Playing actions
When you play an action, Illustrator executes the series of commands as you recorded them. But you can begin with any command, exclude commands, or play a single command in an action. If you have inserted a modal control in your action, you can specify values in a dialog box or reapply a modal tool (any tool that requires you to press Enter or Return to apply it) when the action pauses. (See Setting modal controls and excluding commands.) In button view, clicking a button executes the entire action--though commands previously excluded are not executed.
To play an action or set on a single file: - Open the file.
- Specify what to play:
- To play a set of actions, select the set name.
- To play a single action, select the action name.
- To play only part of an action, select the command from which you want the action to start.
- To exclude or include a command within an action from playing, click the check box to the left of the action name.
- Click the Play Current Selection button in the Actions palette or choose Play from the palette menu.
To play a single command in an action: - Select the command you want to play.
- Do one of the following:
- Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the Play Current Selection button in the Actions palette.
- Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and double-click the command.
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