•Drag the action or command to the Trash button on the Actions palette to delete the selected action or command without displaying a confirmation dialog box.

•Choose Delete from the Actions palette menu.

To delete all actions in the Actions palette (Photoshop):

Choose Clear All Actions from the Actions palette menu.

Changing action options

You can change the name, keyboard shortcut, and button color (Photoshop) for an action in the Action Options dialog box.

To rename an action:

Double-click the action name in the Actions palette and enter a new name.

To change action options:

1 Do one of the following:

• Select the action, and choose Action Options from the Actions palette menu.

2Type a new name for the action, or change other options. For more information about action options, see “Recording actions” on page 485.

3Click OK.

Managing actions in the Actions palette

By default, the Actions palette displays predefined actions (shipped with the application) and any actions you create. You can also load additional actions into the Actions palette.

Note: Photoshop actions are not compatible with ImageReady, and vice versa.

Saving and loading actions (Photoshop)

Actions are automatically saved to the Actions Palette folder in the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Settings folder. If this file is lost or removed, the actions you created are lost. You can save your actions to a separate actions file so that you can recover them if necessary. You can also load a variety of action sets that are shipped with Photoshop.

Note: The default location of the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Settings folder varies by operating system. Use your operating system’s Find command to locate this folder.

To save a set of actions:

1Select a set.

2Choose Save Actions from the Actions palette menu.

3Type a name for the set, choose a location, and click Save.

You can save the set anywhere. However, if you place the file in the Presets/Photoshop Actions folder inside the Photoshop program folder, the set will appear at the bottom of the Actions palette menu after you restart the application.

Press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) when you choose the Save Actions command to save the actions in a text file. You can use this file to review or

print the contents of an action. However, you can’t reload the text file back into Photoshop.

To load a set of actions:

Do one of the following:

•Choose Load Actions from the Actions palette menu. Locate and select the action set file, the click Load. (In Windows, Photoshop action set files have the extension .atn.)

•Select an action set from the bottom of the Actions palette menu.

To restore actions to the default set:

1Choose Reset Actions from the Actions palette menu.

2Click OK to replace the current actions in the Actions palette with the default set, or click Append to add the set of default actions to the current actions in the Actions palette.

Saving actions (ImageReady)

All actions you create are saved in the ImageReady Actions folder in the Adobe ImageReady 7.0 Settings folder. ImageReady can only access actions that reside in this folder. You add actions to ImageReady by dragging actions into the ImageReady Actions folder on your computer. Because ImageReady does not include a Load Actions command, you must add files to the ImageReady Actions folder manually.

Note: The default location of the Adobe ImageReady 7.0 Settings folder varies by operating system. Use your operating system’s Find command to locate this folder.

You can remove actions from ImageReady by dragging the actions out of the ImageReady Actions folder or by using the Delete Action command in the Actions palette menu. Actions you remove by dragging can be saved in another folder. Actions you remove by deleting are removed permanently.

If you add or remove files from the ImageReady Actions palette, you can direct ImageReady to scan the Actions folder for changes and update the Actions palette. (ImageReady scans the Actions folder and updates the Actions palette whenever you launch the application.)

To update the Actions folder:

1Drag an action file into or out of the ImageReady Actions folder.

2Choose Rescan Actions Folder from the Actions palette menu.

Organizing sets of actions (Photoshop)

To help you organize your actions, you can create sets of actions and save the sets to disk. You can organize sets of actions for different types of work—such as print publishing and online publishing—and transfer sets to other computers.

Although ImageReady doesn’t allow you to create sets, you can manually organize actions in the ImageReady Actions folder. For example, if the Actions palette contains

too many actions, create a new folder inside the ImageReady Actions folder and move less-used actions from the ImageReady Actions folder to this new folder. The relocated actions are removed from the palette until you return them to the ImageReady Actions folder.

To create a new set of actions:

1 In the Actions palette, click the New Set button , or choose New Set from the palette menu.