13. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving handwritten data entered on a touch screen display associated with a computing device; passing the handwritten data to an ink processor component associated with the computing device; the ink processor component passing the handwritten data to a recognizer of the computing device; the recognizer returning alternates information and probability information to the ink processor component corresponding to one or more words recognized by the recognizer and which are stored in one or more buffers of the computing device that are associated with the ink processor component; receiving a request to provide alternates for the one or more words that has alternates and that is within a set of words containing at least two words included in the handwritten input and that have alternates, when no particular word that has alternates has been selected in the set; determining a current editing mode, in which the computing device is operating with respect to receiving input into the device; selecting a word in the set that has alternates as a selected word based on the current editing mode, and wherein the selecting of the word includes utilizing the probability information to determine whether any of the words in the set will actually be selected as having alternates for purposes of providing alternates therefore and such that words that are determined to have a high actual probability of being correct are skipped over and refrained from being the selected word; and providing alternates for the selected word.
13. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving handwritten data entered on a touch screen display associated with a computing device; passing the handwritten data to an ink processor component associated with the computing device; the ink processor component passing the handwritten data to a recognizer of the computing device; the recognizer returning alternates information and probability information to the ink processor component corresponding to one or more words recognized by the recognizer and which are stored in one or more buffers of the computing device that are associated with the ink processor component; receiving a request to provide alternates for the one or more words that has alternates and that is within a set of words containing at least two words included in the handwritten input and that have alternates, when no particular word that has alternates has been selected in the set; determining a current editing mode, in which the computing device is operating with respect to receiving input into the device; selecting a word in the set that has alternates as a selected word based on the current editing mode, and wherein the selecting of the word includes utilizing the probability information to determine whether any of the words in the set will actually be selected as having alternates for purposes of providing alternates therefore and such that words that are determined to have a high actual probability of being correct are skipped over and refrained from being the selected word; and providing alternates for the selected word. 18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the current editing mode comprises a selection mode, wherein the set is determined via a selection operation and the set contains at least two words that each has its own alternates associated therewith, and wherein selecting the word based on the current editing mode comprises selecting a first word in the set that has alternates associated therewith.