Jim Geeting wrote:
> I'm new to Palm OS (on a Treo 600 BTW), and am trying to understand
> how you invoke the shortcuts such as "DS" for Date Stamp, "DTS" for
> Data Time Stamp, and so on. I have have found where they are located
> in Prefs, but not how to invoke them from apps like Memo or Text
> Message.
>
> If I understand their use correctly, they function as a kind of stored
> clipboard text so that when you type in their abbreviation, the
> application automatically inserts the full text associated with the
> shortcut.
>
> So, what's the trick? How do you activate shortcuts?
That's a simple question. You need the Graffiti stroke that enables
shortcuts (see below, you'll need fixed length fonts to view it properly).
Subsequently, you input the shortcut 'token'.
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Roy Schestowitz
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