Word Entries and Phrase Entries are so named because Word Entries are mostly words and Phrase Entries are mostly phrases. Nothing, however, prevents you from having a normal word defined as a Phrase Entry or a normal phrase defined as a Word Entry.
The phrase attorney at law, for example, can be defined as a Phrase Entry:
| Short | Expansion |
|---|---|
aal |
attorney at law |
or we can also decide to define it as a Word Entry:
| Short | Expansion |
|---|---|
a |
attorney at law |
in which case it will allow abbreviations such as:
| Expansion | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
|
a t t o r n e y a t l a w |
a a l |
|
a t t o r n e y a t l a w |
a y w |
|
a t t o r n e y a t l a w |
a t y a l |
Similarly, you can have words defined as Phrase Entries to impose a dedicated short form to a word. For example:
| Short | Expansion |
|---|---|
akgd |
acknowledged |
dx |
diagnosis |