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ABBREVIATE Program - Angie


Posted: May 16, 2012

I used to use Abbreviate for short forms and loved it.  That was a couple of operating systems ago.  Is anyone still using that? Does it work with Vista or Win XP?  I think the company went out of business which is unfortunate.

It is not compatible with Windows 7 or 64-bit - happy now

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I recently upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit and contacted the company for compatibility issues. They will not be upgrading this. Betsy at SpeedType converted all of my abbreviations and was fantastic. Works just like Abbreviate! I found out it was the cause for all my computer crashes since XP.

Thanks Betsy - Angie

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