JP2001222352A - Data display device, data display method and machine readable recording medium in which program to realize the method is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data display device capable of separately scrolling plural pieces of data and editing data among plural pieces of data by simultaneously displaying the plural pieces of data on one screen or window. SOLUTION: This data display device comprizes memory to store a first piece of data 200 and a second piece of data 300, a display monitor to superpose the second piece of data 300 on the first piece of data and to display them and scroll keys 96, 98, 116, 118 to enable a person to recognize both pieces of data and to scroll the first piece of data 200 and second piece of data 300 independently of each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying data on a display monitor, and more particularly to a technique for displaying a plurality of data on a display monitor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for displaying a plurality of data on one screen or one window, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
There is a handwritten image display device disclosed in US Pat. This handwritten image display device includes an image data storage unit for storing image data, a handwriting input unit for inputting handwriting data, a display unit for simultaneously displaying image data and handwriting data, and an on / off setting of a handwriting mode determination flag. A discrimination flag holding unit for storing a state, a handwriting mode discrimination flag of the discrimination flag holding unit which is turned on if the handwriting input mode is set, and turned off if not the handwriting input mode; and a discrimination flag An image display control unit for controlling the display unit to display the image data at a lower display density if the handwriting mode determination flag is on, with reference to the handwriting mode determination flag of the holding unit, if the flag is on.

According to the invention disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, at the time of handwriting input, the display density of image data is reduced, and as a result, the display density of handwriting data is increased, so that the image data and handwriting data overlap. When the data is displayed and corrected, the handwriting input by handwriting is emphasized, so that the user's visual recognition and discrimination are improved, and the operation efficiency is improved.

[0004]

However, the apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned publication merely changes the display density in accordance with the type of data, and handles image data and handwriting data integrally. Therefore, it is not possible to refer to another image data when correcting handwritten input handwriting data or reflect the edited contents of handwriting data on the image data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to simultaneously display a plurality of data on one screen or one window and handle a plurality of data separately. Another object of the present invention is to provide a data display device, a data display method, and a machine-readable recording medium on which a program for implementing the method is recorded, in which data can be easily input, edited, or referred to in the plurality of data.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data display device comprising: first data storage means for storing first data; and second data storage means for storing second data. A data storage unit, a display unit connected to the first data storage unit and the second data storage unit, a display unit for displaying the second data over the first data, and a display unit connected to the display unit; Display control means for controlling the display means so that a person can recognize both the data and the second data on the display means, and the first data and the second data connected to the display means; Scroll means for scrolling independently of each other.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the first data storage means stores the first data, and the second data storage means stores the second data. The display means displays the second data over the first data. The display control means controls the display means so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means. The scroll means scrolls the first data and the second data independently of each other. Thereby, the person can recognize the first data and the second data displayed on the display means. Further, the first data and the second data can be scrolled independently of each other. as a result,
It is possible to provide a data display device in which a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the first data and the second data are text data, and the display control means includes: , Means for displaying the second data between the rows of the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display control means stores the second data between the lines of the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data. Display on display means. Thereby, the person can recognize the first data displayed on the display means and the second data displayed between the lines of the first data. As a result, a plurality of text data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of text data are handled separately, and a data display device capable of easily inputting, editing or referencing data in the plurality of text data is provided. Can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect of the present invention, the data display device further comprises:
An editing means connected to the first data storage means and the second data storage means for performing one or both of copying and moving of the first data to the second data is further included.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the editing means performs one or both of copying and moving the first data to the second data. Thereby, the editing process can be performed between the plurality of data displayed on the display means. As a result, it is possible to provide a data display device in which a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of data. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the second data is a first data storage of the first data. The data is stored in the second data storage means in a format different from the storage format in the means, and the editing means is connected to the first data storage means and the second data storage means, and stores the first data in the second data. It includes means for converting into a format and performing either or both of copying and moving to the second data.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the editing means stores the first data in a second data storage format different from the storage format of the first data in the first data storage means. And either one or both of copying and moving to the second data are performed. Thereby, even when the storage format of the first data in the first data storage unit and the storage format of the second data in the second data storage unit are different, the plurality of data displayed on the display unit is different. Edit processing can be performed between them. As a result, it is possible to provide a data display device that can handle a plurality of data separately and can easily input, edit, or refer to the plurality of data.

A data display method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a data display method for a data display device having a display means for displaying data, wherein a first data preparation step for preparing first data; A second data preparation step of preparing second data, and superimposing the second data on the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means. And a scroll step of scrolling the first data and the second data displayed in the display step independently of each other.

According to the present invention, the first data is prepared in the first data preparation step, and the second data is prepared in the second data preparation step. In the displaying step, the first data is overlaid with the second data,
And the second data are displayed on the display means so that a person can recognize the data on the display means. In the scroll step, the first data and the second data displayed in the display step are scrolled independently of each other. Thereby, the person can recognize the first data and the second data displayed on the display means. Further, the first data and the second data can be scrolled independently of each other. As a result, it is possible to provide a data display method in which a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of data. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fifth aspect, the first data and the second data are text data, and the display step includes: Displaying the second data between the rows of the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the display step includes a step of displaying the second data between the rows of the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means. Display data for Thereby, the person can recognize the first data displayed on the display means and the second data displayed between the lines of the first data. As a result, a plurality of text data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of text data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of text data. Can be provided.

[0018] The data display method according to the invention described in claim 7 provides the data display method according to claim 5 or 6,
The data display method further includes an editing step of performing one or both of copying and moving the first data to the second data.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the editing step, one or both of copying and moving of the first data to the second data are performed. Thereby, the editing process can be performed between the plurality of data displayed on the display means. As a result, it is possible to provide a data display method in which a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of data. .

