textBEAST

What is textBEAST, and why do I need it?

textBEAST is a text manager that lets you store an unlimited number of text clips, each one up to 64,000 characters long, so that you can paste each one whenever you need it. This saves time and increases accuracy. Never type it again!

Whenever you come across text or information that you want to keep for future reference or might want to use in a future document, you can copy it into textBEAST so you can easily find it and paste it when you need it. Why not use Notepad or another text editor instead? These can't come close to textBEAST's organizing capabilities and pushbutton copy/paste functions! Information is only useful if you can easily organize it so you can find it.

You will find that other similar products are either too limited or too complicated. textBEAST's powerful capabilities are packaged in a simple and functional user interface that makes it easy to utilize at any level, from beginner to power-user.

Once you try textBEAST, you'll wonder how you managed without it. This is the tool you never knew you needed!

What's special about textBEAST?

Using textBEAST is very fast and easy, and can quickly be learned. The basic functions are immediately obvious.
textBEAST's organizational capabilities are unsurpasse: it allows you to meaningfully categorize and save your material so you can easily find what you are looking for when you need it later.
Buttons are named by typing directly onto them! An ASBware innovation.
Long text items can be identified easily by using brief, meaningful labels. You don't have to rely on the first few words of an item to figure out what it is.
Unlike "clipboard extenders" that copy everything that passes through the Windows clipboard, textBEAST copies only what you want, avoiding unnecessary clutter.

What about text formatting? How does textBEAST manage different font sizes and styles?

Pasted text automatically matches the formatting of the target document.

If I want to drag and drop an item, do I have to select the entire contents of the textbox?

No, when the drag/drop checkbox is checked, all you have to do is click anywhere on the desired textbox and hold the mouse button down as you drag to the target location, then let go. The entire contents of the textbox are automatically included.

Why would I want to uncheck the drag/drop checkbox?

When the drag/drop checkbox is checked, textBEAST will assume that you are initiating a drag/drop operation whenever you click on a textbox and hold down the mouse button. If you want to select only a portion of the textbox while editing, you will need to uncheck the drag/drop checkbox.

I usually have another "always-on-top" program running. Will this be a problem?

Not a problem. By default, textBEAST will ignore these programs because they typically do not contain editable text. However, if an always-on-top program does contain editable text, it can be manually targeted using the [ tools:manual targeting ] menu option.

Sometimes other programs seem to lock up. Is textBEAST causing this?

No. When a program displays a dialog box for the user to respond to, this may "hide" behind textBEAST when it is in "always on top" mode. Since the program is waiting for a response before it can continue, it appears to have locked up, but it has not. Just look behind textBEAST for any hidden dialog boxes if a program or Windows does not seem to be responding.

Dialog boxes are usually displayed in the center of the screen, so a good precaution would be to keep textBEAST off to the side, or "rolled up" when not in immediate use.