Macros for Win 8.1?

First of all, I tried Googling the matter and find nothing that makes sense to
me.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do this:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting street
view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to Reset, then choose tilt
and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key or macro or whatever it would
properly be called, to do all this in one keystroke? Thanks for any replies.

Rick Daly wrote:

First of all, I tried Googling the matter and find nothing that makes
sense to me.

No worries, I'm your friend.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do this:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting
street view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to Reset,
then choose tilt and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key or
macro or whatever it would properly be called, to do all this in one
keystroke? Thanks for any replies.

If all you want is piddly little keystroke activated macros, search for
"macro recorder". Many people like "AutoHotkey". It's free. Just ignore
the complicated stuff and do the simplest examples 1st. Also, look for an
Internet forum on whichever program you choose. Do not get discouraged by
the prerequisite work. Macroing/scripting is EXTREMELY beneficial.

My voice activated macroing/scripting setup goes like this...
....Dragon NaturallySpeaking (the only viable speech recognition)
....vcredist_x86
....python-2.7.6
....pywin32-218.win32-py2.7
....wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.12.1-py27
....setup-natlink-4.1
....start_configurenatlink (enable Vocola)

Vocola is the macro program. All that stuff is required for it to work.

Rick Daly wrote:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting
street view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to
Reset, then choose tilt and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key
or macro or whatever it would properly be called, to do all this in
one keystroke? Thanks for any replies.

AutoHotkey
AutoIt

Both have a macro record mode. You get the app ready, start recording,
and execute the keyboard or mouse clicks to record into a macro.
Probably would be better to use keyboard shortcuts as much as possible.
Trying to record mouse movement and clicks have to be done relative to
the origin point of the window but a change in screen resolution or DPI
might affect the recorded macro (so it won't work or ends up moving to
and clicking on something else).

Both the products have web forums where you can ask for help.

On 3/18/2016 7:52 PM, Rick Daly wrote:
First of all, I tried Googling the matter and find nothing that makes sense to
me.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do this:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting street
view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to Reset, then choose tilt
and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key or macro or whatever it would
properly be called, to do all this in one keystroke? Thanks for any replies.


I don't know where I got these but I have used them for a long time.
The most frequent short cuts I use a

n Rotates the Map so that North is at the top of the screen

u tilts the map to directly above

Shift Center Mouse button changes the tilt from directly above to
the horizon.

Cntrl Center Mouse button Rotates the map.

Those I know of but rarely use are.

s and w They pan the map up or down

a and d pan the map right and left



Cntrl is Enter on some computers

On 3/19/2016 8:27 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 3/18/2016 7:52 PM, Rick Daly wrote:
First of all, I tried Googling the matter and find nothing that makes
sense to
me.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do this:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting
street
view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to Reset, then
choose tilt
and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key or macro or whatever it
would
properly be called, to do all this in one keystroke? Thanks for any
replies.


I don't know where I got these but I have used them for a long time. The
most frequent short cuts I use a

n Rotates the Map so that North is at the top of the screen

u tilts the map to directly above

Shift Center Mouse button changes the tilt from directly above to
the horizon.

Cntrl Center Mouse button Rotates the map.

Those I know of but rarely use are.

s and w They pan the map up or down

a and d pan the map right and left



Cntrl is Enter on some computers


The above commands are not OS macros but are macros provided by Google
Earth and run from with in Google Earth

On 3/19/2016 8:34 AM, knuttle wrote:
On 3/19/2016 8:27 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I don't know where I got these but I have used them for a long time. The
most frequent short cuts I use a

n Rotates the Map so that North is at the top of the screen

u tilts the map to directly above

Shift Center Mouse button changes the tilt from directly above to
the horizon.

Cntrl Center Mouse button Rotates the map.

Those I know of but rarely use are.

s and w They pan the map up or down

a and d pan the map right and left



Cntrl is Enter on some computers


The above commands are not OS macros but are macros provided by Google
Earth and run from with in Google Earth

I knew the list existed all of the above commands can be found here

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148115?hl=en


The pan commands I mentioned in my original post are the keyboard,
up/down/right/left buttons that can be used when you do not have a
numeric keyboard.

Thanks! Just waht I was looking for. I went through all the options and settings
and never saw them. Thanks again and thanks for all the replies.



On 3/18/2016 7:52 PM, Rick Daly wrote:
First of all, I tried Googling the matter and find nothing that makes sense to
me.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do this:

I use Google Earth a lot. After going to street view, and then exiting street
view, I have to go to the View menu, drop it down, go to Reset, then choose tilt
and compass. Is there a way to make a hot key or macro or whatever it would
properly be called, to do all this in one keystroke? Thanks for any replies.


I don't know where I got these but I have used them for a long time.
The most frequent short cuts I use a

n Rotates the Map so that North is at the top of the screen

u tilts the map to directly above

Shift Center Mouse button changes the tilt from directly above to
the horizon.

Cntrl Center Mouse button Rotates the map.

Those I know of but rarely use are.

s and w They pan the map up or down

a and d pan the map right and left



Cntrl is Enter on some computers

Following the subject line...

Looks like "Perfect Keyboard" is a good (free) macro recorder.

I tried most of them before moving on to voice activation. I recall not
liking it, but it looks okay now. Even having voice-activated scripting,
occasionally being able to press a single keystroke to repeatedly
execute a macro is useful.

AutoHotKey still looks like a DOS program.