According to the data display method of the invention described in claim 8, in addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of claims 5 to 7, the data display means further includes a storage means for storing data. The first data preparation step includes the step of storing the first data in the storage means in a first storage format, and the second data preparation step includes storing the second data in a first storage format different from the first storage format. And storing the data in the storage means in a storage format of the second data, and converting the first data into a storage format of the second data and copying and / or moving the data to the second data. It includes steps for performing processing.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in the editing step, the first data is stored in the second data having a format different from the storage format of the first data in the first data storage means. The data is converted into a format, and one or both of copying and moving to the second data are processed. Thereby, even when the storage format of the first data in the first data storage unit and the storage format of the second data in the second data storage unit are different, the plurality of data displayed on the display unit is different. Edit processing can be performed between them. As a result, it is possible to provide a data display method in which a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and the data can be easily input, edited or referred to in the plurality of data. .

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium which is a machine readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a data display method in a computer device, wherein the program has a display means for displaying data. A program for realizing a data display method in a display device, comprising: a first data preparation step for preparing first data; a second data preparation step for preparing second data; A display step of displaying the first data and the second data on the display means so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means, and the first data displayed in the display step And scrolling the second data independently of each other.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the first data is prepared in the first data preparation step, and the second data is prepared in the second data preparation step. In the displaying step, the first data is overlaid with the second data,
And the second data are displayed on the display means so that a person can recognize the data on the display means. In the scroll step, the first data and the second data displayed in the display step are scrolled independently of each other. Thereby, the person can recognize the first data and the second data displayed on the display means. Further, the first data and the second data can be scrolled independently of each other. As a result, a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and a data display method capable of easily inputting, editing, or referring to the plurality of data is realized. A machine-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded can be provided.

A recording medium according to a tenth aspect of the present invention is a machine-readable recording medium that records a program for implementing a data display method in a computer device. , The first data and the second data are text data, and the display step includes the step of displaying the first data and the second data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means. Second between lines
And displaying the data.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the display step includes the step of displaying the second data between the rows of the first data so that a person can recognize both the first data and the second data on the display means. Display data for Thereby, the person can recognize the first data displayed on the display means and the second data displayed between the lines of the first data. As a result, it is possible to provide a machine-readable recording medium on which a program for realizing a data display method capable of handling a plurality of text data separately and easily inputting, editing or referencing the plurality of text data is recorded.

A recording medium according to the present invention is a machine-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing a data display method in a computer device. In addition, the program further includes an editing step of performing one or both of copying and moving the first data to the second data.

According to the eleventh aspect, in the editing step, one or both of copying and moving of the first data to the second data are performed. Thereby, the editing process can be performed between the plurality of data displayed on the display means. As a result, a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and a data display method capable of easily inputting, editing, or referring to the plurality of data is realized. A machine-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded can be provided.

A recording medium according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is a machine readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a data display method in a computer device, and is a recording medium according to any one of the ninth to eleventh aspects. In addition to the configuration
The data display means further includes a storage means for storing data, the first data preparation step includes a step of storing the first data in the storage means in a first storage format, and the second data preparation step includes , Storing the second data in the storage means in a second storage format different from the first storage format, wherein the editing step converts the first data into a storage format of the second data to store the second data in the second storage format. 2 includes a step for performing one or both of copying and moving to the second data.

According to the twelfth aspect of the invention, in the editing step, the first data is stored in the second data having a format different from the storage format of the first data in the first data storage means. The data is converted into a format, and one or both of copying and moving to the second data are processed. Thereby, even when the storage format of the first data in the first data storage unit and the storage format of the second data in the second data storage unit are different, the plurality of data displayed on the display unit is different. Edit processing can be performed between them. As a result, a plurality of data are simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, the plurality of data are handled separately, and a data display method capable of easily inputting, editing, or referring to the plurality of data is realized. A machine-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded can be provided.

[0030]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, repetition of detailed description thereof will be appropriately omitted.

The data display device according to the present embodiment is realized by computer hardware such as a personal computer or a workstation and software executed on the computer.

Referring to FIG. 1, a computer 20, which is an example of hardware for realizing a data display device, has an FD.
(Floppy Disk) drive device 30 and CD-ROM (Com
a computer main unit 22 including a pact disc-read only memory (driving) device 32; a display monitor 24;
6, a keyboard 28, and a pen tablet 44. Note that the pen tablet 44 may be provided so as to overlap the entire display screen of the display monitor 24.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the computer. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer main body 22 includes, in addition to the FD drive device 30 and the CD-ROM drive device 32, a CPU (Centra
l Processing Unit) 38, a memory 40, and a fixed disk 42. The FD 34 is mounted on the FD driving device 30. The CD-ROM drive 32 has a CD-ROM
36 is mounted.

As described above, the data display device according to the present embodiment is realized by software executed by the CPU 38. Generally, such software is
The data is stored and distributed on a recording medium such as the FD 34 or the CD-ROM 36, read from the recording medium by the FD driving device 30 or the CD-ROM driving device 32, and temporarily stored on the fixed disk 42. Further, the fixed disk 42
Is read out to the memory 40 and executed by the CPU 38. The hardware itself of the computer shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is general. Therefore, the most essential part of the present invention is software recorded on a recording medium such as the FD 34, the CD-ROM 36, and the fixed disk 42. Since the operation of the computer shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is well known, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.

The data display device according to the present embodiment can be realized by electronic book terminal hardware for displaying an electronic book and software executed on the hardware, in addition to the above-described computer. In the case of an electronic book terminal, a memory card storing electronic book data or the like is used instead of the fixed disk 42.

In the following description, a data display device using a computer or an electronic book terminal will be described. The first data is the data of the text of the electronic book, and the second data is the impression corresponding to the text created by the user. Sentence data,
A data display device to be displayed and edited will be described.

