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Help: Guided Tour: Menu Bar Item
The TextExpander icon appears in the menu bar by default. Clicking the icon provides a convenient way to:
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Search Snippets
Type a few letters into the search field and all the matching snippets are presented.
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Open TextExpander
Reveal TextExpander's main window.
(If you choose to hide TextExpander in the Dock (see Preferences: Appearance), TextExpander's Main Window is also hidden.)
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Enable/Disable Expansion
Useful when you want to temporarily disable TextExpander so that you can type without any expansions being triggered.
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Create New Snippet...
Opens the Create Snippet window. Enter the snippet content and abbreviation, choose a snippet group to assign it to, and click Create.
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Create Snippet from Selection...
Opens the Create Snippet window with the currently selected text as the snippet content. Create an abbreviation, choose a snippet group to assign it to, and click Create.
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Create Snippet from Clipboard...
Opens the Create Snippet window with the current content of the Clipboard as the snippet content. Create an abbreviation, choose a snippet group to assign it to, and click Create.
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Edit Last Expanded Snippet...
Opens the snippet you expanded last so that you can edit it. After you make the desired changes, click Save.
- View all your snippets
All your snippet groups are accessible from the TextExpander menu bar item.
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