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3 Type the message you want to appear.
If you want the option to continue the action
4
without stopping, select Allow Continue.
Click OK.
5
Setting modal controls
A modal control pauses an action so that you can
specify values in a dialog box or use a modal tool.
You can only set modal controls for actions that
launch dialog boxes or activate modal tools. If you
do not set a modal control, dialog boxes do not
appear when you play the action, and you cannot
change the recorded values.
A modal control is indicated by a dialog box
icon ( ) to the left of a command, action, or set in
the Actions palette. Actions and sets in which
some, but not all, available commands are modal
display a red dialog box icon ( ). In Photoshop,
you must be in list mode—not button mode—
to set a modal control.
To set a modal control:
Do one of the following:
• Click the box to the left of the command name to
display the dialog box icon. Click again to remove
the modal control.
• To turn on or disable modal controls for all
commands in an action, click the box to the left of
the action name.
• (Photoshop) To turn on or disable modal
controls for all actions in a set, click the box to the
left of the set name.
Excluding commands
You can exclude commands that you don't want to
play as part of a recorded action. In Photoshop,
you must be in list mode—not button mode—
to exclude commands.
To exclude or include a command:
To expand the listing of commands in an action,
1
click the triangle to the left of the action you want
to work with.
Click the check mark to the left of the specific
2
command you wish to exclude; click again to
include the command. To exclude or include all
commands in an action, click the check mark to
the left of the action name.
When you exclude a command, its check mark
disappears. In addition, the check mark of the
parent action turns red to indicate that some of the
commands within the action are excluded.
Inserting nonrecordable commands
(Photoshop)
The painting and toning tools, tool options, view
commands, and window commands cannot be
recorded. However, many commands that cannot
be recorded can be inserted into an action using
the Insert Menu Item command.
An inserted command is not executed until the
action is played, so the file remains unchanged
when the command is inserted. No values for the
command are recorded in the action. If the
command has a dialog box, the dialog box appears
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