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TextExpander saves you countless keystrokes with customized abbreviations for your frequently-used text strings and images.

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Features

 TextExpander 2 Typinator 3 TypeIt4Me 4

Type of program

 System
Preference		 Startup
Application		 System
Preference
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
Hotkeys for snippet creation from selection or clipboard Checkmark Checkmark
Expand abbreviations referenced in snippets (snippet nesting) 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
Update snippets groups from external files and URLs at regular intervals Checkmark
Import comma- and tab-delimited text, RTF, and RTFD files Checkmark Checkmark comma- and tab-delimited files only
Import snippets from other typing utilities Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
English autocorrect dictionaries included Checkmark Checkmark
French, German autocorrect dictionaries included Checkmark
HTML code snippet library included Checkmark Checkmark
Use OSX spellchecker for autocorrect Checkmark
AutoCue prompts for variable input Checkmark
Built-in snippet libraries for CSS, symbols, accented words, URL shortening Checkmark    
Date and time math Checkmark    
FileMaker 9 functions set   Checkmark  
Sort snippets by abbreviation and content Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Sort snippets by date created, date modified and date most recently used Checkmark
Export snippets for use in other text expansion utilities Checkmark   Checkmark
Services menu item to create snippets Checkmark
Application specific snippets Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Enable/disable via keyboard Checkmark Checkmark
User-specified abbreviation trigger options Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
AppleScript snippets Checkmark Checkmark
Reposition cursor on expansion Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Price $29.95 € 19.99 $27
Localization versions English, French, German, Japanese, Italian English, French, German English, French, German, Italian
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System Requirements:
TextExpander 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 and above.
Mac OS X 10.3.9 users: Please download TextExpander 1.3.1.