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I would like to take an existing letterhead, scan it and create a template for it that can be pulled up and typed right into.  Someone I used to know did this for one of my accounts at one time, but I have no clue on how she did it and no contact with her anymore.  It doesn't seem like this should be anything difficult to do, but I have played around with it and just can't figure it out. 

Would really appreciate any pointers, or even links/websites where I might be able to find simplified information on how to do this.  I am a little "behind the times" and not very experienced on much besides typing at this point.  I will be changing direction soon and need to update my ways of doing things.

Thank you in advance for any tips or direction. 

I've got one year of experience working with a national after going through an MT certificate program with a local college.  Had trouble with speed and production.  Want to go back into transcription and considering part time as not sure I could do the 40 hours a week with everything else going on right now.  Wondering if it is possible to learn the tools of the trade, account specifics and get used to the docs with a national when only working part time. 

Thanks.

Good day everybody...I am on a rush and interested on buying a set of classified voice files, all body system for practice transcription but I can not find sites where to buy them.  I will appreciate it a lot if somebody could give me at least an idea where to find the complete set of course on a cheaper price. Thanks very much.

I feel bad because I totally shouldn't feel this way but something about men MTs seems off to me. For some reason it bothers me that there is a lot of male dominance at the higher level in the MT field as well, i.e. supervisors and management seem to be largely male while the MT population as a whole isn't.

Any comments or commentary on the idea?  Like I said, I feel bad that I'm not comfortable with it yet but I guess it's because it's so rare to see.

For whatever reason I am no longer able to copy and past from Microsoft Word to Medinotes. I noticed it happened after I completed an update from Microsoft Word.

Thank you  

I'm wondering if anyone has the same problem I'm having with Chartscript.  I have never worked in Chartscript before, and my new primary account is in Chartscript. This is a brand-new account for my company (I work for a small MTSO), and they are pretty clueless with Chartscript and with Instant Text so are no help to me on this issue.

I don't know if it is my Instant Text that is causing the problems that I'm having.  Sometimes when I'm in Chartscript, I'll use a heading from my Instant Text in the document.  Then when I go to the next heading to insert it from Instant Text, it will copy the previous heading that I've just inserted.  Also, sometimes if I have just copied and pasted something, it will insert that rather than the Instant Text entry that I am trying to insert into the document.  It is SO aggravating and time-consuming!!

Also, Chartscript is so slow!  It's like it can't keep up with my typing, but it happens even if I'm just trying to highlight something in the document or delete something.... it is so cumbersome it seems!!  Is it ME, or is this something that other MTs have problems with also in Chartscript.  Need some feedback please!

So many of us do not know what it is like to live in poverty

All and all, AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE!!!!!  THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!!!!

How do you connect to the internet? Thanks in advance for the  help.

I had a laparoscopic procedure to remove an adhesion.  As most of you know, 3 incisions are made in this procedure; the bellybutton, along the side of your abdomen, and along the bikini line.  The adhesion was taken out through the bikini line incision.  The other day, I felt a lump in that area and noticed redness, which spread quite quickly.  I went to the doc today and he said i had an infected hematoma and put me on oral antibiotics.  He said if it did not improve he would need to drain it and possibly put me on IV antibiotics.  I cannot find information on this anywhere and I don't know if this is dangerous or not. I am terrified.  Can this lead to sepsis?  Or any other type of problem?  Please, if you have any information, good or bad, please please please let me know.  Not knowing is scary and you all know how 'vague' doctors can be.

THANKS!!

Does anyone have a remedy for these disgusting little worms?  I was told they are moth worms.  They are about 0.25 to 0.50 inches and gray in color with a black head.  I'm finding them in my dining room and by the garbage.  We had a moth in the house recently and think it may have laid eggs.  Is there something I can use to kill them off?  I can't find where exactly they're coming from, so should I spray the whole room?  Any help would be appreciated. 

