By default, all your downloaded files can be found in your Downloads folder.
When it’s finished installing you can click “Run AutoHotkey” to launch some of the documentation about AutoHotkey.
Be sure not to erase the file extension of “. ahk” at the end. Your file must end with the “. ahk” file extension or else it won’t work with AutoHotkey.
There is some code and text already inserted into the first few lines of every new AHK script, you can ignore this and leave it alone for now.
- = ⇧ Shift ^ = Ctrl ! = Alt # = ⊞ Win (Windows key) Click here for a complete list of key commands.
^e::
You don’t have to indent the command line but it will keep your code organized and easy to read if you have errors later.
^e:: Send, wikiHow is awesome{!} Special characters, like the exclamation mark, must be enclosed in braces { } so it isn’t confused with the symbol for the “Alt” key.
^e:: Send, wikiHow is awesome{!} Return
You can close Notepad once your work has been saved.
Right-click the script and select “Edit Script” to edit the previous script. Right-click the desktop and go to “New,” then select “Auto Hotkey Script. "
A Hotstring can take a word or phrase you type and replace it with a different word or phrase.
::btw
::btw::
::btw::By the way, Hotstrings don’t need a “Return” command and the end because they are self-contained on one line of a script
Right-click the script and select “Edit Script” to edit the previous script. Right-click the desktop and go to “New,” then select “Auto Hotkey Script. "
Click here for a complete list of key symbols if you want to use a different key combination for your Hotkey.
You don’t have to indent the command line but it will keep your code organized and easy to read if you have errors later.
