Looking for OSX-enabled word repettion software like Textanz.

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nickravo@gmail.com - 22 May 2008 04:01 GMT

I'm editing a very long document, and I am looking for words and
phrases that repeat, and I want to do this in one fell swoop, like
Textanz does. Any way to do this on a Mac? I use Word for Mac, but
would consider switching to a word processor if it had this feature.

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Mike Rosenberg - 22 May 2008 13:31 GMT

> I'm editing a very long document, and I am looking for words and
> phrases that repeat, and I want to do this in one fell swoop, like
> Textanz does. Any way to do this on a Mac? I use Word for Mac, but
> would consider switching to a word processor if it had this feature.

I'm not familiar with Textanz, but if it's a program that lets you type
a couple of pre-assigned characters to enter those longer words and
phrases, there's:

TypeIt4Me
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12930

TextExpander
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27711

SpellCatcher X also includes this functionality
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17918

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Wayne C. Morris - 23 May 2008 05:40 GMT

> > I'm editing a very long document, and I am looking for words and
> > phrases that repeat, and I want to do this in one fell swoop, like
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> a couple of pre-assigned characters to enter those longer words and
> phrases, there's:

Textanz is a distinctive name, so a Google search found it quickly:
<http://www.cro-code.com/textanz.jsp>

It's not a typing aid, it's a text analyzer. It reports various
statistics about a document, such as how often each word or phrase
occurs.

I'm not aware of any Mac software that does everything Textanz does, but
I found a couple of utilities that report word frequency:

<http://www.supermagnus.com/mac/Word_Counter/>

<http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/WordDump.html>

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Mike Rosenberg - 23 May 2008 13:12 GMT

> > I'm not familiar with Textanz, but if it's a program that lets you type
> > a couple of pre-assigned characters to enter those longer words and
> > phrases, there's:
>
> Textanz is a distinctive name, so a Google search found it quickly:
> <http://www.cro-code.com/textanz.jsp>

Oh well. Yes, I could have done a Google search, too, but someone
wanting help shouldn't force people to jump through hoops for him.

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Wes Groleau - 24 May 2008 15:50 GMT

> I'm editing a very long document, and I am looking for words and
> phrases that repeat, and I want to do this in one fell swoop, like

For search,, or for modification?

TextWrangler has a "show all occurrences" option in search.

It also allows regular expressions for search and replace.

Word itself has a limited wild-card ability.

Anything too sophisticated for TextWrangler, I dump to plain text and
use grep/perl/awk/etc.

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Looking for OSX-enabled word repettion software like Textanz.