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I have forgotten how to make it indent the numbers automatically in Microsoft Word.  Help from anyone.  Thanks in advance

While the queue was empty, I logged in to my public library's audiobook section and found an audiobook called The Law of Attraction, which I downloaded for free and started listening to.  It contains tips and secrets on how to attract good things into our lives, which would include abundance and positive experiences in every area of life....  I also found links online to free worksheets and all kinds of stuff.  Here is a you tube link to explain more about what I'm referring to here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoGCaLul8ms

I have recently finished an online medical transcription course.  I have been reading the posting on this website and I'm very intrigued by some of the information.   Not to sound stupid, but what are word expanders, auto correct, and shorthand?  I have macros on my computer, but I never used them.  I am trying to find my first medical transcription job, but it is very difficult as a newbie.  I would love to be a productive, accurate medical transcriptionist, but it seems that no one wants to give the newbies a chance.  Any thoughts of how to get started?  thanks!

For the past 3 weeks I have had symptoms of extreme fatigue, chronic headaches, twitching muscles, itchy skin, and very low concentration.  So, being an MT I have become a little bit of a worry wart listening to doc's all day long talk about patient's symptoms, diseases, etc.  I know that my symptoms are also symptoms of MS.  I am only 28 and freaked out that I have something bad.  I am also stressed out to the max from just buying a house and my husband quiting his job to take over a business.  I hope that it is just stress-related but I just wanted to know if anyone has MS or knows anything about it. 

Thanks

I'm a newbie to the site since I've been looking for a new job.  My previous job was p.r.n. for 8 years after I worked for 2 years full-time before my children were born.  Now the work is slow and I'm out of a job. 

I just took a test for a job and I have to say that out of the 10 or so test I've taken it was the absolute worst.  The written test was difficult and we were told not to use reference materials.  Fine, I think I did okay.  They asked me to take transcription test so I started on it.  Out of the 4 files, 3 were okay.  A few blips and bleeps that were hard to understand but overall I know I did fine.  Then, I start the last one and I'm outraged that I took my time on the first 3 just to come to this one.  I understand no more then half the dictation, if that.  I ended up just clicking off my Word and saying forget about it.  I'm tempted to send them the 3 test I completed and telling them that the 4th test is just too unrealistic and if it is any indication of their work-load then they can forget about it alltogether.  I do not feel the need to be tortured in order to get a job.  After rewinding, listening, slowing down, speeding up, taking a break, starting all over again, I refuse to take this one particular transcription test. 

I'm sorry y'all.  I really just needed to get this off my chest.  I'm obviously tired of testing and at my whits end. 

I dont really know how to say this, so here it goes...sometimes older women in denim shorts and tank tops look...like older women trying to look young. I am not trying to disrespect anyone, but come on ladies, we've all seen them.  The person in the skimpy shorts and low cut top and bleached blonde hair, she turns around and lo and behold, she's your grandmother! That is not attractive! Women can dress and feel sexy without having to borrow our daughter's clothes! Just IMHO!

I purchased a foot pedal through an MT company but no longer with that company.  I am now trying to use the foot pedal and can't seem to get it to work.   I asked before I left the company if I needed software for the foot pedal and was told it was generic and should work with any software.  It isn't working.  I have express scribe downloaded and still can't seem to get it to work.   Is there such a thing as a generic foot pedal that works with any transcription software?

Any suggestions? 

TIA.

Not sure if this can be done or not but here goes.  I use Vianeta platform for my work and also do other work in MS Word.  My ShortHand file is incorporated into Vianeta platform so I do not have access to it when in MS Word (use auto correct).  Is there anyway to copy Shorthand from the Vianeta platform and either put it in auto correct or another free word Expander program?  Only legal ways please.

The creature comforts aren't all they are cracked up to be.  The stress of maintaining them and the repeated and repeated phone calls to keep them in working order or to even get hooked up what you ordered and paid for is mind boggling and frankly I DON'T WANT THE STUPID PHONE ANYMORE, OK!

Or the cable, or the DSL,  I don't want the electricity or the plumber who does half the job and never shows up for the rest of the job------so that the drywall man can come and fix the holes left in the way left by the $19,000 plumber.

The car is due its tune up in order to keep the warranty in place, but I don't have time because I have to type (and there's nothing to type most of the time but I must sit there) and the kids have dental appointments I already have begged off for.

There are teacher conferences I have to HAVE TO mind you take part in and then the after school activities to oooh-ahhh over as a parent or my child won't think I love her.

My husband wants (xxx) and I'm too tired to even care - wake me when it's over.

On PBS today I heard a letter read by a resident woman of New Orleans of the conditions there.  Did you know there were indians living in TEE PEES there?  They had been brought in on the promise of work, but the work never materialized, but they were living in TeePees right here in River City. 

I find it strange that we can totally rebuild countries in 6 montsh hit by hurricanes and storms, and we can't get people a roof on their homes.  Only more plastic - make that half a plastic.  I wonder if our REBUILDING in these other countries is done as horribly as we are doing it here.

