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FOR RELEASE MARCH 25, 2009 (ANY TIME)

TextExpander 2.6 Adds New Expansion Options for Greater Flexibility

San Francisco, CA -- March 25, 2009 -- SmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 2.6, an update to its customizable typing shortcut tool for Mac OS X. With TextExpander, users can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, also known as snippets. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands automatically to the full snippet.

TextExpander 2.6 adds new expansion options. Abbreviations can now be set to expand when preceded by any character, including or excluding letters or numbers. Prior to this update, abbreviations would be expanded only when preceded by a space. The new expansion options allow expansions to occur after common punctuation such as parentheses and slashes. The expansion options are set by snippet group.

TextExpander 2.6 features new customization options as well. Users can now specify the Clipboard restore delay and the words-per-minute (wpm) rate that is used to calculate how much time is saved by using TextExpander.

A 30-day fully-functioning demo of TextExpander can be downloaded at
http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/download.html. The price is $29.95. A Family Pack license is available for $44.95, which covers up to five computers in one household. Mac OS X 10.4 or higher is required. TextExpander 2.6 is a free update for registered users of TextExpander 1.x and 2.x.

What's new in TextExpander 2.6:

- Per-group expansion options for greater flexibility:
-- Expand after whitespace (default)
-- Expand after anything but letters & numbers
-- Expand after any character
- Setting for clipboard restore delay
- WPM (words per minute) setting for more accurate statistics
- Fixes problem where formatted text was pasted for some plain text snippets
- Other minor fixes and improvements

TextExpander features:
- Insert standard greetings, text, and signatures — including formatted text and pictures
- Save keystrokes by typing short abbreviations to get long snippets
- Correct typos automatically
- Organize snippets into groups
- Add snippet groups from external files and online sources
- HTML, CSS, Autocorrect, Accented Word, Symbol snippet groups included
- Date/time math (add or subtract years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds from current date and time)
- Internet Productivity snippet group (shorten long URLs automatically)
- Sync snippets via MobileMe
- Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer

- Print snippets by group
- Position the cursor wherever you want in your expanded snippet
- For programmers, make editor-independent code templates; invoke AppleScripts and shell scripts
- Import from Textpander, TypeIt4Me (v2 & 3) and Typinator (v1)
- Available in English, German, French, Japanese and Italian

ABOUT SMILEONMYMAC
SmileOnMyMac makes creative productivity software for Mac OS X, such as PDFpen, the PDF editing software that won an Editors' Choice Award from The Mac Observer; DiscLabel, the Macworld Eddy award-winning CD label design program; TextExpander, the typing shortcut tool that was named a Mac|Life Editor's Choice; PageSender, feature-rich fax software that also received an Eddy, and BrowseBack, the visual web history tool that won Best of Show at Macworld 2006. All SmileOnMyMac products are available to download free at http://www.smileonmymac.com.

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Marketing/PR, SmileOnMyMac
Email: jean@smileonmymac.com

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Founder, SmileOnMyMac
E-mail: greg@smileonmymac.com

Philip Goward
Founder, SmileOnMyMac
E-mail: philip@smileonmymac.com

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