Action Macro

A series of actions that are recorded and can be played back in an active drawing

Use the Action Recorder to save the desired actions as an action macro

Also used to edit action macros after they have been saved

Action macros are created with an ACTM file extension and can be shared between users

Action Recorder Panel

1. Record: Starts recording

2. Insert Message: Insert text message within macro, available after started recording

3. Request User Input: Toggles switch, available after started recording

4. Play: Plays back selected action macro

5. Preferences: Enables Action Recorder Preferences dialog box

6. Available Action Macro List: Display a dropdown list of all available macros

7. Action Tree: Displayed when the Action Recorder Panel is expanded

8. Action Item Icon: Displayed in front of each action item listed in the Action Tree

Most dialog boxes are not recorded in the Action Recorder

Unless equivalent command from command line

Example

Change the font of a text style and make it the current style

Text Style command opens a dialog box, alternatively use -style on the command line and change the font following the prompts