1. A system for simulating a real tool in which a computer displays data based upon a selected portion of an image printed on an off-line medium, said system comprising: a probe device comprising at least a hand-held probe section, said probe device transmitting information of said selected portion to said computer; a computer storage medium, said storage medium retaining real tool data, said real tool data representative of an output of a real tool examining a selected portion of an actual item corresponding to said selected portion of said image, and wherein said computer retrieves real tool data synchronized to said position and displays said real tool data.