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Stedman's Smartype expansion software ? - MTagain


Posted: Feb 07, 2013

I am trying a 30 day free version of Smartype.  I used Stedman's in the past and loved it and now they have a new version of it.  Does anyone use this?  I am trying to get it to work but every time I enter a space to autocomplete a word, it enters a space wherever I press the space bar, even mid-word.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

interesting problem - I use Smartype as well

[ In Reply To ..]
I haven't run into that even with the new version. Try uninstalling it and installing it again.

If it still doesn't work, try e mailing the developer, Joe Weber at joeweber@alum.mit.edu

He's a very good guy and is very responsive.

Smartype for Windows and the Web - Joe

[ In Reply To ..]
It seems like your Smartype is not active. Please click the Smartype S icon to turn it red. If that doesn't fix it, email me at joeweber@alum.mit.edu.


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