Installation and creating a template

Installation

1. Open Thunderbird and choose Add-ons -> Add-ons from the Thunderbird application menu. Enter "Quicktext" into the search field and install it from the results list. You may also download and install Quicktext manually.

2. Restart Thunderbird to finish the installation.

Configuration

3. Now you need to set up Quicktext to be able to use it: Open the Quicktext Settings Window by clicking on the Quicktext Icon in the main Thunderbird window or in the message compose window:

4. Navigate to the page Templates and create a group and a template

A simple template could look like this. It will add the basic email content and move the cursor to the position defined by the CURSOR variable:

Hi [[TO=firstname]],



[[CURSOR]]



Kind regards

[[FROM=fullname]]

As seen in the screenshot, the template was also given the keyword gr and a shortcut Alt + 1.

Usage

5. Open a new compose window, select your John Doe identity, add Jane Doe as a recipient and choose Greetings -> Informal from the Quicktext menu below the formatting toolbar.

At the current cursor location in the message pane the following text should appear:

Hi Jane,

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Kind regards
John Doe

Alternatively, the template can be inserted by using the defined shortcut Alt + 1 or by typing the keyword gr followed by the keyword activator (which is Tab by default but can be changed in the general Quicktext settings.)