MacGadgetry: Textpander saves you typing and time

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Textpander saves you typing and time

Peter Maurer has released version 1.0 of a great little Mac OS X utility which monitors your typing and inserts pre-defined phrases when you type the associated abbreviation: Textpander.

Some possible uses:

Insert standard greetings, text fragments, and signatures — including formatted text and pictures.
Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer.
Use editor-independent code templates and have Textpander position the cursor just where it needs to be.
Type special characters without having to launch any special characters palette.
Have Textpander correct typos automatically.
Import text snippets from other typing utilities.

You can download and use it for free, and make a donation if you like it.