Paste this into your Shorthand "text to type" box
Posted By: lmae on 2007-04-07
In Reply to: Shorthand question - MT
x{@KEY Shift+Ctrl+-}ray
This code will give you a nonbreaking hyphen. You can give it whatever keyword you want (I just use xr).
You can copy and paste the code between the {} into any shortcut where you want a nonbreaking hyphen. HTH! :)
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Sorry, should have said "text to type"
Make sure what you type in "text to type", what the keyword will expand into, ends with the last letter. No space after that last letter.
Here is the code. Just copy and paste it into your shorthand. (sm)
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old
I use "yo" for that. Also have "mo" for month-old since I do pediatrics.
The @KEY specifies ShortHand to make that keystroke within the code. It basically tells Shorthand to do a backspace after you use that shortcut.
Another example is bold.
{@KEY Ctrl+B}{@NOSPACE}
My shortcut for bold is "bo" and then I just continue typing. That way I don't lose my rhythm.
if can't copy/paste, highlight text, ctrl/x, go to shorthand, ctrl/V
nm
Shorthand users: Is there a way to type a word, use a slash and then type another word..sm
immediately following the slash and have it expand. For example if I needed to transcribe mass/sebaceous cyst, is there a way to use my expanded sebaceous cyst without having to back space after I type the slash mark? TIA
Shorthand ? When I type the word I the
first letter in the next word is capped. There is no period so don't know why it caps. Anyone know how to fix it. I'm new to ShortHand and I really HATE it. My company offers a short class in it, but they want me to have more experience with it before I take the class.
If Smart Type is the same as Shorthand, I think it is, there should.....
not be a problem using it with any program, it works outside programs, meaning it should not interfere. I have used ShortHand for years and it has never interfered with any and I mean any program I have ever used. Hope this helps.
I think Speed type is the same as Shorthand, if so......
I have to use this formula for each heading. Example:
This is your text: {@KEY ctrl+b}CHEST{@KEY ctrl+b} the keyword is chestbx. Then it types out bolded.
What I do is save this formula for the next one, say chief complaint (you can always pull up an already done bolded text, like chestbx, my personal use, and copy it if you are typing along and want to put another one in) .
{@KEY ctrl+b}CHEST{@KEY ctrl+b} take out chest and put CHIEF COMPLAINT, then save. I use the as the keyword chestbx, the b is for bold and the x is just for protection.
if you need to bold and underline:
{@KEY ctrl+b}{@KEY ctrl+u}CHIEF COMPLAINT{@KEY ctrl+b}{@KEY ctrl+u} you have to COPY this, put it in text to type like this and save. Your keyword (as I said, mine is chestbx for just bold and I use chestbux, bold for bold, u for underline and x).
then when I type it out with the ccbx it types CHIEF COMPLAINT bolded or bolded and underlined.
Hope this helps.
Shorthand types 62%, I type 38%. nm
nm
aneurysm... love shorthand - just type anu and there it is...(NM)
xx
for Shorthand use a semi-colon with yo... ;yo so when you type 50;yo it will become
/
Is there a Shorthand for dummies type of book?
I have ShortHand 10.0 through my company. I'm reading the instruction file on the computer and it makes no sense at all to me and I find reading it on the computer is hard because I can't see the full page. My company will not allow me to install a printer and I guess I could transfer the file to another computer using my flash drive, but it is 136 pages and I really would rather buy a book if there is such a thing.
I've spent about 2 hours browing Productivity Talk and there wasn't much information that was helpful and no mention of a book.
It is an older DOS-type environment - works well with Shorthand. sm
Lots of menus, especially in radiology, but ShortHand helps you get through them very quickly is you write macros to just stop where you need to.
It can be very productive with good line counts if you are paid by the line.
Personally, I loved it, but that was because I did very well with our incentive program on it.
Smart Type, versus InstanText and ShortHand, etc.
I have used all of these. I hated ShortHand. Shortcut was not much of a short cut. Smart Type allowed me to type the most in the shortest length of time, end of the story. HOWEVER, Smart Type will limit your career since you can't use it in Windows and all these strange platforms that are out there.
