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xwp: Using shortcuts

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WordPerfect provides two important features to increase your efficiency: a button bar and macros. A button bar is an extra window that has single-click buttons of the most-used commands. A macro is a small program that will run many procedures for one command.

To create a button bar:

  1. Make sure the Button Bar is turned off.
  2. From the menu select: Button Bar->New Bar.
  3. A Button Bar Edit window will appear.
  4. Add new buttons by selecting items from the menu.
  5. Delete buttons by selecting the button.
To create a macro:
  1. Select from the menu: Macro->Edit
  2. A Macro Edit window will appear.
  3. Click on the New button.
  4. Position the mouse in the text box.
  5. Scroll through the available commands in the commands box.
  6. Double click on the command.
  7. The command will appear in the text box.
  8. Click on the Save As button.
  9. Type a name in the title box.
  10. Click the OK button.

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R. G. Baer, gypsy@nmt.edu

Last updated: 1995/12/11 01:44:33 UT
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