﻿Download and unzip AutoHotKey where you want. To activate Workhorse, just drop the workhorse.ahk file on the AutoHotKey EXE file, or on a shortcut to AutoHotKey.EXE.


This file assigns hotkeys to scripts, using F5 through F12, and INS key.

In AutoHotKey,
Plus Sign + equals Shift key
Caret ^ equals Ctrl key 
Exclamation ! equals Alt key

so +F5  means Shift F5, ^F8 means Ctrl F8, etc

Semi-colon comments out a line. Remove semi-colon to un-comment a line.  Be SURE only to un-comment actual code. You will get errors if you uncomment an actual text comment.

As far as I know, these scripts will work in any text-editing program.  Undo works everywhere I have tried it, but script often runs in several steps, so you might have to Undo more than once.

If these hotkeys interfere with other shortcuts you want to use, you can right-click the tray icon, and "Suspend Hotkeys" to temporarily disable it. When ready to use it again, right-click again and Uncheck  "Suspend Hotkeys"

You can also assign different hotkeys if you want. such as:
Ctrl Q
^Q::
instead of 
F6::

In AutoHotKey, certain characters must be enclosed in curly brackets if you want a script to type that character as text, such as {#} or {%}, because they are used in the coding syntax. Please read the AHK Help file if you have problems with this. 

Whenever you edit and save the Workhorse file, you must re-load the script. In the Tray down by the clock, Right-click on the green "H" icon, and choose "Reload script".

If a routine fails to run correctly, try re-loading the script.


When done using it, right-click on the Tray icon, and choose "Exit". 



