Hi Sandy,
Sounds good. I think when this came up in the earliest version of iOS 5 there
may have been a limitation in multiple lines?
Cheers,
Esther
On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Sandy Tomkins wrote:
> Ester,
>
> Just an observation: The snippet I have set up using the
> settings/general/kayboard/shortcuts is about 8 lines long and works fine. So,
> maybe, this could be the easiest way to go?
> Good luck, Sandy,
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 23 Apr 2012, at 20:20, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gordon,
>>
>> Multiple signatures for your different email accounts under iOS 5 are still
>> not supported, but I can suggest two different work-arounds.
>>
>> First, iOS 5 supports the creation of keyboard shortcuts. If you go to
>> Settings > General > Keyboard there's a heading for "Shortcuts". The first
>> entry under "Shortcuts" gives an example: "omw" for "On my way!" If you
>> double tap on this sample entry, you'll view the detailed shortcut screen
>> for the example, with text fields for the phrase "On my way!" and for the
>> shortcut assignment "omw". There's also a description "Create a shortcut
>> that will automatically expand into the word or phrase as you type". You
>> can make any editing changes in the text fields for the shortcut and phrase,
>> then double tap the "Save" button in the top right corner. Or, you can
>> double tap the "Keyboard, back button" at the top left corner of the screen
>> to return to the keyboard settings screen.
>>
>> Just after the sample "omw" shortcut is the "Add New Shortcut" button, which
>> is also the last element on the screen. So you can always navigate to it
>> with a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen. Double tap on this
>> button, then type in the phrase you want to shortcut in the text field.
>> Then flick right when you're done to type in the text for your shortcut
>> abbreviation. Double tap the "Save" button in the top right corner.
>>
>> So the way this could work is that you might set up your basic signature in
>> Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Signature (where the default says
>> "Sent from my iPhone"), and then customize each additional line you'd like
>> to add by typing your shortcut.
>>
>> The main drawback of this method is that you still have to type one shortcut
>> per line of expanded text.
>>
>> The other option that I use is to use TextExpander Touch ($4.99 by
>> SmileOnMyMac) to expand text. You can define multi-line snippets in this
>> app, and download the basic predefined snippet definitions. Then, if you
>> type "ddate" ("date" with an added "d" at the beginning), it will expand to
>> the current date, and in the format that you set up. You could have a
>> multiline signature that you define as "ssig1" (starting with double letters
>> for you snippet shortcut definitions is good for avoiding confusion with
>> real words). This lets you customize everything. The main drawback is that
>> iOS apps like Mail are sandboxed, so you would have to double tap the button
>> to copy to clipboard, then use the App Switcher to switch to mail, and then
>> paste. Or, you could compose mail in TextExpander and send it out directly
>> from there, but that doesn't let you read through your mail and reply.
>>
>> I'll just note that TextExpander's snippets for HTML and CSS programming are
>> really clever, and that most good notes, Twitter, and messenging apps will
>> support TextExpander so you can compose using your custom-defined snippets
>> within those apps. As for HTML coding, the control sequences will expand
>> and leave your insertion point between the control elements if you use the
>> TextExpander HTML snippets. So you don't have to type out starting and
>> closing elements by hand.
>>
>> HTH. Cheers,
>>
>> Esther
>>
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 4:29 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I have one small gripe regarding iOS5.1 and I'm wondering whether it's me
>>> just missing something. I do not see a way to have a different signature
>>> set for each mail account on iOS5. Again this could be user error, and I
>>> hope it is. But it does seem strange to me.
>>>
>>> I'm currently relying on my iPHONE 4S FOR ALL MY NEEDS, AND IT WOULD BE
>>> HELPFUL IF ONE COULD USE MULTIPLE SIGNATURES.
>>>
>>> GORDON
>>>
>>
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