Action Question: Moving or Renaming an Action That’s Within a Group

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scb
May 17, 2005
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Hi Gang,

I have a group of actions that I downloaded from somewhere which are called "Borders." Within this group are specific actions, all with similar names like Frame 1 Landscape, Frame 1 Portrait, Frame 2 Landscape, Frame 2 Portrait, etc. Of all the specific actions there are only a couple which I use, but they are used rarely, which means I forget which ones I prefer between using them. Is there a way to remove or separate the preferred actions from the group, or rename them to something like "My Favorite Action?" Thanks for any suggestions.

Shel
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Danny Raphael
May 18, 2005
Option 1: Drag and drop the ones you don’t like/never use onto the Trash icon at the bottom of the Actions Palette = gone forever.

Option 2: Drag and drop the ones you like best to the top of the Action Set (folder) or the ones you like least to the bottom of the Action Set. Order them whatever way you like using drag/drop.

FYI: You can drag/drop actions from one Action Set to another if you like.

Option 3: Yes you can rename an action (double-click on its name and type a replacement name).

Caution: Some actions "play" other actions. This is not uncommon in frame/border action sets.

For example action "Apple" might play action "Baker". If you rename action "Baker" to "Charlie" (or delete "Baker"," "Apple" will fail because "Baker" is nowhere to be found.

Does this help?
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YrbkMgr
May 18, 2005
Or, #4, create a new set called My Favorite Borders, and use Duplicate from the Action Palette menu to make a copy of your favorite actions; then drag them into your new set.
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Trevor_Morris
May 18, 2005
Tip: You can Alt-drag actions (or steps thereof) to duplicate them.

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