Organizing the Actions in an Action List

As the order of the Actions in an Action List is important, especially in elaborate Action Lists, we recommend proceeding as follows:

Add the Actions you need, preferably starting with the "select" Actions, e.g. Select All or Select Annotations, ...
Specify the logical operators (AND, NOT, OR, ...) if required. See Using operators in Action Lists.
Add the "change", "check",... Actions that should apply to the selections.
Note: Changes only apply to selections. Therefore, make sure that you make the proper selections in your Action List first. If you have made no selections, some changes will be applied to everything in your PDF document (for example fonts) or changes will not be applied at all.
Move the Actions up or down as required.
Try to group the Actions (as explained below).
Note: Grouping does not have any influence on the result of the Action List.

To move Actions up and down, do one of the following
- Right-click the Action concerned and select Move Up or Move Down.
- Select the Action concerned and click or .
- Select the Action concerned and drag and drop it to the desired location.
To group Actions that belong together
1. Select the Actions concerned.
2. Right-click and select Make Group.
  The selected Actions are moved to a folder called Group Actions.
3. Select Group Actions and, in the right-hand pane, enter a name and a description for this Group.
Alternatively, you can add the Group Actions Action to your Action List and drag the appropriate Actions to that Group. For more information, refer to the description of this Action in the Action Manual.