Datasheet

Custom Tools (EX only)
While the Tools palette provides all your important drawing tools, EX users
can take that idea a bit further. The Custom Tools palette allows you to cus-
tomize exactly which tools you want to have at the ready. Don’t want to have
to hold down the Pencil tool in order to switch them? Add all the pencils you
want right onto the palette. Want to quickly access functions without having
to go through a series of nested menus? You can add those as well. There’s
no limit to what you can add!
To help you organize things a bit further, you can switch between custom
sets. If you’d like to have a custom palette of rough work tools and one with
nothing but vector tools, it’s easy to set up and switch. This palette is yet one
more way you can streamline the way you work digitally by quickly accessing
to the tools and functions you use most frequently.
Actions (EX only)
Have you ever run into instances where you find yourself repeating the same
series of functions over and over? It can prove to be quite tedious and boring if
you have to export a series of pages one at a time, for example. If you’re an EX
user, you may find the Actions palette can help relieve you of these doldrums.
Actions (or macros, as they’re often called in other programs) are a series of
recorded commands and functions. What’s special about these actions is that
instead of repeatedly going through a series of steps manually, you can use
actions to quickly perform those steps automatically.
The preinstalled actions can range from automatically setting up the proper-
ties of an imported image to adding an outline to exporting your page for the
Internet. What’s more, you can always record your own actions to use at a
later time. When using the preinstalled actions — or creating your own —
you may find these to be another way to shave a few seconds or minutes off
of your production — time you can then use to focus on more creative things.
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