Insert Keystrokes - How to use              Examples

Use this command to insert any keystrokes in any window.

  1. Select the window title from the 'Select Window' drop down.
    Tip: It shows windows currently used by the task at the top. After the dotted line it shows current open windows on the desktop. If you are selecting a window from the desktop, make sure your window is open. If you don't find your window in the list, click 'Refresh'.
  2. You can also specify a wild card character (*) at the end or beginning of the window title if your window title keeps on changing all the time. For e.g. you can write 'Microsoft Excel*' or '*Excel' or '*Excel*' etc. instead of providing the complete title if your title always keeps on changing. However, if you know the exact title of the window then we recommend to provide the complete title to ensure that the actions are always performed in the correct window.
  3. Enter any text you want to type in the text area.
    To use special keystrokes like 'Ctrl', 'Shift' or 'Tab', click on the respective button in special keystroke section.  For e.g. if you want to type Ctrl + C in any window, you need to enter [CTRL DOWN]c[CTRL UP] by clicking on 'Ctrl Down' button then typing 'c' and then clicking on 'Ctrl Up' button. Similarly if you want to type Ctrl + Shift + a, click on 'Ctrl Down', 'Shift Down', type a and then click on 'Shift Up', 'Ctrl Up'.
  4. You can insert many system or user defined variables into keystrokes. For example if you want to insert today's date simply insert 'Date' variable.