Referring to FIG. 3A, first data and second data are superimposed and displayed in program storage section 50 on fixed disk 42 of the data display device according to the present embodiment. Display control program 52 for displaying the data on the display monitor 24 so as to be recognizable by a person, and transferring the first data and the second data from the fixed disk 42 to the memory 40.
, And a call / save control program 54 for saving from the memory 40 to the fixed disk 42, and a document editing program for recognizing inputs from the keyboard 28 and the pen tablet 44 and editing the first data and the second data. 56, a data conversion program 58 for converting the first data and the second data into a predetermined data format such as text data or image data, and a character identification for identifying the image data input from the pen tablet 44 as a character code. A program 60 and a program such as a copy paste control program 62 for performing editing processing such as copying and moving between the first data and the second data are stored.

Note that these programs 52 to 62 are
Fixed disk 42 from FD 34, CD-ROM 36, etc.
Is temporarily stored in the program storage unit 50. Each of the programs 52 to 60 stored in the program storage unit 50
Is read out to the memory 40 and executed by the CPU 38. The programs 52 to 60 are stored in the FD34, CD-R
It can also be loaded from the OM 36 directly into the memory 40 and executed.

Referring to FIG. 3 (B), a data storage section 70 in memory 40 stores a text storage area 72 for storing data of the text of the electronic book as the first data, and a text storage area 72 for storing the text of the electronic book. A comment storage area 74 for storing the corresponding comment data as second data, a normal mode for displaying only the text, a comment display mode for displaying the text and the comment, and a text in the comment display mode. A mode identification flag storage area 76 for storing a flag indicating which mode is a comment sentence priority mode in which a comment sentence is preferentially displayed among a text priority mode and a comment sentence display mode in which the message is preferentially displayed; An input character storage area 78 for storing a character code input from the keyboard 28, and a pen locus for storing image data of a locus input from the pen tablet 44 And 憶領 area 80 includes a storage area such as clipboard storage area 82 for temporarily storing the character code data or image data. It should be noted that there are both text data and image data formats for saving the body text and the sentence.

Referring to FIG. 4, an example of a screen display when only the text data is displayed on the display monitor 24 in the normal mode will be described.

Body data 2 displayed on display monitor 24
00 is a text data format and has a character height H1,
It is displayed at the line pitch P1. In this case, the line pitch P
1 is preferably at least 1.5 times the character height H1. Although the text data 200 shown in FIG. 4 is described in a rectangular shape, character codes stored as text data are displayed in the rectangular shape using a predetermined display font.

A vertical scroll bar 90 is displayed at the right end of the screen. The up / down scroll bar 90 is an up / down page key 9 for instructing display of the previous page of the text data.
2, a down page key 94 for instructing display of the next page of the body data, an up cursor key 96 for instructing scrolling of the body data upward, and a down arrow key for instructing scrolling of the body data downward. Direction cursor key 98
And a scroll bar 100 indicating the position of the currently displayed text data in the entire text data.

Although FIG. 4 shows an example of horizontally written text data, it may be vertically written text data. In the case of vertical writing, a horizontal scroll bar is displayed at the upper and lower ends of the screen.

Referring to FIG. 5, an example of screen display in the comment display mode on the display monitor 24 will be described. In the comment display mode, in addition to the screen display example in the normal mode described above, comment data 300 in text data format, and a scroll bar 1 for the comment on the left end.
10 is further included. The text data 200 is shown in FIG.
Is indicated by a dotted frame. FIG. 5 shows a case where the commentary sentence priority mode in the commentary message display mode is selected. In the comment sentence priority mode, the text data 2
00 indicates low-density display, and the sentence sentence data 300 is displayed in high density. In the text priority mode, the text data 200 is displayed in high density and the sentence sentence data 300 is displayed in low density.

The comment sentence data 300 is composed of the text data 200
Is displayed between lines. In this case, the following relationship is established between the character height H1 of the text data, the line pitch P1 of the text data, the character height H2 of the comment text data, and the line pitch P2 of the comment text data. The line pitch difference ΔP between the body data and the sentence sentence data is 1 of the character height H1 of the body data.
/ 2 or more. When the line pitch P1 of the text data is at least twice the character height H1 of the text data, the line pitch difference ΔP is preferably at least the character height H2 of the commentary data.

A vertical scroll bar 110 is displayed at the left end of the screen. Vertical scroll bar 110
Is an up page key 112 for instructing the display of the previous page of the sentence data, a down page key 114 for instructing the display of the next page of the sentence data, and Direction cursor key 116
And a down cursor key 118 for instructing scrolling of the sentence sentence data in a downward direction, and a scroll bar 120 for indicating the position of the currently displayed sentence sentence data in the entire sentence sentence data.

In addition to shifting the line pitch, the character pitch can also be shifted. For example, as shown in FIG.
Are displayed, and the sentence sentence data 300 is shifted from the text data 200 by half the character width to the left.

When the data format of the text data or the comment text data is image data, the image data for realizing the above-described character height, line pitch and line pitch difference is stored in the text storage area 72 or the comment text. It is stored in the storage area 74.

Referring to FIG. 6, the program executed by the data display device according to the present embodiment has the following control structure with respect to the display processing flow.

At step 100 (hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S), the CPU 38 executes the display control program 52 to display the text data stored in the text storage area 72 on the display monitor 24. An example of the display screen in this case is the one described with reference to FIG.

In S 102, CPU 38 determines whether or not an instruction to shift to the comment display mode has been input from keyboard 28 or pen tablet 44. When an instruction to shift to the comment mode is input from keyboard 28 or pen tablet 44 (YES in S102), the process proceeds to S104. On the other hand, if an instruction to shift to the comment mode has not been input from keyboard 28 or pen tablet 44 (NO in S102), the process returns to S100.

