Adobe Illustrator CS4 on Demand

13. Automating the Way You Work

What You’ll Do

Examine the Actions Panel

Build a New Action

Record an Action

Control the Playback of a Command

Add a Stop to an Action

Insert Non-Recordable Command into an Action

Add a Command to an Action

Delete a Command from an Action

Work with Batch File Processing

Open and Use Scripts

Create and Edit Data Variables

Create a Data Graph

Introduction

Actions are similar to recording information on a tape; they record Illustrator commands and, like a tape recorder, can be played back at any time. Actions can be applied to any number of images. You can modify existing actions, and save them into a user-defined set. It’s even possible to save them and send them to another Illustrator ...