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Text Expansion lets you type a short sequence of characters that becomes instantly expanded to something else. This is perfect for things that are slower to type, like email addresses, but obviously there are many other uses too. Here is how to set this up in Mac OS X.

http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/15/email-address-type-shortcut-mac-os-x-text-expansion/

The feature is also available to iOS users, where it's especially useful on iPhone and iPod touch:

http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/04/create-shortcut-for-typing-email-address-ios/