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Adobe Illustrator Help Automating Tasks
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7 To guard against mistakes, record the File > Save a Copy command at the beginning of
the action.
8 Choose commands as you want them recorded.
If the command you choose opens a dialog box, clicking OK records the command and
clicking Cancel does not record it. If a chosen command is not recorded, it must be
inserted in the action. (See “
Inserting nonrecordable commands” on page 367.)
Note: You cannot record setting optimization options for multiple slices in the Save for
Web dialog box. Set the slice optimization options before you start recording the action,
then press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click Remember in the Save for Web
dialog box. When you record the action, Illustrator will remember the settings.
9 Stop recording by clicking the Stop Playing/Recording button.
10 If you want to keep the action for use in future work sessions, save the action.
(See “
Organizing sets of actions” on page 373.)
Recording paths
The Insert Selected Path command lets you record a path as part of an action. When
played back, the entire path is reproduced as part of the action.
To record a path:
1 Start recording an action.
2 Select a path.
3 Choose Insert Select Path from the Actions palette menu.
Selecting an object during an action
The Select Object command lets you select a particular object during the course of an
action. You identify the object to be selected using the Note text box in the Attributes
palette. The Select Object function is useful for choosing a particular object during an
action on which to perform commands, use palettes, or make selections in dialog boxes.
For example, you could pick a specific ellipse in the artwork on which to perform transfor-
mation effects such as scale or rotate, change stroke characteristics using the Stroke
palette, or apply colors with the Color palette.
To name an object for use during an action:
1 Select the object to be used in the action.
2 Choose Window > Attributes.
3 Choose Show Note from the pop-up menu in the Attributes palette.
4 Type a name for the object in the Note text box. The object now can be used in an
action sequence.
To select an object during an action:
1 Record an action, as described in “
Creating and recording actions” on page 365, up to
the point where the object is to be selected.
2 Choose Select Object from the pop-up menu in the Actions palette.
3 Enter the object name in the Set Selection dialog box. (The name should match the
object name entered in the Note text box of the Attributes dialog box.)
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