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Text Macro Management Dialog

• Information about a selected macro dis- 4 The Expanded Macro Value field
plays in the Macro Value and Expanded displays the information that the macro
Macro Value fields to the right of the reports. If the selected macro is not Valid in
list.The Macro Value field shows the the current context, “#Evaluation Error#”
defined Value of the selected macro. The will display here,
Expanded Macro Value shows the output If the selected macro is not Valid, click
of the macro in the current context. 5
the Show Evaluation Error button to
2 Edit or delete the selected text macro, open an Information box with a description
create a new one, or import or export of the problem.
macros to and from other files. See
“Importing and Exporting Macros” on page Edit Text Macro Dialog
528, below.
The Edit Text Macro dialog can be accessed
• C l i c k t h e Edit button to make changes to by clicking the Edit, New, or Copy button in
the selected macro in the Edit Text Macro the Text Macro Management dialog.
dialog. Only available when an existing
macro is selected.
• Click the New button to open the Edit
Text Macro dialog and create a new
macro.
• Click the Copy button to create a copy of
the currently selected macro and open the
Edit Text Macro dialog. Only available
when an existing macro is selected.
• Click the Delete button to remove the
selected macro from the list. Only avail- 1 Type a short, descriptive Name for the
able when an existing macro is selected. macro. Macro names must be unique
• Click the Import button to open the within a given file, or library object.
Import Text Macros dialog and import Type a named value, reference to a
macros exported from another file into 2 Ruby .rb file, and/or insert an existing
the current file. See “Importing Files” on macro in the Value field.
page 64.
• You can also copy a Named Value out of
• Click the Export button to open the the Ruby Console or a definition from an
Export Text Macros dialog and make the .rb file and paste it here. See “To Copy,
user-defined macros in this file available Cut and Paste text” on page 508.
to be imported into another file. See
“Exporting Files” on page 60. • Click the Insert button above the Value
field to insert an already existing macro
3 The Macro Value field displays the into the selected macro. See “Text Mac-
content, or text used to define the ros” on page 522.
selected macro.

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