At S104, CPU 38 stores a flag indicating the comment sentence priority mode in mode identification flag storage area 76, and switches the text data displayed on display monitor 24 to low density display. In addition to changing the display density of the data, the display color may be changed to a display color different from the display color of the comment sentence data described later.

At S106, CPU 38 causes display monitor 24 to display a plurality of virtual keys. The virtual key is displayed on the display screen, and a predetermined command is input by designating the virtual key with the mouse 26 or the pen tablet 44. This command is, for example, a sentence sentence calling command, a character recognition command, a copy instruction command, a paste instruction command, a display switching command, an end instruction command, and the like.

In S108, CPU 38 determines whether or not a comment sentence calling command has been input. This decision
An impression call command which is one of the virtual keys is
Alternatively, the determination is made based on whether or not an input is made from the pen tablet 44. When an impression call command is input (S10
(YES in 8), the process proceeds to S110. On the other hand, if the comment sentence calling command is not input (N in S108)
O), the process is moved to S114.

At S 110, CPU 38 calls up the sentence sentence data stored on fixed disk 42 into sentence sentence storage area 74 of memory 40. When the comment data is called, the comment data to be called is already displayed on the display monitor 24.
The sentence sentence data associated with the text data displayed in (1) may be preferentially selected.

At S112, CPU 38 causes the display monitor 24 to display the comment sentence data at a high density. The sentence sentence data may be displayed in a display color different from the text data. An example of the display screen in this case is the one described with reference to FIG.

In S114, when the comment sentence calling command is not input in S108, the CPU 38 selects the data format of the input comment sentence data. As the data storage format of the commentary data, there are a text format and an image format as in the data storage format of the text data. CPU38
When selecting the format of the commentary data, select the data format of the commentary data so that the text data and the data format match, or select a data format preset for each data type And the data format of the sentence sentence data.

With the above, the display processing ends, and the processing shifts to the editing processing. Referring to FIG. 7, the program executed by the data display device has the following control structure with respect to the editing processing flow.

At S130, CPU 38 determines whether a key input has been made from keyboard 28 or not. In this case, a character code is input from the keyboard 28. When input from keyboard 28 (YES in S130),
The process is moved to S131. On the other hand, if no key is input from keyboard 28 (NO in S130), the process proceeds to S1.
Moved to 40.

At S 131, CPU 38 determines whether the current mode is the comment sentence priority mode or the body text priority mode with reference to the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76. In the case of the comment sentence priority mode (S13
1), and the process proceeds to S132. On the other hand, if the mode is the text priority mode (text in S131), the process proceeds to S133.

At S132, CPU 38 causes display monitor 24 to display the comment sentence data input from keyboard 28 at S130 in a higher density than the text data or in a display color different from the text data.

At S134, CPU 38 determines whether or not the data format of the comment sentence data is an image format. This determination is based on the result selected in S114 or S11
The determination is made based on the data format of the sentence sentence data called at 0. If the sentence sentence data is in the image format (YES in S134), the process proceeds to S136.
On the other hand, if the comment sentence data is not in the image format (NO in S134), the process proceeds to S138.

At S136, CPU 38 converts the input data from keyboard 28 input at S130 into image data. In this process, the CPU 38
Executes the data conversion program 58 stored in the program storage unit 50.

In S 138, CPU 38 stores the input data input from keyboard 28 or the image data converted in S 136 in sentence sentence storage area 74 of data storage unit 70.

In S133, CPU 38 causes display monitor 24 to display the text data input from keyboard 28 in S130 at a higher density than the comment text data or in a display color different from the comment text data.

At S135, CPU 38 determines whether or not the data format of the text data is an image format.
If the format of the text data is the image format (YES in S135), the process proceeds to S137. On the other hand, if the data of the body data is not in the image format (N in S135)
O), the process is moved to S139.

At S137, CPU 38 converts the input data from keyboard 28 input at S130 into image data. In this process, the CPU 38
Executes the data conversion program 58 stored in the program storage unit 50.

At S 139, CPU 38 stores the input data input from keyboard 28 or the image data converted at S 137 in text storage area 72 of data storage unit 70.

In the processing in S132 and S133, when the cursor movement key is input from the keyboard 28, the cursor (the character selection cursor when the data format is the text format, and the image selection cursor when the data format is the image format). When the cursor is moved, a range designation key is input from the keyboard 28, a range designated by the cursor is selected, and when a delete key is entered from the keyboard 28, the range designated by the range or the cursor is designated. Editing, such as deleting characters or images that are present.

At S140, CPU 38 determines whether or not a pen input has been made from pen tablet 44. In this case, image data that is a handwriting of a character is input from the pen tablet 44. If a pen input is made from pen tablet 44 (YES in S140), the process proceeds to S141.
Moved to On the other hand, if pen input is not performed from pen tablet 44 (NO in S140), the editing process ends.

At S 141, CPU 38 determines whether the current mode is the comment sentence priority mode or the text priority mode with reference to the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76. In the case of the comment sentence priority mode (S14
1), and the process proceeds to S142. On the other hand, if the mode is the text priority mode (text in S141), the process proceeds to S143.

At S142, CPU 38 transmits the comment sentence data input from pen tablet 44 at S140.
It is displayed on the display monitor 24 at a higher density than the text data or in a display color different from the text data.

At S144, CPU 38 determines whether or not the data format of the comment sentence data is a text format. This determination is based on the result selected in S114 or S11
The determination is made based on the data format of the sentence sentence data called at 0. If the sentence sentence data is in the text format (YES in S144), the process proceeds to S146.
On the other hand, if the comment sentence data is not in the text format (NO in S144), the process proceeds to S150.

