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LazyBoard documentation

Everything you need to set up LazyBoard, organise your snippets and build smart templates with variables.

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What is LazyBoard?#

LazyBoard is a text expander and snippet manager. You save the words you type again and again (replies, signatures, addresses, templates) as snippets. Then you insert them anywhere you type, in two ways:

  • Type a shortcut. Give a snippet an abbreviation such as ;thanks. When you finish typing it in a text field, LazyBoard replaces it with the full text.
  • Search and insert. Open the snippet picker, find the snippet by title or content, and insert it. You don’t need to remember the shortcut.

Snippets can also contain variables: today’s date, your clipboard, a list to choose from, a customer’s name you fill in, or a calculated total.

The LazyBoard library with folders on the left, a list of snippets, and the snippet editor with the Variables panel.
The LazyBoard library on Mac: folders, snippets, the editor and the Variables panel.

Where LazyBoard works#

MacDesktop app for Apple silicon and Intel. Expands shortcuts in your Mac apps.WindowsDesktop app for Windows 10 and 11, from the Microsoft Store.Chrome extensionExpands shortcuts on websites. Also works in Edge and Brave.iPhoneLazyBoard Mate: your synced desktop snippets in an iPhone keyboard.

All four use the same snippets and the same variables. With a free account they work on their own; with LazyBoard Pro one account keeps them in sync.

Start here#

Install LazyBoardGet the app for your computer, browser or iPhone.Create your first snippetSave a reply and test its shortcut in a minute.Variables referenceDates, fields, formulas, clipboard and more.TroubleshootingFixes when a shortcut doesn’t expand.