AutoCorrect Edits Misspellings and Acronyms

Date: 2009-01-01
Author: Jayme Lyttle

If you are an online grinder who plays tons of poker day in and day out, then you are probably on your computer the majority of the day.  Although most of your time is taken up by playing poker, you are still doing things like chatting on AIM, surfing the web, chatting in poker rooms, posting in forums, and writing emails.  For those of us who have a hard time spelling things correctly or have the “fat finger” on the keyboard, typos can get really annoying.  The goods news is that the annoyance can be drastically reduced by using an AutoHotKey (AHK) script that will automatically correct common misspellings for you on the fly.  All you have to do is load the script and then watch your mistakes get corrected before your eyes!

AutoCorrect is a free open-source program that can be downloaded from www.autohotkey.com.  If comes pre-loaded with 4,700 commonly misspelled words and you can add your own corrections to any highlighted word by pressing “Win+H”.  This is truly one of the easiest scripts there is to use.  Here’s how you get started:

1) Go to www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoCorrect.ahk
2) Right click and “Select All'
3) Right click on your desktop and select “New” --> “AutoHoyKey script”
4) Paste the AutoCorrect script into the script you just created.  Save and Exit.

Now that you have the script downloaded, all you need to do is run it by double clicking the icon.  You will probably not even notice that the script is even working, so to test it, open PokerStars and bring up a table.  Type in the chat box “Your my boy, Blue!” and you will instantly see the text change to “You're my boy, Blue!”  This is a simple example, but you get the idea.  This tool will also be very useful when posting in the forums.  If you have AutoCorrect running, you probably won’t have to do a manual spell check when you are finished with your post.  

For those of you who use a ton of acronyms when chatting, this tool will be convenient.  You can edit the script to change acronyms into the actual words.  Here is how you would go about enabling this script to perform the acronym conversion:

1) Right click the script and “Edit Script”
2) Scroll down to the lines where you see the acronyms listed
3) Add you desired changes, save, and exit

Your changes may look like:

::mbn::must be nice
::rofl::rolling on the floor laughing
::ul::unlucky
::nh::nice hand

Now, the script knows what to convert the acronyms into instantly.

For those of you who are a bit shy when it comes to diving into AHK scripts, try AutoCorrect.  It’s as easy as it gets. It's free, easy to use, and can only help you out!  As always, if you have questions, concerns, or ideas, feel free to post in the AHK forum and we will be here to help.   

Discuss AutoCorrect with your fellow poker software enthusiasts today in the AHK Forum.

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