# Using the Stash

The **Stash** functionality allows you to temporarily save frequently used choices, so those selections can be applied automatically later on when interacting with the same document in Bracketeer.

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You can add a selection to the Stash through one of the following actions:

* holding down **Shift** when selecting an optional text part or alternative
* holding down **Shift** when clicking on *Apply* (or a recent text item) to change a placeholder
* holding down both **Shift and Alt** when removing an optional text part

you can add that text / text part / alternative as a selected choice to the Stash. The *Apply stash* button will then become visible in the top bar.

When you then click on the *Apply stash* button, Bracketeer will go through all the placeholders, optional text parts and alternatives in the currently visible paragraphs, check whether they match with any of the blueprints, and then perform replacements in bulk. For example:

* If your document contains 150 times "\[reasonable]" across various paragraphs, you may want to add that word to the Stash by Shift + Alt clicking on it. In subsequent paragraphs, you can then simply click on *Apply stash* to remove that word.
* If you have 20 different instances of the three alternatives "\[Company / Shareholder / Person]", you can Shift-click on (for example) Shareholder once, and then cause that word to be selected everywhere by clicking on *Apply stash.*

Alternatively, if you want to apply only one or more items in the stash, click on the triangle

You can inspect your stash by clicking on the *Stash* button at the bottom of the screen. At any time you can remove an item (blueprint) from the Stash that you no longer need, by clicking on the trash can. Such removal will not affect instances of that blueprint that you previously applied; instead, it will only prevent that blueprint from applying in the future.


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