for Shorthand use a semi-colon with yo... ;yo so when you type 50;yo it will become
Posted By: 50-year-old - same for Autocorrect but type 50 ;yo on 2006-07-24
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If not doing a numbered list, you should be using a semi-colon.
Use the semi-colon (;), especially since you are likely using commas to separate dosage, quantity, etc.
I use markers. i use semi-colon for pharses, which is where i put all my shortcuts at. sm
works a whole lot better than spacebar and only took me about a week to get used to the change when i switched from spacebar. FYI, i don't keep my thing open at the bottom either like some say they do. i move it to where i can't see it and just use memory so that i can go faster without selecting 1 or 2 or whatever pops up down there.
I feel left out! Nobody picked on my errant comma that shoulda been a semi colon.
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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
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aneurysm... love shorthand - just type anu and there it is...(NM)
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Paste this into your Shorthand "text to type" box
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! :)
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.
It's a semi polite way of telling someone to
"F--- off".
semi right; preops most important......nm
I used to be semi-proud! At least content that I was doing well, but hearing these #s
thrown around constantly has really done a number on my job self-esteem. If they use normals to hit those high #s, which I really think they must, I just wish they would post that for all of us - know what I mean? Again, I can't imagine being a newbie and reading that everyone hits those #s. I'd probably give up. I hit a bunch of Ops once where the guy did have a standard - cataract surgeries. I did about 20 in an hour, and the count was HUGE - like 500 lines? I nearly fainted, but that only happened once, and my account just does not permit it, nor do most accounts I have as back-ups, come to think of it! I know a lot of MTs in my company have their "canned" text, like opening paragraphs for Op reports, and they just stick them in no matter what is dictated as the opening. I think that's terrible, and would NEVER do that. Plus now they will be getting "canned" themselves if they keep it up!! New company policies!
26/f semi-experienced in MT, looking for good programs Help ? TIA!
am out of a 10 yr program in medical administrative specialist. It gave us basically a basic understanding of MT, coding and etc. Its obviously not enough for what i was hoping to do. The best i can get is office work as a medical secretary with some transcription work plugged in. I'm 26 and currently disabled with a bad back problem. 2 surgeries later and its not good enough to do many simple tasks such as driving and going to regular work. I cannot bend or lift much at all. So my question is, can you tell me some very legitimate online programs that will ensure that i get a job in transcription once im done studying? I have heard that Career Step is the best option but im looking for more second opinions from experienced gals/guys who have had success with that program or others? I have ordered Career Step's packet and listened to the intro cd by the creator but i need more info. I know this kind of thing takes a lot of dedication and im ready for it as i am disabled and spend most of my time on the comp anyway. I want to do thorough research before i jump into this. Thank you very much for all your time!
Aliza
Semi-related tip: use the canned air on your footpedal too
mine went nuts one day not long after I started with a new job, I requested another footpedal and got it mailed out, and then that one didn't work, either. I got to looking and there was fur in both of them! So I keep the canned air close by and keep it blown out!
I would put a colon
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Need help with cap after colon (:)
I have MSWord 2003. The first word after a colon (:) always capitalized the first letter and now for some reason it doesn't. I have checked Tools and can find no way to correct this. Any suggestions out there or someone else who had the same problem?
TYIA
Need help with cap after colon (:)
It did automatically cap after a colon (:)up until a couple of days ago. My thinking now is the problem must be in Dragon. I upgraded to 9 Preferred and downloaded my medical terms. Guess it is a process of elimination.
There are colon cleaning "stores" where I live
You can go in and get a high colonic and come out feeling refreshed is the claim.
Did anyone see the Steve Martin movie with Sarah Jessica Parker where he was a middle-aged man trying to date an early 20's woman and maybe their first or second date was to go get one done. She came out dancing and twirling in circles and he came out walking like he had been riding a horse! Very funny scene!
Actually though, I think if you do something like this too often, it can have a negative effect on your intestinal health later in life. I would recommend a daily dose of acidophilus (the same culture as in yogart) for a healthy colon and motility agent. Papaya enzyme is another natural acid agent to improve digestion and helps with GERD as well.
As long as your colon keeps moving, it's not going to hoard materials in it. Eat right! nm
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Sigmoid colon resection, 4 day hospital stay = $65.000.00 in 1999
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Anyone ever tried Dual Action Cleanse or any other colon cleansing products? sm
The infomercial was not pretty, and this guy focused way too much on BMs and such, but said that John Wayne died with 42 pounds of undigested material in his colon ... yuck! Supposedly, you use this product and feel tons of energy and all that ... wondered if it was just more hype or maybe someone had actually tried it. ?
Word hasn't capped after a colon since the 2000 version.
You have to manually cap with shift key or run a macro at the end of the report. You can also hit shift+f3 to change the case to upper.
Curious. I've never fasted for a colonoscopy, just clears for 2 days and then the colon prep. The
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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.
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.
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.
If it's a business letter you use a colon. if it's a personal letter you use a comma. nm
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don't type double spaces. Type single. Then no one will be cheated.
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I can type with wine, can't type with coffee, though...too jittery.
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That is, type the code above before and after what you want bolded in the text-to-type box. nm
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For me it isn't an account type but a dictator type ...
and that would be oriental. An oriental dictator (hahaha, that kind of sounds funny...hahaha) is the most challenging for me.
No, you don't type directly into ES. You type in Word -
or whatever their platform is, just like you did with your tapes.
Then you do your line count in Word or the platform.
You should type them. I usually type them in parentheses following the diagnosis.
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remind me, type what they say, type what they say, type....
"He indicated that at the beginning of the year he complained of health problems recently but has gotten better." C'mon doc, which one is it?????
Shorthand ? sm
Is Shorthand compatible with and is it much different than the standard autocorrect in Word?
I use Shorthand with DQS
It is very compatible. You can set it up so that you can see a hint window while you type. I tried using the built in Expander in DQS, and you have to have a great memory, because there is no hint window or suggestion window, like Smartype. I also know that Instant Text is compatible with DQS, also; but I prefer Shorthand. I hear so many great things about Smartype and wish I could learn it, but it won't work with DQS; however, there is a way you can get around that. You can use Smartype and transcribe in Word, set your font size to 14 and save your file in Rich Text Format, then copy and paste into the DQS platform. Then select all and hit Ctrl 5 to get the spacing right. It sounds like a lot of steps and you will also lose your place as far as leaving any QA markers, so I personally don't care for the hassle, but I know of some MTs that do it that way, so you can try it.
Hope this helps.
shorthand
cool, i'll look into that thanks
Shorthand SM
Shorthand should work with ChartScript, since ChartScript uses Microsoft Word, but you would want to disable ChartScript's built in expander. If you are referring to ChartScript.net, Shorthand should work in that too.
shorthand
Wow! Thanks! I had asked that question a little while ago on the production board.
shorthand sm
Where did you find a free program? Did it load right into Word for Windows?
Shorthand
The Hospital I came from uses Meditech with Shorthand-, works fine. There is something built into Meditech like a word Expander but everyones stuff mixes in together and was a nightmare- love shorthand.
Shorthand
I would be very interested.
shorthand
I use ShortHand with Meditech. Works great....
In Shorthand, there must be (sm)
a shortcut key or something that allows you to add on the fly?? The only thing I see is to actually open the ShortHand window then I can click the insert button on my keyboard or click on the little "add" icon. Is there a key combination for doing this while I am in the document - to just bring that "add" window up?
I use Shorthand. nm
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