A control system presents to a user, in the user's native language, the list of acceptable functions that a word processing system can perform. After the user selects the name of the desired function, the control system automatically builds a list of control parameters for executing the selected function...http://www.google.com/patents/US4308582?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4308582 - Precursory set-up for a word processing system