[Full Free Show] TextExpander is one of the must have Mac applications! Whilst simple in concept, once you start using TextExpander, you'll wonder have you ever lived without it. At its core, TextExpander is an application that allows you to create and store "snippets" of information. These snippets can be plain text, formatted text, images, combinations of text and images, Applescripts even Shell script. Simply assign a few characters to create an abbreviation to your snippet, and when typed, the full snippet is expanded, saving you hours and hours of typing.
As well as standard snippets, TextExpander also allows to to access system information such as inserting the current date or time in any format you'd like, along with the ability to use the contents of your clipboard in a snippet.
New In TextExpander 3 is a new Fill-In snippet, allowing you to create snippets which prompt you with special fields to fill-in when expanded. Very useful.
TextExpander 3 has been significantly updated both with enhancements to it's core functionality as well as some radical re-engineering of the application. It's now a full blown cocoa application rather than a System preferences pane option. In addition, the menu bar icon has a host of new features as well as lots of new keyboard shortcuts to both create and edit snippets.
Ever put off editing one of your snippets due to having to labouriously load up and find the snippet through System Preferences?
Now, your last expanded snippet can be immediately be retrieved for editing with a simple keystroke.
Checkout this weeks show for many more enhancements for TextExpander 3
The full show covers:
System Requirements & Install
Upgrading from previous versions
Basic TextExpander Usage
Fill-In Snippet Preview
What's New In TextExpander 3
New Dock Icon
Hiding the Dock Icon
Improved Menu Bar Icon
Searching Snippets
Setting HotKeys
Edit Last Expanded Snippet
Snippet Suggestions
Built In DropBox Sync
Capitalization Correction
All about Snippets
Creating Snippets
Creating a Date & Time Snippet
Creating an Email Sig
Using Fill-In Snippets
Other Snippet Elements
Understanding Delimiters
Snippet Groups
Wrap Up
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