119B Punctuation Project for Case CATalyst
PART I
Instructions: Build a job dictionary for the following punctuation entries. Please ensure that
you are entering them exactly as shown on the job dictionary printout on the next page so that
your punctuation will translate correctly.
To make a job dictionary, Press Alt + F (File), then New, the Dictionary, then Job. Where it asks
you to enter the job name, type in PUNCT and enter. You will be in an empty dictionary.
To insert entries into the dictionary, press Ctrl + I together. The Insert box appears. First you
enter the steno for the entry in the Steno box and then the English in the Text box. For
example, to enter a period, you simply press the period key on your QWERTY keyboard, press
the Tab key to move to the Text box, and press the period key again to put a period in the Text
box. Press the Spacebar once to add one space following the period. This will ensure that two
spaces will follow your period when you realtime. By the way, CC is preprogrammed to delete
the space before a period. The period also automatically capitalizes the next word (unless there
is another character between it and the next word). Press Enter. The entry will be added to the
dictionary, and the Insert box will reappear ready for you to input another entry.
To delete an entry, simply press the Delete key.
To modify an incorrect entry, you must move the cursor to the entry using the arrow keys. Then
press Ctrl + M together. You will get a Modify box. CC assumes you want to modify the
English. If you wish to modify the steno, press Shift and the Tab key to move the Steno box.
Make your corrections. Tab to get to the Text box and enter when you have made the necessary
changes.
To save your dictionary, press Control +S. Save often while you are making this dictionary. You
can never save too often.
To print your dictionary, press the print icon in the bottom row of icons (sixth from the left).
Then compare it to the printout on the last page of this handout. If necessary, make any changes
before you go any further.
Once you have finished making the job dictionary, print it out again. This is will be handed in as
part of your assignment.
Next you must add these entries to your Personal Dictionary. Open the PUNCT job dictionary
if it is already not open by double clicking on the PUNCT dictionary on your manage jobs
screen. Press Control + A to highlight all the entries. All the entries in the dictionary will
change color. Then right click on the highlighted entries and then point your mouse at Copy to
Dictionary, then left click on Personal Dictionary.
If all the entries don’t conflict with any previous dictionary entries, they will simply be added to
the Personal Dictionary. If an entry conflicts, you will be shown both the old entry and the next
entry. At that point you can decide which entry to keep – the old entry, the new entry, create a
conflict (not advised), or keep neither.
In this case, if there are any potential conflicts, you should choose the new entry. If you choose
the old entry, your punctuation might not work properly. Press Control + S to save the PUNCT
dictionary. Your new punctuation entries have been added to your dictionary.
Please keep in mind that anything in angular brackets ( < > )are format symbols. Here are
shortcuts for this assignment:
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<Cap Next> F4 + F6
<Delete Space> F4 + ~ (tilde)
<Sticky Space> F4 + k
<New Line Paragraph> F4 + l (letter L)
<Continuation Paragraph> F4 + p
<Tab> F4 + t
<Uncap Next> F4 + F5
If you can’t remember what key to press after F4, you can always click on the FS… box at the
right of the Insert or Modify entry box. They’re all there. Or you can refer to your Format
Symbols cheat sheet.
Here are some additional things to remember.
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CC is preprogrammed to delete the space before a comma. You do not need to add a
space after the comma. The program will do that after each entry you make when you
are realtiming.
CC is preprogrammed to delete the space before a question mark. You need to make sure
there is one space after it so that you get two spaces following each sentence. The
question mark also automatically capitalizes the next word.
CC is preprogrammed to delete the space before a semicolon. You do not need a space
after it.
CC is preprogrammed to delete the space before a colon. It is also programmed to
capitalize the following letter after a colon. You need to make sure there is one space
after it so that you get two spaces following the colon.
The colon entry surrounded by <Delete Space> is used for telling time; i.e., 10:30. It needs
to be different from the colon followed by the words.
Use a <Keep Together> to make sure that the dash is not the first element on a new line.
You do not need to add a space after it.
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Use a <Delete Space> after the hyphen to make the words come together.
The <Continuation Paragraph> entry adds a period, and indents according to the previous
paragraph formatting command.
The single open quote can also be used for the apostrophe in year shortcuts; i.e., ’98, ’99,
’02.
The English (text) entry for a.m. should be defined in your Personal Dictionary as:
a.m.<Uncap Next> Similarly, the entry from p.m. should be defined in your Personal
Dictionary as: p.m.<Uncap Next> Make sure those entries are in your dictionary before
you begin Part II.
PART II
You are to realtime the following text to make sure that your punctuation entries work.
Instructions for realtiming are located in another handout.
This is my punctuation project.
Do I have a question mark?
The witness remarked, “When you said, ‘Get out of here,’ I thought you wanted me to
leave.”
I am late; therefore, I will speed.
I need the following: paper, a pen, and a pencil.
He had a holier-than-thou attitude.
Everyone has turned in the transcript (homework). Why haven’t you?
Well, I was -- he was home.
Each student needs to turn in his/her project.
Mike’s house is yellow.
I arrived at 10:15, but you got there at 11:00 o’clock.
Please come in the a.m. not the p.m.
Check to make sure your punctuation entries worked. If any words did not translate, mark the
untranslated steno and D-define it to add that entry to your Personal Dictionary or J-define it to
add it to a job dictionary. Print out both a rough draft (before editing) and a final copy.
Punctuation
<Tab>
<New Line Paragraph>
<Sticky Space>”<Delete Space>
<Sticky Space>’<Delete Space>
<Sticky Space>--
Steno
/TAB/TAB
/HREUPB/HREUPB
/OEU
/OEUS
/TK-RB
<Continuation Paragraph>
<Cap Next>
<Uncap Next>
“
‘
‘
‘s
<Delete Space>)
-<Delete Space>
<Delete Space>/<Delete Space>
:<Delete Space>
:00 o’clock
{Delete}
(<Delete Space>
,
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?
.”
:
;
/PAFR
/K-L
/TPH-BG
/OEU/OEU
/OEUS/OEUS
/AE
/AEZ
/STPH-FPLT/STPH-FPLT
/HEUF
/STP
/-FPLTD/-FPLTD
/KHR-BG
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/STPH-FPLT
/-RBGS
/-FPLT
/STPH
/OEUFPLT
/-FPLT/-FPLT
/-FPLT/-RBGS