Information for NB DOS Users

In Nota Bene for Windows, virtually all of the features of NB DOS have been retained and significant enhancements have been added. Unlike most other Windows programs, Nota Bene for Windows provides an action line, and the program can be directed using the same commands as the DOS versions of Nota Bene. Most of the key assignments are the same in Nota Bene for Windows, but some have changed to conform to Windows standard assignments. Numerous new features have been added to Nota Bene for Windows resulting in a program which provides significantly improved functionality.

If you have not used other Windows programs, you may want to review Windows Help. This is accessible from the Windows Start menu. Click Start, then Help. Then double-click on any topic you want to read.

A chart containing all of the key assignments is available by clicking Help, Key Charts. NB DOS users will find that most of the key assignments are the same. Some of the most significant changes in the key assignments are as follows:

•	Save is changed from F5 (DOS) to Ctrl+S (Windows standard assignment)

•	Search (or Find) is changed from F4 (DOS) to Ctrl+F (Windows standard assignment)

•	Window menu is changed from F7 (DOS) to Alt+W (Windows standard assignment)

•	Mode keys have been changed to Windows standard assignments (Ctrl+B = bold, Ctrl+I = italics, Ctrl+U = underline)

•	Phrase library (save/get) uses Shift+Alt followed by a letter or number rather than Alt followed by a letter or number (see Phrase library).

•	Ctrl+Gray+/- is essentially unused. Most laptops do not have Gray+ or Gray- keys and we have endeavored to design a keyboard that is the same for all computers.

•	For the same reason, F11 and F12 replace or duplicate functions that used Scroll lock or Num lock in NB DOS.

•	Toggle between action line and text is changed from F8 (DOS) to Ctrl+Shift+F10. F9 still moves the cursor to the action line and the mouse can also be used to move between the action line and text.

NB DOS files can easily be imported into Nota Bene for Windows (see Opening a Nota Bene for DOS file.

Orbis textbases must be recreated using Nota Bene for Windows files. This process is quick and easy, particularly if you are not using predefined keywords.