These three strategies will help you get over that hump, and single-handedly (triple-handedly?) increase your usage, and therefore your ROI, on TextExpander.īut first, if you don’t have TextExpander, download the app here and install it. The biggest problem with TextExpander is that it’s too complicated to get up and running quickly. Three Strategies to Get You Using TextExpander Fast Yup, that’s a massive ROI for me, and I do make more than that per hour. To make my Team account worth it, all I had to do was earn more than $6.27 per hour. I expanded 3,310 snippets, saving 15 hours and 22 minutes. Here’s my personal TextExpander usage report over the past year. Think about it: How many characters are in your email address? Your phone number? Your office address? How often do you type those and still make spelling errors (fingers tripping over themselves) that you have to stop and correct? If you could type three characters and have an app take over and type the rest for you - and do so correctly every time, would you want that? Duh! (See “TextExpander for Fun and Profit” by attorney Matthew Yospin.) The app works on Mac, Windows, Chrome, iPhone and iPad. Snippets can be short - an email address, or long: For example, your snippets could be answers to frequently asked questions or boilerplate text in letters or documents. What Is TextExpander?īasically, TextExpander uses keyboard shortcuts to automatically insert longer blocks of frequently used text, called snippets, wherever you wish: documents, emails, blog posts, other apps, forms and so on. If you could check those two boxes, it would be a worthy goal. (Or, if you already use it daily, get you using it more often.) (Who wouldn’t want to automate their typing?)
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My goal is not to teach you how to configure the entire app or become an advanced superuser, but just two things: So, if you’ve considered using TextExpander, or have it but barely use it, these tips are for you. The problem is that many of these lawyers end up never using it. Over the years, I have seen many lawyers buy into the benefits of using TextExpander, the productivity app that allows you to use keyboard shortcuts for frequently used text. This month: Tips for using TextExpander to save tons of time. We’re pleased to collaborate with Tom Lambotte to present a compilation of his best “Stupid Simple Mac Tips” for Attorney at Work readers.
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