The Macros menu provides additional commands to record and play key sequences as well as provide some fixed macros.

The Macros menu

The Macros Menu

Macros menu commands
Menu command Keystroke Description
Play Recording

Ctrl+Shift+P

Plays the last recorded keyboard macro.
Start Recording

Ctrl+Shift+R

Starts recording a keyboard macro.
Pause/Resume Recording   Temporarily pauses a recording a keyboard macro. If already paused, recommences recording of the keyboard macro.
Stop Recording

 

Stops recording a keyboard macro and saves it. Note that when recording has commenced, the keystroke to stop recording the keyboard macro is Ctrl+Shift+R.
Cancel Recording

 

Cancels recording without changing the current keyboard macro.
Insert Hard Tab Ctrl+Q, Tab Inserts a tab character into the document even if the document’s language settings inserts tabs as spaces.
Declare Or Cast to type   If there is a selection, parentheses are placed around the selection and that expression is cast to type. If there is no selection, type is inserted into the document.
Insert keyword   Inserts keyword into the document, followed by a space.