5.9.6 Configure Auto Expand Dialog Box

Getting there

Open the Document Settings dialog box.

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

User Interface Mode	Steps
Ribbon or Reflection Browser	With a session open in Reflection, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
TouchUx	Tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.

On the Settings dialog box, under Productivity, click Configure Auto Expand.

You can build a "dictionary" of Auto Expand Use the Auto Expand feature to add acronyms or shortcuts for long words, phrases, or complex repeat commands. The shortcut, when typed and followed by the Spacebar, automatically expands to the full word or phrase. definitions for the current session.

NOTE:

This feature is not available with VT sessions.
Expansion does not occur in hidden-text fields such as passwords.
To use Auto Expand with uppercase only fields, clear the Use case sensitivity when expanding option. Uppercase only fields are required to support alpha data on Japanese systems. They are also common on AS/400 systems for which 5250 emulation is used.

Definitions

Select the row, or double-click in the fields to enable text entry.

*	Click to select the entire row. With the row selected, you can begin typing into the Abbreviationfield, or you can delete the row with the Deletekey.
Abbreviation	Type the acronym or shortcut to enter on the host screen. The shortcut is expanded to the long word, phrase, or command entered in the Expansionfield on the same row. Spaces are not permitted in the Abbreviationtext box.
Expansion	Type the long word, phrase, or command to associate with the acronym or shortcut entered in the Abbreviation field on the same row.

Options

Use case sensitivity when expanding

Clear this check box to have Auto Expand ignore case when you are typing in a host field.

Auto Expand abbreviations cannot be duplicated in the dictionary, regardless of case, even if this option is selected.

To use Auto Expand with uppercase only fields, clear this option.

Wrap text into next field

Select to prevent expansions from being truncated if they don't fit in the current field. Characters that don't fit are entered into the next unprotected field on the host screen.

Overwrite and Insert

These options determine how Auto Expand behaves when entering a definition into a field with pre-existing data.

Erase to the end of the field after inserting Auto Expand definition

Select to have all other data in the field deleted after the Auto Expand definition is entered.

Insert mode

Select to maintain existing field data, with the Auto Expand definition inserted at the cursor location.

If the insertion pushes existing data past the end of the field, the data is truncated.

Overwrite mode

Select to overwrite only the data that exists where the Auto Expand definition is being placed. Other data in the field is not affected.