Plus any other information that you may be entering, such as. Then you can do the Mastercard (substitute M for V in the nickname). Those are "periods", and you should make a habit of leading with a period, and using periods to define a "structure" to the shortcut.įor the next clip, rename to "Visa Exp Date", and assign a shortcut of: So give the clip a title such as "Visa Number", and then for the shortcut, type in:
After all, any clip worth assigning a shortcut to, likely could use a better title as well. It combines the rename and shortcut functions into one dialog, for convenience. Now pick the first in the series, and press Ctrl+R. You can make those if you want, and substitute your actual card info, if you like. In a real example, you'd also have PIN or Security codes (those pesky extra digits), the spelling of your name as it appears on the card, etc. Now let's assume that they represent your VISA number and expiry date, and your MasterCard number and expiry date, respectively. Go ahead and re-copy them, if you don't still have them. But first, you have to create some shortcuts.īack in lesson4, you copied some data that looks like credit card information: Just as your desktop can have a shortcut to any file on your system, and your web browser can have shortcuts to any web page, ClipMate Shortcuts can refer to any clip in your system. The difference however, is that while QuickPick acts as a "filter" against the current collection, ShortCuts can pull clips from any collection, even any database, that you have defined. Shortcuts work in a similar fashion to QuickPick, in that a list of results is displayed at the top of the ClipList, and that it is also a natural fit for QuickPaste.