To record a temporary macro

Creating macros : Recording macros : To record a temporary macro

To record a temporary macro

Do one of the following:

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Click Tools } Macros } Record temporary macro.

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Press Ctrl + Shift + R.

Perform the actions that you want to record.

The application begins recording your actions. If you want to pause recording, do one of the following:

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Click Tools } Macros } Pause recording. Repeat this step to resume recording.

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Click the Pause recording button

on the Macros toolbar or in the Macro Manager docker. Repeat this step to resume recording.

To stop recording, do one of the following:

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Click Tools } Macros } Stop recording.

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Click the Stop recording button

on the Macros toolbar or in the Macro Manager docker.

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Press Ctrl + Shift + O.

The macro is temporarily saved to the default recording project. When the current session is ended, the macro is deleted from that project.

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You cannot record a temporary macro if all available macro projects are locked.

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Not all actions can be recorded.

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You can specify the default recording project by right-clicking the project in the Macro Manager docker, and then clicking Set as recording project. (You cannot specify a locked macro project.) If you want, you can create multiple temporary recordings by assigning each one to its own macro project.

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You can cancel recording a macro, and discard any commands recorded thus far, by clicking Tools } Macros } Cancel recording.