Re: [apple-iphone] Text expander question please

It is a text expander. Apple calls them shortcuts. It is located at
Settings> General> Keyboards>. The shortcuts are listed at the bottom. The
default that was built into my iOS was omw which will type out On my way.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:54 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

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>
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> Bob, that is the built-in auto-correction feature, not a text expander.
>
> If you type in gcc it will suggest FCC, not change it to Gainesville
> Cycling Club. If you type (all caps) GCC the iPhone auto-correction
> recognizes it as an acronym and leaves it alone. Double tapping the shift
> key to make it cap lock, and turns the key blue.
>
> You are correct, if you type gcc, and do not want to use the suggestion,
> then you tap the red x, and it will leave what you typed.
>
> Auto-correct drives me crazy. For years, I have used a form of tele-type
> short hand, i.e. ctg chz for cottage cheese. If I am not watchful, I find
> it is hard to read my list when I get to the market, not to mention what it
> does to text messages.
>
> Brent
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Bob Newman wrote:
>
> I'm trying to do to opposite. I just found a post on the Apple Forum that
> solves the problem:
>
> "When the expanded text first appears while typing UPS instead of tapping
> the spacebar tap the little red 'x' that is next to the expanded text."
>
> Bob
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Brent <flapdoodle@...> wrote:
> >
> > Should say creates not crest.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Brent <flapdoodle@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Bob, Just crest a shortcut like xgcc that types GCC when you enter it.
> I
> > > do this all the time.
> > >
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