ghh@clarity.princeton.edu (Gilbert Harman) (05/14/89)
Here is how to use Automac III to get EMACS like key
bindings in WORD 4. (Automac III is a macro program
distributed with Word 4.)
It is relatively easy to bind ^F to forward-char in WORD
using Automac and similarly for other one character
sequences. (Give "^F" [hat F] as the name of the character.
You will then be asked to press the relevant key before
using the recorder to define it.)
To use <escape> as a macro-character, you have to set up a
separate file of key-bindings, called "Meta" for example.
These represent the second key that you press after pressing
<escape>. You will therefore have two or more key-binding
files, (1) "Microsoft Word (keys)" representing the
key-bindings you start with when you start up Word and (2)
"Meta" the key bindings that you will use after pressing
<escape>. In the first file you will set escape to lead the
second file. In the second file, you will set each of
various keys to do the relevant command and then return you
to the first file of bindings.
For example, you might want <escape>-F to move
you forward one word. In the file "Microsoft Word (keys)"
the <escape> key will be defined so as to change the
bindings to those in the "Meta" file. In setting up the
"Meta" file you will want to start by defining a sequence to
take you back to the "Microsoft Word (keys)" file. You can
do this as follows. First use the "Record" button to start
a new macro. The key for this macro might be set as
Shift-option-control-Z. Call the macro something like
"plain". Then hit return (or click in "Record"). Then
press option-delete (or option-backspace) to bring up the
Macro Description window. Click on open and open the
key-bindings file "Microsoft Word (keys)". Click on the
upper left of the screen to bring up the stop recording
window and click "Stop".
Now define various <escape>-char sequences. Return to the
"Meta" file of key bindings. Use the "Record" button to
start a new macro. Use the "F" key. Call it "forward-word".
After starting to record this macro, press option-6 (on the
keypad). Click at the top left to bring up the "End of
recording" window. Click on "Misc" and then on "Jump to a
Macro". Click to indicate Shift-Option-Control and enter z
and <return>. Then click on "Stop".
Go to the "Microsoft Word (keys)" window to define escape so
as to take you to the "Meta" key bindings. Use the "Record"
button to start a new macro. Call the key "<esc>" for
example. You will be asked to hit the relevant key. Then
press option-delete (or option-backspace depending on your
keyboard) to bring up the Macro Description window. Click
on open and open the key bindings file "Meta".) Click on
the upper left of the screen to bring up the stop recording
window and click "Stop".
If you want to define sequences beginning with ^X, you need
to set up a third file of bindings, called something like
"C-x". Define "pause" as in the "Meta" bindings. Then
define the relevant continuation bindings in "C-x",
remembering that each should end by jumping to the pause
macro (Shift-Option-Control-Z). Finally, in the "Microsoft
Word (keys)" window, define ^X to open the third file, using
the same procedure as above.
The response to many of these commands is a bit slow, but at
last it is possible to use your emacs bindings in Word.
--
Gilbert Harman
Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory
221 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
ghh@princeton.edu
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