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**** GLOBAL ABBREVIATIONS QUICK TOUR ****
**** Release 1.0. (U.S. keyboards only.)
**** Copyright 1993,94 by George Tatge.
**** All rights reserved.
You're busy, so let's get down to business.
WHAT GLOBAL ABBREVIATIONS DOES FOR YOU:
Global Abbreviations has only one purpose--
to SAVE YOU TIME! You save time by typing less,
and you save time by not having to jump around
in different windows to find things or do
things.
It's a very simple concept. You can abbreviate
words, or sentences, or commands, or many other
things. Then, you can ALWAYS have INSTANT
ACCESS to them from ANYWHERE in Windows!
You've probably used macro facilities in word
processors or spread sheets. They can be big
time savers. But, they only work in that one
application.
Global Abbreviations gives you that
functionality and MUCH MORE in EVERY
APPLICATION. And it works EXACTLY the same
whether you are working in a spread sheet or
a word processor or a data base or ANYWHERE!
Let's try it right here in the Windows
Notepad.exe application. You probably use
this Windows program for fast editing jobs.
It's the same program, but now, Global
Abbreviations is listening in to help you.
Try the examples below. This assumes that
Global Abbreviations is ON (green "GA" icon).
Don't worry about changing this file,
it's a copy.
Whenever you see, "C-;" in the instructions,
hold down the CONTROL KEY and type the
SEMI-COLON KEY (;). By the way, don't worry,
you can change the Control Key assignments
later if you don't like the defaults.
See Help- Hot Keys for details.
TRY IT RIGHT HERE! Put your cursor in the
empty line below, and type a couple of spaces
followed by: " wow C-;" (without the quotes!)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you typed it as shown, you should have seen
the "wow" replaced with "This program can save
me lots of time!" Now just realize that you
can define any abbreviation to be whatever you
want! Note-- this Quick Tour assumes that the
sample set of abbreviations is active and that
Global Abbreviations is running (green icon).
A brief note before we continue. All
abbreviations must be delimited (separated
from other words) by a Space or a Carriage
Return (Enter key). SO START EACH EXAMPLE
BY TYPING A SPACE!
Try This One!-> in the line below type:
" ya C-;" (without the quotes!)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
But what if you have several abbreviations
that all start the same? (note: this is
common for programmers when several variables
or constants start with the same few letters.)
No problem, if you aren't happy the first time,
Global Abbreviations will keep trying,
circling through all possible matches.
You simply keep hitting the same hot key
again and again. To see this,
Type: " g C-;C-;C-;C-;C-;" (w/o quotes)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now you begin to see how easy this can make
typing things that you can't exactly remember,
without having to leave where you are and go
look them up someplace else!!
Reminder-> Start with a SPACE or the ENTER key!
Easy isn't it? Now try this one:
" 1234 C-;" (w/o quotes )
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Amazing. Anytime you send nothing but numbers,
Global Abbreviations will spell them out for
you in English. Apologies to our international
friends.
Remember, you could be doing this in any
Windows application. You could move to
another Editor or WordProcessor or Programming
Environment or DataBase or ANYWHERE. Now you
can have some consistency, no matter where
you are!
Ok, here's another one that will come in handy
once in awhile. Type in: " (34 * tan 30) C-'"
(without the quotes, Note the single quote!)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This example shows two things. One is the
FULL EXPRESSION EVALUATOR. And the other is
the use of The Append Hot Key instead of
The Replace Hot Key. Your results should
have looked like this:
(34 * tan 30) = -217.781260685974
Now try this: " ;today C-;" (remember the SPACE)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You should have seen today's date returned.
When I do it I get Saturday, December 18, 1993.
Abbreviations that begin with a semi-colon
are special commands or ;Macros to Global
Abbreviations, see Help for details.
Ok, another feature you'll come to rely on.
This is the program launcher. It is going to
call up the Windows File Manager. After you
do it, just close (or minimize) the File Manager
and come back here.
Type this: " :fm C-;" (w/o quotes)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Welcome back! You can use Global Abbreviations
to launch any windows app you want.
" :fm" is just an example built into the
sample abbreviations list that launches File
Manager. Remembering abbreviations is MUCH
EASIER than trying to remember separate hot
keys assigned to each app! Abbreviations that
begin with colon (:) are used to launch other
programs. They can also be used to put bitmaps
or text files onto the clipboard so you can
immediately paste them into the application
you are using. See Help for details.
Now, the only thing left is to find out how to
enter your own abbreviations. There are LOTS
of ways. One we can sample from right here.
The Immediate Hot Key is especially useful for
programmers and others who type in
LongSingleWordsWithoutASpace. You can teach
these to Global Abbreviations on the fly!!!
Remember: (w/o quotes and note the "/")
Try this: " ThisIsALongWord C-/"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You should have had a little message flashed
back saying "got it!" Well let's see if it did.
Now type:
" thi C-;" (without the quotes!)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
and you should see: ThisIsALongWord
This is just a fast way to put in single
abbreviations without having to slow down what
you're doing at the time. The Editor and
Importer will give you powerful ways to build
sets of abbreviations from your existing
documents and Visual Basic Ascii files.
This brings us to the end of the quick tour.
(Reminder- this is a temp file you are in so
don't worry about saving it when you close
notepad.)
You should go to the Editor now to explore
some more.
The last of the four Hot Keys can be helpful
here. All it does is popup the Global
Abbreviations Edit Window.
Type "C-=" (w/o quotes) and you'll be there.
ENJOY!!!!!!
George Tatge
Yet Another Software Company (tm)