An image reading apparatus having an automatic original document feeding
apparatus that sequentially feeds plural original documents, which
includes an original document reading section that reads an original
document fed by the automatic original document feeding apparatus, an
image data generation section that, on the basis of a reading output from
the original document reading section, generates real image data and
preview image data corresponding to the original document, and a display
that, on the basis of the preview image data generated by the image data
generation section, displays a preview image corresponding to the
original document.