Patent attributes
A communication apparatus that executes communication in a desired communication mode determined upon the detection of a predetermined operation done by a user to the communication apparatus prior to communication. Recipient information corresponding to the desired communication mode, that is, a telephone, facsimile, or e-mail mode, is retrieved from an electronic address book in which various kinds of recipient information corresponding to the various communication modes are registered and managed together on a recipient-by-recipient basis, in association with names of recipients. A display unit displays thereon a list of names of recipients associated with the retrieved recipient information to allow the user to designate a recipient from the list.