Patent ID: 8243324

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage device; a first designation unit configured to receive designation of a first stapling function in which a multi-page document is stapled; a display control unit configured to display a setting screen configured to receive designation of a second stapling function in which a part selected in the multi-page document is stapled and other parts not selected in the multi-page document are not stapled, wherein the display control unit changes the setting screen to a setting screen which does not receive designation of the second stapling function when the designation of the first stapling function is received; a second designation unit configured to receive the designation of the second stapling function in accordance with an instruction input via the setting screen which is constructed to receive the designation of the second stapling function displayed by the display control unit; and a generating unit configured to generate a print job such that the multi-page document is stapled when the designation of the first stapling function is received by the first designation unit, and configured to generate a print job such that the multi-page document is printed, the part selected in the multi-page document is stapled and the other parts not selected in the multi-page document are not stapled when the designation of the second stapling function is received by the second designation unit.