TYPINATOR IPHONE SOFTWARE
The only time auto-expansion gets in my way is when I use somebody else's computer, where there's no expansion software installed. Surely you've got various standard signoffs for e-mail, like "xoxo, Chris" or "Respectfully yours, Christianne." Surely, at the very least, you type your address over and over again (or pieces of it, when you fill out Web order forms). Typing-expansion programs are so fast and effortless that I can't understand why everybody's not using them. It's fantastic if you use Twitter, where every character counts.
Just copy some huge address, for example, and then type "/bitly" into any program TextExpander pastes in a tiny URL (like ) without your having to open your Web browser and visit a URL-shortening site. TextExpander can shorten long Web addresses as you type. And I can rip through e-mail much more efficiently, since I can re-use so many words and phrases. I don't worry about typos nearly as much. This much is for sure: because I've got these programs installed, I can type *much* faster than a normal person (because I've got so much less to type). That's why I've gone the shareware/freeware route. I want it to work in my e-mail program, browser, sticky-notes app, word processor, spreadsheet, on the desktop, and so on. That is, I can click just after a "w" I typed earlier if I add a "v," it expands to "Windows Vista." With the shareware programs, by contrast, you have to type the whole thing at once, *followed* by a space or punctuation so it knows you're finished with the abbreviation.īut Microsoft's AutoCorrect has a big downside, too: it works only in Office. That arrangement has one profound advantage: the expansion happens even when you're editing. Of course, you can get the same effect within Microsoft Office (Mac and Windows), using its AutoCorrect feature. (TypeIt4Me is also available on the iPhone.) On Windows, it's programs like AutoHotKey, ActiveWords and Texter.
On the Mac, programs like TypeIt4Me, Typinator and TextExpander do this job.
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