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| TextExpander 3 | Typinator 4 | TypeIt4Me 4 | |
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US$34.95 | €19.99 | US$27.00 |
| Money-back guarantee | 90 days | No | No |
| License | per user | per user | per user |
| Updates within version included? | yes | yes | yes |
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| Auto date expansion | |
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| Limit usage to application list | |
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| Hotkey to create new snippet | |
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| Hotkeys for snippet creation from selection or clipboard | |
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| Hotkey to edit last expanded snippet | |
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| Hotkey for suggestions of matching abbreviations | |
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| Hotkey to enable/disable | |
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| Search snippets from menu bar | |
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| Snippet nesting (use snippet abbreviations in other snippets) | |
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| Reposition cursor on expansion | |
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| Fill-in-the-blank snippets (use custom fields for variable input) | |
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| Organize snippets into groups | |
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| Add snippet groups from external files | |
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| Add snippet groups via URL (incl. password-protected URLs) | |
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| Sync snippets via MobileMe | |
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| Sync snippets via Dropbox | |
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| Update snippet groups from external files and URLs at regular intervals | |
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| Export snippets for use in other typing utilities | |
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| Import comma- and tab-delimited text, RTF, and RTFD files | |
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comma- and tab-delimited files only |
| Import Spellcatcher shorthand files | |
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| English autocorrect dictionaries included | |
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| French, German autocorrect dictionaries included | |
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| HTML snippet library included | |
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| Use OS X spellchecker for autocorrect | |
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| Snippet libraries for CSS, symbols, accented words, URL shortening included | |
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| Date and time math | |
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| Use Tab and Return in snippets | |
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| FileMaker 9 functions set | Available from Camp Software |
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| Sort snippets by abbreviation and content | |
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| Sort snippets by date created, date modified and date most recently used | |
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| Application specific snippets | |
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| User-specified abbreviation trigger options (delimiters) | |
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| System requirements | OS X 10.6 For 10.4-10.5, download v. 2.8.1 |
OS X 10.4 - .6 | OS X 10.5 - .6 |
| Localization versions | English, French, German, Japanese, Italian | English, French, German | English, French, German, Italian |
We have a 90-day money-back guarantee!
Upgrades
If you are a registered user of TextExpander 2 or earlier, you can upgrade to version 3 for $15. (If you purchased TextExpander 3 on or after November 1, 2009, you can upgrade at no charge.) More info
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Video Tutorial
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People are talking
"TextExpander is it. I've been using it for less one hour and I'm already weeping with happiness and wonder. And plunking down my credit card, to boot."
—Colleen Wainwright, the Communicatrix, on The Marketing Mix
"If you find yourself rewriting the same lines of code, the same paragraphs, even the same signature over and over each day, you’re doing it wrong. How many hours each year would you save, simply by turning an eight second repetitive typing task into a keystroke? Especially in my particular circumstance, TextExpander is 100% a necessity."
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