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The ",[188,199,200],{"href":38},"help centre"," covers shortcuts alongside everything else.",{"title":203,"searchDepth":204,"depth":204,"links":205},"",2,[206,207,208,209],{"id":102,"depth":204,"text":103},{"id":124,"depth":204,"text":125},{"id":131,"depth":204,"text":132},{"id":156,"depth":204,"text":157},"2026-08-29","Give any clip a short name like ;welcome and typing that name in any app replaces it with the full clip. Here is how to set one up and how it works.","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Finline-shortcuts-type-a-name-paste-a-clip",{"title":85,"description":211},{"loc":216},"blog\u002Finline-shortcuts-type-a-name-paste-a-clip","BWGuU7TWCaATD0CtRK7stUSC9PLtZ89iOKR88hKzlAU",1788477134593]