Select and Highlight a Sentence in Word

[Joel]

@JuanWayri

@Joel

how did you get the CNTRL + CLICK which selects the sentence work as that is the first step in the chain

Some troubleshooting ideas:

1. Make sure that when you manually Ctrl+Click it DOES select the sentence in Word.
2. If you trigger your KM Macro with a hotkey, ADD A PAUSE BEFORE your simulated Ctrl+Click.

Wow, do I ever feel stupid!!

I tried adding a Pause AFTER the CNTRL+CLICK but never *BEFORE.

Huge THANKS YOU!

[JuanWayri]

Yeah, working with VM requires some unconventional practices. I found that Parallels often tries to capture and "translate" keys, and that adds delays and changes the sequence (down and release), which is sometimes hard to troubleshoot, and in this case, how you trigger your KM macro influences how it is executed in Parallels.
That's one of the reasons I try to disable most, if not all, Parallels shortcuts and implement my own in Keyboard Maestro or Karabiner Elements.

Extra tip: PRESSED → RELEASED:

Try changing your macro shortcut key
from "[...] is PRESSED" to "[...] is RELEASED"

[Joel]

Great tip.

Thank you!

[Joel]

@JuanWayri

Yeah, working with VM requires some unconventional practices. I found that Parallels often tries to capture and "translate" keys, and that adds delays and changes the sequence (down and release), which is sometimes hard to troubleshoot, and in this case, how you trigger your KM macro influences how it is executed in Parallels.
That's one of the reasons I try to disable most, if not all, Parallels shortcuts and implement my own in Keyboard Maestro or Karabiner Elements.

Extra tip: PRESSED → RELEASED:

Try changing your macro shortcut key
from "[...] is PRESSED" to "[...] is RELEASED

Wow, what a difference that made.

I can now use the OPTION / ALT key to fire macros is Office Application! GAME CHANGER

[Nige_S]

@JuanWayri

Try changing your macro shortcut key
from "[...] is PRESSED" to "[...] is RELEASED"

The other thing you can do is keep it as "pressed" but start your macro with a "Pause Until: Modifier key is released" with the appropriate options.

A handy trick for any situation where the first Action or two of the macro may be modified by any meta keys still down.

[Joel]

@Nige_S

@JuanWayri

Try changing your macro shortcut key
from "[...] is PRESSED" to "[...] is RELEASED"

The other thing you can do is keep it as "pressed" but start your macro with a "Pause Until: Modifier key is released" with the appropriate options.

A handy trick for any situation where the first Action or two of the macro may be modified by any meta keys still down.

Appreciated, I will try that one as well!