Comments on: MacMost Now 289: Using Text Substitutions in Snow Leopard http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michon http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41823 Michon Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:57:24 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41823 Wow thanks! You responded so quickly and your suggestion works like a charm! Thanks heaps! Maybe I won't get Word then 😊 Wow thanks! You responded so quickly and your suggestion works like a charm! Thanks heaps! Maybe I won’t get Word then 😊

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41687 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:56:50 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41687 Sure. You can use the same technique as described in this video here. But Pages has its own custom preferences for this. Look in Pages, Preferences, Auto Correction. Then turn on "Symbol and text substitution." Then add a substitution for every character you want. For instance, you could make >>> substitute to your arrow character. Sure. You can use the same technique as described in this video here. But Pages has its own custom preferences for this. Look in Pages, Preferences, Auto Correction. Then turn on “Symbol and text substitution.” Then add a substitution for every character you want. For instance, you could make >>> substitute to your arrow character.

]]> By: Michon http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41682 Michon Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:40:39 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-41682 Hey Gary, I just got a Mac, have been using PC forever... Currently using Pages and am annoyed at a few new things. Im using Mac OS X 10.7.3 and Pages '09. Is there a way for me to create a shortcut (like i could on my PC) for theses symbols: →←↑↓ . I use them a lot in my note making and find it annoying to go through the menu each time or gavin go open it up an look of what I want. Your help would be much appreciated. Hey Gary,

I just got a Mac, have been using PC forever… Currently using Pages and am annoyed at a few new things. Im using Mac OS X 10.7.3 and Pages ’09. Is there a way for me to create a shortcut (like i could on my PC) for theses symbols: →←↑↓ . I use them a lot in my note making and find it annoying to go through the menu each time or gavin go open it up an look of what I want.

Your help would be much appreciated.

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23695 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:52:05 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23695 Yes. Using this technique you should be able to do that. For instance, maybe assign $yen to the yen symbol, and $pound to pounds, etc. Yes. Using this technique you should be able to do that. For instance, maybe assign $yen to the yen symbol, and $pound to pounds, etc.

]]> By: Koli B. http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23694 Koli B. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:31:16 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23694 I personally have 10.5 and am aware this trick doesn't work directly but it there any way to do the same for simple characters, just like under Windows with ALT+code. I've been looking everywhere and can't find it. I need to type different currency signs very often, which are not the one accessible directly from the keyboard. I personally have 10.5 and am aware this trick doesn’t work directly but it there any way to do the same for simple characters, just like under Windows with ALT+code.

I’ve been looking everywhere and can’t find it. I need to type different currency signs very often, which are not the one accessible directly from the keyboard.

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23059 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:17:21 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23059 Perhaps you don't have Snow Leopard, then? (Mac OS 10.6) Perhaps you don’t have Snow Leopard, then? (Mac OS 10.6)

]]> By: Greg Griffiths http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23056 Greg Griffiths Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:54:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-23056 When I go to my systems preferences, I only get an "International" with no "Language & Text" and no "Text" tab within "International" What can I do to fix? Thanks!!! When I go to my systems preferences, I only get an “International” with no “Language & Text” and no “Text” tab within “International”

What can I do to fix?

Thanks!!!

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-20935 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:44 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-20935 It depends on the application. For instance, in Pages you can quickly switch to superscript with Control+Command+Shift+= and subscript with Control+Command+- (minus) I think it is slightly different in MS Word. But with iFlash, it would depend on the makers of iFlash to include a shortcut for it. It depends on the application. For instance, in Pages you can quickly switch to superscript with Control+Command+Shift+= and subscript with Control+Command+- (minus)
I think it is slightly different in MS Word. But with iFlash, it would depend on the makers of iFlash to include a shortcut for it.

]]> By: John Rais http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-20934 John Rais Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:49:47 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-20934 Hello. I'm using a 3rd party app called iFlash for making study cards and find it would be very helpful to have a key command to superscript and subscript letters/numbers as used in chemical equations. Is there a shortcut anyone knows of or a technique to create my own shortcut so I don't have to spend a lengthy search through the special characters menu for each number I wish to change? Thanks Hello. I’m using a 3rd party app called iFlash for making study cards and find it would be very helpful to have a key command to superscript and subscript letters/numbers as used in chemical equations. Is there a shortcut anyone knows of or a technique to create my own shortcut so I don’t have to spend a lengthy search through the special characters menu for each number I wish to change? Thanks

]]> By: MacTipper http://macmost.com/using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-17652 MacTipper Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:24:29 +0000 http://macmost.com/macmost-now-289-using-text-substitutions-in-snow-leopard.html#comment-17652 When I first heard about text substitutions, I thought, "Cool, but I don't have a use for them." Then, while AppleScripting today, it occurred to me that "atids" is a great replacement for "AppleScript's Text Item Delimiters"! So, keep this in mind when writing code, it can be a real lifesaver. :) When I first heard about text substitutions, I thought, “Cool, but I don’t have a use for them.” Then, while AppleScripting today, it occurred to me that “atids” is a great replacement for “AppleScript’s Text Item Delimiters”! So, keep this in mind when writing code, it can be a real lifesaver. :)

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