It is more suitable for quick and short term use but certainly not for automating repetitive task because there is no repeat or loop functionality. GhostMouse is a no-brainer program that is incredibly simple with only 2 buttons (Play & Record) on the main graphical user interface. The Options button allows you to set the number of repetitions and playback speed. The playback can be cancelled with the hotkey Ctrl+Esc. Whenever you want to play back the recording, simply browse the. Only 3 steps are required to record browse the location to save the recording file, click the record button and press the hardcoded hotkey Pause/Break to stop the recording. WinMacro is nearly as old as Macro Dollar and still worked perfectly when we briefly tested it using Windows 7. For example, the Journal is normally called Macro and the Scenario is actually the Scheduler.

The terms used in Macro Dollar are slightly different compared to the rest because this program is created by a Frenchman. Probably the most unique yet least used feature found in Macro Dollar is the “Shake” option where your mouse cursor shakes when a recording is being played.

Since it can record both mouse actions and keyboard input for play back, we consider it to be a Macro software. Macro Dollar is an old and simple automation software that was originally created around 10 years ago for “paid to surf” programs to click on advertisement bars installed on computers. Here we have a list of our top 10 free macro software which can make your computer perform repetitive tasks. You can find both free and paid macro software, the free macro software is easier to use with less features while the paid versions support more commands and activations. It can be as simple as clicking a button to record your keyboard and mouse actions but it can also be very advanced where you get to write your own sophisticated macro script for play back.

Macro software can be used to create a series of actions to help in automating tasks. Instead of hiring a team of people to do the data input or a programmer to write a custom importer, you can actually rely on a piece of “Macro” software to automatically do it for you. One simple example is the need to transfer a lot of data from an Excel spreadsheet into a database management system (DMBS) and it cannot import the data from the XLS file. There are times when you need to do something over and over again on the computer which is very time consuming and tedious.

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