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End Sub
Add the new macro either before Sub Main or after End Sub. In Listing 3, the new macro has been
added before Sub Main.
Listing 3: Module1 after adding the new macro.
REM ***** BASIC *****
Sub HelloMacro
Print "Hello"
End Sub
Sub Main
End Sub
Click on the Run Basic button in the toolbar to run the first macro in the module. Use the
Macro dialog, opened using the Select macro button or Tools → Macros → Organize Macros →
LibreOffice Basic, to select and run any macro in the module.
Creating a simple macro
Imagine repeatedly entering simple information. Although you can store the information in the
clipboard, if you use the clipboard for something else, the contents are changed. Storing the
contents as a macro is a simple solution. (In some simple cases, including the example used here,
a better solution is to use AutoText.)
1) Use Tools → Macros → Record Macro to start recording a macro.
A small window is displayed so you know that LibreOffice is recording.
2) Type the desired information or perform an appropriate series of
operations. In this case, I typed my name, Andrew Pitonyak.
3) Click the Stop Recording button to stop recording, save the macro, and display the
LibreOffice Basic Macros dialog.
Figure 300: OOo Macro Organizer dialog, DBInspection library selected
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