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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend less known macro apps and text expanders
« Last post by kunkel321 on January 21, 2012, 11:53 AM »I know what you mean, Tranglos, about being a sucker for a good UI. I've tried lots of times to self-teach myself AHK, but end up getting frustrated and going back to MacroExpress, because there's no code needed. (Though you do still need to understand the logic behind more complex macros, and you have to become a quasi-expert if you want to manipulate the registry, work with .ini files, and that sort of thing.) The different possible activations are pretty versatile. I think maybe you can have a space character as a suffix activation, which makes it like an autocorrector. But I think you'd have to create each item as a separate macro which would be prohibitively time-consuming. The sister product, ShortKeys, actually lets you import the .acl library from office (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033\MSO.ACL), which is nice. UNFORTUNATELY, I found that ShorkKeys conflicted with the built-in autocorrect of Word, so I don't recommend it. (fyi Here is a comparison chart of the apps: http://macros.com/compareproducts.htm).
Lastly, regarding autocorrects, have you tried the AHK script that this Jim fellow made http://www.autohotke...ings.htm#AutoCorrect ?
It's pretty sweet and has a gizmo for quickly adding new items. I think you could probably also use it as a text-expander(?) You'd just have to be careful to not have any real words replaced. (For example use "myaddy " to activate your address, but don't use, "add ")
Lastly, regarding autocorrects, have you tried the AHK script that this Jim fellow made http://www.autohotke...ings.htm#AutoCorrect ?
It's pretty sweet and has a gizmo for quickly adding new items. I think you could probably also use it as a text-expander(?) You'd just have to be careful to not have any real words replaced. (For example use "myaddy " to activate your address, but don't use, "add ")
