[TechAssist] Re: using "hot keys" for repetetive typed entries
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:43:03 -0400
And it used to be so easy in DOS.
I wrote menus for starting my programs and word processing shortcuts and
changed the exec.bat files as I needed.
Now with the oh so easy Windows, I don't dare touch anything in the
operating system.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
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From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 11:33 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: using "hot keys" for repetetive typed entries
> In Win 2000 and most likely XP as well, if you have the program's exe
> ICON on the desktop, you can right- click on the icon and choose the
> tab, "SHORTCUT". There you can set a keyboard key to start the program
> with. I use this for the calculator and a few other programs. Brings
> them up on the screen instantly- quicker than going to the desktop or
> list of programs to run something.
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> Your key sequence will be, CONTROL- ALT- whatever key you designate for
> the program. I use CONTROL- ALT- + to run the calculator.
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> Gary McCartney
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> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
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> tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I am no PC expert, but isn't there a way within my XP, or another
>> program which allows one to program a certain "hot key" on the
>> keyboard for entering something lengthy and repetetive, like a long
>> name, an address, or say a user name and password?
>> In stead of having to re-enter "tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" and an
>> equally lengthy password to get into my web mail, I could just hit
>> a "T", or Ctrl+ T or some such? Sure would be easier.
>> Phil Bader
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