How do i make this possible? [button programming]

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In summary, a user is looking to program a key on their keyboard to add ## around selected text in any application on Windows 8. It may be possible to do it for a single application using the Control.SelectedText property or with a macro in a word-processing program. If the text is on separate lines, a tool like textmechanic.com can be used to modify it in bulk.
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Hey!
I would like to program my key on the keyboard to do a specific task. In my case, I would like it to do following:
I select a bit of text
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then I press the button (or combination of buttons)
and the system adds
## around the text I have selected.
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OS - Windows 8

Anyone that can help?
 
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Is this for a single application or all applications? There isn't really a reliable way of doing this for any program.
Best bet is to read it from the clipboard and if it matches a specific pattern then evaluate it.

For a single application it's pretty easy. Almost every textbox implementation has a Control.SelectedText property you can read.
 

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