all caps

CAPS all the time [2008-10-12]
In the middle of transcribing an ER report, my keyboard/computer (??? not sure which), caused a problem where no matter what I did it would only do upper case...my caps lock was not on (no light indicating it was on) and sticky key function didn't work to get rid of it. I finally had to exit out of platform and then waited a few minutes and when I logged back on everything was fine. Has anyone ever had this happen to them. I am using ExText If you have had this happen to you, what did you do to get out of it? Thanks for your help.

P.S. Also, possibly ctr/caps lock, or shift/capslock, or alt/capslock (nm) [2008-10-12]
x

Ctrl+Shift+A toggles all caps on and off [2008-10-12]
xx

You can manually type the codes for caps lock on and off [2008-08-30]
Just type the symbols on the keyboard with the B and it will go in fine. Don't know why your keyboard is beeping, but hope it won't when you manually put the codes in. Hope this helps! :)

is your caps lock on? [2008-08-29]
If so, it won't let you do anything in your expander. Or try doing a copy and paste into your expander.

all caps [2008-07-06]
SUPER!! Thanks.

all caps [2008-07-04]
When I hit shift and F3, it capitalizes the first letter in the last word I typed. Mine must be a different version. However, I read an old thread that told how to change case in tools on the tool bar.

all caps [2008-07-03]
After I have typed a word, is there a way to highlight it andconvert it to all caps?

Caps Toggle? [2008-03-17]
Is there a caps toggle keyboard command? In other words, is there a way to change mixed case to caps without typing it all over again? TIA!

You need to press shift key and caps lock. You may [2008-01-24]
need to do it a couple of times. I transcribed for many years and never had a problem, but the last couple of years I have this happen about once a month. It isn't a malfunction of the keyboard - it is user error :).

If I was yelling, it would be all caps. [2008-01-09]
I'll be sure to tell my chronically ill child to stop being ill so we can obtain more of a financial cushion.

Two letter caps [2007-12-05]
Thanks guys. At least I feel better knowing that I have checked everything where I thought it should be. I actually went into autocorrect and typed in my own corrections so that if I accidently keep the shift key down (I dont know why I do it, but I seem to not be able to lift that finger up with the second letter)it will correct automatically. I also feel like they should get input about thier program from typists so that we can give them feedback. Thanks for all the suggestions. It helped alot.

Word will not correct two letters in caps. You must type a third letter for [2007-12-04]
that feature to kick in. You need to practice letting up on the Shift key sooner or you need a macro to go through your document to fix all of those instances. Word 2000 and later does not cap after colons or numbers followed by punctuation even if you have that option turned on in Tools. You can use the change case command of Shift + F3 immediately after typing the first word to get a cap. I use Instant Text and there's a feature in that program that automatically fixes the cap issue in Word. Otherwise, you need a macro to go through the document and change that as well.

Please don't type in all caps, hard [2007-11-18]
to read and is considered screaming on the net.

It is the ESP Expander with Dictaphone ExText--If you can believe it, it won't allow caps if you [2007-10-30]
Yes, that's right, Dictaphone's Expander that comes with ExtText won't allow anything that you use as an expansion come into the document capitalized. So, when you type your abbreviation for ANY WORD you have in ESP, it will NEVER be capitalized, unless like in, say, 1925, you type the Shift key with it. I hate this profession. I hate all these programs. THey NEVER take into account the MT. Cars following voice instructions? No problem. MP3 player that respond to your voice? No problem. Get Word to do simple things that it should do, like cap after periods, God, too much trouble. Let the little girls, just deal with all the software problems day after day. Dictaphone--what a laugh. I worked on ExtText FIVE YEARS AGO-- ANd it still has the SAME fricking clumbsy program? Also, you have to do Shift ? to find informaion in fields. LIke give me a break. Give us a key to hit, like, I don't know, Search, that't be good. No, make us type Shift ?. Where do these people get off. Do they ever even type on these programs? Or talk to the people who use them. MT is so antiquated when it comes to programming, it is a big joke. Anyone work for a company that gets the demographics and has fast, easy programming, let me know. TX

P.S. Caps above simply for emphasis ... [2007-10-06]
When I read over it again after the message posted the caps came off to me as being a little snotty, and that's not what I intended ...

