You can use Windows macro software to automate any repetitive task. Here are just a few examples:
- Open lots of applications/documents at once
- Eliminating Repetitive Data Entry
- Automating Software Installations
- Automating and Scheduling System & Network Tasks
- Data Retrieval and Data Consolidation
- Interfacing Multiple Incompatible Applications
- Automating File Transfers and Internet Downloads
- Screen Scraping – Screen Text Capture
- Automating & Simpiflying ERP System Tasks
- Automating Internet and Web Tasks (See WebRecorder)
- Automatically Replying to Emails
- Extracting Data & Generating Reports
- Automated Software & Web Testing
- Batching Multiple Tasks Together
- Monitoring Applications
- Automating Mortgage Loan Locking
- Automating document imaging and filing of medical records
- Automating game play at home
- Transferring data from screen to screen
- Copying data out of Excel and into a web form
- Copying sales data from emails into your financial system
- Anything … what do you do ALL day? Chances are you can automate some of it
- Pasting tailored, boilerplate responses into emails
