JP2015197747A - Device, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in which: in referring to pages to which bookmarks are added over a plurality of document files, the pages to which the bookmarks are added cannot be browsed together.SOLUTION: A device stores information for specifying a page selected by a user from pages included in a document, and a page selected by the user from pages included in a document different from the above document, and continuously displays the respective pages specified on the basis of the stored information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for managing bookmark information by adding a bookmark to a preview image of a document managed on a document sharing service.

Some common document sharing services can be shared among users of a document sharing service by annotating a designated page of a document registered from a client PC.
Some preview images of files can be viewed in a slide show format, and others can add bookmarks to preview images on a specified page.
Further, there is a document that can add information such as a print setting and an edit restriction setting to a bookmark as in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-149890

While browsing a preview image, adding a bookmark to a page that you want to browse again later can be said to be an effective management method for finding the page when you browse the preview image again. However, it is necessary to search for a preview image page to which a bookmark is added.
Further, when referring to a page to which a bookmark is added across a plurality of document files, the work procedure of browsing another file after browsing a certain file may be repeated. This work procedure is cumbersome for a user who wants to continuously browse only pages to which bookmarks are added.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a page selected by a user from pages included in a certain document and a page selected by a user from pages included in a document different from the certain document are specified. There is provided an apparatus comprising storage means for storing the information and control means for continuously displaying each of the pages specified based on the stored information on the display means.

  Pages with bookmarks can be browsed continuously across multiple documents.

1 is a system configuration diagram in Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a Web server, a DB server, and a client PC in Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a software configuration diagram of each server and client PC in Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a configuration example of session information of a client PC accessing a document sharing service managed on a Web server in the first embodiment. 3 is a configuration example of a document attribute management table that stores data related to document attribute information according to the first exemplary embodiment. 4 is a configuration example of a preview information management table that stores data related to a preview image of a file according to the first exemplary embodiment. 3 is a configuration example of a user information management table that stores data related to a user of a document sharing system that operates a client PC according to the first exemplary embodiment. 3 is a configuration example of a preview image browsing screen in a slide show format according to the first embodiment. 7 is a part of a screen example for browsing only a page with a bookmark in the first embodiment in a slide show format. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing for adding / deleting a bookmark to a file preview image according to the first exemplary embodiment. 10 is a configuration example of a bookmark information management table that stores data related to bookmarks added to a preview image in the second embodiment. 7 is a part of an example of a screen for publishing only a page with a bookmark in the second embodiment to other users of the document sharing system. 10 is a flowchart showing processing for publishing only a page with a bookmark in the second embodiment to other users of the document sharing system.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In the following embodiments, only the minimum hardware configuration, software configuration, data configuration, and processing flow related to the present invention are described for easy explanation of the present invention. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified in the following description.

(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a document sharing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, client PCs 101 (1), 101 (2),..., 101 (N) are connected to a network 100, and a server constituting a document sharing service. This shows a configuration in which the group 102 is connected. Here, the network 100 represents the Internet or an intranet line.

  The server group 102 includes a Web server 103 and a database (DB) server 104.

  The Web server 103 includes an HTTP server and an application server. The HTTP server handles requests and responses to HTTP requests from the client PC 101. The application server is responsible for bridging to the DB server 104 and performs actual processing on the request. As an actual server configuration, the HTTP server and the application server may be configured separately, but in this embodiment, the Web server 103 is described as one server for the sake of simplification.

  The DB server 104 collects and manages document attributes and file entities in the document sharing service, and enables easy search / extraction processing and the like. In particular, in the present embodiment, it does not indicate what is directly constructed on a file system provided by the OS, but indicates a server that performs high-speed and stable data management that is constructed using a database management program.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating various servers in the server group 102 configuring the document sharing service and the client PC 101 according to the present embodiment. The various servers in the server group 102 correspond to a hardware configuration diagram of a general information processing apparatus. In the description of FIG. 2, the various servers in the server group 102 and the PC of the client PC 101 are connected to the information processing apparatus. Let us write 200.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that controls calculation / control of the information processing apparatus 200.

  A RAM 202 functions as an execution program area, a program execution area, and a data area as a main memory of the CPU 201. The execution program is read from the external memory 213 described later to the RAM 202 and executed.

