Chapter 7. Speed Your Typing with AutoText

In this chapter we show you some great tips for using AutoText to save time and increase accuracy for things you type many times a day. AutoText automatically corrects certain typing errors, and you can also customize it for, say, directions or by creating a date and time stamp with a two-letter shortcut. This is great if you are taking notes and don't want to bother typing out the current date and time—two letters of AutoText will do the trick!

Saving Time with Auto-Correcting AutoText

Sometimes, typing on the little BlackBerry keyboard produces less than desirable results. Fortunately, the preloaded AutoText automatically corrects many common typing mistakes, like leaving out an apostrophe in the word ...

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