But back to me.  I long to live in the woods by the Interstate, under a lean-too and something to keep the snakes away from me when I sleep.  I have a little blue tin cup from the Wal-Mart to make my coffee over the campfire.  I'm ready.  I have already learned to eat COLD FOOD because I never have time to sit down at a cooked meal with my family.

I WANT OUT!

for radiology transcription?  Am considering applying for a position using it but do not know a thing about it.  I am currently using Word-based programs and before that have used WP5.1. 

Does it have a built in spellchecker?  Can I use my ShortCut for Windows word Expander program?

Is it cumbersome, hard to learn, take a long time to get *up to speed*???

Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!

I thought this could be fun...

I was thinking today that I know I'm an MT when I type a recipe up for a friend and instead of using the word bowl, I typed bowel, not once but twice!   Take a bowel and stir it... LOL    

I'm new to this site, actually I'm ashamed to say I had no idea it even exhisted, and I've done transcription for over 10 years.  Anyway, just wondering if there is anything I need to look out for.  Things such as scams I should definitely be on the look out for.  Thanks everyone

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE WORKING FOR DTS, BRENTWOOD BRANCH?

Pardon me but I'm a little irked.

I live in a small quiet town, or what used to be a small and quiet town.  If you want to go to a big store, you better figure on driving for 20 minutes in one direction or 3 hours in any other direction. 

We like it quiet, we grew up here. It's home.  We know the community.  We know our surroundings, wildlife, weather, all of it.

Then come those from the city to make their homes here.  It's nice that they can afford to buy the property above us in our little canyon and build the big fancy houses but... remember, this is a county road, not well maintained, very narrow, and lots of animals (wild and domestic) cross the road at any given time, day or night.

My kids get on and off the bus at the bottom of our driveway.  Every day, like clockwork, a herd of deer cross the road just a few feet away from the bus stop at 3:00. 

One of our 4-5 new neighbors has a 17yo boy who drives up and down this road like a demon.  Actually, so do ALL of them.  They have absolutely no regard for others that have to share the road with them. 

I was standing out on my porch today watching the deer cross and waiting for the bus to drop my kids off when this boy comes barreling up the road like nobody's business (speed limit is 35 and he was going probably 60 with snow and ice on the road.)

An unlucky deer crossed in front of him, right at the bottom of my drive way.  He stopped, kinda had to since there was deer all over his pretty new truck, and cussed a blue streak so loud I think everyone down town could probably hear him.  I sure heard every word.  He gets back into his truck then and continues up the road, not much slower than before either. 

He left the dead deer carcass in my driveway.

Had it been anyone else, I would have called his parents and ask that he come clean up his mess from my driveway since my young kids will be getting off the bus any minute and I really don't want them having to see this gore but, last spring, this same kid intentially tried to run over one of my dogs.  I called his parents and asked them to please ask him to slow down going up and down the road since there are so many kids and animals.  They acted like I had accused them of killing someone. 

So... I called the game warden instead and he came right over to assess the carnage.  He then called the police and the police went up to the kid's house. 

Guess what... The city folk got a lesson in cleaning up guts and gore.  Police made boy and dad come clean up the mess and gave the boy a ticket but I don't know what the ticket was for. 

So....

If any city dwellers decide to move to the country, it should be known that we mostly live on primitive roads.  They get plowed last, if at all, in the winter.  We have lots of animals roaming around to and fro across the roads, if we have more than a foot of snow overnight, the garbage men will still likely come on the right day so don't scream and yell because you thought it would be a day late because of the snow.  We do NOT have snow days for less than a foot of snow.  My yard is not your drive by garbage can and.....

We country folk know how to read and write too so we CAN and will take a plate number and turn it in to the police when we see you driving through private property, destroying said property, or speeding and you do NOT own the road.

As a matter of fact, that property up the road from us.... WE OWN the road and were nice enough to allow access to those property owners.  We also own the property on both sides of the road here too and the county has an easement through our property. 

If we wanted to be really nasty we could fence our property up there where those new houses are and they wouldn't have a way in or out.  We wouldn't do that but we sure could.

I'm just really steamed right now.

Hi...

Does anyone know if Vonage phone service is compatible with a USB-1 pedal??

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide...

Rebecca S.

Don't be upset if we decline your offer of employment after being hired when...

1.  Your server is down the entire afternoon of our first day of training.

2.  You don't pay for headers, yet there are 4 different screens of demographic information we have to enter information into.

3.  Your recruiter tells us we are paid for headers and/or spaces and we find we are not.

4.  Your tech support can't seem to get your software up and running for us.

5.  You quote us a line rate and then tell us you didn't get the account we were supposed to be working on so we will have to accept a lower line rate.

6.  Calls and/or emails to support/supervisors/QA go unanswered.

7.  Your software is nowhere near as MT friendly as your recruiter and/or trainer portrayed it to be.

8.  The "more than enough work to keep you busy" fails to materialize.