![]() You first enter a prefix for Popchar in Typinator’s quick search, then the number or the name. You can now use Typinator to search for and insert arbitrary Unicode characters by their name or Unicode number. New also is the integration with Ergonis’ own Popchar 8.2 or newer. And you could enter it in Chinese if need be. ![]() So, for example, if you want to enter US-Pacific time in a document that was actually saved in the UK, you can direct Typinator to use Pacific Time for the time expansion and it will automatically create the correct entry without you needing to look it up from a world clock website or similar. ![]() These allow you to expand time expansions in languages and a time zone that differ from the one your system is using. An abbreviation marker group I find particularly interesting is the Time Zone group which is associated with the “Language for Date Elements” group. It also groups together the abbreviation options under a separate icon from included scripts and texts. The new “mini menu bar” right above the expansion field improves the UI by grouping together all of the markers and editing functions. The reason is that you can use them as additional trigger characters that are only rendered as literal characters inside Typinator so you can use the same abbreviation for different extensions and still avoid conflicts. If you’re puzzled don’t worry, I was too, until I started using them and found this novelty to be very efficient. Those are actually the modifier keys – Shift, Control, Option and Command – which you can now use in abbreviations as if they were regular keys typing literal characters. That way, you can instantly see which abbreviations you are using frequently and the ones you may have forgotten about and which are perhaps ready to be thrown over the left.Ī feature that I was really surprised to see included in version 8 are what the developers call “Magic Keys”. That’s useful if you want to clean out your collection of expansion sets from time to time.īetter even, you can sort (ascending/descending) your entries by clicking the tiny clock icon (how long ago) or hashtag icon (how often) in the column header. The new statistics mode lets you see the number of times you’ve been using abbreviations and sets, as well as how long ago an abbreviation has been used. This works seamlessly across your Mac, in almost any app in which you can type.My favourite text expander Typinator has reached version 8 and except for its Regex capabilities, its assistant for creating forms to enter variable data in an expansion, its calculation features and its ability to set your cursor where you need it after an expansion, Typinator 8 now also offers usage statistics, literal support for inclusion of the Mac’s modifier keys in abbreviations, and time zone support. TypeIt4Me will save you time and keystrokes by expanding them for you while you continue typing, without missing a beat. Start by building up a set of abbreviations and the full text or image snippets that they represent. Not only that, but it can really reduce frustration if you’re a one-finger typist. Text expansion offers huge time savings and can boost productivity. If you often find yourself typing the same things over and over, TypeIt4Me is the app for you. Watch it quickly replace your custom defined abbreviations with longer blocks of text content and / or pictures, immediately as they are typed. ![]() Moreover, you can set it up to look out for and correct words that you commonly mistype. It can also significantly cut down the number of mistakes you make, because you won’t have to type out as many full words. It can greatly accelerate your typing because it reduces the number of times your fingers need to hit the keyboard. Once installed and launched, TypeIt4Me runs quietly in the background to help you type with increased speed and accuracy. TypeIt4Me was the very first utility of its kind developed for the Mac platform, predating similar apps like TextExpander, Typinator and aText by many years. TypeIt4Me will instantly replace it with a corresponding snippet that you’ve defined, so that you don’t have to type the whole thing out manually. Type a shorthand abbreviation of your choosing pretty much anywhere and it will ‘expand’ as if by magic. These snippets can be lengthy words, phrases, boilerplate texts, date stamps or even pictures. Text expansion is on-the-fly substitution of short typed abbreviations with longer ‘snippets’ of content that they represent. What does TypeIt4Me do? What kind of app is it? ![]()
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