Available macros

The Available macros window appears when you click the 'Select a macro' button from the Macro Manager toolbar. At the top of the window, select the macro location. Depending on how your administrator has configured the session, possible macro locations include Current Session, Personal Library, and Server Library. Once you select a macro and click OK, the macro name appears in the Macro Manager toolbar field and the Available macros window closes. Now this macro becomes the current macro, and you can play, edit, and delete it.

The following functions are also available when you right-click a macro file name in the macro list window:

Copy
Paste
Cut
Delete
Properties

You cannot paste, cut, or delete macros when working with the server macro library location because it is read-only for users.

Copy
To copy a macro, select a macro or a set of macros in the list, right-click the file name(s), and select Copy. This copies the macro(s) into the Macro Clipboard from which you can paste into a different location.

Paste
Paste copies the macro(s) that are in the Macro Clipboard (as a result of a previous Cut or Copy operation) to the specified location.

Pasting a macro to a new location can have some unexpected results with regard to how it is named. Macros listed in the Current Session are identified by the macro name itself, whereas macros in Personal or Server libraries are identified by their file names.

Note the following:

• If a macro from the Current Session is pasted to the Personal Library, the new file name is the macro name with a .mac extension appended to it.
• If a macro from the Personal or Server libraries is pasted to the Current Session, the macro is listed as its macro name.
• If a macro from the Server Library is pasted to the Personal Library, the new file is given the old file name.

Cut
To cut a macro, select a macro or a set of macros in the list, right-click the file name(s), and select Cut. The macro or set of macros continue to reside in the the Available macros list as well as in the Macro Clipboard until you paste it/them into another location.

Delete
To delete a macro, select a macro or a set of macros in the list, right-click the file name(s), and select Delete.

You cannot use the Available macros window to delete the current macro that is displayed in the Macro Manager. To delete the current macro, you must use the Macro Manager's Delete button.

Properties
To view a macro's properties, select a macro in the list of available macros, right-click the file name, and select Properties. A window appears that lists the macro name, description, author, creation date, and macro location. You cannot edit macro properties from this window. To edit macro properties, you must use the Macro Editor.

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