Productivity is getting the important work done with less wasted effort. These articles cover the habits, tools, and techniques that help, from typing faster and using keyboard shortcuts to protecting your focus and avoiding burnout. You’ll also find how-tos for TextExpander itself, so you can turn the text you type every day into reusable snippets and spend that time on work that needs your attention.
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.
Scheduling meetings with TextExpander and Calendly cuts down the back-and-forth emails. Compare the old way of setting up meetings with a Snippet-based approach that shares your Calendly link with a few keystrokes.
TextExpander for Teams setup starts with creating an Organization and sharing Snippet groups. Get guidance on nested Snippets for on-brand messaging, group prefixes and overrides, usage stats, and keeping your Snippets.
Time saved statistics in TextExpander show what your Snippets are worth. See how to check personal time saved in the Mac app and on TextExpander.com, and how organization admins can view totals across the whole team.
Date Snippets in TextExpander can insert today's date, a future date, or a past date in the format you choose. See how date math and custom formats work with visual macros, along with examples you can adapt.
Writer, speaker, and consultant Patrick Rhone explains how TextExpander keeps complete email replies a few keystrokes away. Hear his rule for deciding when repeated text should become a Snippet and how his workflow evolved.
