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  40 <topic id="textsharedguidemacro_recordingxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Recording a Macro</title>
  42 <filename>/text/shared/guide/macro_recording.xhp</filename>
  43 </topic>
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  45 <body>
  46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3093440"><bookmark_value>macros; recording</bookmark_value>
  47 <bookmark_value>recording; macros</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>Basic; recording macros</bookmark_value>
  49 </bookmark>
  50 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3093440" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="macro_recording"><link href="text/shared/guide/macro_recording.xhp" name="Recording a Macro">Recording a Macro</link>
  51 </variable></paragraph>
  52 <switch select="appl">
  53 <case select="WRITER"><section id="macrorecorder">
  54 <list type="ordered">
  55 <listitem>
  56 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Open the document for which you want to record a macro.</paragraph>
  57 </listitem>
  58 <listitem>
  59 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="5">Choose <emph>Tools - Macros - Record Macro</emph>.</paragraph>
  60 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">You see the small <emph>Recording</emph> dialog with just one button called <emph>Stop Recording</emph>.</paragraph>
  61 </listitem>
  62 <listitem>
  63 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153087" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Perform the actions you want to be recorded in the document.</paragraph>
  64 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150504" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Press the Escape key to deselect an object, as the macro recorder currently does not record this action by mouse click.</paragraph>
  65 </listitem>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148492" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Click <emph>Stop Recording</emph>.</paragraph>
  68 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148686" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">The <emph>Macro</emph> dialog appears, in which you can save and run the macro.</paragraph>
  69 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159158" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">If you want to abort the recording without saving a macro, click the <emph>Close</emph> button of the <emph>Recording</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
  70 </listitem>
  71 <listitem>
  72 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144510" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">To save the macro, first select the object where you want the macro to be saved in the <emph>Save macro in</emph> list box.</paragraph>
  73 </listitem>
  74 <listitem>
  75 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148550" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">If you want the macro to be saved into a new library or module, click the <emph>New Library </emph>or <emph>New Module </emph>button and enter a name for the library or module.</paragraph>
  76 </listitem>
  77 <listitem>
  78 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Enter a name for the new macro in the <emph>Macro name</emph> text box. Do not use Basic keywords as a name.</paragraph>
  79 </listitem>
  80 <listitem>
  81 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
  82 </listitem>
  83 </list>
  84 <paragraph role="head2" id="hd_id2486342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Limitations of the macro recorder</paragraph>
  85 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3608508" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The following actions are <emph>not</emph> recorded:</paragraph>
  86 <list type="unordered">
  87 <listitem>
  88 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id921353" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Opening of windows is not recorded.</paragraph>
  89 </listitem>
  90 <listitem>
  91 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9296243" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Actions carried out in another window than where the recorder was started are not recorded.</paragraph>
  92 </listitem>
  93 <listitem>
  94 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4269234" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Window switching is not recorded.</paragraph>
  95 </listitem>
  96 <listitem>
  97 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8014465" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Actions that are not related to the document contents are not recorded. For example, changes made in the Options dialog, macro organizer, customizing.</paragraph>
  98 </listitem>
  99 <listitem>
 100 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2814416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Selections are recorded only if they are done by using the keyboard (cursor traveling), but not when the mouse is used.</paragraph>
 101 </listitem>
 102 <listitem>
 103 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2522354" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The macro recorder works only in Calc and Writer.</paragraph>
 104 </listitem>
 105 </list>
 106 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/>
 107 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="C"><link href="text/shared/01/06130000.xhp" name="Macro">Macro</link></paragraph>
 108 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><link href="text/shared/main0600.xhp" name="macro programming in $[officename]">Programming in %PRODUCTNAME</link></paragraph><comment>how-to running a macro</comment><comment>how-to testing and debugging a macro</comment></section>
 109 </case>
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 114 <default>
 115 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7797242" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The macro recording functionality is only available for text documents in %PRODUCTNAME Writer and for spreadsheets in %PRODUCTNAME Calc.</paragraph>
 116 </default>
 117 </switch></body>
 118 </helpdocument>