Take Control of TextExpander, 2nd Edition

Create Snippets as You Go

You’ve seen how to use the normal TextExpander application interface, complete with Dock icon and menu bar, and you’ve seen how to use the TextExpander quick-access menu interface, which offers most of TextExpander’s features and capabilities from a single icon menu.

With OS X services and TextExpander hotkeys, however, you don’t even need to clutter your menu bar or Dock with TextExpander icons if you don’t want them: you can get much of the TextExpander functionality you need right from your keyboard.

This chapter tells you how to set up OS X services to enable the snippet creation and editing commands on the TextExpander ...