Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 623)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
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You can also display a short message when the action reaches the stop as a reminder of what needs to be done before
continuing with the action. You can include a Continue button in the message box in case no other task needs to be done.
1 Choose where to insert the stop by doing one of the following:
• Select an action’s name to insert a stop at the end of the action.
• Select a command to insert a stop after the command.
2 Choose Insert Stop from the Actions palette menu.
3 Type the message you want to appear.
4 If you want the option to continue the action without stopping, select Allow Continue.
5 Click OK.
You can insert a stop when recording an action or after it has been recorded.
Change settings when playing an action
By default, actions are completed using the values specified when they were originally recorded. If you want to
change the settings for a command within an action, you can insert a modal control. A modal control pauses an action
so that you can specify values in a dialog box or use a modal tool. (A modal tool requires pressing Enter or Return
to apply its effect—once you press Enter or Return, the action resumes its tasks.)
A modal control is indicated by a dialog box icon to the left of a command, action, or set in the Actions palette.
A red dialog box icon indicates an action or set in which some, but not all, commands are modal. You can’t set a
modal control in Button mode.
❖ Do one of the following:
• To enable a modal control for a command within an action, click the box to the left of the command name. Click
again to disable the modal control.
• To enable or disable modal controls for all commands in an action, click the box to the left of the action name.
• To enable or disable modal controls for all actions in a set, click the box to the left of the set name.
Exclude commands from an action
You can exclude commands that you don’t want to play as part of a recorded action. You can’t exclude commands in
Button mode.
1 If necessary, expand the listing of commands in the action by clicking the triangle to the left of the action name
in the Actions palette.
2 Do one of the following:
• To exclude a single command, click to clear the check mark to the left of the command name. Click again to
include the command.
• To exclude or include all commands or actions in an action or set, click the check mark to the left of the action or
set name.
• To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)
its check mark.
To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, in Photoshop the check mark of the parent
action turns red; in Illustrator the check mark of the parent action becomes dimmed.