
However, with Keyboard Maestro I don't have to just blindly save every sixty seconds, I can check specific criteria. The macro is designed to run only when Microsoft Word is active, and I set mine to run every minute. Keyboard Maestro can run that save command every X seconds or minutes. Unlike modern apps, Microsoft Word does not support the versioning and auto-save features in OS X. Microsoft Word does have an auto-recovery setting, but nothing beats the security of manually saving. Auto-Save every X minutes (or seconds) This probably is not what you want, although there is no harm in setting it. However, even if you don't use Keyboard Maestro, I encourage you to read on, because I'm going to offer another suggestion at the end. As I was writing this article, it also occurred to me that I would like to save when Microsoft Word deactivates (is no longer the front-most app). thesis in Microsoft Word, I already had a macro for that.

That led her to make a comment about intending to write a Keyboard Maestro macro to save every minute when using Microsoft Word. Around the 38m40s mark, Katie mentioned that she uses Word a lot in her day job, and has a lot of issues with the app freezing up periodically. If the item you need is not in the list, either choose Open Image Browser to search in the image browser, or Insert Other Media to open the macro browser and use the multimedia macro to display your file.In Mac Power Users Episode 187, David Sparks and Katie Floyd talked about word processing apps, which meant talking a great deal about Microsoft Word, as well as Pages and others. Type the first few characters of the name of the image, file, or document (or select relevant text) and then press ctrl+shift+m.Ĭhoose the relevant file from the list of suggestions. Type ! and then the first few characters of the image, file, or document name. Use autocomplete for images, videos, audio files, and documents

If the item you need is not in the list, either choose Search for 'xxx' to continue looking for the page within Confluence, or Insert Web Link to link to an external page. Type the first few characters of the page title, user's name, image name, or file name (or select relevant text) and then press ctrl+shift+k.Ĭlick the relevant link from the list of suggestions. Type [ and then the first few characters of the page title, user's name, image name or file name. When you edit a page or comment, you can use autocomplete to add links, images, and macros to your page as you go. This section provides the following details for using autocomplete in the legacy editor.

Some of the shortcut combinations require a space to be added afterward, like Action item and Decision.
