![]() Any time I typed the abbreviation, the image would be inserted. For instance, my “snippet” could be an image file. Actually, TextExpander will let you insert just about anything as a snippet. TextExpander for Mac allows the insertion of formatted text, which is convenient if you want nicely formatted templates.There are two interesting things to note here: Here is my snippet for my “phone call” template: Next, I added the snippets that I wanted to be able to expand. Using TextExpander to create templates for Evernote on the Macįirst, I created a new “group” (folder) within TextExpander to contain my Evernote-specific expansions: It occurred to me that the same tool I use to expand my home phone number, email address, website URL, etc., I could also use to expand templates in Evernote. Now, whenever I type “hphone” no matter where I type it, it instantly replaces the word with my home phone number. Finally, I created a snippet for my phone number in TextExpander. When sending someone an email and telling them to call me at home, I always had to pause to look up the number. For example, I can never remember my home phone number, the hard line that we don’t give out to anyone but friends and family. I use TextExpander on my Mac to cut down on my typing and more or less automate common, repeatable tasks. The problem for me is that KustomNote works from the web, and I typically create these notes from within the desktop clients. A service like KustomNote is one way to do this. I’ve been looking for a way to cut them down, or eliminate them entirely. Sure, I save some time by having a template in the first place, but these five steps still feel cumbersome to me. Navigate to the destination notebook to begin using the new note.Right-click on the desired template note.Typically what I have to do when I want to create a note based on a template is the following: I keep my templates in a “Template” notebook. Templates are fine for this, but there is still a drawback: it takes several mouse-clicks to create the template. I’ve written before about how I frequently use note templates to more rapidly populate frequently-created notes like meeting notes or telephone call notes. It centers on the desktop versions of Evernote, both Mac and Windows, and what I think is a fairly easy way to make yourself more productive when you use them. All of this is preface to say that today’s Going Paperless tip is going to be brief, but hopefully useful. What I am really trying to do is write without the nagging desire to see what’s going on in my growing social network. I am away from the Internet until March 31, taking a little vacation from tweets and Facebook posts, RSS feeds and email messages. ![]() ![]() Feel free to comment, as always, but note that since I am not checking email, I will likely not be replying to comments until I am back from my Vacation on March 31. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. ![]()
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