Create phrase shortcuts on mac?

[ero87]

I love iOS's ability to replace a brief phrase/word with a a longer phrase (e.g. omw -> on my way). Any way to do this on the mac? Thanks!

 

[nielsrasmus]

Shure there is 🙂

Go into your System settings > Language & Text > Text

and make your substitutions there 🙂

/Niels

 

[ero87]

Shure there is 🙂

Go into your System settings > Language & Text > Text

and make your substitutions there 🙂

/Niels

Hmm it doesn't seem to work in MS Word - does it not apply there? The shortcuts work in safari for instance, but not in Word.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

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

• TextExpander (34.95 USD)
• 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.