Take Control of Automating Your Mac by Joe Kissell

Author:Joe Kissell [Joe Kissell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TidBITS
Published: 2014-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

I gave you a one-line example macro, but what else can you put in a macro? I’m glad you asked. Let me begin with the easiest approach to writing your own macros.

Simple Macros

First, the bad news: unlike Microsoft Office, Nisus Writer Pro has no recording capability—it can’t watch what you do and make a macro out of that for you. But now, the good news: it’s way easier to write macros for Nisus Writer Pro than for Word!

How easy? For the simplest things, like running menu commands, you just type a command (as it appears on a menu) on a line by itself. If the command includes an ellipsis (…), you can leave that off.

So, here’s a macro that turns the selected text bold, makes it 18 points, and then copies it to the clipboard:

bold 18 copy

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