Re: MQ question

From: Su (._at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:14:04 -0600

I'm trying to "develop" some sort of simple system beyond what I have, which
is totally disorganized. One person suggested putting the letter 'x' at the
end of any abbreviation that you wanted to expand to a long form (slapping
head with hand ... why didn't I think of that?) It's become second nature
and I hope to learn another one that'll take things to the next level. I may
only absorb one abbreviation every two weeks, but that's a start.

As far as feeling comfortable with an expander in 30 minutes or less, I
definitely did with Flash, only because is was plain vanilla. No bells and
whistles. Identical to AutoCorrect but it worked with WP51.

But I agree that each individual needs to "find their groove" and use what
works best for them. I just wish ST and IT weren't so complicated (to me
they are) and time consuming to learn and utilize. I think you need both the
dream and the drive to gain success, plus the ability to take what will be a
huge loss of income while you're learning the product.

"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:348hg6F47nbppU1@individual.net...
>I don't think anyone exists who can remember a sufficient number of random
> abbreviations to get real production. You have to use some kind of fairly
> simple system, and, for my money, the letter sequence in the shorts needs
> to
> be the same as the sequence in the actual words you are typing for almost
> all your shorts. IT also allows you to use the same abbreviation for
> several different things and then select the one you want. The best use
> of
> that is for shorts for long phrases, though, which save enough key strokes
> that an extra Ctrl+2 or whatever doesn't make a lot difference.
> Personally,
> I prefer to keep duplications to an absolute minimum, even with IT. In
> addition, I never heard of anyone who was comfortable in and could be
> productive with an expander in 30 minutes or less. You need to work up to
> it gradually, and it helps to work using the expander for no more than 30
> minutes at a time at first, and then gradually do more of your work using
> it
> over a period of several weeks or months. That lets you reduce the stress
> and continue to get out a good line count while you are learning and
> adjusting to the new way of typing things.
>
> There are lots of people who just can't seem to deal with an advisory
> line,
> IT's multiple lines or SH's single line. I don't think there is any
> approach
> to increasing productivity that will work for everyone--different minds
> just
> work differently. I think SR is another very good approach. Some people
> have a lot of trouble with that, but it is obviously working well for you,
> and that's the only important thing.
> --
>
> Sheila
> To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
>
>
> "Su" <.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:V1CDd.26771$6i.24117@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
>> "14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
>> news:347vopF47s8b3U1@individual.net...
>> > ... and a finely tuned expander.
>>
>> And there lies the rub. You have to be able to remember the system or all
> of
>> the abbreviations. Without that, no matter how many abbreviations you
> have,
>> you'll make use of relatively few.
>>
>> I've seen the Productivity web site and feel the information is
>> fantastic,
>> but I could never remember any of the systems let alone all of the
>> abbreviations. Not for lack of trying.
>>
>> Ditto for ST and IT, both of which sent me screaming from the room after
> 30
>> minutes.
>>
>> I read on another board that with (I believe it was) Shortcut, you can
>> use
>> the same abbreviation for three different phrases:
>> ATT = at the time, at this time, at that time
>>
>> All you have to do is type the abbreviation, read the three choices, and
>> pick the one you want. Well, heck, I could type things out faster than I
>> could do all of that.
>>
>> Not everybody "has what it takes" to pull off the big lines, so you make
> due
>> with what you have or you find a method that works just as well. VR is
> mine.
>>
>>
>
>

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