How to Make and Use Physiology Symbols
in WordPerfect 8

A very efficient way to use physiology symbols when writing in WordPerfect is to use the QuickWords feature. The QuickWords feature allows you to create abbreviated forms of words or phrases that are replaced automatically when you type a user-defined word or phrase in the document. To get you started, you can use the Symbols and the QuickWords text in the table located below:

Table of Symbols

Description	Symbol	QuickWords Text
Heart Rate Maximum	HRmax	hrmax
Percent Heart Rate Maximum	%HRmax	%hrmax
Carbon Dioxide Production	CO2	vco2
Oxygen Consumption	O2	vo2
Maximal Oxygen Consumption	O2max	vo2max
Peak Oxygen Consumption	O2peak	vo2peak
Minute ventilation	E	ve
Liters per minute	L min-1	l/min
Milliliters per minute	ml min-1	ml/min
Milliliters per kilogram per minute	ml kg-1 min-1	ml/kg/min
"per" (e.g. meters min-1)	-1	per-1
Cardiac Output	qdot
Arterial-Venous Oxygen Difference	(a - )O2 diff	avo2diff

1.	Select the Symbol text you want to use (highlight with your cursor).

2.	Go to Tools/QuickWords.

3.	Type in your Abbreviated form (QuickWords text). This is the text you will type into your document that you want replaced with the appropriate symbol.

4.	Make sure Expand as text with Formatting is selected under Options.

5.	Click on Add Entry.

6.	If you have your symbol selected when you click on Add Entry, the symbol is automatically added as the text that replaces the abbreviated form you type in the document. Once you have added words/symbols to your dictionary, you can call up the QuickWords box, type the Abbreviated form in the box, and see a Preview of expanded form (QuickWords changes to this) in the box below.

Note: Be careful of the text you choose as the replacement text - what this means is that whenever you type this word or combination of letters, WordPerfect will automatically replace it with the Symbol you have selected. Therefore, you must avoid commonly used words and combinations of letters. For example, if you enter "cho" or "CHO" as QuickWords text as a shortcut to quickly type "carbohydrate," whenever you type Margaret "Cho," you'll wind up with Margaret "Carbohydrate."

Note: After creating all of these symbols and entering them into QuickWords, don't lose them if your hard drive crashes - back them up!

Back Up Your Files!

After creating this great library of QuickWords as shortcuts, don't lose them if your computer crashes or if you upgrade to a newer software version. Back up the file "qw8en.wpt" ("en" if English is your word processing language. You should find this file in Corel/Suite 8/Template/Custom WP Templates.

While you're at it, back up the dictionary for your spell-checker, particularly if you've added a lot of words to it, or added a lot of QuickCorrect words. Back up the file "wt80us.uwl," or any ".uwl" file. These files may be stored in different location, so search for *.uwl files and back up all of them.

Creating Physiology Symbols in WordPerfect

The dot or line above symbols are Overstrike characters in WordPerfect, and are very easy to make. For example to make the :

1.	Format-Typesetting-Overstrike

2.	Type V in the box

3.	Click on arrow at right end of box, and click on Very Large

4.	Hold down the Ctrl key and hit w to bring up the Symbols box

5.	Make sure the Multinational set is displayed

6.	Select symbol 1,15 (2nd column, 3rd down), or type 1,15 in Number box

7.	Click on Insert and close

8.	Click on OK to close Overstrike box and insert Overstrike character into document

These overstrike characters are fully scalable - that is, the font size can be changed and they maintain their aspect ratio - the dot's distance above the letter. The bar for the mixed venous symbol () is 6,38 in the Math/Scientific set. The elevated dot for the multiplication factor (ml kg-1 min-1) is 6,31 in the Math/Scientific set.