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To specify how fast actions should play:
1 Choose Playback Options from the Actions palette menu.
2 Specify a speed:
Accelerated to play the action at normal speed (the default).
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Step by Step to complete each command and redraw the image before going on to the
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next command in the action.
Pause For to enter the amount of time Photoshop should pause between carrying out
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each command in the action.
3 Select Pause For Audio Annotation to ensure that each audio annotation in an action
completes playback before the next step in the action is initiated. Deselect this option if
you want an action to continue while an audio annotation is playing.
4 Click OK.

Editing actions

After you record an action, you can edit it in a variety of ways. You can rearrange actions
and commands in the Actions palette; record additional commands in an action; rerecord,
duplicate, and delete commands and actions; and change action options.
Rearranging actions and commands
You can rearrange actions in the Actions palette and rearrange commands within an
action to change their order of execution.
To rearrange actions:
In the Actions palette, drag the action to its new location before or after another action.
When the highlighted line appears in the desired position, release the mouse button.
To rearrange commands:
In the Actions palette, drag the command to its new location within the same or another
action. When the highlighted line appears in the desired position, release the mouse
button.
Recording additional commands
You can add commands to an action using the Record button or the Start Recording
command in the Actions palette.
To record additional commands:
1 Do one of the following:
Select the action name to insert a new command at the end of the action.
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Select a command in the action to insert a command after it.
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2 Click the Record button, or choose Start Recording from the Actions palette menu.
3 Record the additional commands.
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