At S146, CPU 38 determines whether or not to recognize the image data input from pen tablet 44 as characters. This determination is made based on a predetermined set value or based on image data input from a pen tablet 44 by a person. If it is determined that the image data should be recognized as characters (YES in S146), the process proceeds to S148. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not necessary to recognize the image data as characters (S
(NO at 146), the process proceeds to S150.

At S148, CPU 38 recognizes the image data input from pen tablet 44 as characters and converts the data into text data. In this process, the CP
U38 executes the character identification program 60 stored in the program storage unit 50.

At S150, CPU 38 determines whether image data input from pen tablet 44 or S14
The data converted into the text data recognized in step 8 is stored in the sentence sentence storage area 74 of the data storage unit 70.

In S143, CPU 38 displays text data input from pen tablet 44 in S140 on display monitor 24 at a higher density than the comment text data or in a display color different from the comment text data.

At S145, CPU 38 determines whether or not the data format of the text data is a text format.
If the text data format is the text format (YES in S145), the process proceeds to S147. On the other hand, if the text data is not in the text format (N in S145)
O), the process is moved to S151.

At S147, CPU 38 determines whether or not the image data input from pen tablet 44 should be recognized as characters. This determination is made based on a predetermined set value or based on image data input from a pen tablet 44 by a person. If it is determined that the image data should be recognized as characters (YES in S147), the process proceeds to S149. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not necessary to recognize the image data as characters (S
(NO at 147), the process proceeds to S151.

At S149, CPU 38 recognizes the image data input from pen tablet 44 as characters and converts the characters into text data. In this process, the CP
U38 executes the character identification program 60 stored in the program storage unit 50.

At S151, CPU 38 determines whether image data input from pen tablet 44 or S14
The data converted to the text data recognized in step 9 is stored in the text storage area 72 of the data storage unit 70.

In the processing in S142 and S143, when a cursor movement instruction (touching the destination position with a pen) is input from the pen tablet 44, a cursor (a character selection cursor or an image if the data format is a text format) In the case of the format, an image selection cursor is moved, or when a range designation instruction (drag the designated range with a pen) is input from the pen tablet 44, the designated range is selected or a deletion instruction is issued from the pen tablet 44. When a gesture command (a locus of a specific shape) is input, editing such as deleting a selected area or a character or image specified by a pen can be performed.

Thus, the editing process ends, and the process proceeds to a page change process. Referring to FIG. 8, the program executed by the data display device has the following control structure regarding the page change processing flow.

At S160, CPU 38 determines whether or not up page key 92, 112 or down page key 94, 114 shown in FIG. 5 has been input. Mouse 2
6. When an up page key 92, 112 or a down page key 94, 114 is input from any of keyboard 28 and pen tablet 44 (YES in S160), the process proceeds to S162. On the other hand, the up page key 92, 112 and the down page key 94, 1
14 is not input (N in S160)
O), the process is moved to S168.

At S 162, CPU 38 refers to the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76 of data storage unit 70 and determines whether the current display mode is the comment sentence priority mode or the text priority mode. Judge.
If it is determined that the display mode is the comment sentence priority mode (review sentence in S162), the process proceeds to S164.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the current display mode is the text priority mode (text in S162), the process proceeds to S166. This determination is made in the mode identification flag storage area 7.
Alternatively, the determination may be made based on the type of the input key without referring to the flag stored in 6. That is, if the input key is the up page key 92 or the down page key 94, the display mode is determined to be the body priority mode,
If the input key is the up page key 112 or the down page key 114, the display mode is determined to be the comment sentence priority mode.

At S 164, CPU 38 displays the previous page of the commentary data displayed on display monitor 24 in accordance with the input of upward page key 112 and the next page of the commentary data in accordance with the input of downward page key 114. . In this case, the body data displayed on the display monitor 24 is not broken.

At S 166, CPU 38 displays the previous page of the text data displayed on display monitor 24 according to the input of upward page key 92 and the next page of the text data according to the input of downward page key 94. In this case, the sentence sentence data displayed on the display monitor 24 is not changed.

At S168, CPU 38 determines that mouse 2
6. It is determined whether one of the upward cursor keys 96 and 116 or the downward cursor keys 98 and 118 shown in FIG. 5 has been input from any of the keyboard 28 and the pen tablet 44. Up cursor key 96, 1
16. If any of down cursor keys 98 and 118 is input (YES in S168), the process proceeds to S170. On the other hand, if neither the up cursor keys 96, 116 nor the down cursor keys 98, 118 are input (NO in S168), the page change process is terminated,
Move to copy / paste processing.

At S170, CPU 38 determines the current display mode. This determination is the same as the above-described processing of S162, and thus detailed description thereof will not be repeated.
If it is determined that the display mode is the comment sentence priority mode (review sentence in S170), the process proceeds to S172.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the current display mode is the text priority mode (text at S170), the process proceeds to S174. Also, the case where the determination is made without referring to the flag stored in the mode identification flag storage area 76 is as described above, and therefore the detailed description will not be repeated here.

At S 172, CPU 38 shifts the sentence sentence data displayed on display monitor 24 in the upward direction according to the input of upward cursor key 116, and moves downward cursor key 118.
Scrolls the sentence sentence data downward in accordance with the input of. In this case, the text data displayed on the display monitor 24 is not scrolled.

In S 174, CPU 38 scrolls the text data displayed on display monitor 24 upward according to the input of upward cursor key 92, and scrolls the text data downward according to the input of downward cursor key 98. In addition,
In this case, the comment sentence data displayed on the display monitor 24 is not scrolled.

With the above, the page change processing is completed, and the processing shifts to copy / paste processing. Referring to FIG. 9 to FIG.
The program executed by the data display device has the following control structure for the copy / paste processing flow.

Referring to FIG. 9, at S180, CPU 3
8 determines whether a copy instruction has been input from any of the mouse 26, the keyboard 28, and the pen tablet 44. When a copy instruction is input (Y in S180)
ES), the process proceeds to S182. On the other hand, if a copy instruction has not been input (NO in S180), the process proceeds to FIG.
Is moved to S190.

