Tech Tip of the Week: Time-Saving AutoHotKey Scripts

User Comments: 7

1. October 21, 2010 11:43 AM
   

   TomSEA, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   Cool - I love hot keys and use them constantly in Word and Excel. Thanks for the tip!

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2. October 21, 2010 2:28 PM
   

   PanicX, TechSpot Ambassador, said:

   I originally found out about AutoHotKeys when my family was in a Farmville leveling competition. (Don't ask). To me the game looked mindlessly tedious and dull, but creating a script to play for me piqued my interest. I was able to get to max level before any of them got to level 25.

   I've since uninstalled the program as I'm not sure if Blizzard would ban my account if they detected it.

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3. October 25, 2010 12:03 PM
   ViNCiLiCiouS said:

   AutoHotkey is amazing. I use it for many things:

   1) Push to turn (laptop) screen off.

   2) Warcraft III macros (google AutoWarkey for more information- premade scripts)

   3) Push to narrate input text (Mostly for fun)

   4) Quicker shortcuts to different applications.

   5) Auto replace text (like type "<sig>" and get "This is my signature, lalala."

   6) Clicking 10,000 times in 10 seconds, or typing A-Z in 0.01 seconds (Gets alot of attention on Facebook.)

   The list goes on and on. It's lightweight, insanely flexible and very fun to play around with.

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4. November 1, 2010 11:12 AM
   Appzalien said:

   I have never been a fan of hot keys, even though alot of the apps I use have the option.

   I do have a keyboard though that I found when I worked for a recycling center. At one time I must have had a half dozen of them, but tossed most of them out when I moved. Now I'm sorry I did, It has a row of extra keys along the top above the F keys that can be programed to automatically spell out up to 20 characters. I use them for passwords and e-mail addresses that I use often. In one respect they are security since a key logger would see one key press that spelled out a pass. On the otherhand, if someone were to use the PC with out my knowledge, they would have access to my most often used passwords if they realized what the keys were for.

   If your curious, the keyboard was made by Focus Electronics, model FK8200. I have seen them on Ebay and they ain't cheap. Mine was free, Cool Huh?

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5. November 3, 2010 10:14 AM
   Cryptopsy said:

   Pretty useful, I love it, It helps me saving so much time and effort :-) even if typing is not a big effort.

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6. November 28, 2010 4:25 AM
   Guest said:

   i m tired of having to type my name into a dialogue box every time i buy someting on the net

   will this app do this? is there another means or app by which i can

   auto insert my name into a dialogue box any time im bying things on the net...

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7. December 10, 2011 2:34 PM
   Guest said:

   AutoHotkey stands out because of the unique and powerful way it manipulates macros from user-defined hotkeys. But, one of the challenges that users have to face is to remember which hotkey is attached to which macro.

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