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Keyboard Express is a keyboard macro utility. It is designed to do the repetitive keystrokes for
you and free your time for more important tasks. It allows you to issue just about any series of
keystrokes to your Windows® applications with the touch of a couple of keys or at predetermined
intervals. You'll quickly appreciate the amount of time that Keyboard Express will save you each
day.
A macro is a set of commands that can be played back at will to perform a given task. These tasks
can be something simple such as inserting your name and address into a word processor to something
more complex such as launching a program, copying data from it, activating another program, pasting
the data into it and repeating this several times. Tasks performed by macros are typically repetitive
in nature allowing significant savings in time by executing the macro instead of manually repeating
the commands.
There are a couple of ways to create macros with Keyboard Express. One method is to capture (record)
your keystrokes. Start the recording of the macro and enter the keystrokes in your application. When
finished, stop the recording and save the macro. The other method is to build your own macros with
the easy to use HotKey Editor. Select from a list of commands and insert them into the macro. No
programming skills are required.
Keyboard Express allows you to execute (play back) macros in one of two ways. The most common method
is to press a hotkey combination such as CTRL+ALT+R or Shift F12. There are a number of single keys
that can be assigned as a hotkey. In all there are over 700 different hotkey combinations available.
The other playback method is to have the macro execute on a schedule. You can program the macro to
play back hourly, daily, weekly or monthly. Schedules such as the first Tuesday of every quarter
or every 15 days can also be accommodated. You can set up practically any type schedule with Keyboard
Express.
Keyboard Express allows you to place restrictions on a macro, as to when it should execute. You can
assign global macros to play back in all Windows programs or Window Specific macros that only allow
the macro to execute in a specific window.
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