A Nifty Keystroke Saving Utility

Do you find that you consistently type some of the same things, such as your email address, website, signature, etc. over and over (and over and over) again? If so, a handy application which can really save you some keystrokes is Texter.

What it does: Lets you define text substitution hotstrings that, when triggered, will replace hotstring with a larger piece of text. By entering your most commonly-typed snippets of text into Texter, you can save countless keystrokes in the course of the day.

For a walkthrough of exactly how it works, there is a video on the download page which gives you a demonstration of the functionality. Addtionally, there are more advanced functions (documented on the download page) you can use this utility for which can really make it powerful.

I have been using this for about a week now and think it really is an awesome application. The system resources it uses are negligible, so this is definitely worth a try.

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True Falcon
Jason,
Have you looked at AutoHotKey – home page is http://www.autohotkey.com ?
It does text substitution too ( they call it ‘Expand Abbreviations’ It also does much more – macros that can open commonly used websites and programs, move the mouse and click it to automate tasks, etc. For instance, I have a daytrading program that is designed to be totally mouse driven. I operate it entirely from the keyboard.
As for system resources, I’ve currently been logged in for almost 9 days (XP SP3) and autohotkey has used 8 seconds of CPU and 7 megs of mem. Its system priority is set to high for really snappy performance.
My autohotkey.ini file currently has 2748 lines – it does a lot for me. If I find I do something a third time, I take the time to automate it and soon recoup that time and more.
That and my Typematrix 2030DV make my computer a delight to use!!
Stu