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Simplify your iPhone typing experience with Shortcuts

iPhone Shortcuts

Just like the rest of you, I type more on my iPhone than I actually talk on it. So, when I found this little gem of a secret hidden away in my iPhone settings I was pretty happy. Since I often use texting as a method of contact not only with friends but also with clients, I want to sound just as professional through typing as I do on the phone. The problem is that I am often in “auto-pilot” when typing on my phone. When I say “auto-pilot” I mean that I use all of the common shortcuts and abbreviated words that we have all come to love.

So what’s a business professional to do?

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Add Extensions to Contacts

Add Extensions to Contacts

It’s a common occurrence for a company to use an automated phone system where, when you dial up their number, the automated message states, “If you know your party’s extension, please dial it now.” Having to go to your contact’s notes section and figure out the extension, or worse, having already put it in your phone as “888-555-1123 x112″ or some other variation, and having your iPhone refuse to dial the number correctly, is rather annoying…

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