<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
consists	O
of	O
a	O
tightly	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
suite	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
document	O
text	O
analysis	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
writers	O
and	O
scholars	O
in	O
the	O
Humanities	O
,	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	O
suite	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
’s	O
basic	O
components	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
writing	O
requirements	O
of	O
advanced	O
students	O
and	O
scholars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
(	O
NB	O
)	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
program	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
engine	O
of	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
XyWrite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wanted	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
"	O
textbase	O
"	O
to	O
automate	O
finding	O
text	O
with	O
Boolean	O
searches	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
integrated	O
bibliographical	O
database	O
that	O
would	O
automate	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
entering	O
repeat	O
citations	O
correctly	O
,	O
and	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
change	O
for	O
submission	O
to	O
publishers	O
with	O
different	O
style-manual	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Siebert	O
licensed	O
XyWrite	B-Application
code	O
from	O
the	O
XyQuest	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
built	O
his	O
programs	O
on	O
it	O
:	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
,	O
with	O
its	O
text-centric	O
database	O
application	O
,	O
Orbis	O
(	O
then	O
called	O
Textbase	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
bibliographical	O
database	O
Ibidem	O
(	O
then	O
called	O
Ibid	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
first	O
showed	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
at	O
the	O
MLA	O
convention	O
of	O
December	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.5	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
NB	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
3.0	O
was	O
selected	O
as	O
PC	O
Editor	O
’s	O
Choice	O
by	O
“	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
”	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
5.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
for	O
Windows	O
suite	O
retained	O
and	O
refined	O
Ibidem	O
,	O
Orbis	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
XyWrite-based	O
programming	O
language	O
XPL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
’s	O
appeal	O
among	O
academic	O
users	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
integrated	O
tools	O
that	O
are	O
specifically	O
tailored	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
distinctive	O
and	O
complex	O
needs	O
involved	O
in	O
research	O
,	O
academic	O
writing	O
,	O
manuscript	O
preparation	O
and	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lingua	O
enabled	O
Workstation	O
integrates	O
non-Western	O
languages	O
into	O
the	O
NB	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
Orbis	O
and	O
Ibidem	O
,	O
including	O
Hebrew	O
,	O
Cyrillic	O
and	O
Greek	O
,	O
Arabic	O
,	O
Persian	O
(	O
Farsi	O
)	O
and	O
Urdu	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
International	O
Phonetic	O
Alphabet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
academic	O
research	O
and	O
writing	O
normally	O
involves	O
access	O
to	O
multiple	O
files	O
,	O
the	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
can	O
have	O
up	O
to	O
36	O
files	O
open	O
at	O
once	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
NB	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
,	O
the	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
includes	O
the	O
usual	O
features	O
of	O
similar	O
contemporary	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
templates	O
,	O
spell-checking	O
,	O
change-tracking	O
,	O
outlining	O
and	O
hyperlinking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
are	O
imported	O
from	O
,	O
and	O
exported	O
to	O
,	O
most	O
major	O
word-processing	B-General_Concept
programs	O
using	O
the	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
(	O
RTF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
has	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
built-in	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
employing	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
 '	O
Graphical	O
User	O
Interface	O
,	O
the	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
word	I-Protocol
processor	I-Protocol
provides	O
for	O
viewing	O
and	O
editing	O
all	O
the	O
formatting	O
commands	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
given	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
for	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
XPL	O
,	O
to	O
write	O
simple	O
macros	O
and	O
complex	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
user	O
support	O
group	O
has	O
existed	O
since	O
1986	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
earliest	O
of	O
such	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
a	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
users’	O
discussion	O
group	O
is	O
provided	O
through	O
H-Net-Commons	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
H-Net	O
,	O
the	O
Humanities	O
and	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
Online	O
organization	O
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
Michigan	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
strengths	O
of	O
the	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
word	I-Protocol
processor	I-Protocol
are	O
speed	O
,	O
flexibility	O
,	O
customization	O
,	O
and	O
handling	O
of	O
book-length	O
manuscripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
Orbis	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
textbase	O
,	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
a	O
database	O
management	O
program	O
dedicated	O
to	O
text-based	O
content	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orbis+	O
,	O
the	O
optional	O
module	O
,	O
extends	O
the	O
indexing	O
and	O
searching	O
capabilities	O
beyond	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
files	O
to	O
files	O
in	O
other	O
popular	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
PDF	O
,	O
DOCX	O
,	O
DOC	O
,	O
RTF	O
and	O
saved	O
HTML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
event	O
a	O
document	O
’s	O
style	O
is	O
changed	O
,	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
will	O
change	O
the	O
document	O
’s	O
formatting	O
comprehensively	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
citation	O
apparatus	O
to	O
suit	O
the	O
new	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nota	B-Protocol
Bene	I-Protocol
Workstation	O
also	O
includes	O
Ibid	O
Plus	O
,	O
a	O
user-customized	O
,	O
non-bibliographical	O
database	O
management	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
