Document preparing apparatus capable of relocating cells forming a table and resetting cell size
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1. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
- a text generator generating text; and
tabulation means for forming a table containing text, said table having a plurality of cells for registering text data therein, andsaid tabulation means includes a processing unit allowing an operator to designate a single cell in said table and to relocate said designated cell in an area of said table together with text data registered in said designated cell, wherein said relocated designated cell includes at least one boundary not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells in said table.
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Abstract
A document preparing apparatus capable of independently relocating and/or resetting cells includes a text generator generating text, and tabulation device to form a table containing text. The table includes a plurality of cells for registering text data therein. The tabulation device includes a processing unit allowing an operator to designate a single cell in the table and to relocate the designated cell in an area of the table together with text data registered in the designated cell. In addition or alternatively, the processing unit can allow an operator to designate a single cell in the table and to reset a size of the designated cell.
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15 Claims
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1. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
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a text generator generating text; and tabulation means for forming a table containing text, said table having a plurality of cells for registering text data therein, and said tabulation means includes a processing unit allowing an operator to designate a single cell in said table and to relocate said designated cell in an area of said table together with text data registered in said designated cell, wherein said relocated designated cell includes at least one boundary not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells in said table.
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2. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
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a text generator generating text; and tabulation means for forming a table containing text, said table having a plurality of cells, and said tabulation means includes a processing unit allowing an operator to designate a single cell in said table and to reset a size of said designated cell, wherein said resized designated cell includes at least one boundary not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells of said table.
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3. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
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a display device for displaying on a screen thereof a table having a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form having a plurality of rows and columns; an input device operable by an operator, for selecting or designating one of the cells displayed on the screen and for inputting a relocation position of the selected cell in order to change the position of the selected cell; and a processing unit, operatively coupled to said display device and said input device, for generating and managing information associated with the relocation of said selected cell, said information including coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell in the relocation position generated by said processing unit based on original coordinates of the cell when selected and on data of the relocation position, which defines at least one boundary for said relocated selected cell not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells in said table, wherein said display device is controlled by said processing unit to display the new outline of the selected cell with its position changed on the screen in accordance with said information. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
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a display device for displaying on a screen thereof a table having a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form having a plurality of rows and columns; an input device operable by an operator, for selecting or designating one of the cells displayed on the screen and for inputting a relocation position of the selected cell in order to change the position of the selected cell; and a processing unit, operatively coupled to said display device and said input device, for generating and managing coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell in the relocation position based on original coordinates of the cell when selected and on data of the relocation position, which defines at least one boundary for said relocated selected cell not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells in said table, wherein said processing unit identifies said individual cells by their row numbers and column numbers and generates and manages positional information and attribute information of each cell in association with its row and column numbers, and wherein said display device is controlled by said processing unit to display the new outline of the selected cell with its position changed on the screen in accordance with said coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell, positional information and attribute information, each associated with the selected cell.
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8. A document preparing apparatus comprising:
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a display device for displaying on a screen thereof a table having a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form having a plurality number of rows and columns; an input device operable by an operator, for selecting or designating one of the cells displayed on the screen and for inputting a new size of the selected cell in order to change the size of the selected cell; and a processing unit, operatively coupled to said display device and said input device, for generating and managing information associated with the resetting of the size of said selected cell, said information including coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell with its size changed, which are generated by said processing unit based on original coordinates of the cell when selected and on data of the new size, which defines at least one boundary for said resized selected cell not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells of said table, wherein said display device is controlled by said processing unit to display the new outline of the selected cell on the screen in accordance with said information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for use in preparing document comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer system, which includes a display device displaying on a screen thereof a table having a plurality of cells and an operator operable input device, A) to identify selected or designated one of the cells by using said input device; B) to identify an inputted relocation position of the selected cell by using said input device; C) to generate and manage information associated with the relocation of said selected cell, said information including coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell in the relocation position, which are generated by said computer system based on original coordinates of the cell when selected and on data of the relocation position, which defines at least one boundary for said relocated selected cell not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells in said table; and D) to display the new outline of the selected cell with its position changed on the screen of said display device in accordance with said information.
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15. A computer program product for use in preparing document comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer system, which includes a display device displaying on a screen thereof a table having a plurality of cells and an operator operable input device, A) to identify selected or designated one of the cells by using said input device; B) to identify an inputted new size of the selected cell by using said input device; C) to generate and manage information associated with the resetting of the size of said selected cell, said information including coordinates of a new outline of the selected cell with its size changed, which are generated by said computer system based on original coordinates of the cell when selected and on data of the new size, which defines at least one boundary for said resized selected cell not colinear with row and column boundaries of said plurality of cells of said table; and D) to display the new outline of the selected cell on the screen of said display device in accordance with said information.
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