1. A method of encoding a document comprising the steps of: identifying multiple characteristics about text of the document; creating a key for correlating the multiple characteristics with multiple unique indicia; and placing at least some of the unique indicia adjacent at least some lines of text in the document, wherein the unique indicia placed adjacent each line of text correspond to the characteristic or characteristics in the line of text on the basis of the key, wherein there is at least one line of text having at least two unique indicia adjacent thereto, wherein in the steps of creating and placing, the unique indicia comprise color-coded segments, and the color-coded segments are placed in a margin adjacent to and in line with the text of the line, and wherein there are at least some color-coded segments placed contiguously with the same color-coded segments from adjacent lines of text and in a columnar arrangement perpendicular to the lines of text, so as to form continuous segments of color-coding, and at least some lines of text have at least two characteristics and a corresponding number of unique indicia in the margin adjacent the lines.