1. A system, comprising: an operator input device that detects gestures and multiple simultaneous touch points; a processor coupled to the operator input device, the processor executes a gesture recognition software program that processes inputs from the operator input device; wherein the gesture recognition program recognizes a predetermined edit mode gesture and, based on the predetermined edit mode gesture, the processor executes an edit mode software program that: provides a plurality of document editing functions for modifying a currently displayed document; and discontinues execution of the edit mode software program when execution any one of the plurality of document editing functions is complete.