Direct Access can help you perform many different tasks

	Insert frequently used text blocks (Autotext) Type a word and expand it into a full phrase. For example, your can type "soc" to enter your social security number, "web" to enter your website address. You can also use it to enter entire paragraphs. For your convenience, you can customize your autotext using macros to enter a personalized piece of text, the current time and date or a special symbol. If you find yourself typing the same text over and over again, the autotext can save a lot of time for you. You can also use Autotext commands to control any application sending special characters and key combination, filling forms and do basic automation thanks to the new Direct Access Special Keys macro.
	Open programs, files and folders Stop browsing through folders and menus looking for what you know you want. Need to launch Microsoft Excel? Just enter and trigger the word "excel" when the thought occurs to you. Need to open your folder that contains accounting information? Just type the word "account" and the folder comes to you. Name all your most frequently used programs, files, and folders, and have them available instantly!
	Navigate and search the Internet Stop digging through browser bookmarks and history to find that web site address you want. Stop typing in URLs. Need to get to the CNN web site? Just enter and trigger the word "cnn" when feel like it and the web site comes up. Direct Access can also query the web for you: looking for a definition on Wikipedia or finding a word definition on an online dictionary is just a few keystrokes away. Name all your favorite web sites and have them available instantly!
	Send emails Assign your most frequent recipients an abbreviation. When ever you want to send an email just type the abbreviation. For example, enter and trigger "boss" to instantly create a new e-mail message pre-addressed to your boss.

Text expanding and substitution:

• Get direct access to your favorite text snippets, websites and applications by typing an abbreviation in any application
• Save time keeping all the information you need at your fingertips
• Execute commands immeditaly as you type an abbreviation or after pressing SHIFT on the confirmation tooltip
• Customize the executed command thanks to macro expansions
• Control any application sending individual keyboard hotkeys

Speed Typing

• Type special characters without using an external application
• Position the cursor at any position in the expanded phrase
• Customize the expanded text requesting additional information at runtime
• Insert the current date and time (shift time and date in the past/future)
• Case sensitive text expansion to correctly preserve the case of the typed abbreviation
• Create pre-filled emails

Launching applications

• Type an abbreviation anywhere to launch your favorite application or folder
• Type an abbreviation in a common dialog to expand it to the full path
• No browsing through complex directory structure to get to your files
• Assign abbreviations to Groups to display a list of commands and use the keyboard to select them

Web Browsing

• Instantly open your favorite websites
• Quickly search for contents on your favorite websites
• Many sites are preconfigured to quickly search for contents in Wikipedia, Google, IMDB, YouTube

Building and organizing your commands library

• Direct Access comes with a precompiled library of commands to perform many operations out of the box
• Import autocorrections for Microsoft Word and other competitor text-expander tools
• Add commands as you need them using hotkeys (CTRL+SHIFT+W for Autotext, CTRL+SHIFT+A for Launch Applications)
• Organize commands into groups for easy access
• Export/Import commands to Commands Pack for easy share between users and different PCs
• Instant search, to quickly browse through your abbreviations
• Use the Hub to add new commands via drag & drop
• Customize the confirmation key