I'm trying to use macros to automate routine tasks, but the function seems extremely limited.

Here's a sample task:
In the current entry
copy email address to the clipboard
go to table UDF "2007Contact"
make sure "Email" is checked
go to calendar UDF "last contact" and set to today
hit OK
insert a note "email sent"

Seems rather simple, but here are the issues:
1. I rarely want to toggle a checkbox. Usually, I want to force it on or off. For example, if I've already sent this person an email this year, 2007Contact will already have "Email" checked, and I want ti to stay checked. Now sometimes there's the opposite problem, like if I've sent a mass mailing and the contact has 2007Contact "1QNewsletter" already checked and I want to un-check it.

Any enlightenment on this?

2. For calendar fields, how to set field to "today?" That's about the only thing I do with date fields is update them to "today." Manually, it takes about 7 clicks and I see no way to put it into a macro.

3. The custom toolbar thing is pretty neat. But is there any way to assign a macro to a hotkey, i.e., assign this macro to Ctrl+E (though it looks like almost all keys are already mapped to something).