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Save yourself time and effort by typing short abbreviations
for frequently-used text and images.

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Price

 US$34.95 €19.99 US$27.00
License per user per computer per user
Updates within version included? yes 2 yrs. only yes
Snippets with formatted text & pictures Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Case entered affects snippet Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Auto date expansion Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Limit usage to application list Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Hotkey to create new snippet Checkmark Checkmark
Hotkeys for snippet creation from selection or clipboard Checkmark Checkmark
Hotkey to edit last expanded snippet Checkmark  
Hotkey for suggestions of matching abbreviations Checkmark  
Hotkey to enable/disable Checkmark Checkmark
Search snippets from menu bar Checkmark  
Snippet nesting (use snippet abbreviations in other snippets) Checkmark Checkmark
Reposition cursor on expansion Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Fill-in-the-blank snippets (use custom fields for variable input) Checkmark   Checkmark
Organize snippets into groups Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Add snippet groups from external files Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Add snippet groups via URL (incl. password-protected URLs) Checkmark
Sync snippets via MobileMe Checkmark Checkmark
Sync snippets via Dropbox Checkmark Checkmark
Update snippet groups from external files and URLs at regular intervals Checkmark
Export snippets for use in other typing utilities Checkmark   Checkmark
Import comma- and tab-delimited text, RTF, and RTFD files Checkmark Checkmark comma- and tab-delimited files only
Import Spellcatcher shorthand files Checkmark   Checkmark
English autocorrect dictionaries included Checkmark Checkmark
French, German autocorrect dictionaries included Checkmark
HTML snippet library included Checkmark Checkmark
Use OS X spellchecker for autocorrect Checkmark
Snippet libraries for CSS, symbols, accented words, URL shortening included Checkmark    
Date and time math Checkmark    
Use Tab and Return in snippets Checkmark   Checkmark
FileMaker 9 functions set Available from
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Sort snippets by abbreviation and content Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Sort snippets by date created, date modified and date most recently used Checkmark Checkmark
Application specific snippets Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
User-specified abbreviation trigger options (delimiters) Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
AppleScript snippets Checkmark Checkmark
Shell script snippets Checkmark  
Automatic updates via Sparkle Checkmark    
Localization versions English, French, German, Japanese, Italian English, French, German English, French, German, Italian
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System Requirements:
TextExpander 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.6 and above.
For earlier OS-compatible versions, go to the download page.