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Surprising AutoHotkey Hotstrings
- AutoCorrect Anything in Windows with AutoHotkey
- Beginning Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstring Text Correction and Text Expansion (Part 1: Hotstring Options * and ?)
- Beginning Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstring Text Correction and Text Expansion (Part 2: Hotstring Options B0, C and O)
- Adding Action to AutoHotKey HotStrings, Plus a Trick for Creating IF Conditional HotString Text Replacements (Part 3, Beginning Hotstrings) (October 7, 2015)
- Make Your Own Text AutoCorrect HotString Pop-up Menus with AutoHotkey, (Part 4, Beginning HotStrings) (October 13, 2015)
- How to Turn AutoHotkey HotString AutoCorrect Pop-up Menus into a Function, (Part 5, Beginning HotStrings) (October 22, 2015)
- Add Currency (and Other) Symbols with AutoHotkey HotString Menus (Part 6, Beginning Hotstrings) (October 26, 2015)
- Replacing Overused Words with Pop-up Synonym Menus, (Part 7, Beginning HotStrings) (October 31, 2015)
- More Pop-up Synonym Menu Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstrings, (Part 8, Beginning Hotstrings) (November 5, 2015)
- Instantly Add Dates to Your Documents in Different Formats with Hotstring Menus, (Part 9, Beginning Hotstrings) (November 9, 2015)
- Instantly Add Dates to Your Documents in Different Formats with Hotstring Menus, (Part 10, Beginning Hotstrings) (November 15, 2015)
- Inserting Future (or Past) Dates and Times with AutoHotkey GUIs and Hotstring Menus (continued), (Part 11, Beginning Hotstrings) (November 22, 2015)
- Create Instant Temporary AutoHotkey Hotstrings with the Input Command, (Part 12, Beginning Hotstrings) (December 7, 2015)
- Reduce Code and Increase Power with the AutoHotkey Input Command (Part 13, Beginning Hotstrings) (December 17, 2015)
- An AutoHotkey “Duh!” Moment (January 18, 2016)
As a convenience for people who don’t want to dig through the Web, I have now published the e-bookBeginning AutoHotkey Hotstrings which is available on the ComputorEdge E-Books site and through Amazon. Regardless of whether you’re interested in the book or not, it’s worth your time to peruse some of the blogs linked at “Beginning AutoHotkey Hotstring Techniques” found under the “AutoHotkey Topics and Series” tab in the top menu bar. They just might inspire your next AutoHotkey script.
Beginning AutoHotkey Hotstrings includes:
Chapter One: AutoHotkey Hotstrings for AutoCorrect, Text Insertion, and Text Expansion
Chapter Two: Add AutoCorrect to All Your Windows PC Programs with AutoHotkey
Chapter Three: Beginning Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstring Text Correction and Text Expansion (Hotstring Options * and ?)
Chapter Four: Beginning Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstring Text Correction and Text Expansion (Hotstring Options B0, C and O)
Chapter Five: Adding Action to AutoHotKey HotStrings, Plus a Trick for Creating IF Conditional Hotstring Text Replacements
Chapter Six: A Beginner’s Trick for Inserting Next Friday’s Date and an Important Tip for Any AutoHotkey User
Chapter Seven: Turning a Simple Date Trick into an Easy AutoHotkey Function
Chapter Eight: Make Your Own Text AutoCorrect Hotstring Pop-up Menus with AutoHotkey
Chapter Nine: How to Turn AutoHotkey Hotstring AutoCorrect Pop-up Menus into a Function
Chapter Ten: Add Currency (and Other) Symbols with AutoHotkey Hotstring Menus
Chapter Eleven: Replacing Overused Words with Pop-up Synonym Menus
Chapter Twelve: More Pop-up Synonym Menu Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstrings
Chapter Thirteen: Instantly Add Dates to Your Documents in Different Formats with Hotstring Menus
Chapter Fourteen: Inserting Future (or Past) Dates and Times with AutoHotkey GUIs and Hotstring Menus
Chapter Fifteen: Inserting Future (or Past) Dates and Times with AutoHotkey GUIs and Hotstring Menus (continued)
Chapter Sixteen: Create Instant Temporary AutoHotkey Hotstrings with the Input Command
Chapter Seventeen: Reduce Code and Increase Power with the AutoHotkey Input Command
These topics include adding menus and pop-up windows to your AutoHotkey Hotstrings, plus how to write functions to shorten your scripts. The last two chapters even explore the little known, yet powerful Input command.
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