CODES

[MINA]

WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEA

 

[Don Guillett]

Now that is esoteric, especially when shouted from the rooftops.

Please don't type in all caps. It is considered shouting. What are you
trying to ask?

 

[Dave R.]

Excellent question.

It tells the computer how to proceed. If there is something specific you
need to know, please describe this MACRO CODES in a more specific way.

 

[Dave R.]

Mina-

Just for fun, I asked "Eliza" -- here are her first few responses. I did not
want to bore her by repeating more than 4 times.

Based on her final response, I think she would make a good question-answerer
in these newsgroups.


* WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEAN

What answer would please you the most?

* WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEAN

Why did you repeat yourself?

* WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEAN

Please don't repeat yourself!

* WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEAN

Do you expect a different answer by repeating yourself?

* WHAT DO MACRO CODES ACTUALLY MEAN

Come, come, elucidate your thoughts.

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Dave R.,
Cool, I guess Eliza was the program that had teenage girls
in tears back in the sixties because it was so personal. Rather
than ask where you found it -- the first two hits on Google
http://www-air.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html
http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3
The second probably simulates what would have been seen
by someone typing in at a computer with a typewriter or
a Teletype Input/Output (I/O) device, and tells something
about the program.

Hi Mina,
For an idea of some macros that convert selected cells,
such as columns or rows to a different lettercase see
Proper, and other Text changes -- Use of SpecialCells
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/proper.htm

For an idea of some user defined functions (UDF) see
Show FORMULA or FORMAT of another cell
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/formula.htm

For a definition of macro see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro
I chose WikiPedia because it applies to computers and should
be the most up to date definition. But other dictionaries might
also have useful definitions:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm#dict

 

[David McRitchie]

I like this response sequence for Eliza
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ElizaDoctor
nothing to do with macros, but by someone
who probably had a better idea of how to
have fun with the program.