Re: Non-NB: Macro Program

[Dorothy Day <day@nospam.indiana.edu>]

JP,

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Earls, JP wrote:

> Does someone out there know of a Windows program that will hold a
> number of macros, and, lurking in the background, will put one of them
> on the clipboard or directly into another Windows program?
>
> I am using a new program, Norton's Connect.Web for grading English
> essays.  It allows the instructor to comment at the end of each
> sentence.  It would be a great help to be able to put in the comment
> window a prefab statement such as "Place a comma before the
> coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses" and not
> having to write it every time.


You may get a more specific recommendation, but what you seem to need
generally is some sort of extended clipboard program that allows
multiple clips to be stored and selectively recalled and pasted. Try
some of the shareware collections, e.g. TuCows at

     http://tucows.datacruz.com/clipb95.html

for several shareware and freeware candidates. Some combine macro
management. One may fit your situation.

I also ran across MacroClip ($19 registration), at 

     http://www.gentee.com/mclip/index.htm

which seems a useful mix of macro and clipboard features.

I haven't used any of these programs, so I'd be pleased to hear anyone
else's experience with these types of utilities.

       Dorothy

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