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Beginner's
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Shadowz123
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macros are the simplest way you can modify your World of Warcraft experience. Each macro consists of a small player-made script that assigns a certain task to a hotkey, potentially making typing text for common tasks a thing of the past. Macros of course are not intended to help you automate (or Bot) your character, and with only 256 characters to use for each script, the amount of tasks you can assign to one macro is limited.
Creating a macro is as simple as opening the macro creation tool by either typing in "/macro" or by selecting it from the chat options menu. From here you can create a new macro, name it, choose an icon to represent it and finally insert your command script, which is made by cmbining WoW's "slash" commands (so called because they all start with a "/").
There are literally hundreds of different cmbinations of commands and actions and you could include in your macros, but among the most common tasks handled by macros are healing and chat communication, although the possibilities are limited by your creativity. For a few examples, look below.
Spell Macro
/cast Lesser Healing (Rank 1)
/p Healing %t
When this sample macro is used, it will not only cast a lesser healing spell on whoever you have selected, but it will also send a message to your party letting them know that you are "Healing [Name of Target]".
Chat Macro
/say Hello %t
Using a chat macro can save time when using common greetings or messages. In this particular case the macro says hello to whomever you have targeted [%t]. This macro could easilty be modified to tell your party members that you need healing at the touch of a button, possibly saving your skin.
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