Working with Action Lists includes the following steps:
- First you have to create a new or edit an existing Action List. See Creating and editing an Action List.
This means that you have to select an
existing Action List or open a new, blank one and adapt it to your needs. You will
hardly ever be able to use an Action List without having to change anything.
Next,
you have to design your Action List:
- Add or remove any Actions as required. Alternatively you can record Actions or
import an other Action List. You can organize the Actions inside your Action List as
required (e.g. by grouping them).
- Make sure to use the correct operators (AND, OR, NOT).
- Set the attributes of each of the Actions in your Action List:
- Enter the required values, optionally using variables or regular expressions; in
some cases you can "grab" values from the document you're editing.
- Enter the required log level ("check" Actions only) or indicate whether or not
the changes should be logged ('change' Actions).
- Once the Action List is ready, you can save and run it, to see if it works as expected. See
Running an Action List.
Tip: In case of complex Action Lists, you may want to use the Action List Visualizer
to debug your Action List.
- Next, you can check the results of your Action List, using the Enfocus Navigator, and export
a Report as required. See Checking the results of an Action List.
- If applicable, you can fix the problems that were reported by the Enfocus Navigator or
in the Preflight Report. Fixing problems
Remark
Most Action Lists start with a selection (e.g. the Action "Select all") followed by
on or more checks or changes (e.g. check the colors of the selected objects,
change the font of the selected text, ...).
By default, when selecting objects, objects that are completely clipped away (hence are
invisible) are selected as well. If you don't want this, we recommend removing them first.
You can use the Actions "Select objects that are completely clipped away" and "Remove
selection" to do so.