  Reference numeral 203 denotes a program ROM in which basic software (OS) of a system program for performing device control of the information processing apparatus 200 is recorded. The program ROM 203 in the Web server 103 stores a program that receives a request transmitted from the client PC 101 and performs processing according to the request, and a program for instructing the DB server 104 to perform processing. A program ROM 203 in the DB server 104 stores a database management program and performs processing in response to a request from the Web server 103.

  Reference numeral 204 denotes a data ROM in which information necessary for providing the functions of the information processing apparatus 200 is recorded. For example, in the DB server 104, the information necessary for providing the function of the information processing apparatus 200 may be a file entity registered from the client PC 101 or a document preview image. Further, it may be authentication information of the client PC 101 that is a user of the document sharing service. Note that an external memory 213, which will be described later, may be used instead of the data ROM.

  Reference numeral 205 denotes a network controller (NC) which is connected to the network and executes communication control processing with devices connected to other networks.

  A keyboard controller 206 controls key input from a keyboard 209 described later.

  Reference numeral 207 denotes a display controller, which has a function of developing image data to display information in the information processing apparatus 200 on a screen of a display 210, which will be described later, and controlling the display.

  Reference numeral 208 denotes a disk controller. For example, the DB server 104 controls input / output of file entities to be managed, preview images, and authentication information of an operator (user) of the client PC 101 who is a user of the document sharing service.

  Reference numeral 209 denotes a keyboard for an operator who operates the information processing apparatus 200 to perform an input operation. For example, when performing maintenance work on the server group 102 in this embodiment, it is conceivable to operate the keyboard 209 while viewing information displayed on the display 210 described later.

  Reference numeral 210 denotes a display, which is a display device such as an LCD.

  211 is an external memory (HD, FD), which is used for storing application programs and various data. The application program in the present embodiment represents a software program such as each processing unit described later in the Web server 103 and a database management program in the DB server 104, for example.

  FIG. 3 shows a software configuration diagram of the document sharing service including the client PC 101 according to the present embodiment.

  The processing module group of the Web server 103 shown in the figure is read from the program ROM 203 or the data ROM 204 shown in FIG. The processing module group operates as a Web application program used by the CPU 201 or a part of the program. That is, the processing module program is for causing the CPU (computer) of the Web server 103 to function as the processing units 313 and 315 to 318. This processing module is a collection of functions for managing file entities and preview images provided by the Web server 103 to the client PC 101 and authentication information of the operator of the client PC 101. This processing module is provided with a program for realizing each function described later. Similarly, in the DB server 104, the CPU functions as the management units 321 to 324.

  However, in the figure, only functions necessary for explaining the present invention are described, and functions for managing documents other than those described here are also provided in the client PC 101 and the server group 102. Shall.

  A request transmission unit 301 on the client PC 101 is a communication unit that uses the network 100 to transmit a processing request to the server group 102 on the network.

  A response receiving unit 302 is a communication unit that receives a response of processing requested from the server group 102 by the request transmitting unit 301.

  Reference numeral 303 denotes a session cookie management unit. The cookie management unit 303 receives from the server group 102 via the response reception unit 302 information such as a session ID 401 (to be described later) that is issued when processing such as login is performed when using the document sharing service. The cookie management unit 303 manages the information using the RAM 202 or the data ROM 204. When a processing request is transmitted to the server group 102 again, the session ID 401 is also transmitted. Accordingly, the Web server 103 can use the corresponding session data stored in the session information management unit 314 in the Web server 103. However, it is not always necessary to manage the session ID 401 on the client PC 101 side. By embedding the session ID 401 in the URL included in the response from the server group 102, the session ID 401 can be included again when a request is transmitted from the client PC 101 to the server group 102.

  A request reception unit 311 on the Web server 103 in the server group 102 is a communication unit that receives a request transmitted from the client PC 101 on the network using the network 100.

  A response transmission unit 312 is a communication unit that transmits a result of processing the request received by the request reception unit 311 to the client PC 101 as a response.

