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Getting Around in Automator

It’s most helpful to know your way around Automator before trying to create workflows and actions. Open Automator by pressing +Shift+A in the Finder and then double-clicking the Automator icon. After Automator opens, make a selection in the Choose a type for your document window, as shown in Figure 14.1.

14.1 Select an item from the list to move into the main Automator window.

For this example, select Workflow and click Choose. You are now in the main Automator window. Figure 14.2 points out the most important features in Automator.

Table 14.1 gives a brief description of each Automator feature.

14.2 The main Automator window, where all the action takes place.