Patent ID: 6968502

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for displaying at least a character or an image in a first intended area, defined by a first magnification rate, in an enlarged form at the first designated magnification rate on a screen of a display unit in a second intended area newly opened on the screen, comprising: a detection unit detecting whether a request for opening said second intended area is issued; a determining unit determining a second magnification rate for said second intended area that enlarges said first intended area to said second intended area from a size of a first intended pre-enlarged area as displayed on the screen, and a size assigned to a second intended after-enlarged area to be enlarged on the screen, when said detection unit detects that a request is issued for opening said second intended area; and an enlarged display unit displaying said first intended area with said characters or said images in the area on the display screen in an enlarged form within said second intended area in accordance with said second magnification rate determined by said determining unit.