If MTSO does want 1 space its because that 1

• spaces - Lee
  • Spaces, etc - TT112
    • TT112 - Lee
      • Your post has brightened my day - TT112
      • IMO, will always be a niche for us, but MT is victim - of growing world economy. Govmt doing nil to help.
        • Oh my - TT112
          • Time long gone when we could be separatists. - World too small now, have to deal with all countri
            • But that does not mean that we have to --sm - anon
              • Competition is the Name of the Game! - Ed
              • India has one of the largest growing economies in - the world. Growing middle class.
                • While the American middle class is shrinking every day. - TT112
              • It may soon be the other way around. China has bailed - out US in recent months.
                • Our government has mortaged - TT112
                  • Only one Thing Left to Do... - Ed
                    • ah..the devil's doorway..sm - anon
                    • Exactly. Why can't the masses see this coming? S/M - TT112
              • 3rd world things they are working for what we have, - literally. nm
                • Things = think - nm
              • Politicians get money for selling us down river. How - do you propose to stop them?
                • stop giving politicians money to sell us down river..nm - anon
                  • Simplistic answer. I dont personally give $. What - else do you propose? Realistically. nm
                    • yes you do..it is called taxes...sm - anon
                      • Your opinion we stop paying taxes, buying - commodities? As said, simplistic answer. U go 1st.
                        • You misinterpret what was said, twist words--sm - anon
                          • If I knew the answer, I could rule the world. Too - busy making a living to figure it out. nm
                            • and when you can't make a living anymore--sm - anon
                              • Guess then I will have to learn Farsi. - nm
                      • Doesn't seem like politics to me s/m - TT112
          • I agree but how do you propose to stop slide down - hill. That is why I said govn doing nothing to hel
            • Unfortunately - TT112
  • Actually, with computers, it's a standard to only - use one space at end of sentence.
    • Dont care about desktop publishing, not what I do. I - transcribe & need every cent co tries to take away
      • me too!! Must be MTSO above..nm - anon
        • That's standard for all word processing, not just - desktop publishing. Has been for years. sm
          • That's not true. - been doing this a long, long time
            • YES, it is. It's in the BOS. Google it. - It's very much true. sm
              • So? BOS is just book by ladies with too much free - time. It was not written by GOD. I could care less
                • LOL. I actually agree about BOS. Just putting it out - there for info. sm
                  • If every keystroke is counted, how could it not - make a difference? Please explain. nm
          • If MTSO does want 1 space its because that 1 - space x many MTs adds up quick enough. nm
            • Have you compared line counts with 1 space vs. 2? - What's difference in lines on same report?
              • Doesnt matter. Not much from one MT but X many - MTs, MTSO gets much money that belongs to MTs.
                • Wouldn't matter if they had a million MTs. - There's no change in the total. nm
                  • If every keystroke is counted, how could it not - matter? nm
  • I think one of my companies has a macro sm - shipaddict
    • Few cents here, few cents there stolen from you by - company, soon adds up to $ stolen from you. nm
      • Do 1 space and count lines and then do 2 - and count lines. sm
        • Why do AAMT have hand on MY check? Dont work - for them. Drs happy,they have final say anyway.
          • Do = does. & most drs. dont know and could care - less about AAMT. Same with BOS. nm
            • How many AAMT execs silent partners/on boards/ - owners of MT co? Explains selling us down river.
    • Those spaces are called--sm - anon
      • spaces - Lee
        • Excellent points. I totally agree. - nm
    • spaces - Lee

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They are going to have the DQS people put in only one space soon..email this morning stated they are going from account to account and will notify the employee when the account is ready to use only one space after periods and colons..If we do get paid for spaces, as I have been told we do, that means we will get a cut in pay because the second space after each sentence will not be counted in our line count.

Compensation on one of the jobs on the jobs board says:

You get paid for a 65-character line PLUS spaces! 

Wow!  I am sure glad they invented the exclamation point!  It really makes me excited to hear stuff like this, especially when so vehemently punctuated!  It's exciting to get paid for spaces, especially when they are so necessary for clarity! 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For eliminating one space in DQS.

Ctrl + Shift + F, 2 spaces, tab, 1 space

They have you coming and going.

Mostly they have us by the pocketbooks because they REFUSE to share how the program counts.  THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL since that is how we are paid.

Would you work HOURLY for a company when they will not show you what kind of clock they are using to count what an hour is?

We are paid by production!  PRODUCTION.  It should not be a mystery how to count our PRODUCTION.

Feeling just like you.  Look at the ones who complain about working weekends - how many medical professionals do you know that don't have to work weekends?  Why are they in this field if they don't want to work weekends?  It's a pity trip.  How about working in retail or restaurants?? You want a 9-5 job, go get it, away from home of course.

Would like to talk privately but I don't spend much time on this board and don't really know how to do so.  Let me know if you do!

I'm torn on this issue.  My company has just strictly forbidden us to use normals unless they were created by the client, since apparently some MT's have left text in the document in error by not editing correctly.  I can see how this causes a serious QA issue, but I can also see that my pay just got cut seriously yet again by not being able to use them.

So, what' s the answer here?  How does your MTSO handle normals/standards, and what happens if you make an error with one?

MTs!! Its your responsibility to divide up the work, and sorry, but most MTSOs I have dealt with have asked me to commit to XX amount of work. They know full well that is all I can handle due to MY other commitments, yet the MTSOs are more than happy to have me at my commitment of XX. That is OUR agreement. I am an IC and on my own. So it is not my problem if Sally has an earache or Dr. Jones has extra work. That is YOUR problem. MTSOs should ASK if we can handle more due to the above situation, but when MTs get dumped on with 2 or 3 times the amount of the agreement, it is WRONG, and very frustrating for the MTs. Thus why most quit and move on to a MTSO who will keep the agreement. Its only common sense, really. Which seems to be a lot to ask for in this day and age.

You should have a payroll account.  Any business person knows that you must have an account to pay out subcontractors.  My brother pays his subs (painting contractor) every week.  He doesn't see his payments for work done until sometimes 90 days, but why then should his subs wait? 

If you want to run a business, you must have a payroll account and not rely on what the client pays to you and when. 

If you do not have the capital, then quit using subcontractors thinking you are making a buck.  Do your own work! 

Just yet another view. 

your posts, management, supervisors, etc., etc., BUT anyone who Googles your name or anything associated with your post.  I have even gotten onto boards that are subscription only by Googling words and posts showed up on their boards.  True, I may not have been able to post on that board, but I sure could read whatever was associated with my search results.