10.6: Enter line breaks in text substitutions

Sep 08, '09 07:30:08AM

Contributed by: JonLaliberte

In the Language & Text System Preferences panel, on the Text tab, you can enter text to be replaced with symbols/longer text blocks - just click the Plus sign to enter a new substitution.

The hint here is that you can have it enter in new lines by using \n (backslash n). This is especially useful for email signing, as you can have something like rjs expand to:

Regards,
John Smith


[robg adds: Separately from this hint, Mac OS X Hints reader HairyPotter points out that you can enter your text in TextEdit (or other editor), then copy and paste it complete with line breaks in the Text tab. I also discovered you can force a new line by typing Option-Return directly in the Text tab.]

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