Peppered throughout iA Writer’s documentation for Windows you will see references to various “Smart” features. As a rule, these provide some form of automatic text completion or transformation so you can keep focused on writing instead of dealing with minutiae.
This option is found in the menu bar Edit → Snippets
The snippets feature enables you to assign a shortcut that substitutes for a word, sentence, or more. In the Editor, just type the designated shortcut and press the Tab key.
Some rules to keep in mind:
Note that Snippets will have effect in both the Editor and in the Preview.
In order to be even more powerful, snippets can contain variables. There are three predefined variable types:
iA Writer provides 2 different date variables:
$DATE$ inserts the current date and time$DATE("d")$ where a custom format can be specifiedThe full list of possible date formats can be found here.
Replaces the $CLIPBOARD$ variable with the clipboard content if the clipboard contains text.
Sets the caret position at $CARET$ after applying the substitution.
If you include a variable with internal text other than DATE, CLIPBOARD or CARETa placeholder section will be added to your snippet. These sections will be written out in the Editor with the internal text as the placeholder.
Placeholder sections can then be overwritten at the time of writing. Jump between placeholders with the keyboard using the Tab key. If you’ve ever added a table in iA Writer for Windows, you’ll recognize these placeholders and how easy they make adding text.
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Smart Automation 
Some form of automatic text completion or transformation are available in iA Writer for Mac. Thanks to them, you can keep focused on writing instead of dealing with minutiae. Text Replacement Text replacement boosts your writing speed: designate a word (typically an abbreviation) and the corresponding word or phrase that it should automatically input. For
Some form of automatic text completion or transformation are available in iA Writer for iOS. Thanks to them, you can keep focused on writing instead of dealing with minutiae. Text Replacement Text replacement boosts your writing speed: designate a word (typically an abbreviation) and the corresponding word or phrase that it should automatically input. For
Some form of automatic text completion or transformation are available in iA Writer for iPadOS. Thanks to them, you can keep focused on writing instead of dealing with minutiae. Text Replacement Text replacement boosts your writing speed: designate a word (typically an abbreviation) and the corresponding word or phrase that it should automatically input. For
Snippets allow you to save a significant amount of time by providing smart text substitutions. (Windows only)