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macro

(mak′rō)

A set of instructions that invokes the computer to run a command or an action, e.g., pressing “Ctrl” + “i” to add italics to selected text.

macro,

pref a prefix meaning excessively large or big.

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All that's required to start programming is to turn on the built-in VBA Macro Recorder.

Yes, you can program in VBA

Furthermore, SuperCalc's macro language is complemented by a macro recorder and a macro library spreadsheet.

Quattro Pro's macro facilities are extensive and include a macro recorder, a debugging facility, a macro library file system and the ability to run 1-2-3 macros without modification.

Macros are also fully supported, as well as a macro recorder and the ability to use macro library files.

A spreadsheet update: the battle of the spreadsheets intensifies

The macro recorder also recorded 46 additional lines of code that note every setting in the four-tab Page Setup dialog.

Formatting all worksheets at once

macros by point and click with the easy to use macro recorder.

New SigmaPlot 5.0 Provides Unlimited Flexibility; New Data Analysis Tools and Automation Features Aid in Scientific Research

IslandBuild, an application customization and development tool, optimized to work with IslandWrite, features a macro recorder, menu editor, dialog builder, and powerful programming language.

Island Software Announces Version 5 of IslandWrite, Draw & Paint; New version enhances overall feature set of the new IslandOffice 5.0

0 includes a new macro/scripting language, which can be used through either a point-and-click editor or a macro recorder.

Software AG Announces ESPERANT Version 3.0; Continues Technology Leadership with the Ability to Build Queries That Can Access and Join Data from Different Data Sources

But an even bigger array of tools--graphical front ends, control programs, macro recorders, multimedia authoring systems, "smart" document assembly programs, and a rich collection of prototyping and development tools--sprang from the object-oriented graphics and scripting techniques that HyperCard popularized.

Visual Basic: A standard for graphical scripting?

iMacros is a unique suite of HTML-based web macro recorders that run on Windows desktop or server, which automates all web-browsing functions and routine tasks.