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Using expander commands in VR - another VRMT


Posted: Nov 16, 2009

I am working with VR and would love to know if anyone has any tips on using an expander for commands to use in VR to be more productive?  I am working in Chartnet with VR.  I also have Instant Text and I have Shorthand.  I am more familiar with Instant Text but am willing to switch to Shorthand if it will make more productive.  Thanks in advance

Shorthand and InstantText--a comparison? - MissIndigo

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For general tips to start, Another VRMT, but you haven't already, take a peek back in October for some threads discussing this. Family affairs have kept me busy, but I'll be back with more suggestions too.

In the meantime, a general discussion of the pluses and minuses of both Shorthand and Instant Test in editing (as discovered by users so far) would be very helpful. SH allows one to assign one's own functions to single letters, number, and function keys that are not already committed to something else needed. InstantText builds its own dictionaries. But what else....? Anyone?


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