In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education.
Today's tip: Create a Macro
Category: MSO, Problem-solving, Keyboarding
Here are basic steps for MS Word:
- Click View - Macros - Record Macros.
- Specify a name for the macro.
- Choose whether it should be a keyboard shortcut or a button.
- Once you click OK, your mouse becomes a cassette tape. Click all elements you would like to be part of your macro.
- Stop recording by clicking View - Stop Recording.
Here's a video on how to create a macro in MS Word.
If you use Chromebooks, you can adjust what some keys do (such as the Search key can become the Caps Lock) through Settings. Additionally, there are several add-ons like iMacro that will help you create macros.
Google Apps call them 'scripts' and they're popular. Alice Keeler has a starter-project you can find on her website.
Mac calls them 'substitutions'. Use the System Preferences.
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