In S182, CPU 38 determines whether the target document for which copying has been instructed is text data or comment text data, depending on whether the current display mode is text priority mode or comment text priority mode. Judge accordingly. This determination may be made based on an instruction from any one of the mouse 26, the keyboard 28, and the pen tablet 44. If it is determined that the target document is comment data (comment message in S182), the process proceeds to S184.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the target document is text data (S
182), the process proceeds to S186.

At S 184, CPU 38 stores the selected range of the sentence sentence data in clipboard storage area 82.
Copy to On the other hand, in S186, CPU 38 copies the selected range of the text data to clipboard storage area 82. In this case, if the data format of the sentence sentence data or the text data is a text format, the designated portion is in a text format in the clipboard storage area 82.
Is copied to If the data format of the comment sentence data or the text data is an image format, the designated portion is copied to the clipboard storage area 82 in the image format.

In the processing in steps S184 and S186, the CPU 38 executes the copy paste control program 62 stored in the program storage unit 50.

Referring to FIG. 10, at S190, the CPU
38 determines whether or not a paste instruction has been input from any of the mouse 26, the keyboard 28, and the pen tablet 44. When the paste instruction is input (S190
Is YES), the process is moved to S192. On the other hand, if the paste instruction has not been input (NO in S190), the copy / paste processing ends, and the flow shifts to display switching processing.

At S 192, CPU 38 determines whether the target document (the partner document to be pasted) for which the paste is instructed is the text data or the comment text data, whether the current display mode is the text priority mode. The determination is made according to whether the mode is the sentence priority display mode. Note that this determination is made using mouse 2
6. The determination may be made based on an instruction from any of the keyboard 28 and the pen tablet 44. If it is determined that the target document is comment data (review sentence in S192), the process proceeds to S194. On the other hand, if it is determined that the target document is text data (text in S192),
The process proceeds to S206 in FIG.

In S194, CPU 38 determines whether or not the data format of the comment sentence data is a text format. This determination is the same as the above-described processing in S144, and thus the detailed description thereof will not be repeated. If it is determined that the data format of the comment sentence data is the text format (S1
The process moves to S196. on the other hand,
If it is determined that the comment sentence data is not in the text format (NO in S194), the process proceeds to S198.

In S196, if it is determined in S194 that the data format of the sentence sentence data is the text format, the CPU 38 determines that the format of the data stored in the clipboard storage area 82 of the data storage unit 70 is the text format. Is determined. If it is determined that the format of the data stored in the clipboard is the text format (YES in S196), the process proceeds to S204.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the format of the data stored in the clipboard is not the text format (NO in S196),
The process proceeds to S200.

In S 198, when it is determined in S 194 that the data format of the sentence sentence data is not the text format, the clipboard storage area 82 of the data storage unit 70
It is determined whether or not the format of the data stored in is in the text format. If it is determined that the format of the data stored in the clipboard storage area is not the text format (S
(NO at 198), the process proceeds to S204. on the other hand,
If it is determined that the format of the data stored in the clipboard storage area is the text format (YE at S198)
S), the process is moved to S202.

At S200, CPU 38 converts the image data stored in clipboard storage area 82 into text data. In this process, the CPU 38
Executes the character identification program 60 and the data conversion program 58 stored in the program storage unit 50.

At S202, CPU 38 converts the text data stored in clipboard storage area 82 into image data. In this process, the CPU 38
Executes the data conversion program 58 stored in the program storage unit 50.

The data after the data conversion processing in S200 and S202 is stored in a predetermined area of the clipboard storage area 82.

At S204, CPU 38 pastes the data stored in clipboard storage area 82 or the converted data to the designated portion of the sentence sentence data. After the processing in S204, the copy / paste processing ends, and the flow shifts to display switching processing.

Referring to FIG. 11, in S206, FIG.
If it is determined in S192 that the data is text data, the CP
U38 determines whether the data format of the text data is a text format. This determination is the same as the above-described processing in S144, and thus the detailed description thereof will not be repeated. If it is determined that the data format of the text data is the text format (YES in S206), the process proceeds to S of FIG.
Moved to 196. On the other hand, if it is determined that the data format of the body data is not the text format (N in S206)
O), the process is moved to S198 of FIG.

As for S196 to S202 in FIG. 11,
Since the processing is the same as that in steps S196 to S202 in FIG. 10, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

At S208, CPU 38 pastes the data stored in clipboard storage area 82 or the converted data to the designated portion of the text data. After the processing in S208, the copy / paste processing ends, and the flow shifts to display switching processing.

Referring to FIG. 12, the program executed by the data display device has the following control structure for the display switching processing flow.

At S220, CPU 38 determines that mouse 2
6. It is determined whether a display switching command has been input from any of the keyboard 28 and the pen tablet 44. When a display switching command is input (Y in S220)
ES), the process proceeds to S222. On the other hand, if the display switching command is not input (NO in S220), the display switching process is terminated, and the process proceeds to a termination process (the process in FIG. 13 described later).

At S222, CPU 38 proceeds to S1 of FIG.
Similarly to 62, it is determined whether the current display mode is the comment sentence priority mode or the text priority mode. If it is determined that the comment mode is the comment sentence priority mode (the comment sentence in S222),
The process proceeds to S226. On the other hand, if it is determined that the mode is the text priority mode (text at S222), the process proceeds to S22
Moved to 4.

At S224, CPU 38 rewrites the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76 of data storage unit 70, and switches the display mode to the comment sentence priority mode. In addition, text data 2
00 is displayed in low density, and the sentence sentence data 300 displayed in low density is displayed in high density.

