TextExpander Tips and Tricks To Save You Hours

Brief Summary

This webinar is a guide to using TextExpander effectively. It covers creating snippets for common phrases, misspellings, URLs, and emojis. The webinar also explores creating medium-sized snippets for frameworks like HTML tags and meeting agendas. Finally, it delves into creating larger snippets with multiple fill-in fields and nested snippets.

• Learn how to create snippets for various purposes, including common phrases, misspellings, URLs, and emojis.
• Discover how to create medium-sized snippets for frameworks like HTML tags and meeting agendas.
• Explore creating larger snippets with multiple fill-in fields and nested snippets.

Introduction [0]

Mike Berta, responsible for sales and business development at Smile, introduces Maya Olsen, who leads marketing and customer experience. Maya is a TextExpander power user with years of experience providing support. This webinar focuses on individual TextExpander usage, with team functionality discussed in a separate session.

Snippet Ideas and Workflow [84]

Maya shares her experience as a TextExpander power user and emphasizes the importance of creating snippets for repetitive tasks. She demonstrates a workflow for answering emails, including snippets for greetings, common questions, closing statements, and signatures.

Personal Snippets and Groups [221]

Maya recommends creating a library of personal misspellings and autocorrections. She also suggests using public groups for brand names, emojis, and URLs. She explains how to access the free public group for brand names on the TextExpander website.

Medium-Sized Snippets and Frameworks [481]

Maya discusses creating medium-sized snippets for frameworks, such as HTML tags and meeting agendas. She demonstrates how to use macros to create snippets with placeholders for content and how to use fill-in fields to customize snippets.

Large Snippets with Fill-Ins and Optional Sections [572]

Maya introduces large snippets with multiple fill-in fields and optional sections. She demonstrates how to use tab keys to navigate between fields, expand snippets within other snippets, and use checkboxes to toggle optional sections.

Snippet Setup and Preferences [1345]

Maya provides tips on setting up TextExpander, including adding groups, searching snippets, and using hotkeys. She explains how to use the search bar, navigate to snippets, and set up hotkeys for creating new snippets and inline search.

Q&A Session [1433]

Maya answers questions from the audience, including how to add snippets to folders, create subheadings within folders, launch the search bar, and use table formats in applications like Microsoft Word. She also discusses the preview feature for Windows, abbreviations for snippets, and nesting optional sections.

Conclusion [2033]

Mike and Maya conclude the webinar by emphasizing that this is the first in a series of webinars on various TextExpander topics. They encourage attendees to fill out a survey to provide feedback and suggest future webinar topics. They also provide contact information for further questions.