multi-key input in WSR

In the stock version of WSR is there any way to enter a keyboard combination like "ctrl+1+2"

I use the speed dial add-in for FF and you can assign key commands to different websites. But if I say press "ctrl-1-2" the computer responds as if I have said press "ctrl-1".

If this can't be done with the stock version, is there a way to do it using the WSR Toolkit?

TIA

That macro doesn't seem to be accomplishing what I need. Are you sure it isn't doing ctrl 1 and then ctrl 2, rather than holding down the ctrl key for the duration of pressing both 1 and 2?

kingsinger wrote: That macro doesn't seem to be accomplishing what I need. Are you sure it isn't doing ctrl 1 and then ctrl 2, rather than holding down the ctrl key for the duration of pressing both 1 and 2?

We have no way for testing as we do not use Firefox.

Yes, that's what I learned. I found a macro on the WSR Yahoo group that does kind of what you are talking about. When you get to a site where you want to add a voice command for it, you say "add website to file," then it prompts you to give it name. Once that is set, you can just say "browse to [shortcut name] and it will take you there. Pretty slick.

I think the macro is called "browse to." Seems to work in both IE9 and FF4 too.

One other question a little off the topic. If I'm using the stock WSR macro tool and I create a text macro. Is there any way to insert carriage returns in there?

For example, let say I to insert two carriage returns and then some text (e.g., a signature block)?

I was able to make this work with the sendkeys type of macro by going {ENTER} {ENTER} KS. But if you had something longer, the text entry field offered is not very large and doesn't really seem designed for that.

I have no doubt that the resources you sell are worthwhile.

But right now, I'm just trying to get a few basics cleared up, so I can decide whether it makes sense for me to invest further into learning about this stuff.

Inserting carriage returns in a piece of text boilerplate, seems like it ought to be relatively straight forward and possible without additional add-ons, etc. Am I wrong in that assumption?

kingsinger,

It appears that LEADING return characters are not supported by the WSR Macros insertText command. But any returns that are entered between paragraphs are inserted properly. That's a problem with WSR Macros (Microsoft) not the WSR Toolkit.

You can directly edit the macros that the WSR Toolkit creates. They are located in the "Speech Macros" folder inside your user folder. I would suggest you open the file in Notepad, change the insertText commands to sendKeys, and use the {ENTER} technique you described previously to add more precise line returns.

The WSR Macros book that Marty sells is the best source of WSR Macros information that I have seen.

-Russ