  Reference numeral 313 denotes a session information processing unit. The session information processing unit 313 is a processing unit that issues a session ID that is an identifier unique to a session when the client PC 101 (X) accesses the Web server 103 for the first time or logs in to the document sharing service. By the session ID, even if the requests are different from the client PC 101 (X), it can be identified that the request transmission source is the same client PC 101 (X). In addition, data of a session information management unit 314, which will be described later, is handled, and session information designated by the session information management unit is deleted at the time of logout or after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  A session information management unit 314 manages data that is associated with the session ID 401 issued by the session information processing unit 313 and that is to be held within the valid period of the session by the RAM 202 or the data ROM 204. In this embodiment, the client PC 101 (X) stores a document to which a bookmark is added as a key name, and the page number is stored in the session information management unit as a value for the key name.

  In the present embodiment, the bookmark is information for specifying the page selected by the user among the pages included in the document. Bookmarks may be added across multiple documents. In this case, a bookmark added to a certain document is stored in a state in which it can be distinguished from a bookmark added to another document. When a bookmark icon image added to each document is displayed, for example, a bookmark added to one document is displayed as a red icon image, and a bookmark added to another document is a blue icon. Displayed as an image. In other words, bookmarks that are added across multiple documents are information that makes it possible for the user to identify each page included in one document and another page included in another document from the pages specified by the bookmark. It is.

  An authentication information processing unit 315 handles information for performing registration / deletion and authentication processing of a user of the document sharing service.

  Reference numeral 316 denotes a document information processing unit that handles file attribute information registered in the document sharing service.

  A file entity processing unit 317 handles a file entity registered in the document sharing service.

  A preview processing unit 318 creates a preview image of a file registered in the document sharing service, and registers / deletes the preview image in the preview management unit 324.

  An authentication information management unit 321 manages user data as shown in a user information management table 700 of FIG. If the client PC 101 (X) is a user of the document sharing service, the corresponding user information is registered in the authentication information management unit 321.

  Reference numeral 322 denotes a document information management unit that manages attribute information of a document registered in the document sharing service as shown in a document information management table 500 in FIG.

  A file entity management unit 323 manages the entity of a file registered from the client PC 101 (X) intended to be shared on the document sharing service. In this embodiment, for the sake of simplification of description, the description will be made on the premise that management is performed in the DB server 104. However, management is performed by a device specialized for file storage such as network attached storage (hereinafter, NAS). May be.

  A preview management unit 324 manages a preview image created by using the preview processing unit 318 from the file entity managed by the file entity management unit 323 described above.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a data configuration for managing the session information of the client PC 101 accessing the Web server 103 in the present embodiment by the session information management unit 314 described above.

  Reference numeral 401 denotes a session ID, which represents a unique identifier for identifying the same client PC 101 (X) between different requests of the client PC 101 (X) issued by the session information processing unit 313 described above. When the session ID 401 is issued, the response transmission unit 312 returns it to the client 101 (X). When the client PC 101 (X) accesses the Web server 103 again, the session ID 401 is transmitted to the Web server 103 by the request transmission unit 301 of the client PC 101 (X).

  Reference numeral 402 denotes a key name, which in this embodiment is data stored when a bookmark is added when a preview image is viewed in a slide show format, and represents a document name.

  Reference numeral 403 denotes a value, which is data representing a page number obtained by adding a bookmark to the document stored in the key name 402 described above. In this embodiment, when a bookmark is added to a plurality of pages for one document, a plurality of pages are registered as values in the value 403 of this item.

  When the operator of the client PC 101 (X) adds a bookmark to a plurality of documents, a plurality of line data in this data structure is created.

  In this embodiment, even if a bookmark is added to a plurality of pages for one document, only one line data is created. However, the configuration may be such that line data is created in units of pages, or a plurality of pages of a plurality of documents may be created as a single row data.

  FIG. 5 is an example of a document information management table for managing the attribute information of a document registered in the document sharing service in this embodiment by the document information management unit 322 of the DB server 104.

  Reference numeral 501 represents a document ID. This is a unique ID on the document sharing service automatically assigned by the document information processing unit 316 in the Web server 103 when the Web server 103 receives a file from the client PC 101 (X) and registers it in the document information management table 500. . However, the document ID 501 does not necessarily have to be a unique ID on the system. Depending on the configuration of the items in the document information management table 500, the document ID 501 may be a unique ID on the system by a combination with another ID.

