Everybody who works on a computer knows how tedious writing the same thing over and over again can be. And if you're writing a scientific paper, imagine how annoying it would be to have to constantly write words like "latissimus" and "pharmacopoeia". A tool like PhraseExpander can help solve these types of issues.
PhraseExpander is an application that helps you create templates for the texts/words that you constantly have to repeat so you can easily use them whenever you need to.You can assign abbreviations or shortcuts to specific texts and, whenever you need to use the previously mentioned text, you can just type in the abbreviation and the tool will automatically fill in the rest.
What's really cool about PhraseExpander is that it can be used with any application that you're running, so you won't have any compatibility issues. Another positive aspect is that the tool provides step-by-step video tutorials, that's why learning how to take advantage of its entire functionality shouldn't be a problem.
To be perfectly honest, I didn't actually find any real disadvantages. If you're asking me to be overly-critical I can tell you that creating your personalized glossary could take a while, but the amount of time you will save in the long run will be worth it.
As far as my personal opinion goes, PhraseExpander is actually a very useful tool to have around. The application is effective, easy to use and you can try it out for free, so there's no reason not to give it a try.
v4.2.0.1 [Jun 6, 2014]
v. 4.2.0.1 (June 3, 2014)
New features
Added tag in the static configuration file to force PhraseExpander to always use the Clipboard when sending text.
Easily create a numbered list from Manual Input when selecting more than 1 item.
Ability to navigate back and forth between the last selected phrases and autocorrects.
Ability to use variables inside Manual Input. They will be properly processed when the phrase is inserted.
Ability to populate the default values of a manual input from the phrases contained in a glossary or group.
Added new Checked Dropdown Manual Input, with support for multiple selections.
Ability to go to the parent glossary that contains the selected phrase when more than one glossary is selected.
Added CTRL H shortcut to select the All Phrases or All Autocorrects glossary
Add CTRL P shortcut to hide/display group contents in the phrase view.
Changing the hotkey for a glossary, group or phrase now requires a single click (instead of a double-click).
Add Phrase dialog now displays a preview of the text that has been added.
The suggestions window can now display up to 1,000 items (instead of 500).
The Clipboard History hotkey can be also changed from the Options / Hotkeys pane.
Fixes
In a single manual input, the dropdown button used to choose items from the clipboard is not displayed until the form is resized.
Moving between Manual Input macros from the Manual Input dialog was not working properly when changing the contents of the macro.
When executing a phrase that contains Manual Input, editing of manual input is not working properly if Easy View is set.
The Manual Input dialog was not displayed properly at high DPI (150%).
PhraseExpander window size and layout was not restored properly if the main window was maximized.
Tooltips where not displayed when editing autocorrects.
Cannot add a new autocorrect if no Autocorrect glossary exists.
Fixed crash when importing malformed CSV files.
Custom Format for Manual Input was not working properly with grid selection.
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