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  • June 2, 2000 at 11:02 pm #2080540

    WHAT IS A MACRO?

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    by russell.batten · about 24 years, 4 months ago

    What is a macro and is it interchangeable within MS applications?

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    • June 2, 2000 at 11:31 pm #3894016

      WHAT IS A MACRO?

      by guy · about 24 years, 4 months ago

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      Macros are really no more than recordings of all the instruction that you could do manually. E.g. File New. Type in Address and Phone number, put in today’s date, GOTO Dear Sir. Those are the instructions, they are recorded, then you replay them with one command like ALT SHIFT L.
      That would be a simple MACRO. The skill is to use special instructions to develop program loops to repeat e.g. make one row, make another row, keep on until you have made 12 rows.
      So langauages have been developede.g. Visual Basic to make macros more powerful.
      To get started go to word, and record a macro, and replay it. At the other extreme, use built in macros.

    • June 3, 2000 at 1:14 am #3894008

      WHAT IS A MACRO?

      by dmiles · about 24 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to WHAT IS A MACRO?

      Macro is a series of word commands and instructions that you group togeather as a single command to accomplish a task automatically.Acustom command
      Uses for macro
      1.To speed up editing
      2.To combine multiple commands
      3.To make option in dialogue box more accessible
      Macro has to be created with each application

    • June 3, 2000 at 2:22 pm #3893923

      WHAT IS A MACRO?

      by coffee lady · about 24 years, 4 months ago

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      A macro is a sequence of word actions that u can record or a write in a form of Visual Basic for application code. U can then run the macro to play back the action with one key. This is very good to use in word. The pictures (shortcuts)that you use on the toolbars in word are all macros, EX: printing, saving and closing etc.

    • June 4, 2000 at 2:16 pm #3893804

      WHAT IS A MACRO?

      by nelsonpages · about 24 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to WHAT IS A MACRO?

      A macro is a shortcut or combination of keys to result in an action on your PC..
      -Sam 🙂

    • June 4, 2000 at 7:59 pm #3893773

      WHAT IS A MACRO?

      by waifoon · about 24 years, 4 months ago

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      A macro is able to automate task you perform frequently. If the task you would like to automate is simple, like say to always copy a spreadsheet from one workbook in Excel to another workbook, you can record your macro by going to Tools, Macro, Record New Macro. Once this macro is recorded, you just activate this macro every time you want to do the above-mentioned task.
      Alternatively, if you have a more complex task to do, then you can use Visual Basic to create the macro.

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