InstanText versus Smart Type with the same library...only very slightly less production and I am not proficient with IT at all, not yet. I almost like IT better than ST because the order of expansions is static. ST for Word will rearrange it all for you each and every time you open it. I liked the DOS program a lot better and I can never have that back. As I am learning IT I am again becoming familiar with my shortcuts. I had gotten "sloppy" about typing my actual abbreviations because ST will let you type a couple of letters and you see the word in the line, space bar and it drops in. I am working more than one job so I have enough work and I use ST for one and IT for the other. The more I use IT the faster I am getting in both IT and ST. I am thinking that once I have adjusted the IT to the best possible fit for my needs I'll switch completely to IT.
Ladies, it is not really about the expander, it is about the library/glossary. If you only have a few hundred entries you are working way too hard. You need thousands of entries to maximize your efforts (I have about 22,000 of them). This is one of those times when it is different strokes for different folks.
There are many libraries/glossaries out there, some you can put into more than one program, some are program specific. Some are free and some you have to pay for (I give mine away). Get a good one, learn to use it, "think" in it and stick with it. That is how about any of them will pay off.
AUTO "TEXT" ENTRIES
 Sorry, I asked about auto "test"......I ment auto TEXT
SpeedType and Shorthand are the exact same program. Shorthand is lots cheaper and also has a trial.
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{@KEY BkSp}-pack-per-year is for Shorthand. Using the semicolon works with both Shorthand and
;yo = -year-old
;py= -pack-year
etc...
Shorthand and SpeedType are exact same program. Shorthand will cost you lots less.
you can import your autocorrect into Shorthand.
Cut and Paste in DQS
If you Edit, Select All then press the control button and the number 5 (not F5), it will change it back correctly.
First paste it to..
notepad, adjust it and then copy it from there to paste in reply to job ads.
I took shorthand too. But it sure comes in helpful for my expanders. I view words in shorthand for
i did use shorthand once in a job but i was so nervous the "boss" took pity and dictated the report on dictaphone.
can you copy and paste?
http://www.intel.com/business/casestudies/mckesson_integrated_digital_hospital.pdf
If not, check this site out!!!
http://www.mohca.org/standardsbodies.php3
Wow - it is interesting. You know, there is actually an organization called The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in charge of standardizing all this stuff up-and-coming.
Did you read the part about "MT changing more in the next few years than it has in the last 100"
This is it, right at this site.
It is documentation that the doctor or nurse, or healthcare provider carries and enters at the time of service...
It even automatically codes for billing, etc.
Rather than 'free text' of a doctor dictating, it is standardized text where the person enters the info...
so much to it, and it is exciting, just wished we fit in somewhere...
copy & paste
long, drawn out process which will take tons of MW space, but it can be done.
You can just copy and paste.
Yes it will conform. Also Word allows you to use your own spellcheck. May be a bit cumbersome at first, but should work better than typing directly in Meditech. It lags a lot. 
copy and paste
The only way I know is to copy and paste.
Cut and paste in Radnet
That is exactly what I did. I used a macro program (Macro Express) to make the "Page Up" key highlight and cut the text from Word and the "Page Down" key paste it into RadNet. I couldn't see any other way of doing it, since I hate typing online with the delayed keystrokes, etc. I used Dragon Naturally Speaking until we upgraded to XP, then it wouldn't work anymore without upgrading, but Word/AutoCorrect saved the day.
We can't cut and paste from word
into that platform, they say it messes up the format in the original reports....so I don't do that, but I do copy the note from the Emdat platform into a word document to make sure I haven't missed anything because my Word program has a better spellchecker.
I did not know that you could use Shorthand in there...I really don't know what that is...I had Stedman's word Expander program (can't recall the name right now), but my company said it won't work in the Emdat program.....is it call shorthand...do you have the link? I would appreciate any information.
Thanks!
always paste it in e-mail
I do not think I have ever sent it as an attachment, I always hit the apply now button and paste it in the box provided.
copy and paste into your address bar. x
x
I guess the paste and cut really works SM
I too use Meditch and cut and paste from Word...sm
You can set up Meditch to use a Word interface, which is what i do, and then i cut and paste from my verision of Word to the Meditech version of Word.
I have a remote desktop that i connect to and so i basically have 2 desktops running at the same time..."mine" and "theirs." It is quick and easy to switch back between the 2 and do a cut and paste. If you cut and paste directly into the meditech screen it is very slow and painful. I too have found that the spellchecker and also the expansion component in Meditech is totally useless. I use Speedtype and it will work in the version of Meditech that I am using.
