It's often used to reset passwords and sign into all types of sensitive accounts, including work-related software, social media platforms and maybe even your 401(k) account.

If you're the more adventurous type who doesn't mind writing scripts, you can hack together your own text expansion with AutoHotkey's Hotstrings syntax—it's the way that Adam showed us how to ...

The idea seems to make sense: if the system can predict your intended word before you type it, this should save you time. But that’s not necessarily the case.