Textpander - Making life Easier
afterglow (571 points) | Tue, 2005-10-04 17:28
I've been using this utility for about 20 minutes and I'm already a convert. Textpander allows you to make a shortcut for any string of plain/formatted text or pictures. In practice this means entering that regular url, email phrase or picture is just a keystroke away. It installs as a preference pane and a menubar item and allows you to get on with your business without typing out phrases for the ten millionth time in an email. Just pick a short word you would normally never use or a random keystroke.
Best of all it's donationware.
http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=textpander
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This is just like the schotcuts keystroke/shorthand feature on the Palm platform. Which I use all the time.
Thanks for the link-up
With best regards,
imurf
^^ This was done in the browser comment box with the "wwbr" shortcut
Sounds like the perfect (more affordable and less bloated) alternative to QuickKeys. Thanks for the linkage. I'm going to try it out when I get home.
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wow... this is great! Thanks for the link
I use iKey for things like logging into a website by triggering the following text sequence with a key combination:
USERNAME(TAB)PASSWORD(ENTER)
I tried it with textpander but unfortunately that doesn't work.
Anyway great tip. I'll use it in addition to iKey for other things. Thank you!
Can I suggest all of you to try Butler from the same guy (Peter Maurer)? It's an absolute must have. A launcher, a searcher, a finder, a typer and much more in one single app.
Quicksilver too....if you're gonna go all Butler on us.
http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
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