3. A method according to claim 1 and further including preparing for a search by displaying a selected group of converted characters to be used as a search word, concurrently displaying the image of the group from which the characters were converted, and conducting the search with the image.
3. A method according to claim 1 and further including preparing for a search by displaying a selected group of converted characters to be used as a search word, concurrently displaying the image of the group from which the characters were converted, and conducting the search with the image. 16. A method according to claim 3 and further comprising establishing a font table in memory including patterns of images of characters in a plurality of different fonts, each character of each font having a unique, identifiable location in a memory area, and comparing characters of an incoming document with the patterns of images in the font table and, if a matching font is not found, adding patterns of images of the characters of the incoming document to the font table.