If you want to use the built-in macros in mrStudio please find this
location on your system-
C:\Program Files\SPSS Dimensions\Accessories
..then look for WordCapture.exe. You can get its user manual as
WordCapture.doc at the same location. I hope it'll work for you.

Njoy,
Abhi


--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Thompson" <jeffreylthompson@...>
wrote:
>
> We've been using JEdit to script surveys for about a year. Not
> because of licensing fees but for other production reasons.
>
> 1) There is no real "Macro" facility in mrStudio. With JEdit we
can
> create complex macros that allow us to easily create metadata from
> text questionnaires
>
> 2) The MDD is not a human readable file, and so can't be used with
> code generation tools like CODESMITH or other internally produced
> survey generators.
>
> 3) We cannot use DIFF tools to easily merge MDD's.
>
> For these reasons we have developed a system of first creating the
> survey (as an IVS file) with a code generating tool, then
importing
> the file into mrStudio, and running the survey in debug mode. At
> this point we do all the edits in mrStudio.
>
> We think the step by step debugging and Auto answer are a true
> productivity gain, and would use mrStudio completely if we could,
> but it is such a poor Text Editor that we would rather manage a
more
> complex process.
>
> If SPSS ever licenses the survey player Lite engine separately
from
> mrStudio (as they might with the CAPI version) then maybe an
> mrStudio free process would work.