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      <title>Copy Paste Select All Made Easy by Bind it to F function Keys F1 F2 F3</title>
      <dc:creator>Ariq Naufal</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/naufdotal/copy-paste-select-all-made-easy-by-bind-it-to-f-function-keys-f1-f2-f3-1me8</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If your job made your pinky finger sore and hurt by copy pasting everyday, I have good news for you 😏&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want to share you about simpler way to copy paste by bind Copy (Ctrl+C) Paste (Ctrl+V) and Select All (Ctrl+A) function with F function like F1, F2 or F3&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Install Auto Hotkey
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First you have to do is install &lt;a href="https://www.autohotkey.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Auto Hotkey software&lt;/a&gt; (Only works with &lt;strong&gt;Windows OS&lt;/strong&gt;), and then after installation completed, follow this steps :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Right click on your File Explorer and Create AutoHotkey Script&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fgafvqr4913tw5l5nh0e3.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fgafvqr4913tw5l5nh0e3.png" alt="New file"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New file &lt;code&gt;New AutoHotkey Script.ahk&lt;/code&gt; was created -&amp;gt; right click on that file -&amp;gt; select Edit Script.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copy paste this script to your text editor (notepad), and save it! :&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;F1::Send, ^c
F2::Send, ^v
F3::Send, ^a
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Run the script by right click on &lt;code&gt;New AutoHotkey Script.ahk&lt;/code&gt;, choose Run Script&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5qde5yirhpd5jbw5pb0e.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5qde5yirhpd5jbw5pb0e.png" alt="This indicates auto-hotkey script is running on background"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try to Copy (Ctrl+C) with F1, Paste (Ctrl+V) with F2, and Select All (Ctrl+A) with F3&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can pause the copy-paste auto-hotkey script by Right Click on background minimized icon and select "Pause Script"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Done !&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Copy and Paste made easy by compiling it to .exe
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to compile New AutoHotkey Script.ahk  to an .exe :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Right click on New AutoHotkey Script.ahk and select "Compile Script (GUI)", and then&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New windows pop-up "Script to EXE Converter" :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fy4j8zukkz5fl5klexqxj.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fy4j8zukkz5fl5klexqxj.png" alt="Ahk2Exe for AutoHotkey"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Choose destination (.exe file), and you can select custom custom icon by click Browse button and click &amp;gt; Convert &amp;lt; to start convert it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5cul4tte8uyja5evuslh.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5cul4tte8uyja5evuslh.png" alt="Copy Paste Enjoyer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Done ! Now you can enjoy copy-pasting-select all by F1 F2 F3 😎&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading !&lt;/p&gt;

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