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To set a modal control:
Do one of the following:
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Click the box to the left of the command name to display the dialog box icon. Click
again to remove the modal control.
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To turn on or disable modal controls for all commands in an action, click the box to the
left of the action name.
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(Photoshop) To turn on or disable modal controls for all actions in a set, click the box to
the left of the set name.
Excluding commands
You can exclude commands that you don’t want to play as part of a recorded action. In
Photoshop, you must be in list mode—not button mode—to exclude commands.
To exclude or include a command:
1
To expand the listing of commands in an action, click the triangle to the left of the
action you want to work with.
2
Click the check mark to the left of the specific command you wish to exclude; click
again to include the command. To exclude or include all commands in an action, click the
check mark to the left of the action name.
When you exclude a command, its check mark disappears. In addition, the check mark of
the parent action turns red to indicate that some of the commands within the action are
excluded.
Inserting nonrecordable commands (Photoshop)
The painting and toning tools, tool options, view commands, and window commands
cannot be recorded. However, many commands that cannot be recorded can be inserted
into an action using the Insert Menu Item command.
An inserted command is not executed until the action is played, so the file remains
unchanged when the command is inserted. No values for the command are recorded in
the action. If the command has a dialog box, the dialog box appears during playback, and
the action pauses until you click OK or Cancel. You can insert a command when recording
an action or after it has been recorded.
Note:
When you use the Insert Menu Item command to insert a command that opens a
dialog box, you cannot disable the modal control in the Actions palette.
To insert a menu item in an action:
1
Choose where to insert the menu item:
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Select an action’s name to insert the item at the end of the action.
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Select a command to insert the item at the end of the command.
2
Choose Insert Menu Item from the Actions palette menu.
3
With the Insert Menu Item dialog box open, choose a command from its menu.
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Click OK.
