8. A computerized method for processing a plurality of ink stroke representations associated with a line area into words, said method comprising the steps of: a) retrieving a first ink stroke representation associated with the line area; b) calculating bounding bands for the first ink stroke representation; c) retrieving a second ink stroke representation d) calculating bounding bands for the second ink stroke representation; e) comparing the first ink stroke representation to the second ink stroke representation band by band; f) grouping the first ink stroke representation and the second ink stroke representation together as a first word, if any of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation; g) grouping the first ink stroke representation as the first word and the second ink stroke representation as a second word, if none of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation.
8. A computerized method for processing a plurality of ink stroke representations associated with a line area into words, said method comprising the steps of: a) retrieving a first ink stroke representation associated with the line area; b) calculating bounding bands for the first ink stroke representation; c) retrieving a second ink stroke representation d) calculating bounding bands for the second ink stroke representation; e) comparing the first ink stroke representation to the second ink stroke representation band by band; f) grouping the first ink stroke representation and the second ink stroke representation together as a first word, if any of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation; g) grouping the first ink stroke representation as the first word and the second ink stroke representation as a second word, if none of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of: comparing the first word to an existing word already formed on the line area; and grouping the ink stroke representations forming the first word and the ink stroke representations forming the existing word together into a single new word, if any of the bounding bands of ink stroke representations forming the first word are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of ink stroke representations forming the existing word.