Re: Re: Automating repetitive task?

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

I remember the Word macro function and it's probably still there, but does it work across separate applications like Microsoft Script Editor or Notepad?

--N.

>From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
>Date: 2007/08/13 Mon PM 01:02:25 CDT
>To: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Re: Automating repetitive task?

>> Can someone point me in the direction of the skills I need to be able to automate something as stupidly repetitious as this?
>
>Word's VB capabilities are engineered for this exact task. The online
>Help should walk you through it well. I'm no longer a "Word maven" but
>I remember there also being a "record macro" capability that allowed
>you to record yourself going through one sequence and being able to
>reuse it as a push-button macro.
>
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