To provide an information display device having an improved retrieval function, and allowing diverse page feeding operation.

Information stored in a memory 3 is displayed on a display part 2 of an information display instrument 1. The display part 2 not only performs display in page units but also can perform changeover display of only the number of pages at high speed. In a digest display mode, an item of image information, an index or a section is list-displayed, and a desired page can be instantaneously displayed by an index switch 7 corresponding to the list-displayed item of the image information, the index or the section. A changeover of a display form is performed by signals from bending sensors 6a-6e changing by a bent state of the information display instrument 1 and a pressure sensor 5 gripped by a user by changing a form of the information display instrument 1.