Patent ID: 8902438
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus having at least one of an e-mail transmission function and a facsimile transmission function, communicating with an external device via a network, comprising: an operation panel configured to display a button for a user to select in order to refer to an address book stored in the external device; a controller configured to, if the button displayed on the operation panel is selected, refer to the address book stored in the external device via the network and display the address book of the external device on the operation panel, wherein a password for identifying the user is input and, if the input password is determined to be authentic, the operation panel is configured to display the button in a user personal menu window customized for each user, on the operation panel, and the user personal menu window is customized based on a past operation log of the user.