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Macros container. The My Macros container is stored in your user area

or home directory.

If a macro is contained in a document, then a recorded macro will

attempt to work on that document; primarily because it uses

“ThisComponent” for its actions.

Every library container contains a library named

Standard

. It is better

to create your own libraries with meaningful names than to use the

Standard library. Not only are meaningful names easier to manage, but

they can also be imported into other library containers whereas the

Standard library cannot.

Caution

OpenOffice.org allows you to import libraries into a library

container, but it will not allow you to overwrite the library

named Standard. Therefore, if you store your macros in the

Standard library, you cannot import them into another

library container.

Just as it makes good sense to give your libraries meaningful names, it

is prudent to use meaningful names for your modules. By default,

OpenOffice.org uses names such as Module1. Feel free to use your own

meaningful name.

As you create your macros, you must decide where to store them.

Storing a macro in a document is useful if the document will be shared

and you want the macro to be included with the document. Macros

stored in the application library container named My Macros, however,

are globally available to all documents.

Macros are not available until the library that contains them is loaded.

The Standard library and Template library, however, are automatically

loaded. A loaded library is displayed differently from a library that is

not loaded. To load the library and the modules it contains, double-

click on the library.

Where are macros stored?

OpenOffice.org stores user-specific data in a directory under the user’s

home directory. For example, on Windows, this is C:\Documents and

Settings\<name>\Application Data. User macros are stored in

OpenOffice.org2\user\basic. Each library is stored in its own directory

off the basic directory.

It is not important to understand where macros are stored for casual

use. If you know where they are stored, however, you can create a

backup, share your macros, or inspect them if there is an error. For

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