Welcome to QuicKeys® X2 Version 2.1.1

For more information and updates see the manual, QuicKeys Help, or visit our web site at www.quickeys.com.

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This file contains:
•	What's New in this version
•	QuicKeys X2 New Features
•	QuicKeys X2 Improved Features
•	Installation Requirements
•	Installation Instructions
•	Revisions
•	Updates to the QuicKeys X2 Manual
•	QuicKeys X2 Known Issues
•	Mac OS X Known Issues

What's New in 2.1
•	Multi-Step functionality - Multi-Step Actions through the Step Results section now allows the user to jump to a particular step or an offset of a step in a shortcut. 
•	Improved handling of Typing Action by adding the "Typing Speed" and "Sync All Typing Actions" preferences to allow users to set the typing speed of newly created or existing typing actions. 
•	QuicKeys Actions - Added the "Start Recording", "Stop Recording", "Cancel Recording", and "Toggle Recording" actions 
•	Several improvements in handling of recording. 

QuicKeys X2 New Features
•	Recording - Simply tell QuicKeys to watch and record what you do. Then play it back with any trigger of your choice.
•	Radically Redesigned Interface - Provides easier creation and management of shortcuts, ability to sort by type, name or scope, advanced triggers, and toggling shortcuts on or off. 
•	Toolbar additions - Powerful new options to create vertical toolbars with custom icons and button sizes. 
•	Use sliders to set custom button sizes on Toolbars.
•	New Clips shortcut allows you to instantly create and organize clips of images and text for quick retrieval in any application.
•	Copy shortcuts from one scope to another.
•	Set a preference to either ask or automatically save new and edited shortcuts.
•	Run QuicKeys as a background application by setting a preference to remove the QuicKeys icon from the Dock.
•	Shortcut Debugging - Impressive new tool for diagnosing problems with shortcuts.
•	Pop-Up menus - New Pop-Up Menu Shortcut for selecting pop-up menus by name or location.
•	Button - Create more precise Multi-step Shortcuts by selecting buttons by name or location.
•	Repeat Loop step for looping within Multi-step Shortcuts a user-specified number of times.
•	Wait - Best used within a Multi-step Shortcut to help control timing based on the on the state of specific windows and buttons.
•	Message - Create custom message dialogs with various options including sound, speech and more. Use as timers, reminders, and Shortcut debugging.
•	Scroll Wheel - Create shortcuts for emulating a mouse's scroll wheel, including modifier keys.
•	Inspector Window - Lets you access and modify some advanced options of your shortcuts.
•	All new documentation.

QuicKeys X2 Improved Features
•	More Date & Time formats, completely customizable.
•	Improved Menu shortcuts take advantage of Mac OS X's Accessibility features.
•	Improved Clicks and Windows shortcuts take advantage of Accessibility.
•	New Launch options to hide after open, hide others and open in background.
•	Switch Applications shortcuts use Package names for better reliability.

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Installation Requirements
Mac OS X 10.2.3 (Minimum), 10.2.4 highly recommended.  
128 MB of RAM
Certain features require an Internet connection

Installation Instructions
1.	If you are updating or reinstalling QuicKeys, you must first quit the QuicKeys application, move it to the Trash and log out before running the new version.
2.	Copy the QuicKeys application from the mounted CD or disk image to your Applications folder.

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Revisions
2.1.1
•	Type Text Shortcuts that are set to type will now begin typing more quickly the first time one is used.
•	Addressed some display issues when using Clips Shortcuts.
•	Added new Delete button to Create Clips Shortcuts which allows you to delete existing clips and clip groups.
•	New Button Shortcuts now default to clicking button instead of telling button.

2.1
•	Added the ability to jump to a particular step or an offset of a step in a shortcut. This option is available in the Step Results section of a shortcut.
•	Added the "Typing Speed" preference to allow users to set the typing speed of newly created typing actions. 
•	Added the "Sync All Typing Actions" button in the preferences to allow the user to synchronize existing typing actions to the Typing Speed preference. 
•	Added the "Apply Typing Speed to Siblings" menu item under the Shortcuts menu to allow the ability to set the typing speed of all typing steps within the currently edited shortcut.
•	Added the ability to edit a shortcut from the QuicKeys menu while you hold down the option key.
•	Several improvements in handling of recording. 
•	A Save As dialog will now appear when a user closes newly created shortcuts that have not been named yet. This dialog will not appear if you have the "Automatically save Shortcuts" preference turned on. 
•	Added the "Automatically assign scope when recording" preference. This preference allows the user to tell QuicKeys how to assign scope when you start a recording. 
•	Added the "Start Recording", "Stop Recording", "Cancel Recording", and "Toggle Recording" actions to the QuicKeys Actions Type.
•	Fixed the issue where if the Hot Key for a Type Text Shortcut or Type Keystroke Shortcut contains the same character as one of the first few characters to be typed, that character may not be typed. 
•	Legacy Plugins will no longer work with QuicKeys 2.1 or greater and are no longer part of the QuicKeys CD.

