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Cheap (or free) expansion program? - mimtt


Posted: Apr 25, 2014

I work full time for a company where I am on a platform with a built in expander program, but I recently started picking up jobs for a friend's company when she gets too busy and her staff can't keep up with it. All of the work there is done on Word and would be so much easier if I had an expansion program. The problem is, I don't want to pay $150 for a program that I only will use once or twice a month at most. Does anyone know of a program that is really cheap or free? 

If you are working in Word - xx

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You can just use autocorrect.

Just use Word's autocorrect, like above poster suggested... - mimi

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That is all I have ever used, it works great for me and I'm up with co-workers as far as speed.

Shorthand is $29.99/year or roughly 8 cents per day. - see message

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I've been using it for years. Love it. you can download a free trial at www.pcshorthand.com

Just got the trial for Shorthand - mimtt

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I used to have Shorthand10 and when we had to get a new computer I wasn't needing an expander program anymore so I didn't buy another license ($150 for a non-expiring license, but only for 1 computer, not transferrable). I didn't realize they had a 1-year option too. That'she much more affordable. I just got the 30 day trial and I'll probably get that when it gets close to expiring. Thanks for telling me about it!


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