31. An apparatus according to claim 30, wherein said recognition control means outputs, to a document data processing apparatus which is externally connected to said handheld data input apparatus via said interface means, coordinate data when said instruction means instructs output of the coordinate data, and character data when said instruction means instructs output of the character data.
31. An apparatus according to claim 30, wherein said recognition control means outputs, to a document data processing apparatus which is externally connected to said handheld data input apparatus via said interface means, coordinate data when said instruction means instructs output of the coordinate data, and character data when said instruction means instructs output of the character data. 32. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said recognition control means stores compressed coordinate data obtained by compressing the coordinate data in said document memory.