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$400 for Office 2007?

Posted By: Colleen on 2009-04-13
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Why so expensive? I cannot afford to buy this. Any suggestions? I need to upgrade but at that price I simply cannot afford to take the job.


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 I now need to start using Word2007.  I would like to know if anyone out there knows how to build a macro in word2007?  I could do this in word97, but cant find the same commands to do my macro in 2007?


 


HELP please


 


Tiffin


Have most people had good luck with their MQ office closing and moving to the regional office. Have
things gotten better or worse for you.
Yes, I lost mine. I upgraded the Office 2000 package to Office 2003. sm
I have over 2000 autocorrect entries and lost them all as well as my supplemental dictionary for my Stedman's spellcheck. Lots of grief!

Maybe you will be lucky and not lose anything. Good luck to you.
Might be able to rent one from an office supply or office machine repair shop
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I gave a tin of toffee for each office and a Lia Sophia necklace to each office manager. ~nm~
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I gave a tin of toffee for each office and a Lia Sophia necklace to each office manager. ~nm~
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Office politics. That is why I enjoy working at home. In the office,
people are in other people business. Just mind your own business.
Can anyone suggest an office in MQ that is not run like this Amherst office. They are absolutely
pathetic. I wonder how many other MTs are in that office in the same situation.
Just DQS from my office was transferred and the rest are getting on DQS before the office closes.
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Pay kids work around office, renovate office.
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A sad $11,000 for 2007, but I need to

...this is my 2nd year transcribing.  I am really going to try to pick up the pace and the money in 2008 and am looking into getting my own accounts.  If I don't do something I will have to get another job in addition to transcription. I worked for a doctor's office when I first started out making $14.00/hour, which in hindsight was pretty good for a beginner.  I guess it just takes some people longer to get in gear.  Things are really clicking for me now, and I can now fly through dictators that I used to find extremely difficult, so there's a ray of hope!  I have never made more than $15,000 per year my entire life, and I've been working since I was 14 years old - it's time darn it!


CMT since 2007 (sm)
It's not that bad. The transcription portion is not difficult. There is a CMT prep book that has much harder practice dictations in it than the test will give you. You won't get a foot pedal in the test, but you only have short snippets to transcribe.

However, the first part of the test is the multiple choice part, and that was the part I found much more difficult than I anticipated.

As far as studying for it, I personally think working is the best way to study for it. There is a lot less emphasis on the BOS rules in the CMT test than I anticipated as well. I found it to be a transcription and knowledge test, not a memorization of the endless rules in the BOS.

Just go register for it and take it. Let us know what happens!
January 31, 2007
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Word 2007 is the best
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I have QLDB 2007

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to be honest, i rarely use my electronic references.  i mostly use the net and sometimes will double check a finding with an electronic ref. 


i update my references on CD for the tax credit.  and as a backup.


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QL DRUG REF 2007 . . . WHAT DO YOU USE INSTEAD

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Hope someone else has found an answer. 


Word 2007

If I buy Word 2007, can I put it on more than one computer in my house or is the license restricted to just one computer?  Thanks for sharing if you know the answer. 


Word 2007

Has anyone had any issues; good, bad or indifferent, on Word 2007.


Thanks


Word 2007

I updated to Word 2007 - I took the time to watch the learning videos and was able to create new macros and boilerplate very nicely.


But I have lost all my add-in word books and dictionaries that were in my tool bar. Does anyone know how to get them back?


 


2007 survey
Says MTs make an average of $27K a year.

Remember pay is production based. If you don't have experience, you're going to be slow.

I would advise you to enroll in one of the better schools. You're going to have a very difficult time getting a job otherwise.
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i use QLDB 2007 - sm

I just tried using a wildcard search starting with *...and it would not let me.  It will only let me start with a letter, then add the wildcards.  Hope that helps!


 


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Word 2007
Could users of Word 2007 share what you think of it, please.  Do you like it, hate it, etc.  How does it compare with other Word versions?  Thank you.
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it is stedman's 2007...nm
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I do not use 2003--have 2007, but have--sm
looked under the help option to see if there is anything there that would help you?

Also when you shut down for the day, do you get a msg asking if you want to save changes made to your normal? If so, do you click yes?
Word 2007
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2007 Jeep Liberty and
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I have D&D 2007 electronic version and....

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Cheaper is not always better. I'd stay away from the D&D version until they make it more user friendly.


At Qnet....in 2007 MT week...nm
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Macro Help 2007 pleeezzze :-)

I have a client wanting me to work in 2007.  I have a nice macro set up to move from field to field in all my documents by using the alt & J key to find @@.  This was built in word 1997. I have spent hours trying to figure this out in 2007, but cant do it.  The steps are nowhere near the same.  I tried following what they said and it does the opposite. Instead of hitting alt & J to go to the @@ in my documents, it now puts in the @@ instead.  HELP PLEASE.  I really like this new account, but would be lost without my alt & J to move through the documents.


Is there anyone out there that knows how to build a macro in 2007 with the same steps as in 1997?


When i did this i opened the docuement, found the @@ and then would go from there.  I dont seem to find these same options in 2007.


PLEASE ANYONE HELPPPPPP


carol, dazed and confused


 


Word 2007 Macros

When you open your Word document, there should be an option in the toolbar above that says "Developer." Enter Alt F8 to view your macros, but I think you have to manually hit the Record Macro to enter new macros.


p.s. I prefer the previous Word version over this "new" one.


does work in 2003 and 2007
I have Smartype and I use MS word 2003 and 2007 and it works in both programs (and on Vista). Personally I wouldn't trade it for the world!!! I tried just about every Expander program out there and I just clicked with this one. Email me privately if you wish with more questions.
Word 2007 installed and...

I lost my Stedman's and all of my auto corrects, but everything else seemed to be alright :)


I had to reinstall Stedman's and thank goodness I backed everything up so I had my auto corrects!!


 


Does anyone use abacus with Word 2007? sm

I've used abacus 2.1 for years. Now I have Vista with Word '07 and I was told that 2.1 and 3.0 would work, but either would be hard to configure. I'm not sure what that really means and would like to hear from anyone who is using it about problems or advice.


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thanks.  Rita



 


Word 2007 macro help
word 2007 is completely different than previous versions.  can you tell me where the autocorrect button/tab is??????  thanks for your help.