Howdy %Name%,

I just had a call with Alexander, a new AHK Hero member out of the Philippines.

He’s been working with AutoHotkey for around 4 months now (mostly using Hotkeys and HotStrings) but is leveling-up quick❗

It reminded me of my beginning uses of AutoHotkey.   I only used HotStrings and Hotkeys for ~3 years.  And that made me 3X to 4X more efficient than my colleagues!

He’s already completed our Intro to AHK course and is working through our Intermediate AHK course.

I mentioned our Functions / Objects / Classes course would be the next logical step for him.  

Of course, he being an AHK Hero member he gets 25% off of everything we offer!

How long have you been using AutoHotkey %Name%❓

And what was your first usage❓  I’d love to hear it!

Now on with the show…

AutoHotkey is Life Changing❗

Creating Hotkeys for Actions in MS Office

I was really surprised to learn how difficult it was to assign Hotkeys to actions in various MS office tools.   I recorded this video to show how you can simplify it with AutoHotkey

Creating Hotkeys for Actions in MS Office

Starting Out with the MS Word COM object

During an AHK Hero call Dale, a long-time Hero member, had some questions about working with the MS Word COM object.   I extracted the section to this video so you can learn.

Working with the MS Word COM object

HotStrings tool by Hero Member

Speaking of HotStrings, we were talking through some HotString basics when, Stephen, an AHK Hero member, mentioned he has a HotString tool that he’s created.  You can check it out here.

Hotstrings and Cool user tools

Non-AutoHotkey Developer User tools

You also might want to check out Prompt Assistant which also let’s you assign HotKeys and provides a nested GUI that is easy to use. 

We’re working on new functionality to it soon which will allow you to, automatically, send your prompts to AI!

Learn more about Prompt Assistant in this video

Supercharge Your Efficiency with these updates to Prompt Assistant

Improving People’s Lives: Story #65

We had another call with a Texas government representative a few weeks ago.  We’re trying to get his employees access to our AHK courses.  

During the call I showed him Prompt Assistant and it blew his mind! 

What we’re reading

• Interesting ways to reuse old PC parts
• Why Plex is my favorite way to stream
• Why Turning Off Your Location doesn’t turn off tracking
• How I stopped my Roku from Tracking me

AI News that you Need to Know

• Sora 2 was released and it looks very impressive!
• Claude’s Sonnet 4.5 is amazing for coding!
• Get Anthropic’s Claude Extension for VS Code
• PayPal’s Honey to integrate with AI for shopping assistance

⚡️Productivity tips:  HotStrings are magical

I can make you a bet that you should have more HotStrings!   I remembered, back in 2022, Ryan Wells and I brainstormed can came up with 65 unique examples.  

How many of the 65 are you using %name%❓

Want to learn more❓ Check out this quick video

Stop Repeating Yourself! Use Text Expansion to Type Smarter

A spot of Humor: Just Wow!

Lately I’ve been watching Police “Body Cam” videos.   This one stood out as being completely over the top!   Those boys in blue just don’t get paid anything near what they deserve!

Insufferable Brat Finds Out She Can’t Call 911 On Cops

What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #104

In this video, I walk through several real-world AutoHotkey projects I’ve been building, from email merge automation and clipboard tools to impersonator detection for social media.

I also highlight workflow optimizations, showcase updates to my AHK toolkit and NEW Editor, and share resources for anyone looking to streamline tasks with automation.

104 What we Automated with AutoHotKey #104

Clients say…

Holy shit❗ This is amazing — Dr. Kamran J. (Radiologist)

AHK Hero

Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.    Currently we have over 469 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗

You can watch 1 hour a day for a year and not repeat content! That’s a lot of AHK Learning!

During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:

• Help AHK Hero Members with their Questions & Code
• Creating scripts that don’t break when shared with others
• Creating Custom Controls in AHK (to create a Toolbar)
• 65 Unique Examples of HotString usage
• Using Double slash //, Floor, Ceil, Round, Abs, Exp, Log, and Random
• API call to Google Sheets v1 example
• Object Oriented Programming- getting a reference to an element & reusing it
• Update to Clipster– Pasting Files
• Comparing Cloned objects verse Copied Objects / Strings
• Hotkey Loop & MsgBox issue

They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)

️ Quotable quotes

• Never give up, never surrender, and always go for the win. — Charlie Kirk
• Work harder on yourself than you do on your job — Jim Rohn
• Decisions without actions are worthless — Dan Kennedy

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Joe, Isaias, Irfan and staff

P.S. When learning AutoHotkey we all start somewhere.   Programmers have an easier time using advanced functionality however anyone can learn it if you apply yourself!