I would like to assign to a key a text string - that is when I press "Alt-Y" the machine types my e-mail address "my.name@whatsis.com"
How can I do that???
Check out this link. I think this is what you're looking for. Hope it helps.
http://www.yourtechtamer.com/blog/2011/08/can-you-create-a-shortcut-to-auto-paste-your-email-address-onto-the-clipboard/