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Thanks for covering AutoHotkey! I really hope more people realize just how powerful AutoHotkey is! I call it the "swiss army knife for Windows"

@ryanwells7596

2 жыл бұрын

Joe, you're very modest. Lelia did a nice job. And if anyone wants to have deeper dive on AHK they should check out your amazing channel. kzread.info/dron/R0Hs-Bgz1SgGCq_0kbzjjg.html

@EnriqueSanchez-tf3bs

2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I liked the introduction to this amazing tool, I've used it for two years, and I'm very happy with it.

@Riegle105

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@docokd7oco443

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@uravindarreddy

2 жыл бұрын

I use AHK a lot for my personal productivity. I learnt it from your udemy courses. Thanks a lot

I've also been using AHK for years, literally every single day! Text expansions, e-mails filling, Excel format painter, program windows placement on different screens, specific program quick launch, custom music playlist shortcut, ... I even created several shortcuts for repetitive actions (like copy-paste between different files, or even new folders creation in project folders). It saved me HOURS at work!! Don't underestimate its potential, I cannot work without it anymore!

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

I always hate using someone else's computer because I have to remember the old / "mundane" way of doing things. lol

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

😁

@matheus.lifestyle

Жыл бұрын

What’s the script for copy a file and automatically paste it in another folder as back up?

I have been using AHK since 2006. It started as you had mentioned, with text expansion. Since 2006 I've written countless utilities and 2 applications that have been Enterprise adopted. Hopefully AHK will be universally recognized in organizations as a productivity improvement tool, though currently it always takes convincing since it is not well known in most organizations.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for sharing 👍

@alfonsneumann1878

11 ай бұрын

Yeah same here, using it since 2002, in the beginning as a script package made by a magazine and quickly started to adopt it and wrote my own set of tools now over the years. I really love how good everything is explained in it's help.

Thank you for covering this product. I have been using it for years and it is a natural productivity assistant with many of the tools you often provide content for. Appreciated!!

So excited to see AHK being introduced by one of my favorite KZreadrs. AHK can do sooooo much more and they make it so easy.

I haven't told my employees this but I've used an automation tool to do about 70% of my daily tasks. It's been ridiculous how much free time I have because of it, going to the gym, reading, napping lol I feel automation is the future of work

@markusarmbruster8949

Жыл бұрын

Does only me make this comment thinking --- what an greedy arrogant person (some would even say how dumb it is as a boss) not to help and teach his employees to be more efficient and have better work life balance and like their job more ^^ but ok ... its your business :D

@Ayplus

11 ай бұрын

It is. Especially now with ChatGPT

@50PullUps

7 ай бұрын

I’m learning AutoHotKet to make applying for jobs easier.

@jayo3074

7 ай бұрын

@@markusarmbruster8949 I don't care tbh with you. The bottom line and satisfying my shareholders is all that's important to me.

@jayo3074

7 ай бұрын

@@Ayplus I know

I've been loving AHK for I don't know how many years now. Couldn't live without it.

Yours is the BEST and clearest on AHK after I’ve tried watching so many others!

I've been using this for 6 years, have written about 50 applications, from Bible Studies to Reminder apps to Document/Program launchers, etc. It is very capable and great for automating processes. I'm glad to see you are making use of it.

So glad you brought attention to AHK with your large audience. Great video.

I remember commenting about autohotkey on one of your other videos not too long ago. I'm so happy to see you spreading the love for it! It and X-Mouse are invaluable.

Hi @Leila Gharani, I was pleasantly surprised to see AutoHotkey covered on your channel. Thank you for promoting it :) I have been using AHK for over 6 years, and once I got used to it, I now can't live without it haha - it's a must have program on my Windows machine.

I work from home, and I use AHK. I can run a script that does the majority of my work HANDS-FREE! I cannot count how many times I've gone to the store or the post office "on the clock" and my script was doing all of the work. I rated top marks for production last month too!

I've been hunting for this info for hours- it is surprisingly difficult to find someone breaking down hotkeys in this way-you are a great teacher! Thanks 😘

@LeilaGharani

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful, Sara!

Many thanks for your efforts and supports

Extremely useful, Leila. Thank you.

Thanks! I've been using AHK for 20 years and I still learned something.

wow . really amazing and helpful . thanks leila it helped a lot

I’ve used AutoHotKey for years. Combine it with the Elgato Stream Deck XL and things get a whole lot easier.

@FaizSheikh

2 жыл бұрын

Can you please mention some of your use cases

@DingusBatus

2 жыл бұрын

@@FaizSheikh I’m not very good at describing things, somewhat hopeless really. I have button(s) on the Stream Deck that execute AHK macros that Move the cursor to fixed point then click then move again an click, toggling things on/off I have mouse move+click+enter text. I do have a couple of videos of my own that were made as a guide on how AHK can be used with the Elgato Stream Deck. I don’t think any of my videos demonstrate my actual usage though?

@agn855

2 жыл бұрын

@@DingusBatus - you can go cheaper too… Matric (Android) Touch Portal (iOS + Android)… So you can create fully automated app-related keyboards for just $5/5€.

