PURPOSE: To dispense with the selection of specification in a sewing machine to be destined for Japan having only one function specification, in a sewing machine for selecting each specification from a plurality of language specifications and a plurality of function specifications and displaying the combination.

CONSTITUTION: In a sewing machine to be destined for the English zone, when language specification is set to English by a language selecting volume 4, and function specification is set to the function of the sewing machine by a function selecting volume 5, the selected function is displayed by English on a liquid crystal display device 7. In a sewing machine to be destined for Japan, when the language specification is set to Japanese, one function is forcedly selected and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 7 regardless of the position of the function selecting volume 5.