Do you hate typing the same text over and over?
We do, too. 
35+ bite-sized videos walking you through every aspect of text expansion A podcast to listen on the go
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Josh Goldsmith is a UN and EU accredited translator and interpreter working from Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan into English. He splits his time between interpreting, translating, and working as a trainer and researcher focusing on the intersection between interpreting, technology and education. As Founder and Chief Educational Officer of techforword, Josh shares tips about technology, translation and interpreting in conferences and workshops, academic articles, as co-host of the Innovation in Translation and Innovation in Interpreting Summits, and at techforword insiders, the premiere online community for tech-savvy language professionals.
Nora Díaz is a Mexican conference interpreter, translator, trainer and technology enthusiast who enjoys sharing her passion for learning with colleagues from all over the world. Her interest in productivity has led her to constantly explore technology, including CAT tools, speech recognition, computer automation and custom macros. In her blog, Nora Díaz on Translation, Teaching and Other Stuff she shares her knowledge with language professionals from around the globe.
Welcome to Automations 101! 
Welcome to Automations 101!
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Setting the stage 
What we'll cover in this course
What words or phrases do you type all the time?
An example of text expansion
An introduction to text expansion
Should I pay for PhraseExpress?
How to create automations 
How to create a text expansion on Windows
How to create a text expansion on Mac
How to create an on-the-fly abbreviation with PhraseExpress on Windows
How to create an on-the-fly abbreviation with PhraseExpress on Mac
Organizing phrases
How to trigger your phrases 
An introduction to triggers
Execute after default delimiter
Execute immediately
Execute after manual confirmation
SmartComplete
Expert options for delimiters
Using the same abbreviation for multiple phrases
Why you don't need to memorize your abbreviations 
Best practices for abbreviations
How to memorize abbreviations and shortcuts
Phrase Menu to the rescue!
Setting the Phrase Menu shortcut on Windows
Setting the Phrase Menu shortcut on Mac
Using PhraseExpress with formatted text
Phrases with formatted text
Phrases with formatted text on Windows
Phrases with formatted text on Mac
Complex formatting in PhraseExpress
Advanced text expansion tips
Tricky spelling? Use PhraseExpress
Special characters? Use PhraseExpress
Setting up special character replacements on Mac
Setting up special characters on PC
Clipboard Cache
Autocomplete Add-ons (Windows only)
PhraseExpress with Google Docs
What's next? 
What comes next
Share your automations in the Automations Hall of Fame!
Great value for money!
I have taken loads of online course on different subjects before and didn't expect much in the beginning. I find that often online courses don't convey much condensed knowledge - this is the first one where I get the impression of "taking a whole lot of stuff home with me" and that I will actually be able to use it next day :-) No blabla.
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