Hi Lovette and Others, One addition to Sarah's suggestion about using the Mac OS X text substitution feature to type a common phrase in Pages. Although Mac OS X does let you configure system wide text substitutions by adding these definitions under System Preferences, under Language & Text, in the "Text" tab by checking the box for "Use symbol and text substitution" and then enter a character or string in the table, followed by the text you want to be substituted when you type this, those definitions don't automatically work in all applications.
You can have your text substitutions take effect in Pages, but only after you bring up the Preferences window in Pages with Command+comma, navigate to "Auto Correction" in the Preferences window title bar and select it, then check the "symbol and text substitution check box" on the Auto Correction pane to activate these text substitutions for Pages. Close the Preferences window with Command+W when you're done. Third-party applications such as TextExpander allow you to define macros that work system-wide, and build in more sophisticated definitions. For example, there are pre-defined snippets of text that substitute today's date in the format you want to use, or that can insert pairs of HTML or CSS code around your present word, etc. There's a podcast demo on TextExpander for the Mac at AppleVis: • TextExpander for Mac: Type Short Abbreviations to Enter Text Snippets, Automatically Correct Misspelled Words, and More: http://bit.ly/115xfRs HTH. Cheers, Esther On 6 Jul 2013, at 06:02, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Try the text thing in system prefs, Language & Text and select the text tab. > Click add after the substitutions table and type first the thing you want the > macro to do then the sequence of letters for example > > [email protected] eemail > > Take care. > On Jul 5, 2013, at 11:12 PM, Lovette Yewchan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there. I am wondering if there is a way to make a macro that would type a >> common phrase or two for me? >> I want to use them in the application Pages. >> >> Also wondering why sometimes I cannot type on my mac in edit fields? It just >> makes a little beeping sound. It eventually works itself out but just >> wondering. >> Thanks. >> Lovette >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
