INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

An information processing apparatus includes input means for inputting data such as characters or symbols, a display device for displaying the input data successively, an information memory for storing information corresponding to the input data, retrieving means for retrieving information corresponding to the input data from the information memory, display means for displaying information which is retrieved by the retrieving means to a position corresponding to a position at which the input data is displayed in the display device, and instruction means for indicating the completion of input of at least one input data, instructing the retrieving means to conduct a processing for retrieving information concerning the input data, and instructing the display means to conduct a processing for displaying the information retrieved by the retrieving means.