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- KeyText v1.16, for Windows 95, NT4 or later
- (c) MJMSoft Design Limited, 1998
-
- Program Description
- ===================
- KeyText - the keyboard macro program with a difference!
-
- KeyText's basic function is the storing of pieces of text,
- ready to be typed or pasted into whatever application you are
- working on. Autotext in your system tray! You can set up
- hotkeys to all your favorite text items - one keypress and the
- text is in. Your Word Processor probably has a function like
- this already, but what about your database program, your
- desktop publisher, your e-mail program? The beauty of KeyText
- is that it's always there waiting in your tray, and works for
- most applications.
-
- Added to this keyboard macro ability are a number of features
- which transform it into a multi-purpose utility.
-
- Include in "text" commands to fill in the date, run programs,
- click buttons, change windows, select menu items, play a
- sound, display a message, and more. Easy wizard-based dialogs
- help you set it up. You can even specify an Internet address,
- and KeyText will take you there (assuming you have modem,
- etc.); hotkey it and you can launch your browser and go to the
- site on one keypress.
-
- Schedule items to start at specified times. Because the text
- can include commands (fields), you can run programs at
- specified times, display reminders or alarms with your choice
- of sound, even have an hourly chime.
-
- Windows automation. Tell KeyText to look out for a certain
- window or dialog, and then run an item. Completely automate
- password entries, repetitive dialogs, etc. KeyText itself
- includes 5 password levels to protect any passwords, credit
- card numbers, etc. you might store.
-
- KeyText can operate as a multiple clipboard, and makes
- collecting text easy. You can set up KeyText to monitor your
- clipboard, and whenever text is copied to it, automatically
- add the same text to a specified text item. This makes it easy
- to gather text from various sources to put into one
- destination. You don't even need to open a text file to get at
- its text; select it in Windows Explorer and a couple of mouse
- clicks puts a copy of it in KeyText ready for reuse.
-
- KeyText can either paste or type your text. Pasting is faster,
- but "typing", character by character, has advantages. It can
- include commands, it doesn't require the clipboard, and you
- can choose the speed. For the benefit of online-chat users it
- includes "simulate manual typing" settings; add some pauses,
- mistakes and backspaces and the person at the other end will
- never know it's being typed automatically!
-
- KeyText has a random link function. Set up your e-mail
- signature in KeyText, along with a random link to a range of
- quotations held in other items. Hotkey the signature if you
- like. Then, every time you press the hotkey, your e-mail
- signature will be typed in, followed by a quotation drawn at
- random.
-
- KeyText can display a miniature "keyboard" on your screen,
- which lets you "type" with your mouse or pointing device.
- This was added for the benefit of those who don't always have
- a keyboard attached, and asked for the facility to key text
- with KeyText. The Keypad also has a symbols tab; all those
- tricky symbols like ╝, ⌐, etc. are only a click away - as are
- all the accented characters.
-
- It's very unobtrusive... It hides itself away in the tray,
- near your system clock. A left-click on the icon reveals a
- menu showing all your text items ready to be typed. A
- right-click shows all the options available.
-
- Installation
- ============
- IMPORTANT NOTICE: This KeyText program and all associated
- documentation are the copyright of MJMSoft Design Ltd. The
- use of the KeyText program is governed by the License
- accompanying this program.
-
- KeyText requires Windows 95, Windows NT4 or later, and needs
- 500kb of space on your hard drive.
-
- Extract the files from the KeyText zip file to a (temporary)
- folder, and run SetupKT.exe. During the install process you
- can choose to have KeyText added to your list of programs
- which start every time Windows starts; note that you can
- change this later in KeyText.
-
- To uninstall, select KeyText from Add-Remove Programs in
- Windows control panel.
-
- Note that from v1.1, the KeyText setup program SetupKT.exe
- is digitally "signed" by MJMSoft Design Ltd., using
- public key cryptography. This can be confirmed with the
- SafenSigned Verifier - available from
- http://www.securisys.com/ - and ensures that the file is
- authentic and has not been modified or tampered with in the
- distribution channel. Our signature ID is:
- 568M-XZU7-2PS42--JTXR-64J8-F5A02.
-
- Distribution
- ============
- KeyText is distributed as a "shareware program", which
- indicates that it is provided at no charge to you for
- evaluation purposes only, and that you may distribute it
- freely, on the terms and conditions stated in the
- accompanying file "license.txt".
-
- Registration
- ============
- When first run KeyText displays: "Evaluation Version" and has
- 5 text items available for you to use; you can store more text
- items by making new KeyText data files (.ktt) and using the
- right-click menu to switch from one to another. After 28 days
- it automatically becomes the "Unregistered Version" and has
- the same 5 text items available, but other features are
- reduced. If you wish to continue using KeyText after 28 days,
- you should register.
