Patent ID: 8472037

Claim:
A documentation apparatus comprising: a selection unit which selects one function item from plural function items associated with documentation and selects one selection candidate from plural candidates included in the selected function item; a memory unit which stores the function item selected last and a non-selection candidate other than the selection candidate selected in the function item; and a function execution unit which performs a function corresponding to the selection candidates selected by the selection unit, and a display unit which displays plural selection candidates in the selected function item, wherein the selection unit selects directly the stored non-selection candidate in the stored function item by a predetermined operation of the selection unit, the predetermined operation is operated after performing the function corresponding to the selection candidate selected in the function item, the display unit cyclically displays the selection candidate, the non-selection candidate is a choice located next in the cyclic direction, the number of times of selection candidate is set as weight for each of the choices, and the non-selection candidate is determined according to the weight.