Adding Actions to an Action List

There are three ways to add Actions to an Action List:

You can manually add them, by selecting them from the list of available Actions (left part of the Action List Editor).
You can record them while performing them (once) one in a sample PDF document. In that case, you should have opened a (sample) PDF document in which you can do the Actions you wish to record.
You can import an existing Action List that contains some of the Actions you want to perform with the new Action List.

This topic assumes you have opened an Action List in the Action List Editor.

To manually add Actions
1. To view all available Actions, click the Expand button as required.
2. Search and select the appropriate Action.
3. Double-click the Action you want to add.
  Alternatively, you can click or drag the Action onto the Action List.
4. Do this for all Actions you need.
  Note:
  - Remember that operators (AND, OR, NOT, available under Selections) must be entered after the selections. Refer to Using operators in Action Lists.
  - You can use the buttons at the bottom of the pane to remove or duplicate Actions, or to change the order of the Actions in the Action List. Alternatively, you can drag the Actions to a new position. Be careful, because changing the order may produce a different result.
To record the Actions for your Action List
1. Click the Start Recording button .
  The Start Recording button is grayed out and the Stop Recording button becomes available. From now on, all Actions you perform using the PitStop Pro tools will be recorded.
  Note: Make sure that you only use PitStop Pro tools and commands to perform Actions. All operations you do using Adobe Acrobat tools or other plug-ins will not be recorded!
2. Choose the commands, and perform the Actions you want to record.
3. To stop recording, click the Stop Recording button .
  The Actions you performed are now added to the section under Actions. You can still change the attributes of these Actions if necessary.
To import an Action List, i.e. to add the Actions of this Action List to your Action List
1. Click .
2. Select an Action List From database (i.e. from the Action List dialog) or From file, i.e. a file on your computer.
3. Click OK.
  When importing an Action List that is locked, you need to enter the password when importing it. This will unlock the Action List.
  
  The Action List is imported as a group (using the name of the imported Action List) preceded by an icon . Once imported, you can change these Actions as any other group or Action in the Action List.