Re: automator
Re: automator
- Subject: Re: automator
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:35:17 -0600
- Thread-topic: automator
On 11/27/2007 20:05 PM, "Marc D. Rusch" <email@hidden> wrote:
> has anyone actually gotten automator to do anything other than the
> canned functions it comes with. Perhaps I am missing something but I
> am trying to figure out a way to take a spreadsheet and automate the
> reorganization of columns, apply a sort, change the font and size for
> the entire file, format all columns to fit and save. Using either
> pages or excel. Can anyone tell me if this is even something that can
> be done. I suspect I am conceptually missing something about how
> automator works.
What you need to do is to download actions, which are Automator modules for
the application in question, neither Excel nor Pages ship with them. While
you *can* extend automator actions, that's a bit of programming to do it, so
in general, no, you can't easily make Automator do anything other than what
the Actions allow for. For Excel, and Office in general, you can get a
collection of actions from
<http://automatoractions.com/files/msofficeactionset1.0.1.html>
It doesn't look like anyone's done any actions for pages. What specifically
did you want?
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
email@hidden
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Automator-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden
| References: | |
| | >automator (From: "Marc D. Rusch" <email@hidden>) |