Does Anyone Know of A Good Medical Spell Checker For Word?
Posted By: MTMichal on 2008-04-30
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I am new to these boards and I am curious If anyone knows of a good medical spell check for Word? TIA :)
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Spellex has a Medical/Pharmaceutical Spell Checker called Spellex-Anywhere
Spellex has a Medical/Pharmaceutical Spell Checker. The program is called Spellex-Anywhere they have a free trial on there website so you can try if before you buy. I hope this helps :).
Are there any free medical spell checkers for Word that can be downloaded?..
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DQS spell checker
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what kind of electronic spell checker to you use? sm
i'm thinking of getting an electronic spell checker, where it will automatically correct your words as you type. is there such a program?
thanks
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do you have? If it is the medical dictionary, as far as I know it is only a reference software and can't be used as a spell checker.
If you have the spell checker, go into Word. Click on Tools, Options, and then Spelling & Grammar tab. Then click on the Custom Dictionaries button about half way down the window. This will open a new window that lists your available dictionaries and one should be checked. Mine is checked next CUSTOM.DIC (DEFAULT). There is an ADD button to the right. If you click it, you will be able to browse for your custom dictionary.
Hope that helps.
you are exactly right - an MT should spell correctly in everything she writes, medical or not
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That only tells the grammar checker to flag spaces. Word does not auto space.
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Don't ya know, an MT should be able to spell every word - sm
imaginable and never, ever make a mistake, even when it does not pertain to your job of medical transcription. Gee Whiz, some people!!!!
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I will be starting a new job soon, and it looks like I will be typing in my own computer's Word program. I managed to download my old Expander entries from my old job into Notepad, so I now have a list of my expansions. I am wondering if anyone has any good tips on doing something with the Notepad entries to get them into AutoCorrect in Word, or do I have to just go through the whole list manually and make new entries into Word AutoCorrect to use for my new expander?
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THanks!
Must be a good MT...you can't spell
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Asking you to spell a word correctly after 10 years is being nitpicky? Shame on them..
N O T ! !
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Must be a highly technical medical word as
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Your QA needs to get a good medical dictionary. SM
I've been an MT for a long, long time and I have never heard of anything so ridiculous.
QT Medical. No "platform" type in Word or WordPerfect using VoiceWave. Very clear sound and
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need a good online medical dictionary
that I can use without having to download it because I'm not allowed to download anything and I can't intall my stedman's.
What's a good source for very new medical terminology? sm
I'm wanting to avoid paying for a $95 subscription to something like The Latest Word, if possible. Is there a web site that posts new medical drugs and other terms that are so new they haven't hit the books yet?
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Does anyone have a good medical acronym website? tia nm
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