Tips for Efficient Transcribing

 

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I looked over these tips and it was not very clear about the abbreviation section. Do NOT include abbreviations in your actual transcripts. Use the autocorrect setting in your Word document. 

Here are the steps on how to use abbreviations in autocorrect to make your progress faster:

1. In your Word document, click file
2. On the left sidebar, click options 
3. Click proofing then autocorrect options
4. If a long word or name keeps coming up in the audio you're transcribing, such as "discombobulate," come up with an abbreviated version of that word (let's say discb).
5. In the Replace box, put your abbreviated version of the word or name, then in the With box type in the full word or name. Now when the long word or name comes up, all you have to type in is the abbreviated version and hit space and it will replace it with the word or name.