MACROS INCLUDED IN THE SET
AGECALC.WCM calculates how many days since a person was born. Just type in your birthday in the format mm/dd/yy, click the Calculate button, and your age will appear in the dialog.
AREACODE.WCM lets you look up a telephone area code by location, or look up a location by the area code. In the List by drop down control, select Area Code or State. The list of items will change accordingly. Select the area code or state you are interested in. The name of the state, along with all the area codes and their approximate locations will be displayed on the right side of the dialog.
CHANGEFILEDATE.WCM Lets you change the modify date attribute on a selected file. Run the macro. Select the file you want to change, then select a date and time. If you leave the time at 0:0:0, the current time will be used.
CHARCOUNT.WCM counts all the characters in the file on screen.
CHECKDATA.WCM checks the records in a WordPerfect merge data file and removes any duplicates.
COPYNOTES.WCM copies all the endnotes or footnotes from a manuscript to a blank document. Many publishers require that the endnotes and footnotes be separate from the main flow of the document, so this macro comes in handy for those who send their work to a publisher. Open the document and start the macro. Choose to copy either the footnotes or the endnotes to a new document, and click OK. The macro will remove the note text from the document and copy it to a new document. When the macro is done, it will display a message telling you which document contains the notes. Click Window, then the document number to go to the notes.
CROPS.WCM adds crop marks to the current document. You can specify the length of both horizontal and vertical crop marks, and their distance from the margin. The crop marks are based on the current paper size; the margins defined for the document; and parameters that the user specifies for the length of the crop marks, and the offset of the crop marks from the margins.
DIRSEARCH.WCM will search for a specific string of text in all documents in a subdirectory and replace that string with another specified string. Start the macro from a blank document screen. In the Path to search edit window, type the name of the directory that contains the files to search, as well as a file mask such as *.* (for all files) or *.wpd (for all files with the .wpd extension). In the String to find edit window type the string of text you want to find and replace. In the Replacement string edit window type the string of text you want to use as the replacement. Click OK. If no files meeting the criteria were found, a dialog will inform you and the macro will quit. If there are files that do match the path and filename you specified, a dialog will appear notifying you of how many files will be searched. If you wish to continue, click Yes.
Each file will be opened, and the search string will be replaced with the replace string. If the file was changed during the search, the file will be saved. If no changes occurred, the file will be closed without saving. A dialog will keep yo informed of the macro's progress.
FAXMEMO.WCM places a 3¼" by 1½" FAX transmittal memo on a document that you intend to FAX. Using this memo saves the paper you might have otherwise used as a cover sheet. To add the FAX memo to your document, place the cursor approximately where you want the memo to go and play the macro. You'll be asked if you want to rotate the memo. If you want the memo to appear sideways, choose Yes. The memo will be created in a graphics box, so once it is created you can click it to select it, and drag it to another location on the page if desired.
To add information to the FAX memo, double-click it to edit and type your info, or print the page and hand-write the information in the blanks.
FUTUREDATE.WCM reports the date a certain number of days into the future. First, select the starting date in the date control. Next specify how many days into the future you want the date for. Click the Calculate button to display the future date. You can also determine the number of days until a specified date or how many days since a given date. In the Ending date calendar control, select a date. Click the Calculate button. The number of days until or since the selected date will be displayed.
GEOGRAPHY.WCM quizzes you on US capitols and state flowers. INCLUDED in WP12 set only.
GRAPHCAT.WCM creates a picture catalog of all the graphics in the specified directory. A footer at the bottom of the page will tell you what directory was cataloged. All images will be placed in alphabetical order. The catalog will have five images across, and six rows of images.
GREET.WCM creates a greeting card using your choice of font and border, and your own message. Allows you to personalize with credit text on the back of the card. Just fold and send!
INVOICE.WCM inserts an invoice number at the cursor point. The invoice number is retrieved from the Registry, where it is stored. When you run the macro the current invoice number is inserted in the document, and the number is incremented by 1 and saved back to the registry. The first time you run the macro, you will be prompted for your desires starting invoice number.
JAPANESE.WCM is a tool to help you learn Japanese. Japanese words are displayed, for which you can guess their meaning. Select a word type (adjective, noun, verb, etc.). Select whether you want to be quizzed Japanese to English pr English to Japanese. Select the amount of time you wish for automatically moving to the next word. When a word is displayed, mentally guess the translation in your head. Click Translate to display the translation. ClickNext to move to the next word, or wait the selected time increment for the next randomly selected word to be automatically displayed. Click Back if you wish to go back to the previous word. Click Done to close the macro.
JAPCHARS.WCM is a tool to help you learn the Japanese Hirigana or Katakana characters. This macro requires JapaneseChars.DLL to be in the same directory where the 10JAPCHARS.WCM macro is located. When you start the macro, choose whether you wish to view Hirigana or Katakana characters. Click Next to move to the next randomly selected character. Click Identify to display the Romanji name of the character. Click Done to close the macros.