At S226, CPU 38 rewrites the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76 of data storage unit 70, and switches the display mode to the text priority mode. In addition, the text data 2 which was displayed at a low concentration until then
00 is displayed in high density, and the sentence sentence data 300 displayed in high density is displayed in low density.

Referring to FIG. 13, the program executed by the data display device has the following control structure for the end processing flow.

At S230, CPU 38 determines that mouse 2
6. It is determined whether or not a comment sentence mode end instruction command has been input from any of the keyboard 28 and the pen tablet 44. If the comment statement mode end instruction command is input (YES in S230), the process proceeds to S232. On the other hand, when the comment sentence mode end instruction command is not input (NO in S230), the process proceeds to S130 in FIG.

At S 232, CPU 38 executes call / save control program 54 stored in program storage unit 50.
Is executed, and the sentence sentence data stored in the sentence sentence storage area 74 of the data storage unit 70 is stored on the fixed disk 42. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S234.

At S234, CPU 38 rewrites the flag stored in mode identification flag storage area 76 to a flag indicating the normal mode, deletes comment text data 300 from comment text storage area 74 and the display screen, and deletes the text data. 20
0 is displayed in high density. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S100 of FIG.

The operation of the data display device based on the above structure and flowchart will be described.

[Data Display Operation] First, in the text display mode, the text data stored in the text storage area 72 of the data storage unit 70 is called, and the text data is displayed on the display monitor 24 (S100, FIG. 4). .

When an instruction to shift to the comment sentence mode is input from any of mouse 26, keyboard 28, and pen tablet 44 (YES in S102), the display density of body data 200 in FIG. 4 is switched to a low density. When the virtual key is displayed on the display monitor 24 (S106), and the comment sentence is designated (YES in S108), the comment data associated in advance is read from the fixed disk 42 to the comment sentence storage area 74 of the memory 40 ( S110). The recalled sentence sentence data is displayed at a high density between the lines of the text data as shown in FIG. 5 (S112).

[Editing Operation] As shown in FIG. 7, when a character code is input from the keyboard 28 (YES in S130), if the commentary mode is in the priority mode (the commentary in S131), the edited commentary Is displayed on the display monitor 24 at a high density (S132). Regarding the storage of the edited comment data, if the data format of the comment data is not the image format, the data input from the keyboard 28 is stored as it is as the comment data (S13).
8). On the other hand, if the comment data is in the image format (YES in S134), the edited data is converted into image data (S136) and saved as comment data (S138).

On the other hand, when the mode is the text priority mode (S13
1), and the edited text is displayed on the display monitor 24 at a high density (S133). Regarding the storage of the edited text data, if the data format of the text data is not the image format, the data input from the keyboard 28 is directly stored as text data (S13).
9). On the other hand, if the text data is in the image format (YES in S135), the edited data is converted to image data (S137) and saved as text data (S139).

As shown in FIG. 7, when a pen input is made from the pen tablet 44 (YES in S140), if the commentary mode is in the priority mode (the commentary in S141), the edited commentary data is displayed on the display monitor. 24 is displayed at a high density (S142). Regarding the storage of the edited comment text data, when the data format of the comment text data is not the text format, the data input from the pen tablet 44 is directly stored as the comment text data (S15).
0). On the other hand, if the data format of the comment text data is a text format (YES in S144), the input image data is subjected to character recognition and converted into text data as necessary (S148), and (S150).

On the other hand, when the mode is the body priority mode (S14)
1), the edited text data is displayed on the display monitor 24.
Is displayed at a high density (S143). Regarding the storage of the edited text data, if the data format of the text data is not the text format, the data input from the pen tablet 44 is directly stored as text data (S151). On the other hand, if the data format of the text data is a text format (YES in S145), the input image data is subjected to character recognition and converted into text data as necessary (S149), and stored as text data. Is performed (S151).

[Page Change Processing Operation] As shown in FIG. 5, in the sentence sentence priority mode of the sentence sentence display mode, the up page key 92, 112 or the down page key 9
When 4,114 is input (YES in S160), the data display device operates as follows.

If the input key is 112 or 114 (comment sentence at S162), the previous page or the next page of the commentary is displayed according to the inputted upward page key 112 or down page key 114. (S
164). At this time, the body data is not broken. If the input key is the up page key 92 or the down page key 94 (text in S162), the previous or next page of the text data is displayed according to each key input (S166). . At this time, the comment sentence data is not changed.

When the up cursor keys 96 and 116 or the down cursor keys 98 and 118 are input (S168)
YES), the entered key is the up cursor key 1
16 or the down cursor key 118 (S1
At 68, the commentary data is scrolled according to each key input (S172). At this time, the text data is not scrolled. On the other hand, when the input key is the up cursor key 96 or the down cursor key 98 (text in S168), the text data is scrolled according to each key input (S17).
4). At this time, the comment sentence data is not scrolled.

[Copy / Paste Processing Operation] As shown in FIG. 5, when the comment sentence priority mode of the comment sentence display mode is selected, a copy command is input from the keyboard 28 or the mouse 26 or the pen tablet 4
When a copy command, which is one of the virtual keys displayed on the screen, is input via 6 (YES in S180), the data display device operates as follows.

If the designated portion is the comment sentence data (the comment sentence in S182), the designated portion of the comment data is copied to the clipboard storage area 82 (S18).
4) If the specified part is the text data (S
The text data is copied to the clipboard storage area 82 (S186).

When a paste command is input from keyboard 28 or a paste instruction command which is one of virtual commands displayed on the screen via mouse 26 or pen tablet 44 (YES in S190),
The data display device operates as follows. The selected part is the comment sentence data (the comment sentence in S192), and the data format of the comment sentence data is the text format (S1).
(YES at 94) and if the data stored in the clipboard storage area 82 is in text format (S19)
(YES in 6), the data stored in clipboard storage area 82 is pasted into the designated portion of the comment sentence data (S204). On the other hand, the selected portion is the comment sentence data (the comment sentence in S192), the data format of the comment sentence is not the text format (NO in S194), and the data stored in the clipboard storage area 82 is the text. If it is not the format (NO in S198), the data stored in the clipboard storage area 82 is pasted into the designated portion of the sentence sentence data (S204).

