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January 31, 2011

Graphics Tech

Designers, marketers: Dramatically increase your typing productivity

Do you have blocks of text you re-type or copy and paste all the time? If so, you need a text expander. It's a program that automatically pastes in a string of words or paragraphs when you type a short code. I can handle something as simple as a phone number or as complex as ten paragraphs of HTML code.

For example, when I type in "xsig", the program I'm using, TextExpander, pastes in my entire signature block. Trust me, this is one utility you'll use every day.

Thanks to my friend, writer and marketing expert Sean D'Souza for pointing us to the world of text expander utilities. Be sure to check out his website, PsychoTactics.com — it too is a valuable resource.