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Keyboard Assignment
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Feb 19, 2011, 01:14 PM
 
Hello all,
Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut <maybe an F key> for a string of text ?

can you tell me how to do it please.

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Feb 19, 2011, 04:09 PM
 
You need to use a program like TextExpander or KeyboardMaestro. AFAIK that feature's not built into OSX.
     
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Feb 19, 2011, 04:36 PM
 
That is correct, it requires third-party apps.

You can either use something like TextEpander, Typinator or KeyboardMaestro (never heard of the latter, actually) to create ‘shorthand’ typings for commonly used snippets; or you can use something like Ukelele to create your own keyboard layout that has a key (or a key combo) assigned to this particular string of text. (The latter won’t work if you plan on including the contents of the clipboard as part of the text, while the former will)
     
   
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