DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MAIN DATA AND DATA RELATED TO THAT MAIN DATA, AND A MEMORY MEDIUM
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
- a display section that displays main data and related data that is related to the main data;
a display control section that, when main data is displayed on a screen of the display section, keeps a substitution area, in which other display content is substituted for the displayed content, in part of a display area displaying the main data, and displays the related data substituted for the main data in the substitution area; and
an area control section that changes the position or size of the substitution area kept by the display control section in response to an instruction from a user.
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Abstract
A substitution area is kept in part of a display area of main data while that main data is displayed, and substitutes related data that is related to the main data for the main data, and displays related data in the substitution area. While related data is displayed in the substitution area, the size of the substitution area is increased or decreased in response to an instruction from a user. The user can change the size of the substitution area in real-time as necessary.
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display section that displays main data and related data that is related to the main data; a display control section that, when main data is displayed on a screen of the display section, keeps a substitution area, in which other display content is substituted for the displayed content, in part of a display area displaying the main data, and displays the related data substituted for the main data in the substitution area; and an area control section that changes the position or size of the substitution area kept by the display control section in response to an instruction from a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A display method comprising:
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a step that, when main data is displayed on a screen of the display section that displays main data and related data that is related to the main data, keeps a substitution area, in which other display content is substituted for the displayed content, in part of a display area displaying the main data, and displays the related data substituted for the main data in the substitution area; and a step that changes the position or size of the substitution area in response to an instruction from a user.
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12. A non-transitory memory medium that can be read by a computer and that stores programs for causing a computer to realize:
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a display control function that, when main data is displayed on a screen of a display section that displays main data and related data that is related to the main data, keeps a substitution area, in which other display content is substituted for the displayed content, in part of a display area displaying the main data, and displays the related data substituted for the main data in the substitution area; and an area control function that changes the position or size of the substitution area kept by the display control function in response to an instruction from a user.
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