Abstract: The present invention provides an illuminating device that casts light in various directions and can be hung on an instrument. The illuminating device includes a bundle of at least one plastic optical fiber and at least one fastener. In use, the bundle is hung on the instrument because of the fastener. The bundle is connected with a light source at an end and can be directed in various directions at an opposite end because of the flexibility of the bundle in order to provide an optimal illuminative effect.

Abstract: An optical character recognition screen editing process is performed efficiently and only when necessary. The process is ordered so that editing is performed in increasing order of work intensity. That is, less "expensive" (i.e., less time consuming) correction methods are performed first, as a filter for more "expensive" correction methods. In the preferred embodiment, individual character are corrected first, information fields are corrected second, and entire forms are correction last. Preferably, the individual characters may be collected from a number of forms before being displayed for correction.