1. A method for operating an image display device using a pointing device, the method comprising: displaying, on a display of the image display device, a handwriting region; receiving a pointing signal from the pointing device; displaying a pointer on the pointing signal; determining whether a location of an image based on positional information corresponding to the received pointing signal is included in the handwriting region; displaying the image corresponding to the received pointing signal at a boundary area of the handwriting region closest to the location when the location of the image is determined to be not included in the handwriting region; and transmitting a signal allowing an output of a vibration to the pointing device or outputting an effect sound when the pointer is moved from outside of the handwriting region to inside the handwriting region or from inside of the handwriting region to outside the handwriting region.