SmartText

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SmartText

FreeOffice: The SmartText feature is not included in SoftMaker FreeOffice.

PlanMaker's SmartText function can save you a lot of work: You can create SmartText entries for frequently used phrases and then insert them instantly in the text.

For example, create a SmartText entry called "sd" with the content "sales department". You can now retrieve this SmartText entry at any time: To do so, simply type "sd" in the document and then press the space bar, the Enter key or a punctuation mark. The abbreviation "sd" will be replaced immediately "sales department".

In this way, you can create your personal "computer steno" with PlanMaker and save a lot of time when typing.

In this section, you will learn about working with SmartText entries:

Creating SmartText entries

New SmartText entries can be created in a dialog-box-controlled manner with the ribbon command Insert | group Text | SmartText or via the spell check. Each SmartText entry must have a name (for example, "sd") and the desired content (for example, "sales department").

Inserting SmartText entries

If the option Expand SmartText entries is enabled in the program settings, SmartText entries can be inserted very easily: To do so, type the name of the SmartText entry and then press the space bar, Enter key or a punctuation mark. The name will be immediately replaced by the content of the SmartText entry.
Alternatively, entries can be inserted manually with the ribbon command Insert | group Text | SmartText.

Editing SmartText entries

Not only can you create new SmartText entries with the ribbon command Insert | group Text | SmartText, but you can also edit, rename or delete existing ones.

For more information, see the following pages.