Part I covers using mail merge, Part II addresses using the e-mail client’s template feature, and this one is about third party software. It isn’t just for creating fast e-mail replies, but also for speeding up repetitive typing of anything. Here’s the text file of the first two parts for printing or using offline.

I use shareware program Shortkeys and I’m very happy with it. I’ve created responses for questions I am often asked and for submissions. I also have different versions of my signature stored as sig1, sig2, etc. When I want to use one, all I have to do is type, “;sig3.” The ; is what triggers the program. Sig3 is the name of the shortcut.[Read more...]