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--- manual:Tokens [2019/08/25 17:00]
JMichaelTX Major rewrite with examples and images
+++ manual:Tokens [2019/08/26 11:22]
JMichaelTX ADD statement about combining Tokens with Static Text
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 . [[:Functions|Functions]] (returns numbers, used in numeric fields )
-You can enter a Token in any [[/Text_Fields|text field]] in an [[:Actions|Action]], and when the Macro is triggered and the Action is executed, the token will be replaced by the value that is returned at run time.
+You can enter a Token in any [[/Text_Fields|text field]] in an [[:Actions|Action]], and when the Macro is triggered and the Action is executed, the token will be replaced by the value that is returned at run time.  This allows you to easily combine static text with dynamic data that is supplied at run time, in most any Action that has a text field, like [[action:Display_Text|Display Text]] and [[action:Set_Variable_to_Text|Set Variable to Text]].
 ===== Token Format =====
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 The "`[]()`" are just characters you type.
-That's all you need for a great macro, which you can download from here.
+That's all you need for a great macro, which you can [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/set-clipboard-to-markdown-link-of-frontmost-browser-wiki-example-macro-v9-0-1d2/15025|download from here]].

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