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Shorthand experts, question please - New to it


Posted: Apr 02, 2012

Ok, so I dived in and signed up for the free trial of Shorthand.

My question is, is it better to go ahead and begin using it while working immediately, or would you recommend practicing with it in Word before instituting it into actual reports?  Also, is there any way to transfer what is stored in my AutoCorrect directly into Shorthand so I'm starting over from square 1?

TIA for any helpful hints to get up to speed on this you can offer :-)

No Shorthand experts here? - New to it

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I was rather hoping someone would be kind enough to clue me in on the most effective method of tackling a new program.

yes, - SH user here

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I've just grown tired of answering the same question so often when the answer is easily available in the Shorthand instructions. For you, here is the link.

Go ahead and start using it. When I have - it on, it works with SM

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anything I do on the computer, my email, here, etc. I thought it was similar to autocorrect as far as how it works, but I hear it is much better. You can always just turn it off if you are having problems. Sorry I don't know about transferring autocorrect.


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