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--- Getting_Started [2016/08/04 01:44] – peternlewis
+++ Getting_Started [2025/08/04 02:59] (current) – [Getting Further] peternlewis
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-====== Getting Starting ======
+====== Getting Started ======
 The first things to do are:
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 * Do the Tutorial (Help ➤ Tutorial).  Now you know the basics of creating a macro.
 * When Keyboard Maestro asks, sign up for the Getting Started email series.
-* Follow [@keyboardmastro on Twitter](http://twitter.com/keyboardmaestro) or [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keyboard-Maestro/117589644919387) or [the Stairways link blog](http://blog.stairways.com) to see lots of third party ideas for using Keyboard Maestro.
+* Follow [@KeyboardMaestro@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@KeyboardMaestro).
 * Join the [Keyboard Maestro Forum](http://forum.keyboardmaestro.com) and ask questions there.
+* Consider enrolling in David Spark’s [[https://learn.macsparky.com/p/km|Keyboard Maestro Field Guide]].
 * Contact [support@stairways.com](mailto:support@stairways.com) if you have any problems.
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 * Look at the [Simple Text Expansion macro](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/simple-text-expansion-macro/3305) forum post.
-* Change the Insert Text to a Display Text to show information on the screen.
+* Change the [[action:Display_Text|Insert Text]] action to Display Text to show the information on the screen.
-* Look at the [Tokens](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Tokens) wiki page to see all the kinds of information you can type or display.
+* Look at the [[manual:Tokens|Tokens]] wiki page to see all the kinds of information you can type or display.
-* Look at the [Variables](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Variables) wiki page to learn about variables.
+* Look at the [[manual:Variables|Variables]] wiki page to learn about variables.
 * Look at the [Variable Repeat](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/variable-repeat/225) forum post to see how to use variables in a macro action.
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 ==== From Miraz ====
-* capture the Command N keystroke in Safari and use it to make the window the size I like and to put it in the position I prefer.
+* Capture the Command-N keystroke in Safari and use it to make the window the size I like and to put it in the position I prefer.
-* capture the Resize Image keystroke in Acorn and prefill the dimensions I use most often before pressing Return.
+* Capture the Resize Image keystroke in Acorn and prefill the dimensions I use most often before pressing Return.
-* enter an email address and add a standard Subject line when I forward certain emails.
+* Enter an email address and add a standard Subject line when I forward certain emails.
-* call up and run Applescripts in various apps.
+* Call up and run Applescripts in various apps.
-* make selected text upper or lowercase in BBEdit via a keyboard command
+* Make selected text upper or lowercase in BBEdit via a keyboard command.
-* all kinds of clipboard operations, expecially pasting as plain text
+* All kinds of clipboard operations, expecially pasting as plain text.
-* keep items from a series of copy commands in a received email and then paste them, with some added standard items into my spreadsheet
+* Keep items from a series of copy commands in a received email and then paste them, with some added standard items into my spreadsheet.
-* call up a specific URL and ask me for some text then incorporate that into the URL. This allow me to quickly find the New Zealand dollar amount for a particular US dollar amount via finance.yahoo.com
+* Call up a specific URL and ask me for some text then incorporate that into the URL. This allow me to quickly find the New Zealand dollar amount for a particular US dollar amount via finance.yahoo.com.
 ==== From Philippe ====
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 Download Rakesh Kumar’s [PC Switcher Pack](http://files.stairways.com/switcher-pack.zip) and follow the instructions.
-===== See Also =====
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 ==== Forum ====
 - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/duh-an-actions-gear-icons-help-takes-you-to-the-wiki/3652/2|DUH! An Action's Gear Icon's "Help" takes you to the Wiki]]