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MS Word will not automatically capitalize after a period that follows a number...sm

Posted By: rmb on 2008-05-17
In Reply to: capitalization rule - Eileen

Subject: MS Word will not automatically capitalize after a period that follows a number...sm

This is to account for decimal signs.


You will just have to hit the shift key.




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Is there definitely a period after the word less?
Subject: Is there definitely a period after the word less?

A lot of times radiologists will say interpretation is more difficult because of underpenetration but "interpretation is less" wouldn't make sense.


Another thought - if it's a chest film, could it be inspiration is less? As in, patient didn't breathe deeply?


could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?
Subject: could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?


I never capitalize this word
Subject: I never capitalize this word

so it should be epigastric distress

I hope this helps!
Why does it matter if the last word was a number?
Subject: Why does it matter if the last word was a number?

You are starting over with a new sentence which should have nothing to do with the previous one.  I've never heard of such.
capitalization rule after the previous word was a number.
Subject: capitalization rule after the previous word was a number.

how to capitalize the first letter of a new sentence if the last word in the previous sentence was a number?
Yes, as the first word of a sentence or leading heading, you would capitalize. .. see message
Subject: Yes, as the first word of a sentence or leading heading, you would capitalize. .. see message

The following is taken from the Centers for Disease Control website also... note in the middle of the sentence, gray is not capitalized. :)

Primer on Radiation Measurement
In the aftermath of a radiological emergency the public will see radiation and its potential hazards described in many different and sometimes confusing ways. This primer is intended to help journalists and community leaders understand these terms.

Activity or radioactivity is measured by the number of atoms disintegrating per unit time. A becquerel is 1 disintegration per second. A curie is 37 billion disintegrations per second, which is the number of disintegrations per second in 1 gram of pure radium. A disintegrating atom can emit a beta particle, an alpha particle, a gamma ray, or some combination of all these, so becquerels or curies alone do not provide enough information to assess the risk to a person from a radioactive source.

Disintegrating atoms emit different forms of radiation–—alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, or x-rays. As radiation moves through the body, it dislodges electrons from atoms, disrupting molecules. Each time this happens, the radiation loses some energy until it escapes from the body or disappears. The energy deposited indicates the number of molecules disrupted. The energy the radiation deposits in tissue is called the dose, or more correctly, the absorbed dose. The units of measure for absorbed dose are the gray (1 joule per kilogram of tissue) or the rad (1/100 of a gray). The cumulative dose is the total absorbed dose or energy deposited by the body or a region of the body from repeated or prolonged exposures.

Alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, and x-rays affect tissue in different ways. Alpha particles disrupt more molecules in a shorter distance than gamma rays. A measure of the biologic risk of the energy deposited is the dose equivalent. The units of dose equivalent are sieverts or rem. Dose equivalent is calculated by multiplying the absorbed dose by a quality factor.

Sometimes a large number of people have been exposed to a source of ionizing radiation. To assess the potential health effects, scientists often multiply the exposure per person by the number of persons and call this the collective dose. Collective dose is expressed as “person-rem” or “person-sieverts.”


Per AAMT BOS2 do not capitalize if it is generic, do capitalize if it is associated with a facility
Subject: Per AAMT BOS2 do not capitalize if it is generic, do capitalize if it is associated with a facility name, i.e. emergency room or General Hospital Emergency Room.


AAMT BOS2 says no hyphen unless it is a proper noun, capitalized word, number or abbreviation
Subject: AAMT BOS2 says no hyphen unless it is a proper noun, capitalized word, number or abbreviation


My hands automatically changed it to
Subject: My hands automatically changed it to

electrocautery - handy of them.

That's why it wasn't under cautery - duh.
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Subject: As long as you don't delete your cookies, your email should automatically appear

And you shouldn't have to validate if it does automatically appear.


Check your security settings and see if you have it set to clear the cookies when you close your browser. If you do, change the setting.  If not, you might contact the site administrator.


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Subject: Don't know if any update automatically. The Sted's you purchase once a year. Spellex offers 1/4ly

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Ooops I have ace inhbitior in my short cuts automatically capitalizes. No infection. Routine labs.
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H. pylori - I use the period
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BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm
Subject: BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm


period or comma?
Subject: period or comma?

Please help with this.  I get confused whether it should be a period or comma before "PT".


His WBC 11.0 and then 12.78 and 38.4.  PT, PTT were normal. 


thanks.


I would use a period as these labs
Subject: I would use a period as these labs

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q as in q 4 hours, period or no?
Subject: q as in q 4 hours, period or no?


according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm
Subject: according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm

This is new:

BOS 2, page 146

q.h.

q.4 h. period after h.

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maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm
Subject: maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm

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C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)
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normal in appearance (period)?
Subject: normal in appearance (period)?


Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.
Subject: Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.

Where did you get your education? If you don't know that much, you should not be in this field as you are a disgrace to the MT field.
just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm
Subject: just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm


Well if YOU type it, it must be right! BOS says no apostrophes on eponyms. Period. nm
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Left fundal hemostatic period.
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Subject: The period goes inside the quotation marks.

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Ruminating: Thinking carefully and for a long period.
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Subject: troponin doesn't need to be capped. Put period after cr=1.5. K=potassium. NM


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Subject: interval is correct... an intervening period of time


By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Subject: By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)

Is this right?


1 gm


0.1 mg


1 mg


 


I was taught that it was 1.0 mg but doc wants it to be just 1 mg and 1 gm.


 


Help.  Thanks.


Sorry, this is wrong unless it is client specific. BOS2 says period after h. nm
Subject: Sorry, this is wrong unless it is client specific. BOS2 says period after h. nm

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normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.
Subject: normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.

normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.


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Subject: I use the number 0....


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Subject: number help

She had two or three episodes of this two days ago and then probably six to eight episodes yesterday, and then one or two episodes this morning.


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Subject: or some other number value?

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Subject: Should I or should I not capitalize.......

Doc dictates:  Patient will need gallium scan, echo, and perhaps later a biopsy of the lung.


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Subject: What would you capitalize?

The doc says the system being is used is "hand innovations volar locked plating system".  Just hand and innovations or the entire thing?  Thanks