PC World has compiled a list of 14 great programs you didn’t even know you needed, all designed to work around Windows’ limitations or enhance your productivity. Most of them are free or really cheap — just the way we like our software around here. Here’s the scoop on one of them: Macro ToolsWorks, which records keystrokes and even mouse-strokes and turns them into macros:
A lot of macro programs let you do fast, slam-bang recording. Macro ToolsWorks makes your macros more powerful by providing simple programming commands that you insert into your recordings to allow the use of variables, flow control, text manipulation, macro menus, Internet functions, and other commands that even a programming virgin can master before the honeymoon is over.
Lots of good stuff here, including a utility that lets you reassign keyboard keys and another that greatly improves Windows’ file-copying capabilities. Give ‘em a look.
