![]() If that’s all it did, I’d think it was great. I can even assign the same expansion to two shortcuts– for example, I’ve set it up so that “cb&a” also expands to “Christian Boyce and Associates” because I know I won’t be able to remember whether I used the ampersand in the shortcut or not. I can get “Christian Boyce and Associates” (30 characters, complete with proper capitalization) by typing “cba” (3 characters). For example, if I type “cbem” (4 characters) Typinator changes it to (25 characters) in the blink of an eye. Typinator is a text expander: it watches what you type, and when you type certain sequences, it changes them into something else. Click here for three videos demonstrating Keyboard Maestro’s features. Teach Keyboard Maestro to do some of the menial tasks that slow you down each day and you’ll free up your mind for bigger things. Yes, it takes a little work to set things up, but it’s worth it. The examples above are actually things I use Keyboard Maestro for here. Keyboard Maestro can keep an eye out for Office Reminders, automatically sending it a “Quit” command as soon as it launches. For another example, suppose you want to automatically quit the Microsoft Office Reminders program that pops up every time you restart your Mac. You may know the steps: turn on the “Reader” feature in Safari, select the text, then go to Edit/Speech/Start Speaking, but who wants to do all that? It’s easy to let Keyboard Maestro do it for you, at the press of a key. For example, suppose you want your Mac to read a web page to you out loud. Keyboard Maestro can execute macros ( sequences of events) at the touch of a key as well. But launching programs with one touch is just part of what it does. Extensive testing here at Boyce Labs has proven that pressing a key to launch a program is approximately 100 times faster than using a mouse, saving you at least a couple of seconds many, many times a day. I can press F9 and bring up the calendar, F10 for the address book, F12 for the calculator, and so on. Keyboard Maestro lets me assign shortcut keys to just about everything. ![]() They don’t cost much, but man do they make a difference. Here are some software goodies that I use on a daily basis. Stuff I Use (2012 Mac Software Edition): Part 1.
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