Activate everything in Windows with hotkeys

Using regular hot keys on almost every task is a habit of 'pro' computer users. 'Active Keyboard' will elevate your 'pro' to new heights .

The range of 'Active Keyboard' (AK) can be said to be very wide. Depending on your imagination and flexibility, you can customize almost anything with the hotkey you need when using your computer. When you first contact, you will see that AK is a somewhat confusing application, but once you get used to it, you can 'magic' quite a lot of things with it. You can even use AK to completely replace 'Program Files' of Windows with no problems.

When the app is activated, the AK will 'show you' some typical hotkeys for you to have this unique app concept. Such as:

- The ' Multimedia ' section will give you 4 hot key combinations dedicated to closing and opening the CD tray; turn on or off or increase or decrease sound .

- The ' System ' section gives you 5 specialized hotkey combinations to open folders on hard disk partitions; turn on the screen saver, log in to Control Panel .

Once you have tried some of the hot key combinations available to know its effect, you will realize the very high usefulness of this tool. Your remaining task is to set up your own hot key combinations to serve your work.

1. Create hotkey to activate any application :

If you want to activate the ' WinDVD Media Center ' application with the hotkey, place your mouse on ' Multimedia ' to get WinDVD to fit its group -> click the ' File ' button to display the ' New File ' interface -> Name the hot key combination ' WinDVD ' in ' Name ' -> into ' File Name ' to find the executable file of ' WinDVD Media Center ' using the default path C: Program FilesInterVideoWinDVD Media CenterIHT.exe - > select any combination of hot keys on the keyboard interface of AK (such as Q + W combination) -> click OK to finish.

When you want to use 'WinDVD Media Center ', you can simply press the Q + V combination ' WinDVD Media Center ' to be automatically activated. This key combination is so sensitive that you only need to type ' qw ' in Microsoft Word or NotePad, then ' WinDVD Media Center ' is automatically activated. You should combine character keys with Shift , Ctrl or Alt keys to avoid "touching characters" when typing text. You can apply this technique to all the apps you use often.

If you frequently use a file, you can also create that file a hot key combination for quick activation. How to do it is very simple: Find the location to save the file in the " File Name " -> then find the executable file of the compatible application to open the file in " Open With . ".

2. Create hotkeys to activate a ' Macro ' :

You can temporarily understand the word ' Macro ' in this case all that is involved in controlling Windows. To create a hot key for a particular Macro, click the ' Macro ' button to display the ' New Macro ' interface -> Click the down arrow in the ' Action Type ' box to select macro items.

Assuming your need to quickly select a computer 'shutdown' key combination, do the following: Select ' Power Manager ' in ' Action Type ' -> select ' Shutdown Computer ' in the ' Action ' box -> select ' Shift + Z + X ' to set the hotkey combination -> and click OK to finish. Then, if you 'accidentally' clicked on the ' Shift + Z + X ' key combination, the computer will be turned off quickly at a level that can't be . prevented.

You should experiment with hundreds of built-in macros in ' Action Type ' to select the number of macros needed for your business needs.

3. Create hotkey to activate website or e-mail :

You can activate the website or e-mail quickly with the hotkey

It can be said that this is the most excellent feature of AK, help you activate a favorite website or a commonly used e-mail with some simple hot key combination.

Click on the ' Web ' button to display the interface ' New web document / Email '. Enter the usual website address in the ' Web or Email ' box -> for example, select the key combination ' E + S ' to activate the hotkey -> Click OK to finish. Any time later, when you press the hot key combination 'E + S', your favorite website will automatically be activated with the corresponding default browser.

This feature is the same for any web mail you are using. For example, enter " Gmail.com " and select the ' G + M ' combination as a hotkey, any time you press the ' G + M ' key combination, the Gmail interface will appear for you to use immediately. No need to activate the browser and type in the address.

In addition, if 'idle' knocks hot keys or can't remember all the hot key combinations you've set up, you can go to the main interface of AK -> select the application that you have set the hotkey - > Finally click on the ' Run ' button to activate the application or website . This extensive feature seems to have completely replaced the 'Program Files' of Windows.

You can also create a different section of your own in addition to the items available by AK. For example, click on the ' New ' button -> type in the ' Category Name ' box with the title ' Ung Dung Khac ' to gather all your own applications in one place for easy access.

Drive Software is selling Active Keyboard 3.0 for $ 24.95. Interested readers can visit here to download the trial version with a capacity of about 956 KB.

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