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How often do you type 'ultracrepidate', 'equipoise', 'thanks' or maybe your name and address in email messages?

No matter how skilled and speedy a typist you be, chances are you cannot beat your computer's switching circuits typing oft-used words and phrases for you — and chances are you don't want to. Setting up text shortcuts that automatically expand is fast and easy in Apple's Mac OS X Mail.

Enable Text Snippet Shortcuts in Mac OS X Mail

To turn on text expansion in Mac OS X Mail:

1. Click the right mouse button (or Ctrl+click, or tap with two fingers) in the text area of a message you are composing.
2. Highlight Substitutions from the menu.
3. Make sure Text Replacement is checked.
4. If it is not, click Text Replacement.

Set up Mac OS X Mail Text Snippets

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To configure text snippet shortcuts:

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1. Click the right mouse button in the text area of a message composition window.
2. Select Substitutions / Show Substitutions from the menu.
3. Click Text Preferences… in the Substitutions window.
4. To add a new text snippet:
   1. Click the plus sign (+)under the text substitution list.
   2. Type the shortcut you want expanded (say, 'txb') in the Replace column.
   3. Hit Tab.
   4. Enter the full substitution ('thanks a bunch,', for example) in the With column.
5. To remove a text snippet:
   1. Highlight the unwanted text substitution.
   2. Click the minus sign (-) under the substitutions list.

Insert Text Snippets Fast With Shortcuts in Mac OS X Mail

To have a text shortcut expanded in Mac OS X Mail:

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1. Type the shortcut.
2. Press the Space or Return keys or enter a punctuation mark (. and ?, for example, but also )) or mathematical symbol (such as + and =).