Hotstrings in text fields

Is there a way to add hotstrings to a text field form.
IE user types "POC" and the system expands the text to "Proof of Claim".

thanks for that suggestion. I know that back in Dir8 when i wrote this beast of a programme, that text members were too slow to be used, as these fields get updated more or less each frame. Is it still the case that fields are quicker to update, and provide less strain on the programme running?
anyway, i just wrote a handler that sets the lineheight of any field 2 more than the fontsize and that seems to level things up as they should be. Also it replaces the font with Helvetica if its a Mac and it all looks nice.
re the font embedding, i do have Arial embedded as Arial * but it looks rubbish when applied to a field member. I assume because there's antialiasing in the font which the field doesn't allow. It looks great on text members of course, so I use it for that.
Actually though, the mac's Helvetica fields look much better (almost text member-like) than the pc's Arial fields.

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