Patent ID: 8381128

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display; an operation unit that allows a user to input commands; a storage unit that stores a plurality of setting items and setting values of the setting items required for carrying out a function of the apparatus; and a controller configured to: control the display to selectively display one of a constant setting menu and a temporary setting menu, each of the constant setting menu and the temporary setting menu comprising setting items positioned in a setting item display region of the display, wherein the constant setting menu comprises setting items for permanently storing the setting values and the temporary setting menu comprises setting items for temporarily changing the setting values, and the setting values of the setting items displayed in the temporary setting menu are the same as the setting values of the setting items displayed in the constant setting menu; accept a command for changing the setting values of one of the plurality of setting items while controlling the display to display on the setting item display region the plurality of setting items; and change the setting values in accordance with the command for changing the setting values of the setting items, wherein the controller controls the display to display the temporary setting menu when a first key is pressed and the controller controls the display to display the constant setting menu when a second key is pressed, and the second key is different from the first key, and wherein a first procedure is performed to change a setting value of a particular setting item after operation of a third key as a command to enter a changing mode for changing the setting value of the particular setting item when the temporary setting menu is displayed, and a second procedure is performed to change the setting value of the particular setting item after operation of a fourth key as a command to enter a changing mode for changing the setting value of the particular setting item when the constant setting menu is displayed, the particular setting item is displayed in both the temporary setting menu and the constant setting menu, the second procedure is different from the first procedure, and the fourth key is different from the first key, wherein, in the first procedure, when the third key is further pressed after entering the changing mode, the setting value of the particular setting item is changed, and wherein, in the second procedure, at least two keys different from the fourth key are pressed to change the setting value of the particular setting item after entering the changing mode.