UNDERSTAND FIRST I AM OLD AND NOT MUCH OF A COMPUTER PERSON.
I HAVE A NEW DESKTOP USING WINDOWS 8.1 AND BOUGHT A COMFORT 5000 KEYBOARD.
I DECIDED TO SET UP A MACRO, SOMETHING I HAVE NOT DONE FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS THE ALT 0176 TO GET THE DEGREE SIGN SINCE I HAVE BEEN USING IT A LOT THIS WINTER IN MY E-MAILS. I AM USING WINDOWS LIVE MAIL.
SO FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS SIMPLE THING WITH NO LUCK. I THINK I AM JUST CAUGHT UP INTO DOING THE SAME WRONG THING TIME AFTER TIME. I READ THE HELP AND IT TELLS ME HOW TO SET UP THE MACRO WHICH I HAVE BUT I CANNOT SEEM TO HOOK IT ON TO A KEY.
I TRIED THE PROGRAMABLE KEYS BUT IT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE .MHM FILE THE KEYBOARD SETS UP. THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY TO PICK A KEY BUT IT COULD BE I AM MAKING MY MISTAKE RIGHT OFF PICKING A KEY. ANY IDEAS OR HELP FOR SIMPLE MARCO FOR IDIOTS QUESTION.