Patent ID: 8482580

Claim:
A display control apparatus, comprising: a mode switching unit adapted to switch a mode of said apparatus between a first mode and a second mode in response to a switching instruction; a setting unit adapted to set information selected from a plurality of selectable information as a first display item corresponding to the first mode, and set information selected from the plurality of selectable information as a second display item corresponding to the second mode; and a display control unit adapted to display the information set as the first display item on a display device in the first mode, and display the information set as the second display item on the display device in the second mode, wherein said display control unit displays in response to the switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode, information as a third display item among the plurality of selectable information, which has not been set as the second display item, instead of the information set as the first display item, for a predetermined period, and then displays the information set as the second display item.