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Yet another one of those subtle tools many Blackberry owners just don’t fully appreciate: Autotext.
Turn “ty” into “Thank you, I appreciate it.” Or “ty2″ into “Thanks for your help on this.” Those are just a couple examples, but you can go much further with this, including sending a full paragraph or two if you like.
Simply go into your Blackberry Options screen, choose Autotext, then type in the letters you’d like to use as a shortcut and then the text you’d like to replace it with when composing an email.
If you’re a bad typer or you’ve got fat fingers, this could be particularly useful, saving you a minute here or there. It adds up in terms of time and stress.
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I am always looking for more effective ways to use my Blackberry Device. And this is one of them thank you for that. Especially that i have a 7130e where i use T9 word.
I’ve explicitly turned off the Autotext feature on my BBerry, as I do not want to come off as a mindless drone. The BB’s got a full QWERTY keyboard. Why not use it for your personal touch? Practice your typing skills instead.
Fair point, Vidar. I don’t recommend anyone go overboard with this, but I think it’s just too useful to ignore. How about one more simple use for Autotext that has nothing to do with being impersonal: sharing bits and pieces of frequently-used data.
For example: at least once per month I need to send someone my personal conference call number. I now do that by simply typing “confcall” and Autotext returns this:
Here’s my conference call number:
Call: 866-xxx-xxxx
PIN: xxxxxxx
And of course, you can always go the simple route: “tx” becomes a faster “Thanks!” and “thx” becomes a formal “Thank you.”