2.0.2
•	Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.
•	Improved handling of typing of text shortcuts. 
•	Improved handling of sheet and drawers during recording.
•	Added support for F16 key on Apple White Keyboards.
•	As of Mac OS X 10.3, Apple has addressed a problem where window ordering was reported incorrectly to QuicKeys.
•	Added the "Perform as alternate menu action (option key)" option to the Menu Selection Plugin. This new option allows a user to select a menu item that has two different actions depending on the state of the option key.
•	Fixed several issues in the Clips Plugin related to keyboard navigation in the Clips list. This navigation would cause QuicKeys to appear crashed or frozen.

2.0.1
•	Shortcuts can now be turned on/off from the main list.  If a Shortcut is already being edited then it can be turned on/off from the inspector window while the Shortcut's window is front most.
•	Hot keys can now be set to trigger when released.  This option appears in the Inspector window or contextual menu for a Hot Key trigger and is only available in the Advanced Trigger mode. By default, all Hot Keys created do not have this option set.
•	New pop-up menu in Type Keystroke editor lists all keys on U.S. English keyboard.  This menu allows you to specify a key to press even if the key does not exist on your keyboard.  Also available from this pop-up menu are items that allow you to specify the following special hardware keys: Eject, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Brightness Up, Brightness Down, Video Mirroring, Keyboard Illumination Up, Keyboard Illumination Down, and Toggle Keyboard Illumination.
•	Added ability to switch trigger modes from the Add Trigger pop-up menu in the Shortcut editor window.
•	When playing a Clips Shortcut that shows the insert window the clip lists now sort correctly and type-to in the lists has been improved.
•	Fixed an issue where main list did not update when clicking Don't Save when closing a Shortcut.
•	Improved handling of sub menu names when recording or defining menu selections.
•	Fixed a Toolbar naming issue where illegal characters were not being handled properly.
•	Fixed an issue where hot keys would need to be pressed multiple times before firing shortcuts.
•	Added ability to assign F14 and F15 as hot keys.
•	Expanded AppleScript support.  Added ability to get list of all shortcuts, shortcuts in a particular scope, and list of all application scopes.  See the QuicKeys AppleScript dictionary for more information.

2.0
•	First release of QuicKeys X2.

Updates to the QuicKeys X2 Manual
•	The manual refers to the "Info" window.  The product uses "Inspector" window in place of "Info" window.

•	The following note on page 83 should be ignored.

Note: When you drag an item onto a toolbar that has the Automatically option turned on, you can press the Command+Option keys to temporarily disable auto-resizing. This prevents the buttons from shifting around when you are dragging an item onto a toolbar button.

Add the following note on page 85 under Adding Shortcuts to Toolbars and the 2nd bullet that says: Drag applications icons, files and folders to toolbars to create Open Items buttons. This action will create a button on the toolbar and a new Shortcut in the QuicKeys Editor. Dropping a file onto an existing Open Items Shortcut opens the file in that application, as long as the application recognizes the file.

Note: When you drag an item onto a toolbar and the buttons do not shift to accept the new item, you can press the Command+Option keys to temporarily allow the item you are dragging to be inserted.

QuicKeys X Known Issues
•	After upgrading to QuicKeys X2 you may find that you need to edit your Switch to Application Shortcut.  Simply pick the application you want to switch to from the shortcut editor.
•	If you are experiencing difficulty with Type Text Shortcuts created prior to version 2.0 of QuicKeys X, you need to check the typing speed of those shortcuts.
•	When recording, if a click gets created (in particular just after a menu selection), you may need to slow down your recording. The faster the machine, the quicker the recording will be and the less likely it needs to be edited. 
•	Pausing and resuming Shortcuts may not, on rare occasion, function as expected.
•	Menu Selection Shortcuts may not recognize some applications’ menus because those applications do not follow conventional Mac OS X standards.  If you create a Menu Selection Shortcut and it does not work try a Menu Clicks Shortcut.  Refer to the QuicKeys Manual for more information.

Mac OS X Known Issues
The following QuicKeys related issues are due to limitations in the current Mac OS X operating system.
•	If you include QuicKeys in your Login Items list, it is recommended that you place QuicKeys last in the list.  In some instances if QuicKeys is not the last item, other Login items may not launch properly.
•	Capitalization errors are not recognized when spell checking a Type Text Shortcut.
•	Command-Space and Command-Option-Space should not be used to trigger Shortcuts.

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