Text expansion
Q & A
What is text expansion?
Text expansion is a way to improve your overall productivity on a computer by having abbreviations replaced with text.
Common usecases:
- insert the ending of an email
- insert web addresses
- signatures
- contact info
- other frequently used bits of text
- code snippets
- fix common typos
- capitalize new sentences
- special charachters
- date and time
Examples:
@g = @gmail.com
@o = @outlook.com
@h = @hotmail.com
;r = http://www.reddit.com/r/
;im = http://www.imgur.com/
;gm = http://www.gmail.com
;sig = Best regards, [name], [date]
;kr = http://www.krewgaming.com/forum.php
You can determine in which application each abbreviation works. For example, you can have email addresses only working in your email client, but not in browser thus making it possible to still use Twitter without having to close the application every time you want to reply to someone.
Text expansion software
OS X
- aText (5$, free 14-day trial)
- TextExpander (34,95$, free trial)
- FastFox Typing expander (29,99$, free trial)
Linux
- AutoKey (free)
Windows
- PhraseExpress (free for personal use)
- Texter (free)
- AutoHotkey (free)
- Beevy (34,95$, free 30-day trial)
- TextExpander (34,95$, free trial)
- FastFox Typing expander (29,99$, free trial)
Screenshot of aText:
Q & A
What is text expansion?
Text expansion is a way to improve your overall productivity on a computer by having abbreviations replaced with text.
Common usecases:
- insert the ending of an email
- insert web addresses
- signatures
- contact info
- other frequently used bits of text
- code snippets
- fix common typos
- capitalize new sentences
- special charachters
- date and time
Examples:
@g = @gmail.com
@o = @outlook.com
@h = @hotmail.com
;r = http://www.reddit.com/r/
;im = http://www.imgur.com/
;gm = http://www.gmail.com
;sig = Best regards, [name], [date]
;kr = http://www.krewgaming.com/forum.php
You can determine in which application each abbreviation works. For example, you can have email addresses only working in your email client, but not in browser thus making it possible to still use Twitter without having to close the application every time you want to reply to someone.
Text expansion software
OS X
- aText (5$, free 14-day trial)
- TextExpander (34,95$, free trial)
- FastFox Typing expander (29,99$, free trial)
Linux
- AutoKey (free)
Windows
- PhraseExpress (free for personal use)
- Texter (free)
- AutoHotkey (free)
- Beevy (34,95$, free 30-day trial)
- TextExpander (34,95$, free trial)
- FastFox Typing expander (29,99$, free trial)
Screenshot of aText: