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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.