(1) A special-purpose command language used to automate sequences within an application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Macro languages often include programming controls (IF THEN, GOTO, ...

Macro is short for macroinstruction. A macroinstruction is a programmable pattern that takes a series of instructions and executes them in a sequence after a single keystroke. We use macros every time ...

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