Practical Autohotkey: Get faster at work with text expansion and automation.

by Nick May

Work Less, Do More! Wouldn't it be great if your computer did what you wanted, instead of what it wanted?Practical Autohotkey will make you and your computer faster, together. It teaches you Save time typing -- turn "ty" into "Thank you." and "plet" into "Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns." with text expansion. Create custom keyboard shortcuts -- Make F12 insert the current date, and F10 control your music.Keep your windows organized - launch and hide applications with the press of a button. Press F2 to see your e-mail and hide it again when you're finished. Or F3 to see your todo list in RememberTheMilk, and press F4 to check your favorite news site.Practical Autohotkey provides detailed instructions for getting started and writing your first text expansion and window management scripts. It's written in clear, accessible language and includes detailed examples and downloadable code. AutoHotkey only runs on Microsoft Windows, and does not require installation. If you're running MacOS, try 'Keyboard Maestro' instead.

64 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 22, 2017

Reviews

[Sam Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative, of a bit shallow.

Great beginners guide and excellent for the average business person looking to get ahead.
Since I'm from a tech/It background, I wish this had gone in to further depth, but was left disappointed.

[MR ROBERT RUSSELL · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent run through of this useful utility

I found this book on the relevant web site. It covers the functionality well, and in a light hearted manner, so that the newbie to programming need not feel overwhelmed.

[Paweł Cisło · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you want to learn AutoHotkey (AHK), you will discover it much faster, making your first script and following the documentation. However, if you have enough time, you can have a look at this book as the basic idea bank of what is possible within the AHK.

[Jakub Věžník · Rating 2 out of 5]

This text would've been suited more as a simple blogpost of things the author used autohotkey for, but for me it's too shallow to be called an actual book. If you're searching for autohotkey you probably already know more than is contained in this text.

[Dane Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great overview

This book provided a great overview of a fairly dry topic in an engaging way and without adding a lot of fluff and nonsense to get in the way.

[William Yarberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical, good examples

Mays book is easy to follow, with practical example s. It only too k s few minutes to get a script running. With the money

[Carlos Ramos · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short and concise book about AutoHotKey. Definitely worth a read if you are new into this world of AutoHotKey :D.