Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools

Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 5, 2012 at 01:27 PM

Geoffrey Miller wrote:
>Firefox. I have looked at other alternatives, and also tried the very similar (and
>free) “WordExpander” which is much faster in operation but requires at least a
>two-letter shortcut whereas “PhraseExpander” will work with one.

Geoffrey, thanks for these suggestions. I was most interested in the SmartComplete feature of PhraseExpander, where you can select a phrase from a floating menu of similar phrases, which appears as you type the given abbreviation. However, this feature is only available in the Pro edition, which costs USD140. But WordExpander can also do this and it’s entirely free!

I’ve been using an Apple Wireless Keyboard with the “Unofficial Apple Wireless Keyboard Support for Windows” AutoHotKey script and I found that I had to turn UAWKS script off to be able to use WordExpander. I also tried PhraseExpress but I couldn’t do justice to it, as I didn’t realise UAWKS was interfering with it. This prompted me to find a replacement for AUWKS that wouldn’t interfere with this category of software and I’ve happily found it in AppleWirelessKeyboard: http://uxsoft.cz/projects/applewirelesskeyboard/