Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to determine whether or not a position of a key device is located within a predetermined area, and in a case where the position of the key device is located within the predetermined area, stop a smart key function of a vehicle or transmit a first signal requesting setting of a remote immobilizer function of the vehicle.

Abstract: Methods to be provided include a method capable of correctly listing information to be described in manual according to specifications of products and capable of easily handling tasks involved in, for example, design changes; and a method of easily retrieving a most-suitable existing manuscript that is to be diverted without depending on experiences or the like of manuscript-creating person, thereby enabling a plurality of manuscript-creating person to effectively use the existing manuscript. To create a manual of a product, per-item index data is determined according to a specification of the product. The items are determined in units of, for example, a chapter, a paragraph, or a component (of the product) of the manual. On the other hand, retrieval is performed from a manuscript database for a manuscript as a diversion source corresponding to the index data.