Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 513)

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Automating tasks
Last updated 6/5/2015
• To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) its check mark.
To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, in Photoshop the check mark of the
parent action turns red; in Illustrator the check mark of the parent action becomes dimmed.
Specify playback speed
You can adjust an action’s playback speed or pause it to help you debug an action.
1 Choose Playback Options from the Actions panel menu.
2 Specify a speed, and click OK:
Accelerated Plays the action at normal speed (the default).
note: When you play an action at accelerated speed, the screen may not update as the action executes—files may be
opened, modified, saved, and closed without ever appearing on-screen, enabling the action to execute more quickly. If
you want to see the files on-screen as the action executes, specify the Step By Step speed instead.
Step By Step Completes each command and redraws the image before going on to the next command in the action.
Pause For __ Seconds Specifies the amount of time the application should pause between carrying out each
command in the action.
Edit and rerecord actions
It is easy to edit and customize actions. You can tweak the settings of any specific command within an action, add
commands to an existing action, or step through an entire action and change any or all settings.
Add commands to an action
1 Do one of the following:
• Select the action name to insert a new command at the end of the action.
• Select a command in the action to insert a command after it.
2 Click the Begin Recording button, or choose Start Recording from the Actions panel menu.
3 Record the additional commands.
4 When finished, click the Stop Playing/Recording button in the Actions panel or choose Stop Recording from the
panel menu.
Rearrange commands within an action
❖ In the Actions panel, drag a command to its new location within the same or another action. When the highlighted
line appears in the desired position, release the mouse button.
Record an action again
1 Select an action, and choose Record Again from the Actions panel menu.
2 If a modal tool appears, use the tool to create a different result, and press Enter or Return, or just press Enter or
Return to retain the same settings.
3 If a dialog box appears, change the settings, and click OK to record them, or click Cancel to retain the same values.