Patent ID: 7227558

Claim:
A figure displaying apparatus displaying figures, comprising: a sorter sorting line break numbers displayed at line break locations based on a positional relationship of said line break locations in response to a line break operation separating a series of figures, configured by connecting a plurality of figures with one line, into a plurality of parts of the separated series of figures, wherein if a plurality of said series of figures exists, in response to said line break operation on one of the plurality of said series of figures, said sorter sorts said line break numbers displayed at the line break locations based on a positional relationship of said plurality of said series of figures and the positional relationship of the line break locations occurring within said series of figures and in such a manner that said line break numbers are successive between said series of figures and within each said series of figures, regardless of positions of a plurality of parts of the one of the plurality of said series of figures with respect to positions of other of the plurality of said series of figures; and a display device displaying said plurality of parts of the separated series of figures with the sorted line break numbers assigned to said line break locations.