Macro recorder is important to much of modern life, but most of you don't have a clue how it works. If you are such a person, here is a basic introduction to the recorder.

Macro recorder is an enhanced automation tool, which allows recording and replaying virtually every data input by keyboard and mouse. You may utilize it to record and save mouse movements, mouse clicks, and keyboard keystrokes in any application, such as a word processor, a painting application and so on. When you need it, you can replay the recorded activities over and over again.

The Macro recorder not just records all keyboard and mouse activities in any window, but it also contains more than 50 additional commands. These commands allow controlling the macro run (loops, conditions, goto, variables, etc.), starting or switching to programs, manipulating cursors, searching the image or text, calling external DLL and shutting down the computer, etc. The Macro recorder activities are stored in a clear and compact way. This makes it easy to edit them.

When using the Macro recorder, you should build a macro first. One method is to capture (record) your keystroke and mouse movement. Start the recording of the macro and enter the keystrokes and mouse movement in your application. When finished, stop the recording and save the macro. The other method is to build your own macros with the macro editor. Select from a list of commands and insert them into the macro.

Then you play back macros you recorded. The recorder allows you to execute (play back) macros in two ways. The most common method is to press a hotkey combination such as CTRL+ ALT+1. There are a number of single keys which can be assigned as a hotkey. The other playback method is to have the macro execute on a schedule. You can specify the macro to play back minute, daily, weekly or monthly. Schedules such as at 10:00 every day or every 10 days can also be accommodated.

With using the Macro recorder, you can get rid of the repetitive tasks and save your time. In your ordinary life, when you check your Email, login the sites and submit to the sites, let the Macro recorder do these tasks instead of you; In your business, when you want to check inventory, update the customer records, generate reports, again, let the Macro recorder do these for you.

The Macro recorder saves thousands of clicks and keystrokes and reduces your repetitive tasks to a single mouse click or a keystroke. This, of course, saves your time and money.