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to start a recording. Now simply perform whatever tasks you wish to record, such as surfing to web sites, filling out forms, making a test order on your e-commerce site or any other task of your choosing.
. The current recording is automatically saved as #Current macro. Press 
to save it under an individual name. Upon saving, the macro is parsed and iMacros attempts to remove all double or multiple entries.
| · | A GREEN frame around a tag means that iOpus iMacros supports this tag.
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| · | A RED frame around a tag means that you have selected a web page element that is not useful for recording such as BODY, which has no active functions.
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| · | During recording, do not use your browsers Back or Forward button or change the address line. Use the functions supplied by iOpus iMacros instead. [Internet Explorer Plug-in only]
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| · | Recording "Clicks":
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If a macro generates an error during replay, you can experiment by selecting the link recording option (Click Mode) manually from the dialog after clicking  :
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| 1. | Automatic: iMacros attempts to choose the best recording options (recommended in most cases).
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| 2. | Use Link Name: The link is identified by its name. This works well in most cases, except when there are several links with the same name on a page.
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| 3. | Use Link URL: The link is detected by its URL. If the URL changes each time you visit a page, this option is not recommended unless you replace the changing part of the URL with an *. Here is more information.
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| 4. | Use X/Y: The link is identified by its position on the web page. This can be useful if the name and URL of the item you want to click on changes dynamically from visit to visit. It should also be used if the web page element is embedded in JavaScript, so that iMacros can not find the recorded name during replay, because it was created "on the fly" by JavaScript.
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| 5. | Use Windows Clicks: This is the ultimate solution if everything else fails. It simulates standard mouse clicks within the browser window. This feature works with all Web pages but is only available in the iMacros Browser.
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| · | Because the iMacros recording language is fully documented, it is easy to edit and "tweak" the macro manually after recording!
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| · | iMacros supports two recording options: FAST (the default) and ORIGINAL SPEED. This can be set in the Settings tab of the Options dialog. If you record in the original speed mode, iOpus iMacros automatically generates WAIT statements so that the replay is at the same speed as your recording. This is very useful for recording demos. For most purposes, however, you want to replay the tasks a fast as possible.
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