About 2 hours of video presentations PLUS .3 NCRA Continuing Education Units!
Now in its 2nd Edition, this tutorial has been revised and expanded. It shows you how to adjust your user settings and fine-tune your dictionaries so that, whatever your writing style, Total Eclipse can translate your numbers beautifully.
Please Note: This is for Eclipse versions 3 and 4. All videos run from CD-ROM disks and can be played on your computer, even while Eclipse is being used.
How to get CEUs? CLICK HERE
Tutorial Outline:
Audio/Visual Tips
How the Video Player Works
Introduction
1. First Things First
A Quick Demo of Automatic Number Conversion
Reporter-Compatible Software for All Writing Styles
Adjust your System Before Adjusting your Writing
Backup Before Going Forward
2. Fine-Tuning your Numbers Settings
Process ‘And’ as a Number?
Ignore Written Numbers?
Digits? Written Out?
Time Transcription
Conversions Based on Number of Digits
User-Defined Templates
3. Fine-Tuning your Dictionary
Dictionary Essentials
Dictionary Filtering
Conversion Triggers, e.g., {#N} vs. {#G}
Measures
Times
Dates
Hyphens, Slashes, and Fractions
International Currency
Dictionary Build
Basics for Number Bar Haters
Basics for Number Bar Lovers
Units of Measure
International Currency
4. Troubleshooting
5-miles instead of 5 miles?
5,000 and 50 -- not 5,050?
Digits turned into word numbers?
A big number, but not Phone or Social Security?
Globals, Conflicts, and Number Conversion After Translation
Obtaining Continuing Education Credits
How to Obtain NCRA Continuing Education Credits
Test 1: Multiple Choice - 25 Questions
Test 2: True or False - 50 Questions
Note: Two tests are offered. Take whichever one you prefer.
You can even take both tests, but double credit is not available.