I know I have read posts on here before regarding this topic but I can never find them in the archives.  Besides a different keyboard, is there something you can take like a vitamin or different foods that will help?  I have noticed that if I eat potatoe chips, my hands are stiff the next morning.  Is there a certain brace or splint you can buy that you can wear when not working or do you even wear these when working?  I thought I saw some magnetic splint somewhere.  I am not like this every day, just some of the time but when I am, it is very frustrating. 

Can anyone tell me the advantage of using word Expanders versus autocorrect/autotext in word?  I use autocorrect a LOT but am wondering if there is an advantage to switching over? 

Thanks so much for your help/advice!  - Karen

per day, 5 days a week?  Just curious.  I am having trouble keeping up with this amount of IC work.  The doctors are very easy to understand, so it is not a translation problem.  It just seems like it takes me 8-10 hours to transcribe and print out two tapes per day.  Am I just slow compared to the normal MT?  TIA

I was noticing in looking at posts of folks who need word help that often they are stumped by the most BASIC words.  Sometimes I notice that words within the posts that the poster DOES know are even misspelled.  Don't mean to bash here, but how are these people qualified to do medical transcription?  Could this possibly be contributing to the decline in pay we are seeing?  Shouldn't QA be telling these folks to work in-house somewhere for more training? 

I remember when I first started I thought the dictator was saying "AT&T" when he was actually saying HEENT.  That's how green I was!!  That was 15 years ago and I worked for FOUR YEARS in-house full time before I tried ANYTHING at home.

Many, many months ago I somehow figured out on this site how to receive a daily digest through email each day and I enjoy that.  Now I would like to tell a couple MTer's how to receive this Daily Digest as well, but am not able to find the directions on this site again.  If anyone could tell me how to sign up for the Daily Digest, would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks. 

Let's start with a few southern places and see how many would actually meet in spring next year:

1)  Memphis, Tennessee

2)  St. Louis, Missouri

3)  Kansas City, Missouri

4)  Atlanta, Georgia

5)  Dallas, Texas

Anyone interested in getting a group in for 2-3 days in any of those places next spring?

Any of you computer smarties out there who can help me out?  I'm new to Word Client and EXText and I'm trying to figure out the least maddening way to set up my lists and numbers.  I already have a great macro for when they dictate 1., 2., 3., etc. so no problem there.  My problem comes in when some of these guys want 1. and then a., b. c.  They want it to be set up like this (hope it comes out right)

1.   text text text

      a.   Text

      b.   Text

2.  Text

      a.  Text.

I can get my a. b. c. macro to look right when I type it as a stand alone macro, but if I have done my 1.2.3. macro and then try to do the a.b.c. underneath the 1, then it scoots the a.  waaaay too far over to the right, to where it is under the second word of the text, not lined up right under the first letter of the text under 1.  Does anyone know of a way to do this that doesn't involve a bunch of time and extra key strokes?  Hope this makes sense trying to explain it, I'm waiting on deliverye of my Word For Dummies book but then had the thought that I have seen computer-related questions answered here before and thought I would give it a shot.  TIA.

Do your research. open your mind.  Get a clue.  Hello, McFly!  It's always the same old people spouting the same old nonsense with nothing to back their statements except unsubstantiated personal opinions.  No facts, just blowhard opinions.  I've had it with the constant negativity.  I'm not helping anybody any more on the Word, Drug or Style boards.  I'm not helping newbies or the technically challenged.  YOU WIN, TROLLS!  You can have the boards because I quit coming here PERIOD.

Aargh.  It happened all day yesterday.  When I brought in text that was all caps

IMPRESSION:

and had lower case on keyboard (as always do), it reverses keyboard commands.  This is driving me c-r-a-z-y.

Is anyone running Vista and also running Stedman's spellcheck 2007?  Thanks in advance. 

in Windows XP, how can I see what programs are running automatically on startup?  I should know this, but for some reason my brain is not cooperating!

TIA!!