31. An automated, computer implemented method of electronically processing a document stored in a memory of a computer, said document containing words represented by roman characters, said method comprising the steps of: a) using the computer, automatically determining a frequency of occurrence of words in the document having at least a first predetermined number of characters and not contained in a stop list that is stored in the memory of the computer; b) using the computer, automatically forming a seed list comprised of a second predetermined number of the most frequently occurring words in the document having at least said first predetermined number of characters, said seed list stored in the memory of the computer; c) using the computer, automatically forming a summary of the document comprised of regions in the document containing at least two words in said seed list, said summary stored in the memory of the computer; and d) using the computer, automatically repeating steps (a)-(c) on said summary until a length of said summary is no greater than a predetermined length, each time steps (a)-(c) are repeated, adding the words on said seed list to said stop list and reducing a value of said first predetermined number.
33. The method of claim 31, further comprising using said computer, performing a word-stemming operation on words in said document prior to performing step (a).