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Typinator 4.0

Macworld Rating

4.0 out of 5 Mice, May 6, 2010

Pros

  • Spotlight-like snippet search
  • Includes dictionaries for HTML, FileMaker Pro, and additional languages
  • Can control trigger-keys and sound effects on a per-set basis

Cons

  • Short fixed-height abbreviations window
  • Dates must be built one piece at a time
  • Special characters not allowed in expansions

Software Details

  • Ergonis
  • €20

Macworld's Typinator 4.0 Coverage

  • Typinator 4.0 Want to type less? Text-expansion utility Typinator can help. While lacking some features found in TextExpander and TypeIt4Me, its QuickSearch feature is unique and convenient.
  • Essential Mac utilities: text expanders If your work requires intensive typing at all, you owe it to your hands and wrists to get a text-expansion utility. Rob Griffiths surveys the field and comes back with some recommendations.
  • Typinator update adds text snippet searching feature Typinator 4 introduces a new QuickSearch feature that lets users type a keyboard shortcut and get a list of matching snippets.
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