Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the transmission and receipt of electronic documents over the internet in which an electronic receipt is returned to the transmitter 1 by the receiver 2 over the connection through which the documents are transmitted by the transmitter 1 to the receiver 2.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying documents, especially document images, in a computer environment is disclosed. A first ‘source’ document is displayed in a first application window 2. Regions of the document that are referred to in a second ‘target’ document, or which refer to the second target document, are highlighted by an on screen indication such as a rectangular box 7. When a user moves an on-screen pointing device into the region 7, a second window 8 may be displayed showing the region of the target document which is referred to, or which refers to the source document. Thus, only the specific part of the target document that is relevant to the highlighted region of the first document is displayed. The method and apparatus therefore allow the user to view only those parts of a document image that are pertinent.