Adding rows and columns to a spreadsheet using addition icons
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1. A method for creating a document using an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying at least one addition visual element in or around a text box, in response to input of a text box generating command; and
adding a cell to the text box and converting the text box into a table, in response to selection of one of the at least one addition visual element,wherein a number of addition visual elements displayed in or around a text box is configurable by a user,wherein when the table includes a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and one of a plurality of cells in the table is selected, displaying an addition visual element in at least one of up and down and left and right directions of the selected cell, andwherein insertion of an addition visual element is prevented by at least one computer processor of the electronic apparatus if the insertion of the addition visual element would duplicate functionality of an existing addition visual element based on a position of the existing addition visual element relative to the selected cell.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a method for creating a document using the same are provided. A method for creating a document using an electronic apparatus includes displaying at least one addition icon in a or around a text box when a text box generating command is input, and adding a cell to the text box and converting the text box into a table when one of the at least one addition icon is selected. Accordingly, the user may easily convert a text box into a table when creating a document.
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1. A method for creating a document using an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one addition visual element in or around a text box, in response to input of a text box generating command; and adding a cell to the text box and converting the text box into a table, in response to selection of one of the at least one addition visual element, wherein a number of addition visual elements displayed in or around a text box is configurable by a user, wherein when the table includes a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and one of a plurality of cells in the table is selected, displaying an addition visual element in at least one of up and down and left and right directions of the selected cell, and wherein insertion of an addition visual element is prevented by at least one computer processor of the electronic apparatus if the insertion of the addition visual element would duplicate functionality of an existing addition visual element based on a position of the existing addition visual element relative to the selected cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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a display; inputter configured to receive a user command wherein the inputter includes at least one of a touch screen and an input device, the input device comprising at least one of a mouse, a pointing device, and a motion sensor; and at least one computer processor configured to; control the display to display at least one addition visual element in or around a text box in response to input of a text box generating command through the touch screen, and add a cell to the text box and convert the text box into a table in response to selection of one of the at least one addition visual element through the inputter, wherein a number of addition visual elements displayed in or around a text box is configurable by a user, wherein when the table includes a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and one of a plurality of cells in the table is selected, displaying an addition visual element in at least one of up and down and left and right directions of the selected cell, and wherein insertion of an addition visual element is prevented by the at least one computer processor if the insertion of the addition visual element would duplicate functionality of an existing addition visual element based on a position of the existing addition visual element relative to the selected cell. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for creating a document using an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one addition visual element in or around a table in response to input of a text box generating command; and adding a column or a row in direction corresponding to the selected addition visual element, in response to selection of one of the least one addition visual element, wherein a number of addition visual elements displayed in or around a text box is configurable by a user, and wherein insertion of an addition visual element is prevented by at least one computer processor of the electronic apparatus if the insertion of the addition visual element would duplicate functionality of an existing addition visual element based on a position of the existing addition visual element relative to the selected cell.
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21. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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a display; a touch screen configured to receive a user command; and at least one computer processor configured to; control the display to display at least one addition visual element in or around a table in response to input of a table generating command through the touch screen, and add a column or a row in direction corresponding to a selected addition visual element in response to selection of one of the at least one addition visual element through the touch screen, wherein a number of addition visual elements displayed in or around a text box is configurable by a user, and wherein insertion of an addition visual element is prevented by at least one computer processor of the electronic apparatus if the insertion of the addition visual element would duplicate functionality of an existing addition visual element based on a position of the existing addition visual element relative to the selected cell.
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