Document display system, document display device, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

A document display device for displaying an electronic document, comprising:

• a display processing portion configured to display an electronic document designated as a display target in accordance with display settings for a common item and a particular item, the common item being a display setting item that is defined not to be unique to the document display device, the particular item being a display setting item for the document display device except the common item;
• a settings update portion configured to update display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed;
• a document transmission portion configured to, in response to a command to externally send out the electronic document, send out the electronic document and the display settings information;
• a document obtaining portion configured to obtain an electronic document sent out from an external device and display settings information added to said electronic document;
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• a display setting portion configured to, if display settings indicated in the display settings information obtained by the document obtaining portion contain settings for the common item, incorporate settings for the common item among display settings indicated in the display settings information added to the electronic document obtained by the document obtaining portion into display settings to be applied at a start of display of said electronic document.

A document display device for displaying an electronic document, comprising:

• a display processing portion configured to display an electronic document designated as a display target in accordance with display settings for a common item and a particular item, the common item being a display setting item that is defined not to be unique to the document display device, the particular item being a display setting item for the document display device except the common item;
• a settings update portion configured to update display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed;
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• a document transmission portion configured to, in response to a command to externally send out the electronic document, send out the electronic document and the display settings information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program executed in a document display device, the computer program causing a computer included in the document display device to implement:

• display processing for displaying an electronic document designated as a display target in accordance with display settings for a common item and a particular item, the common item being a display setting item that is defined not to be unique to the document display device, the particular item being a display setting item for the document display device except the common item;
• settings update processing for updating display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed;
• document transmission processing for, in response to a command to externally send out the electronic document, sending out the electronic document and the display settings information;
• document obtaining processing for obtaining electronic document sent out from an external device and display settings information added to said electronic document;
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• display setting processing for, if display settings indicated in the display settings information obtained in the document obtaining processing contain settings for the common item, incorporating settings for the common item among display settings indicated in the display settings information added to the electronic document obtained in the document obtaining processing into display settings to be applied at a start of display of said electronic document.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program executed in a document display device, the computer program causing a computer included in the document display device to implement:

• display processing for displaying an electronic document designated as a display target in accordance with display settings for a common item and a particular item, the common item being a display setting item that is defined not to be unique to the document display device, the particular item being a display setting item for the document display device except the common item;
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• settings update processing for updating display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed;
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• document transmission processing for, in response to a command to externally send out the electronic document, sending out the electronic document and the display settings information