1: If I add “Call Hens” to my to-do list (Things), I have a KM macro that goes to Contacts, searches for Hens and opens your Contact. A second macros copies the phone number I choose from the Contact, then goes back to Things and pastes it at the end of the “Call Hens” line I’ve just written.
2: I have a daily email to a work associate, so one KM macro opens a new email, addresses it to the colleague, enters the usual Subject kline, and then places the cursor in the message pane, so it’s ready to be typed.
3: Another colleague routinely sends PDFs with password protection. I have a KB macro that opens the .PDF and enters the (long) password, so I can read the document without having to enter the password each time manually.
4: When I’m writing long documents, I sometimes delete entire paragraphs or sections, but want to save them in a “Scrap document” so it can be retrieved at a later date if I change my mind. I have a KM macro that deletes the section from the document I’m writing, opens the “scrap doc”, pastes it, enters a line of dashes to separate it from the next section to be scrapped, then closes the scrap doc, and goes back to the current doc so I can continue writing. Instantly.
5: Certain scanned documents always go into a certain folder. So I have a simple KM macro that will send those documents to the proper folder, rather than having to open Finder and drag the docs in. (Seems like a small thing, but when repeated many times during the day, it’s handy.)
6: I often insert photos into docs, and I want them to be certain uniform sizes. I have a KM macro that resizes them to the exact specs without my having to open up the photo’s properties and manually enter the numbers.
7: I have various simple macros to insert today’s date, or my full name, or email address, or mailing address.
8: And here’s one I use ALL the time. My most common typo is to type two letters in the wrong ordre. Like “ordre”. I put the cursor after the e, and hit my Macro. It types Shift-Left Arrow to select the “e”, then types Command-X to delete it, then a Left Arrow to move the cursor to before the “r”, and then Command-V to paste it. Takes a fraction of a second - quite a bit faster than deleting the two letters and retyping them, and unlike me, never makes a mistake.
That’s more than 5, I know, but I’ve got LOTS more I use all the time. It’s a great app.