WELFORD CHART NOTES

NEWSLETTER

Volume 22, No. 2 February, 2003

copyright 2003, Welford Medical Computing, Inc. All rights reserved

SHORTCUT KEYS IN THE WRITER (User's Manual, pgs. 541-552)

There are many shortcut key combinations available to you while using the Writer which can make it quicker to access certain functions of the program, rather than using your mouse. Here is a summary of them.

Keystrokes

Function

<Alt-A>

open the Allergy Editor

<Alt-D>

open the Diagnosis Editor

<Alt-F>

open the Format menu (point size, typestyle, page breaks, undo, etc.)

<Alt-I>

access Image Utility functions (acquire, import, link, paste, etc.)

<Alt-L>

open the Lab Book

<Alt-M>

open the Medication Editor

<Alt-P>

open the Print Menu (Notes, Options, This Block, This Note)

<Alt-R>

set the Return interval

<Alt-S>

Spelling Checker menu (add, edit, delete words; check a block, etc.)

<Alt-T>

Template Menu (All, Append, Import, Transfer Utility, Wordlist)

<Alt-X>

Expanders editor

<Ctrl-A>

move to beginning of the current word

<Ctrl-B>

toggle boldface

<Ctrl-C>

move down a page

<Ctrl-D>

move cursor one character to the right

<Ctrl-E>

center the current line

<Ctrl-F>

move cursor to the beginning of the next word

<Ctrl-G>

delete the character at the cursor

<Ctrl-I>

toggle italics

<Ctrl-J>

insert a new line

<Ctrl-K><B>

mark the block to begin at the current cursor location

<Ctrl-K><K>

mark the block to end at the current cursor location

<Ctrl-K><Y>

delete the current block (highlighted text)

<Ctrl-K><0> to <9>

sets a bookmark in the document

<Ctrl-L>

left justify the current line

<Ctrl-M>

insert a new line

<Ctrl-N>

insert a new line

<Ctrl-O><L> or <R>

adjust the margins

<Ctrl-Q><D>

move cursor to the end of the current line

<Ctrl-Q><S>

move cursor to the beginning of the current line

<Ctrl-Q><Y>

delete the text from the cursor to the end of the line

<Ctrl-Q><0> to <9>

jumps to bookmark in document

<Ctrl-R>

right-justify the current line; move up a page

<Cltr-S>

move cursor one character to the left

<Ctrl-T>

delete the word at the cursor

<Ctrl-U>

toggle underline

<Ctrl-V>

paste the Windows Clipboard at the current cursor position

<Ctrl-W>

scroll down one line

<Ctrl-X>

move cursor down one line

<Ctrl-Y>

deletes the current line of text

<Ctrl-Z>

scroll up one line

<Ctrl-left arrow>

move to beginning of current word

<Ctrl-right arrow>

move to begnning of next word

Keystrokes

Function

<Ctrl-PgUp>

move scroll bar thumb to top

<Ctrl-PgDn>

move scroll bar thumb to bottom

<End>

move to end of the current line

<F1>

opens on-screen Help

<F3>

opens the Calendar

<F7>

marks word, sentence, paragraph, document as a block with each repetition

<F8>

inserts a non-printing marker

<F9>

jumps to the next non-printing marker

<F10>

stores the note

<F11>

quick stores the note

<Home>

move to beginning of current line

Remember, too, that you can access most of these commands by pressing your right mouse button while anywhere inside the Writer, which brings up an extensive menu of choices.

USING @BMI, @IBW, AND @OVERWEIGHT @FUNCTIONS

Version 4.3 introduces a number of new @functions which can help you to quickly determine if your patients are obese and in need of diet and counseling. Each of these functions looks up the patient's height and weight in the Lab Book, so you must enter the height and weight in order for them to function. If the patient doesn't have a height or weight in the Lab Book, the @function is replaced with nothing.

· @BMI: calculates the body mass index {weight in kg / (height in meters)2}

· @IdealBodyWeight or @IBW gives the midpoint of the patient's ideal body weight in pounds.

· @IdealBodyWeightKg or @IBWKg gives the midpoint of the patient's ideal body weight in kilograms.

· @IdealBodyWeightRange or @IBWRange gives the range of the patient's ideal body weight in pounds.

· @IdealBodyWeightRangeKg or @IBWRangeKg gives the range of the patient's ideal body weight in kilograms.

· @Overweight: reports values as follows calculated from the body mass index:

underweight if BMI is <18.5;

normal weight if BMI is 18.5-24.9;

overweight if BMI is 25-29.9;

moderately obese if BMI is 30-34.9;

severely obese if BMI is 35-39.9;

very severely obese if BMI is >=40.

Simply type the @function into the Writer, or place it inside any Template that you wish to use it in.

For example, suppose your patient has a height of 74 inches and a weight of 188 pounds. You will get the following results: @BMI=24.2 kg/m2; @IdealBodyWeight=169 pounds; @IdealBodyWeightKg=77 kg; @IdealBodyWeightRange=153-192 pounds; @IdealBodyWeightRangeKg=70-87 kg; @Overweight=normal weight.

NEWS ON UPCOMING VERSIONS

We are hard at work designing version 4.4. We have already added a number of useful features. Please let us know if you have suggestions for features you would like to see in version 4.4.

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