This was a fun project. Andrea has created a customisable shortcut tool for people who prefer keystrokes to mouse-clicks. 

My first reaction was “Good grief, this is retro!” I half-expected it to have a black-and-white DOS style command screen…

Of course, it turned out to be a modern, user-friendly application. It’s heaven for the command-line addict, and a natural choice for the trained typist. It’s also one of those products with all sorts of business uses. For example, the autotext function lets you handle dozens of similar, but unique, email interactions in record time, e.g. for operating a support desk.

I helped a bit with the press release and the website text. I’m also particularly proud of the animated .gif. Humour is not always a good idea in technical communication… but it has it’s place.

However, most of my work was on the manual itself, which I created as a HTML Help (.chm), and as a web-based help.

Andrea seems pleased with the results:

You offered exactly what I needed and I could not be more happy with the result.

I’m looking forward to his next release!