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She's asking for *keyboard* shortcuts, not mouse shortcuts. nm

Posted By: CheriL on 2009-04-17
In Reply to: re - anon

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She's asking for *keyboard* shortcuts, not mouse shortcuts. Huge difference. nm
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I can't imagine trading keyboard shortcuts to grab for the mouse to do the same thing. :)
nm
Keyboard shortcuts in IT

Just be aware that Alt/ puts Instant Text into full layout and when you are in full layout, Instant Text expands in the Editor window of the IT program, and not in the word-processor you may be using.


Another keyboard shortcut like Alt- minimizes Instant Text and you don't see the advisories anymore. However, you stay linked and IT would still expand.


Also, make sure you don't have another Expander running at the same time.


Keyboard shortcuts
Google MSWord keyboard shortcuts and there you go. Save it to your desktop. There are shortcuts for Word 2002 and 2003.
You can do that with any keyboard if you know the shortcuts.
I love my Logitech cordless, but it's the keyboard shortcuts that keep you from using the mouse, not the keyboard itself. Am I misunderstanding your question?
Keyboard shortcuts

I am new to MT and am lucky enough to have a job where I can learn as I go.  I wanted to see if someone can tell me some of the keyboard shortcuts, like ctrl + B for bold, or function key information so that I can use the keyboard more and my mouse less.  


Thanks for your help!


New MT in Ohio  


The solution is to learn more keyboard shortcuts. :)
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Learn the keyboard shortcuts for each of your programs.
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Try some of these...I just checked keyboard shortcuts in Word Help.
Keys for menus
Note To enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR, and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR, and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

Press To
SHIFT+F10 Show the shortcut menu
F10 Make the menu bar active
ALT+SPACEBAR Show the program icon menu (on the program title bar)
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW (with the menu or submenu displayed) Select the next or previous command on the menu or submenu
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW Select the menu to the left or right; or, with a submenu visible, switch between the main menu and the submenu
HOME or END Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu
ALT Close the visible menu and submenu at the same time
ESC Close the visible menu; or, with a submenu visible, close the submenu only
ALT+CTRL+= Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets command to the Format menu.
ALT+CTRL+- (dash key) Remove a command from a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the command is removed. You can add the menu command back to the menu if you change your mind.
ALT+CTRL++ (plus key on numeric keypad) Customize the shortcut key for a menu command. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key.


Tip You can use the keyboard to select any menu command on the menu bar or on a visible toolbar. Press ALT to select the menu bar. (To then select a toolbar, press CTRL+TAB; repeat until the toolbar you want is selected.) Press the letter that is underlined in the menu name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the letter underlined in the command name that you want.

Function keys
Note To enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

Which function key combinations do you want to use?
Function key

SHIFT+Function key

CTRL+Function key

CTRL+SHIFT+Function key

ALT+Function key

ALT+SHIFT+Function key

CTRL+ALT+Function key

Function key
Press To
F1 Get online Help or the Office Assistant
F2 Move text or graphics
F3 Insert an AutoText entry (after Word displays the entry)
F4 Repeat the last action
F5 Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)
F6 Go to next pane or frame
F7 Choose the Spelling command (Tools menu)
F8 Extend a selection
F9 Update selected fields
F10 Activate the menu bar
F11 Go to the next field
F12 Choose the Save As command (File menu)


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SHIFT+Function key
Press To
SHIFT+F1 Start context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting
SHIFT+F2 Copy text
SHIFT+F3 Change the case of letters
SHIFT+F4 Repeat a Find or Go To action
SHIFT+F5 Move to a previous revision
SHIFT+F6 Go to the previous pane or frame
SHIFT+F7 Choose the Thesaurus command (Tools menu, Language submenu)
SHIFT+F8 Shrink a selection
SHIFT+F9 Switch between a field code and its result
SHIFT+F10 Display a shortcut menu
SHIFT+F11 Go to the previous field
SHIFT+F12 Choose the Save command (File menu)


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CTRL+Function key
Press To
CTRL+F2 Choose the Print Preview command (File menu)
CTRL+F3 Cut to the Spike
CTRL+F4 Close the window
CTRL+F5 Restore the document window size
CTRL+F6 Go to the next window
CTRL+F7 Choose the Move command (Control menu)
CTRL+F8 Choose the Size command (document Control menu)
CTRL+F9 Insert an empty field
CTRL+F10 Maximize the document window
CTRL+F11 Lock a field
CTRL+F12 Choose the Open command (File menu)