MACROINFO.WCM displays information that may be helpful to macro writers.
MACROTEST.WCM is used by TESTMAKER.WCM to help you create online test. INCLUDED only in WP 10 Set
MARGINMESSAGE.WCM inserts your desired text vertically on the side of the page. Run the macro, then type the text to be inserted. Select the size for the font. Select whether you want the text on the current page, or on all pages forward. Specify left or right margin. Specify a style.
MATHFLASH.WCM helps you and your child practice your arithmetic skills. When you play the macro, you will be presented with a random flash card. Two numbers and a mathematical operator will appear. Determine what the answer to the problem is, and type your answer in the Answer edit window, then click the Check Answer button. A message will appear in the Status text control to inform you whether your answer was right or wrong. If it was wrong, the correct answer will be displayed also. In the Score box, your current score will be displayed. Click the New Problem button to get a new problem.
To vary the problems, choose a different level of difficulty. Level 1 will display numbers from 1 to 10. Level 2 uses numbers from 10 to 100. Level 3 uses numbers from 100 to 1000. You can also choose the mathematical operator you want to practice. Choose from addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
PHONEMESSAGE.WCM prompts the user for information about a telephone message. It records date, time, caller name, company, phone number, message, and whether the recipient should return the call. The user can then save the message, then use File > Send To > Mail Recipient to email the phone message to the recipient.
STYLEOUT.WCM removes user-defined styles from a document. Open the file that you want to remove the styles from and play the macro. Specify whether you want to delete the style and all codes contained in the style, or to delete the style but leave the codes. Click OK. The user-defined styles will be removed.
SYSVARS.WCM displays a list of macro system variables. Highlight the system variable you are interested in and information related to that system variable will be displayed on the right side of the dialog. The brief description will be displayed, along with the current value of the variable. Possible values are listed on many of the system variables. If you need further help with a specific system variable, click the Help button. The WordPerfect online macro help will be opened and the help screen for the selected system variable will be displayed.
TESTMAKER.WCM is a system for creating, administering and grading online tests. As the student works through the questions, his/her responses are stored in a file on disk, along with the score. Tests can contain multiple choice, multiple answer, True/False, short answer, essay answer, or ordering questions. Included only in WP10 Set
Before you create a test, you should have the questions and possible answers at hand. To create a test, start 10TESTMAKER.WCM. The macro opens the Test Template macro file. A dialog appears with choices for types of common test questions. Choose a question type, then click OK.
If you choose Multiple Choice, the student will be able to select one answer from a list of possible answers. If you choose Multiple Answer, the student will be able to choose one or more possible answers. True/False questions allow the student to choose True or False. Short Answer allows the student to type a short answer. The answer the student provides must match EXACTLY the correct answer supplied by the test writer. Essay allows the student to type a short essay answer. Due to the complexity of this type of question, essay answers will be recorded, but not graded or scored. The Place in numerical order question type allows you to list several items that the student must place in order.
Once you have chosen a question type, a dialog will appear asking for the required information. First, type the question. In the Multiple Choice and Multiple Answer questions, you can specify up to 6 possible answers. Provide the possible answer in the order in which you want the to appear in the test. Provide the number of points the question is worth. On the Multiple Answer question, When done, click OK. The required code for the test will be inserted in the test macro. Add the rest of your questions, then click Done.
At the top of the test macro in the Initialization section, there are two items you may want to change. They are:
TestPath:="c:\myfiles\"
GetName(30)
In the TestPath command, specify the directory where you want the score file to be written. In the GetName command, specify the number of minutes you expect the test to take. This value will appear on the opening screen of the test. Save the test with any desired name.
To administer the test, copy the new test macro along with TESTMAKER.WCM to the macros directory of the testing machine. Start the macro for the student. The first thing the macro will ask for is the student's name. The name the student provides will be used to name the score file, so it is a good idea to make a note of what s/he types, or to instruct the student to type a specific identifying word that you will recognize later. After the student provides a name, the test will begin.
As the student reads and answers the questions, the input and score are written to the score file. Once the student is done, you can open the file as you would any other document, selecting ANSI Windows Text at the document conversion dialog.
TEXTBORDER.WCM creates a border containing your specified text all around the current page. Run the macro, then specify the text you want to place in the border. This text will be repeated all around the page. Select the desired font and font size. Click OK. The border will be created in four parts, one for each side of the page, and your text will be inserted. Once done, you can add your own additional text or graphics within the border.
THOUGHTS.WCM displays a thought for the day. Thoughts are selected randomly from a database of over 130 thoughts.
XMASTREE.WCM creates a Christmas tree make of asterisks on a page.
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