Document browser, document browsing method, and recording medium in which a program is recorded for executing document browsing method on computer

摘要

A document browser is disclosed that makes it possible to receive additional information such as a handwritten mark, and to merge and display this with document data, and makes it possible to search and re-view document data based on the additional information. The document browser includes: an additional information receiving means for receiving input of additional information; a browsing means for merging and displaying on a display device document data with the additional information; a positional information obtaining means for obtaining information of a position of the additional information in the document data; a properties information obtaining means for obtaining properties information of the additional information; an additional information storage means for storing the additional information with the positional information and the properties information; an additional information searching means for searching the additional information stored in the additional information storage means based on the properties information of the additional information; and a search results display means for displaying on the display device the search results found by the additional information searching means.