In addition to programming ShuttlePRO buttons for individual keyboard commands, buttons can also be programmed to cycle through a number of commands by creating a Macro. Macros allow you to perform multiple tasks with the click of a button!

Here’s how you do it...

Windows Users

1. Click on the Shuttle Icon in the Task Bar and select 'Open Control Panel'. In the 'Application Setting' field, select the setting you wish to alter. You can also create new settings by clicking on the 'Options' button and selecting 'Create New Settings'.

2. Make sure the button you're creating the macro for is selected under the 'User action' field. In the 'Computer response' field, select 'Macro'. Under the 'Macro' field that will appear, click the 'New' button. This will bring you to the 'Key Composer' tab where macros are created and edited.

3. Under ‘Macro selection', click the 'New' button and give your macro a name. If you wish, you can add a description under the 'Description' field. Under the 'Action sequence' field, select the 'New Group' button, enter the desired keystroke combination for the first action in the macro sequence, and then click 'OK'. Repeat for the desired number of actions in your macro. Click the 'Apply' button. Your new macro is complete!

Macintosh Users

1. Click on the Shuttle Icon in the Task Bar and select 'Shuttle Settings...'. In the 'Application Setting' field, select the desired setting, or choose 'Create New Settings...'

2. Make sure the button you're creating the macro for is selected under the 'User Action' field. In the 'Computer Response' field, select 'Run Macro'. Click the 'Key Composer' button to edit the macro.

3. Under ‘Macro selection', click the 'New' button and give your macro a name. If you wish, you can add a description under the 'Description' field. Under the 'Action sequence' field, select the 'New Group' button, enter the desired keystroke combination for the first action in the macro sequence, and then click 'OK'. Repeat for the desired number of actions in your macro. Close the 'Contour Key Composer' window and select your new macro under the 'Macro to Run' field. Your new macro is complete!

By David Hague

David is the owner and publisher of AusCam Online. He has a background in media dating back to 1979 when he first got involved with photojournalism in motorsport, and went from there into technology via a 5 year stint with Tandy Computers. Following that, he ran a software distribution company on the Gold Coast and was one of the first to recognise the potential of Microsoft Windows.

Moving back to WA, David wrote scripts for Computer Television for video training for the just released Windows and Office 95 among others, and was then lured to Sydney to create web sites for the newly commercial Internet in 1995, building hundreds of sites under contract to OzEmail including Coates Hire, Hertz Queensland, John Williamson, the NSW Board of Studies and many, many more.

He went back into full time journalism as the Managing Editor for Channel 7's 'Gadget Guy', Peter Blasina's publications VideoCamera and Pixelmag, before starting Australasian Camcorder magazine when these publications were shelved. He lives at Sydney's Avalon Beaches nearly on the ocean front with dog Budweiser and in his spare time is a nut for motor sport, road safety, fishing, science fiction - especially Dr Who - and technology.

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