COMMENTS FROM USERS
“I also want to thank Steve Siebert, Anne Putnam, and the staff of Nota Bene for Windows, an incredible word processing program designed for scholarly writing. I remain amazed that, in a world of Microsoft and Apple, Steve and Anne keep Nota Bene not only alive but vital and up-to-date. Their suite of programs has facilitated my work for twenty-five years.”
Stephen M. Feldman
The New Roberts Court, Donald Trump, and our Failing Constitution
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), pages vii-viii.
See NB Authors for a fuller account.
“This book was written in Nota Bene, which is quite simply the world’s finest academic word-processing and database suite. By anticipating pretty much all my needs, the folk over at Nota Bene made every stage of research, writing, and preparing for publication much, much easier. Over the years Steve Siebert and Anne Putnam have been unfailingly prompt and friendly whenever I had a question. No superlatives suffice to praise the high quality and personalized nature of their customer support.”
Benjamin D. Sommer
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), page xiv
“The latest version has turned out to be spectacular.
It is a model of elegance and attention in serving the interests of writers and researchers like no other application has ever achieved.”
Dr. M.S, Florida International University
“This afternoon I installed Nota Bene.
With each successive release, I think, ‘Okay, that’s it. There’s nothing more to be done.’ I realize that this feeling exposes the pathetic limitations of my imagination, but it also says that you continue to amaze me. I’ve been working so happily with 7.0b that I really could not have said much if you had asked me how to improve Nota Bene any further. . . . But now you have taken the roof off and invented an entirely new game. You can feel enormous pride in what you have done.”
Dr. J. B. L., Virginia
“As you know, I really love NB, and I think it got much stronger in the latest release.”
Prof. J. L., Denmark
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Dr. S. K., United Kingdom and Germany
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Prof. A.S., Spain
“The program has improved a lot in the upgrade. . . .
Keep up the good work.”
Dr. H.A., Norway
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Dr. G. L., Oxford, England
“My congratulations. What you have done is quite breathtaking, and I wish that my life now still required me to use it all.”
M.B., Lawyer, South Africa
“In the meantime, just let me thank you for the great improvements of NB — I have been a fan for some time now, and the improvements are very useful, especially the redesigning of the layout when using frameworks, and the finally useful outline view. . . . Since I am addicted to the outlining capabilities of NB that really makes my life a lot easier.”
Dr. B.R., Austria
“I must say that the latest Lingua is just superb. I find especially that Orbis is a treat to use and its advances certainly encourage its use. Sheer usability of Orbis and Ibidem make Lingua the only serious choice for me. One thing I may suggest (probably you have it on your list of things….), is the ability to use the address book in Ibidem to create form letters and mailouts. Anyway, many thanks again.”
Dr. J. S., Canada
“The new NB is an extremely impressive upgrade on earlier versions.
Thanks for you people’s commitment and hard work in giving us
such a wonder[ful] academic tool.”
Dr. C. W., South Africa
“The latest release is great. I am really enjoying it. You are doing a great job.”
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Dr. A. S., Masters Seminary
Orbis is a wonderful, wonderful program.”
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Prof. S. U., Paris, France
“The latest release is a great step forward – many congratulations.”
Dr. A. L., Cambridge, England
“I’m really beginning to enjoy and appreciate NB – so many good things – and I haven’t even got going with Orbis yet!”
Dr. J. R., England
“Works WONDERFULLY!”
Dr. M. B., Iowa
“Congratulations on a new upgrade! Many, many improvements! . . . Thank you so much for this new upgrade!”
Dr. C. v. D., Canada
“I’m quite an experienced Nota Bene indexer having started about 15 years ago, and every time I have to index a book what you provide gets better and better and more sophisticated. The present version is incredible.”
Dr. J. T., England and the Czech Republic
“I’ve been using the Nota Bene for a couple of months and find that it works very nicely. . . . Thank you for all your hard work!”
A. P.
“Got the new version just in time for the commentary I am writing, which is all cross referencing back into Virgil’s texts & mine. I could not have carried this off without the new menu!!”
Dr. J. V. S., CUNY, New York
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M. B., writer, England
“Your new cursor, I just love it, when you check the preference box ‘Arrow at Top showing direction’”
Dr. G. R., Florida
“I’d like to humbly disagree with an interpretative matter. The NB-Orbis-Ibidem integration is so wonderful that it has to classify as a miracle” [from a non-theological sociologist!]