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CTRL+SHIFT+Function key
Press To
CTRL+SHIFT+F3 Insert the contents of the Spike
CTRL+SHIFT+F5 Edit a bookmark
CTRL+SHIFT+F6 Go to the previous window
CTRL+SHIFT+F7 Update linked information in a Word source document
CTRL+SHIFT+F8 Extend a selection or block (then press an arrow key)
CTRL+SHIFT+F9 Unlink a field
CTRL+SHIFT+F10 Activate the ruler
CTRL+SHIFT+F11 Unlock a field
CTRL+SHIFT+F12 Choose the Print command (File menu)


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ALT+Function key
Press To
ALT+F1 Go to the next field
ALT+F3 Create an AutoText entry
ALT+F4 Quit Word
ALT+F5 Restore the program window size
ALT+F7 Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type check box must be selected (Tools menu, Options dialog box, Spelling & Grammar tab).
ALT+F8 Run a macro
ALT+F9 Switch between all field codes and their results
ALT+F10 Maximize the program window
ALT+F11 Display Microsoft Visual Basic code


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ALT+SHIFT+Function key
Press To
ALT+SHIFT+F1 Go to the previous field
ALT+SHIFT+F2 Choose the Save command
(File menu)
ALT+SHIFT+F9 Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results
ALT+SHIFT+F11 Display Microsoft Visual Studio code


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CTRL+ALT+Function key
To Press
CTRL+ALT+F1 Display Microsoft System Information
CTRL+ALT+F2 Open command
(File menu)


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Ummm--read her post again, please--it don't say *keyboard* short cuts..it says *word* shortcuts
duh!
Keyboard and mouse. Is there such a thing as a keyboard that has a mouse on the actual keyboard?
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I use ShortCuts and like it.
nm
I use shortcuts
shortcuts for windows.  much faster and costs less.  if you put a whole report in it, it will take a few seconds too spill out, but still faster than shorthand.
shortcuts
I use shortcuts to the max but what do you do if the doctor dictates in abbreviations? For example continually says CHF for congestive heart failure, etc. Do you type the abbrev? or spell it out?
SHORTCUTS
I, too, don't know what shortcuts for Windows are. Can someone help me?
Shortcuts
I am a longtime MT but have just converted to employee status (am so sick of the tax thing). Anyway I have never really used a lot of shortcuts (just the Autocorrect in Word) but now that I have to do more lines to make the same amt of money I need some tips on creating shortcuts so I can produce more lines an hour. Thanks ladies (and gents!)
No, just using shortcuts
with Auto Correct.  We have a few doctors who have their own "normals", but 99% straight typing, proofing as I go.  
Shortcuts?
Ok, I can try. Tell me step-by-step how I would do this. Nothing ventured..... Thanks
Re: Shortcuts
Hi mt'er -

I am curious as to why you would need a book on shortcuts or macros. Everybody is different, thinks different, types certain keys with ease more than others, etc. You have to do what works for YOU. I've been an MT for 15 years or so and I add shortcuts to AutoCorrect daily. For me, if I type the first three letters or consonants of a word I remember it easily. For a phrsae such as "heart and mediastinal contours are within normal limits" I'd use "ham". "Please see discussion above" = "pda", etc. Some doctors dictate the same thing for normal exams. I use the doctor's first three letters of their last name then the first few letters of whatever exam they are dictating. Becoming proficient at using macros and shortcuts is seeing what works for the way you think and type. Make shortcuts for EVERYTHING! "There is" - "ths", "are" = "rr" (it's easier/quicker to type two identical letters rather than take your fingers off a key. For shortcuts that are pleurals, I use the last letter twice: "demonstrate" = "dem", "demonstrates" = "demm". The less you move your fingers off the keys, the faster you will go. The more you use your techniques, the easier it becomes for you to develop your own shortcuts with your own technique that is easy for you to remember. Macro every month of the year for dates, macro the year "2007", whatever can be turned into less Keystrokes is beneficial.

