Patent ID: 8805824

Claim:
A document management apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the document management apparatus to: set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest; detect a first folder which has a folder name matching a folder name of the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest, wherein a path from a folder allocated in a layer lower by one from a folder allocated immediately below the base folder to the first folder matches a path from a folder allocated in a layer lower by one from a folder allocated immediately below the base folder to the folder of interest; detect, in association with respective folders which configure a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, folders having paths from the base folder, which paths are similar to paths from the base folder to the respective folders, as similar folders similar to the respective folders; and display, on a display window, a link to a detected similar folder similar to a folder selected by a user from folders of a path displayed on an address bar displayed on the display window.