  Reference numeral 502 denotes a document name, which can be arbitrarily set when a file is transmitted as a new document from the client PC 101 (X) to the Web server 103, and is a name displayed on the display 210 of the client PC 101. Depending on the document sharing service, a file name 503 described later may be used and this item may not be required.

  Reference numeral 503 denotes a file name, and the file name managed in the client PC 101 (X) is transmitted to the Web server 103.

  Reference numeral 504 denotes the number of pages, which is the number of pages of the entire file that can be acquired by the document information processing unit 316 or the file entity processing unit 317 from the file entity managed by the file entity management unit 323 described above. The number of pages of the file cannot always be acquired, and the file information processing unit 316 and the file entity processing unit 317 are limited to files that can be subjected to page count processing.

  FIG. 6 is an example of a preview information management table for managing the substance and attribute information of a preview image of a document registered in the document sharing service in this embodiment by the preview management unit 324 of the DB server 104. A preview image is created from a document registered in the document information management table 500 described above, and a preview image file is created for each page. However, it is not always possible to create a preview image from a file entity, and the preview image is limited to a file that can be processed by the preview processing unit 318.

  Reference numeral 601 represents a document ID, which corresponds to the document registered in the document information management table of FIG. 5 described above, and the document ID 601 (X) has the same value as the document ID 501 (X).

  Reference numeral 602 denotes a page number, which is a page number of a preview image created from the file entity of the document ID 601.

  Reference numeral 603 denotes a file name of the preview image, which is a unique file name on the system that is automatically generated by the preview processing unit 318 for the preview image created in units of pages from the file entity.

  FIG. 7 is an example of a management table for managing information of a user who is an operator of the client PC 101 (X) using the document sharing service in this embodiment by the authentication information management unit 321 of the DB server 104.

  Reference numeral 701 denotes a user ID, which is an internal ID issued for each user, and is a user identifier that is unique on the document sharing service.

  Reference numeral 702 represents a user name, which is a name given to identify the user, and is mainly used when a screen is displayed.

  Reference numeral 703 denotes a password, which is a password required when the client PC 101 (X) logs in to the document sharing service, and can be automatically issued by the authentication information processing unit 315 or arbitrarily set by the client PC 101 (X). it can.

  FIG. 8 is a configuration example of a screen in which a preview image of a specified page of a document displayed on the display 210 of the client PC 101 (X) and a thumbnail image of each page of the document are displayed in a list in this embodiment. Bookmarks can be added / deleted to a specified page on this screen, and preview images can be browsed continuously in a slide show format.

  Reference numeral 801 denotes a predetermined display area in which a preview image of a page designated by the user among pages to which a bookmark is added is displayed. A display area 801 displays information and a preview image file stored in the preview information management table 600 of FIG.

  Reference numeral 802 denotes a display area (an area different from a predetermined area) in which a list of thumbnail images of a plurality of pages among pages to which bookmarks are added is displayed. In the display area 802, it is possible to list a part of the designated document or all pages of an image smaller than the preview image. The thumbnail image may be displayed by reducing the preview image using the above-described preview image, or a separate thumbnail information management table is provided in the server group 102 as a thumbnail image different from the preview image. You can use it.

  Reference numeral 803 denotes a page number, which displays the page number of the thumbnail image of the displayed target document.

  Reference numeral 804 denotes a bookmark. When the operator of the client PC 101 (X) looks at the preview image 801 and decides to add a bookmark, it is an icon image representing a bookmark to be added when a bookmark addition button 806 described later is pressed.

  Reference numeral 805 denotes a continuous playback button for a slide show format preview image. When this button is pressed, the preview image 801 is switched and displayed in the order of pages displayed in the thumbnail image list 802. Further, during the slide show reproduction, this button may be switched to the role of the slide show pause button.

  Reference numeral 806 denotes a bookmark addition button. When this button is pressed while the preview image 801 is displayed, a bookmark is added to the page. At this time, the bookmark 804 is also added to the corresponding page of the thumbnail image list 802. Further, when this button is pressed on a page to which a bookmark has already been added, the added bookmark is deleted.

