yo

Posted By: FTMT on 2008-02-15
In Reply to: what am i doing wrong - Patti

I added "yo" to autocorrect to expand out to "-year-old."

All I do now is type 3yo or 4yo or 40yo, and it expands to 3-year-old, 4-year-old, etc. No spaces to erase; simple as pie! Did the same for -month-old, -week-old and works just fine.

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How do I get AutoCorrect/Text to do a backspace, i.e. {backspace}-year-old? - jlo
- No need for semicolons or - OrthoMT
  - huh? - jlo
    - Are you first typing what you - OrthoMT
      - thank you! - jlo
- Do you still need to know this? - sm
- Well the backspace feature won't work as far as I know BUT sm - Sheila
- Can you do this with SpeedType too? - AnnieM!AnnieM!
  - Yep, in Shorthand & SpeedType since they are the same program. - nm
    - Thanks! Got it! - AnnieM!AnnieM!
- bummer - 'record new macro' is grayed out and I can't use it! - nm - Chris
- You don't need a macro. Just add a semicolon in front of - Cheri
  - Won't work for me - anon
  - yay! - jlo
    - nevermind...stopped working again. - jlo
  - what am i doing wrong - Patti
    - yo - FTMT
      - doesn't work for me - jlo
    - don't put the ; in the autocorrect - jlo
- Ok think I've got it - FLMT

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