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Making sure that I can save all my autocorrect entries... -
Posted By: JH
Hello all....My new computer is on its way, and I will be taking my Word 2003 off of the old computer and putting it on the new one. I am not the most computer savy person out there, so I am asking you to help me with making sure that my Autocorrect entries that I have stored in there will make the transition to a new computer. Do I have to do anything special to save them, or will they automatically just be there when I load Word to the new computer? Also, what is the best way to transfer files that I have saved on my desktop over to the new one? This is where I keep all my sample copies of doctor dictation, and templates.
Again, thank you for your help. It is MUCH appreciated! 
Useful reference site -
Posted By: sf
Hi all,
Stumbled on this site on Google search. Lots of useful word lists in there, including some really handy op samples. Check it out.
charging per character -
Posted By: sunnyMT
What is the average charge per char?? A dr called me and told me he is currently paying .002 per char. If I calculated right, that would be .13 cpl. Is it standard to charge char w/spaces or not? Thanks for any info, I always have charged by the line 
Stedman's books 4 Sale on Equipment Board -
Posted By: Pat
Please check equipment board for Stedman's books for sale. Reasonably priced.
What do you suggest -
Posted By: BAR
How much do you guys charge for a late fee when invoices aren't paid in time?
My terms are invoicing the first of each month and payment due within ten days.
I've decided to impose a late fee since I'm having a horrible time getting paid. What do you recommend? Thanks.
If a company doesn't pay, is there anything that can be done to collect? -
Posted By: nm
Trouble again
Sign on Bonuses -
Posted By: mt
When are sign on bonuses, relocation assistance, usually paid out?
Okay, what is a virtual line? nm -
Posted By: jana
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voice recognition -
Posted By: jane burleson
Could somebody tell me about voice recognition as far as transcriptionists using it? How does that work? I'm really interested. I know that several years ago it was the talk, but I think everybody found out it was not very good or easy to train. Are transcriptionists now using it to transcribe dictation? and how do they do this?
Any Colorado MTs on here? (sm) -
Posted By: Thinking of moving...
DH and I are considering moving to Colorado. Anything you can tell me about how you like it, or not, the people, the climate, attitudes , would be most helpful! I would like to talk with MTs particularly who are working from home, as I do. Thanks so much!!
P.S. There is not much activity on the states board, as I went there for info first.
Query: How many have reference books and how many? -
Posted By: MSMT
Wondering if I should expand my library.
Question -
Posted By: Texas MT
I have an interview on Tuesday (Dermatologist). The doctor dictates regular recorder and then transfer to a disk? What does this mean?
Spending a couple weeks traveling in 4-corners area -
Posted By: Need recommendations of what to see
We have about 3 weeks to wander around this area -- starting in Albuquerque and ending up in Phoenix. Looking forward to seeing the National Parks, Monument Valley, etc., but would love to hear about out of the way or particularly neat stuff!!!
Party dilema... -
Posted By: gmg
Okay, 5 years ago, our family threw a huge party - a pig roast actually - with over 100 people during the course of the night. My father-in-law said he wanted to do it again this year, but has since backed out because of his health not being the best and my husband has no interest in planning. I would love to charge in and do it myself except for one thing - I have no idea how to roast a pig. I was thinking of just having burgers and dogs as well as whatever sides people want to bring, soda, beer, etc and just turn up the music and have a blast. My husband says you can't have a pig roast one year and turn around and just have hamburgers another time. I think he's full of it! Any opinions? And be kind...he IS a great guy. Just a party p**per when it comes to this.
Happy 4th!
need emdat/Inscribe foot pedal -
Posted By: wsd
thanks
How to use Intantext and Inscribe together -
Posted By: Gloria
Can anyone tell , me how to get Instantext to work with Inscribe? Thanks
Please let us know if your software is compatible with Vista and thank you. -
Posted By: Vista compatible companies out there ?
It seems that companies would hurry up and get compatible with Vista, as they would have more choice in MT's in their hiring process.
Keyboard text stuck "on" -
Posted By: mt
I hope someone can help me. I was trying to print the computer screen and for some reason could not and my husband came to "help" me and somehow he got the desktop text that normally shows up under the desktop icons to be stuck in the "on" position. Does anyone know how to turn them off? My husband does not even know what he did to get them that way. We never were able to print the screen. If anyone can tell me how to turn off these desktop texts, please let me know. Just in case this helps, I have Windows XP PRO and a Microsoft erganomic keyboard. Thank you all in advance.
Work privacy - discussing one employee in hearing of another -
Posted By: Work privacy
I posted a question on the legal board because it is a legal question about workplace privacy and I thought somebody there might know, but please check it if you know anything about laws or agencies that protect worker privacy.
