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Chapter 3: Working with Target Servers
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Building a Keyboard Macro
To build a macro:
1. Click Keyboard > Keyboard Macros. The Keyboard Macros dialog
appears.
2. Click Add. The Add Keyboard Macro dialog appears.
3. Type a name for the macro in the Keyboard Macro Name field. This
name appears in the Keyboard menu after it is created.
4. From the Hot-Key Combination field, select a keyboard combination
from the drop-down list. This allows you to execute the macro with a
predefined keystroke. Optional
5. In the Keys to Press drop-down list, select each key you would like to
use to emulate the keystrokes that is used to perform the command.
Select the keys in the order by which they are to be pressed. After
each selection, select Add Key. As each key is selected, it appears
in the Macro Sequence field and a Release Key command is
automatically added after each selection.
For example, create a macro to close a window by selecting Left Ctrl
+ Esc. This appears in the Macro Sequence box as follows:
Press Left Alt
Press F4
Esc
Release F4
Esc
Release Left Alt
6. Review the Macro Sequence field to be sure the macro sequence is
defined correctly.
a. To remove a step in the sequence, select it and click Remove.
b. To change the order of steps in the sequence, click the step and
then click the up or down arrow buttons to reorder them as
needed.
7. Click OK to save the macro. Click Clear to clear all field and start
over. When you click OK, the Keyboard Macros dialog appears and
lists the new keyboard macro.
8. Click Close to close the Keyboard Macros dialog. The macro now
appears on the Keyboard menu in the application.