shorthand backspace
Posted By: michelle on 2007-03-07
In Reply to: ShortHand Help? - justmetypin
do ctrl/k, then hit backspace key, add -year-old....will look like {@KEY BkSp}-year-old
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I mean, ctrl k backspace OK
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Does your program have an option to put in a backspace in your expander?
I use ShortHand for Windows, and if this is what you use, you can put {@KEY BkSp} at the end of it and it will automatically backspace as part of the shortcut.
Same thing applies for bolding, etc. If you look in the help section, you should be able to find out if you can do this.
If you work in Microsoft word, you could record a macro instead of putting it into the autocorrect section.
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