Use markers, if you can..
I've found that I can't find a word marker that my fingers like, although I like the semi-colon for the phrase marker. I've tried the Classic options with the space bar as my phrase [expander] and the semi-colon as my word Marker. Continuations still seem to work. Try to use markers, if you can, because there are so many advantages in doing so. You say that you can't find a second marker that your fingers will like. If you are comfortable with the semicolon, then the / or [ are not very far. Another thing to take into consideration is that most of the time, you can use the same marker for both phrases and words. This is the case whenever one of the advisories is empty, for example, for singles. This is also the case most of the time, after you have typed 4 letters. So, at the start, I would suggest you select the semicolon as phrase marker, something else for words, but try to use only the semicolon. This means that you should try to type enough letters to have choices in only one of the advisories. Perhaps this will make words a little less efficient but it should not matter as the phrases are really where you make the difference: you should therefore try to be optimal for phrases. In particular (see page 17 of the manual), using markers and no expander keys will allow you to abbreviate the abbreviations... You mentioned also continuations. If you are using an expander key such as the space bar, Instant Text must take precautions for continuations to avoid unwanted expansions. It therefore requires a "reconfirmation" in the form of a line number selection before taking the space bar as requesting expansion of the continuation. No reconfirmation is required when you are using markers only (that is, if there isn't a single check mark in the Expander column, not even one). You can then expand the continuation directly with a semicolon marker. Jean Ichbiah
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