AutoCorrect Freeze
Posted By: jenn on 2009-01-01
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i use autocorrect for all my docs' templates. to reflect the new year, i tried to change them to read 2009 but on certain templates, word freezes up when i tried to edit them and i have to exit out of it to remedy the problem but still cannot edit my template. i even tried just deleting it from autocorrect altogether, but even that causes a freeze. and it's only on one doc's templates. i was able to change my others just fine. does anyone have any suggestions?
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brain freeze....< is Left......got it? nm
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Contracts mean nothing - Freeze rate instead
as someone else suggested- offer to freeze your rate for x years...
I once had a client ask me if I charge the same rate for typing a normal study (which is templated) as I do for other types of dictations. I said, "I will offer you the same discount for the transcription that you offer your patient's for dictating "normal study."
I got a slow smile and no further comment in return...
brain freeze. > what does this arrow mean? greater than? less than?
Besides the fact they've had a freeze for hiring transcriptionists for the past couple years.
The MT I know works a few hours, is required to take 2 hours off, then come back and finish her shift. Plus she has to work 4 hours on the weekend. They do work at home but keep to a strict schedule. I wouldn't want it.
Water here, too. I fill water bottles halfway and freeze them
so I have ice water for the entire day. It's easier than trying to cram ice cubes down the little mouths of the bottles. I confess to having coffee, Earl Grey tea and a cola today because I'm too tired from the idiots who were rodding their cars around in front of the house from midnight until 3:00 a.m. last night. Oh, well. At least I'm off today.
I have noticed sometimes I will try to get into a web site and that site will freeze up and I dont
know if I have too many screens opened up and minimized or what. I tried to open a website sent by email and froze up the email screen. Not sure what I am doing.
I put them all in my autocorrect so I only have to look them up once..nm
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under autocorrect
It has an option to check to capitalize the first word in a sentence.
AutoCorrect
I discovered (or rather, re-discovered) how to use Auto Correct to Save entire documents that can be called up with just one or a few letters (or numbers). Highlight the text IN
YOUR DOCUMENT, then go to AutoCorrect. Select Formatted text (if it isn't the default, I think it may be when you do this) and then you can save whole blocks of text.
I also recommend Instant Text. There's an importer program and I used it to transfer all my old DOS-based PRD shortcut files to Instant Text. But if you can't afford another program or work somewhere where all you have is Word, AutoCorrect is great....that's all I know at the moment, I haven't used the macros feature yet. I actually am an in-house Transcriptionist for now, though my job may be shipped offshore soon and I'm trying to refresh my memory as to available tools.....Hope this helps...
AutoCorrect
Does anyone know if you can make a copy of your AutoCorrect words and transfer them from one computer to another?
Thanks!
AutoCorrect
I have version 2003 on both computers.
autocorrect
If you type in what you need in bold then highlight it, then go into autocorrect, and put it in what you want it to be.
A way to use AutoCorrect in WP
You could use Instant Text V Pro, an Expander that works with both.
AutoCorrect lists can be converted into an Instant Text glossary with a few clicks. Instant Text follows you with your glossaries wherever you need them.
See link below.
You can use Autocorrect.
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Autocorrect
Is there any way to move all your Word Autocorrect shortcuts from one computer to another? TIA
Help!!! My AutoCorrect is not
functioning properly . . . I know I've read on here before that AutoCorrect has limitations, but what has happened is that only my doctor's addresses and one other short are working. With all the other shorts I had stored, they are still there, just do not work when I type the short. I've searched for the .acl files without success, and had decided to go ahead and start re-entering the shorts (ugh!). Anyway, when I begin entering a short, it is already in there, so I am just replacing rather than creating a new one. The short then will work fine in my Word document. Also, I should mention that when I go in through tools to AutoCorrect I am not seeing the shorts (except the ones mentioned above that do work, including those that came with my MS Office 2000), so I am only seeing them when I go to enter it as a new one and, again, it says replace and the short is there.
I am baffled by this, other than from what I have read I may have done something to the Normal.dot template in Word . . . I just don't know, and any help you guys can offer would be much appreciated.