Save your hard-earned $$ and your time and work out a system for YOU!
shortcuts sm
I know how you feel, but unfortunately you must go by the rules of whomever is paying you or the client of theirs. I have had clients that marked my reports incorrect when using the BOS, they want it their way or the highway. Don't take it personally, just go along to get alone. Been there, done it, hate it!!
I use WP5.1 with XP and Shortcuts

and so I can use the expansions i saved in Shortcuts for DOS in WP5.1 with XP but I cannot access Shortcuts nor can I add things to Shortcuts via XP (unless I get the Shortcuts for XP) and I cannot access MACROS but can use the MACROS in WP5.1 that I saved for a long long time....


hope you all understand my post....I use WP5.1 with Shortcuts for DOS in WIN XP but cannot add anything to Shortcuts nor add anything to my WP5.1 macros but can use all I saved prior to going on XP last year.  It all works out....


 


I have my shortcuts set up
as 1y, 2y, 3y, all the way up to 100, where it expands to 1-year-old for 1y. I know most don't do that, but it got around the space problem you are talking about.
Anyone tried these shortcuts?
Has anyone ever set up a keyboard shortcut system like this one at this website http://medicaltranscriptionexpandproductive.blogspot.com/  ?   This person is using each key on the keyboard for commonly used words.  Is this productive? 
Tried using those shortcuts
gave up and I can make money with VR.
You can try ShortCuts for free....sm
http://www.ehti.net
Is there a way to transfer shortcuts...

from Word and Wordperfect to Shorthand.  I sure hope, it would save SO much time.


Thanks all!


Sunny


build your shortcuts to the max

it's ALL about your shortcuts.  you have to shorten every word, phrase, not just medical ones, regular English too, assuming you transcribe for someone who SPEAKS English!! 


I have been using the same shortcut program for 10+ years and I STILL add things to it almost daily.  1st rule is if the shortcut doesn't just pop in your head, keep typing and don't think about it.  it has to come to you automatically.  then you have to be creative.  example - I have this one doc who constantly says "once this was done" so I have that in as OTWD.  "The patient tolerated the procedure well" is PATOL.  I have things like ADP for adenopathy, then you have to expand that on further to be LADP for lymphadenopathy, AADP for axillary adenopathy, etc.  if you have one doc who says some phrase constantly, even if it is only one doc, if you type him every day, make it a shortcut.  I have typed in "codes" for so long they are drilled in my brain.  I'll look at a license plate and it will say RSD456, my brain says "reflex sympathetic dystrophy."  the longer you use it the bigger it will get and pretty soon you're typing all shortcuts and not much else. 


Meditech shortcuts
Use Shorthand9, I think.... I used it with Meditech all of the time for all of my shortcut needs.
ShortCuts for Windows........

AutoCorrect shortcuts
I work at a hospital and my main doctor "Ah's" a lot and changes her mind and has no particular format.  She just dictates and I have to put where it belongs. We get along fantastic, but I am lucky is I get 120-150 lph.  With Psychiatry, I can get 200.  However, I have an account on the side in Psychiatry where he speaks very fast and I can keep up so it comes out to about 300.  I would be interested in getting some ideas on more shortcuts - as I am sure everyone would if someone would like to share them with us.  Do you have a printed list? Or where did you come up with these?  Any help is appreciated.  TIA.
funny shortcuts

I know there are so many different ways to save Keystrokes and then there are those that "just seem to make sense" but don't necessarily follow any particular rule.  One of my favorites is using the first two letters of each word.  It strikes me funny sometimes at some of the combinations that result this way.  I think two of my funniest are boob for bowel obstruction and pusy for pubic symphysis.  Any others that you have?  I'm looking for humor this Monday. 



if you are on XP, Shortcuts For Windows

making shortcuts. sm
click on START - ALL PROGRAMS - Right click on program you want on desktop (make sure it is the program, not just the folder - if it has an arrow, keep clicking until you get to the actual program)   After you right click on it, select SEND TO, then click on DESKTOP (create shortcut). 
ExText shortcuts
Does anyone know a shortcut to get to AutoCorrect?  So far, all I've been able to do is stop and point my mouse and click on the icon on the tool bar, which really slows me down.  I'm tring to put more abbreviations in there, as my word Expander is getting pretty full. 
Radnet F9 shortcuts

Does anyone know how to add to the shortcuts in RadNet F9. 


