26. A computerized method for combining a plurality of strokes associated with a selected line area together as words, said method comprising the steps of: grouping the plurality of strokes into characters; determining measurement parameters about the characters including average character width; defining a membership function for joining two adjacent characters together as a word from the measurement parameters; retrieving a first character; retrieving a second character that is adjacent to the first character; determining measurement parameters between the first character and the second character; combining the first and second characters into a word using the defined membership function and the measurement parameters between the first character and the second character.
27. The computerized method of claim 26, wherein the step of grouping the plurality of strokes into characters comprises the substeps of: calculating a leftmost and a rightmost coordinate of each stroke; averaging the leftmost and rightmost coordinates to get a center point for each stroke; combining a first and second stroke together as a character if the center point of the first stroke is within approximately the leftmost and the rightmost coordinates of the second stroke; and combining the first and second strokes together if the center point of the second stroke is within approximately the leftmost or rightmost coordinates of the first stroke.