Dr. H. R., Illinois
“My thanks to developer Steve Siebert and the other folks who produce the exquisite word processor Nota Bene, on which both editions of this book were written. The ability to keep track of notes, to retrieve endless bibliography instantly, to insert formatted endnotes flawlessly, and to perform complicated maneuvers easily make the actual process of writing a pleasure.”
J. Denny Weaver
The Nonviolent Atonement 2nd edition
(Eerdmans, 2011), page xv
“Wow! You’ve taken Nota Bene to new heights. . . . The steady incremental improvements in Nota Bene over the years have of course been important; they have kept me a happy client. But with Archiva Platinum you have achieved a fantastic breakthrough.. . . Nota Bene has become a one-stop intellectual shopper, a scholar’s dream come true. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Dr. John E. Talbott, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
“What you made is, after all, simply & indisputably the best
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Dr. E.T., Columbia University, NYC
“We are all in debt to you for the wonderful program
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Dr. E.S., Trinity, Illinois
“It is astonishing. Bibliography came out just gorgeous.
[Program is] masterful, very beautiful. . . . This one is really something.”
Dr. G. P., Connecticut
“This is just to compliment you for the enhancement of the hyperlink function. Great work!”
Dr. J. L., Germany
“The latest Nota Bene is really nice. I am very pleased.”
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L.T., Oklahama City
“First of all, thank you for all the improvements in NB – I’m enjoying using [it] . . . Thanks again for a fine product. . . . NB bringing significant improvements.”
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Dr. C. A., Cambridge, MA
“I would love to thank you in person for the work that you’ve done that has made my academic career immeasurably more manageable.”
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Dr. C. L., London, England
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Dr. K. K., School of Visual Arts, NYC
“Best for your good work on an excellent product!”
S. M., Canada
“I’m enjoying NB. Thanks for all the creativity
you have put into NB over the years.”
Dr. C. A., Austria
“I adore NB; the program is fantastic.”
Dr. D. B., University of California, Berkeley
“The product seems excellent. Since I have used Word most of my life . . . there are A LOT of things I can do with NB that I can’t do with Word.”
G. N., Connecticut
“NB works nicely.
I am especially glad that the outline view works without problems.”
Dr. P. H., Finland
“I have been using NB since version 3 and can’t imagine why anyone would rather use another word processor. Everytime I have to use WP or MSW I am reminded how much I prefer NB. And the latest release is better than ever. Great work!”
Dr. R. K., Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Canada
“Thanks for a great product. I have only been using it since April, but I really like it. For academic work, there’s nothing else!”
M. B., Dallas, Texas
“It has been a great program for me–indeed there is no way I could do my work without it (especially Orbis).”
Dr. D. H., Maine
“I love the new version, this software is awesome.”
Dr. D. B., Louisiana State University
“There are a lot of nice new features mentioned in your readme page, but I’ll single out one that may seem small but will be immensely useful: that’s the overlap of the last line from the preceding page when scrolling down (or, presumably, up). It’s surprising how disoriented one can feel in writing new stuff without that continuity on the page. . . . I’m glad to have NB up and running. It looks good, even if I’ll probably be deactivating these pop-up windows pretty soon (and saving them for crises).
Dr. S. L., U. of Massachusetts, Amherst
“I finished last week a 1150 page commentary on 1 Cor – compiling the bibliography (1300 titles) with the help of the manuscript file took only 2 or 3 seconds. I continue to be thankful for the great work you are doing!”
Dr. E. S., Trinity, Illinois
“This version is really something! Good luck!”
L.C., Esq., Canada
“I still think this is the best package for academic purposes that is out there.”
Dr. D. L., Ireland
“I am really quite impressed. . . . It is a fabulous program. . . I feel like a salesman. . . . It is a wonderful program.”
Dr. C. B., Ohio State University
“I am very excited about the enhancements to Nota Bene. . . Thank you so much for the great improvements in the new version.”
Dr. S. G., Germany
“I love Ibidem. It is just fabulous. It has changed my life.”
Dr. J. C., University of Texas, Austin
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