System and method for editing handwritten data

A system and method are provided for editing handwritten data using a pen enabled computing device having a writing surface and a writing stylus selectively communicable with the writing surface. The method includes detecting the position and movement of the writing stylus with respect to the writing surface to form a handwritten input, and defining a bounding box encompassing at least a portion of each stroke of the handwritten input. In addition, the method includes storing the handwritten input and the bounding box encompassing at least a portion of each stroke thereof. The handwritten input may be edited to add textual data to the handwritten input, insert textual data between strokes encompassed by adjacent bounding boxes, delete at least one stroke encompassed by a bounding box, and/or replace at least one stroke encompassed by a bounding box with alternate textual data.