How to work with Actions in Acrobat XI Pro

How to work with Actions in Acrobat XI Pro

Donna Baker – September 20, 2012

How do you know what your Action is doing as it runs?

Follow these 7 steps to learn more about Actions in Acrobat XI Pro.

1. Open the Action Wizard tools in the Tools pane.
2. Click the Action you want to run to open the Action's pane.
3. You see the open document’s name. Click Add Files to locate and select more files.
   open document
   choose an option
   click Add Files
4. Click Start to process the first command.
   click Start
5. Some tasks stop for you to work manually. Review, then select Click to proceed to move on.
   review the comments
   return to Action
6. The Action runs automatically and shows checkmarks after each step and when the Action finishes.
   each completed step shows a checkmark
   each completed document shows a checkmark
7. The next document processes automatically. Click Close to end the task.
   documents process automatically
   click Close