Shortcuts and shortcuts to shortcuts

Lessons learned from thinking about shortcuts this week:

1. Breevy is an app for PCs that allows creation of shortcuts.  The more you think about it the more exciting this gets: names, email addresses, jumping to directories, whole paragraphs can all be created.
   
   I started off with a shortcut system that started with semicolons and ending with a space but have now moved to one starting with real letters and ending with double dots.  This gives me slightly longer to remember I have a shortcut for the word and gives me the option of adding an S a the end for a plural.
2. Breevy can be made to sync with Dropbox (banned at some work places) and is limited to PCs.  Text Expander is another option, works for Ipad and Macs (not tested by me) and has a beta for PCs.  This looks good for synchronisation but costs US$40 a year.
3. Ipads have settings/general/text replacement which is basic but does the trick.

Thought about backing up Windows favourites:

1. Right click favorites (in Windows Explorer)
2. Open in a new window
3. Select all with the mouse
4. Copy
5. Create a new directory in backup destination
6. Paste