Operating information recording method, operating information reproducing method, operating information storing method and apparatus and programs of the same

摘要

There is described an operating information recording method, which makes it easy to grasp the contents of the operations conducted for the apparatus. Such the operating information recording method includes the steps of: storing operating procedure information including consecutive operating information according to an operating procedure against to an apparatus as a procedure in time series; storing operating screen information with respect to consecutive operating screens to be displayed on a display section corresponding to the operating procedure, while correlating the operating screen information with the operating procedure information; and storing output data information with respect to output data, which are outputted form the apparatus operated according to the operating procedure, while correlating the output data information with the operating procedure information and the operating screen information. The apparatus could be an image forming apparatus, and the output data could be image data including thumbnail image data.