Patent ID: 8365077

Claim:
An information processor comprising: an information processing unit that executes an information process by reference to a setting; a setting unit that executes a provisional selection to select one or more selection items among a plurality of selection items and a definitive selection for deciding the provisional selection by reference to an operation by a user and determines a setting of the information process based on a result of the definitive selection; a determination unit that determines, as a selection item to be explained, a selection item having a strong relation with the selection item provisionally selected by the setting unit when the number of operations provisionally selected but not definitively selected or the number of function selection items provisionally selected but not definitively selected exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the function selection items being items for selecting a summary of a function to; and an explanation outputting unit that outputs an explanation for the user for the selection item to be explained determined by the determination unit; said determination unit assigning, among the selection items to be explained, a higher priority order of explanation to selection items that have not been provisionally selected.