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Paste Email Extension Inserts Canned Text
Posted by Gina Trapani at 1:30 AM on May 3, 2008
All platforms with Firefox: If you're constantly typing "Thanks for writing" at the end of all your web email messages, the Paste Email Firefox extension can insert it—and any other repetitive text phrases—with the click of the context menu. Based on the same concept as our home-built Texter and Mac-only TextExpander, Paste Email saves you repetitive typing by offering a selection of pre-entered phrases (like your email address, a link to your web site FAQ, a signature). Unlike global text replacement applications, Paste Email is browser-specific; it also only does single lines instead of text boxes.
Its more fully-featured sibling, Paste Email Plus, can insert more than one line of text, but it's still listed in the experimental section of Mozilla Add-ons (so try it with caution). The previously mentioned Signature extension does the same job, but isn't yet Firefox 3 compatible. Paste Email is a free download, works wherever Firefox does.
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bachcottage
Posted 3:19 AM 3/5/08
An AutoHotKey script does the same and can be modified on the fly too. But it would be a little harder to use.
Script example:
::;e::Editor of LifeHacker.com
::;p::Please send us your tips
::;t::tips@lifehacker.com
^8::
Reload
return
^9::
Suspend,toggle
return
bachcottage
RalphMiz
Posted 3:27 AM 3/5/08
Reminds me of the firefox add-on Clippings.
RalphMiz
jmjstandin
Posted 5:27 AM 3/5/08
Reminds me of Outlook's Quick Parts.
jmjstandin
Russkiejedi
Posted 6:17 AM 3/5/08
I detest when people have an automatic "thanks" at the end of their emails. If you can't be bothered to actually type it, you don't mean it, and you shouldn't have it in your email.
I'm sure this is useful for other things, though!
Russkiejedi
send9
Posted 6:38 AM 3/5/08
Thanks!
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Thanks,
send9
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Hermagoras
Posted 10:43 AM 3/5/08
Why use this instead of Texter, which is already fabulous>
Hermagoras
Chad Cloman
Posted 2:41 PM 3/5/08
I use InFormEnter, which works well. Also, it doesn't require you to use the context menu—it puts a small icon next to the text input.
Chad Cloman