Creating Actions, page 3

Command Mode

Command Mode, while giving access to an action set so you can select and play it, also lets you view and manipulate the commands within an action, and gives access to the record/playback buttons at the bottom of the Actions palette.

By default, the Actions palette is displayed in Command Mode. If your Actions palette is displayed in Button Mode and you want to switch to Command Mode, make sure Button Mode is unselected on the Actions palette menu. Figure 3 shows the Actions palette displayed in Command Mode.

Figure 3: Command Mode gives access to all the commands within an Action.

In order to work with the commands in an action, you need to view them. To do so, click the tiny right pointing arrow next to an action. The action expands, showing the commands contained within the action in a nested fashion.

Using Command Mode you can set how much of an action is played back. If there is a command within an action that you don’t want to use, remove the checkmark from the leftmost column next to the command. Also, if you don’t want to play an action from the beginning, but want to start with a command within the action, highlight the action, and then click Play. The action plays from the selected command to its end.

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