OpenOffice: create Macro

With macros, you can perform Routine tasks in OpenOffice automatically. We will show you in this tutorial how to create a Macro.

Note: the self-created Macro to run, you need the latest Version of the Java Runtime Environment.

Click above in the menu bar in OpenOffice to the point "tools" and select the category "macros" Option to "record Macro".
Now execute the Routine that you want to save as a Macro. For example, you can create a type of table that you need again and again.
You have completed the process, click on the Button "stop recording".
Here you can save your Macro now. You want to create multiple macros, we advise you to create a new library. How this works, read in the next paragraph.
To run the Macro in the future, click again in the menu bar on "tools" and select the category "macros", select "run Macro".

Open Office Macro programming

To program a Macro, click at the top of the menu-bar item "tools" and select the category "macros" and "macros-manage", the Option "OpenOffice.org Basic".
On the left, select the "My macros" and then click right on the Button "Manage".
You can switch to the tab "libraries" and click on the Button "New".
Give the new library a name such as "My macros" and click "OK".
You can switch back to the tab "modules" and select the newly created library.
Click on the Button "New" and enter a name for your new module. Connect in the connection window.
Select the newly created library, and the module contained in the Overview and click on the "edit"Button.
Then you can program the Macro itself. Help to get started in the Basic programming language you can find on this website of OpenOffice.

In the next practical tip we show you how to create an OpenOffice document with a password protect.