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ShortHand Expander - extra tips or tricks ? - AnaPhylaxis


Posted: May 12, 2013

Well, after a less-than-stellar trial of IT and a bit of a disappointing trial of SmarType, I think I finally found one that works well for me in PC Shorthand.  Really easy to make additions, not too obnoxious or distracting on the screen, and, after playing with the settings, no lag in expanding.   Does anyone who uses Shorthand have any extra tips or tricks to increase its capabilities aside from what is listed in their instruction manual?  So far it's meeting my needs quite nicely but if it's capable of other extras I'm not aware of, I'd love to be clued in. TIA for any suggestions!

I don't have any suggestions, but I'd like to ask... - sm

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what settings you set it to in order to avoid the lag in expanding? I had a trial for my own in-home use for a while and then a monthly subscription, I think, but I didn't bother renewing the license because of that lag and just went back to Autocorrect. Your post is the first I've seen mention of the lag, which I've tried to explain to others, who haven't understood what I was talking about.

I liked the ability to use scripting commands to make one's own "macros" with it, which is not a feature of all expanders, and I did make good use of that some when I was working in-house with it for a while (no lag on their system, just when I used it at home).

ShortHand Lag - AnaPhylaxis

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Happy to share...If you open up the SH window, go to "File" in the top left. From the drop-down, select "Preferences." The 1st screen that comes up in "Preferences" is "1. Operation." I adjusted my settings to:

0 Pause.
40 Keystrokes.

Now it expands instantaneously, just like AutoCorrect. Once I conquered the lag, I found I just love the program now. HTH!


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