-
- The Registered Version gives 21 new text items, making 26 in
- total; and you can have several "KeyTexts" running at the same
- time, giving the possibility of over 200 text items just a
- click away.
-
- A single user license is 25 US dollars or 14.50 GB pounds
- (these prices guaranteed to end of December 1998). Site
- licences and multi-user discounts are available. Once you have
- installed KeyText, see the file "order.txt" or the KeyText
- help file for details of how to register (online, via
- Compuserve, by 'phone/fax or by mail). Or go to
- http://www.mjmsoft.com for more information.
-
- License - Terms and Conditions
- ==============================
- See the files "license.txt" and "Vendinfo.diz" for details.
-
- Technical Support and Contact Information
- =========================================
- For sales information, send e-mail to sales@mjmsoft.com, or
- for technical support, e-mail support@mjmsoft.com or
- Compuserve 101351,2115.
-
- Technical support is available to unregistered users for a
- period of 28 days and to registered users for a period of 90
- days, both periods starting on the date on which the first
- request is made to the Company for support. Note that the
- support we offer relates to the operation of KeyText itself,
- but we cannot guarantee to give advice on "scripts" to perform
- specific tasks in other applications; however, we will
- endeavor to give registered users as much help as we can in
- this regard.
-
- You can also contact us by mail at:
- MJMSoft Design Ltd.
- 3 Johnsburn Road
- Balerno
- Edinburgh
- EH14 7DN
- United Kingdom
-
- Telephone (UK number): +44 131 449 6768
- Fax (UK number): +44 7070 716425
-
- Version History
- ===============
- 1.16 Fixed problem where an item beginning with a Ctrl or
- Alt key combination was started with a hotkey with a
- Ctrl or Alt combination; the item would occasionally
- not start.
- Changed evaluation period to count 28 days during which
- KeyText is actually used, rather than 28 days during
- which KeyText is running.
- Added section: How to "Transpose letters in any
- application" to Help file tutorial.
- 1.15 Added feature to turn off Caps Lock (if on), when
- KeyText begins typing an item.
- Fixed problem where in certain applications KeyText
- would type one character then halt.
- Fixed occasional failure to detect presence of Netscape
- Navigator as the default browser.
- Fixed bug affecting keypresses {f10} to {f12}.
- 1.14 Fix of bug in 1.12 and 1.13 where in certain
- circumstances changes to a text item were not saved.
- 1.13 Minor modification in delay after a "Run" field, before
- item continues.
- Allowed use of {Enter} as a field, as an alternative to
- {Return}.
- 1.12 Fix of a bug which caused items beginning with a Ctrl
- or Alt key combination to fail if the desktop had focus.
- 1.11 Fix of bug in v1.1 which resulted in occasional loss
- of items F-Z.
- 1.1 Added new option to Options dialog to auto-start a
- specified item whenever a .ktt file (KeyText data) is
- opened, as requested by users who wanted KeyText to
- help automate their logon process.
- Added two new options to the Customize dialog: Hide
- scheduled items in left-click menu, and the ability to
- turn off the KeyText icon left double-click feature -
- which by default starts item A.
- Added new password level, to require password "Every
- time it (.ktt file) is opened, and on selecting Edit
- text items, Settings, or Scheduler". Used in conjunction
- with "Hide scheduled items in left-click menu", this
- meets user requests to have scheduled items operating
- normally, but requiring a password in order to be viewed
- or edited.
- Added a "Password lock now" item to the right-click
- menu, only visible if a password has been set and
- enabled, and offers a quick way of locking KeyText.
- New advanced schedule feature "Do not start item more
- than [x] times in any [10 minutes]", where [x] is a
- number from 1 to 10, and [10 minutes] is a period from
- 10 seconds to 8 hours, or "session", which indicates:
- while the current .ktt file is open.
- When a scheduled message is displayed and "Repeat..."
- is selected, instead of "Edit schedule" being offered as
- an option, "Edit text item" is given; "Edit schedule..."
- can be chosen from there.
- New reminder message for Insert Field Wizard, to indicate
- that [Return] should not be typed after a field, unless
- you want KeyText to type [Return]; subsequent text/fields
- should follow immediately after the closing }.
- New feature in the "Activate" and "Run program" dialogs
- of the Insert field wizard, allowing the user to run a
- program - or activate it (bring it to the front) if it is
- running already.
- Allowed use of " (double quote) within field texts such
- as Run parameters and Message texts.
- Improved synchronization of KeyText data if the same .ktt
- file is used by more than one computer.
- Improved support for automating Start menu items
- (including, for example, shutting down or restarting
- Windows).
- Fixes to: bug which occurred if a Comment field followed
- another field in a text item, bug in Insert field wizard
- start a new file option.
- 1.0+ Versions 1.0 to 1.03.
-
- ASP Ombudsman statement
- =======================
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- principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
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- but does not provide technical support for members' products.
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