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Chapter 6 Workflow Assistant 77
Creating workflows
Select New Workflow... in the Workflow drop-down list, or from the Process menu. Or
click the Workflow Assistant button in the Standard toolbar when no workflow is
selected.
The opening Assistant panel offers two starting points:
Choose Fresh Start to begin with no steps in the workflow diagram on the right. Accept or
change the default workflow name. Then click Next and choose your first step. Choose an
image loading step that can take input from file, scanner or digital camera files. Specify
settings on the right. Then move on to build your workflow: it can include a variety of
different steps. When done, click Finish.
Choose Existing Workflows to see a list of existing workflows. These are the sample
workflows plus any you have created. Select one as source. Its steps will appear in the
workflow diagram on the right. Enter a name for your new workflow. Click Next to proceed;
modify its steps and settings as described in the next section. The changed settings apply to
the new workflow only and are not written back to the workflow used as the source. Any
changed settings enter the new workflow, but do not affect the settings in the program. Finally,
select Finish to complete your new workflow.
Modifying workflows
Select the workflow you want to modify in the Workflow drop-down list and click the
Workflow Assistant button in the standard toolbar. Or choose Workflows... in the Tools
menu, select the desired workflow and click Modify... . The first panel of the Workflow
Assistant appears with the workflow loaded. Click the icon in the workflow diagram that
represents the step you want to modify. Click the downward pointing arrow under the icon to
replace this step with another one. Continue modifying steps and/or settings as desired.
Remember that deleting or modifying a step may result in later, dependent steps being
removed. Click Next to replace removed steps or to add new ones. Click Finish to confirm the
changes to your workflow.
After creating or modifying a workflow, you must either run a workflow or select the 1-2-3
item in the Workflow drop-down list, to return to normal processing.