Grrrrrr!!!!!!! -
Posted By: J1
See, this is what **** me off - they consider MT a [quote]good way to earn extra income in your spare time[endquote]
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2009/03/30/7-great-side-jobs-for-extra-cash/?ncid=AOLCOMMjobsDYNLprim0001&icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl4|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fjobs.aol.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F03%2F30%2F7-great-side-jobs-for-extra-cash%2F%3Fncid%3DAOLCOMMjobsDYNLprim0001
Ovarian cyst removal - has anyone gone through this? - sm -
Posted By: MTSO
Any of you ever had to have an ovarian cyst removed? I'm told I need to have a left ovary cyst removed, along with the left ovary. If anyone has been through this, I am interested in what to expect recovery wise? It is a simple process where you are up and about within a day or so? I can't afford to be out of work more than a day or so, so I am a little worried. Any advice? Thanks!
Spider bite? -
Posted By: tia
Has anyone every been bit by a spider? Isn't an ER doctor suppose to be able to identify a poison spider. I got bit yesterday on the left thumb. I would not have worried about it if was anywhere else or the fact that I was alone with no wheels. My husband had just left to go to a ball game.I called him to tell him that I had just been bitten (He hates spiders, he had been bitten by one and spent two weeks on crutches). He comes home to take me to the emergency room along with the dazed spider. The doctor could not tell what kind of spider it was. My husband had looked it up on the net and it seemed to be a brown recluse. The ER doctor said there was really nothing to do except give me a Benadryl (I never take medicine or go to the doctor) and antibiotics to take if I see an infection starting and kept me for 30 minutes in case of a reaction. In the meantime, my husband (a science teacher) goes to his classroom (school is next to the hospital) to put the spider under the microscope and do more research on the spider. As it turns out, the spider was not a brown recluse but a brown house spider often mistaken for one. The only way to tell the difference is the number of eyes. LOL. Anyway, I felt so foolish and because taking the Benadryl was out like a light the rest of the afternoon and evening. Wasted the rest of my day.
practice what you preach on your front page..see inside -
Posted By: bring back old posts
MTStars provides this site, free of charge, to all MTs and those holding other related positions in the healthcare industry. We believe that an open forum with a minimum of deletion is paramount to successful networking across the globe, and we are confident that this is why MTStars is the success it is today!
Looking for info on Execuscribe on company board -
Posted By: LoriT
Any information on this company? Interviewed yesterday but i'm just wondering what the feedback on them is from others...
at home jobs -
Posted By: denise
Has anyone had success with at-home job opportunities over the internet, i.e, on-line surveys, Google adwords ?
A real software stumper...sm -
Posted By: IndianaMT
 Why do I always end up with such complicated computer problems? Okay - you know how your little icons gradually freeze one at a time and you realize it is going to freeze all the way shortly? That is what happened so I stopped and saved everything that I was working in and saved it. I was working in WordPerfect. I restarted the computer. The document that I was working in is fine. BUT.... I have lost all my QuickWords. QuickCorrect is still all there and works just fine. It would take a lot of time and work but I thought I'll just have to reenter everything as I come to it. Here is the glitch. Everytime I go to add something to QuickWords it says "The templet is read only" and won't let me add anything in QuickWords. I have uninstalled WordPerfect and reinstalled WordPerfect and the problem is still there. I have been told two things - one is that somewhere the program is saying a document is open - and two, that it would appear that it is not in WordPerfect since uninstalling and reinstalling did not take care of the problem. Any thoughts!!!! I'm stumped!
Thanks so much in advance for any help!!!!
Axolotl -
Posted By: jss
Has anyone ever worked for the company Axolotl and if so what was your experience?
Thanks in advance!
Happy Chanukah to those celebrating...*S* -
Posted By: evening of Dec 15-Dec 22nd!!! .....n/m
    
Auto accident - rear -end -
Posted By: Our car was rear ended and
we don't think we should give a "recorded" statement to the other car's insurance company. Advice.
MedGarde -
Posted By: Jan_W
Help. I am planning to apply for a job with this company. Any feedback regarding working conditions would be much appreciated.
What should I charge.... -
Posted By: tiredhands
what should I charge for a "transcription" job which does not include tapes BUT does include taking doc's charts and combining them for a single report? Don't know all the work this will take but going for the interview and hoping to set a good hourly price. They agreed to hourly, I just didn't give a price yet. They have TONS of work but don't want to outprice myself. This is an at home job that I found after tons and tons of searching......I have 12 years experience.
