I commonly have to attach my calendar link in emails. I have it as part of my signature, but I commonly need to copy and paste it from my signature for other emails and documents. I want to have a quick hotkey that will automatically paste this information
I’ve tried Ctrl-alt-C to select the text, but that just pastes a copyright symbol. ©
I’m using Windows 10 Enterprise
How do I create such a hotkey to have my calendar link permanently stored and just a keystroke away?
I’m confused here. What are you attempting to do when you hit ctrl-alt-c and what’s happening? If you’re attempting to select and it pastes instead, it seems like you have other problems. And to be honest, I’m not sure what Ctrl-Alt-C is supposed to do, it’s not a combination I’m familiar with. I’ve only ever used Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V or Shift-Del/Shift-Insert for Copying/Cutting and pasting.
Having said that, what you’re trying to do doesn’t appear to be unique, but the few workarounds I found involve third party programs (ie autohotkey).
One that might work, but I haven’t tried it, and is to create a *.bat file with a hot key and having the batch file copy your signature from a text file that you created. That way when you hit the hotkey, it puts your signature in the clipboard so you can paste it wherever you want.
Seems promising.
I found that method here.
ETA, it might also be worth seeing if whatever software you’re using has an auto replace/correct/fill function that you can exploit. That is, can you set it up so when you type an otherwise unused combination of characters, it’ll replace it with your signature.
This is the smart way. All the rest of what you wrote is ancient thinking.
Go into the autocorrect section of Outlook’s editor options and add an entry such as “MCL” (e.g. My Calendar Link) that expands into whatever you need it to expand into. Once that’s configured, then in any Office program you can simply type MCL and when yo9u hit spacebar it magically turns into whatever you need it to.
I think that works…for text. But I’m having trouble with the hyperlink to my calendar.
It doesn’t look like the ‘autocorrect’ method allows hyperlinks
It allows bare hyperlinks. But it just injects them as the text e.g. http://www.example.com, not as a clickable link. But if you backspace to just after the “m” in “com” and press spacebar again, that’ll be automatically transmuted into the clickable link http://www.example.com. No, you can’t create a fancy url like Click here for my calendar.
There are various clipboard widgets available which can store all sorts of random text and paste it wherever with a hotkey. I found setting that up and remembering all the various hotkeys was harder than keystroking the data from memory. There’s also no assurance any of them could create and store a fully formatted url. But they’re not hard to locate, install, and test.
I now have about 5 of these autocorrects for stuff I do / did several times a day. Otherwise, I found that the proposed cure was worse than the disease. For me. YMMV.
Not exactly a single hotkey, but you could use the Clipboard History feature. After activating Clipboard History, copy your link to the clipboard and press Win + V. You should see your link. Select the pin icon. Doing so will store the link permanently (otherwise, it’s lost after a reboot). To paste your link into a document, place your cursor at the desired location, press Win + V and then select the link. Your link should then be pasted into the document as a hyperlink.
Hmmm…that might work. I do use Clipboard history and it seems to work well al long as I haven’t done a reboot, or if its one of the last 25 or so items I’ve copied.
I’ve not been aware of the ‘pin’ feature…so if that keeps the link available, this might solve my request.
I want to personally thank Petek for providing a workable solution to this problem I’ve been dealing with for years
THANKS!