I like the Glossaries feature sm

• Word Expander Confusion - Jill Valdez
  • I loaded my old PRD files into Instant Text - KentuckyMT
  • QuickCorrect doesn't give you as much as a real expander does - I love Instant Text. nm
  • I like Smartype better than Instant Text. - ralphie
  • Flashtype - Leo
    • I use Flashtype too. I think it's like $60 and works for me - just fine. Jo
      • Yep, same here, FlashType. I found it easy to use, sort of like - PCShorthand only cheaper. Candice
  • Hands-down, Instant Text! More Inside... - Amanda
    • I love Instant Text too, especially the continuations feature! - I love Instant Text. nm
    • I like the Glossaries feature sm - mlstoo
    • My vote is also for Instant Text. - sm
    • I have to agree..i have tried others sm - mg
      • Thanks! - Jill Valdez
        • Instant Text Comes With Some Glossaries - Amanda
        • you build and add yourself - platform and what companies offer it?

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For copyright protection, IT restricts itself from being able to be copied onto a disk and installed onto another computer. The only way to install it is to use the installation disk.

The glossaries, however, can be backed up onto a seperate disk, just not the actual program itself.

Technically, the hospital owns the license so installing it on a personal computer would violate the license agreement. If you would like to have it on your own computer, it is recommended to purchase your own copy so you don't have to worry about anything with the license agreement.

When you compile glossaries, the choice of phrases depend on the Minimum Word Frequency you select in the Compilation dialog. If the size of the file you compile is rather large, let's say 800 KB, you can raise the Minimum Word Frequency to 10. If you leave it at 5 you will get more phrases. Compiling a glossary is very fast and you can easily try out different settings to find the right balance.

You should not change so much the number of words per phrase. Beyond the 7-word phrases, Instant Text will take care of suggesting what is likely to come next by giving you the continuations. If you have a paragraph or page that is always the same with certain doctors, the best is to highlight them and add them to your glossary.

If you have compiled glossaries for each doctor, you can still combine them including these glossaries into a shell glossary that lets you regroup all the doctors with similar language and have it under the shell name in the glossary list.

On page 68 of the Instant Text manual  as well as in some articles Jon Knowles wrote and which are available at the top of the Instant Text Forum you can read about typical compilation settings.

I hope this helps.

Marianne
Textware Solutions

To create glossaries, the first option would be to import your AutoCorrect file. Right-click on Phrases and go to Importer and click on the AutoCorrect option and follow the prompts.

The next option would be to do a compilation as suggested in the previous post. To do a compilation, right-click on the glossary list and select "Multiple File Compilation" and then follow the prompts.

With regards to not seeing any matching phrases in your advisories: What glossary are you currently using? What are you typing for a short form? Do you see anything in the advisories at all?

It may be easiest to troubleshoot over the phone. Please feel free to call us at 781-272-3200 ext 2 with any questions and we can help get you started. We are here Monday-Friday 9am-5pm eastern time. You can always email us as well.

Textware Solutions

to a new computer?  I guess a flash drive, but i have never used one.  Do you just plug it in a USB and....well, then what?

Thanks in advance!

To save your glossaries to a backup disk:

• Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer and go to the C-Drive, then the InstText folder, then the Glossary folder
  
• Right-click on the glossries you wish to save and select "Send to" and then select the destination drive. Your computer will automatically make a copy to the backup disk. If you do not have the "Send to" option, right-click ad select "Copy" and then paste them to the backup disk.

To put the glossaries on the new computer from the backup disk:

• Right-click on the glossaries on the backup disk and select "copy"
  
• Go to My Computer --> C-drive --> InstText --> Glossary. Anywhere in the glossary, right-click and select "Paste".
  
• They should now be listed in your glossary folder.

To add them to your glossary list:

• Right-click on the Active Glossary List and select "Open"
  
• Double-click on the glossary you wish to add to the glossary list
  
• When you are done opening all of the glossaries you wish to add, right-click on the Active Glossary List again and select "Save Active Glossary List"

Kind regards,

Kristen

There is a compatibility feature with Vista, or so they claim.  It's all in this Q&A piece in the Times here.  I think you might have to register for the Times to read this link but it's got some good info

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/technology/22askk.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Diane

Found this awesome search engine tailor-made for MTs. Works fantastically well. Link is below.

Hello,

I am proofreading reports as MS Word files. I want to send a version showing the corrections (in red, as MS Word does when you turn on this feature), but then I want to send the final 'clean' version, with the corrections but without showing all the changes in red, to the client. It doesn't seem that this is possible. Whenever I turn the show edit feature on, I cannot then remove the red marks later.

Thanks for help,

Dave

automatically. No writing anything down. I don't take my  hands from the keyboard if I can help it. Sometimes I *do* have to go back and un-correct it so I can add it.

I do my work all crazy. Comes from so many years of not having spell check or anything.