My company uses DQS. I use ShortHand (SM)
Posted By: Chickadee on 2006-11-11
In Reply to: I have used DQS for almost a year - Alabama Girl
I just hit f4 the first time to toggle off their built-in word expander, and I use ShortHand. I love it! I hated the idea of starting all over again.
I don't know about the Stedman's spellchecker, though.
I love DQS. I was warned that my line counts would go down from other DQS users, but I have experienced just the opposite. It is very easy.
When you work in DQS you have to type in what they call red tag headings. I just made as many headings as I could think of and added it to short hand. So, now when I type hhcc it expands out to </CHIEF COMPLAINT/>, hhhpi expands out to </HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS/> and so on and so forth. You could also use their built in short cut (Ctrl H and then start typing out heading), but I find it easier and quicker to use ShortHand.
Congrats on your new job! I hope everything goes well!
:) Chickadee
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