I have maxed out AutoCorrect and love it--any
Posted By: L Beilstein on 2007-09-29
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suggestions? I want something SIMPLE like AutoCorrect, which I just love and wish I could get more in there, but apparently I cannot.
Need something fast and easy, easy to add to while typing, etc. Fast and easy and that blips out really fast, like AutoCorrect.
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I'm with you - I love AutoCorrect
I tried ShortHand but I couldn't get it to work like AutoCorrect. I use ShortKeys. It has a few glitches but it's basically the same and you can import all your AutoCorrect files into it. You can't use it at the same time as AutoCorrect if you have the same shortcuts in them, though, so if you want to use it in addition to AutoCorrect you would have to put only new entries in ShortKeys.
But first - you could try putting some of your AutoCorrect entires into AutoText, especially the longer ones. That would give you more room there.
I love autocorrect too.
Whether it was intended as an Expander or not, it works great for me.
I love my AutoCorrect and AutoText sm
I type in Word so I use both the AutoCorrect and the AutoText. If the doctor says it a second time - it goes in there. I tend to do the first letter of the key words or parts of words if I put in a phrase like acghj = acromioclavicular and glenohumeral joint, aci = acute changes of ischemia. I do Radiology so I also put in all the commonly associated views for x-rays together like pl = PA and lateral, etc. I also have the doctor's signitures under their number like 12345 = John Smith, M.D. on another job I would put in drsmith for John Smith, M.D. I have all the techniques for CT, MRIs, etc. in there. Everything is in there and every day I add more.  I am confused on why one would put tp for patient. That would confuse me! Right now my tp = trauma, pain. Oh...I also change them if I'm typing a particular doctor and they use a particular phrase a lot - I will override something I already have in there to what that doctor is saying and next time I get the other doctor who uses the other phrasing, I'll override it back. Like sometimes they say bones, joints, and soft tissues and another doctor likes to say it differently in the sentence and says bone, joint, or soft tissues - so I just change my bjs to whatever that doctor is saying that day.
Well, I love some Autocorrect features--best thing about Word-- and I backup *.acl file---so I never
Well, I love some Autocorrect features--best thing about Word-- and I backup *.acl file---so I never lose it. Just replace it in the Windows folder (copy and paste my newest backup *.acl file--which I copy once a day--into the Windows folder on the C:drive). takes less than a minute, never "lose" Autocorrect anyumore. For years I did, though, before I figured out where it was. Just search for *.acl on your computer and copy the file that comes up as owner.acl or whatever you named your computer-- and then put it on the desktop as the backup file, jsut make a folder or whatever, newest backup acl-- along with Normal.dot-- and copy these once a week onto a disk.
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Yep that's it, 4000. Love, love love the zoom
But I feel like a dork typing...every time I try to type But it is coming out as Nut!
I love it too - love doing my nails 5 hours a day and staying awake
Love NOT getting paid while sitting doing my nails too. It's a real turn on.
I tell all my friends to try it -- sit in front of your computer while you have no money to pay your rent and instead do your nails, you get a real buzz down in the pit of your stomach.
Also LOVE LOVE ESCRIPTION and make good money but...
Can I ask how you sit there for 8 hours. Lately, I'm having a motivation problem. When I focus, I can rack up the lines, but lately, I get so easily distracted. My mind wanders and I struggle to get my lines. Any tips on how you stay productive who do you work for?? I work for Transcend.
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.
autocorrect
If you accidentally hit your "insert" key, that will effect your autocorrect function.
Autocorrect
I changed to a new computer and i am wondering how to copy my autocorrect ShortHand to my new computer.
Thanks
AutoCorrect
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!
AutoCorrect
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
autocorrect
Could anyone tell me how to move my autocorrect entries and autotext entries to another computer? I will be typing at my clinic's satellite office and would like to take my shortcuts with me but I am unsure if this is possible. Thanks
using autocorrect
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.
Autocorrect
I used to use autocorrect and still do, but I also used to use auto text and have lost a lot of the exams I put in auto text, so now I am making an individual file in MSword for those exams. I can't afford to be lose anymore short cuts. Time is money.
Autocorrect help please!
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!
autocorrect
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? 
AutoCorrect
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!
AutoCorrect
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.
AutoCorrect
Yes, I am working in Dictaphone EXT but I have been working in this platform since November and this is a new problem.
AutoCorrect
That worked. Thanks!
there is also a way to do it in Autocorrect,
but I do not know how?
People either love it or hate it. I personally love it
but I know a lot of people say you cannot make any money on it and will not work on it. I do okay. I'm obviously not getting rich but I am making a living. I found it easier than Dictaphone and faster such in downloading and uploading job and you only have to log on one system and not like Dictaphone where you have to log onto the VPN and then log onto the program. It's always worth a try, but yes, the biggest complaint I hear is that no one can make a living and the cpl isn't that great.
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.
Autocorrect in Word
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?
AutoCorrect shortcuts
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
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