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Organize Your Snippets

The more you use TextExpander, the more ways you figure out to use it—and that usually leads to the creation of more snippets.

The small assortment of snippets that came with TextExpander by default are easy to remember, but sooner or later (sooner if you import some of the standard snippet collections that are available—you’ll find out about those in Save, Add, and Import Groups), you may find that you have dozens, or hundreds, or even thousands of snippets, and that your memory isn’t up to the task.

Isn’t it a lucky coincidence that TextExpander has features that help you organize your snippets?

In this chapter, I explain how to manage your snippets by group, and how to customize certain snippet settings that apply by group. ...