Image display control device and image forming apparatus including the same

An image display control device comprising:

• a control screen displaying document images in preview representation;
• and,
• a display controller, characterized in that
• the display controller has the function of presenting plural pages of document images on the control screen in preview representation and the function of displaying the plural pages of document images presented in preview representation in a vertically or laterally scrolling manner,
• the display controller includes:
• a commanded position detecting controller that detects a commanded position relative to a reference document image to be the reference among multiple pages of document images in the preview image displayed on the control screen when the user designates a position to be operated on the control screen;
• a preview layout direction switching controller that switches the layout direction in the preview image in accordance with the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller;
• and,
• a scroll direction switching controller that switches the scrolling direction in the preview image in accordance with the detected commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller.