Usage Note 19335: SASĀ® Enhanced Editor keyboard macros and abbreviations can be exported
from SAS software and imported into SAS on another machine
The SAS Enhanced Editor allows you to create keyboard macros and
keyboard abbreviations. To create keyboard macros select
Tools > Keyboards Macros. To create keyboard abbreviations select
Tools > Add Abbreviation.
You also have the functionality to export these to a file and then
import them into SAS on another machine. Note that in order to avoid overwriting any existing keyboard short cut keys, the key assignments for Keyboard Macros are not exported. You need to reassign the keys after importing. The Abbreviations do not have key assignments. To accomplish this do the
following:
- Click Tools > Keyboard Macros > Macros
- Hold down the SHIFT key or CTRL key and left-click to
select the abbreviations and macros to export
- Click on the EXPORT button and save to a file with the
extension .kmf
- Copy the file to another machine.
- Open SAS on the other machine.
- Click Tools > Keyboard Macros > Macros
- Click the IMPORT button and select the .kmf file
- For Keyboard Macros only, click Assign Keys and choose a new shortcut key for each macro. Do not assign short cut keys for Abbreviations.
Further information on keyboard macros and keyboard abbreviations
is located in the SAS 9.1.3 OnlineDoc:
From the SAS OnlineDoc, go to:
Base SAS
Operating Environment Specific Information
SAS Companion for Microsoft Windows
Running SAS under Windows
Using the SAS Editors under Windows
Using the Enhanced Editor
Then, on the right pane of the SAS OnlineDoc window, click
Using the Enhanced Editor Window.
To see documentation about keyboard abbreviations, click Using Abbreviations.
To see documentation about keyboard macros, click Using Keyboard Macros.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Date Modified: | 2008-07-17 11:48:00 |
| Date Created: | 2007-01-14 16:07:23 |