Re: Automator and text expansion
Re: Automator and text expansion
- Subject: Re: Automator and text expansion
- From: Roy Whelden <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:18:36 -0700
There is text expansion built right into 10.6 and 10.7. No need for Automator or any third party apps.
Roy Whelden
+ + + + + + + + + +
Dictated and sent from my iPod touch.
On Sep 25, 2011, at 12:00 PM, email@hidden wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:02:48 -0700
> From: Bradley Smith <email@hidden>
> Subject: Macro Express Hot Key Equivalent
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> I am a PC owner and a MAC lover. I recently discovered Automator and would
> like to use it. Unfortunately, the program seems to lack a certain
> functionality that Macro Express for Windows has - either that or I can't
> get it to work.
>
> In Macro Express, I could assign a hot key such as ## and then some other
> letters that would prompt the program to remove that text and type in
> boilerplate text. For example:
>
> ## (the hot key - listening)
> sig (what ever formated text I setup in the macro)
>
> So I would type:
> ##sig
>
> The would have Macro Express run the macro that would type the following:
>
> All best wishes,
>
> My Name
> Other Text
>
> Is there an equivalent in Automator?
>
> Thanks for the help
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> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:00:53 -0400
> From: VaShaun Jones <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Macro Express Hot Key Equivalent
> To: Bradley Smith <email@hidden>
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> You need a app called Text Expander for Mac and it will do exactly what you need. You can find it at smilesoftware.com
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> VaShaun Jones
> BETTER THAN EXCELLENT!!! ™
> It's not just the foundation, It's the standard
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> On Sep 25, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Bradley Smith wrote:
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>> I am a PC owner and a MAC lover. I recently discovered Automator and would like to use it. Unfortunately, the program seems to lack a certain functionality that Macro Express for Windows has - either that or I can't get it to work.
>>
>> In Macro Express, I could assign a hot key such as ## and then some other letters that would prompt the program to remove that text and type in boilerplate text. For example:
>>
>> ## (the hot key - listening)
>> sig (what ever formated text I setup in the macro)
>>
>> So I would type:
>> ##sig
>>
>> The would have Macro Express run the macro that would type the following:
>>
>> All best wishes,
>>
>> My Name
>> Other Text
>>
>> Is there an equivalent in Automator?
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>>
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