Here are rules from grammarbook.com and it agrees with BOS on the caps with apostrophe [2007-03-15]
Rule 8 The plurals for capital letters and numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes. Examples She consulted with three M.D.s. BUT She went to three M.D.s' offices. The apostrophe is needed here to show plural possessive. She learned her ABCs. the 1990s not the 1990's the '90s or the mid-'70s not the '90's or the mid-'70's She learned her times tables for 6s and 7s. Exception: If the apostrophe is needed to avoid confusion, use it and be consistent within a sentence. Example: Her 0's and 6's looked similar.

Is there a way to show caps locked on the monitor screen? [2007-03-11]
Or does it depend on the keyboard? If it depends on keyboard, how can I program it to show up on my monitor in the bold green letters I have seen that some can do? Anyone know?

caps [2007-02-21]
We're told that if the word replaces a person's name, such as the word Mom replaces the mom's actual name, then it should be capped. Wouldn't this then be true for a department name replacing a doctor's name? Or am I just confusing things more?

Anyone type their e-mails in all caps? [2006-06-20]
A co-worker sends the entire e-mail responsein all caps regardless of the question. I was always told it meant shouting. If there is some other meaning please inform. me

typing online in caps is equivalent to [2006-06-20]
SHOUTING

I agree that all caps=screaming . [2006-06-20]
I would try to politely let her know. That could save her from an embarassing situation in the future.

I hate reading email in all caps sm [2006-06-20]
and everyone who emails me knows it. This is probably the only thing I get really rude about. I've been known to send it back to the sender with a note stating to type it properly,then I will read it. I had one person who consistently did this and I finally blocked the sender. She got the point in a hurry.

Always thought it was two caps also...nm [2006-05-30]
x

caps = you are yelling online *lol* [2006-05-19]

Shorthand [2008-12-02]
When playing out your shortcut, do as you would for normal typing by holding down the shift keyof the first letter of the shortcut and it capitalize the first letter.. ShortHand will also expand all lower case entries into upper case simply by doing a caps lock. Hope this helps.

MS Word help [2008-11-27]
When I start a new sentence, the first letter automatically caps, but lately I have noticed that the letter N does not. Does anyone know what would cause that and when to check (and fix) in the settings? Thanks for your help!

Same here. [2008-10-29]
I think its part of a comfort/ergonomic thing. I am also constantly re-arranging my things. Sometimes I move things because I'm tired and need to change positions, other times I move them to get to references and then have to move them back to what's comfortable for my new position. I do not sit with my keyboard centered either. It just does not feel right to me. I think its because maybe I use certain keys more than others...like the period on the rt and the enter on the right and not so much the caps lock and tab? Don't know for sure but it doesn't really bother me - I'd rather be comfortable. My keyboard tray moves around sometimes so I put a binder clip (the big black strong metal clips) on the rail to hold it in place. I wish I could afford a nice keyboard tray that can go up and down and lock in place but I'm stuck with the standard desk attachment for now.

also, (something different), typing in -- SM [2008-10-27]
CAPS is YELLING. just plain rude. you'll be fine.

CAPS all the time [2008-10-12]
In the middle of transcribing an ER report, my keyboard/computer (??? not sure which), caused a problem where no matter what I did it would only do upper case...my caps lock was not on (no light indicating it was on) and sticky key function didn't work to get rid of it. I finally had to exit out of platform and then waited a few minutes and when I logged back on everything was fine. Has anyone ever had this happen to them. I am using ExText If you have had this happen to you, what did you do to get out of it? Thanks for your help.

I have had this happen many times and I finally figured out that it had to do [2008-10-12]
with ExText and Shorthand. If you close ShortHand and then restart Shorthand, the caps all the time thing will go away. Unfortunately, every time it happens you will have to do this.

I use shorthand and not ExText and... [2008-10-12]
I get the same problem. You don't even have to close shorthand. You just have to use an abbreviation and let it spell it out in all caps, go back and delete that word, and then you should be able to start typing regular again. Must be a glitch in ShortHand program...

Good things take time. (this is addressed to OP, BTW) My first 15 years or sm [2008-08-19]
so of MT was without the benefit of using an expander. When Expanders became the norm, I was reluctant to try, thinking that it would be more cumbersome than by not using it at all. Was I surprised and pleased I had ventured into the Expander world. Since you're at home you can add entries on your free time, even if you do 5 or 10 at a time, when there is no pressure on you. Start out with expanders for the patient, -year-old, the names of your doctors, anything that is repetitious. You will be surprised how much time this will save you. My initial expander, PRD, actually calculated saved Keystrokes and productivity. Back then I was saving 30%! The expander is especially helpful for those crazy terms that are hyphenated or have camel caps, those that I always had to look up to check myself. Create your brief form by just using straight lowercase, for instance, duoneb for Duo-Neb (or d-n). Speed will come, don't worry. Good luck to you! (Posted in the wrong place--I always do that!) This is in response to OP.

