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Automate your current session
tasks with a QuickMacro
See also QuickWords |
WordPerfect has a feature called
a QuickMacro that lets you record a series of keystrokes
and/or mouse clicks that you can play back as many times as needed
with a single click of your mouse.
You can play the same QuickMacro
in any open document during the current session. When you close
WordPerfect, the QuickMacro is deleted. (It is a temporary macro.
If you want a permanent solution, record a regular macro with
Tools, Macro, Record. This same command stops the recording,
or use the stop button on the Macro Toolbar.)
Tips:
- To make using a QuickMacro easier,
you should add a "Record QuickMacro" and a "Play
QuickMacro" button to your toolbar.
- Right-click in the toolbar and
choose Edit to bring up the Toolbar Editor.
- Under the Features tab, in the
Features categories drop list, choose Tools.
- Scroll down in the list to "QuickMacro
Record," then click Add Button, then click OK.
- Repeat for "QuickMacro
Play."
To use, just click the Record QuickMacro button on your toolbar and press the
keys or click the mouse as needed. Click the same Record QuickMacro
to stop the recording. Then click Play QuickMacro when you need to perform the same task.
- If you have a repetitive task
that needs to be processed "n" times, you can make
the QuickMacro (or any macro) repeat "n" times:
- Click Edit, Repeat Next Action,
specify the number of repeats, then
click Tools, Macro, Play and select the macro.
Notes:
- The Record QuickMacro button
acts as an On/Off button. You can also stop recording from the
Macro Toolbar that will be visible during recording.
- If you record a QuickMacro in
an empty document, it will add a line numbering code [Ln Num]
at the top. This code (and thus the line numbering) can be deleted
in Reveal Codes after the QuickMacro has been recorded.
- Explanation: In a blank document,
recording a QuickMacro from a QuickMacro button or from an added
menu item turns on the Macro Toolbar and line numbering. This
occurs as though the purpose was to create a named macro, but
it does record your keystrokes and mouse clicks. The Save&Compile
button on the Macro Toolbar will be grayed out and inaccessible
during recording.
- You will be left in Draft view
(View, Draft) if you started your recording in an empty document.
Just click View, Page after making the recording.
- If you record in a document
that has at least one character in it, no line numbering will
be inserted and the current View setting will not change.
- You can also assign the two
QuickMacro items to keystrokes or to
your main menu.
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