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Specify what to play:
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To play a set of actions, select the set name.
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To play a single action, select the action name.
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To play only part of an action, select the command from which you want the action
to start.
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To exclude or include a command within an action from playing, click the check box to
the left of the action name.
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Click the Play Current Selection button in the Actions palette or choose Play from the
pop-up menu.
To play a single command in an action:
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Select the command you want to play.
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Do one of the following:
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Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the Play Current Selection button in
the Actions palette.
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Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and double-click the command.
Slowing actions during playback
Sometimes a long, complicated action does not play properly, but it is difficult to tell
where the problem occurs. The Playback Options command gives you three speeds at
which to play actions, so that you can watch each command as it is carried out.
To specify how fast actions should play:
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Choose Playback Options from the Actions palette pop-up menu.
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Specify a speed:
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Accelerated to play the action at normal speed (the default).
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Step by Step to complete each command and redraw the image before going on to the
next command in the action.
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Pause and enter the amount of time Illustrator should pause between carrying out each
command in the action.
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Click OK.
Batch processing
The Batch command lets you play an action on a folder of files and subfolders. You can also
use the Batch command to populate a template with different sets of data. (See
“About
data-driven graphics” on page 285
.)
When batch processing files, you can leave all the files open, close and save the changes to
the original files, or save modified versions of the files to a new location (leaving the
originals unchanged). If you are saving the processed files to a new location, you may
want to create a new folder for the processed files before starting the batch.
To batch process files:
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Choose Batch from the Actions palette menu.
