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My Favorite Typinator (or TextExpander) Snippets
Posted by EsquireMac in Tweaks on Apr 24th, 2010 | 2 comments
I know everybody raves about TextExpander from Smile On My Mac, but I got Typinator from Ergonis as a part of a software bundle about a year ago and I’ve loved it ever since. If you’re into using one of these text-expanding utilities, here’s a couple of snippets I find invaluable on – quite literally – a daily basis.
“dt” = {YYYY}.{MM}.{DD} (e.g., 2010.04.25) – This is my go-to for naming files. Just about every file I name in my practice is prefaced with the date in this format. This way, when sorting alphabetically, my files automatically fall into...
Quick Tip: Put Your Templates Folder In Your Dock For Easy Access
Posted by EsquireMac in Tweaks on Apr 21st, 2010 | 1 comment
This tip works for both Pages and Word, and it’s very simple. I’ve been doing it for probably over a year, and I’ll never go back. I make my own template documents for things like generic pleadings, fax cover sheets, letterhead, fee agreements, etc.
Instead of opening Pages or Word and then going into the templates chooser, by putting the templates folder in the right-side of your dock (or the bottom, if your dock is on the left or right side of your screen), you have two-click access to your templates.
For Pages, your templates folder is in Macintosh HD > users > [YOUR USER NAME]...
Paste Unformatted Text (Slightly) More Easily In Word 2008
Posted by EsquireMac in Tweaks on Dec 4th, 2009 | 2 comments
In my professional writing, I often need to copy text from one source and paste it into whatever document I’m drafting. Legal writing, however, leaves little room for variation in formatting, and most paste jobs are better done with the formatting from the source stripped so that the pasted text matches the rest of the document I’m drafting.
As you know, the default paste command (Edit > Paste, or command-v), however, retains the formatting from the source (e.g., bold, underlined, font, size, color, etc…).
For most Apple applications (Pages, TextEdit, Mail, Safari, etc…), there...
Herald Bumps Apple Mail Notification Up A Notch
Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Tweaks on Nov 26th, 2009 | 1 comment
Herald, by Erik Hinterbichler, is a powerful yet lightweight email notification plugin for Apple’s Mail.app. Last year, I posted about another excellent email notification plugin for Apple Mail called mail.appetizer.
The reason I say that “Herald bumps Apple mail notification up a notch” is because Herald takes the idea first implemented by mail.appetizer and adds some nice improvements. In fact, Erik Hinterbichler freely admits that Herald is “[i]nspired by the excellent Mail.appetizer plugin.”
Herald improves upon Mail.appetizer in a few ways. Herald allows you to...
Efficient Email Notification from Mail.appetizer
Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Tweaks on Sep 28th, 2008 | 0 comments
Earlier this month, MacSparky wrote about freeing himself from the bondage of email notification. TechnoEsq wrote about email actually being a distraction from work.
Finis Price (TechnoEsq) says:
a study done by Dr. Thomas Jackson of Loughborough University in England, found that “it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train if thought after interruption by email…So people who check their email every five minutes waste 8.5 hours a week figuring out what they were doing moments before.” While most people claim to check their email every 15 minutes, when actually studied, the average...
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