{"id":3166,"date":"2014-09-09T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2023-01-11T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:21:10","slug":"tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips &#038; Tricks- How to Create Text Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you find yourself typing out the same long names, addresses, or places in text messages and emails? Here\u2019s a simple tip to save you time on typing lengthy words and commonly used phrases:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3179 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Shortcut-blog-image-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"Shortcut blog image\" width=\"280\" height=\"242\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s How:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Open the Settings app.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Tap \u201cGeneral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Swipe up and tap \u201cKeyboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Swipe up and tap \u201cAdd New Shortcut&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;In the &#8220;Phrase&#8221; window, type the phrase you want your shortcut to expand to.&nbsp;(For example: \u201cI&nbsp;will call you later.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;In the \u201cShortcut\u201d window, type your preferred shortcut.&nbsp;(For example: \u201ccyl\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Tap \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it! Now, whenever you type your shortcut in a text message or an email, the corresponding phrase will appear in a suggestion bubble below your text. Just press \u201cspace\u201d to insert the phrase.<\/p>\n<p>Check back next week for another tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you find yourself typing out the same long names, addresses, or places in text messages and emails? Here\u2019s a simple tip to save you time on typing lengthy words and commonly used phrases: Here&#8217;s How: &#8211; &nbsp;Open the Settings app. &#8211; &nbsp;Tap \u201cGeneral.\u201d &#8211; &nbsp;Swipe up and tap \u201cKeyboard.\u201d &#8211; &nbsp;Swipe up and tap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Tips &amp; Tricks: How to Create Text Shortcuts<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s how to create shortcuts for commonly used phrases using your iPhone smartphone.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Susan Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips & Tricks: How to Create Text Shortcuts","description":"Here\u2019s how to create shortcuts for commonly used phrases using your iPhone smartphone.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Susan Thomas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/","name":"Tips & Tricks: How to Create Text Shortcuts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-09-09T16:00:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-12T00:21:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bea0076e2c8f754131a2652cab7eef98"},"description":"Here\u2019s how to create shortcuts for commonly used phrases using your iPhone smartphone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-how-to-create-text-shortcuts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips &#038; 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