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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
To change settings when playing an action
By default, Illustrator completes actions using the values specified when you first recorded the action. If you want to
change the settings for a command within an action, you can insert a
modal control
. A modal control lets you pause
a command to display its dialog box and specify different values. You can also use a modal control to change the
settings for a modal tool. (A modal tool is one that requires pressing Enter or Return to apply its effect.)
1
Make sure that the Actions palette is in list view. (If necessary, deselect Button Mode in the Actions palette menu.)
2
Do one of the following:
•
To display the dialog box icon, click the column to the left of the command name. Click again to remove the modal
control.
•
To turn modal controls on or off for all commands in an action or set, click the column to the left of the action or
set name.
See also
“To use the Actions palette” on page 498
To exclude tasks from an action
❖
Do one of the following in the Actions palette:
•
To exclude a single task, click to clear the check mark to the left of the task name. Click again to include the task.
•
To exclude or include all tasks in an action or set, click the check box to the left of the action or set name.
•
To exclude or include all tasks
except
the selected task, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the task.
See also
“To use the Actions palette” on page 498
To change how fast actions play
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.
1
Choose Playback Options from the Actions palette menu.
2
Specify a speed, and click OK:
Accelerated
plays the action at normal speed (the default).
Step By Step
completes each command and redraw the image before going on to the next command in the action.
Pause For _ Seconds
specifies the amount of time Illustrator should pause between carrying out each command in
the action.
See also
“To use the Actions palette” on page 498