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Flyingfingers, when you add or edit an entry...SM

Posted By: MissIndigo on 2008-01-08
In Reply to: Shorthand Users How do you deal with the space automatically put in after a shortcut (sm) - Flying Fingers

there's a box on the bottom left called "Tags." At the end of your entry where you don't want a space, open that and insert "No Space."


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this happens to me sometimes if my entry came from an enrich...sm
I would use the search function in the glossary viewer and edit the entry...if you edit it, it should work fine. Or, you can just make a new entry with the same sentence

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-year-old where I don't have to backspace the expansion?
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Might have to do Ctrl + K and then Alt + B and your entry, then turn off.
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set up a separate entry for that with all caps. that's what I do.
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Add the nonbreaking hyphen in your entry. sm
Add the nonbreaking space for your other entries.

In MS Word, the shortcuts are: Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen and Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar
I'd keep the habit but change the IT entry
so that it comes out the way you want it - make it adjust to your habits.
certainly not data entry or typing,
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Medical transcription isn't data entry, but you can
check with Career Builder and Monster and see what they have, you can Google for it and see if there is a board like this for data entry. 
You need to tick the formatted option just above your entry. nm
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You need to use the command feature of IT when you make your entry sm
Copy and insert your text into a new IT entry. Now go back thru the entry and each time you want a field to be placed, you have to hit the "command" button on the bottom left of the window. Then hit CTRL+F9 to create a world field (this will make the little bracket thingies when it spits out in Word). When you're all done, hit OK and there you go!
Is there a space or a hard return at the end of your entry? sm
that's the only thing I can thing of that would cause this. In the "text to expand" box, hit ctrl+end and this will take you to the very end of your expansion. Maybe there's a space or something there that you can't see.

I know you've been having a lot of trouble with this lately! Good luck!
Add the Ctrl + B commands at the beginning and end of entry.
You click the command button in the Add window. The manual has more instructions.
Make an autocorrect entry of bid that expands to b.i.d.
tid to t.i.d., etc.  That's what I do, it works for me.
In IT, a paragraph is always in entry screen (from Wordpad). How do I get rid of this 4ever?
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My name is Diana Strand and I am an entry level medical Transcriptionist seeking any kind of PRN work or internship, or mentoring program available. I wish to get experience to be able to attain a permanent job. Any comments would be helpful. Thank you very much.


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I've yet to find the Scav Hunt entry (nm)
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The Add Entry window shows up but is completely empty..nm
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Well poop, I thought it was 1 entry per giveaway. Wasn't clear. nm
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I guess she would have to start at the data entry site since this place is about MT.
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That's why we edit it. nm
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they should edit their own.
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Just create a command entry and use a short form that's fast to type. sm
This will bypass the Extext command. Make sure you put the trailing underscore at the end of your entry so you won't get an extra space from your marker key. Your entry will look like this:

{command}{Alt.}_

Not only do I edit everything I read........sm

My husband says I "type" in my sleep !!  Jeezz.... like 8 hours a day isn't bad enough!   


Don't know the average, but I get 13 cpl to edit VR. nm
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Mine really is 2 - because I EDIT!
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EDIT? Since when did we have the education
that the physician does and where do you draw the line?? 
Edit Dictionary
Click on Tools, Options, Spelling & Grammar. On the Custom Dictionary window, select CUSTOM.DIC then click Dictionaries (to the right). When Custom Dictionary window opens, click Edit. Find the word you added and delete it. Save the file.
Depends on if doing 100% edit or not.
if you have to listen 100% and you have bad MTs, then it will be hard to get.
I'm sorry that you have crappy QA. I wish I had you to edit. sm

A good QA will not do that.  Where are you working that you have such bad QA personnel?  I'm not wanting to go to that company, lol.


Hope it gets better and you get helpful mentors.