<s>
NoteWorthy	B-Application
Composer	I-Application
(	O
NWC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
scorewriter	B-Application
application	O
made	O
by	O
NoteWorthy	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
score	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
computers	O
(	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
to	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
works	O
on	O
PCs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
works	O
either	O
from	O
the	O
keyboard	O
or	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lyrics	O
are	O
entered	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
block	O
of	O
text	O
which	O
automatically	O
positions	O
itself	O
on	O
notes	O
according	O
to	O
syllabic	O
and	O
slur	O
rules	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
being	O
entered	O
per-note	O
as	O
is	O
standard	O
for	O
Sibelius	B-Device
,	O
Finale	B-Application
,	O
or	O
MuseScore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
easier	O
conversion	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
LilyPond	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
that	O
notation	O
is	O
displayed	O
during	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
older	O
hardware	O
,	O
this	O
presents	O
performance	O
advantages	O
over	O
the	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
behavior	O
of	O
other	O
editors	O
because	O
it	O
minimizes	O
the	O
necessary	O
rendering	O
of	O
particularly	O
large	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
lacks	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
engraving	O
,	O
graphic	O
sophistication	O
,	O
playback	O
and	O
publishing	O
capabilities	O
of	O
more	O
expensive	O
scriptwriting	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Sibelius	B-Device
or	O
Finale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
demo	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
downloadable	O
plug-in	O
for	O
Winamp	B-Application
allows	O
Winamp	B-Application
to	O
play	O
files	O
from	O
NWC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
viewer	O
,	O
Noteworthy	O
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
score	O
distribution	O
format	O
by	O
the	O
large	O
hymn	B-Application
database	O
,	O
Hymnary.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
no	O
new	O
software	O
releases	O
or	O
updates	O
for	O
NoteWorthy	B-Application
Composer	I-Application
since	O
2017	O
,	O
nor	O
updates	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
NoteWorthy	B-Application
Composer	I-Application
blog	O
since	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
