After launching PhraseExpress, the PhraseExpress speech bubble icon is shown in the top-right menu bar:

This icon is your main access to PhraseExpress:

• Left-click the icon to access your phrases in the phrase menu.
• Right-click the icon or click the dock icon to open the main program window.

The phrase menu provides instant access to your phrases:

To open the phrase menu:

• Left-click the PhraseExpress menu bar icon to show all phrases, beginning from the root level.
• Press the customizable phrase menu hotkey OPT+ SPACE.
• Press the hotkey or enter the autotext, assigned to a phrase folder or multiple phrases.

To discard the menu, press ESC or click anywhere outside the phrase menu.

Items, that are restricted to specific programs or users may not be visible in the phrase menu.

To find an item in the phrase menu:

• Without any additional click, start typing any part of the description to narrow down the menu to items matching your text input.
• Use the Arrow-Down/Up keys to select the next/previous item.
• Press Page-Up/Down or the mouse scroll wheel to scroll through the menu in larger steps.
• Press Home- or End to jump to the very first or very last item.
• Press Arrow-Right-key to jump to and open the first subfolder. To return to the parent level, press Arrow-Left .

To insert the selected phrase:

• Click the phrase.
• Press the customizable confirmation hotkey TAB.

Click the pin symbol in the top left of any phrase menu to keep the phrase menu visible the desktop:

Desktop menus can show/hide automatically together with specific programs.

Example: A desktop menu may contain various bank account information and can optionally be displayed only, if you open a specific banking website or banking software. It automatically hides if you switch to another program. Program restricted desktop menus appear as they would be attached to specific programs and virtually become part of them.