Abstract: An information display system uses data comprising graphical images of pages of a publication and text data. The images comprise images of both text and non-text matter, where the text matter includes a plurality of predefined passages of text, and the text data comprises the plurality of predefined passages of text. A display is provided to simultaneously display at least a part of a page of the image and a selected predefined passage of text. A user operable selector is provided to enable a user to select a portion of the page of the image displayed by the display whereby the display simultaneously displays the selected predefined passage of text as well as the page of the image.