Quick Look Drug Book 2007 (sm) -
Posted By: Deb
CD version. Does anyone have this and like it? I have the 2005 version, and could not see much difference in the 2006 QLDB. Any comments appreciated.
Single person and bills -
Posted By: broke and broker
How does any single preson today make ends meet as an MT? I work a 2nd job and still way behind in bills. Job-hunting for a full time position other than MT is fruitless, as employers take on look at all of your years in transcription and ask you how you think can do anything else. It seems like a curse. The dreaded "transcription" word is getting me nowhere fast when it comes to breaking in to other clerical work. Had I know this would be the case, I would have left the MT field years ago. I can do SO much more than transcription if given the chance. Maybe I should lie on my resume and not mention all the years of transcription.
Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! -
Posted By: MARIO BOSIO
i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.
What is the difference between an acute care account and a multispecialty account??..nm -
Posted By: Curious
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Line rate in So CA Riverside County -
Posted By: Anonym
Hi there - can anyone tell me what to charge for the line rate is in So Calif (Riverside County.) I had an account about 2 years ago and was charging 12 cents per gross line. Is it different now?
Thanks
Paid by the minute? -
Posted By: Just Wondering
Does anybody know how getting paid per dictated minute works? Thanks!
Why does search not work??? -
Posted By: GAtrans
I can put something in the search engine AND change it to seach mtstars archives and it won't do it. It still says it can't find anything or gives me web sites on that subject. I'm not leaving it on search the web but it will not work. I can even put Medquist or another word that is right here on the home page and it won't find anything???????????
Tech support for Dictaphone -
Posted By: Wanda
Does anyone know where I go to get tech support for Dictaphone foot pedal 148519, the one that you use with adapter? I can't get my computer to pick it up. So I don't know what to do.
Shorthand! -
Posted By: J
Is there a way you can import addresses into ShortHand all at once, instead of one by one?
Thanks in advance!
Help with fax headers please -
Posted By: TiredMT
Hi....does anyone know how to turn off the fax headers in MS Word? I found out how to do it years ago and then I got a new computer and now I have tried and tried and cannot figure out how to do it!
Just to clarify, I'm talking about when you use the fax wizard function in MS Word to send a fax, and that header comes out at the top of each faxed page with the time and phone number of who sent the fax etc. How do I get that off my outgoing faxes???? PLEASE HELP! 
C-phone -
Posted By: Ashley
What is a C-phone and how much are they?
Admin: I get cut off a lot in the subject/name fields. -
Posted By: How can I tell if what I type fits? nm
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Are there significant changes in 3rd BOS? sm -
Posted By: starving artist
How many changes do I have to learn now? Does it ever end? I guess buying #2 and the CD was flushing money down the drain. I know - whatever the client wants - but they didn't agree with #2, so we shall see how #3 goes.
does anyone work -
Posted By: texan
remote as a hospital employee? I did this about 10 years ago and loved it. Have an opportunity to do it again for an out of state hospital and wonder exactly how it works, like do they control your hours, etc? Thanks for any information.
AMHERST AT IT AGAIN! -
Posted By: MQ'er
Those 2 are quite a team (K&T that is...) the latest STATS are in....with a lovely note asking us to do MORE than our minimum......oh, by all means...do more....but "no overtime please"....Yeah right! They would love for us to be chained to our desks 24/7 just to keep everything nice and up to date for them....but when we're trying to work our "scheduled" hours....there's no work! So tell me girls......why do you demand we work a "schedule"? Maybe we should DEMAND work!!!! How I long for the days of a PRIMARY and SECONDARY again....I'd really like to tell you two where you can shove your turnaround time - you just don't have a clue...but how could you....you're not transcriptionists! How dare you ask us to do more than our minimum, when we can't even get THAT in an 8 hour period and then add insult to injury by saying "no overtime, please"....Instead of helping out another region, why not help your OWN region out and give us all back our primary accounts and stop all of this nonsense already. 
I switched from Shorthand to Instant Text and my experience was...s/m -
Posted By: IT user
I'm curious to see what the reactions were from those that went from SH to IT versus IT to SH. I'm getting ready to switch from IT to SH and really need some input from you well seasoned professionals!
I truly appreciate your time and help!
Back up programs sm -
Posted By: mlstoo
I'm notorious for not running backups and need to get in the habit of running regular backups. How recommending a good, easy, not too costly program?
Express Scribe ? -
Posted By: Express Scribe ?
Does anyone here use Express Scribe? If so, did you set it up so that when the report is completed it is automatically sent back to the doctor? I read where it is capable of setting it up that way. However, I am curious if it works well or difficult to set up.
OSI -
Posted By: Diane
Looking for information on working for OSI, any comments?
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