  Reference numeral 807 denotes a button for displaying not only the pages of the document in the thumbnail image list display area 802 as in this screen example, but also displaying only the pages to which the bookmarks are added in the thumbnail image list 802.

  9 is an enlarged view of a part of the screen when thumbnail images of a plurality of documents are displayed in the thumbnail image list display area 802 in the screen example for browsing the preview images in the slide show format of FIG. It is. Further, in this screen example, the thumbnail image list is displayed when only a page to which a bookmark is added is displayed by pressing a button 807 in FIG.

  901 is a display example when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) adds a bookmark to the document 511 with the document ID (2) in FIG. 5 and displays only the page with the bookmark as a thumbnail image. . This bookmark addition information is stored in the session information management 400 of FIG. This bookmark addition information is stored in the session information 411 when the session ID (2) is issued when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) logs in or accesses the document sharing service.

  Reference numeral 902 denotes a display example when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) adds a bookmark to the document 512 with the document ID (3) in FIG. 5 and displays only the page with the bookmark as a thumbnail image. . This bookmark addition information is stored in the session information management 400 of FIG. If the session ID (2) is issued when the client PC 101 (X) logs in or accesses the document sharing service, the bookmark addition information indicates that the bookmark information is stored in the session information 412.

  Reference numeral 903 denotes a button for returning the display of all the pages of the document as shown in FIG. 8 to the thumbnail image list as well as the page to which the bookmark is added as in this screen example.

  As described above, the client PC 101 (X) can continuously browse the preview images in a slide show format for a plurality of documents having pages to which bookmarks are added.

  FIG. 10 shows a process when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) in this embodiment performs an operation of adding and deleting a bookmark to a specified page while browsing the preview image in the slide show format of FIG. Show the flow.

  S1001 represents processing in which the operator of the client PC 101 (X) designates a page to be displayed on the preview image 801 by operating the thumbnail image list 802 or the playback button 805.

  S1002 represents a determination process of whether or not a bookmark has already been added to the page specified in S1001. If no bookmark is added to the designated page, the process proceeds to S1003. If a bookmark is added, the process proceeds to S1005.

  S1003 represents processing for prompting the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to determine whether or not to add a bookmark to a specified page. If the operator of the client PC 101 (X) adds a bookmark to the page, the process proceeds to S1004. If the bookmark is not added, the process returns to S1001 for manipulating the document page.

  In step S1004, the session ID issued by the Web server 103 is associated with the designated document and the designated page, and information is stored in the session information management 400 in FIG.

  S1005 represents processing for prompting the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to determine whether or not to delete the bookmark of the specified page. When the operator of the client PC 101 (X) deletes the bookmark added to the page, the process proceeds to S1006. When the bookmark is not deleted, the process returns to the process of operating the document page in S1001.

  In step S1006, the corresponding bookmark information stored in the session information management 400 of FIG. 4 is deleted.

  By performing the above processing flow, the client PC 101 (X) can add a bookmark and delete a bookmark from a specified page of a specified document.

(Example 2)
In the first embodiment, when a preview image of a document on the document sharing system is browsed in a slide show format, a bookmark is added to a specified page, and only a page with the bookmark added is browsed continuously in a slide show format. I have described the mechanism for this. However, in the case of the first embodiment, since the page to which the document and the bookmark are added is managed as the session information of the operator of the accessing client PC 101 (X), the operator of the other client PC 101 (Y) Bookmarks are not shared.

  In the second embodiment, a description will be given of a flow of processing for displaying only a page to which an operator of the client PC 101 (X) has added a bookmark to an operator of the client PC 101 (Y) and a data configuration. As a result, it is possible to share the page with the bookmark added with other users, not the bookmark that can be referred to only by the operator of the client PC 101 (X) as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a bookmark information management table in the DB server 104 required when the operator of the client PC 103 (X) discloses only the page to which the bookmark is added to the operator of another client PC 101 (Y). It is.

  The information in this table is information that is added when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) makes a setting for publishing a bookmark. Information in the session information management 400 in FIG. 4 and information in the user information management table 700 in FIG. Generated from information.

