I've always typed without an expander, but a year ago got a job with a national. Since then, I've been trying to use Expanders for almost that whole year. I tried Shorthand, which I like a lot, but a problem there is different quirks with it; like freezing up sometimes, no ability to capitalize the first word in the sentence, and a few others.
Three weeks ago, I decided to upgrade to Instant Text Pro V. Well, can't get the hang of it. Can't remember the marker keys. Always want to hit the space bar to expand 1 word, then I get something completely different and vice versa for phrases, I want to hit the semicolon.
I can't seen to watch the suggestion window and the screen I'm typing on at the same time for either of them...and my memory went out the door years ago. So, I have deduced 2 things: I am very uncoordinated, and am in the first stages of Alzheimer's.
Is there any hope for me? Will I ever get the hang of IT? I think I would really love it more than SH, since it does capitalize the first letter of the sentence, and that's my weakness. 
How long did it take everyone to become a speed demon using IT? I am feeling quite dumb and useless right now, not to mention my production went way down instead of up.
Am I a person who should stick with straight typing? I was doing 1000 lines a day when I first started....now down to 600! |
