Patent ID: 8305393

Claim:
An electronic device having an electronic dictionary function, assuming that displaying a character on a display, independently of a position of a cursor, with a color of background being different from a color of the character and being changed from a predetermined background color is defined as highlighted display and displaying a region corresponding to said displayed character and the background on the display by changing the color of the displayed character and the color of background into said different color of background is defined as character-invisible display, the electronic device comprising: a display control unit for collectively controlling whether to display each selected area in at least text of a headword in a manner highlighted with a color designated as said different color or to display that area in a character-invisible manner using the designated color, for each area for which an identical color has been designated as said different color; a first accepting unit for accepting designation of a color through an input device; and an operation mode change unit for changing an operation mode at least from a first operation mode to a second operation mode, with an operation mode in which said highlighted display is carried out while said character-invisible display is not carried out being defined as the first operation mode and an operation mode in which said highlighted display and said character-invisible display are carried out being defined as the second operation mode, said display control unit causing entire said each selected the area displayed in said manner highlighted with the designated color to be in turn displayed in said character-invisible manner based on said operation mode having been changed from said first operation mode to said second operation mode, using the designated color in case there is an area displayed in said manner highlighted with the designated color when said first accepting unit accepted designation of said color, while said display control unit causing the area displayed in said character-invisible manner using the designated color to be in turn displayed in said manner highlighted with the designated color in case there is an area displayed in said character-invisible manner using the designated color when said first accepting unit accepted designation of said color.