Stedman's Smartype - Speedtyping Software for Microsoft Word (2000, 2002/XP & 2003) works seamlessly from within the word processing program, greatly increasing Medical Transcriptionists' productivity. Allows users to easily expand characters into words and phrases, reducing overall keystrokes. The result? You save valuable time and make more money!

This new software contains:

• Built in vocabulary, including terminology from the renowned Stedman's Medical Dictionary, ensuring comprehensive medical terminology and accuracy
• Integrates within Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002/XP & 2003
• Ability to customize and add vocabulary including words, phrases, macros, and blocked text
• Ability to access majority of menu items via keystroke
• Ability to insert terminology simply by hitting the space bar

This product is a "must-have" to new and veteran Medical Transcriptionists, as well as students. A productivity enhancing program, this speedtyping software allows a medical transcriptionist to type only a few characters and hit the space bar to insert the entire term or phrase into the medical document.

Increases accuracy, lessens the wear and tear on the keyboard and hands, and puts the fun back into keyboarding! Order your copy today!

What is Stedman's Smartype?
Stedman's Smartype is an intelligent speedtyping engine, designed specifically for medical transcription. It utilizes an innovative and patented word-completion capability to dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes required to enter a word or phrase. Stedman's Smartype integrates with Word 2000 and Word 2002, and is both selectable and customizable from the Word menu bar. It dramatically increases the productivity and accuracy of medical transcriptionists, and it can compress the training time for novice transcriptionists.

This document is designed to introduce you to the features of the program and to show you the capabilities included in Stedman's Smartype. We recommend printing this document and going through each step to familiarize yourself with the different options available with Stedman's Smartype. For more in-depth instructions, or for information on a specific feature, please refer to the Users Guide or Help Files.

How do I activate Stedman's Smartype?
After installing the program, Stedman's is added as a menu in Microsoft Word. To launch Stedman's Smartype, click on the Stedman's menu, then select Enable Stedman's Smartype. You will see a bar open across your document, near the top -- this is the SmartLine. At the bottom of the screen, there will be a thicker bar -- this is the location of the SmartList.

How does Stedman's Smartype work?
Say you want to type the word examination. Press e. The most frequently-occurring word in the Stedman's Smartype vocabulary that begins with this letter instantly appears on the SmartLine, right under where you are typing. That word is examination. To insert the word examination into the text, simply press the spacebar. We.ll call this word the SmartWord.

Step-By-Step Introduction
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Platform : Windows
Operating System : Windows
System Requirements : Microsoft Word 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 for Windows*

*Not compatible with the Works Suite version of Microsoft Word.

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