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Copying macro code from the
Internet (i.e., web page, newsgroup post, or e-mail) into WordPerfect |
(1) Select all text from beginning
to end, and copy it to the Windows clipboard with Ctrl+C (or
Edit, Copy).
(2) Open a new, blank document
in WordPerfect and click on Tools, Macro, Macro Toolbar to display
the Macro Toolbar.
(3) Position your cursor immediately
after any codes in the new document (look in Reveal Codes
to see where the cursor is located), and click on Edit, Paste
Special, Unformatted Text to paste the macro code into the WP
document without any extraneous formatting or other unwanted
codes.
Important: Some macros use Search
and Replace commands. After you paste the macro
into WordPerfect, be sure to replace any indicated "text
placeholders" in the SearchString() and ReplaceString()
commands (or where otherwise indicated by the author) with the
actual WordPerfect binary codes from the Codes button on the
Macro Toolbar. These text substitutes or placeholders may have
been typed into certain locations by the author because simply
copying macro code from the author's WP screen to a newsgroup
post usually strips out any special WP format codes.
For example, if you see a command
like this - SearchString("[HRt]") - just delete the
text string, [HRt], inside the parentheses (but keep the double
quote marks) and, in its place, insert the actual binary code
with the Codes button on the Macro Toolbar.
(The Codes button brings up a
long list of codes. In this example, you would place your cursor
between the two quote marks and click the Codes button on the
Toolbar to bring up the Macro Codes dialog. Under the Search
tab, choose HRt from the Macro Codes list, then click the Insert
button, then click Close. In Reveal Codes you should now see
a code [Macro Func], instead of the text placeholder characters.)
(4) Save the pasted material
with the Save & Compile button on the Macro Toolbar. This
will save the macro to your default macros folder as shown in
Tools, Settings, Files, Merge/Macro. (Advanced users may wish
to save to a different folder, and will therefore need to include
the path to that folder.)
Messages: If you get an error
message when you press Save & Compile, check the pasted text
for long lines that may have wrapped into two or more lines with
a hard return [HRt] or line break [Ln Brk] between them; remove
the hard return(s) or line break(s) to "glue" the lines
back together.
(5) Play the macro with Tools,
Macro, Play (or Alt+F10).
TIPS
- You may need to edit the Application()
command at the top of the code (if one exists) to change the
language code from "EN" (or "US" or other
language) to the language version you are using. Or, if you are
using just one language version of WP, just delete the last semicolon
along with the "EN," to get something like this: Application
(WordPerfect; "WordPerfect"; Default)
- You can delete any annotations
or comments in the copied material (i.e., all text following
"//" marks up to the end of the line), though usually
there is no need to do so (and you may want to keep them for
future reference, anyway).
- For easy access, you can assign
the macro to a keystroke combination, a toolbar button, or a
menu. See EasyPlay.
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