Re: Need line count explanation help

Is the office involved in this at all, or is it just between you two?
Taking one document, and typing it each way (skinny margins/big margins),
and then counting it each way should be explanatory to them (her). If she
doesn't get that, give up for crying out loud.

Or type a document with one word on each line. Count it gross, and then
count it 65-character. DUH! (as Rae would say). LOL

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Kathy
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"Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ARGH!! I just spoke to the gal that retyped my report. She got 55 lines
> doing my margins and doing gross lines. I billed 41 doing character
> lines.
> She still is horrified I count every character. The fact I told her I am
> charging less than her, is getting through to her. She would have billed
> at
> her skinny margins 44 lines I billed 41! My wide margins her way was 55.
> She says, I just never heard of billing characters I always heard of
> billing
> lines. I said I DO BILL LINES but I figure by characters not gross lines.
> YIKES. Hopefully the doc's office will get it. What I'm going to do is
> figure my bill at her rate and my rate. They will certainly get that.
>
> --
> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:pb6dneFLt8HgkE7fRVn-gA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I am trying to explain what I call "true line count" versus character
> count
>> to someone who has no idea what I am talking about. I share an account
> with
>> someone. She does 2 days I do 3, my bill is more than hers ever month.
>> DUH!! Anyway. She types consults with very tiny margins and she redid a
>> report I did and got 11 less lines and thinks my bill is more because of
>> that. I said, NO, it does not change the number of characters in the
> report
>> because of the margins. It is less lines because of tiny margins,
>> however.
>> I don't know, can someone help me here with a concise explanation!!
>>
>> We both use Word only for counting. I do Word character count WITH
> spaces.
>> You don't want me to count spaces I won't put them in. She does word line
>> count. Can anyone explain to me or help me explain if there is a
>> substantial difference and if I should change?
>>
>> --
>> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
>> (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
>>
>>
>
>


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