Thanks, Nilrem. Yes, I am using all 40 slots. You're idea for a dynamic shortcut expansion would be perfect for me, but I doubt that there will be sufficient demand. As Drey says, you only "need " a few shortcuts and perfectly possible to play with none. One of my long term aims is to set up a travelling theatre troupe in the Anglo/French medieval troubador tradition. For scripted performance a large number of slots are needed, it would not be feasible to perform live because of the large amount of combined speech, action and description.