<s>
A	O
macro	B-Application
recorder	I-Application
is	O
software	O
that	O
records	O
macros	O
for	O
playback	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
advantage	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
macro	B-Application
recorder	I-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
easily	O
perform	O
complex	O
operations	O
much	O
faster	O
and	O
with	O
less	O
effort	O
without	O
requiring	O
custom	O
computer	O
programming	O
or	O
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
word	O
processors	O
,	O
text	O
editors	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
office	O
programs	O
have	O
a	O
built-in	O
macro	B-Application
recorder	I-Application
to	O
automate	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
all	O
software	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
macro	B-Application
recorder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
automating	O
any	O
activity	O
in	O
any	O
software	O
application	O
:	O
from	O
copy-pasting	O
spreadsheet	O
data	O
to	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
maintenance	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
macro	B-Application
recorders	I-Application
do	O
not	O
attempt	O
to	O
analyze	O
or	O
interpret	O
what	O
the	O
user	O
did	O
when	O
the	O
macro	O
was	O
recorded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possible	O
features	O
of	O
standalone	O
macro	B-Application
recorders	I-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
adding	O
conditional	B-Language
statements	I-Language
,	O
custom	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
open	O
file	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
launch	O
website	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
shutdown	O
computer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
conversion	O
of	O
a	O
macro	O
to	O
a	O
compressed	O
executable	B-Application
file	I-Application
(	O
"	O
.exe	O
"	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
independently	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
generated	O
the	O
macro	O
to	O
be	O
present	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emacs	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
is	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
macro-recording	O
ability	O
,	O
whose	O
name	O
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Editing	O
MACroS	O
.	O
</s>
