Preferences - Delays

 
In some instances, the shortkey text may play back too fast for the receiving application to accept the text input. Indications of this occurrence are, among other things, missing or scrambled text, or the computer may make an odd high-pitched sound.
 
The Delay option helps overcome this problem and is a global setting for all shortkeys.

üNote: The delays are only necessary if executing the shortkeys via the keyboard. If using the clipboard option, then the keyboard is bypassed and the delay is not necessary.

ShortKeys > Options > Preferences > Playback > Delays Tab  

Delays

The delay options are used to slow down the playback of the text. The delays are only applied when playing back shortkeys through the keyboard. They are ignored if the clipboard option is selected.

Use ____ microseconds delay between keystrokes
This is a global setting to slow down the playback of all shortkeys. The default delay is 300 microseconds. If text is missing or scrambled during playback, increase the delay and test the results.

Delay after keystroke down

Places a small delay after each keystroke is pressed to improve playback reliability.

Use high speed timer for delays
Some computers make use of a high speed timer. ShortKeys makes use of this timer in calculating delays. If the system does not use this timer, then it is recommended that this option be turned off.
 
It's possible that the timer may not work properly on some systems. In such cases it is also recommended that this option be turned off.

Wait ___ milliseconds between clipboard commands

This option inserts a default 250-millisecond delay for each clipboard command in a shortkey macro. Windows requires a little bit of time to process a clipboard command. A 250-millisecond delay is adequate for most systems but may be adjusted as needed.
 

Wait ___ milliseconds during Insert commands
This option provides a default 500-millisecond delay when inserting an image before continuing with any text. Some images can be quite large and may require additional wait time so that Windows can adequately process the clipboard function.

 

Backspace Delays

When a shortkey is typed and activated with the prefix or suffix key, the program backspaces and erases the shortkey shortcut text. These options provide a means to adjust the rate at which the backspacing occurs. Some applications may require a longer delay than most programs.

Wait ___ microseconds before sending backspaces

After activating the shortkey, the program will pause the amount of delay time input before starting the backspacing.

Wait ___ microseconds between backspaces

Instructs the program to pause the amount of time specified between each backspace.

Wait ___ microseconds after sending backspaces

When the backspacing is complete, the program will wait the amount of time designated before starting the playback of the shortkey text.

üNote: These settings are in microseconds (millionths of a second). The default delay times of 300 microseconds are essentially imperceptible but may be necessary when running ShortKeys in certain applications.