![]() ![]() A tick symbol denotes the current active set. Just tap on the snippet set you want to enable. When you’re signed in to iCloud on your iPad any sets you have stored there will appear in a list. If you use TypeIt4Me on the Mac you may wish to use your existing snippets that are already in iCloud. Now any changes or additions you make to the set will be reflected on your other devices too. Hit the 'Move to iCloud' button and you're good to go. To copy a set to iCloud, simply tap on it in the Snippet Sets list, then press the Actions icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. You can also copy snippet sets to iCloud and use them directly from there - that way you can easily use the same TypeIt4Me abbreviations on your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac (nb: only the Mac App Store version of TypeIt4Me includes iCloud support). ![]() You might find it useful to organise your snippets so that they're grouped into different sets for different contexts or you could have just one set that contains all your snippets. Once you've got the hang of creating snippets, you can build up your own personal library of useful abbreviations for stuff you find yourself typing often. Now when you're composing notes in TypeIt4Me, every time you type 'hb' followed by a space it will expand on the fly to 'happy birthday'. To define your first snippet, type a short abbreviation in the first field and then specify the full text it will represent in the field below that (how about 'hb' and 'happy birthday', for example). Let's say you do select the default 'abb' abbreviation from the list: you'll see that it's been set up to expand to 'snippet'. You can either tap on that to overwrite it and make it your own or you can choose to ignore it and just hit the '+' icon at the bottom of the screen: that will create a fresh new snippet from scratch. Notice it's not completely empty: we've started you off with a temporary blank snippet titled 'abb'. ![]() Tap on your newly created set to dive into it and start creating your abbreviations. The little check mark next to it means it's the currently active set. Look in the top left corner of the screen and you'll see your newly created set now appears in the list of sets stored locally on your iPad. The other options allow you to download and use existing sets, but you can play with those later.Įnter a name for the set of snippets you're creating, for example "My abbreviations", then hit the OK button. ![]() You'll then want to tap the 'Create new set' button from the menu that pops up. Next, tap on the '+' icon that's a little further over to the left (or if you're holding the iPad in portrait / vertical position, it'll be at the bottom right corner of the Snippets list popover panel, which you can bring up by swiping right the screen): First, tap on the Snippets tab at the bottom of the app as shown below. Using Snippet Sets Already Stored in iCloudīegin by defining a set of "snippets" of text which you know you will type again and again and assign them short, easy to remember abbreviations.They could be your most-used words, phrases or even full paragraphs. These snippets can be as long or as short as you like. It allows you to define shorthand abbreviations that when typed will instantly expand to longer 'snippets' of text on the fly. TypeIt4Me's sole purpose is to help you type faster. Getting Started with TypeIt4Me Touch on the iPad ![]()
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