Text Shortcut


Text shortcut is a short text (usually up to six characters long) that user defines to start (expand) desired macro.  (Both macro and text shortcut user specifies in the items settings dialog box.)   Here is how it works:

  1. Create new item or edit some of the existing items.  Specify the text shortcut in the "Text Shortcut" field of the items settings dialog window.  Also specify your macro (it can be just a text like "Hello, this is my first 'macro'.) in the "Macro" field of the same window and close the dialog window by pressing OK.
  2. Now go to some word editor or e-mail client (or other Windows application where you can type text) and type the text shortcut.  Note that you have to type the text shortcut right without any mistyping.  If you mistype you can repair the text shortcut using "back space" key and retyping the wrong part of the text shortcut.
  3. When the text shortcut is typped-in press space bar.  Now the text shortcut you have typped is deleted and replaced by the text you have defined in the macro.

This is basic scenario how the text shortcuts work.   There are several options you can use to modify the text shortcut behavior :

Text shortcut has these features:

Text shortcuts have some limitations that user needs to keep in mind when creating new items:

There are also some recommendations:


Related topics: Macro | Items Settings | Main Settings