During the data collection process for Phase I ESAs some of the text being entered will be repetitive for different Phase I’s; such as site descriptions, staining, storage tank descriptions, etc. In order to reduce the time required to enter repetitive text, text macros can be used.
Text macros are composed of lines of text (up to 255 characters) that can be selected and inserted whenever there is a description or information part of a question. To make it easier to select the text, the macros are divided into sections.
All of the text macros are entered and edited in the desktop version of the program. These macros are then exported to the Pocket PC when exporting questionnaires.