MacGroup-Detroit January 20, 2019: TextExpander
MacGroup-Detroit welcomed special guest Jeff Gamet. Jeff is the TextExpander evangelist for Smile® software and gave a wonderful presentation on how to use this great software.
00:00 Intro
00:05 Creating content that expands when shortcuts are created
03:50 How to Create a Snippet from Scratch
07:15 Creating a Nested Snippet and Snippet Search Field
10:21 Adding Dates
16:41 The Editor
20:10 Question about TextExpander Software
22:07 Shared Snippet Groups for download
23:31 TextExpander Hot Key for searching snippets
26:03 TextExpander for iOS and iOS Keyboard
28:40 Question: This sounds like copy and paste
29:59 A Snippet that runs a script for you
31:33 Using the content of the Clipboard in a Snippet
35:22 Can you use TextExpander with online order form?
39:32 Can content in one field populate another field?
41:04 Is there a similar function in System Preferences like TextExpander?
44:10 Managing Your Snippets
51:16 TextExpander Cost?
52:12 TextExpander 5/6 License and MacOS compatibilty
56:02 Does TextExpander work with graphics and music sheets?
58:46 Wrap-up