Bennies can be [2008-07-31]
If you have paid AHDI dues, CONGRATULATIONS! you have just helped fund the special pricing deal AHDI gives Indian MTs. This is from http://mtindia.info/news/latest/heartland-information-services-spryance-inc.-merge.html (see all caps in second-to-last paragraph) Heartland Information Services, Spryance, Inc., Merge Written by News Editor Wednesday, 15 November 2006 Combined Companies Create Premier Outsourced Transcription Provider Heartland Information Services has merged with Spryance, Inc., forming one of the premier offshore transcription providers in the United States. Spryance shareholders will fund the purchase of Heartland Information Services from HCR ManorCare. The new combined company will be marketed under the Heartland Information Services brand. Headquartered in Boston, Spryance provides transcription service to more than 175 hospitals and clinics across the country, utilizing 1,200 MTs in India. Heartland�s corporate headquarters is located in Toledo, Ohio, with work centers in Bangalore and Delhi, India. By combining companies, the new Heartland will have over 2,500 medical transcriptionists providing service to over 200 hospital and clinical customers. Dennis Paulik, General Manager of Heartland, will become the President and CEO of the new combined company. Raj Malhotra, CEO of Spryance, will become Chairman of the Board of the combined companies. Joining Mr. Malhotra on the board will be Gene Barduson, Chairman and CEO, Alteer, Inc., Dennis Byerly, former CEO Third Millennium Healthcare Systems, Inc., Mahendra Patel, formerly with DEC, David Beecken, Partner, Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company, and Thomas Schleisinger, Partner, Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company. �Combining the two companies creates synergies that will add value for customers,� says Dennis Paulik, President and CEO of the new Heartland Information Services. �For example, Heartland provides industry-leading quality and customer support and Spryance provides capacity and scalability.� �The Spryance investors, led by Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company and International Finance Corporation, provide the financial strength and resources for the new Heartland to grow rapidly,� adds Mr. Malhotra, Heartland Information Services Chairman of the Board. ... American Association for Medical Transcription, in association with Prometric, announced the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) credentialing exam � a newly developed global �level-1� credential in the arena of Medical Transcription. This program is aimed at helping the existing talent pool to scale up and meet the global standards and quality benchmarks. THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS ALSO ANNOUNCED A SPECIAL 'INDIA PRICE' FOR AAMT'S EXISTING CERTIFIED MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST (CMT) EXAM (emphasis mine). Medical Transcription is a booming industry with exponential growth prospects and opportunities for committed players. While globally the industry potential is around USD 30-33 billion, in India it is around USD 300 million. Currently, there are around 18,000 medical practitioners in the country and this is expected to almost double within the next 2-3 years.

