Hotkey that stores text on OS X, Mac Pro

[dupsta]

Can someone point me in the right direction.

I am looking into having a hotkey or a script that I can hit so I don't have to type my user name out or certain sentences I use alot. Basically store a go to phrase I don't have to type out. A hotkey maybe a function key that with one push just fills it in. Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Bluemeanie1976]

In settings > General > Keyboard, you can add text shortcuts. I use it for email addresses, forum code, etc. works a treat. For example, when I type 'me.com' it automatically puts in my me.com email address in full. When I type 'img' it gives me [img][/img] for forum use, and so on.

Hope this helps.

[dupsta]

nothing happens for me when I follow those instructions.

Can you be more detailed in how I can hit a shortcut key and my email fills in for me in any application?

Thank you.

[Soundflunky]

In the default example that comes preset on the phone, the OS will replace "omw" with "On my way!" everytime you type it anywhere on the phone. You can either edit this example, or create your own one next to it so that when you type some chosen set of letters, they'll expand into a larger phrase like your email address.

For example, you could set dup to change to dupsta or dupem to change to dupsta@email.com

[Ashwood11]

Originally Posted by dupsta

nothing happens for me when I follow those instructions.

Can you be more detailed in how I can hit a shortcut key and my email fills in for me in any application?

Thank you.

You don't hit a hot key you type a shortcut.
Http://support.apple.com/manuals/

[dupsta]

Gentlemen,
I original posted this in the OSX forum and it got moved to this iphone forum?

I hope this is resolved as this is a question for OSX on a macPro not an iphone.

Thank you for your time

[Ashwood11]

Originally Posted by dupsta

Gentlemen,
I original posted this in the OSX forum and it got moved to this iphone forum?

I hope this is resolved as this is a question for OSX on a macPro not an iphone.

Thank you for your time

I notified the moderator so they will move it to the correct forum.

[SandboxGeneral]

Originally Posted by dupsta

Gentlemen,
I original posted this in the OSX forum and it got moved to this iphone forum?

I hope this is resolved as this is a question for OSX on a macPro not an iphone.

Thank you for your time

I moved your thread to the Mac Basics and Help forum and also updated your thread title to be more specific. In the future, try to be specific in your thread titles which will help others in aiding you.

[simsaladimbamba]

Maybe the following text expanding / text macro applications* can help:

• Mac OS X Feature: System-Wide Text Substitution (available since Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard)
• TextExpander (34.95 USD - synchs between Macs via Dropbox)
• TypeIt4Me (13.99 USD and upwards)
• Typinator (24.99 €)
• Kissphrase (free)
• QuicKeys (59.95 USD)
• aText (5 USD)
• xType (free)
• yType (2.99 USD)

*

Such applications are text replacement utilities to insert blocks of text into other applications by simply typing a few user defined keystrokes. Anytime a user defined keystroke combination is typed, it is substituted with the replacement text.
Example: you type "email1" and that text expands to "thisismyemailaddress@hotmail.xxx".
It might not work with passwords though.