Getting started

Let's save our first phrases in PhraseExpress. This could be your email or mail address, an email footer or some boilerplate templates.

To create a phrase:

1. Type and highlight any frequently used text in your favorite text editor.
2. Click the PhraseExpress task bar icon and select "New phrase…" (or press the customizable hotkey CTRL+OPT+C).
3. Enter a meaningful description for your new phrase. Skip the other options for now. We will cover those later.
4. Pressing OK saves the phrase.

Done. You will never have to type that phrase again.

To insert the phrase into any program:

1. Place the cursor into any program which can receive text input; e.g. TextEdit.
2. Press OPT-SPACE - This is the one hotkey you might want to memorize. It opens the PhraseExpress phrase menu for instant access to your boilerplate templates.
3. Now, type any part of the description of the phrase, you just created.
4. If the phrase menu narrowed down sufficiently, select the desired phrase with the UP and DOWN keys and press ENTER to insert the phrase.

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