Clavier+ is a super-awesome program that I discovered while working at LazerDesigns.com.  It’s a small-but-powerful macro creator that can be customized to your needs.  Bear in mind, this involves a little ‘hard coding’ but with time (and this tutorial, you should be able to get at least something done.

Ok, to start, go here and download it.

Run the setup program.

Simple enough, no?

Ok, now you should see a window like so:

From here, you can click the + button, set it to launch a Program, launch an Internet Favorite, insert a special character, or, Open a Folder, Write Text (what we’ll be going over), Launch a Program, or Display a Website.

Ok, seems nice and simple, right?  You can have it launch a program, which is helpful, right?  What if you want to launch multiple programs, copy text, simulate a keystroke, click on a field, paste, then go back to a certain application?  It’s possible, but may take some time to figure out.

Alright, we’ll start with a basic one, that we’ve set to only work in Notepad and Paint. (more on how to do this later)  So, it’s very annoying, Ctrl+Shift+S doesn’t work in Notepad, Paint, etc.  Well, we’ll make it happen, by simulating keystrokes.  Click the + button, click Write Text, enter Ctrl+and then in the field enter this(including all the braces):

[Alt][][F][][A]

Now below the field you entered that in, click the field to the right of where it says “Enable For:” and then select “only those applications”.   Then, drag the crosshair type image onto Notepad, and it’ll add it.  or, you can type notepad.exe, then to seperate applications, type a ; then mspaint.exe, looking like this: ” notepad.exe;mspaint.exe”.

Lets break this down: [Alt][][F][][A]  Ok, [Alt] is a simulated keystroke.  You can simulate keystrokes by surrounding them with braces.  Thinks like [Ctrl+A], [Ctrl+Shift+C] work, as long as you have the correct capitilization.   After it presses Alt, it has a 50ms break, denoted by the [], then it hits F, which selects File, then it hits A, which is Save As, under Notepad/Paint.  When you simulate a letter keystroke, such as A, F, etc, make sure it’s a capitol letter.

Ok, thats nice, ready for something more advanced?  Part 2 coming up in a couple days.  For now, there are more things you can do, such as making Alt+N make a new folder in Windows Explorer, or making shortcuts in other programs for menu items.  Next time we’ll get much more advanced