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and have no trouble saving expansions. The basic concept is really about the same with most of these programs, save a phrase with characters you can easily remember so that when you type these characters, your phrase will be inserted. From what I have seen, some of the programs can get expensive and take quite a bit of time to set up. The DQS expansion program is really not too bad if used correctly, and it is free!
As far as losing your expansions, maybe you are not completely saving them. I learned this the hard way after losing several expansions myself!
1. Highlight entire phrase, whether it is two words or a whole page.
2. Hit control E.
3. Type in the replace box what you want to call your phrase, ex: bid for b.i.d., tpwaf for the patient was admitted for, etc.
4. Hit Alt A for add.
5. VERY IMPORTANT: Hit Alt C to close or click on close. Do not hit esc or the red x on the expansion box. If you do not close the expansion box like this, sometimes it will not save the expansion.
Try this, and then if you still want to purchase an expansion program, go to the websites of the different ones and check them out. I decided to stick with DQS as it works for me and I have thousands of expansions. I have never had a problem with it getting too full, and I have a lot of repetitive expansions such as tpwa, tpwaf, tpwat, tpwao, all for the patient was admitted for, to, on, etc. and even whole report expansions for dictators who say the same thing over and over. The thing about using these expansions is you must really pay attention to what the dictator is saying. You can't leave in paragraphs if they don't say them, that was the problem with MTs using these. I am not telling anybody to use these or not use these, just letting you know why it was suggested not to use them.
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I have been with MQ for years...sm - typinlikemad
