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| ====== Record Quick Macro ====== | ====== Record Quick Macro ====== | ||
| - | [Recording](https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/documentation/7/recording.html) allows Keyboard Maestro to watch you as you perform a task and create the actions to produce a similar result. For details, see the [Recording](https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/documentation/7/recording.html) page in the Keyboard Maestro Documentation. | + | [Recording](/manual/Recording) allows Keyboard Maestro to watch you as you perform a task and create the actions to produce a similar result. For details, see the [Recording](/manual/Recording) page in the User Manual. |
| The //Record Quick Macro// action is a variant of this which you can activate at any time //without launching Keyboard Maestro//. It, like all Macros, can be triggered by a hotkey. You can quickly trigger the start of recording, perform a series of actions, then stop (which saves) recording. When you're ready to apply the same actions again, just press the associated hot key (**[OPT] + [F1]** by default) to execute the recorded actions. | The //Record Quick Macro// action is a variant of this which you can activate at any time //without launching Keyboard Maestro//. It, like all Macros, can be triggered by a hotkey. You can quickly trigger the start of recording, perform a series of actions, then stop (which saves) recording. When you're ready to apply the same actions again, just press the associated hot key (**[OPT] + [F1]** by default) to execute the recorded actions. | ||
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| + | Enabling key repeat will repeat the playback of the recorded macro while you hold the hot key down. | ||
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| + | You can also trigger the macro from the Global Macro Platte or the Status Menu if desired. | ||
| Keyboard Maestro automatically includes an implicit Semaphore at the start of the recorded macro so that you can trigger the resulting macro quickly multiple times and it will execute sequentially. | Keyboard Maestro automatically includes an implicit Semaphore at the start of the recorded macro so that you can trigger the resulting macro quickly multiple times and it will execute sequentially. | ||
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| ==== Documentation ==== | ==== Documentation ==== | ||
| - | * [Recording a Macro](https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/documentation/7/recording.html) | + | * [Recording a Macro](/manual/Recording) |
| ==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
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