Comments on: Type more efficiently by editing BlackBerry AutoText

By: Use AutoText to combine BlackBerry macros | BB Geeks

Use AutoText to combine BlackBerry macros | BB Geeks — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:52:20 +0000

[...] you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my feed or subscribe to us on Twitter!BlackBerry AutoText can make your typing life easier. You can turn uncommon text strings into useful, longer strings [...]

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The definitive guide to BlackBerry Messenger | BB Geeks — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:28:17 +0000

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By: Steveb

Steveb — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:51:05 +0000

I use auto text frequently and would like to have the same items available on my pc in Microsoft Word. But I cannot find a way to export my BB auto text file, or even to print it out. Can anyone help?

By: Barb P

Barb P — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:37:52 +0000

Ah, never mind! Just found an online tutorial at butterscotch.com that helped me locate this feature…

By: Barb P

Barb P — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:27:10 +0000

My Blackberry has documentation about how to do this–selecting “Auto text” under “Options,” etc. but under “Options” there is no Auto Text feature listed! Where is it? I have looked everywhere on my BB and cannot find the auto text utility. Please advise. Thanks!

By: Bette

Bette — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:26:24 +0000

I use AutoText not just to capitalize, but also to automatically make possessives of names, since I rarely refer to multiple people with the same name: Eloise’s, David’s, etc.

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BlackBerry News From The Wire for the week of 4/20/2009 | BB Geeks — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:16:11 +0000

[...] Use AutoText for a better BlackBerry experience. Once you know the words you do and don’t use, you can set up AutoText to streamline your typing experience. [...]

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:19:36 +0000

There are some better shortcuts for contractions, which I use a great deal. They are automatic in the BB dictionary.

il – I’ll
shel – she’ll
hel – he’ll
wel – we’ll
wer – we’re

You should have also noted that if you don’t like the BB’s autocorrection, you can just backspace it and it will remove it. I use the contraction “I’d” more than I use “id” so if I want “id” I just backspace when it makes the correction and it leaves it as I typed it.

I set up my AutoText to capitalize certain words like my name and the names of people I talk about a lot (my employees), or acronyms I use a lot like “LOL” and “OMG” so I can save keystroke hitting the “shift” key. (Also, if you just hold down the letter for a half-second, it capitalizes it anyway, so I rarely, if ever, use “shift”. I usually only use it for capitalizing a whole word for emphasis.

By: Gil

Gil — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:26:00 +0000

I rarely use the word “ill”, so I have blackberry autocorrect it to “I’ll”. Same with “its”, I usually want “it’s”.

For the very few times that I actually am using the word ill or its on my blackberry, I’d rather backspace and correct.