@natenatenate10

2 жыл бұрын

or just use numpad+modifiers and self contain everything to ahk

Thank you very very much Leila. I just found this video while scrolling thro some stuff in KZread and I am loving hotkey now. Exploring it more and more. Thank you again.

Thank you so much for the very interesting tool Leila..

I have been using AHK for at least 3 years now, and it is amazing what it can do. Awesome Video!

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

I think the question is more what can't AutoHotkey do! :)

Please make more AutoHotKey videos and tutorials. Automating repetitive tasks is the future. This will give users tools and time back to become creative instead of repetitive.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Will do, Dave!

@jeeswg

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeilaGharani Great news! Cheers.

@sorinm221

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeilaGharani I second this please do courses Basic and Intermediate with AHK!

Thanks for all the valuable information

Nice video! I love AHK.

Nice, thank you for getting the good word of AutoHotkey!

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

Amen Chad! So happy seeing AutoHotkey get some deserved respect. :) Let's hope she makes more!

I love this very much. Thank you for sharing

I strongly suggest anyone to use AHK or any other text expander. It is a time saver for sure. Great video Leila. My company, outside of actual data management teams, does not allow AHK like it does not allow PowerShell. We have otherwise what's called FastKeys but it's not as well documented or even used. However, it has a text expander function that I use often.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, Liz!

Amazing Leila!

Great video! I found AutoHotkey some years ago, I remember I used to have a long list of shortcuts on a cloud script, that would move with me across computers. I also had copies of specific hotstrings that I shared with coworkers back when we did a lot of transactional work and data entry, saved us a lot of time and also help standardize responses and completion comments.

Hey Leila, Great job! The AutoHotkey tool is a game-changer in simplifying many tedious and repetitive tasks. Please keep scouring for more tools that simplify our tasks. Cheers!

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

I wish more people still looked to simple automation instead of manually doing the mundane!

You are an amazing teacher. You are so polite and your personality is quite incredible. Thanks for teaching me always. 🥰😍😍🤩

Very clear video! I love doing AHK videos on my channel. Been using for years to automate both my job and sometimes single player gaming.

@submeg5183

2 жыл бұрын

You also have some great videos too; if people are interested, you should definitely check out TAB Nation's channel!

@clearmanlawyers753

2 жыл бұрын

TAB Nation is amazing. Go Thom. Great to see Leila on the AHK train.

Great effort!! Thank you so much. Practical, helpful, and useful as usual!!

Not the hero we deserve but the hero we need.

It is amazing and I always surprised how can you find and discovered such interesting topics. Thank you very much.

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I've been looking for such a thing for quite a while. So thanks a lot. You've got a really nice voice and way to explain things!

@LeilaGharani

2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Brilliant. Thankyou so much, once I get this working it will save me so much time. You are a wonderful teacher.

Hi Leila - thank you for covering this topic! I've used MS Power Automate, but find AHK executes much quicker. I hope you can devote more to this tool!

I agree with joe about trying out coms with excel and all ms office. Some of my most popular videos I have done.

This is useful. Thank you!

Why didn't learn about Hotkey earlier, like 15 years earlier?! WHY 😭?! Thanks very much for covering it!

Fantastic tips , think very applicable to the concept of times and movements, thank you Leila

Really good video. Just getting started . Thanks.

Just purchased a laptop that has Window 11, and this video was extremely helpful...thank you!

Part II, it is imperative, necessary, etc. i will be immeasurably grateful

Thanks for this tutorial. I learnt about this tool for the first time and it seems to be quite promising.

Thanks for covering this! It was a tool I'd been looking for almost the entire time I started my work as a professional. Looking for more videos on this

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Amazing! Thank you Leila!

Hi Leila ... thanks for sharing. Acutally learnt this from Randy ... Excel for Freelancers. Your videos are awesome. Keep up the good work 🙂

Awesome, thank you for sharing Leila

Autohotkey is awesome !

Amazing tool! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Leila. This will save a lot of my time!

exactly the kind of video i was looking for!! ty

Very interesting Leila, I never knew much about AutoHotkey but can see a ton of uses for it!

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

@Chris, AutoHotkey has many more uses! She did a great intro but there's a ton more that you can automate with AutoHotkey!

@submeg5183

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeGlines-Automator Chris, agree with Joe, get onto it. It's been the best thing to find in my working (and personal) life when it comes to coding.

Leila super wow nice application 👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌👌

It was a wonderful video, as always your videos are very helpful. Please a second part, I'll be waiting. Thanks a lot.

Thank you so much for this! You have helped increase my workflow drastically!! Master teacher! 😊

Wow amazing! I've been using auto-hotkey for more than 20 years now (quite a lot at some stages) but this is the first time I see a general KZreadr using and presenting it. Especially it's documentation is amazing, one of the best I've seen so far. Ever thought of a follow up clip? Without getting into programming I would expand those two chapters of autohotkey and autohotstrings since they are something very useful and unique for autohotkey. Like introducing #ifWinActive to make context-sensitive hotkeys (only working in predefined apps and therefore not messing up other programs) or redefining already existing keys on your keyboard (like blocking CAPS or redefining the scroll key). You can easily improve and show autohotkeys usefulness without making it a programming video. Keep it up!

