Why edit an Action List
Most of the time, you will not be able to use the pre-defined Action Lists without adapting them to your needs. For example, you probably don't want to add an Enfocus background to your PDFs (using the "Add Enfocus Background" Action List), but your own company background. The easiest way to do so, is by editing the existing "Add Enfocus Background" Action List and replacing the Enfocus background image with your own background image.
Why create a new Action List
Although PitStop Pro provides a lot of default Action Lists, there are so many things you can do with a PDF, that you'll probably need other combinations and sequences of tasks than the ones that are predefined.
Ways to create Action Lists
You can create an Action List in different ways:
- “Manually”, from scratch or based on an existing Action; either by adding/removing Actions (selections, changes and operators) to your Action List or by changing them one by one. See Creating an Action List.
- By Recording. This is a very intuitive way of creating an Action List. Just open a PDF document, perform a number of tasks and record these tasks. As soon as you stop recording, the Actions will be added to your Action List.
- By downloading examples from the Enfocus Action List Library on the Enfocus website (www.enfocus.com) and importing them into your copy of PitStop Pro. You can then edit and change them, just like the Actions provided by default with PitStop Pro.
- By saving a Global Change as an Action List. For more information, refer to Global Changes Manual available on the Enfocus website.
The Action List Editor
Action Lists can be created and edited via the Action List Editor. You
can open this dialog in different ways:
- To open a new Action List, in the Action List dialog, click
> New > New. - To open an existing Action List, just double-click it in the Action List dialog.