What actually is a "Macro" and is their a good definition anywhere?

[Antony]

 

[joust in jest]

Microsoft Office applications each come with a feature called "Help" where
you can easily obtain answers to your simple questions. Yes, indeed, there
is a good definition found, as you might surmise, in Office Help:

About using macros to automate tasks
If you perform a task repeatedly in Microsoft (Office Applications), you can
automate the task by using a macro. A macro is a series of commands and
instructions that are grouped together as a single command to accomplish a
task automatically.

You can assign macros to toolbar buttons or custom menus to create
personalized commands.
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[Jack Gillis]

Try Googling "What is a macro" and see what comes up.

Here is one article.

One of the primary purposes of computers is to simplify and make our
lives and jobs easier. They can and do. However, what if we could
simplify our use of the computer and alleviate tedious computer tasks?
We would of course be even more productive!

A macro is a way to automate a task that you perform repeatedly or on a
regular basis. It is a series of commands and actions that can be stored
and run whenever you need to perform the task. You can record or build a
macro, and then play the macro to automatically repeat the series of
commands or actions.

A macro is a set of commands that can be played back at will to perform
a given task. These tasks can be something simple from inserting your
name and address into a word processor to something more complex such as
launching a program, copying data from it, activating another program,
pasting the data into it and repeating this several times. Tasks
performed by macros are typically repetitive in nature allowing
significant savings in time by executing the macro instead of manually
repeating the commands.

 

[Antony]

Try Googling "What is a macro" and see what comes up.

Here is one article.

One of the primary purposes of computers is to simplify and make our lives
and jobs easier. They can and do. However, what if we could simplify our
use of the computer and alleviate tedious computer tasks? We would of
course be even more productive!

A macro is a way to automate a task that you perform repeatedly or on a
regular basis. It is a series of commands and actions that can be stored
and run whenever you need to perform the task. You can record or build a
macro, and then play the macro to automatically repeat the series of
commands or actions.

A macro is a set of commands that can be played back at will to perform a
given task. These tasks can be something simple from inserting your name
and address into a word processor to something more complex such as
launching a program, copying data from it, activating another program,
pasting the data into it and repeating this several times. Tasks performed
by macros are typically repetitive in nature allowing significant savings
in time by executing the macro instead of manually repeating the commands.




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Thanks Guys.....seems like it is a basic form of programming

I'll research into it more.