http://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atomKeyboard Maestro Wiki - Recent changes [en]2012-05-17T05:27:54ZTrack the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed.MediaWiki 1.18.0http://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/index.php?title=Transition_From_QuicKeys&diff=145&oldid=138Transition From QuicKeys2012-05-11T02:01:32Z<p>Quick Start</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This page aims to ease the transition for people converting from QuicKeys.  Unfortunately, there is no way to automatically convert your macros from QuicKeys to Keyboard Maestro, so it is going to be a fairly manual process of recreating your macros.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This page aims to ease the transition for people converting from QuicKeys.  Unfortunately, there is no way to automatically convert your macros from QuicKeys to Keyboard Maestro, so it is going to be a fairly manual process of recreating your macros.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Peter N Lewis