3. A handwriting processing method using a handwriting processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store a character code of each character contained in a character string, with handwriting trail data of a handwritten character corresponding to a recognition disable code if the character code includes the recognition disable code, an input device configured to input a handwritten character for search, and a dictionary which stores a shape of each of a plurality of characters, the method comprising the steps of: a CPU of the handwriting processing apparatus recognizing a corresponding character in the dictionary with respect to the handwritten character for search based on a similarity between the handwritten character for search input to the input device and the shape of each of the characters stored in the dictionary; the CPU assigning a recognition disable code to the handwritten character for search as a character code if the similarity is less than a reference value and assigning a text code of the corresponding character to the handwritten character for search as a character code if the similarity is not less than the reference value; and searching for data stored in the storage unit by using the assigned character code, wherein in the searching step, if the assigned character code includes the recognition disable code, search is executed based on a similarity between handwriting trail data of the handwritten character for search and the handwriting trail data stored in the storage unit corresponding to the recognition disable code.
3. A handwriting processing method using a handwriting processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store a character code of each character contained in a character string, with handwriting trail data of a handwritten character corresponding to a recognition disable code if the character code includes the recognition disable code, an input device configured to input a handwritten character for search, and a dictionary which stores a shape of each of a plurality of characters, the method comprising the steps of: a CPU of the handwriting processing apparatus recognizing a corresponding character in the dictionary with respect to the handwritten character for search based on a similarity between the handwritten character for search input to the input device and the shape of each of the characters stored in the dictionary; the CPU assigning a recognition disable code to the handwritten character for search as a character code if the similarity is less than a reference value and assigning a text code of the corresponding character to the handwritten character for search as a character code if the similarity is not less than the reference value; and searching for data stored in the storage unit by using the assigned character code, wherein in the searching step, if the assigned character code includes the recognition disable code, search is executed based on a similarity between handwriting trail data of the handwritten character for search and the handwriting trail data stored in the storage unit corresponding to the recognition disable code. 4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the searching step, if the character code assigned in the assigning step includes the recognition disable code, an occupied area ratio of the handwriting trail data stored in the storage unit with respect to a region capable of containing the handwritten character is evaluated, and search is executed based on the similarity and the ratio.