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Questions & AnswersEmergencyQ: I have entered an abbreviation. Why is it not replaced by the corresponding snippet?A: Let me ask you a few questions...
If you still cannot get Textpander to work, then please contact me via e-mail at mail@petermaurer.de. Q: Textpander keeps overwriting snippets (at least partially) when I enter two abbreviations consecutively. What can I do? A: Follow these steps:
Background info: I didn't make this the default behavior because selecting the whole word is much faster. The longer your abbreviations are, the more you'll notice the difference. Q: Using Textpander crashes the application I'm currently working in. What can I do? A: Try switching the Restore pasteboard after inserting snippets setting off in the Preferences section of Textpander's preference pane. And please tell me about it. Safety IssuesQ: Is Textpander a keylogger? / Is Textpander a safety risk? / Are you spying on me?A: While Textpander does indeed log keystrokes, these keystrokes are never saved or sent anywhere. Moreover, Textpander empties its cache whenever you type a white-space character. Thus, Textpander hardly ever remembers more than 20 characters of what you have been typing lately. Using Textpander does not compromise your privacy. Q: How does using Textpander affect my system's stability? A: Not at all. In contrast to competing products, Textpander is just another application that runs in the background and listens (see above) to what you type. Textpander is simply not capable of taking down your system. OtherQ: Why does Textpander force me to enable access for assistive devices?A: For safety reasons (see above), Mac OS X does not allow third-party applications (such as Textpander) to log keystrokes — unless access for assistive devices is turned on. Q: How do I enable access for assistive devices? A: Go to the System Preferences and activate the "Unversal Access" preference pane — the one with the white homunculus in front of a blue background. Once you're there, check the checkbox at the very bottom of that pane. Q: If I configure Textpander to Expand automatically when... a delimiter character has been typed after an abbreviation, which characters are delimiter characters? A: Delimiter characters are [Space], [Tab], and [Return]. Q: If I configure Textpander to Expand automatically when... a delimiter character has been typed after an abbreviation, how can I determine what happens to the delimiter character that triggers the expansion? A: You can do so by choosing between the Expand automatically when... a delimiter character has been typed after an abbreviation (keep delimiter) and Expand automatically when... a delimiter character has been typed after an abbreviation (abandon delimiter) expansion modes in the Preferences section of Textpander's preference pane. To override this setting for a specific snippet, add a "Keep delimiter" specifier ("%+", without the surrounding quotation marks) or an "Abandon delimiter" specifier ("%-") to the very end of your snippet. Q: How can I backup my snippets? A: There are two basic ways of doing so...
Q: How can I uninstall Textpander? A: Follow these steps:
Q: Textpander? Huh? A: Text( Ex)pander. |