Alternate Keyboards

Nota Bene supports alternate keyboards including British, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian and more. A XyWrite keyboard is also available (for information about this keyboard, see XyWrite). The Nota Bene keyboard controls most functions including text entered on the screen, but the Windows keyboard controls text entered in the dialog boxes. If you are loading one of the Nota Bene foreign language keyboards, you should also load the corresponding Windows keyboard.

Keyboards that use the Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and Cyrillic alphabets are available if you have the Lingua module.

To build and load a new Nota Bene keyboard.

1	Click Tools, Keyboards, Setup/Select Defaults. The Select Keyboard Layout dialog will appear on your screen.

2	Select the Alphabet you want to use for your default keyboard (the keyboard that will be active whenever you start Nota Bene).

3	Select the keyboard layout or language you want based on the description provided. If there is no name listed in the filename column, the keyboard must be built before it can be selected. Click Build.

Once the keyboard has been built, the name of the keyboard will be listed in the filename column. To use this keyboard as your default keyboard, make sure that it is highlighted (click to highlight if necessary), and make sure that the "Select as Default" box at the bottom of the dialog is checked (click to check if necessary). Click Select.

The keyboard you built and selected will be active for all functions controlled by Nota Bene. If you have selected a language keyboard, you must also make sure that the same language is active in Windows. See Windows Help for instructions to load the Windows keyboard.

Nota Bene uses the Ctrl, Shift and/or Alt keys in combination with other keys for many different functions. For example, Ctrl+Z will undo the most recent changes in the file. Ctrl+? will check the spelling of one word. Nota Bene Help is written assuming the English (United States) keyboard. If you are using a keyboard other than the standard default keyboard (NB.KBD), the Help files and keyboard shortcuts can be used with a few exceptions or clarifications. The following principles apply when a different language/country keyboard is selected.

•	The use of the number keys at the top of the keyboard and the letter keys follow the letters, not the position of the key on the keyboard. For example, Ctrl+Z will undo for all keyboards, although the letter Z is not in the same place in all keyboards.

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The use of the punctuation keys follows the position of the key on the keyboard, not the legend. For example, pressing Ctrl with the key to the left of the right Shift key will check the spelling of one word. This key is the slash/? key on U.S. keyboards, but it may have a different legend on other keyboards. The "punctuation keys" are keys 12, 13, 26, 27, 40, 41, 43, 51, 52 and 53 as shown on the keyboard diagram. It is these keys that may cause some confusion for those using alternate keyboards. For a more detailed explanation of these keys, see Alternate keyboards - diagram.

•	The use of all other keys is identical for all keyboards, whether you follow the position or the legend.

The default keyboard (NB.KBD) is the same as the United States keyboard (US.KBD).