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Why are macros easier than saving in AutoCorrect? - dumbdumb


Posted: May 19, 2011

I need all the help I can get. 

DD, when I (incorrectly usually) use the common term - macros, I am referring to saving the

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keystrokes required to do something like:

*Delete to the next period.
*Create a new formatted header for "HPI" and then place the cursor below ready to type.

Then activating each with a very short name: XX, ,hpi. This can be done very easily with an expander, and AutoCorrect is a layman's-level expander.

Then we also save long words in expanders and give them abbreviations. Like hyz for hydrochlorothiazide.

So that's all I'm talking about in my tech jargon-limited way. These are not either-or things, of course. We love and use them both. :)


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