resume [2008-07-05]
What I have found to be a constant problem in placing ads for positions is indeed the resume. I know that they say you only get one chance to make a first impression but a resume IS your one chance. If you are asked to paste to email only and download it instead, you have already lost. If you are listing your experience in Cardiology, Radiology, etc and capitalizing items in the resume that should not, you are have lost. Our profession calls for precise knowledge of things capped and not capped, hyphen, none, etc. So if a resume is a reflection of the person then as an MTSO not sitting and interviewing you in person, you have a resume in hand to go by. It should be as close to perfect as can be. Giving away age is as simple as stating you have worked in WP 5.1 or 6.1. AND some companies, mine included will eagerly look for those experiences because it shows you have been around a while and know the field. When you get say 200 resumes for a position, you have to whittle down the responses so you first go by the appearance of the resume, and by that I do not mean something aesthetically pleasing, but use of grammar and caps. Then I check for qualifications...if I asked for experienced only apply and they dont have experience, circular file. If I ask for specific background or equipment and they dont have it, circular file. There is always a method to getting down to the people that are qualified and testing those people, but it is a long and time consuming process. To respond back to all resumes is time consuming and to do it in a timely matter is difficult so process of elimination is utmost. Does your resume show a lot of short-term jobs? I look for that because I believe most companies are looking for long-term IC not fly-by-night, so again, there are many things a resume tells a person. Does it list the equipment you OWN?? I dont care much for what equipment you may be able to work, but own yes. In this day of computers and Dictaphone, Lanier, voice files, etc, a company asking for specifics, like owning Lanier or Dictaphone want to be able to see that reflected on the resume. I have probably sent out 200 emails asking about equipment, even though my ad clearly states 'MUST HAVE' I will get 100 resumes from people that dont have the equipment, dont have the experience, have never even transcribed or taken a course. So do not just assume that we KNOW you meet our requirements listed because you apply, we may have to ask if it is not on a resume. The resumes I like the most are short and to the point.. name, add, phone number, email and cell phone course work or where you learned transcription. I truly do not care what grade school you went to, high school or college. If it does not pertain to MT work then frankly it doesn't help to know you are an Honor Student from some college. That will NOT GET THE REPORT TRANSCRIBED CORRECTLY. work experience - and start with most current going back. I dont want to read your jobs from 1800 and work my way up. I want to see where YOU ARE NOW in this field and work my way back. We all start somewhere, were a newbie once, but at the time of hiring, I need to see how FAR you have come. reference materials- yes they help, being able to Google something is fine, but having a reference source at hand to know the caps, not capped, etc, is important. Google has things done so many ways it is not always the most precise for that purpose. equipment OWNED - like own Dictaphone, Lanier, computer, fax - is it dedicated or shared - computer, etc. platforms worked, i.e. Citrix, Star, HBO. Meditech, RadTrans, that type of thing. WHAT I DONT CARE TO READ IN A RESUME hobbies - could care less about your bowling experience or knitting projects....they have nothing to do with work movies you like jobs that did NOT pertain to MT work. I dont care if you were a great bartender or worked third shift for Motorola for 10 years. I DO CARE about things that pertain to what I am hiring for. When an ad stats looking for STEADY, RELIABLE MT, that means just that...so if I see you had 10 jobs in 5 years, the word steady kinda goes out the door. If I email you back once and no answer, could be glitch, twice and not answer, reliable is wavering now also. There are a lot of variables to WHY a resume is not responded to.IfI have tosift through a bunch of stuff that does NOT pertain to whatI am looking for,I dont,I move on.Without seeing yours I cant say why, but I hope this helps a little bit. Tiffany

all caps [2008-07-03]
After I have typed a word, is there a way to highlight it andconvert it to all caps?

Are you sure that you don't have the abbrev....sm [2008-07-02]
put incorrectly in the ESP? Otherwise, you might find the entry in the Word dictionary. In Word go to the AutoCorrect tab and click on Exceptions. See if the word with the period is in there. You should click on 3 tabs after getting into Exceptions (FirstLetter, INitial Caps and Other Corrections) to make sure the abbreviated word is there. It's my guess that is where you will find it as Word has a tendency to be the grammar police, if you will. If you want to avoid this in the future, uncheck the Automatically Add Words to the List at the bottom of each of the 3 tabs and that should prevent any further entries. Hope this helps you!

DON'T become a CMT [2008-06-19]
This is from http://mtindia.info/news/latest/heartland-information-services-spryance-inc.-merge.html (see all caps in second-to-last paragraph) Heartland Information Services, Spryance, Inc., Merge Written by News Editor Wednesday, 15 November 2006 Combined Companies Create Premier Outsourced Transcription Provider Heartland Information Services has merged with Spryance, Inc., forming one of the premier offshore transcription providers in the United States. Spryance shareholders will fund the purchase of Heartland Information Services from HCR ManorCare. The new combined company will be marketed under the Heartland Information Services brand. Headquartered in Boston, Spryance provides transcription service to more than 175 hospitals and clinics across the country, utilizing 1,200 MTs in India. Heartland�s corporate headquarters is located in Toledo, Ohio, with work centers in Bangalore and Delhi, India. By combining companies, the new Heartland will have over 2,500 medical transcriptionists providing service to over 200 hospital and clinical customers. Dennis Paulik, General Manager of Heartland, will become the President and CEO of the new combined company. Raj Malhotra, CEO of Spryance, will become Chairman of the Board of the combined companies. Joining Mr. Malhotra on the board will be Gene Barduson, Chairman and CEO, Alteer, Inc., Dennis Byerly, former CEO Third Millennium Healthcare Systems, Inc., Mahendra Patel, formerly with DEC, David Beecken, Partner, Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company, and Thomas Schleisinger, Partner, Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company. �Combining the two companies creates synergies that will add value for customers,� says Dennis Paulik, President and CEO of the new Heartland Information Services. �For example, Heartland provides industry-leading quality and customer support and Spryance provides capacity and scalability.� �The Spryance investors, led by Beecken Petty O�Keefe & Company and International Finance Corporation, provide the financial strength and resources for the new Heartland to grow rapidly,� adds Mr. Malhotra, Heartland Information Services Chairman of the Board. ... American Association for Medical Transcription, in association with Prometric, announced the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) credentialing exam � a newly developed global �level-1� credential in the arena of Medical Transcription. This program is aimed at helping the existing talent pool to scale up and meet the global standards and quality benchmarks. THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS ALSO ANNOUNCED A SPECIAL 'INDIA PRICE' FOR AAMT'S EXISTING CERTIFIED MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST (CMT) EXAM (emphasis mine). Medical Transcription is a booming industry with exponential growth prospects and opportunities for committed players. While globally the industry potential is around USD 30-33 billion, in India it is around USD 300 million. Currently, there are around 18,000 medical practitioners in the country and this is expected to almost double within the next 2-3 years.

