Text macros

[dspear]

The problem with text macros, such as your name or address, is remembering what keystrokes activate the macro, and that those keystrokes can be easily performed. The following convention solves both problems.

To activate a macro, simply press space, the first letter. the first letter again, and the second letter. For instance, assuming my name, David Spear, had been previously assigned, to activate it I would press ' dda'. Notice that this is the same as starting my name longhand except for one easy extra letter.

The program would then look for any assigned macros starting with 'da' and suggest the rest of the macro in reverse letters. To accept the suggestion, tap the right-arrow key. To reject the suggestion, simply keep typing. The program will look for an assigned macro that meets the extended specifications. If not, it reverts to normal typing mode

Note that if I have assigned my address as '625 S Broad St ', the activation would be ' 662' even though it begins with a number.

[admin]

Atlantis has the AutoCorrect feature. You could instruct this feature to replace any occurence of "662" with "625 S Broad St". You could type "662", then press Space, or type any punctuations sign (comma, full stop, etc), and it would be automatically replaced by Atlantis with your home address.

Choose "Tools | AutoCorrect Options" to specify your own abbreviations and the desired replacaments.

Please click here to read about the AutoCorrect feature of Atlantis:
http://www.rssol.com/en/html/chronicl/a ... /1_0_4.htm

[VJF]

The problem with text macros, such as your name or address, is remembering what keystrokes activate the macro, and that those keystrokes can be easily performed. The following convention solves both problems.

To activate a macro, simply press space, the first letter. the first letter again, and the second letter. For instance, assuming my name, David Spear, had been previously assigned, to activate it I would press ' dda'. Notice that this is the same as starting my name longhand except for one easy extra letter.

The program would then look for any assigned macros starting with 'da' and suggest the rest of the macro in reverse letters. To accept the suggestion, tap the right-arrow key. To reject the suggestion, simply keep typing. The program will look for an assigned macro that meets the extended specifications. If not, it reverts to normal typing mode

Note that if I have assigned my address as '625 S Broad St ', the activation would be ' 662' even though it begins with a number.

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