On the other hand, when the data format of the comment sentence data does not match the data format of the clipboard (S194)
At step S196 and NO at step S196, NO at step S194 and YES at step S198), respectively, and converts the data into the commentary data format (S200, S202), and pastes the clipboard data into the designated portion of the commentary. (S204).

When the paste destination is the text data (text in S192), the same as the case where the paste destination is the comment text data, the detailed description is not repeated here.

[Display Switching Processing Operation] When a display switching command is input from the keyboard 28 or a display switching key, which is one of virtual keys displayed on the screen, is input via the mouse 26 or the pen tablet 44 (S220). YES), the data display device operates as follows.

If the present display priority mode is the comment sentence priority mode (review sentence in S222), the mode is switched to the text priority mode (S226). On the other hand, if the current display priority mode is the text priority mode (text in S222), the mode is switched to the comment text priority mode (S22).
4).

[End Processing Operation] When a comment mode end instruction command is input from any of the mouse 26, the keyboard 28, and the pen tablet 44 (YE in S230).
S), the data display device operates as follows.

The sentence sentence data stored in the sentence sentence storage area 74 of the data storage unit 70 is stored on the fixed disk 42 (S232), and the flag stored in the mode identification flag storage area 76 is changed to the flag indicating the normal mode. The sentence sentence data 300 is erased from the sentence sentence storage area 74 and the display screen, and the text data 200 is displayed in high density (S234).

As described above, the data display device according to the present embodiment allows a plurality of data to be simultaneously displayed on one screen or one window, to scroll the plurality of data separately, It is possible to provide a data editing device capable of editing data between them.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a computer that realizes an apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer that realizes the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a storage area of a memory 40 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example (part 1) of a display screen on the display monitor 24 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen example (part 2) on the display monitor 24 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a display process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an editing process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a page change process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart (part 1) of a copy / paste process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart (part 2) of a copy / paste process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart (part 3) of a copy / paste process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a display switching process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a termination process of the data display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 computer, 22 computer body, 24
Display monitor, 26 mouse, 28 keyboard, 30
FD drive, 32 CD-ROM drive, 34 F
D, 36 CD-ROM, 38 CPU, 40 memory, 42 fixed disk, 44 pen tablet.

Claims (12)

[Claims] A first data storage unit for storing first data; a second data storage unit for storing second data; a first data storage unit and a second data storage unit A display unit connected to the first data and displaying the second data over the first data; and a display unit connected to the display unit and displaying the first data and the second data.
Display control means for controlling the display means so that a person can recognize both of the data on the display means; and the first data and the second data are connected to the display means. And a scroll means for scrolling independently of each other. 2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the first data and the second data are text data, and the display control unit stores both the first data and the second data on the display unit. 2. The data display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying second data between rows of the first data so that the data can be recognized. 3. The data display device is connected to the first data storage means and the second data storage means, and either one of copying and moving the first data to the second data or 3. The data display device according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit for performing both processes. 4. The second data is stored in the second data storage unit in a format different from a storage format of the first data in the first data storage unit. (1) connected to the data storage means and the second data storage means, converting the first data into a storage format of the second data, and copying and / or moving the data to the second data; The data display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising means for performing the above-mentioned processing. 5. A data display method in a data display device having display means for displaying data, wherein a first data preparation step for preparing first data, and a second data preparation step for preparing second data. And superimposing the second data on the first data, and displaying both the first data and the second data on the display means so that a person can recognize the data on the display means. A data display method, comprising: a display step; and a scroll step of independently scrolling the first data and the second data displayed in the display step. 6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first data and the second data are text data, and the display step includes a step of displaying both the first data and the second data by a person on the display unit. 6. The data display method according to claim 5, comprising the step of displaying second data between rows of said first data so as to be recognizable. 7. The data display method according to claim 5, further comprising an editing step of performing one or both of copying and moving of the first data to the second data. Data display method. 8. The data display unit further includes a storage unit for storing data, and the first data preparation step stores the first data in the storage unit in a first storage format. The second data preparation step includes a step of storing the second data in the storage unit in a second storage format different from the first storage format, and the editing step includes: 8. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of converting data into a storage format of said second data and performing one or both of copying and movement to said second data. Data display method. 9. A machine readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a data display method in a computer device, wherein the program is a data display method in a data display device having a display means for displaying data. A first data preparation step for preparing first data; a second data preparation step for preparing second data; and superimposing the second data on the first data, A display step of displaying both the second data on the display means so that a person can recognize the second data on the display means; and the first data and the second data displayed in the display step. And a scroll step of scrolling data independently of each other, including a machine-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing a data display method. . 10. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first data and the second data are text data, and the display step includes a step of displaying both the first data and the second data by a person on the display unit. 10. A machine-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing the data display method according to claim 9, comprising a step of displaying second data between lines of the first data so that the data can be recognized. 11. The data display method according to claim 9, further comprising an editing step of performing one or both of copying and moving the first data to the second data. A machine-readable recording medium on which a program for implementing the data display method is recorded. 12. The data display unit further includes a storage unit for storing data, and the first data preparation step stores the first data in the storage unit in a first storage format. The second data preparation step includes a step of storing the second data in the storage unit in a second storage format different from the first storage format, and the editing step includes: The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of converting data into a storage format of the second data and performing one or both of copying and moving to the second data. A machine-readable recording medium on which a program for implementing the data display method is recorded.