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Keystroke programming

Okay, let me explain to you what keystroke programming means in a very simple way. You know that when you type something on a keyboard, the letters appear on the screen, right? Well, keystroke programming is like telling the computer what letters to type without actually typing them yourself.

Imagine that you have a magic wand that can make the keyboard type anything you want just by waving it over the keys. That's kind of what it's like!

So, let's say you want to open up a program on your computer. You could click on the icon with your mouse, or you could use keystroke programming to do it faster. You would tell the computer which keys to press in what order to open up the program. For example, you could say "Press the Windows key and the letter R at the same time to open the Run dialogue box, then type in 'notepad' and press Enter to open up Notepad."

Pretty cool, right? Keystroke programming can save you a lot of time and make things easier to do on your computer.
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