We’re going to talk about how to set up Autocorrect as a text expander.
A text expander is something that’s very useful to transcriptionists because what it is, is you essentially are setting up shortcuts for words or phrases. So, you set it up so that when you type, let’s say, “intg” spacebar, that expands to interesting.
So, you just cut out a whole bunch of letters. And if you multiply that by a lot of words in a document, you can see how you can save a lot of time and be more productive as a transcriptionist. Now, there are paid text expander programs out there, and then there’s also something free, that’s in Microsoft Word, called AutoCorrect.
Now, the tricky thing about AutoCorrect, is it can take a lot of time to get to, unless you set up a shortcut to pull it up.
Watch the video below to learn how to set up AutoCorrect as a text expander.
So, that’s just a quick introduction to how to use AutoCorrect. And like I said, there are paid text expander programs out there. We have listed some of them in the resources, but this is a great way to jump in and get used to doing text expanders.
And they’re something I use daily. I probably have hundreds of them by now, but I’ve been doing this for a while, and I just added a few at a time that I would remember. And I just started with the most common words, words like ‘because’, ‘interesting’, ‘usually’, ‘although’, words like that. And I also use them for phrases, so it could be talking about, or thinking about, or I know, or do you know. So, you can use these a whole bunch of different ways. Have fun with it.
