If working in Word, autotext/correct can be used for free, but (smsg)

• Word Expanders - Naomi
  • If working in Word, autotext/correct can be used for free, but (smsg) - me
    • MTStars FlashType is also just like Shorthand only cheaper in price. - It is compatible with (sm)
      • FlashType - C.J.
  • You're not going to find a word expander for free. You're going to have to pay - something. Not much is free anymore. nm
  • No word expander that is worth its salt is FREE...sm - ks

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I really don' t see all that much need to buy a ShortHand program, especially when you are just starting out and probably put out a lot of money already. Just click on your toolbar, click on autocorrect, and you will get a menu that you can use to add in your new expansions. 

if you would like to access this toolbar from your keyboard, you can create a macro that will do this.

Sub ATxtShow()
Dialogs(wdDialogToolsAutoCorrect).Show
End Sub

Paste this into your macro editor, and now record a "hot key" macro on whatever key(s) you would like to use.  I use alt-5, but you can use any alt or control key combination you have free.

I certainly hope this macro posts properly, I tried 3 times to post a macro that to count characters, and each time a quote mark was removed by the system, but I hope this will post properly.  I will follow up on this immediately after posting and make sure it is correct.

Is there a way to add a premade list of words or phrases to Autotext (not Autocorrect)?  I need that little suggestion box to pop up for me.  Is there a way to do this or do I need to add every word individually?

Thanks

it takes a lifetime ++ to know it all.  The medical field is far too vast for anyone to ever know it all.  One can be in this business for 25 to 30 years and still not know it all.  I do believe, however, that a successful MT will do what he/she does best.  I know a lady who has been doing op notes for 30+ years, and she is very successful; but when it comes to the off-the-beaten path of op notes, she would have to stop and do some research.  I also have a relative who has been in the business since 1965, doing a wide variety of clinic notes, and you couldn't out clinic her, no way!!!  She has recently gotten into procedure notes - does them like a charm! 

On another note, these 2 ladies have done the good, the bad, and the ugly, but they have had enough sense and experience to stay away from those places that dish up nothing but the ugly and ugliest.  We all know they're out there, and there is no living to be made on that stuff!

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I use auto correct in Word to make my macros.  Is there any way to save this info in the event that my computer were to crash.  This has happened before and I've had to enter all of my macros again on a new computer (quite a hassle).  I appreciate any info.

Thanks,

get you started. - make tp the patient, etc. 

Start with just a few additions - the ones that you use most often.  Add 5 or 10 a week.  Make you a sticky note and stick on the monitor if you need help remembering.  Use those 5 to 10 for a week and then add a few more the next week. 

As someone else stated I would get an expander.  Auto correct does the same thing as an Expander but has limited space, so if you utilize a lot of auto-corrects/expansions you'll run out of room and have to switch over to an expander anyway. 

nm

the friend's final project in video production.  My daughter is taking the stills for it, which is allowed.  She is going to be mentioned in the credits and was wondering how it would look.  Her AA is in photography.

I do agree, though, it's not "that" big of an accomplishment in the everyday world.  Kind of like CMT... , although I would use that in something like a cover letter for a resume.

Hello everyone ....  I've been using MS Word's auto correct feature as my expander.  Is it 'just as good' as using an Expander ?   Of course my line count is lousy per hour - but I don't do the same account regularly, and I don't get many ops (standard formats).  

Please tell me if / why I should change to an expander - and which one works best.  Remember PRD for DOS - I loved it.  Is there a Windows version?

Thanks, Susie

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
   
2. In the Word Options dialog box, click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options.

in 2007.  Shouldn't I be receiving a 1099 form from them for tax purposes?  I haven't yet and am wondering if I should contact them.  I paid my quarterlies.  I thought the law was they had until 1/31 to send it.

xxx

Hello 

I am not sure if you are the one who posted this on the equipment board or not, but I will repeat my reply to a similar question on that board......I use the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Word.  You have to build your own entries, but once you have done that, it is great.  I have a doctor who says a lot of the same phrases over and over.  For instance, he says, "Thought processes are goal directed."  I type in "tp" and it types out that entire sentence.  If you use Word as your word processor, than this feature is free!  The other way I use it, is for expanding words, such as depression...depn... I use the first 3 letters of the word and the last letter.  This usually works pretty well.  One more... preoccupied..'pred.'  If you have any further questions, please let me know.  I spent over $100 on an expander, and I like AutoCorrect better.

Lynn