Auto-correct text with TextExpander

Pt. 9 of 10 | 3:05 |

Working with TextExpander

Thursday August 6, 2009

All of us make mistakes when we type. Having text that's accurate makes us look better. TextExpander offers

auto-correction for commonly mistyped words

. Try TextExpander and the free "

autocorrect

" Snippet package to help you with your typing and typos. You can even add in

personalized auto-correction

Snippets to correct your own common ~~mispellings~~... ~~mis-spellings~~... mistakes.

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Show Notes

- Open TextExpander by opening System Preferences and then clicking the TextExpander icon.

- Get the free Snippet files from the TextExpander Snippets page

- Download the

AutoCorrect

file.

- Unpack the ZIP file on your Mac.

- In TextExpander click the + sign and select Add Group from File.

- In the dialog that opens select the

autocorrect

file you downloaded and click OK.

- You now have about 100 corrections for some of the most common typos.

- You can add new words to this list. There's also a "dictionary" file you can download that has over 200 additional common typos in it.

- Download the other groups that are available from the TextExpander site and get help with HTML, CSS, and more.

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