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Formatting question for DQS7.1 - MT


Posted: Sep 17, 2012

Just starting DQS7.1 today and wondering about spacing between paragraphs.  In ASR, when the dictator says next paragraph, it goes to the next line.  Is this correct, or do I need to insert a hard return to make a like between the paragraphs?  Anybody know?  Don't want to mess up the formatting. 

I believe that's what happens to "paragraphs" anyway - Trampled underfoot

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Even when we type with a blank line between paragraphs, the program jams everything back together. No point in trying to make a decent-looking report; it turns out a ridiculous, hard-to-read product in the end anyway.

I believe it depends on client preferrences - Look in Docqmanage

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Experiment on a report. Remember the job number and go to Docqmanage when you are done typing it. Search for the job and select Final report in the drop-down box. This is what the final report looks like to the client. Contrary to what some think, it does not always run everything in one paragraph anyway. It depends on what the client specifies for formatting. One of the clients I type for actually prints out the reports and faxes them with hand-written corrections to my CCM and she then passes that report to the offender, and they look exactly like they do when checking on the Final copy in DQM.

I paragraph manually - Here is why

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So that I can easier proof my work before I send it, and so that in the "system" for samples it is actually helpful to someone and not squished together. Nothing worse than looking up a sample and it's one big long paragraph. SO, I paragraph whether they dictate it or not.

I do not believe that my inserting the actual paragraph messes up the back-end formatting.


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