40. The method of claim 48, further comprising the steps of: performing character recognition on a first character in the first line area; determining whether the first character in the first line area is a valid bullet character; determining the position of the first character grouping the first line area and the second line area together as a paragraph group if (1) the first character in the first line is a valid bullet character, (2) the bullet character is positioned in the first or second zone, (3) the first line has ink stroke representations in the fourth zone, and (4) the second line has ink stroke representations in the first or second zone; and grouping the third line area with the first line area and the second line area as a paragraph group if the second line area has ink stroke representations in the fourth zone and the third line area has ink stroke representations within a predetermined distance of a leftmost ink stroke representations of the second line area.
41. The method of claim 40, further comprising the steps of: determining a left edge of the second line area; determining a left edge of a following word in the first line area, the following word being the word immediately to the right of the bullet character; and adjusting the left edge of the second line area to be about the same as the left edge of the following word.