SmartText

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SmartText

The SmartText function in Presentations 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 text 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 Presentations 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.