looking at advisory lines vs. memorizing
Sue, I think there's a tradeoff. The more you memorize your short forms, the less you look at the advisories. I use my own abbrevation system (ABCZ) so I don't have to memorize lots of entries. I find that the more I remember, the less I look down. Occasionally I'll make a special abbreviation like impit for impingement and impat for impairment, so I don't have to look down. Actually I don't mind looking down that much, but there is something to be said for memory and reducing the times you check the advisory. Another way to go it to lessen the number of advisory lines so that you have less flashing at the bottom of the screen. I do find that with all the phrases that IT provides, all the continuations, etc., it is much less tiring typing than with say FlashForward. I save so many keystrokes with IT that it's worth it looking down, particularly with repetitive dictators. With FF I remembered more short forms because I had to to be effective, and the reminder bubble aided in that process. But I never got the sense of riding the wave that you do with IT, where you have phrase after phrase that comes up in Continuations, and I can key each one in with a stroke or two. Jon
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