Today, 3rd August 2006, sees the release of the final version of Direct Access 1.0.

I would like to thank all the people at ASP, OISV and Business of Software Forum for all their suggestions and criticisms and, in particular, Martin, of The Documentation Doctor, who is a highly skilled and talented technical writer who did a fantastic job correcting and organizing the website and the Direct Access manual.

Direct Access enables you to set up meaningful keyboard commands for

• Opening applications, folders, and websites
• Composing emails
• Inserting autotext
• Open customized menus containing your commands

When it recognizes a command, Direct Access uses a tooltip to suggest an action, and goes ahead if you hit F1, the confirm key. You don’t even need to have open a word processor or editor. Just type a command and hit F1.

For example, typing “note” F1 could open Notepad. Typing “myname” F1 could enter your name as autotext in any application, even one without built-in autotext!

Learn more about Direct Access or download a free 30-day trial.