MT, proof as I go. ME, go back and proof afterwards [2008-06-19]
I have only been editing 3-4 months, and I find I make at least twice the stupid mistakes on ME as with MT, so I do scan the ME reports --find double periods, caps where they are not supposed to be -- stupid stuff. good luck!

work out an indexing system that works for you and copy (almost) every report into it. [2008-05-12]
while Ops offer lot of challenges -- that's a good thing, imho, REALLY ... I keep my op stored in WORDsorted by (1) client (2) specialty (general surgeon, ortho, plastic, podiatrics, ENT, GYN, GI , urology, neurosurgery etc) .... and then in word folders (3) within speciality, within client I name individual reports like this: 470 hernia vental simple 470 hernia umbilical 470 small bowel resection ========================================================= 470 would be that doctor's id number -- the file holding 470's reports would be named with doctor's last name ========================================================= works for me, although I do usually do big time indexing until I've gota bunch of copied reports. ========================================================= It's really important to NOT consider these NORMALS until you are more familiar with the dictator ... however... this is worthwhile ANYWAY because the joy of OPs is that most doctors say pretty much the same thing in 80% of their reports ... sometimes more. Gastroenterology and GYN are excellent easy money most of the time but you MUST pay attention and change every difference ... All these saved reports need to be updated when you review your QA ... those phrases that doctor mumbled yesterday are probably mumbled 24/7/365 ... follow up and record this information. ========================================================= I use Emedicine for my go-to for a lot of things... while they don't have op reports they are stellar at terminology and spelling, hyphens, and capitalization as far as I can tell. One of the fabulous things about op reports is usually NO MEDICATION LOOKUPS!!!! (although you will spend time finding out the latest heart stents, hip replacemetn component marketing names, etc. ) Most medical device manufacturers have pretty good web sites -- use them, rather than relative Google popularity wrt spelling, caps, etc. Good luck -- there is a learning curve but imho it is more than worth it -- Surgeons understand that their dictation is in essence their BILL when it comes to Medicare and insurance -- they have a vested interest in it being intelligible and complete ... they may talk really fast but most of the time, if you have samples, you will find they are saying variations of the same thing using the same words/terminology. Oh, and OP pay better. Sincerely, good luck.!

style ? [2008-04-22]
is a pollen allergy treated the same as a drug allergy, caps and bold?

transcribing with the AlphaGrip [2008-04-07]
Before I discovered the AlphaGrip I had been searching for a tray to hold my keyboard on my lap, and I wound up buying the one offered here: http://www.laptoplounger.com/ I have never been able to work comfortably with my keyboard in my lap, and still was not able to with this tray, but it works great for my foot pedal and is adjustable both in height and angle. I will have to try to take a pic of my setup and post it here. I have my recliner on an old futon frame so that I can use a rolling laptop desk and have my computer in front of me while I am reclined, with the tray I mentioned for the foot pedal set up on the end of the frame (need to stabilize it a little better). BTW, when I bought the Touchsmart computer, the wireless keyboard that comes with it is smaller than the one I was using prior, and I was able to take an old lapdesk and Velcro attach the keyboard to it, and I was finally able to have the keyboard in my lap. When I bought my AlphaGrip, I was able to immediately discontinue use of the traditional mouse, but gradually switched from the keyboard. The AlphaGrip web site has tons of information and free programs to help with learning to use it. I started with a program that one of their early customers came up with and is provided free, and then downloaded some of the typing games they offer. Most of the keys are hit with the same finger as on the QWERTY keyboard, but to fit all of the keys from the traditional board in such a small space, some of them are chorded. Basically, there are three shift keys, regular for caps, red for numerals and some special characters (-, +, =, etc.) and green for punctuation and some other special characters. I love mine, and with the pain I was having before, I do not know that I would have been able to stay in transcription without it. Sorry so long . . . I guess I'm passionate about my AG :)

