To ensure that a menu command will always work, a double is used. (Example: "f" for activating the file menu command). Use of the key does not always work properly for activating menu commands. When the Alt Key is Pressed, Capture It Twice If this option is not selected, then only mouse moves and clicks are recorded. Select this option to record all keystrokes made during the capture process. The macro playback will have unpredictable results, if recording in several programs and the Program scope is selected. Only use the "program" option if recording all of the macro in the same program. The Program scope indicates that the recorded macro will only play back in the program it is recorded in. The Global scope allows for the playback of the macro into any Windows program. Click OK to open the capture settings window to determine what to capture, etc. Select an activation and optionally assign a nickname to the macro. Upon clicking on the capture icon in the Macro Explorer window, the Create New Macro Window opens. This option requires defining the macro activation and other information before recording the keystrokes and mouse moves. These are the settings used when utilizing the System Start/Stop Capture macro. Select Options > Preferences > General > Capture from the Macro Explorer to define the capture settings. Assign the captured macro to a Hot Key, Shortkey or other activation.īefore recording a macro using the System Hot Key method, make sure that the default settings have been defined. When the recording stops, a Capture Complete window appears. Open Options > Preferences > General > Notification Area and turn off the Show Recording Status option to not display the Camera icon. Besides pressing the system hot key to stop the recording, right click on the Camera icon to stop the capture. While recording, a Camera icon displays in the Windows notification area to indicate that a capture is taking place.
The default key may be changed to another combination available in Macro Express, such as ALT+F1. Pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+X starts the recording of a macro and pressing it a second time stops the recording. This is the Start/Stop Capture system hot key.
One of the System Macros is defined as CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+X by default. The other is to define the macro activation after recording. One is to select the activation (hot key, shortkey, etc.) before recording. There are two methods for starting a macro recording. Optionally capture keystrokes, mouse movements and clicks and actual time between actions. Options are available to determine what to capture and how much.
Macro Express can capture keyboard and mouse activity for later playback as a macro.
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