Typing aid to reduce number of keystrokes & improve Accuracy

We (finally) get to work on your first HotString!  This session reviews just how easy it is to create some basic HotStrings.  We also cover inserting line-breaks by using the ` to escape an "r"(line break) and "n" (new line).

In the early 90's nearly everything was encoded in ANSI.  Today Unicode characters are much more prevalent than you would think.  From things like fractions (½, ¼ , etc) to Emojis 

There are some characters that AutoHotkey reserves for special actions.  This lecture we review special characters and how to send them.  You can also send things as "raw" by adding an "r" in between the first two colons.

We also switch to using a HotKey to reload the script.  In the example it is the "Browser_forward" key (which you may/may not have on your keyboard).  It can be really any key (or a combination of keys) but you want something that is convenient/easy for you to hit.  In this example, when you hit it, it triggers the "reload" command and reloads the script for me.

If you are doing some programming with AutoHotkey and want to send the value of a variable in your HotString you need to use the send command and insert a return after your variable.  In this lecture I also demonstrate using some of the built-in "time" variables.

In this lecture we review long HotStrings (Greater than 16 thousand characters) & special characters (New lines, etc).  We review three different solutions for sending long strings.

Here you'll learn how to not include an ending character in your HotString

In this lecture we will show you how to customize what text is sent depending on what program you are in.

When you have specific HotStrings tied to a program, make sure you list them above the generic entry.

This lecture shows how you can use a HotString for launching a script / program.

In this lecture we review using your hotstrings on multiple computers or on other computers that do not have AutoHotkey installed.  We demonstrate compiling your script.

Windows 7, 8, and 10 have the User Access Control which is Microsoft feature that reduces the risk of programs hijacking your computer.  We do NOT recommend you turn it off (however you might disable it as  a quick test to prove it is the cause of your issue).  

The code shared in the video to elevate your script is as follows:

;**********The script needs to be run at an elevated level- this takes care of that*****
if not A_IsAdmin ;http://ahkscript.org/docs/Variables.htm#IsAdmin
{
Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"  ; Requires v1.0.92.01+
ExitApp
}

In this tutorial we walk through a deeper-dive of troubleshooting your script.  Be sure to download the cheat-sheet for your convenience!

Have a spell-check running in everything you do!   Also the featured script makes it really easy to add new HotStrings.

The featured script in this lecture can help you keep-track of your HotStrings.  It will look at ALL of your currently running HotStrings and give you a GUI to see what is running.