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Question

Cortana Text Shortcuts

Jul 14, 2016 2:00PM PDT

What are the text shortcuts to make Cortana insert punctuation in a text doc, e.g., periods, comma, linefeed, carriage return, etc?. I saw such a list on a website once but now I cannot locate that URL, Such a tool would be immensely beneficial to people like me who struggle using a keyboard,

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Text Shortcuts
Jul 15, 2016 12:39AM PDT

I'm not referring to the misspellings that happen to all of us on occasion. When I see a question asked using those shortcuts I don't even read it and I would never consider answering or reading others' answers. It's just too annoying.

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Text Shortcuts
Jul 15, 2016 6:51AM PDT

Why did you waste your time responding? If you had read my question, you would have figured out that I was not talking about typos but keystrokes to facilitate text input, not corrections. BTW, the list is in the Microsoft Forums.

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Ouch.
Jul 15, 2016 7:43AM PDT

Think of the shadow this casts over your discussion. You may have scared off other replies.

Alert your post and it can go away, like it never happened.

Remember that you can attract more answers by showing gratitude for any attempt.

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(NT) Question
Jul 15, 2016 3:29PM PDT
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Where's the question?
Jul 15, 2016 3:36PM PDT

Dafydd.

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My Discussion RE: Cortana Text Shortcuts Resolved
Jul 15, 2016 3:44PM PDT
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Weird.
Jul 15, 2016 4:39PM PDT

I see Cortana only mention in one small area. I can't find the list you asked for above.

Maybe you were really asking for the Windows Speech Commands?