Methods and apparatus for providing localization of control panels

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for allowing the user of a document processing apparatus to obtain local language descriptions of user input points. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention has a display, a processor, and a plurality of user-accessible input points configured to generate input point signals in response to being accessed by a user. An electronic readable memory device contains descriptions of at least some of the plurality of user-accessible input points. The descriptions are provided in a plurality of languages, including the desired local language. The local language is preselected from among the plurality of languages as the language to be made available to the user. The processor is configured to associate an input point signal with a corresponding description of the input point in the preselected language and to display the local language description of the user input point on the display.

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