I've never used mine for anything but definitions! But

• If you only bought 1 stedman's word book, what would it be? - MrsChippy
  • 4 me, med/surg equip also, - sm
  • OK, this is in my own very humble opinion...smCindiRI - CindiRI
    • Thank you Cindi, I do have that one, 28th Edition. - MrsChippy
      • I've never used mine for anything but definitions! But - it's great just for that! nm Love my Books!
  • ABBREVIATIONS - nm - San Francisco
  • Article worth reading - MTness
  • favorite and most used - mthanded
  • I did a little research on this board recently and sm - Another KSMT
    • okay then! Thank you both! - MrsChippy
  • My most worn Stedman's is the Ortho & Rehab. - Hayseed
    • I think the Ortho and Rehab is the one I pick up the most as well. - academia
    • My Most Used Ref Book - Alma Brewer
      • The 5th edition was put out in 2006. Definitely - love my Ortho/Rehab Words! nm PThru

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On my authorization letter to test it said CTMC and so I registered for test C on the Prometric site.  I paid $150 with the current discount.  Hopefully that is all that is necessary for you too.  Good luck getting it figured out and good luck on the test.  Mine is scheduled for December 11th!  :)

good return on my time, and I know that's not true for everybody.

Don't want to insult you, but -- why not just work for your money?

Control A     

Allows you to edit the copy (CC) list.  We don’t use this usually in this capacity as the CCs are predetermined by the attending physician’s profile.  However, if the dictating physician wants a physician added and you don’t know how to spell the name, you can Control A and enter the 1^st letter of the last name plus a question mark i.e., A?.  Al the physician’s with A as the beginning of the last name will come up.  I use this quite often to confirm spelling of physician names.

Control B

Bold

Control C

Copy.  You can highlight any text in any document and Control C to import it to a new document or duplicate it in an existing document.

Control F

Opens Word’s Find screen, which allows you to search the document for text, formatting, special characters, etc.  You may also access Find and Replace from this screen.

Control G

This allows you to change the routing for the report, which has been set up by the profile.  For example, when you leave a report for review, you would Control G and remove all the routing with the exception of Transcription Department.  That would allow it to print only here and nowhere else until we have completed the report.  Once you have printed the report with the new routing, the default routing reappears.

Control H

Puts a document on hold.  If you were transcribing a report and could not quite understand the physician’s H&P, you can Control H and then search for another H&P by that same physician to review.

Control J

Brings the TES screen up.  This comes in handy when you are typing a report, choose a date of transcription from the list of dates, and then find that the dictation is for another date.  Control J will bring up the TES screen, you then place a ? mark in the visit box and all of the visit dates for that patient will be displayed.  You can then select the correct visit date for which the physician is dictating.

Control N

Saves, spell checks, and distributes documents.

Control O

Opens a document that has been put on hold.

Control P

Pause session.

Control Q

Exits ExText without saving the document.

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Control R

Brings up any normals established for the client from which you may choose. 

Control S

Search for a document.

Control T

Cancels document without saving it.  Sends voice back to pool. 

Control V

Pastes any copied material to where you want it to go. 

Control W

Changes worktype.  When the TES screen comes up as an H&P and the doctor begins his dictation by saying he is typing an OP or Consult, you can make the change on this screen.  However, if the doctor does not say anything about the work type and you begin typing, and then realize that the H&P is actually a consult, then you can Control W and it will bring up a list of templates.  You identify the one you want, click on it, and it will import it into your document.  This will also change your footer to be the correct work type.  Remember to delete the original template from the document you are typing.

Control X

Allows you to cut something from one place and place in another place.  Unlike Control C, it does not duplicate the material, just moves the original.

used DocQscribe, but I have used Meditech, Cerner, Vianeta, the Precyse platform (I can't remember the name), Dolbey, and  Lanier platform I think was called Cequence (?). 

Out of all the different platforms I have typed on, I have liked EXText the best.  In my opinion, it's very user friendly, easy to learn, and I really like ESP which is the built in abbreviation expander.  Plus it is very easy to create your own normals which I love.  My fingers literally never leave the keyboard because there are macro keys for everything.  You can use your mouse if you prefer or learn the function macros.  I love it.  I think I'm more productive on EXText than with any other platform.