autocorrect vs autotext vs macros
Posted By: new MT on 2005-12-20
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Would like opinions on why people use one over the other. Just got into this business and i'm mostly using autotext. I have heard a lot of talk about macros but that they are hard (or is it time consuming) to do.
Thanks.
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