EZ Macros Help

EZ Macros helps you automate work that you do over and over. You can start programs, play back recorded keyboard and mouse steps, wait for a window, send text, and group macros into menus.

Start Here

• Start Here
• Common Tasks
• Main Window

Common Tasks

• Create a hot key that opens one or more programs: Program and Activation Macros
• Record keyboard and mouse steps: Recorded Macros
• Replace typed text with longer text: Triggers
• Group several macros into one popup menu: Menu Macros
• Protect a macro with a password: Secure Macros
• Schedule a macro to run later: Running and Scheduling

Browse by Topic

• Using EZ Macros: Main Window, Menus and Toolbar
• Creating Macros: Create Macros, Triggers, Program and Activation Macros, Recorded Macros, Menu Macros
• Editing and Running: Edit Macros, Editor Command Reference, Running and Scheduling
• Settings and Security: Preferences, Secure Macros
• Files and Sharing: Files, Import, and Export, Command Line and Shortcuts
• Support: Install, Update, and License Notes, Troubleshooting, FAQ

What This Manual Matches

• This manual is written against the current EZ Macros desktop UI in this repo.
• The visible product UI still presents as EZ Macros 5.5.
• Some features are build-dependent. For example, some builds show Change Skin or Export to .EXE, and some do not.
• Older help files in the repo are useful for coverage, but they are not the final source of truth.

Good First Steps

1. Create one small test macro first.
2. Use a simple hot key such as Ctrl plus a letter you do not already use often.
3. Test the macro from the main window before you hide the app to the tray.
4. Learn the Pause stop key before you build longer playback macros.