Patent ID: 8873100

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of function setting items, each indicating a process executed by the image forming apparatus; a selecting unit configured to select one or more function setting items from the plurality of function setting items stored in the storage unit based on a set condition according to an input from a user; a determining unit configured to determine whether the number of the function setting item selected by the selecting unit is one or two or more; a displaying unit configured to display, when the determining unit determines that the number of the function setting items is two or more, the two or more function setting items; a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of one function setting item from the two or more function setting items that are displayed by the displaying unit; and a control unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to execute a process indicated by the selected one function setting item that is received by the receiving unit, wherein when the determining unit determines that the number of the function setting item is one, the control unit causes the image forming apparatus to execute a process indicated by the one function setting unit without receiving a selection of a function setting item at the receiving unit.