I agree - font has nothing to do with line count

I just changed font as well down to 11 font because they only have a typewriter and want to make corrections on reports I have printed and they do not have access to the reports (old doctor), but anyway, there is no change in line count.  It just makes the font smaller.

• Can you change the font?? - Flashdrive Lisa
  • I have worked for a company before that - (sm)
    • The font has nothing to do with the length - jd
      • It does where I work - (sm)
  • Unless you are being paid by the - sm
    • I agree - font has nothing to do with line count - sm
      • making the font smaller - (sm)
        • That is what I said in my original post. - sm (NM)
          • line count - Flashdrive Lisa
            • Then I would get a new contract. - nm

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wondering how this is possible?  I mean if your lines are based on a 65 character line then what difference does the font type or size make?  I mean, a character is a character whether it's type in Arial, Times New Roman, or Courier.

I use MP Count to count my lines and I decided to do a little test.  I typed a document and saved in Arial 10 and 12 font type and size, Times New Roman 10 and 12 font type and size, and Courier 10 and 12 font type and size.  And then I ran a line report on each individual document counting lines by 65 characters per line strict (no spaces) and came up with 24 lines each time in each font type and size.

There was an MT below who was saying she types in Arial for her client, but bills them for Courier like it made a difference in the lines.  Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see how it makes any difference at all.

I wrote a macro that would take the font size back down to 100% once I was finished and ready to sign off.  I think I assigned to something like CNTRL+ALT+F and I got into a habit of doing that before hitting whatever function keys to spell check and sign off.  It worked great.

is there a way to include the headers/footers on reports in the line count program free download here in MT? 

I am only a year into MT and have been wondering something for a while.  Do most MT's relisten to the dictation to edit it once they are very familiar with the dictators?  I have been tracking my errors when editing and have almost none and I thought how much that would improve my line count if I did not have to relisten to every one.  I'm thinking about cutting that back to just the difficult dictators.  The QA people are happy with my work.  Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks. 

I don't know how to figure this out so...which is better- .085 per line at 55 characters without spaces or .08 per line at 65 characters with spaces?

Thanks

I have worked for some with that program and they had it set not to count spaces and not to count headers. 

Other places I have worked they had it set differently. 

When a company buys the Dictaphone system they are trained to set it up to count lines, spaces, characters, etc. 

What exactly does 500 lines per day equal out to (how many hours per day, reports, etc)? I have worked for one clinic and I get paid a nice monthly salary. 

Thanks 

I have worked in Meditech for Rad / Pathology / and Medical Records.  I have helped write transcription specifics for Meditech........ 

As far as the line count in Meditech, it has no reason to it really.  However, it does count higher than any other programs I have compared it to.  I am sure I knew at one time how the line count was programmed, but it has been  27 years since I knew that information.  Now, I just type and take the line count it gives.  If you are paid through Meditech line count, count yourself lucky.  I do. 

As far as initials, yes if someone edits your report, as long as they do not go and manually change your initials to theirs after editing a report (and this does happen when they want to print the report, some transcriptionists do not know to leave the identifer alone and just print under the typist ID instead of changing to theirs) they will get credit for the report.  We use to require the report be given back to the original Transcriptionist . IF that was not possible, the second transcription would document to the Supervisor the report data, job #, patient, etc. and there would be an adjustment made to the line count at PPE.  The lines would be split.  OR, the supervisor would make the changes, additions, corrections to the report, and the original trans would get the credit. 

 Maybe this will help a little.

I recently took a job where you do your line count in Word.  I am supposed to count with spaces, which is really easy, and then I divide that by 65, but if you are also supposed to count headers, footers, how do you do that.  When I put a checkmark in the box to count headers and footers, the count is no different than if I didn't check it.  I must be missing a step.  Help!  Thanks.