Macro Express Pro Tutorial (1 of 5) - Program

This video is a short tutorial for the Macro Express Pro program. This is video 1 of 5.

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high today we're going to talk about
macro Express Pro
want to talk a little bit about its
programming to move its menu options
to start right off macro Express Pro
stores
all of its macros and a single and the
x-files
in creating additional file were open an
existing file
you can back up your macros or restore
them
you can also export your macros
were import them from a current file for
example
micro express comes with a samples and
the axe file
screw hadn't open not now you can see
that it has several sample
macros that you can import you can
select them
individually or if you hold control on
Windows
or command with Mac you can select
multiple
and select okay when we get our macros
comported
came right now we're not going to use is
macro so I'm going to go ahead and
delete them for now
now we're going to look at
options her France's these are the
configurations for macro Express Pro
you can customize the settings to your
liking most of them
are just fine where they are and you
probably won't want to make any changes
to them
some of them will have little tweaks
that you might prefer
for example and start-up I don't like
this class train
or macro Express the editor to pop up
when the program starts so I tend to
disable does
now let's look at the Tools menu under
the Tools menu we have restore keyboard
and mouse hooks
what this does as if you shut down in a
macro
and forget release the shift key before
the end to the macro
missile base cleary said everything to
the way it was before you started your
macro
another complaint was just launch mouse
locator
sheesh and this will give you the cordon
and search your mouse
on your screen or relative to the active
window
this can be very useful for when you are
using mouse move command
or other commands later on now it's like
a categories
you can create sub sub sub categories if
you like
for now I'm just going to go to the
school
you know soaring am categories you can
also
delete the categories something else you
can do is set a password
for running macros within the category
editing macros within that category
arguing the macros within that category
if you do
requires the old password if you have
one to change it if not it would be
blank
and a new password and confirming that
new password
the last option was good categories is
enabling and disabling the category
we'll get to that in a minute
now let's look at macros
I can right click here and choose the
macro or from any I can choose new macro
or capture macro capture macro
will capture my keystrokes my mouse
movements
and mouse clicks and record them to a
macro form there's also quick wizards
I have never found that to be useful
offer to give it a try if you'd like
also we can right click on a macro
and see that we can edit it copy
disable recapture to lead run now
export to regular macro were to a
playable macro
moved category place under stop
or see its macro properties if we place
it on the desktop
it creates an icon on the desktop that
excuse just macro is in macro Express
we move it to a category we can simply
drag and drop or this will allow us to
actually choose the category from the
list
export as a playable macro will create a
shop executing macro to a degree you
have to have macro Express installed on
the computer but it does not have to be
running to execute a playable macro
simply exporting to a macro no longer
has to be in macro Express
its assault complete macro but you do
have to have macro Express running
and recapture macro will allow you to
record the mouse in
keyboard for a macro and that place is
it inside the macro is how it happened
to recreate it activation
so I'm in a copy this macro and we will
name it
sample three
and we are going to choose no activation
for now
and her I have my new copy a macro
sign on to disable this macro
and then if you remember earlier I told
you about enable and disable category I
was gonna show you that later
well now I'm gonna show you that so fine
able and disabled category on notice
it reverses which macros are disable
can be a handy feature
now I'm gonna go ahead and delete this
macro
now here's something else is convenient
let's say that sample 3 was an important
macro and
group I don't have that anywhere else I
can come over the recycling damn
and you'll notice sure my three macros
and I imported earlier
and my sample tree macro I can restore
them if I need
or empty or delete a single one from the
list
wyman empty my recycling bin because I
like to keep things nice and tidy
all right let's go through the process
of creating a macro
so the first thing I want to do is give
a name
and then I want to select away that I
want it to be acted
well hockey is the most common in simply
hold down Control
hold down alt and press each to get
the Control Alt key command if that's
what the one that you chose
or you can scroll up and down until you
find the key combination that you like
now you'll notice that
here are a few macros that already have
the key command assigned to them
and macro Express will tell you these
are in use so you probably don't want to
use
he is just happened to be macro Express
specific
key commands which you can change if you
so desire
next exhibition is short key in general
haha
options preferences we had an option to
set a prefix
in the activation section well that
prefixes what you typed list for you hit
this church each
on by default it is a number same number
sigh I prefer a different character
sheesh the 10 if I put sample here
a time I hit my short key pre-fixed
and then type the words sample it will
execute this macro
the next one is schedule
you have several options here when the
program starts once
hourly daily weekly excedrin each of
these have different settings
you can configure so you ought to play
with their singer see what your options
are for
schedule window title refers to the
window title
up the window like these and you can
specify any window title here you'd like
when this guy that window title games
focused loses focus is opened or closed
relaxed your macro
so with the mouse you can have left
click middle click
and right-click on area have the screen
area have a window or specific part of a
window
this would be the special components up
the window that you click on an
activate your macro by clicking on or
area the screen or window you specify
left in the top position
and the right and the bottom position
for the area that you want
clickable to activate this macro
now much you know what controls are you
might want to skip this section
it's kind of specialized if you do know
what controls are
you're really know how to use such
scream and rectory
modification you can put a directory
past year
and then based on whether a file is
created renamed or deleted within that
folder
or a directory is created or delete a
great in that folder
or a few other options it will activate
your macro
next we have system event and you can
see there's a couple here resolution
change
system color change how we're not going
to be using this very commonly
process event this is when and a process
start running or stops running you can
specify what
process you want to watch can trigger
matter that way
TCK key is a good way to execute a macro
if you get internet connection or lose
internet connection
clipboard text allows you to trigger a
macro
if your clipboard has certain text or
acquire certain text was an
and then you always have none see you
can have a macro that simply can be
called and run
by other macros
last thing I wanna dress nice tutorial
is a system tray icon
you can't see mine because it's off the
screen but
if you right click on the System Tray
what you'll get is open macro Explorer
which would open the window that you
currently see she you can suspend macro
Express which leaves at running
but make such macros not activate
and you can re enable it in the same
location
man lastly amongst all these other
options
you can terminate macro Express and this
will in fact close macro Express order
does not run
in my next tutorial I will go over
commands that you can use within your
macros