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TextExpander 3.0 Released With New Features for Quick Snippet Creation and Editing

San Francisco, CA -- March 10, 2010 -- SmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 3.0, a new version of its customizable typing shortcut tool for Mac OS X. With TextExpander, users can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, also known as snippets. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands automatically to the full snippet.

The new version of TextExpander introduces features to make it easier to create and edit snippets. Users can define a keyboard combination, also known as a hotkey, to open a quick entry window for snippet creation. The last-expanded snippet can also be edited via a hotkey, making it easier to keep snippet content updated.

TextExpander 3 features new "fill-in" snippets. A fill-in snippet can have multiple blank fields in the snippet content that prompt for additional information to be entered manually. For example, a user can invoke a fill-in snippet for a receipt and proceed to fill in the name, product, and order number for the recipient.

New options for searching and finding snippets have been added. Users can now locate snippets via a search field in the menu bar. They can also type a few letters and then display a list of suggested matching snippets by invoking a hotkey.

TextExpander is no longer a system preference pane. The new version is an application, with an enhanced but familiar user interface. Users will still be able to see how much time they've saved using TextExpander. TextExpander 3 runs on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) only.

For users with more than one Mac, TextExpander now offers two ways to sync snippets: MobileMe and Dropbox. With a single-user license, an individual user may install and use TextExpander on multiple computers, provided they are used primarily by that individual.

A 30-day fully-functioning demo of TextExpander can be downloaded at
http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/download.html. The price is $34.95. A Family Pack license is available for $44.95, which covers up to five computers in one household. Upgrades from earlier versions of TextExpander are $15.00, and free to users who purchased after November 1, 2009.

"TextExpander users are really enthusiastic and creative, so we get lots of great feature requests." said Greg Scown, co-founder of SmileOnMyMac. "We've done our best to incorporate most of them in TextExpander 3.0, while retaining TextExpander's ease-of-use."

What's new in TextExpander 3.0:
- Converted from preference pane to application
- Specify multiple blank fields in a snippet for variable content to be filled in manually
- Search snippets from the menu bar
- Insert Tab and Return in snippets
- Enter new abbreviations quickly via hotkey
- Edit the last-expanded snippet via hotkey
- Built-in support for synchronization via Dropbox
- Correct double caps; ensure initial caps at the beginning of a sentence
- Automatic updates within the application (Sparkle)

TextExpander features:
- Insert standard greetings, text, and signatures, including formatted text and pictures
- Save keystrokes by typing short abbreviations to get long snippets
- Correct typos automatically
- Organize snippets into groups
- Add snippet groups from external files and online sources
- HTML, CSS, Autocorrect, Accented Word, Symbol snippet groups included
- Internet Productivity snippet group (shorten long URLs automatically)
- Sync snippets via MobileMe and Dropbox
- Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer
- Date/time math (add or subtract years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds from current date and time)

- Print snippets by group
- Position the cursor wherever you want in your expanded snippet; use fill-ins for snippets with multiple blank fields for variable content
- For programmers, make editor-independent code templates; invoke AppleScripts and shell scripts
- Available in English, German, French, Japanese and Italian

Requirements:
- TextExpander 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.6 and above

Pricing:
$34.95; Family Pack: $44.95 (up to 5 computers in one household)
Upgrade from earlier version of TextExpander: $15

Site licenses: $599
Site license terms: Single contact for support; single physical address or company with fewer than 1,000 employees. Visit our site license store: http://store.esellerate.net/somm/sitelicense

For more information on TextExpander, please visit:
http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/

ABOUT SMILEONMYMAC
SmileOnMyMac makes creative productivity software for Mac OS X, such as PDFpen, the PDF editing software that won an Editors' Choice Award from Macworld and The Mac Observer; TextExpander, the typing shortcut tool that was named a Mac|Life Editor's Choice; DiscLabel, the Macworld Eddy award-winning CD label design program; and PageSender, feature-rich fax software that also received an Eddy. All SmileOnMyMac products are available to download free at http://www.smileonmymac.com.

CONTACTS:

Jean MacDonald (+1-503-226-6346, PST)
Partner, Marketing/PR, SmileOnMyMac
Email: jean@smileonmymac.com

Greg Scown (+1-510-289-4000, PST)
Founder, SmileOnMyMac
E-mail: greg@smileonmymac.com

Philip Goward
Founder, SmileOnMyMac
E-mail: philip@smileonmymac.com

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