Macro Express 3 should not be installed in the same folder as previous versions of Macro Express. By default, Macro Express 3 is installed in a different folder than Macro Express 2000.

Macro Express 3 will read macro files created by Macro Express 2000. However, when it is opened by Macro Express 3, the file will be converted to the Macro Express 3 format. Once converted, Macro Express 2000 will no longer be able to open and read the file.
Note: We recommend that you copy (back up) your macro file(s) before opening them in Macro Express 3.

• If you renamed the System Hot Keys in Macro Express 2000, they will be reset to their default hot key combinations after installing version 3.
• The shortkey preference settings will not be converted when upgrading. You will need to click on Options | Preferences | Shortkeys to select your Suffix or Prefix Key, etc.

The Multiple Choice Menu command now allows you to set a default value by initializing the Multiple Choice variable prior to running the Multiple Choice Menu command. For example, if your Multiple Choice Menu places the user's choices in %T99%, setting %T99% to "A" before the Multiple Choice Menu command will cause your first choice in the menu to already be selected. If you are using a variable in your Multiple Choice Menu command and it was used prior to that command, some of your options may already be selected.

Macro Express 2000 shortkey macros will be imported with the "Override Global Shortkey settings" selected. Shortkey settings will be imported for each macro.

In Macro Express 2000 the variables used in the ASCII File Begin/End Process commands are reset to empty values after the processing loop is completed. In Macro Express 3 the variables retain the values from the last time through the processing loop.

In Macro Express 2000, Ctrl+F initiates the Find dialog and Ctrl+S initiates the Search and Replace. In Macro Express 3, Ctrl+F initiates the Find dialog and Ctrl+R initiates the Search and Replace. This change was made to allow Ctrl+S to Save the macro since this is the standard operation of Ctrl+S in most Windows programs.

Several commands have been renamed in Macro Express 3: