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Creating Keyboard Shortcuts In iOS 5 [Video How-To]

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One of iOS 5’s hidden gems is the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts, a feature that works like TextExpander on the Mac. In this video, I’ll show you how to create and manage keyboard shortcuts from any iOS 5 device.

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8 responses to “Creating Keyboard Shortcuts In iOS 5 [Video How-To]”

  1. Teppka says:

    grate video, indeed overlooked option

  2. MacHead says:

    Been using eml to inset my email address and its been really useful since moving to iOS5

  3. Ljp says:

    That’s a great tip, Michael. Thanks for taking the time.

  4. Vixeh2002 says:

    Anyone figured out how to embed a carriage return in the “phrase” text? This would make it useful for inserting optional email signatures when composing messages.

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