Homemade shortcut keys in OSX

In the old days, I was able to assign text to keys on my keyboard -- For example, if I found that I was typing my name a lot, I could assign my name to "F5" and then every time I hit "F5", the computer would insert my name. If I recall, it worked with all programs like the clipboard does.
Is there anything like this in OS X or is there anything that can be added to OS X to do this? I use Panther on my primary computer, but we also have Tiger and Leopard on other computers in the office.
(I'd like to use it mostly with Thunderbird Mail.)
Thanks!
Michael

Sure. Two excellent options are Typinator and TextExpander - VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
If you want command shortcuts try one of the several third-party utilities such as iKeys or ASM.

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