DISPLAY APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY METHOD

A display apparatus for displaying handwriting data, the display includes a handwriting recognition controller configured to control recognition of the handwriting data that is handwriting based on a position of an inputter in contact with a display; a display controller configured to display, on the display, validated data obtained by converting the handwriting data; and a character string insertion controller configured to insert a character string candidate among characters forming the validated data upon determining that the handwriting data that is handwritten around the validated data satisfies a predetermined condition with respect to the validated data, the character string candidate being obtained by converting the handwriting data, which is handwritten around the validated data. The display controller displays an insertion character string candidate in which the character string candidate, which is obtained by the converting, is inserted among the characters forming the validated data.