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TextTemplateManager 2.2.0

A hotkey-driven text-template paste tool for Windows: organize reusable snippets in folders, give them shortcuts, and paste them into any application from a global Quick Paste window.

Install

Get TextTemplateManager from the Microsoft Store. The Store installs and updates it; no administrator rights are needed. In a company it can also be deployed with winget or Intune (see the Administrator & Deployment Guide below).

Coming from TextTemplateManager 1: your templates and settings are backed up at the first start and imported in one step if you choose so; version 1's data folder is left as it was.

Note — Remote Desktop (RDP): If TextTemplateManager runs on both your local computer and a remote computer you connect to over RDP, the global Quick Paste hotkey always opens Quick Paste on the local computer — Windows delivers a registered global hotkey locally, so it never reaches the remote session. Give each machine a different Quick Paste hotkey, or run only one instance, to avoid the clash.

What's new in this release

Updates install with one click instead of waiting until Windows gets round to it, and the main window works better from the keyboard.

New

  • Updates inside the app. TextTemplateManager looks for a new version in the Store and downloads it in the background while you work. When it's ready, a notice above the template list (and the tray menu) offers Restart to update: your work is saved, the app closes, the new version is installed and the app is back within seconds, showing what's new. Not now? Quitting the app installs it too.
  • Update settings in Settings ▸ General ▸ Updates: the version, Check for updates, a switch to update only when you ask, and an optional switch to install updates while the app isn't in use.
  • For administrators: policy keys under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Marflow Software\TextTemplateManager turn in-app updates off or to notices only, lock the automatic updates and the idle install, and allow updating while automatic Store updates are turned off. See the Administrator & Deployment Guide.

Improved

  • Keyboard in the main window. The toolbar above the tree and the editor toolbar are one Tab stop each, with the arrow keys moving along their buttons. Tab goes from the editor toolbar into the text and on to the template's shortcuts; in the text it only indents in lists, tables and code blocks (Ctrl + Tab always moves on).

Full Changelog: v2.1.0...v2.2.0

Uninstall / reset

In Windows Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Installed apps ▸ TextTemplateManager ▸ …: Advanced options offers Reset (deletes the app's data) and Repair; Uninstall removes the app and its data. With PowerShell:

Get-AppxPackage *TextTemplateManager* | Remove-AppxPackage

The backups in Documents\TextTemplateManager\Backups stay; delete them by hand if you no longer need them.

Browser extension

Pair TextTemplateManager with the companion TTM-Connect extension to list and paste your templates from your browser:

Full documentation is available in the app under Help ▸ Open Manual, or download TextTemplateManager-Manual.pdf from the assets below; deployment, updates under company policies and removal are in TextTemplateManager-AdminManual.pdf.
Source: https://github.com/halatsWol/TextTemplateManager-v2

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