26. A computerized method for combining a plurality of strokes associated with a selected line area together as words, said method comprising the steps of: grouping the plurality of strokes into characters; determining measurement parameters about the characters including average character width; defining a membership function for joining two adjacent characters together as a word from the measurement parameters; retrieving a first character; retrieving a second character that is adjacent to the first character; determining measurement parameters between the first character and the second character; combining the first and second characters into a word using the defined membership function and the measurement parameters between the first character and the second character.
26. A computerized method for combining a plurality of strokes associated with a selected line area together as words, said method comprising the steps of: grouping the plurality of strokes into characters; determining measurement parameters about the characters including average character width; defining a membership function for joining two adjacent characters together as a word from the measurement parameters; retrieving a first character; retrieving a second character that is adjacent to the first character; determining measurement parameters between the first character and the second character; combining the first and second characters into a word using the defined membership function and the measurement parameters between the first character and the second character. 33. The computerized method of claim 26, wherein the characters are combined by proceeding from left to right in the line and analyzing two characters at a time.