When you submit a macro definition, the macro processor compiles the definition and produces a member in the session catalog. The member consists of compiled macro program statements and text.

Social workers at the macro level work on program development, creating and implementing community-based education initiatives, administration and policy analysis.

Macro languages often include programming controls (IF THEN, GOTO, WHILE, etc.), but rarely have the capabilities of a full-blown programming language. See macro recorder, batch file and shell script.

Charles D. King's Macro and General Motors have teamed to launch a multicultural marketing academy designed to train a new generation of executives.