An image forming apparatus that performs a plurality of functions
includes: a display which displays a menu screen or a function
instruction screen, the menu screen being used for selecting one of the
plurality of functions, and the function instruction screen corresponding
to each of the functions and being used for executing the corresponding
function; an operating section which accepts an operation relating the
selected function from a user; a detecting section which detects that an
operation relating to the selected function has not been performed for a
predetermined amount of time; and a controller which controls a screen
transition to change the screen of the display to an initial screen of
the function instruction screen corresponding to the selected function,
when the detecting section detects that the operation has not been
performed for the predetermined amount of time.