The phrase "a macro program" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a program that automates tasks or processes, often within software applications.
Example: "To improve efficiency, we decided to implement a macro program that would automate repetitive data entry tasks."
Alternatives: "an automation script" or "a macro application".
On Windows XP Pro, I use Microsoft Office (yes, including Outlook), Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the Firefox browser, Now Up-to-Date again, Photoshop Elements, a macro program called QuicKeys, Google Desktop, and an out-of-date version of Norton Antivirus.
A. That particular error message can pop up when you try to run a macro program -- a small application that you can set up to perform basic or repeated tasks -- in Word or start up the Visual Basic Editor.
On the Mac, I use Microsoft Office (including the Entourage e-mail program), the Safari Web browser, the awesome cross-platform networkable calendar Now Up-to-Date, a shareware freeform address book/database called iData 2, Apple's iLife programs (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD), iChat, Photoshop and a macro program called iKey.
The objectives are: 1) to introduce a simple and efficient method for extracting region of interest (ROI) values from a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) viewer using optical character recognition (OCR) software and a macro program, and 2) to evaluate the accuracy of this method with a PACS workstation.
A macro program using ANSYS APDL [1] was written at post-processing stage in order to list various stresses and displacements in each element and at each node, respectively.
Simulated data were generated using a macro program coded in SAS v 9.0 in order to evaluate the behavior of the CHAMBER algorithm in candidate gene association studies involving high-dimensional data.
It was implemented on Microsoft Excel 2000; the calculations were fully automated with the aid of a macro programmed in Visual Basic.
We developed a SAS macro program to identify potential PHI in collaborative data sets.
For data analysis, raw data downloaded from the accelerometers were first passed through a SAS macro program designed to infer non-wear time from 90 or more minutes of continuous zero activity counts.
I also use TextExpander, which expands typed abbreviations for better speed and accuracy, and a little free macro program called Spark, which lets me open various programs and perform other functions with keystrokes of my choosing.
A more in-depth review and an Excel-based macro program can be found at The Acid Base pHorum [ 5].
