Display control apparatus and display control method

Abstract

A handwritten object displayed in a predetermined area on the display screen can be automatically edited in accordance with the size and shape of the area. According to this invention, a display control apparatus which controls display on a display screen includes a unit which designates an area on the display screen, a unit which extracts handwritten character images displayed in the area and calculates circumscribed rectangular areas circumscribing the respective handwritten character images, a unit which, when the shape of the area changes and it is determined that the calculated circumscribed rectangular areas do not fall within the shape-changed area, determines the arrangement of the circumscribed rectangular areas so as to make them fall within the shape-changed area, and calculates the positions of the circumscribed rectangular areas, and a unit which displays the handwritten character images at the calculated positions.

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