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  ActiveWords adds value by saving you time and improving quality.   Right click on the ActiveWords Icon and select "Productivity."     ActiveWords measures keystrokes saved by triggering Substitute Text and Substitute Content Actions, as well as keystrokes saved by triggering Scripts. You set the variables of typing speed, characters per word, the value of your time, and your estimate of time saved each time you trigger an Action. ActiveWords...

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Activate/Deactivate Licenses Save the License file attached to your Trial or Purchase email confirmation. Check your Junk/Spam folder if the email is not in your Inbox. Install ActiveWords then click the “Activate License” button on the startup dialog.    Navigate to the saved License file, open it, then click the "Activate" button to enable your ActiveWords installation.  Licenses purchased from the "Buy" or "Renew" button on the "ActiveWords...

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We welcome your input! If you have questions not addressed on the Support page you can Contact our Support team If you have a technical issue please be sure to describe your issue in detail so we can reproduce it, attach your most recent log file, and detail your version of Windows .   Your most recent log file can be found in the ActiveWords user data folder:...

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ActiveWords, by default, uses the Windows Clipboard to paste Substitute Text Actions of 40 characters or greater to speed delivery of larger Substitutions. Substitute Content Actions are always delivered through the Windows Clipboard regardless of size. Controls to help manage the Windows Clipboard are included in Advanced Options. To use these controls, check "Show advanced tools and options" on the "Preferences" tab of the Options dialog....

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ActiveWords work everywhere, even at the Windows Desktop and in other contexts where there is no active text cursor. Windows and some programs don't expect this and play a default sound when you try to type where there is no cursor input.   To turn this sound off (it can be really annoying!):   On Windows 10 search Settings for "Change System Sounds." On Windows 7 open the Sound Control...

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ActiveWords can automatically create a backup of your data and store it here: "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\ActiveWords 4\Backups." This feature is turned on by default. To changed the frequency of automatic backups or turn them off, see the related control on the "Preferences" tab of the "Options" dialog. The AppData folder is a special Windows folder that is not accessible without changing the default Windows Folder Options view preferences....

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PLEASE NOTE: Effective October 31, 2020 ActiveWords Version 3 will no longer be licensed All version 3 licenses purchased up to that point will be valid from one year from the date of purchase. Please take advantage of the free ActiveWords 4 Upgrade at your earliest convenience. If you have not already installed ActiveWords 4 click here to register a trial. Download and license activation instructions...

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Use ActiveWords with touch. Tap the Icon to pop-up the InkPad, ink your Word, then tap GO. You can also use ActiveWords with the virtual on screen keyboard. See video: ...

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The ActionPad provides an input context within which you can enter and trigger your Words and also act on any text you enter that is not a Word (see ActionText).   See video:    ...

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"Addins" are sets of Words and Actions for specific programs or purposes. The Addins have the file extension ".awdb" and when opened will insert the Addin content into your local ActiveWords data. Addins can be found here. For example, English Misspellings includes over 3,400 Actions that will automatically correct over 5,300 commonly misspelled English words as you type. Each Addin has a Tag to make it easy...

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