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Mario33 - 04 May 2008 13:57 GMT

Hello To ALL,
This is my 1st time posting and I'm hope I word my question correctly so
that you will understand it. The question I have sounds more and more
rediculous everytime I think about it and procrastinating to submit the
question on line is driving me crazy...so here goes. I would like to know,
if it is possible to assign personal word phrases to a particular key on a
keyboard ? i.e.: Assigning the phrase "nice to meet you" to appear when a
particular key ( M ) is pressed or a combanation of keys are pressed (
Ctrl+M ) . Hope that made sense . Your assistance will be greatly
appreciated....THX.....Mario

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Ken Blake, MVP - 04 May 2008 16:07 GMT

> Hello To ALL,
> This is my 1st time posting and I'm hope I word my question correctly so
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> Ctrl+M ) . Hope that made sense . Your assistance will be greatly
> appreciated....THX.....Mario

Not ridiculous at all. You can do this, but you need third-party
software. One such program, freeware, is AutoHotKey. I use it, and
like it a lot. http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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Mario33 - 07 May 2008 06:30 GMT

Thank you very much Ken, I have several friends who know alot about computers
and they had no clue if that was possible. I am going to try your suggestion
and ifit works, I will try to notify you of my success.....Thx
Again........Mario

> > Hello To ALL,
> > This is my 1st time posting and I'm hope I word my question correctly so
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> software. One such program, freeware, is AutoHotKey. I use it, and
> like it a lot. http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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Ken Blake, MVP - 07 May 2008 16:54 GMT

> Thank you very much Ken, I have several friends who know alot about computers
> and they had no clue if that was possible. I am going to try your suggestion
> and ifit works, I will try to notify you of my success.....Thx
> Again........Mario

You're welcome. Glad to help.

I can assure you that it works. I use AutoHotKey all the time. As a
matter of fact, I've used it twice in this message. The two sentences
"You're welcome. Glad to help." were produced by my typing /yw and the
phrase "As a matter of fact" was produced by my typing /aamof. I have
a long list of abbreviations that I use similarly, and also use it to
automatically correct common typos I make, such as "adn" for "and."

It's easy to use, but if you have any trouble with it, let me know.

> > > Hello To ALL,
> > > This is my 1st time posting and I'm hope I word my question correctly so
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> > software. One such program, freeware, is AutoHotKey. I use it, and
> > like it a lot. http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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ju.c - 09 May 2008 10:55 GMT

Here's another must have:

SharpKeys
http://www.randyrants.com/2006/07/sharpkeys_211.html

ju.c

>> Thank you very much Ken, I have several friends who know alot about
>> computers
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>> > software. One such program, freeware, is AutoHotKey. I use it, and
>> > like it a lot. http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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Ken Blake, MVP - 09 May 2008 16:23 GMT

> Here's another must have:
>
> SharpKeys
> http://www.randyrants.com/2006/07/sharpkeys_211.html

I'm not sure it's a "must have," but yes, I find it a very useful
little program, and I've recommended it in these newsgroups many times
myself.

However it doesn't address what Mario wants to do.

> >> Thank you very much Ken, I have several friends who know alot about
> >> computers
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
> >> > software. One such program, freeware, is AutoHotKey. I use it, and
> >> > like it a lot. http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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