Patent ID: 6055549
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A table processing apparatus for processing table data arranged in a table having a plurality of cells, said apparatus comprising:first storing means for storing image data with image file names;second storing means for successively storing data input so as to respectively correspond to cells;designating means for designating image definition data including an image file name to a designated cell in which image data is to be output;first reading means for reading from the first storing means the image data having the image file name designated by the designating means;writing means for writing the image data read by the first reading means along with the image definition data into a storage region of the second storing means which corresponds to the designated cell;first discriminating means for, every time a cell in the table is designated, discriminating a data content in the second storing means which corresponds to the designated cell;second reading means for reading image data along with image definition data, when the first discriminating means discriminate that the data in the designated cell is image data and the image data is stored in the second storing means;image editing means for editing the read image data based on the image definition data read along with the image data;first outputting means for outputting data edited by the image editing means to an output region of the designated cell; andthird reading means for reading image data from the first storing means with the file name stored in the second storing means as the image definition data corresponding to the designated cell, when the first discriminating means discriminate that the designated cell is an image cell and image data is not stored in the storage region of the second storing means which corresponds to the designated cell.