The editing window 41 includes a user's own view 41a and an entire view 41b. Note that the editing window 41 may display only either the user's own view 41a or the entire view 41b in accordance with the manipulation by the user of the terminal 21n, for example.
The user's own view 41a is a screen to which the user himself/herself (the user of the terminal 24) refers in editing, and displays, for example, “sample text . . . ” as characters included in a document of the editing target.
The entire view 42b is a screen on which the document which is the editing target is displayed as a whole, and displays, for example, an entire thumbnail 61 which is an overall view of the document. The entire view 42b also displays a frame 81b surrounding a part of the entire thumbnail 61 and corresponding to a view range (display range) of the document displayed in the user's own view 41a.
For example, by manipulating the terminal 21n, the user thereof causes the terminal 21n to execute the collaborative editing application to set a certain file (such as a document) as an editing target.
In this way, the terminal 21n displays the editing window 41 as illustrated in
For example, by manipulating the terminal 21n, the user designates an editing range (range surrounded by a dotted line in