Command Pick List Pick...

The Pick command displays a Pick List stored in the Pick Glossary in the Expansion Table.

When selecting the Pick... menu item, the following dialog

enables you to specify which Pick List the Pick command should display.

The Pick List in this case is the set of entries of the Pick Glossary that share the same Pick Name.

Defining Pick List Items as entries of the Pick Glossary is the recommended way to define Pick Lists:

It enables you to reuse the same Pick List across multiple expansions.
You can define display forms for Pick List Items, which is not supported by the QuickPick command.

Example

Imagine you want to be able to select alternative colors in the middle of an expansion. The following example shows how to achieve this by inserting a Pick command inside an expansion:

Short	Expansion
iwc	I want a {Pick}color{/Pick} car.

Let us now give a step by step description of how this entry can be expanded:

First you type iwc;
Instant Text expands "I want a ", stops at that point, and displays the color Pick List
If you want a red car you can then type 4; to select and expand the fourth line with "red".
The expansion than automatically resumes with " car." and you have typed "I want a red car."

Note that if you don't find the color of your choice in the Pick List, for example, "pink", you can type it instead of selecting and expanding a Pick List Item, and you can then issue a Resume command to continue the expansion.