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1 On the ribbon, click the Manage tab.
2 On the Action recorder panel, click Record.
Modify Objects Using the Properties Palette and Object Selection Filter
When working with the Properties palette, you can control which objects you
modify by applying an object selection filter to the selected objects. Follow
these steps:
1 Select the objects in the drawing that you want to modify and right-click.
Click Properties.
2 On the Properties palette, in the Objects drop-down list, select Circles.
3 Under the General category, select the Color field.
4 In the Color drop-down list, select Blue.
Stop Recording and Save an Action Macro
After all the actions have been recorded, you stop recording and save the
recorded actions to an action macro file. Follow these steps:
1 On the Action Recorder panel, click Stop.
2 In the Action Macro dialog box, do the following
■ In the Action Macro Command Name box, enter BlueCircles.
■ In the Description box, enter Changes the color of all selected circles
to blue.
3 Click OK.
Change the Selection Set to Use the Pick First Selection Set
With a request for user input, you are prompted for a value to be entered
instead of using a recorded value when playing back an action macro. In this
action macro, you change the selection set created to use the Pick First
selection. Follow these steps:
1 On the Action Recorder panel, click the title bar to expand the panel.
2 In the Action tree, under the Action Macro node, select the Pickfirst value
node and right-click. Click Use Pick First Set.
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