The present invention provides a display control system for controlling data
which is displayed on a screen of a display unit. The system includes a pointing
device for pointing to a position on the screen of the display unit, a deleting
unit for gradually deleting elements of data from the screen of the display unit
as if the elements were gradually being sucked at the position pointed to by the
pointing device, and a density controller for controlling the density of elements
remaining on the screen of the display unit so that the density is gradually decreased
in accordance with suction of the elements. The present invention also provides
a data processing apparatus which includes a pointing device for pointing to a
menu on the screen of the display unit, a controller for causing menu items included
in the menu pointed to by the pointing device to be display at a position on the
screen of the display unit one by one in turns at predetermined intervals, a detecting
unit for detecting a predetermined operation, and a selecting unit for selecting,
as a menu item, to be activated, a menu item displayed on the screen of the display
unit when the detecting unit detects the predetermined operation.
