Comments on: TextExpander As A Study Aid http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/ News, Photos, and User Tips from The SmileOnMyMac Team Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:34:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gary http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13203 Gary Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:47:36 +0000 http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13203 Aha! There we have it. My Services submenu jumps from TextEdit to TextWrangler! There's no TextExpander entry, greyed out or otherwise. (For the record, the apps I had been trying were initially Safari (in comment boxes such as this one) and TextEdit, both of which are good Services citizens.) I have tried upgrading from 2.0.3 to the new 2.0.4. No dice. I tried logging out of my day-to-day account, which is a non-admin account and logged in with my admin account, since TextExpander is centrally installed. However, that made no difference either. So, here I am back in my day-to-day account, minus the TextExpander Services menu. :-( Everything else seems to be operating fine. I'm interested in any other suggestions you might have, but wonder if it might be better to take this troubleshooting over to email for now - you have my email address in the Comments header lines. Then, once we have identified the solution, one of us can post the details here for anyone else who might be having this problem... Aha! There we have it. My Services submenu jumps from TextEdit to TextWrangler! There’s no TextExpander entry, greyed out or otherwise. (For the record, the apps I had been trying were initially Safari (in comment boxes such as this one) and TextEdit, both of which are good Services citizens.)

I have tried upgrading from 2.0.3 to the new 2.0.4. No dice. I tried logging out of my day-to-day account, which is a non-admin account and logged in with my admin account, since TextExpander is centrally installed. However, that made no difference either. So, here I am back in my day-to-day account, minus the TextExpander Services menu. :-( Everything else seems to be operating fine.

I’m interested in any other suggestions you might have, but wonder if it might be better to take this troubleshooting over to email for now - you have my email address in the Comments header lines. Then, once we have identified the solution, one of us can post the details here for anyone else who might be having this problem…

]]> By: TextExpander Support http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13044 TextExpander Support Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:59:50 +0000 http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13044 Gary - "Create Snippet from Selection" forwards to the TextExpander Service, which is only available if the application you are using supports Mac OS X Services. You can tell if your app supports these by looking under its application menu's Services submenu -> TextExpander -> Create Snippet. If you have a selection but that menu item is grayed, your application doesn't support Mac OS X Services. One notable application which does not support services is Firefox. Gary - “Create Snippet from Selection” forwards to the TextExpander Service, which is only available if the application you are using supports Mac OS X Services.

You can tell if your app supports these by looking under its application menu’s Services submenu -> TextExpander -> Create Snippet.

If you have a selection but that menu item is grayed, your application doesn’t support Mac OS X Services. One notable application which does not support services is Firefox.

]]> By: Gary http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13024 Gary Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:56:18 +0000 http://smileonmymac.net/blog/2008/01/06/textexpander-as-a-study-aid/#comment-13024 Hello Jean Thanks for passing on this tip. As a recently new user who's still only using the basics, it's useful to see suggestions like this. I've been thinking for a while that it would be handy to create new entries on the fly, so was particularly interested to read the second half of the article. I tried the hotkey tip and that seemed to work - but the "create snippet from <i>selection</i>" option seems broken. Having thought about it a little, I think I would prefer to be able to use this method rather than the Clipboard. Is this a known bug? I initially tried it from the keyboard shortcut method in the Preferences and this behaved as if nothing happened. (I did try a couple of different combinations, just in case I had a conflict. I also tried logging out and back in again.) I subsequently noticed the "Create Snippet from Selection" option under your icon in the menu bar. This one is actually greyed out. Instead of a bug, is it perhaps a feature which is not yet released? I'll try out the hotkey/clipboard method for now, but would really like to see the other method available too. :-) Hello Jean

Thanks for passing on this tip. As a recently new user who’s still only using the basics, it’s useful to see suggestions like this. I’ve been thinking for a while that it would be handy to create new entries on the fly, so was particularly interested to read the second half of the article.

I tried the hotkey tip and that seemed to work - but the “create snippet from selection” option seems broken. Having thought about it a little, I think I would prefer to be able to use this method rather than the Clipboard. Is this a known bug?

I initially tried it from the keyboard shortcut method in the Preferences and this behaved as if nothing happened. (I did try a couple of different combinations, just in case I had a conflict. I also tried logging out and back in again.) I subsequently noticed the “Create Snippet from Selection” option under your icon in the menu bar. This one is actually greyed out. Instead of a bug, is it perhaps a feature which is not yet released?

I’ll try out the hotkey/clipboard method for now, but would really like to see the other method available too. :-)

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