Comments on: CyberNotes: PhraseExpress 4 Officially the Ultimate Time Saver? http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/comment-page-1/#comment-95332 Ryan Wed, 02 May 2007 23:35:37 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/01/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/#comment-95332 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-95215">Lewis wrote:</a><blockquote>I like the sound of the auto correction function. I have one of those in Gaim and it is unbelievably useful. The only thing is, is it possible to tell it not to apply that to certain programs?</blockquote></div> Unfortunately you cannot eliminate the feature from certain applications, but you can temporarily disable the feature as stated on their site: <em>You can temporarily disable the hotkey (and Autotext) feature by clicking the PhraseExpress program icon in the system tray while pressing the CTRL-key. The exclamation mark icon turns from red to gray to indicate that the hotkey/Autotext feature is disabled. Click on the PhraseExpress icon with the CTRL-key again to re-activate hotkeys/Autotext. This feature is not supported in Windows 98.</em> <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-95223">Siva Anna wrote:</a><blockquote>is there anything available similar to this on MAC? i am switching to mac, i am finding it difficult to live with out some of these utilities.</blockquote></div> Unforunately I have never seen a Mac application that does this. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-95229">Chris Rossini wrote:</a><blockquote>Wow! I've been using AutoHotkey, but I think I like PhraseExpress better. Thanks Ryan!</blockquote></div> AutoHotKey is nice, but I think you will be amazed at what this can really do. Give it a whirl and you'll be wondering why you weren't using it before. Lewis wrote:
I like the sound of the auto correction function. I have one of those in Gaim and it is unbelievably useful. The only thing is, is it possible to tell it not to apply that to certain programs?

Unfortunately you cannot eliminate the feature from certain applications, but you can temporarily disable the feature as stated on their site:
You can temporarily disable the hotkey (and Autotext) feature by clicking the PhraseExpress program icon in the system tray while pressing the CTRL-key. The exclamation mark icon turns from red to gray to indicate that the hotkey/Autotext feature is disabled. Click on the PhraseExpress icon with the CTRL-key again to re-activate hotkeys/Autotext. This feature is not supported in Windows 98.

Siva Anna wrote:
is there anything available similar to this on MAC? i am switching to mac, i am finding it difficult to live with out some of these utilities.

Unforunately I have never seen a Mac application that does this.

Chris Rossini wrote:
Wow!

I’ve been using AutoHotkey, but I think I like PhraseExpress better.

Thanks Ryan!

AutoHotKey is nice, but I think you will be amazed at what this can really do. Give it a whirl and you’ll be wondering why you weren’t using it before.

]]> By: Chris Rossini http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/comment-page-1/#comment-95229 Chris Rossini Tue, 01 May 2007 19:18:41 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/01/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/#comment-95229 Wow! I've been using AutoHotkey, but I think I like PhraseExpress better. Thanks Ryan! Wow!

I’ve been using AutoHotkey, but I think I like PhraseExpress better.

Thanks Ryan!

]]> By: Siva Anna http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/comment-page-1/#comment-95223 Siva Anna Tue, 01 May 2007 15:43:38 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/01/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/#comment-95223 is there anything available similar to this on MAC? i am switching to mac, i am finding it difficult to live with out some of these utilities. is there anything available similar to this on MAC? i am switching to mac, i am finding it difficult to live with out some of these utilities.

]]> By: Lewis http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/comment-page-1/#comment-95215 Lewis Tue, 01 May 2007 11:28:43 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/01/cybernotes-phraseexpress-4-officially-the-ultimate-time-saver/#comment-95215 I like the sound of the auto correction function. I have one of those in Gaim and it is unbelievably useful. The only thing is, is it possible to tell it not to apply that to certain programs? I like the sound of the auto correction function. I have one of those in Gaim and it is unbelievably useful. The only thing is, is it possible to tell it not to apply that to certain programs?

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