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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.
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