Manually Editing Draft Reports

Manually editing the draft report involves using your mouse, keyboard, and voice to make corrections, insert quick texts, change formatting, and so on.

Draft reports that were dictated using Multi-Method Reporting might contain information from a technologist`s worksheet report. This information is displayed in green fields for MMR with Dictation Module. You can edit and navigate the fields like any other fields in a draft report.

To manually edit a draft report:

  1. Use your mouse and keyboard to make corrections directly to the draft report.
  2. Insert quick texts into your draft report by using either the Quick Texts panel or voice commands. See Inserting Quick Texts.

  3. To use menu options or keyboard shortcuts to format and organize your text, do the following:

    Click or press:

    To:

    Bold the text.

    Italicize the text.

    Underline the text.

    Insert button

    Insert a bulleted list.

    New section header button

    Create a new section header in a draft report. Select the text and then click this button to create a section heading of the selected text, or place the cursor in the desired location to create a new section that you can name as you would like.

    New subsection button

    Create a new subsection in a draft report. Select the text and then click this button to create a subsection heading of the selected text, or place the cursor in the desired location to create a new subsection that you can name as you would like.

    Undo button

    Undo the last action. The Report Editor supports multiple levels of undo.

    Redo button

    Redo the last undo. The Report Editor supports multiple levels of redo.

    Ctrl+B

    Bold the text.

    Ctrl+I

    Italicize the text.

    Ctrl+U

    Underline the text.

  4. To use shortcut options to navigate through your draft report, do the following:

    Press:

    To:

    Left Arrow

    Move cursor one character to the left.

    Right Arrow

    Move cursor one character to the right.

    Up Arrow

    Move cursor up one line.

    Down Arrow

    Move cursor down one line.

    Shift+Left Arrow

    Select one character to the left of cursor.

    Shift+Right Arrow

    Select one character to the right of cursor.

    Ctrl+Left Arrow

    Move cursor one word to the left.

    Ctrl+Right Arrow

    Move cursor one word to the right.

    Ctrl+Up Arrow

    Move cursor up one paragraph.

    Ctrl+Down Arrow

    Move cursor down one paragraph.

    Home

    Move cursor to beginning of line.

    Shift+Home

    Select text to beginning of line.

    End

    Move cursor to end of line.

    Shift+End

    Select text to end of line.

    Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow

    Select one word to the left.

    Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow

    Select one word to the right.

    Shift + Up Arrow

    Select one line up.

    Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow

    Select one paragraph up.

    Shift + Down Arrow

    Select one line down.

    Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow

    Select one paragraph down.

    Double-click

    Select a word.

    Triple-click

    Select the paragraph.

    Ctrl+C

    Copy selected text.

    Ctrl+X

    Cut selected text.

    Ctrl+V

    Paste selected text.

    Ctrl+ Delete

    Delete one word to the right.

    Alt+Backspace

    Delete one word to the left.

    Ctrl+Z

    Undo.

    Ctrl+Y

    Redo.

    Ctrl+F

    Find.

    Ctrl+H

    Find and Replace.