Automating actions in OneNote using AutoHotKey - autohotkey

Question

I want to assign keyboard shortcut to various actions in Microsoft OneNote. (Its annoying that OneNote has different keyboard shortcuts than Word and Excel). Also OneNote does not support macros. So I am trying out AutoHotKey.
I want to make selected text red, when I hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+r. I wrote simple script file:
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#IfWinActive - OneNote$ ; ------ only in windows with title ending with "- OneNote"
^!+r::
Send, !hfcm^{PgDn}!r255{Tab}5{Tab}0{Enter} ; red (255, 0, 0)
return
#IfWinActive ; ------ end of section restricted to specific windows
But it does not do anything when I hit those keys. When I remove #IfWinActive lines, it starts working. How can I make it work only within one note?

Answer 1

I think you might be trying to use the regex title match mode. To use it, you'd need to specify it first on top of your script like this:
SetTitleMatchMode, RegEx
#IfWinActive, - OneNote$
^!+r::Send, !hfcm^{PgDn}!r255{Tab}5{Tab}0{Enter} ; red (255, 0, 0)
#IfWinActive
Also compacted your hotkey into a one liner, since that's what it is.
And that should work (assuming it's matching the correct title, I can't test it, I don't use OneNote)
Personally I'd recommend matching with ahk_exe though. This will (likely) make no difference in practice, but it's very convenient in my opinion.
So assuming the executable running OneNote would be named OneNote.exe (check its actual name from e.g. task manager, or with e.g. WindowSpy*) you'd do this (don't use Regex title match mode with this):
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe OneNote.exe
^!+r::Send, !hfcm^{PgDn}!r255{Tab}5{Tab}0{Enter} ; red (255, 0, 0)
#IfWinActive
* WindowSpy a neat little script that'll be found in your AHK install folder