This documentation is for Macro Recorder v5 beta. For the current production version 4 documentation, click here.
Macro Recorder v5 Beta Documentation
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Macro Recorder as your automation solution.
Macro Recorder for Windows and Mac records your mouse and keyboard actions for infinite playback.
- Automate repetitive tasks on your computer.
- Hand out recorded automations to your team.
- Create streamlined presentations and screencasts.
- Auto-fill complex forms.
- Automate system maintenance tasks.
- Auto-login to online accounts.
- Auto-click websites or programs.
- Software test automation.
Features
- Recording of mouse movements, mouse clicks and scroll-wheel actions.
- System-wide functionality without the need for custom software adapters/interfaces.
- Recording of keystrokes and text input.
- Set program focus and its window position & -size.
- Error-tolerant image and text detection on the screen.
- Self-hosted and cloud-based AI integration to boost your automation tasks.
- Image and (OCR) text capture from the desktop for further use in your automation.
- Pixel color detection to wait for specific program states, e.g. if a web page is loaded.
- Built-in macro step editor.
- Variable playback speed.
- Variables in the macro script.
Special benefits
Macro Recorder offers a unique set of features:
- Macro Recorder can smooth-out shaky mouse movements into swift curves.
- Mouse coordinates and colors can be captured without affecting the recorded application.
- Automated program window sizes & positions can be auto-restored/adjusted.
- Mouse movement are combined into a single action item for easier editing, instead of as a dumps of individual X/Y coordinate items.
- Mouse paths are visualized as overlays on your desktop.
PhraseExpress integration
Macro Recorder can be integrated into our popular productivity solution PhraseExpress to get additional features:
- Organize macro recordings in a custom folder structure.
- Trigger macros by hotkey or text shortcuts.
- Select & launch macros from a handy popup menu.
- Schedule Macro Recorder macros with Windows Task Scheduler.
- Combine Macro Recorder macros with powerful PhraseExpress macro functions.
- Exchange variables between Macro Recorder and PhraseExpress.
- Central Macro Recorder licensing with the PhraseExpress SQL Client Manager.
PhraseExpress Enterprise Edition for Windows v17+ or PhraseExpress Enterprise Edition for Mac v6+ required. Both programs must be installed on the same computer.