FontCreator: Automatic transformation?

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I’ve noticed an automatic transformation in Word: when I type :slight_smile: this changes automatically into a symbol (the smile emoticon).
Is it possible with Font Creator to make a font which automatically change for example ij into y?
Or is this something that only works in Word?

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Automatic glyph substitutions can be added to fonts using Microsoft’s free VOLT application. FontCreator doesn’t yet support OpenType ligatures.

Ligatures may also be used for combinations like:

f + i = fi
f + l = fl etc.