How do I use a Hot Menu?

Type Pilot lets you paste frequently used text using Hot Menu. Right-click Type Pilot icon, go to Hot Menu, and select a phrase you want.

Selecting Hot Menu

The phrase is inserted into your current document.

The phrase is inserted

For example, you can add the following phrase to Hot Menu: Thank you for your letter. Find this phrase in the Type Pilot window.

Adding a phrase to Hot Menu: find the phrase in Type Pilot

Double-click the phrase and select the menu Options | Add to Hot Menu in the Edit Phrase window. Then click OK. Alternatively, select the Hot Menu checkbox in the Edit Phrase window.

Select Add to Hot Menu

The phrase now appears in Hot Menu. You can see that the original tree-like structure in Hot Menu is retained – your phrase is still in the same folder.

The structure retains in Hot Menu

You can also set up a hot key to call using Hot Menu. In the main program window, go to Options | Actions.

Setting a hot key to call using Hot Menu

Select Hot Menu from the list and set the appropriate hot key, for example, ALT+R, in the Hotkey box. Click OK.

Setting a hot key to call using Hot Menu - window

To launch Hot Menu, just press the hot key.

Press the hot key to launch Hot Menu

Select the folder that your phrase belongs to and move the mouse to select the phrase you need. You can also click any symbol-delimiter instead of clicking a phase. The phrase is inserted into your active text editor.

The phrase is inserted into your active text editor

Thus you can paste frequently used text just by selecting it from Hot Menu.

 

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