16. An apparatus for entering new characters or editing pre-existing characters in a plurality of data entry fields on a display screen including a handwriting capture widget in a fixed location and separate from a plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the data entry fields using a user interface, comprising: means for assigning one text entry widget from a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets as a current text entry widget; means for displaying in the handwriting capture widget any characters in the current text entry widget; means for receiving in the handwriting capture widget at least one character for entry into the current text entry widget; and means for automatically selecting as the current text entry widget a next text entry widget from the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets.
16. An apparatus for entering new characters or editing pre-existing characters in a plurality of data entry fields on a display screen including a handwriting capture widget in a fixed location and separate from a plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the data entry fields using a user interface, comprising: means for assigning one text entry widget from a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets as a current text entry widget; means for displaying in the handwriting capture widget any characters in the current text entry widget; means for receiving in the handwriting capture widget at least one character for entry into the current text entry widget; and means for automatically selecting as the current text entry widget a next text entry widget from the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets. 17. An apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein said receiving means comprises means for receiving at least one handwritten new character in the handwriting capture widget.