AutoHotKey ROCKS!!

Thank you for this awesome tutorial

Thanks a lot for this video, it's really going to help me to be more productive on my daily tasks👏👏

@submeg5183

2 жыл бұрын

Duarte, really get onto it, it's great!

Thanx! Already tried and it works great! 😘

old tools but still helping us a lot.. been using since 2015

@marcosmelendez09

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree too. I told Leila that this is not a new thing unlike the way she kind of put in the thumbnail. I see Leila making a mistake as she is expanding to more and more areas besides Excel that I am starting to question her approach. I would suggest her to focus on Excel and maybe include Office Applications on factual matters instead of now delving into Finance, Programming and stuff that are clearly not her background or strength.

Thanks so much @Leila Gharani You are really awesone.

Thanks! your video was very helpful. Keep creating more awesome content!

Great video. I'm a big fan of AutoHotkey. Great to use it for things like links that I refer to often so that I don't have to search every time I'm looking for that one video, blogpost or VAT No. A few tips for fellow productivity enthusiasts: - Omit the warning message on changing your script by adding "#SingleInstance Force" in the beginning of your script. - Run your script(s) on startup by placing them (or shortcuts to them) in the startup folder. (Which you can find quickly using [win]+[r] --> "shell:startup") - The script is a text file... so don't put any passwords in them.

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

I'd add the option of putting "o" between the first two colons if you don't want a space at the end. ex: :o:btw::By the way Really helpufl for emails and passwords

@janrienk

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeGlines-Automator Good point, I forgot why I did that XD.

Thank you Leila

I have been using AutoHotKey for 2 years and it is amazing! GREAT intro video 😊

@dineshrddy

2 жыл бұрын

Can we apply it on Excel spreadsheet too? Because I have requirement which is a repetitive in nature.

@annan9752

2 жыл бұрын

@@dineshrddy It will work in Excel just as well

@dineshrddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@annan9752 oh! That's really cool.

Oh the possibilities! 😃 Thanks for this!

@alihms

2 жыл бұрын

The devious me see a chance to play pranks on my wife's PC. She gonna get real confused... and then angry!

@omnipop4936

2 жыл бұрын

@@alihms 😁 Here's hoping "virtuous you" reminds "devious you" that happy wife = happy life.

Amazing tool and another amazing video.

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

AHK is amazing for automating the mundane!

Fantastic...thank you so much ....

This works great. Thank you

Ms. Gharani, thank you again for your excellent videos.

@LeilaGharani

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Excelent tips. Congratulations.

Very helpful tutorial. I have a malfunctioning key on my laptop, and AutoHotKey has allowed me to duplicate that key in Excel and other apps. No need for a hardware replacement. Thanks!

Thanks. AHK is such a great program.

Hotstrings and Hotkeys are only the tip of Autohotkey's iceberg. There is a lot more to Autohotkey and its ability to interact with Excel makes a must-have tool. For Excel power users Autohotkey can do what VBA does - and much more - using an easier to understand language and with shorter development time. @Leila Gharani, great introductory video! I hope there will be more to come... (until that time and for specific questions, the vibrant Autohotkey forum is available)

Thanks for sharing 👌

Expecting more videos on this....

Thanks a lot Leila for this great video ! This is a new tool for me. Thanks again !!!

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

very usefull specicialy intro cleared all my doubts

awesome session, thank you

About three months into being a ahk user, I now have 20 ahk files up and running at my desktop. I use it to run an image viewer. The viewer my company recently bought sucked, and I had to do something to save myself from repeatative clickings and draggings.

That's really useful for me. Thank you ^-^

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

Keep on it! AutoHotkey is an amazing tool!

WOW, that's cool. Thank you for this

As always, wonderful video. Thank you so much

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Awsome helpful.Thank you

AHK is the "must have" tool. I use it all the time from issuing strong password till window management. Second tool is Total Commander - I cannot work w/o this gem.

thank you this is so fun!

Thanks! How did I not know about this? Great tutorial, easy to follow and to the point.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love this! Have already set up a hotkey to enter my standard text that I put at the top of every VBA module I create and can think of lots of other uses.

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have a ton of templates for my favorite snippets. :) Saves a ton of time coding. Do you make any that are context sensitive? So you can type the same exact thing however it replaces different text depending on the program/window you're in?

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Great! 👏

@shirleymoreman6725

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeGlines-Automator Haven't tried that yet. It would definitely make a lot of sense then I guess you can use the same hotkeys for different things depending on what you're doing.

@JoeGlines-Automator

2 жыл бұрын

@@shirleymoreman6725 Yep. I have 1 hotkey for commenting out code but it will put in different text depending on my file extension / editor. It's great because I don't need to think about what language I am in (well at least not more than once when I write the script).

Awesome! Thanks!

I misread the the thumbnail as "10X Easter Everywhere"

Great video Leila

Thanks so much! I've been using it for a while and I only wish it worked on Macs. Great video!

Superb. Love it.