# Press

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To enter the Press keyword in the command line, type **Press**. 

## Description

The Press keyword is used to simulate the pressed state of a key. 

It is possible to assign this state to macros.

For more information see [Macros](/grandma3/2-4/macros/). 

For information on how to assign executors see [Assign Objects to an Executor](/grandma3/2-4/executor_assign/). 

## Syntax

\[Function] Press \[Object] \["Object\_Name" or Object\_Number]

## Example

- To execute Flash on the executor 203, type:

|                                                                    |                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| ![](/img/grandma3/2-4/icon_commandline-input_logo_v2-0-a59235.png) | User name\[Fixture]>Flash Press Executor 203  |

To unpress a key, see [Unpress Keyword](/grandma3/2-4/keyword_unpress/).