Patent ID: 6115759
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus comprising:a spreadsheet data storing section for storing spreadsheet data to be displayed in tabular form;a spreadsheet creating section for creating an original spreadsheet consisting of at least one row and at least one column from said stored spreadsheet data,wherein area of said at least one row and column is enclosed by a plurality of grid lines forming a frame;a display section for displaying said spreadsheet on a display screen;an inputting section for designating a row or column of said spreadsheet to be subjected to a non-display operation so as not to be displayed on said display screen by dragging and dropping the grid line of said row or column;a non-display controlling section for subjecting data of the designated row or column to said non-display operation by setting the height of the designated row or the width of the designated column to zero, and for controlling said display section to display a modified spreadsheet by moving rows or columns previously located adjacent to said row or column subjected to said non-display operation into adjoining relation;a list buffer for storing a list of the number of rows and a list of the number of columns indicative of positions of rows and columns subjected to said non-display operation; anda recovery display controlling section for controlling said display section to display, when said inputting section designates implementation of a recovery display operation, the list of the number of rows and the list of the number of columns on the display section by retrieving the lists of the numbers of rows and columns from the list buffer, and to display a spreadsheet in which data of a row number or column number selected by said inputting section is restored.