Modern computer systems offer great number of breathtaking features that bring computing experience to the new edge. These days become entertainment and information centers for our homes and offices. The only major drawback of this miraculous integration, however - each and every new piece of computer functionality involves all kinds of menus, icons and buttons to access the software features.
It is fairly easy to control one program's behavior, but what if there are five, ten or twenty of them? Controlling them rather a memory quiz than a comfortable living. Don't you start missing your favorite TV remote control? Wouldn't it be great to use one control to manipulate your entire PC?
The Active Keys software will turn your ordinary keyboard into a full-blown control for your entire system. That's right! No more miles of mouse moves and injured wrists, no more hassle and interface havocs! Just total control of your entire Windows system using any keyboard at hand!
Active Keys is a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for creating and managing keyboard shortcuts for any system action. Active Keys allows creating custom "hotkey" definitions for functions that are hardly accessible otherwise; those are CD Audio and WinAmp actions, sound volume, windows resizing, opening Internet addresses, folders, documents, sending e-mails, starting applications and much more:
Just imagine being able to control Windows Media Player, screen resolution and color depth, start screen saver, insert current time and date or custom text with just one key press! Throw in the intuitive interface and just a bit of memory and system resource usage, and you will realize - this title is worth a try!
Managing monitor power Control monitor power with a single hit of a key; turn monitor power on or off, set a different screen resolution and color features, start screensaver, etc.
Working with Internet Access your favorite web sites and send the same e-mail message multiple times or to multiple recipients -all with a single keystroke.
Controlling multimedia While watching a movie or listening to your favorite CD album, fast forward, pause, rewind, turn volume up/down or do much more with a favorite keyboard shortcut. No more need to run the mouse around the screen trying to find well-hidden multimedia controls.
Managing computer system Access your Active Keys and Control Panel items, shot-down or restart your computer, log off users, and much more - with your favorite keyboard shortcut.
Working with text With Active Keys, you can define and then quickly paste your most frequently used texts, current date and time. You can even set the appearance of the texts to be pasted.
Manipulating windows Controlling document windows and program windows with keyboard appears to be more convenient than doing the same with the mouse. Simply hit your favorite keystroke to maximize, restore, minimize, move or resize current window. You can also make a window topmost, dock window to an edge or a corner, tile or cascade windows - without a single mouse click.
Running shell commands Start a program or open a document, print a document (including web sites!) or open / explore a folder. With Active Keys, the most frequently used shell commands can be run by a single keystroke.