The Short form of a Word Entry consists of a single character: it is the first character you must type, to start abbreviating the Word Entry.
The following Word Entry for example:
Short form | Long form |
---|---|
allows multiple
abbreviations, all starting with a c,
such as:
Abbreviation | Long form |
---|---|
chc |
chc |
ccc |
ccc |
cooo |
cooo |
Note that 99% of the
time, it is natural to choose
the first character of the word to expand as a Short form.
But there are also cases where it may make sense to choose a character
that comes next, as in the following Word Entries
for example:
Short form | Long form |
---|---|
These Word Entries allow
abbreviations starting with the corresponding Short
forms such as:
Abbreviation | Long form |
---|---|
xcp |
xcp |
tss |
tss |
fann |
fann |
Note, however, that then you cannot use:
exc as an abbreviation for exception
pto as an abbreviation for ptosis
pfa as an abbreviation for Pfannenstiel incison
as all these abbreviations start with a different letter than the Short forms of the corresponding Word Entries.