Re: IT question
From: Su (._at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/05
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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:58:09 -0600
Thanks for the feedback. Your message has joined Sheila's in my MT Stuff
folder.
"CyberCafe" <pkbk@badger.tds.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Su wrote:
>
>> Sheila,
>>
>> I've got a few IT questions ...
>>
>> 1. How are you able to keep an eye on what you're typing *and* on the
>> options that pop up on the bottom of the screen. Wouldn't that make you
>> woozy, or is something you get used to over time?
>
> Since I have epilepsy with photosensitivity, I was initially worried about
> that
> too. You get used to it. I really don't watch the IT display that much
> anymore. My IT display is at the bottom of the word processor display,
> which I
> think is better than the side of the screen display (just my personal
> preference).
>
>> 2. Don't you find the program slows you down, 'cause the options pop up
>> and
>> you have to read over each and every one of them before you make a
>> choice?
>
> With new customers I'm a little bit slower than the older customers
> partially
> because the new customers don't have a decent word/phrase list built yet.
> But
> it is still faster than typing every single word out in full. Sooner or
> later
> though, you're going to automatically memorize some of the abbreviations.
> My
> favorite abbreviation is for the word "throughout."
>
>> 3. Can you run a glossary (have IT create phrases from documents you
>> have),
>> and then convert them over to a text document for off-line review?
>
> Yes, IT can compile word and phrase lists from one to a zillion already
> typed
> documents. Yes, there is a way to preview or even edit the word and
> phrase
> lists.
>
>> 4. Why do you prefer IT over other expanders, and how long did it take
>> for
>> you to get up to a decent production level?
>
> I've only used IT, macros (with WP5.1), and auto correct. It took about a
> month
> to get up to decent production (IT never slowed me down) and to learn
> every bit
> of the software. The thing is that the moment you start using it, it can
> save
> keystrokes, and that's what kept me motivated. Sometimes I think, hey, I
> can
> type up this document real quick without opening IT and guess what. I
> always
> end up opening IT. I just can't work without it. Everyone is looking at
> IT in
> a limited way; that is, increased speed only. For myself, IT also acts
> like a
> mini dictionary. I do have a medical spell checker installed, but I would
> rather spell it right the first time than correct it through editing.
> Another
> thing is that, at least for me, if my keystroke abbreviations bring up two
> similar drugs for example, just looking at the two visually helps me
> select the
> correct one.
>
>> 5. How long have you been using IT, and about what percentage of the
>> abbreviations have you memorized (rote)?
>
> About five years (that's a wild guess). The percentages I don't know.
> Percentages probably aren't that important. Frequency, commonality, of
> the
> word(s) should probably be considered too.
>
> The other thing I wish people would think of is that a lot of these
> expanders
> don't suck up computer resources. You rarely have to worry about crashing
> like
> you do with the auto correct. It's also faster, easier to add words or
> phrases
> to an expander, and you don't have to try to figure out if an abbreviation
> is
> already in use because it doesn't matter with IT and some of the other
> expanders.
>
> Barb
>
> Barb
>
>
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