Command Menu Add Glossary Entry Menu Bar

The Command Menu of the Add Glossary Entry window enables you to insert commands in glossary entries:

The various commands are categorized as follows:

• The Snippet commands offer commands related to snippets.
• The Variable commands offer commands related to variables.
• The Toggle commands offer commands to toggle some Instant Text features on and off.
• The Expansion commands offer expansion table related commands.
• The Glossary commands offer glossary related commands.
• The Window commands offer commands to minimize, maximize, restore, scroll or activate windows.
• The Text commands offer text related commands.
• The Selection commands offer commands which modify selected text.
• The Clipboard commands offer commands related to the clipboard content.
• The Pick List commands offer commands to display a list of expansions in the Phrase Expansion Table.
• The Stop & Resume commands enable to stop and resume the expansion flow.
• The Launch commands enable to launch a program or a file, browse a folder or a web page.
• The Wait command offers a command to pause the expansion for small amounts of time.
• The Volume commands enable you to increase, decrease, mute or unmute the volume.

Chaining commands

In a glossary entry you can chain several commands that are produced sequentially when expanding the entry. The following example shows how commands can be chained to execute a Microsoft Word macro:

The commands of this expansion are produced sequentially as follows:

• Instant Text produces the Alt F8 keyboard shortcut.
• Instant Text waits 200 milliseconds giving thereby Microsoft Word the time to popup its Macros window.
• Instant Text produces macro1 in the macro name editor.
• Instant Text produces Enter.

With this expansion Instant Text has exactly reproduced the steps that you would do manually.