown in FIG. 2, for example. FIG. 2 shows a method in which the structure of the front metal body is created in advance using ruled lines, and then the cursor is moved to each item in the table to fill in the characters in the table.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above method, when creating a table as shown in Figure 3, for example, when inputting data, enter the maximum number of characters from each item in the table and the maximum number of rows in each item. You need to look at the numbers and decide on the size of the table accordingly.

In view of this point, the present invention provides a separator (separator) corresponding to a ruled line segment at the end of inputting each item without considering in advance the number of characters included in each item of the table.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that automatically formats a table by simply inputting , and then gives a ruled line formatting instruction to the device at the end of table creation.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes an input section for character and ruled line information, a document memory section for storing input character strings and ruled lines, and a document memory section for controlling the contents of the document memory section for each output rate. output control section,
A document creation device comprising a ruled line line control unit, and a folded line information management unit and a ruled line complementation unit that develops a line including a ruled line in a ruled line array buffer based on ruled line information of the preceding and following lines when ruled line information exists. It is.

According to the above-described structure, when the ruled line information is detected in the data stored in the document memory section, the present invention determines the length of the ruled line, the connection state of the ruled lines, and the information in the table according to the ruled line information held in the row and ruled line management section. A table is created by expanding the ruled lines to the ruled line array buffer while correcting the space complementation using the ruled line completion section.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a document creation device in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an input section, into which character information, ruled line information, and instructions for the device are input. A document memory section 2 stores input character information and ruled line information.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an output control section, which formats the contents of the document memory section 2 for each output rate (including character decoration and underline processing), and outputs the formatted data from the output section 4 to a display device or a printing device.

6 is a ruled line property determination unit, which determines whether ruled line information is included in the line to be processed, and if ruled line information is included, a folded line information management unit 6 that manages the ruled line information of the line that includes the ruled line. send to

Reference numeral 7 denotes a ruled line arrangement buffer, which is a buffer for temporarily expanding a document containing ruled lines. A line counter 8 is a line counter for a line including a ruled line developed in the ruled line array buffer 7. 9 is a ruled line complementation part, which connects and shapes the ruled lines that exist in each other's lines before and after the line that includes the ruled line,
Performs formatting processing such as filling in spaces in the table.

The operation of the document creation device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 4 shows the contents of document data input through the input section 1 and stored in the document memory section 2. As shown in FIG.

Since the data in line 41 is only character information (6o1 is character information and is indicated by ○), the output control unit 3 normally outputs the data from the output unit 4 after character modifications such as enlarged characters and line modifications such as underlining are performed. Output to a display device or printing device. But row 4
From line 2 to line 49, each line contains ruled line information, and special ruled line processing is performed.

A ruled line exists in row 42. Therefore, the ruled line information in this row is managed by the row ruled line management section 6, and the ruled line information in this row is managed by the ruled line management section 6.
Arranged in In this case, the size of each item in the table created by the ruled line currently being developed is unknown, and the row 42 is provisionally set to 0 in the line ruled line management unit 6. FIG. 6 shows the state in which the ruled line arrangement buffer 7 stores the data. 6-1 is a state in which the row 42 is developed in the ruled line arrangement buffer 7.

Line 43 reveals the actual data for each item. In other words, the first column of the table created by the ruled lines is character length 4, and the second column is character length 3. The third column has a character length of 5. Information regarding the character length of each column is stored in the row ruled line management section 6, and the provisionally set folded line information management section 6 is corrected in line 42. At the same time, the ruled lines provisionally set in 6-1 are supplemented and drawn by the ruled line complementing section 9 in accordance with the character length of each column.
-2, the row 43 is developed in the ruled line array buffer 7. Here, space for the character string is taken from the first column to the third column, and a predetermined character string is arranged.

Row 44 is the end of the first row of the table created by ruled lines, and a ruled line is drawn between the first and second rows as shown in 6-3.

It can be seen that row 46 is the start of the second row of the table created by ruled lines, and the character lengths of columns 1, 2, and 3 are 1 and 1.2, respectively. The character length of the 1st row, 1st degree, 2.3rd column is 2.2. 5, those in the second row are 1, 1 .
Since the character length is 2, blanks are filled in as complementary spaces by the ruled line complementing unit 9 for the character columns in each column of the second row. 6-4 represents this state. 602 is a complementary space, indicated by *. This complementary space is treated as a normal blank space when outputting from the output section 4 to an external device such as printing.

Row 46 indicates that the second row of the table spans two lines, and the character lengths of columns 1, 2, and 3 are 3. 5.
It is 2. Accordingly, the line ruled line management unit 6 corrects the character length of each column. 2. The character lengths of the three columns are 3 and 5.5, respectively. Also, at this stage, the number of lines in the first and second lines each becomes 1.2. The arrangement in the ruled line arrangement buffer 7 is as shown in 6-6.

The second line ends at line 47, and a ruled line is drawn between the second and third lines at 6-6. The length of this ruled line is also corrected based on the information from the line and ruled line management unit 6, and each ruled line segment is interpolated and arranged by the ruled line complementation unit 9.

Row 48 is the character information of the third row, and the character lengths of the first, second and third columns are 1 and 1.1, respectively. Already line ruled line management section 6
The character lengths of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd columns are 3. 5. 5
, so 2, 4 are set for those in the third line.
．． The blank space of 4 is supplemented by the ruled line complementing section 9 as a supplementary space. 6-7 shows this state.

Row 49 has no ruled line following the line below, and is the final information of the table created by the ruled lines. Similar to row 47, the length of this ruled line is also corrected based on the information from the row ruled line management unit 6, and each ruled line segment is complemented and arranged by the ruled line complementation unit 9, as shown in 6-8. Finish formatting the entire border.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the row and ruled line information management section 6.
Ruled line complement section 9. By providing the ruled line array buffer 7, it is possible to calculate the number of characters included in each item of the table.

Even without considering the number of rows in advance, you can simply enter the separator (separator) corresponding to the ruled line segment when inputting each item as shown in Figure 4, and the ruled line formatting will be instructed when the table creation is completed. If this is given to the device of the present invention, the table formatting process can be performed automatically.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, there is no need to consider and input the size of the cover body in advance when creating a table, and the table can be created efficiently, which has great practical effects. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of creating a table using ruled lines in a conventional document creation device, and FIG. 3 is a table created using ruled lines. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the content of document data according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the process of completing a table created using ruled lines according to the present invention. 1...Input section, 2...Document memory section,
3... Output control unit, 6... Ruled line determination unit, 6... Line and ruled line information management unit, 7...
Ruled line part array buffer, 9... Ruled line complement part. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person 2nd
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Claims (1)

[Claims] An input section for character and ruled line information, a document memory section for storing input character strings and ruled lines, an output control section for controlling character modification, line modification, etc. of the contents of the document memory section for each output unit, and ruled lines. Equipped with a ruled line line control unit that judges information, and when ruled line information exists, expands the line containing the ruled line to the ruled line array buffer based on the information of the line ruled line information management unit that manages the ruled line information of the processed line. A document creation device characterized in that it is provided with a ruled line complementing section.