I do the same (sm) [2008-03-25]
I try to correct as I go just in case a mistake is not picked up while proofreading, plus I think it's just a good habit. If you are having problems with spacing and/or caps at the beginning of a sentence, you can always create a macro that you can run at the end of the document and it will correct those mistakes for you. There are MT productivity sites where you can get information on how to create macros. It's great!

some of my examples... [2008-03-19]
One thing I do is use a j in place of -ion. For example, hos = hospital hosj = hospitalization I also use a 2 to make everything all caps - for example hpi2 = HPI chf2 = CHF If I have a PA dictating for a doctor I have their last name with a 4 to spell out the signature line; for example - brown4 is Joe Brown, P.A., dictating for Jane Doe, M.D. I also use the first letter of each word for long phrases such as tpcit for the patient comes in today... Hope some of these suggestions help!

Caps Toggle? [2008-03-17]
Is there a caps toggle keyboard command? In other words, is there a way to change mixed case to caps without typing it all over again? TIA!

It's a form for vehicle accidents. It looks funny without [2008-03-10]
the caps, but I amnot sure of thisgrammar rule. TIA~

I had a similar problem at one time and --sm [2008-02-19]
someone here told me what to check for. Open tools, open autocorrect options, to the right of the box is a button called exceptions. click that. There should be three tabs at the top, labeled First Letter Initial Caps and other corrections. at the bottom of the box, there is a small check box labeled automatically add words to list. if that is checked, uncheck it. If there are words in the don't capitalize after: box above that, you will have to highlight and delete every word that is in there. Do the same with each tab in that box, and this should correct your problem. However, if you ever do a disc clean up, you will have to reset this to not automatically add words to the list. I went for years before someone finally explained this to me. To me, it is a huge annoyance. Anyway, I hope this takes care of your problem.

best sound- WinScribe Dictaphone Transnet-NO- see inside [2008-02-13]
Best sound is Winscribe. Google it. Has excellent, excellent sound, far better than Dictatphone ExtText (see below). Has demographics that are with the job, however I don't know if it has a way to make the demographics automatically download into a document--- my company does its own programming for that. ? May be ask. Dictaphone ExtText is tedious, tedious, tedious. I don't know why people like it. And the Expander that comes with it is poor, very few features that typists would use and a some that work against you-i.e. it won't capitalize an abbreviation you have put in, even if you type it in caps. I worked on it twice, 5 years apart, and they NEVER upgraded the sound or other features to make it more MT-friendly. A company that puts SO LITTLE EFFORT into their product for the end-user will never get my vote! My input, my opinion.

Generics and Instant Text [2008-02-12]
To the student MT: It is truly frustrating to learn something one way and then find that not all clients want it done that way. This is a situation where an Expander like Instant Text comes in really handy. I made the mistake of inserting all drugs that I came across in my Instant Text expander in proper form, with initial caps forthe brands and lowercase for the generics. Then, I was introduced to an account that required that all drugs be capitalized. This created a bit of a slowdown, to say the least. But, in the long run, it is easier to go back and capitalize everything than to go back and deciper which ones are brands and which are generic. Those of you who are familiar with Instant Text will understand what I mean when I say that it is good to keep the drug names in a separate glossary. I was then also able to make a new glossary with Instant Text, by copying my old glossary and renaming it; this time changing all drug names to initial caps. Yes, it was time consuming, but worth it.

We don't need the STATUS QUO either... [2008-02-07]
If you think for a New York second the Democrats are even a shade better than the GOP, ask yourself this: WHY did the majority of Democrats not only NOT stand up to the WAR CRIMINAL Bush, but they voted for MOST of his agenda? THEY are the enablers, that's why! HILARY CAN whine all she wants to about the war, SHE and almost all other democrats GAVE BUSH THE KEYS! And then when the DEMOCRATS got control of Congress back THEY CONTINUED to weenie out and/or support BUSH'S policies. THIS HAPPENED FOR A REASON, PEOPLE! One party starts a war (by lying about the need for same) and the other party supports the war makers! TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HISTORY: Both parties have started and/or enabled wars based on lies for a very very long time! WHY do you think the DEMS AND GOP work SO HARD TO KEEP ANY OTHER PARTY OFF THE RADAR SCREEN? WHY do you think MEDIA works so hard to present very very censored coverage? SORRY FOR THE CAPS! I am very upset to see so many Americans once again falling for the lies. :( and sad as well.