TIA!!! 
Add it into your autocorrect (sm)
it is a Word-based platform, works the same way. Hope this helps.
What about autocorrect
What if you put the entries into Word's autocorrect. That might make them usable in ExText. I have never worked on ExText but in other Word-based programs it has worked for me in the past.
Autocorrect
Does anyone know how many entries autocorrect will store in Word?
I used to use only AutoCorrect before, so with
an expander, I'm really lost. I never really worked for a national until this past year or being paid by the line, so I've really upset over this and really don't know the "secret" to getting high line counts.
I was just checking my shortcuts for the past few days and I must have 3 or 4 different shortcuts for the expanded terms. I'm trying to get them consistent now.
I checked my Expander this afternoon and saw the same expansions with different shorts, so I decided to copy and paste the most often used phrases to word and print them out, put them by my screen one alphabet letter at a time; i.e., use A consistently until I get them down pat, then tomorrow, B, etc. for those terms I know are used the most often, but may take a few months.
I haven't tried it yet but do you think this will work? I hope so, as I am spending as much time working on my expander as I am working.
Thank you for all your comments and suggestions.
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If you accidentally hit your "insert" key, that will effect your autocorrect function.
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I found this information a while back. I have the location of my own files in blue and the file names in parentheses. It would probably be different on your computer. These are just sketchy notes I kept. If this is unclear, you can find information online, which is where I found this.
q To find out where your “regular” templates are stored in Word, select Tools + Options + File Locations, and note the paths listed under “User Templates” and “Workgroup Templates.” AutoCorrect entries saved without formatting are stored in an acl file; whereas entries saved with formatting are stored in Normal.dot. (Show hidden files to locate these folders and files.)
C:Documents and SettingsOwnerApplication DataMicrosoftOffice (MSO1033.acl)
C:Documents and SettingsOwnerApplication DataMicrosoftTemplates (Normal.dot and templates)
The best thing to do for the future is get an expander, since your typing speed will greatly improve. And transfering to another computer is also easier. Hope this helps!
I put it in AutoCorrect
I have all of my abbreviations in AutoCorrect and then when you type ddd all you have to do is hit the spacebar and it expands it for you.
I have it on autocorrect
LOL... I know it's wrong, and I have "alot" to "a lot" on my autocorrect in Word, and I almost always make it two words when "on my own" but I figured once again I was just being too anal about the petty stuff and I let it slide. Of course, that's when you get called out, right? I don't think I have ever typed or seen noone -- that would bug the heck out of me!
don't put the ; in the autocorrect
just while typing put ; in front of the yo...like this:
35;yo
and it should come out looking like 35-year-old.
Again, Thanks Cheri!
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I just use the Auto Correct feature in Word. I keep a list of all the ones I put in it and I reference it until I can remember it. I try to keep it simple.
lx = lower extremity edema
hcho = hypercholesterolemia
inds = indicates
rrar = regular rate and rhythm
so on and so forth. I programmed the words or pharses the doctors I work for use most often. After I got those settled and started implementing them into my everyday transcribing, I started adding ones for long words that arent used as often, but as easy to remember:
ger = gastroesophageal reflux
shb = shortness of breath
But, seem I use Auto Correct and not a real expander, I have to be careful of what I program into it.
I would write down what you program into it and reference it as often as you need until you remember them. I adivse not to go nuts and program a million things at first. Start by programming extremely long words or words and phrases you hear over and over for the account(s) you work on.
Need autocorrect for cc to mL and also cc: Thanks!
My mind is not working right how to do one without affecting the other!
Thanks for the help
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found a new way to use autocorrect by turning Inscribe on first and minimizing the screen. Then typing the file in Microsoft Word and then cutting and pasting it into Inscribe.
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Hi!
Everytime I add something to autocorrect it works until I close my program. When I go back into it my new entries are not there. Any suggestions? This is driving me insane!
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Do you back-up your system at the end of the day? What software are you working with?
Autocorrect?
Are you talking about Autocorrect? I do have that but I think it has many limitations. I have never liked that there are only 200-something characters you can type but rather have to use the recording device.
