13. Workflow Starting Points
Automator’s template selection panel, which appears whenever a new workflow is created, allows you to choose the type of workflow you want to build. The choice you make here affects how the workflow is saved later. But there are many steps in between creating and saving a workflow. You need to find the correct actions, add them to the workflow, configure them, test them, and so forth. Figuring out where to start in an empty workflow window is not always easy.
In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Automator worked a bit differently than it does in Snow Leopard. Rather than asking you to specify the desired type of workflow up front, Automator displayed a Starting Points panel, which asked you what type of content you wanted the ...
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