Ester,
Just an observation: The snippet I have set up using the
settings/general/kayboard/shortcuts is about 8 lines long and works fine. So,
maybe, this could be the easiest way to go?
Good luck, Sandy,
Sent from my iPhone
On 23 Apr 2012, at 20:20, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gordon,
>
> Multiple signatures for your different email accounts under iOS 5 are still
> not supported, but I can suggest two different work-arounds.
>
> First, iOS 5 supports the creation of keyboard shortcuts. If you go to
> Settings > General > Keyboard there's a heading for "Shortcuts". The first
> entry under "Shortcuts" gives an example: "omw" for "On my way!" If you
> double tap on this sample entry, you'll view the detailed shortcut screen for
> the example, with text fields for the phrase "On my way!" and for the
> shortcut assignment "omw". There's also a description "Create a shortcut
> that will automatically expand into the word or phrase as you type". You can
> make any editing changes in the text fields for the shortcut and phrase, then
> double tap the "Save" button in the top right corner. Or, you can double tap
> the "Keyboard, back button" at the top left corner of the screen to return to
> the keyboard settings screen.
>
> Just after the sample "omw" shortcut is the "Add New Shortcut" button, which
> is also the last element on the screen. So you can always navigate to it
> with a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen. Double tap on this
> button, then type in the phrase you want to shortcut in the text field. Then
> flick right when you're done to type in the text for your shortcut
> abbreviation. Double tap the "Save" button in the top right corner.
>
> So the way this could work is that you might set up your basic signature in
> Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Signature (where the default says
> "Sent from my iPhone"), and then customize each additional line you'd like to
> add by typing your shortcut.
>
> The main drawback of this method is that you still have to type one shortcut
> per line of expanded text.
>
> The other option that I use is to use TextExpander Touch ($4.99 by
> SmileOnMyMac) to expand text. You can define multi-line snippets in this
> app, and download the basic predefined snippet definitions. Then, if you
> type "ddate" ("date" with an added "d" at the beginning), it will expand to
> the current date, and in the format that you set up. You could have a
> multiline signature that you define as "ssig1" (starting with double letters
> for you snippet shortcut definitions is good for avoiding confusion with real
> words). This lets you customize everything. The main drawback is that iOS
> apps like Mail are sandboxed, so you would have to double tap the button to
> copy to clipboard, then use the App Switcher to switch to mail, and then
> paste. Or, you could compose mail in TextExpander and send it out directly
> from there, but that doesn't let you read through your mail and reply.
>
> I'll just note that TextExpander's snippets for HTML and CSS programming are
> really clever, and that most good notes, Twitter, and messenging apps will
> support TextExpander so you can compose using your custom-defined snippets
> within those apps. As for HTML coding, the control sequences will expand and
> leave your insertion point between the control elements if you use the
> TextExpander HTML snippets. So you don't have to type out starting and
> closing elements by hand.
>
> HTH. Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
>
> On Apr 23, 2012, at 4:29 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have one small gripe regarding iOS5.1 and I'm wondering whether it's me
>> just missing something. I do not see a way to have a different signature
>> set for each mail account on iOS5. Again this could be user error, and I
>> hope it is. But it does seem strange to me.
>>
>> I'm currently relying on my iPHONE 4S FOR ALL MY NEEDS, AND IT WOULD BE
>> HELPFUL IF ONE COULD USE MULTIPLE SIGNATURES.
>>
>> GORDON
>>
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