Its just like Autocorrect isn't it?
Expanderic is just like autocorrect isn't it? Does it have suggestions? 
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I use the AutoCorrect feature in Word as an expander. The problem I am having is that this feature no longer turns on automatically when I open Word. Does anyone know how to change this? It used to work correctly but no longer does. Thanks!
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That is the problem. I need to check replace text as you type every time I log into Word. I didn't have to do that before.
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Yes, I am working in Dictaphone EXT but I have been working in this platform since November and this is a new problem.
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That worked. Thanks!
there is also a way to do it in Autocorrect,
but I do not know how?
Do you mean Word AutoCorrect? (sm)
Please don't rely on that as an Expander -- once you get above 2,000 abbreviations it is notorious for crashing.
Intant Text (Textware Solutions) is the best expander because it's the only one you'll ever need. It works with practically any platform, so you can take your expander file with you and not waste time setting up a new one. It effortlessly imports expansion files from almost every other program (including DocQScribe and PRD+); if your former program is not supported, the techies at Textware will usually translate it for you and email it to you.
Don't be scared off by the marker key nonsense and the ludicrous instructions in the manual from Cheryl Flanders and others explaining how to gradually convert to that method.
The programmer had in his mind one way to use it, but most MTs I've trained have just used the mode that emulates traditional Expanders and been perfectly happy. Want to add a new abbreviation? Simply highlight, press Alt-=, and your new phrase is entered with the abbreviation already suggested.
Harriet's Productivity Talk forum is your best source for this information.
limits in AutoCorrect
The limits are determined by the amount of memory in your system. The more memory you have, the less like you are to reach a limit in the # of entries.
Autocorrect issues
I copied my autocorrect .acl file to a disk to load it to my new computer. I copies it into 3 separate files that each had .acl and nothing comes up but the stuff normally put in, not my personal stuff. Any help greatly appreciated. Been searching internet too and I've been at this most of the day and I've just about given up. Windows 2000, XP OpSystem
Autocorrect can be a rather unstable
program, especially with a lot of entries in it.
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Does anybody know what the maximum file size is for the autocorrect file in MS Word 2000? Do you know how many entries it will hold before it will start deleting entries?
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I work at a hospital and my main doctor "Ah's" a lot and changes her mind and has no particular format. She just dictates and I have to put where it belongs. We get along fantastic, but I am lucky is I get 120-150 lph. With Psychiatry, I can get 200. However, I have an account on the side in Psychiatry where he speaks very fast and I can keep up so it comes out to about 300. I would be interested in getting some ideas on more shortcuts - as I am sure everyone would if someone would like to share them with us. Do you have a printed list? Or where did you come up with these? Any help is appreciated. TIA.
Word Autocorrect
Microsoft does not make it easy, you have to be comfortable following their instructions or writing macros. You can just print the list by following the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212518/en-us
If you want to make a backup and print the list, you should follow the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269006/en-us
Importing AutoCorrect
Hello IndyMT,
No, importing your AutoCorrect list into Instant Text will not make it unavailable to use in Word as normal. When you import it into IT, it simply makes it available to use within the IT program but it does not delete or change it from its original format. 
Kind regards,
Kristen
Is this for autocorrect or shorthand?
Sorry I'm so dense, but I use autocorrect/autotext and I can't seem to figure out how you're saying to do this.
Is this --> {@KEY BkSp}-pack-per-year ... for autocorrect or autotext or ShortHand (which I don't have).
Thanks so much for your help!
TIA!
transfer autocorrect
If you are using the same version of MS Word you can just replace the ".acl" file with the one you have. It does not need to be converted. This "may" work even if not the same version.
You should be able to find the correct location by doing a Windows search for "*.acl"; however, if there are files in multiple locations, start Word and add or delete something from Autocorrect, then close Word. Repeat the search and find the most recently modified .acl file and rename it. Then copy your old file into that same folder. Open Word back up and your old Autocorrect things should be there.
If this does not work and/or you still need a text file, let me know and I will try to help further.
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