4. A method for annotating text as recited in claim 1, wherein when at least one of the left and the right overhang is selected for the at least one annotating character, the determined length of the at least one annotating character is shorted by a width of one or more annotating characters associated with at least one of the left and right overhang.
5. A method for annotating text as recited in claim 4, wherein when the left and the right overhang is selected for the at least one annotating character, the at least one annotating character that is associated with the left and the right overhang overlies a non-selected base text character that is adjacent the at least one base text character.