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 a 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 and Format a Data Graph
Add Graph Designs to Graphs
Clean Up Unneeded Elements
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 ...
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