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Product Description:
- Insert standard greetings, text, and signatures, including formatted text and pictures
- Save keystrokes by typing simple abbreviations to get long snippets
- Organize snippets into groups
- Add snippet groups from external files and online sources
- Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer
- Correct typos automatically
- Sync snippets via .Mac
- Print snippets by group
- Type special characters without launching the special characters palette
- Position the cursor wherever you want in your expanded snippet
- For programmers, make editor-independent code templates and invoke AppleScripts
- Import from Textpander, TypeIt4Me (v2 & 3) and Typinator (v1)
- Available in English, German, French, Japanese and Italian
What's new in this version:
The upgrade adds import of Spell Catcher shorthand files exported in XML format.
Users can now nest plain text snippets within AppleScript and shell script snippets for greater flexibility with scripting. The update also fixes a number of issues, including a problem with dragging the slider in the Snippets view on Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"), a performance problem when the Clipboard content is large, and an issue when the Key Repeat Delay is set to None on Snow Leopard.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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Works very well 
- Version: 2.6.1, 4/30/2009 03:48PM PST
(5 of 5 users found this comment useful)
m57
I was a longtime user of TypeIt4Me, the first Mac app that did this sort of thing. TypeIt4Me is really the granddaddy of these sorts of apps, but unfortunately, like a grandaddy it has sort of gotten a little slow and outdated. I switched to TextExpander because of expansion issues with TypeIt4Me, issues that I brought to the developers attention and he could not fix. Basically it couldn't keep up with me when I was typing fast and would expand words in the wrong place. I have only used TextExpander for a week, but I have not once had the same issue. Also, I have found the user interface more intuitive. TypeIt4Me is still a great product, so it is worth checking out if you are in the market for this kind of utility, but for now I have happily made the switch and would recommend TextExpander.
Has Never Worked Properly - Version: 2.6, 3/25/2009 10:24AM PST
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MAC_1984
I have been a licensed TextExpander user for years now, and it has never worked correctly, although I keep upgrading, but will not the next go around. I have since added Typinator to my collection and Typinator always works correctly.
Of course, it is possible that the problem is with MacSpeech Dictate, however, that particular developer has shown absolutely no interest in correcting this. Their solution is that people should stop using TextExpander. It would be nice if these developers either got together and repair this problem, or the people at could take up the problem and fixed it on their end. MacSpeech Dictate clearly doesn't care.