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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"><title>Macros</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css"></head>
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<body>
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<h1>Macros</h1>
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<p>Notepad++
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is capable of recording some of your actions you perform while
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editing a document, and replaying those later on to avoid having to
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repeat that sequence of actions. This is called a macro and can save
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a great deal of time. Macro's can be played once, or multiple times,
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even as long as is required to run through an entire document. You
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can save them for later use and assign keystrokes to them for fast
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access (See <a href="Shortcut%20Mapper.html">Shortcut Mapper</a>).</font>
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Macro's
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are sensitive to the current position of the cursor and will
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(normally speaking) operate relative on it.
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<p>To
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">record</span> a macro, select <span class="menu_item">Macro->Start Recording</span> or press the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/startRecord.png">
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button on the toolbar. Notepad++ will now keep track of the changes
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you make on a document or certain actions you perform.
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<p>To
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">stop recording</span>, select <span class="menu_item">Macro->Stop Recording</span> or select the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/stopRecord.png"> button
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on the toolbar. As an exception to most commands, you can toggle this
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behavior with a special shortcut combination that is not listed in
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the menu but solely in the Shortcut mapper (see Settings,
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Shortcutmapper). By default, this is the combination <span class="shortcut">Ctrl-Shift-R</span>.
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<p>After the recording is stopped, it will be stored in a temporary
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buffer. If you haven't performed any actions, this buffer will be
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cleared. If you start recording another macro without saving your earlier work, it will be lost.
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<p>To
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">play</span> the macro in the buffer, select <span class="menu_item">Macro->Playback</span> or press the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/playRecord.png">
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button. This will perform the macro once at the current position.
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<p><img style="width: 276px; height: 188px;" alt="" src="Images/Screenshots/save_shortcut.png"><p><font face="Times New Roman, serif">To
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">save</span> the macro in the buffer, select <span class="menu_item">Macro->Save</span> current recorded
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macro or press the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/saveRecord.png"> button. A dialog will pop up asking for a name of
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the macro and the default key combination. These can later be changed
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(and deleted) using the Shortcutmapper (see <a href="Shortcut%20Mapper.html">Shortcut Mapper</a>). When saved, the macro will be available from the
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Macro menu or the Macro playlist.
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<p><img style="width: 258px; height: 201px;" alt="" src="Images/Screenshots/macro_multiple.png">
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<p>To
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">play</span> the current macro in the buffer or any saved macro once or
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">multiple times</span>, select <span class="menu_item">Macro->Run a macro multiple times...</span> or press the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/playRecord_m.png"> button. A
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dialog will pop up allowing you to select what macro to perform
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(buffer macro or any saved macro) and how many times. You can also
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opt to perform the macro until the cursor reaches the end of the
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current file (starting from its current position). Note that if no
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macro's are available, this dialog is inaccessible.
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<p>Currently
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(v5.4.3), macro's cannot save Find(/Replace) operations.
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</body></html>
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