Nota Bene Nota Bene is part of Scholar’s Workstation and Lingua Workstation

The Nota Bene word processor includes the most flexible text-entry and editing functions available anywhere, along with predefined academic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and others), structured outline format, up to three independent sets of footnotes/endnotes, dynamic bi-directional cross referencing, enhanced page-layout control, professional-quality indexing and table of contents functions, book-length manuscript editing, and much more. It incorporates Windows standard drop-down menus and dialog boxes, mouse support, WYSIWYG display, and clipboard functions, while retaining traditional Nota Bene features like an optional command line, an editable Show Codes view, and Nota Bene's fabled keyboard access. Whether inserting special characters, counters or outline points, or block-indenting a paragraph, Nota Bene for Windows offers you the fast, elegant, and effective keyboard control that has made Nota Bene the program of choice for serious writers for over a generation.

Is it as good as it sounds?

• fast and efficient word processing with numerous conveniences (transpose and delete by word, sentence, paragraph; change case with ease) • state-of-the-art outlining and document frameworks (with elegant icons indicating heading & body text regions, and options galore to suppress blank body text and control spacing between contiguous headings) • academic style manuals (APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and others) that automatically control all aspects of page layout (running headers, footers, footnotes, block indents, citation format) • editable Show Codes view so you can see exactly where commands take effect, and edit them as desired • enhanced Draft View with optional full command descriptions (WYSIWYG display with commands shown) offering unparalleled control over formatting • dynamic bi-directional cross referencing • envelope printing • three levels of footnotes, each with fully independent layout control (all as footnotes, all as endnotes, or any combination), so you can produce critical editions • book-length manuscript editing/printing • unsurpassed keyboard control (numerous keyboard shortcuts) • command line for advanced users • superior Find and Search/Replace features (more wildcard and special symbols than anywhere else) • accomodates up to 36 files opened simultaneously • saves up to 99 versions of each file (and autosaves versions to protect your work, even if you don’t) • save up to 50 recently opened files for quick opening • integrated mathematical functions • easy entry of accented and specialized characters (from powerful compose key, or directly from customizable keyboards) • high-quality RTF import/export options enable reading/writing of files in Word or WordPerfect • and much more! Click on a thumbnail below to see a full screen shot.

To use an academic style, first enter front-matter information into a simple form. Then, watch Nota Bene set up a new document for you, incorporating the front-matter information as well as all the document formatting for the style sheet you've chosen.	Organize your papers with ease using Nota Bene's Outlines and Frameworks. Outline View displays the headings and subheadings of the document, and the customizable display can be expanded or contracted to show as much or as little detail as you want.	Entering accented letters and special characters in Nota Bene is a snap! Either click on the character you want from an easily-accessed menu, or press a simple key combination.

For more information, click on the following links: Nota Bene — word processor Ibidem — bibliographic database and formatter Orbis — text-retrieval and information-processer IbidPlus — customizable database manager Lingua — multilingual module