1 ) an apparatus for aiding browsing of text information, the text information browsing aid apparatus comprising: user information storage means for storing user information regarding a user; and text information processing means for processing the text information based on the user information in the user information storage means, wherein, based on the user information in the user information storage means and the content of the text information associated with the user information, the text information processing means processes the text information into a form which, presumably, most suitably aids browsing of the text information by the user associated with the user information.