26. In a computer system that includes a display assembly for displaying outputs, an input tablet for receiving inputs, a stylus for engaging the input tablet to input handwritten text to the computer system, and a recognizer for recognizing handwritten text, a character style preference editor comprising: means for activating a character style preference editor; means for drawing a plurality of variant character styles for a selected character on the display assembly, wherein each variant character style represents a distinct style of writing the selected character that is recognizable by the recognizer; and means for setting a use probability factor associated with a selected variant character style in accordance with a user initiated input to the character style preference editor indicative of a desired probability setting, whereby the use probability factor is utilized by the recognizer when attempting to recognize handwritten text input to the computer system.
26. In a computer system that includes a display assembly for displaying outputs, an input tablet for receiving inputs, a stylus for engaging the input tablet to input handwritten text to the computer system, and a recognizer for recognizing handwritten text, a character style preference editor comprising: means for activating a character style preference editor; means for drawing a plurality of variant character styles for a selected character on the display assembly, wherein each variant character style represents a distinct style of writing the selected character that is recognizable by the recognizer; and means for setting a use probability factor associated with a selected variant character style in accordance with a user initiated input to the character style preference editor indicative of a desired probability setting, whereby the use probability factor is utilized by the recognizer when attempting to recognize handwritten text input to the computer system. 28. A computer system as recited in claim 26 further comprising a means for shading which shades said variant character styles with a shading in accordance with the desired probability setting.