Word Shortcuts
I just recently started working in VR. I know have to move one word at a time using SHIFT + CONTROL + ARROW. I also know how to highlight the whole line. I am wondering if there is any way to highlight more than one word at a time without highlighting the whole line. Thanks!
Word Shortcuts
I just recently started working in VR. I know have to move one word at a time using SHIFT + CONTROL + ARROW. I also know how to highlight the whole line. I am wondering if there is any way to highlight more than one word at a time without highlighting the whole line. Thanks!
Does anyone use PRD or Shortcuts word expanders? .....nm
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Books on shortcuts and macros...

Know of any books on shortcuts and macros other than "saving keystrokes?"  Thanks.:)


Shortcuts to increase production
Can anyone tell me what types of shortcuts, software, etc. I can use to increase my production?  I am looking for ways to cut time/increase production.  I have some macros, but what else?  Someone suggested I use the speech recognition software and I could repeat what was being dictated, as it may type faster? Has anyone tried this? I was thinking I would then have to spend my time cleaning up mistakes, but they said it was 99% accurate.  Sounds strange, but maybe it would work.  Any ideas would be appreciated!
shortcuts for hyperparathyroidism and hypo
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If you run Spellcheck and have lots of shortcuts

that should cut down considerably on your need for proofing. Besides increasing your speed, shortcuts increase your accuracy, too, because the words are preprogrammed to be spelled correctly.


I don't work for one of the companies you describe but I have always proofed as I go and I don't go back and reread the report unless I am very tired, because I am particularly mistake-prone then.


Got in trouble for making shortcuts

I had a "talking to" by my asst manager, because I had mg listed as milligrams in my auto correct and she said that a docment should always be typed as mg, not the long way.  They were on my back so badly to produce, I decided that having things as milligrams instead of mg was a way to help my line count!  I don't feel badly about this fact, as they have threatend to fire me if I didn't keep a certain count. 


How does the people you work for look at this issue?  I know a hospital Transcriptionist who has EVERYTHING spelled out in her auto correct, such as CBC (complete blood count) etc...


I think that's a bit excessive, but I didn't think having milligrams typed out was a bid deal.  What do you think?


 


Shortcuts for commands and macros

>Anyone know if InstanText can handle "code" (like WordVBA >macros) in the Expanders like SH8 can?


Instant Text lets you add commands and macro keyboard shortcuts into a glossary entry. You can use easy-to-type short forms for these entries that execute a command or a macro. 


These command and macro entries are also very much used for editing.  See post below. 


Marianne
Textware Solutions


I've never been told of any shortcuts to do this. Sure
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Know any shortcuts for list re-organizations?

I have a physician referral list that is almost 300 pages long, that was not in any particular order when it was sent to me.  Needless to say, especially when I don't know the exact spelling of the doctor's name, an alphabetized list would sure help a lot.  Also, a specialty field would be nice, and I am sure there are other cross-references that I could come up with that would save me a lot of time and frustration.


Anyone know how to set this MS Word file up to organize it, or transfer it somewhere else to organize it without wasting tooooo much time entering every doctor's name and address?


Sure would appreciate any and all suggestions.  Thanks in advance!


SRT shortcuts that are easier on your fingers

If you have Instant Text you can create command entries in your glossary for all the editing shortcut combinations of your platform and create short forms that are easier to type.


If you are using marker keys to expand, you can even give these short forms a longer, descriptive name which will be easier on your memory, knowing that you don't have to type the whole short form. The command entry will show as soon as you type 2 letters, and then you can jump ahead within the short form and type the most relevant letters. Each command entry should end with an underscore to avoid adding a space.


You can always email me if you have any questions.


Marianne
Textware Solutions


Word shortcuts to Shorthand -

I'm dreading if I need to start some 13 or 14,000 abbreviations all over again on another expander.  All you do is go in and out of a new Expander putting all your abbreviations in when you could be making money already. 


Know what I mean?


How to copy shortcuts in shorthand...
Let me know if anyone has done this.  My hard drive crashed and I had to download ShortHand from the website again to the new hard drive of course losing all my shortcuts.  I have my old shorthand on another computer and I can't for the life of me remember how I did that?  Any suggestions greatly appreciated.  TIA
Yes. I also have shortcuts and it is word based.
This is my Expander I have used for years, and I did not need to have it imported into Bayscribe. It works along with Bayscribe. I do leave the Bayscribe spell check on along with it too and they both work fine together. Hope this helps.
I found FREE shortcuts!

I just found a website with a huge list of free Expander shortcuts if anyone is interested.  here it is


http://medicaltranscriptionexpandproductive.blogspot.com/