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9. Automating tasks with Action Lists or QuickRuns
9.1 About Action Lists
Automating repetitive tasks
One of the main reasons for using PitStop Pro is editing PDF documents. For example, you can
perform tasks such as changing text (or its formatting) or objects. There may be sequences of
tasks, however, which you have to do a number of times, either within a single PDF document or
in multiple PDF documents. To simplify repetitious tasks, you can group a series of tasks into an
Action List. Once you have created an Action List, you can reuse it. PitStop Pro will automatically
carry out the respective tasks in the defined sequence. Moreover, you can use these Action Lists
in other Enfocus products as well:
• In a PDF Queue in Enfocus Instant PDF
• In a hot folder in Enfocus PitStop Server
• In a Specification on CertifiedPDF.net
Example: changing the properties of line-art objects
For example, suppose you have a line-art object in several PDF documents. You want to change
the following properties of this object in all of your PDF documents:
• Fill colors of a number of areas in the object.
• Lines in the object which are thinner than a given line weight.
Figure 78: Changing multiple properties of an object in multiple PDF documents.
This job may consist of a number of sequential tasks. These individual tasks can be grouped into
one Action List, which can then be applied to a range of pages in one or more PDF documents or
to complete PDF documents.
ActionIllustration
1. Select the fill color of an object.
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