I read the help file and spent quite some time (about 6 hours) googling for information on doskey.exe (I believe that's what it's called) and, honestly, couldn't find the ANSWER I was looking for.

The description lends me to think that it allows the user to create a macro for a program. However, all the examples I've seen have only shown how to create a macro for the command PROMPT. I'm curious, could you do this for any executable?

Suppose, for example, I WANTED to create a macro for notepad.exe where "Ctrl+Shift+S" would allow me to "save as", as it usually does in most programs but for some reason does not allow me to do so in Notepad. (by the way, I'm using WINDOWS XP, not sure if that makes a difference.) I'm very used to using the ctrl+shift+S combo, and it annoys me GREATLY that I cannot do it in Notepad. I can also find several other uses for macros, say, in computer games and the like.

Thank you for your time and patience. ^^Doskey is, as it's name suggests, for dos (or the commandline). You need a different tool. There are several. Googling for "windows macro" will turn up several. Autohotkey seems a popular tool. It's open source. Take a look

http://www.autohotkey.com/