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Shorthand for Windows not working in Open Office or Wordpad - Loreen Derry


Posted: Nov 08, 2010

Hi, I have been successfully using Shorthand for Windows for 4 years in numerous transcription platforms with 2 companies.  Now  I would like to use Shorthand in other ways, but it does not work in email, Express Scribe, Open Office, or Word pad.  I can't affod to buy Microsoft Word, so I would like to know another typing program that is compatible with Shorthand. 

Signed,

Loreen Derry, Shorthand junkie

 

I heard MS has free Word now - freebee

[ In Reply To ..]
I heard that MS has their own free version of Word now, to compete with Open Office. I did not like Open Office.

But on the Shorthand side of things, I am wondering how this program is and how you like it? I have tried Instant Text and do not like. Is Shorthand simpler to use?

If it is a IE-based program, SH may not work - not a Shorthand problem

[ In Reply To ..]
What version of Internet Explorer are you using? The most recent versions (7 and 8) were upgraded so that SH doesn't work when those programs are available. Example, I used to be able to use SH in the search box in Google, here in MTStars, in my Yahoo email that I accessed via IE. Now, it isn't compatible. I can use SH in Outlook Express, though. You may want to invest in Word products (not limited versions like Word Pad) or even WordPerfect for Windows.

It isn't the platform; it is the programs linked to Internet Explorer.


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