November 2009
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
10h 26m
English
Content preview from Automator for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide
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A. Workflow Creation Step-by-Step Guide
1. Determine the job you want to automate. Look for repetitive and time-consuming tasks you do on a regular basis.
2. List the steps needed to accomplish the job. You can do this in your head or as a written outline. Try to associate each step with an action in Automator.
3. Determine how you want to run the workflow. For example, do you want to run it within Automator, externally as an application, within another application to process selected text, and so forth?
4. Based on how you want to run the workflow, use Automator’s template selection panel to create a new Workflow, Application, Service, Folder Action, Print Plugin, iCal Alarm, or Image Capture Plugin.
5. Certain types of workflows, such as Services ...