Display information generation system capable of improving operability in image forming apparatus, and requests shortcut information for accessing file and folder

An image forming system, comprising:

• an image forming apparatus;
• a shortcut information acquisition portion which acquires, from a file management server having a shortcut function, shortcut information as information for accessing at least one of a file and a folder managed by the file management server using the shortcut function;
• and
• a display information generation portion which generates, based on the shortcut information acquired by the shortcut information acquisition portion, display information as information for causing the image forming apparatus to display a to-be-operated portion for causing the image forming apparatus to execute a file management server usage operation as an operation for using at least one of the file and the folder, wherein
• the image forming apparatus displays the to-be-operated portion for each combination of a target of the shortcut function out of the file and the folder and a type of the file management server usage operation based on the display information generated by the display information generation portion.