TextExpander lets you save the text you type most often as snippets and insert them anywhere with a short abbreviation. This category is the hub for using it well. You’ll find step-by-step tutorials, tips on fill-ins, formatting, and public groups, guidance on TextExpander’s AI features, release notes, webinars, and stories from customers who’ve saved hours each week. New users can start with the beginner tutorials, and teams can learn how to share snippets for consistent messaging.
An email reply system built in TextExpander lets you reuse your most common responses. Follow five steps: find repeat messages, install the app, create Snippets, test them, and repeat, plus tips to take it further.
TextExpander for Mac can keep running in the background with its Dock icon, menu bar icon, or both hidden. See which Appearance settings to change and which shortcuts to memorize so you can still reach the app.
Inline search in TextExpander lets you find and insert any Snippet without remembering its abbreviation. See how to trigger search on Mac, Windows, or Chromebook, browse results with arrow keys, and insert the right text.
Creating TextExpander Snippets on the fly is quick from the Mac menu bar or Windows system tray. See how to make a new Snippet, build one from the clipboard, edit the last expanded Snippet, and use shortcuts to do it faster.
Slack messages come together faster with TextExpander Snippets for briefing templates, links, code, bot commands, @username replacements, and formatting. Get ideas for each, plus a free Slack formatting group.
Link Snippets in TextExpander make long URLs easy to insert and share in any app. Get started creating link Snippets, see how to use them on Mac, Windows, iPhone, and iPad, and browse ideas for link groups.
Keeping a team on-message is easier when marketing copy lives in shared TextExpander Snippets. See an example promotional Snippet, how to share it with the team, and how nesting it in signatures keeps messaging current.
Snippet group prefixes give every Snippet in a group the same leading abbreviation, which makes shared Snippets easier to remember. See how to set a prefix, share a group, and use prefix overrides for your own abbreviations.
The TextExpander keyboard for iPhone and iPad lets you expand Snippets in any iOS app. Follow the steps to set up the keyboard, use it day to day, and assign Snippet Keys for one-tap insertion of frequently used text.
