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These types of macros are used when you configure plain text templates.

Macro types:

Insert the current date and/or time (the <DATETIME format> tag) – inserts date and time in the specified format (see the format list).

Press keys (the <KEY shortcut> tag) – keystrokes will be emulated inside the text (see the key identifier list). Use the '+' character to specify a keyboard combination. It is possible to use the code of a key in the hexadecimal format. To do it, use the '$' character (for instance, $20 – Space, $1B – Escape). Sample keyboard combinations:

<KEY WIN+R>regedit<KEY Enter> – start the registry editor.

Select random text from a list (the <SOMEOF>...</SOMEOF> tag) – select random text from lists enclosed by the <CS> and </CS> tags. It is possible to embed these macros. Simple examples:

<SOMEOF><CS>1</CS><CS>2</CS></SOMEOF> – insert 1 or 2.

<SOMEOF><CS>hi<SOMEOF><CS>1</CS><CS>2</CS></SOMEOF></CS><CS>bye<SOMEOF><CS>1</CS><CS>2</CS></SOMEOF></CS></SOMEOF> – insert hi1, hi2, bye1 or bye2.

Insert text from a file (the <FILE filename> tag) – add text from filename into the specified position if filename exists.

Insert the selected text (the <SELECTION> tag) – insert the text that is currently selected in the active application.

Insert the clipboard content (the <CLIPBOARD> tag) – add the current text content of the clipboard.

You can specify the position of the text cursor after the text is pasted. Just type the '|' character (vertical slash) there.