16. An apparatus comprising: a redraw unit configured to: access a document that references a file in which scroll rates that correspond to the document are stored, the scroll rates stored in the file each corresponding to a different portion among multiple portions of the document, a scroll rate among the scroll rates indicating a speed at which its corresponding portion of the document is to be automatically scrolled, the file further storing a directive that corresponds to the corresponding portion of the document and indicates an action, other than setting a delay time for scrolling, to be performed; and access the file referenced by the document; and a processor configured by a scroll unit to automatically scroll the document at different speeds based on the scroll rates that are specified by the file referenced by the document, the automatic scrolling of the document comprising: automatically scrolling the portion of the document at its corresponding scroll rate specified by the referenced file; and performing the action indicated by the directive that corresponds to the portion of the document.
16. An apparatus comprising: a redraw unit configured to: access a document that references a file in which scroll rates that correspond to the document are stored, the scroll rates stored in the file each corresponding to a different portion among multiple portions of the document, a scroll rate among the scroll rates indicating a speed at which its corresponding portion of the document is to be automatically scrolled, the file further storing a directive that corresponds to the corresponding portion of the document and indicates an action, other than setting a delay time for scrolling, to be performed; and access the file referenced by the document; and a processor configured by a scroll unit to automatically scroll the document at different speeds based on the scroll rates that are specified by the file referenced by the document, the automatic scrolling of the document comprising: automatically scrolling the portion of the document at its corresponding scroll rate specified by the referenced file; and performing the action indicated by the directive that corresponds to the portion of the document. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein: the directive indicates that the action is a pre-scroll action to be performed before the automatic scrolling of the portion of the document; and the scroll unit configures the processor to perform the automatic scrolling of the portion of the document after the performing of the pre-scroll action.