Re: Nota Bene

[V Ghyoot vghyoot@xxxxxxxx]

I am also pleased with NB. It reads all my old XY files, although some
of my XPL programmes do not yet work properly and the old and new
keyboard files still have to be reconciled, keeping the best from both
and including the increased functionality of add-ins such as Archiva.
Valmond Ghyoot




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Harry Binswanger  wrote:
> Anne,
>
> Good letter. I will post to the Xy list that NB should be supported. And I'm happily using 9 now that I've made the customizations I needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Harry
>
> "Anne Putnam"  wrote:
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>>Dear XyWrite friends,
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>>We are pleased to announce that have just released Nota Bene version 9. We
>>hope that those of you who have not yet purchased Nota Bene will do so, and
>>that those of you who are using older versions of Nota Bene will upgrade.
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>>Until July 31, we are offering Nota Bene to XyWrite users at our student
>>prices. We know that many of you don't use all of the academically-oriented
>>functionality of Nota Bene, so we are making the program available to you
>>for $249, a savings of $150 compared to the regular price of $399. To take
>>advantage of this offer, go to www.notabene.com, click the Cart button and
>>enter "XyWrite" as a group name at the top of the form. If you already have
>>Nota Bene and would like to upgrade to version 9, click the Login link at
>>the top of the same form.
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>>For the past decade or more, we've been debugging the XyWrite code. The
>>current version of NB is very stable, and it still uses all the XyWrite
>>commands, has the convenience of fast keyboard control, and can run your XPL
>>programs. NB also includes powerful RTF filters. Your XyWrite files (DOS or
>>Windows) can be opened in Nota Bene, edited in Nota Bene, and then converted
>>to RTF so that you can send them to someone who uses Word. And, in response
>>to questions on this list, an en dash can be entered easily in Nota Bene and
>>it converts flawlessly to Word via Save As RTF or by copying and pasting.
>>
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>>For those who are thinking of upgrading to v9, the new version adds
>>real-time, visually identified, spell checking with misspellings marked with
>>red squiggle underlining, or with an optional yellow background. We've also
>>introduced a new "regularize document" feature that can be very useful in
>>stripping unwanted codes from documents, particularly documents that have
>>been imported from other programs. For information about new features and
>>improvements, see www.notabene.com/upgrade_90.html
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>>
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>>Perhaps most importantly, we are now working on converting to 32-bit so that
>>NB can be used on 64-bit operating systems. While version 9 is not yet fully
>>32-bit, the revenues from v9 upgrades (and new purchases) are playing a
>>significant role in financing this conversion. We are fortunate to have two
>>XyWrite programmers available to work on this--Dave Erickson and Sam Cheung
>>(see the 2nd of "3 More Reasons" at www.notabene.com/upgrade_90.html for
>>details). Please help us reach the goal of a fully 32-bit program by
>>purchasing v9 now. With your continued support, we plan to keep this code
>>working now and well into the future.
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>>
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>>Best to all,
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>>
>>Anne
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>>Anne Putnam
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>>Nota Bene
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>>www.notabene.com
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>>aputnam@xxxxxxxx
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>>800-462-6733
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>>718-382-1500
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