Omit List

Words in the file used as an Omit List will be ignored as your documents are indexed for the textbase. Omit lists let you index every word in your files except commonly recurring words are unlikely to be useful to you as keywords (e.g., with, by, about, whenever)

Using the Standard Omit List is the default setting when textbases are created, and most Orbis users find no reason to make any changes to this. However, you can control your use of omit lists by editing the standard omit list, or by using no omit list at all (every word is a keyword), or by developing your own omit list.

1	From the main Orbis screen, click Edit, Omit List. The Orbis Omit Files dialog will open.

2	Click 'Standard Omit File' to highlight it (or click on a customized omit list) and then click Edit.

An editable list of words that are not searchable will appear. Each word is on a separate line, followed by a hard return. You can delete words from this list or add additional words. When adding words, press Enter after the word so that the pattern of having a word on each line followed by a hard return is retained. If you add words without putting them in alphabetical order, the list can be alphabetized, by clicking the Sort button.

5	The textbase should be updated or rebuilt before conducting any searches. See Textbase Control Center.

The omit list is in a file called NBORBIS.LST in your Settings folder in your Nota Bene home folder. (If you installed using the legacy installation, this file is in c:\\nbwin\users\default.) You can also modify this list by opening this file directly from within Nota Bene and making any desired changes. The pattern of having one word on each line should be maintained. You should not use Orbis while this file is open.

There is a separate omit list called SEARCH.OMT in the same folder. It is used by both Popup Orbis and Popup Ibidem. Words that you select in a file (by double clicking) that are on that list are not automatically copied into the search box of either popup dialog. If you want to search for those words in either popup dialog, you can paste the term directly into that box.

1	From the main Orbis screen (Ctrl+Shift+F4), click Edit, Omit List. The Orbis Omit Files dialog will open.

3	Enter a description and a file name (do not enter an extension). In the big panel at the bottom enter the words you wish to include in the omit list, with a hard return (press Enter) after each word. When finished, click OK.

•To reindex your textbase with no omit list, click to uncheck the Omit List box.

•To reindex your textbase with a different omit list, choose the omit list from the drop down list.