Chapter 6 Page 170ShortCuts preferencesThe ShortCuts Preferences screen enables you to define abbreviationsfor entering text with Graffiti strokes. This section describes how tocreate, edit, and delete a ShortCut. See Chapter 2 for moreinformation on the use of ShortCuts.Creating a ShortCutYou can create a ShortCut for any words, letters, or numbers. AllShortCuts you create appear on the list in the ShortCut Preferencesscreen. All the ShortCuts are available in any of your handheldapplications and are backed up on your computer when you performa HotSync operation.To create a ShortCut:1. Tap New.2. On the ShortCut name line, enter the letters you want to use toactivate the ShortCut.3. Tap the ShortCut Text area and enter the text that you want toappear when you write the ShortCut characters.Tip: You may want to add a space (space character) after thelast word in your ShortCut text. This way, a spaceautomatically follows the ShortCut text.4. Tap OK.Tip: To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by theShortCut characters. When you draw the ShortCut stroke, theShortCut symbol appears at the insertion point to show thatyou are in ShortCut mode.Tap New
