Word Expander Questions???

Does anyone know of a Word expanding program, where at the bottom of the computer screen, you have options of chosing which expansion you want?   Also, what do you think the best expansion program is, and why?  Thanks

• Word Expander Questions??? - MaryL
  • expander program - agrahammt
  • Will my IT glossary export to Shorthand? Thanks! nm - Instant Text user
  • Shorthand - mthanded
    • Where do you buy the shorthand?? nm - MOradMT
      • pcshorthand.com... Get the disk version though so - you have it in case you crash or sell your machine
        • no need - Rosie
        • ....and need to reload it. nm - Wanderer
    • Shorthand can be set to show a preferences window. I like it - because it was simpler to use than Instant Text. n
      • ....nm up there. And I meant to say a Suggestions window so you - can pick your abbreviation. nm

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Could anyone tell me the key combination to bring up the autocorrect without having to go to tools and then go down, etc?  Is there just a shortcut way to bring it up?   TIA

Also, in a template, is there a key combination to jump from asterick to asterick to fill in the template?  Again TIA

I use PCShorthand.com and I really like it; not only is the price $89.00 it has everything you will ever want and need for a word expander.  It works with MS Word also.

I'm hoping someone here can straighten out my brain on this subject.  Please bear with the length of this post.

All my other MT jobs have been in-office and I never used an Expander before.  Since I'm now working at home on my own computer, I do use the expander.  I assume I'm using it correctly, but admit I was totally unfamiliar with one.

For instance, I have all headings, phrases common to just about any medical report, names of surgical procedures, names of certain parts of lab tests, routine PE findings, innumerable diagnoses, names of scans and x-rays, etc.  I have them with the first letter of the word (or first letter of the first word in a phrase) capitalized and with the whole word (or phrase) lower case, depending on how I need to use them.

I also have what amounts to near-paragraphs relating to, say, the surgeon's routine "informed consent" or evan a doctor's routine exam on a progress note.  And I have been using my expander religiously and, I thought, with good results, though I continued to struggle to make my required line count each shift.

Then I got to thinking, since I get paid by the 65-character/space line, how am I coming out ahead to get paid for typing "nloc" (4 characters) instead of typing "no loss of consciousness" (24 characters & spaces)?  Am I mistaken that you do not get the character and space count for what the expander inserts in the report, only for the letters you type to get it in there?

I do understand it gets you through a report more quickly and on to another.  But if you have a doctor pawing through the chart all throughout the report or one that hems and haws, how does using your expander benefit you in those cases?

Again, as I have already said, this concept has just been rolling around in my head.  I know all of you wouldn't give up your Expanders for anything and I know all of you aren't wrong about the benefits of using one.  What is wrong with me and mine that my line count usually falls short?

Now, here's the kicker.  Since I've had this thing gnawing away at me, I stopped using my word expander.  No headings, diagnoses, or any other things that I listed above as being in my expander.  I immediately began EXCEEDING my required line count per shift, and not by just a little, with no effort.

So can anyone shed any light on this before I go nuts?  Where am I going wrong here?  

hoping to find a decent one at a reasonable price.  Please post if you have one for sale or have a good web site.

Thanks!

Is Flash word Expander a good one to use?  I'm just trying to get my production up, so any comments would be great.

Thanks tonz!