Text snippets
Using text snippets
When you work with lots of documents it's often necessary to insert some short pieces of text into the document's fields. This feature implemented in FossLook in form of "Text snippets". For example, when you fill in the task form, in the text field you can hit the "Insert" key
and the window with all available text snippets will show up.
Double-click the snippet you want and it will be inserted into the task field. Then, you can edit the text, or add any necessary information to the task.
The text snippets are divided into groups.
When you select a group, the list of all text snippets included within this group will be displayed.
Also you can perform a fast contextual snippet search.
Moreover, there is another way to quickly paste a text snippet(-s).
You have to enter a replacement shortcut (for example "1") for text substitution in the appropriate document's field.
and then press "Insert" key, - text snippet will be pasted into the field.
Setting up text snippets
Users, who are in a built-in user group "Text snippet operators", can create, delete or modify text snippets.
To create a text snippet, you have to open a text snippets window, by pressing "Insert" key, and then press "Add" button.
When creating / editing any text snippet, you should pay attention to which group this text snippet will be saved. Also, you should select a convenient replace shortcut (text code) for the current text snippet.
Likewise, you can create or edit text snippets by clicking 
button.
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