DOCUMENT DISPLAY DEVICE, DOCUMENT DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit immediate determination of the existing location of a hyperlink on a document being displayed, and to permit design of a document without consideration of displaying of the existing location of the hyperlink. SOLUTION: If a control thread 20 is activated, a transparent sheet generation part 21 stores a transparent sheet in a transparent sheet storage part 60, a thread activation part 22 activates a display thread 30 and a visualization thread 40, a location specifying part 23 specifies the existing location of the hyperlink on the document being displayed, and a sign drawing part 24 draws a sign on the location on the transparent sheet. If the display thread 30 is activated, a display part 31 reads the transparent sheet from the transparent sheet storage part 60, and displays it in a visualization state stored in a visualization state storage part 50. If the visualization thread 40 is activated, an instruction acceptance part 41 accepts an instruction from a user, and a visualization part 42 stores the visualization state of the transparent sheet according to the instruction in the visualization state storage part 50. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI