Shortcuts are words you can write to quickly launch an app and invoke a particular feature of that app.
Double-tapping on the center of a Nav Plus notifies your smartpen that you are about to write a Shortcut. After writing the word, tapping right on the Nav Plus, or double-tap on any Livescribe Dot Paper launches the Shortcut.
Your smartpen has default shortcuts for several applications and their commands. For example, double-tapping on the center of the Nav Plus and quickly writing the word "play" launches Paper Replay and invokes its "Play Session" command.
Connect also provides default shortcuts, like "email", "pdf". Writing these words shortcuts launches the corresponding Connect commands on your smartpen. You can also create custom shortcuts for Connect commands.