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CHAPTER 10
Automate Your Work
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8 Click Record to display the floating recorder.
9 Perform the actions you want to be part of the macro. When you are
finished, click the Stop Recording button on the floating recorder.
10 Close the floating recorder.
11 You can test your macro by clicking the Play button. Click Record if you
need to record the macro over again.
12 When you are satisfied with what you have recorded, click Save.
If a recorded macro does not work the way you anticipate during playback,
try recording it again and adding a slight pause between each action. For example,
sometimes it takes a second or two for the Start menu to open and the macro must
anticipate this. In cases where there is a hot key equivalent to a mouse action, you should
consider using the hot key as a way to avoid this problem. Recorded macros cannot be
edited or changed once they are recorded.
Some useful commands
Each command you create saves you from dictating the same text and/or
commands over and over again. Here are some ideas for creating useful
commands:
■ Home Address
■ Business Address
■ Address to, for example, Laura Raymond (types her address, skips a
line, and types “Dear Laura,”). Create these for each person to
whom you write regularly.
■ Signature Block (types “Sincerely yours,” skips a line, and inserts a
graphic of your handwritten signature and types your title)
■ Letter Closing (types a closing paragraph or sentence and then your
signature block)
■ Special Offer (types a boilerplate text with all formatting that you
define)
■ Create Expense Report (opens a Microsoft
®
Excel
®
spreadsheet and
fills in some rows and column titles).
■ E-mail Signature (types the signature text for an e-mail message)
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