  Reference numeral 1101 denotes a document ID, which is the document ID of the document to which the client PC 101 (X) has added a bookmark, and is copied from the document ID to which the bookmark registered in the key name 402 of the session information management 400 in FIG. 4 is added. The

  Reference numeral 1102 denotes an additional user ID. The additional user ID 1102 is the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to which the session ID 401 is issued, and is acquired from the user ID 701 of the operator of the client PC 101 (X) managed in the user information management table of FIG. Is done.

  Reference numeral 1103 denotes a bookmark-added page, which is the page number of the document to which the client PC 101 (X) has added the bookmark. From the page number of the document with the bookmark registered in the value 403 of the session information management 400 in FIG. Copied. In this embodiment, when bookmarks are added to a plurality of pages for one document, a plurality of page numbers are registered in the bookmark addition page 1103 of this item. In this embodiment, when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) sets a bookmark to be published in a plurality of documents, a plurality of row data in this data structure are created.

  FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a part of the screen when adding a function for publishing only a page with a bookmark added thereto in the screen example for browsing the preview image in the slide show format of FIG.

  Reference numeral 1201 denotes a publication setting button for a page in which a bookmark is added to a specified document, and only a page to which a bookmark of a document being displayed is added can be set to be public to an operator of another client PC 101 (Y).

  In FIG. 13, when the operator of the client PC 101 (X) in this embodiment is viewing the preview image in the slide show format as shown in FIG. 12, the page to which the bookmark is added is displayed on the other client PC 101 (Y). Shows the flow of processing when releasing to the operator.

  S1301 represents a process in which the operator of the client PC 101 (X) designates a document for viewing a preview image in a slide show format.

  S1302 represents determination processing for determining whether or not there is a bookmark already added by the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to the designated document in S1301. If a bookmark is added to the designated document, the process proceeds to step S1303. If no bookmark is added, there is no page on which the bookmark can be published, and the process ends.

  S1303 represents processing for prompting the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to determine whether or not to open only the page to which the bookmark in the specified document is added to the operator of the other client PC 101 (Y). If it is determined that the page to which the bookmark has been added is made public, the process proceeds to S1304. If the page is not made public, this process is terminated.

  In S1304, the target data of the session information management 400 of FIG. 4 and the target data of the user information management table 700 are registered in the bookmark information management table 1100 of FIG.

  S1305 represents a process of deleting unnecessary session information from the session information management 400 in step S1304 because unnecessary data is copied from the session information management 400 to the bookmark information management table 1100 of the DB server 104.

  By performing the above processing flow, it becomes possible for the operator of the client PC 101 (X) to open only the bookmark addition page of the designated document to the operators of other client PCs 101 (Y).

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The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read and execute the program This process can be realized. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

Claims (11)

Storage means for storing information for specifying a page selected by a user from among pages included in a certain document and a page selected by the user from among pages included in a document different from the certain document;
Control means for continuously displaying each of the pages specified based on the stored information on a display means;
A device characterized by comprising:   The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit continuously displays each of the specified pages by a slide show.   The said control means displays the page contained in the said another document continuously, after displaying the page contained in the said document continuously among the said specified pages. 2. The apparatus according to 2.   The control means displays one page of the specified pages in a predetermined area, and displays a plurality of pages of the specified pages in a different area from the predetermined area. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by:   The stored information is information for enabling a user to identify each of a page included in the document and a page included in the other document from the specified page. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A storage step of storing information for specifying a page selected by a user from among pages included in a document and a page selected by a user from pages included in a document different from the certain document;
A control step of continuously displaying each of the pages specified based on the stored information on the display means;
A method characterized by comprising:   The method according to claim 6, wherein the control step displays each of the specified pages continuously by a slide show.   2. The control step of continuously displaying pages included in the other document after continuously displaying pages included in the document among the specified pages. 8. The method according to 7.   The control step displays one page of the specified pages in a predetermined area, and displays a plurality of pages of the specified pages in a different area from the predetermined area. 9. A method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that   The stored information is information for enabling a user to identify each of a page included in the document and a page included in the other document from the specified page. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5.

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