What’s new in Direct Access 1.6

Direct Access really saves time
With the new usage statistics reports, you can easily see how much time you are saving on Direct Access.

Improved Create Commands Wizard
Easily import and export data between different PCs and create commands from many sources

Import commands from other text expander applications
Are you stuck with another less powerful text substitution tool and don’t want to change it as you have invested a lot of time creating your own glossary? Direct Access Importer helps you import your data from other text substitution tools.
If the format is not supported, write us. We’ll help you import your data.

Send key combinations to automate Windows Applications and create simple scripts
You can send the target application any key sequence. This can be used to fill forms, select options and the menus, close applications and much more.

New powerful macros

• Insert the contents of the clipboard.
• Insert windows environment variables and placeholders.
• Use the same manual text input in multiple positions inside the command to reuse the same information multiple times.

Insert the current date (in the format of your choice) and add a time/date shift in the past or in the future

Easily add or remove a prefix/suffix to a batch of abbreviations to easily configure them and decide if you prefer triggering commands with or without confirmation

Other changes

• Improved compatibility with other macro tools: Direct Access offers full compatibility with other macro tools that send text. Direct Access can be set to ignore the input from other applications so that the scripts behave correctly.
• Explorer integration: ability to add a new command directly from the explorer by right clicking on any item.
• Support for attachment in sending emails
• Clever system to send text to the target application using the Clipboard or sending the text directly for fast and reliable text typing
• Ability to activate an existing application instead of starting a new instance
• Export a list of your commands to a CSV file
• Reduced load time
• Accelerator keys for menus for quicker command selection from a menu
  
• For a list of all the changes, see the version history.