![]() ![]() For both, you can enter a phrase and a shortcut that expands into that phrase when typed and followed by a space or punctuation character. But we haven’t improved as typists, nor do we enjoy typing more-if anything, we increasingly abbreviate to avoid typing, hence “CUL8R.” Text messaging aside, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to type less without compromising meaning or making your text look like it was composed by a teenager? Thanks to text expansion features built into the Mac and iOS, and extended with third-party utilities, you can.įor basic text expansion capabilities on the Mac, look in System Preferences > Keyboard > Text, and in iOS, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. With all the advances in computing and communications, it’s amazing that-after nearly 150 years!-we still use the keyboard layout from the world’s first practical typewriter for entering text into our computers, smartphones, and tablets.
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