Save selection

Belongs to

Category: Operators
Type: Selections
Since version: 13

What it does

Preserves the currently selected objects (line art, text, docs... = whatever is selectable in a PDF) for later use in the same Action List.

You should choose a name for your saved selection, for example "Save selection as: CMYK objects".

Remark

This Action does not preserve the saved Actions, only the resulting selection. For example, if you have selected all text and save this selection, you can use Restore selection to re-use this text later on in the Action List. However, if you added text later (after saving the selection), the added text will not be included in the saved selection.

Example

Suppose you have a document with both CMYK and RGB objects. The following Action List allows you to:

Select all CMYK objects
Save this selection (i.e. all CMYK objects in the PDF) and name it "CMYK objects"
Convert all CMYK objects to RGB
Select all objects in the document
Apply a curve on all RGB objects
Restore the original selection (i.e. all objects that were originally in CMYK)

Select by color space <! -- Select by color space Select CMYK  -->
Save selection <!-- Type "As CMYK objects" --> 
Convert to RGB objects  <!-- Convert color -->
Select all <!-- Select all -->
Apply RGB curve Select by color space
Restore selection <!-- From the list, select "CMYK objects" -->

Related Actions

Restore selection