If you defined a shortcut (as the left example above), hit the shortcut key, in our example Shift+Control+H.As you press the termination key, the hotstring trigger is replaced (or “expanded”) with the content of the snippet. If you defined an hotstring (as in the example above, on the right), type the hotstring trigger, in our example: #html# and press Enter or Space.Then, paste the snippet using one of these techniques: First, select the keyboard insertion point in a text zone of the active window. You can paste snippets in three ways (as for other types of favorites) but the first one is particularly useful for snippets. See Can I create a Snippet using the Clipboard and define its Hotstring in one step? You can also add a Snippet using the content of the Windows Clipboard. Finally, click Add to save the favorite snippet.The prompt can include placeholders (see the tips and tricks, below). In the Advanced Settings tab, you can enter text in Prompt before pasting the snippet that will be displayed with a prompt to hit Enter or Space to paste the favorite, or Esc to cancel it.In these examples, the selected shortcut (left side) is Shift + Control + H and the hotstring trigger (right side) is #html# (TIP: for hotstrings, use “#” or any other symbol to make the hotstring trigger unique). Click one of the two Change buttons (you could set both options if you wish) and set the shortcut or the hotstring as illustrated below. Before saving, you will find it helpful to set a Shortcut or an Hotstring for your snippet. In the Menu Options tab, select the parent menu and item position as for other type of favorites.You can also display the snippet content in fixed font and choose the font size. When the content is expanded (as below), use the – sign to return to normal display. If the content does not fit in the Content text zone, you can expand the text box to make editing easier by clicking the + sign.In this text box, pressing Enter will add an end-of-line and pressing Ctrl + Tab will enter a tab. In the Add Favorite dialog box, give the snippet a name for the menu and enter the text in the Content text box.In the Customize window, click the Add button and select the type Snippet.Text snippets can contain characters, end-of-lines, and tabs. Snippets are pieces of text that you can paste into the active application using the QAP popup menu, hotstrings or shortcuts.

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