If you want to know how to set up the Word Interface in Meditech just send me a pm and I can send you the instructions. It takes just a couple of minutes to do.
Tanya
Can you do copy and paste rather than writing
x
Yes. Hit apply and either copy and paste, or
attach resume; however, some companies will not allow attachments.
A cover letter is always a good idea; just keep it short and to the point.
Happy Job Hunting.
How to copy & paste into FTP site?
I can't seem to figure it out?
The same way you copy/paste in all versions.
Ctrl + C to copy, Ctrl + V to paste.
COPY AND PASTE, IS THERE AN EASIER WAY?
The doctors I transcribe for are specialists so I do a full consultation but the doctors only want part of the consultation sent to the referring doctor so I copy and paste part of the dictation to a letter. This very easy, but very time consuming. Is there an easier way than to copy and paste for every letter. I am working in Word.
Can you cut and paste from Word to Meditech?
Can someone tell me if I can type a report in word and use the bold function, then cut and paste it into Meditech and still have the bold sections bolded (blue)? Also, will lines wrap around correctly when using the tab key.
Copy & Paste in EditScript
Alice,
Do you need to upload the job first?
Can't you just go to the Search window and from the Search window use these functions again normally?
Marianne
Thanks for the reminder, will paste it on my desk! nm
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(sorry - URL didn't "take"), so cut & paste!
If it is Shorthand, save the SPF file to a disk, then if you buy Shorthand yourself....
you can just drop the SPF file into it. That is not dishonest since you are the one who put the macros in. I am sure is it is another Expander there is a way to save the macro file and then drop it in the expander you buy on your own.
I use a bit of water and honey to make a paste.
:)
It won't minimize so you can see Word in one and QLDB in another, and won't cut and paste. SM
There's nothing "wrong" with my CD, it's just that this edition (2007) doesn't have some of the functions of earlier versions. It's not something you would find out unless you bought it and installed it. If you don't care about those functions, go ahead and spend your money. But for just the wild card or fuzzy search function there are other places on the web, that do not charge, and where you can minimize and cut and paste.
This was discussed on a couple of other MT boards, with the same conclusion and disappointment as above.
You decide.
Wise
I'm ready to sign! But when I cut & paste it to my browser,
nothing comes up.
you can copy and paste from word to meditech...
It is alt V instead of ctrl V. It is VERY slow doing it that way though.
I'd work in Word and cut and paste into their system. SM
Ask them if you can type it in Microsoft Word and then cut and paste (copy the Word document and paste it into their system).
It is not feasible to work without a spell checker. Word has a pretty good spell and grammar checker and there is no reason to do without it.
See if their "tech" department can come up with a macro to copy the text of the Word document and paste it into their program. Or, you could create a Word macro and paste it into their system. Either way. There is an excellent Macro recording program called Macro ToolWorks which is free for 30 days and then $40.00 that can duplicate key strokes and mouse movements, and could copy the document, go to their program and paste it in. They you'd just hit one button, like the Ctrl button plus a number. Their tech department should only take one or two days to come up with some solution.
Good luck. I just would not work without Word spell checker and also Steadman Medical Spell Checker. Essentials to any production typing job. Good luck !
Can you Ctrl + A to select the whole thing, then paste... sm
to a Word document? Ctrl + A is a Windows shortcut that works is most all programs.
Cut and paste a report into Word and run a line count there.
nm
Anyone who needs a laugh, copy and paste link inside. sm
Subject: You Have Got to Listen to This. It is
> Hilarious!
>
> This Happened on 768 Northwest Highway in Dallas.
>
> You've got to listen to this! It's a phone call
> from a man in Texas who
> witnessed a car accident involved 4 elderly women.
>
> It was so popular when they played it on CHUM FM
> that they had to put it on
> their site.
>
> http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf
Baking Soda-make a paste with a little water. That's all I use. (nm)
x
Please provide links, not copy/paste from other sites. NM
Goldbird
A macro can copy, switch to another document, paste, and
switch you back to your original document (or remain in the new document). Keyboard shortcuts can highlight lines or paragraphs to copy and open a new blank document. You don't really give enough info on exactly what you are doing to offer more help.
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