Microsoft® Office Project 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies®

Chapter 3. Using Macros

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✓	Understanding macros
✓	Creating a macro
✓	Using a macro

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Macros help you save time. And anything that helps you save time is worth discussing. So, this chapter explains what macros are, how to create them, and how to use them.

Understanding Macros

A macro is a small program that helps you save time whenever you need to perform a repetitive task. For example, suppose that you use the Delay table fairly often. You’ve already added the Delay table to the menu using the steps you found in Book VI, Chapter 2, but suppose that you’re a toolbar button kind of a person, and it annoys you greatly to have to display the Delay table by going through menus. What you really want to do is just click a button on a toolbar to display the table. You can create a macro that selects the Delay table and then assign the macro to a toolbar button — and then you can just click a button on a toolbar to display the table.

Don’t let the word “program” scare you, because you won’t actually have to write any program code to create a macro.

The more you use Project, the more you’ll notice the things you do over and over, and those things are candidates for macros. For example, we create macros for every combination view we use regularly that involves views that don’t appear automatically when we split the view.

See Book VI, Chapter 1 for details ...