2. A computerized method for processing ink stroke representations into groups for manipulation as words, lines and paragraphs, said method comprising the steps of: grouping the ink stroke representations into a plurality of line groups based on a position of each ink stroke representation; combining the ink stroke representations of a selected line group into at least one word group; dividing a display area on a screen into a first zone, a second zone, and a third zone, the first, second and third zones extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a second direction in which the plurality of line groups extend; determining placement of the ink stroke representations for a first line group; determining placement of the ink stroke representations for a second line group, said second line group adjacent to and following the first line group; and combining the first and second line groups into a paragraph group if the first line group has strokes in third zone and the second line group has strokes in the first zone; and forming separate paragraphs with the first and second line groups if the first line group does not have a stroke in third zone or the second line group does not have a stroke in the first zone.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of grouping the ink stroke representations into a plurality of line groups based on a position of each ink stroke representation further comprises the steps of: defining a plurality of line areas on a screen display; determining a bounding box for each of the ink stroke representations; dividing the plurality of ink stroke representations into word groups where each stroke in a word group has a bounding box within a predetermined distance of at least one other ink stroke representation in the word group; selecting a word group of ink stroke representations; calculating a weighted center for the selected word group based upon the bounding boxes of the ink stroke representations of selected word group; and associating the ink stroke representations in the selected word group with the line area in which the weighted center for the selected word lies.