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| ==== Keyboard Maestro editor ==== | ==== Keyboard Maestro editor ==== | ||
| - | The Keyboard~~Maestro application is the editor. It lets you create and modify macros and configure preferences. You use it only when you want to make changes and then you quit it. It does not always need to be running. Whenever you launch Keyboard~~Maestro, it also launches the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine which continues running until you log out (you can have the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine launched automatically when you login by enabling the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the [[Windows#Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]]). | + | The Keyboard~~Maestro application is the editor. It lets you create and modify macros and configure preferences. You use it only when you want to make changes and then you quit it. It does not always need to be running. Whenever you launch Keyboard~~Maestro, it also launches the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine which continues running until you log out (you can, and should, have the Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine launched automatically when you login by enabling the “Launch Engine at Login” preference in the [[Windows#Preferences_General_Pane|General preference pane]]). |
| ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ==== | ==== Keyboard Maestro Engine ==== | ||
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| ==== Macros ==== | ==== Macros ==== | ||
| - | Keyboard~~Maestro’s main purpose is to execute Macros. A Macro lives in a Macro~~Group and consists of a set of Triggers that determine when the macro is executed, together with a list of Actions that define what the macro does when it is executed. You create a Macro by clicking the BUTTON{{{+}}} button at the bottom of the Macros list. You can disable or enable Macro~~Groups by clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button. Keep in mind that a Macro can only be active when the Macro~~Group that contains it is active. You can edit a Macro by selecting it and clicking the Edit button. | + | Keyboard~~Maestro’s main purpose is to execute Macros. A Macro lives in a Macro~~Group and consists of a set of Triggers that determine when the macro is executed, together with a list of Actions that define what the macro does when it is executed. You create a Macro by clicking the BUTTON{{{+}}} button at the bottom of the Macros list. You can disable or enable Macros by clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button. Keep in mind that a Macro can only be active when the Macro~~Group that contains it is active. You can edit a Macro by selecting it and clicking the Edit button, or by double-clicking on it. |
| ==== Triggers ==== | ==== Triggers ==== | ||
manual/Quick_Start.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/26 03:22 by peternlewis
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