The developer was kind enough to provide several sample applications where the select all behavior was not working correctly in the Windows operating system. The broken behavior occurs for instance in Windows Explorer, the PDF reader Sumatra or the standard save dialog.

Select All is intuitive to use. Tapping the Ctrl A shortcut a second time whenever the first does not select all text in an active form, field or window will select all the text in most applications. There is also the possibility to press Ctrl A, hold the CTRL key and press A again to perform the same operation. The developer prefers the second method which is probably a bit faster but requires the user’s knowledge of the faulty behavior.

Select All fixes the text selection in many applications that show the erratic behavior. Some programs on the other hand, including Nirsoft applications, do not work with the software program.

Users who have faced incorrect text selection behavior in the past should give Select All a try to see if it fixes their issues. Select All can be downloaded from the Donation Coder forum.

Most auto complete features are on the other hand limited to the application they have been developed for which can mean that a user needs to get used to several of those auto completion tools which usually work slightly different.

That’s where Typing Aid might help computer users who need to use auto complete in multiple applications. The program runs in the background and is compatible with most, if not all, applications and text forms including web browser and text editors.

The program has a few compatibility options that need to be edited if the auto complete does not work out of the box. This was for instance the case in our Windows 7 Professional system. We had to edit the preferences file to change the compatibility mode from 1 to 3 to get it working in all our applications.

The words are taken from the wordlist.txt which can be filled with words by the user. The program supports unicode and works with accents. It has a learning mode that can be used to add words and phrases to the database.

Typing Aid will display possible matches for characters that are entered by the user. It begins by three chars initially which can be changed in the options. The possible matches are displayed in an overlay window that uses a numbering system for the options. The user can then use various hotkeys to select a phrase from the list to auto complete the typed chars.

Many settings of the program can be changed in the preferences file. Typing Aid can be downloaded from the developer’s website. It is a portable software program that works in Windows 7 and earlier Microsoft operating systems.

To get into more detail: The paper keyboard consists of three layers of paper. Conducting paths are printed on the top and bottom paper while the middle paper separates the other two. The middle paper has holes that connect the two other papers when a key is pressed which basically has the effect that the signal is send to the computer.

The paper keyboards use the Open Source software Autohotkey to define and change the keyboard shortcuts. This means you do not purchase a normal keyboard which you can use to type but a specialized keyboard.

Autohotkey is however not the only possibility to use the paper keyboard. Using an USB Adapter would be another solution, softwares that have the support build in and self created scripts that interpretate the keys presses two other possibilities.

This means that the paper keyboards should be plattform independent.

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Let me give you some examples to make this clearer. After installing Nifty Windows you may minimize a folder or application by clicking the left and right mouse button. The right and middle button would close a window while the Windows key plus the mouse wheel would change the transparency level of a window.

The real beauty is that you only need to download the Nifty Windows application and start it to have access to all 28 features of it. Let me give you an overview of all features that are accessible. The developer of the application describes them as well on his website.

• CTRL+ALT + BACKSPACE – removes all visual effects that have been created with Nifty Windows
• RIGHT BUTTON + DRAG – Drag and resize windows
• RIGHT BUTTON+LEFT BUTTON – Minimize Window to the taskbar if possible
• CTRL + WIN + R – unrolls all Windows
• RIGHT BUTTON + MIDDLE BUTTON – closes a window if possible
• RIGHT BUTTON + WHEEL – switches tasks just like alt tab
• MIDDLE BUTTON – double click
• FOURTH BUTTON – toggles start menu
• FIFTH BUTTON – maximize window
• WIN + 0..9 – opens or closes the tray of a CD or DVD drive
• PAUSE – toggles muteness of the audio card
• WIN + S – starts the screensaver
• WIN + LEFT BUTTON – toggles the always on top attribute
• CTRL + WIN + ^ – removes any always on top attribute
• WIN + WHEEL – changes the transparency level of a window
• WIN + CTRL + LEFT BUTTON – offers pixel transparency
• WIN + CTRL + MIDDLE BUTTON – combines transparency and pixel transparency
• WIN + MIDDLE BUTTON – removes any transparency effect of the current window
• CTRL + WIN + T – removes any transparency effect
• ALT + WHEEL – changes the size of the window in ten percent steps
• ALT + NumAdd, ALT+NumSub – changes the size of a window in steps of standard screen resolutions.
• WIN+F1..F24 – Activates the next window in a process window group
• WIN + ESC – enable or disable all Nifty Windows hotkey and mouse features
• WIN + X – exits Nifty Windows
• CTRL + SHIFT + B – toggles the visibility of the Miranda Buddy list
• CTRL + SHIFT + U – toggles the visibility of the last used message container